RF Inspector is an App designed for cableoperators that allows a technician to view the full downstream RFsignal passing through any compatible customer premises equipment(CPE), such as cable modems or set-top-boxes, without the use of ameter, and without the need to drive to the customer premises.While downloading the RF Inspector app is free, there is asubscription price of $9.95 per year to use the app. This is asubstantial savings over the cost of traditional testequipment.**IMPORTANT NOTE ** -- You must have the RF InspectorAdmin software running on a server in your cable plant TOAUTHENCATE USERS AND for RF Inspector to display THE CAPTUREDspectrum information. You will not be able to sign up for asubscription until the Admin Software is in place. The RF InspectorAdmin Software is available for FREE for all NCTC Provider MemberCompanies on the NCTC website.If your company is not an NCTC member please send an email [email protected] for pricing and additional information about how toobtain the Admin software.-- Save on Test Equipment and Truck Rolls --With RF Inspector you don’t need to roll a truck to thecustomer’s home to view the full spectrum. You can see all videoand data channels without being at the customer site, and withoutconnecting a meter, regardless of what channel the device is tunedto. RF Inspector gathers the spectrum data from any compatible CPEand displays it on a tablet or smartphone wherever you happen tobe. You can also overlay the RF signal from a second CPE device sothat you can make a quick comparison of the spectrum at twodifferent points on your cable plant.RF Inspector allows you to significantly lower capitalexpenditures for test equipment, as well as save on operationalcosts by reducing the number and duration of truck rolls. With RFInspector you will see the same familiar spectrum signature thatyou would see on a meter, including issues like:- Excessive tilt- Overdriven channels- Spectrum suck outs- RF notches- Standing waves- Resonant peaking- Ingress and other interferenceWith RF Inspector you control who in your company can haveaccess to a powerful, spectrum analysis tool, not your capitalbudget.-- Cable Modem and Set-Top-Box Compatibility --RF Inspector is compatible with DOCSIS cable modems andset-top-boxes that have the ability to capture the full spectrumpassing through the device. This feature is supported on thehardware side by CPE that have the Intel Puma 5 and 6 chipsets withMaxLinear receivers and CPE that have these Broadcom chipsets:3128, 3383, 33843, 3384, 3385. Compatible CPE includes cable modemsand set-top-boxes from Arris, Cisco, Hitron, Motorola, Netgear,Ubee and others. Note: While the CPE hardware may already supportspectrum capture, the firmware on the CPE must also be updated to aversion that also supports that ability. ** Please check with yourOEM to confirm hardware and firmware compatibility. For the latestlist of CPE hardware that should support spectrum capture go here:http://www.zcorum.com/rf-inspector/modem-compatibility/

Downstream spectrum analysis without the expensive equipment and notruck roll.