ORION by Interra Systems

The ORION is a real-time content monitoring system designed by Interra Systems. According to the vendor, it is aimed at enterprise-class businesses in the broadcasting, cable operation, IPTV, OTT streaming service, and media and entertainment industries. The main purpose of ORION is to deliver error-free, superior quality video by monitoring IP-based infrastructures for all aspects of video streams. It provides visibility and access to important information such as status, alerts, alarms, visible impairments, error reports, and triggered captures. ORION can scale from a single monitoring unit/site to multiple units across different geographical locations.

Key Features

Enterprise-class Linear Monitoring Solution: According to the vendor, ORION is a real-time content monitoring system that aims to ensure error-free, superior quality video delivery. It monitors IP-based infrastructures for all aspects of video streams and provides visibility and access to important information such as status, alerts, alarms, visible impairments, error reports, and triggered captures.

Comprehensive QoS and QoE Monitoring: The vendor claims that ORION performs comprehensive checks for MPEG-2 TS integrity, audio/video quality, and compliance. It monitors subtitle, caption, and embedded data, aiming to ensure superior quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) for up to 4K content. It also performs encoder boundary point monitoring for adaptive bitrate (ABR) workflows.

Powerful and Smart Reporting: According to the vendor, ORION provides real-time alarms for quick decision-making and offers diverse and customizable alerting mechanisms such as email, SNMP, Slack, HTTP, etc. It generates alerts and data analytics for all tests run over the last 60 days, aiming to facilitate easier troubleshooting with error-triggered recordings and PCAP captures. The vendor also claims that ORION presents intuitive visual trending for QoS/QoE metrics.

Comprehensive DAI Monitoring: The vendor states that ORION monitors ad marker conformance and compliance for SCTE-35 and SCTE-104, providing detailed syntax logging. It also generates performance reports for ad policy compliance.

Intuitive User Interface: According to the vendor, ORION offers live thumbnails and Wallboard Mosaic view, providing a customizable dashboard and drill-down views. It supports dark and light theme-based UI for a better user experience and includes comprehensive online help.

Integration Ready: The vendor claims that ORION facilitates seamless integration with REST APIs and supports outbound SNMP traps for network management systems (NMS). It also enables custom alert actions such as Slack, HTTP, Kafka, etc.