Recorders and Storage Solutions

Data Recorders - Vortex recorders are deployed in instrumentation labs and deployed platforms capturing high-speed streaming data generated by sensors (radar, sonar, etc.) to digital signal processors (DSPs).

Skyquest Surveillance Recorders - Skyquest provide a solution for high quality video recording from airborne surveillance cameras, radar and moving maps in all video formats and to match even the most demanding applications.

Video Recorders - Sentric2 scalable multi-channel HD-capable video recorders for deployment in a wide variety of military/defense platforms with sophisticated network integration and metadata capabilities.

Storage

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing offers high-performance recording and playback solutions for any application, from those requiring frequent "snapshots" of small packets of data to those requiring acquisition of long periods of multiple channels of streaming data. Some models feature playback at real-time rates so that simulation exercises can be conducted multiple times using the same captured data.

The recorders are available as both open and targeted recorders. Customer programmable recorders enable users to utilize extensive software libraries to develop their own applications. Customer system recorders are application targeted pre-programmed solutions to address specific requirements.

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Fixed Feature

Product	Controller Form factor	Interface	Other	Ruggedization
Vortex SDRxE	3U Rackmount	1, 2, 3 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet	4 channels GbE record and playback, 500MB/s sustained data recording (4 x 125MB/s)	AC 0
Vortex SDR1X	3U Rackmount	1 10 GbE	One-channel 10GbE record and playback, 800MB/s sustained data recording	AC 0
Vortex SDRxL	3U Rackmount	1, 2 or 4 Serial FPDP	External 2U Rackmount JBOD Storage with Rotating FC Disks up to 3.6 TB	AC 0

Customer Programmable

Product	Form Factor	I/O Options	Operating Systems	Ruggedization	Other
Vortex VR-7310	3U VPX/VPX-REDI/OpenVPX (VITA 46/48/65)	XMC site, eight 6 Gbps SAS/SATA links	VxWorks®, Linux™	AC 0 CC 100	-
Vortex VR-6511S8	6U VXS/VME Eurocard	2 XMC/PMC sites, 2x 4Gbps Fibre Channel, VXS enabled with 8x SATA lanes	VxWorks®, Linux™	AC 0 CC 100 contact factory	Compact rugged data recorder with up to 2 TB of SSD capacity
Vortex VME	6U Eurocard VME/VME64x	2 PMC sites 3 PMC mezzanine 2 2Gb Fibre Channel VME RACE++	VxWorks®, Linux™	AC 0	-
Vortex VXS	6U Eurocard VITA 41 or VME64x	2 XMC/PMC sites 2 4Gb Fibre Channel VME or VXS P0	VxWorks®, Linux™	AC 0 CC 100	-

Custom Systems

Product	Controller Form factor	Interface	Other	Ruggedization
Vortex 10Gb Ethernet Playback	6U VME	10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel	Sensor Simulator Application multi-channel playback synchronization control, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0
Vortex 10Gb Ethernet Recorder with Playback	6U VME 6U VXS	10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel	Sensor Receiver or Simulator Application multi-channel synchronization control, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0 CC 100
Vortex AES-256 Data Encryption/ Decryption Recorder	6U VME	Serial FPDP Fibre Channel	AES-256 Data Encryption for Secure Application Record, Pass-through or Playback, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0
Vortex IF/ Baseband Recorders	PC, 6U VME, 6U VXS or 6U CompactPCI	215MSPS 12/14-bit digitizer	IF/Baseband digitizer Scaleable storage options	AC 0
Vortex Wideband Recorders	PC, 6U VME, 6U VXS or 6U CompactPCI	up to 2GSPS 8-bit digitizer	Wideband Applications bandwidth filters and Scaleable performance, Scaleable storage options	AC 0
Vortex Ultra Wideband Recorders	6U VME, 6U VXS or 6U CompactPCI	Dual channel 1GSPS 8-bit digitizer & Fibre Channel	Ultra Wideband Applications GPS time stamping, Scaleable performance, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0 CC 100
Vortex FPDP Recorders	6U VME or 6U CompactPCI	FPDP or FPDP II	Sensor Interface Application sustained recording rates of 180 or 385MB/s, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0
Vortex Multi-Channel Serial FPDP Data Recorder	6U VXS, 6U VME	1, 2 or 4 Serial FPDP	Multi-Channel Sensor Interface Applications Sustained recording up to 800MB/s per recorder, Scaleable external storage options	AC 0
Vortex Snapshot Recorder	6U VME or 6U VXS	Multi-Channel Serial FPDP	Multi-Channel Sensor Applications of short duration Records 16 channels of 54 second snapshots, Scaleable architecture	AC 0

Skyquest Surveillance Recorders

Product	Dimensions	Video Supported
VRDV-3000	225 mm x 146 mm x 57.1 mm	PAL or NTSC (composite, Y/C, RGB, STANAG)
VRDV-4000	155 mm x 146 mm x38 mm	PAL or NTSC (composite, Y/C, RGB, STANAG)

Video Recorders

Product	Form factor	Video Inputs	Video Outputs	Storage	Ruggedization	Other
Sentric 2 CC	L x W x H – 10.72" x 5.11" x 7.62"	4 selectable from RGB, DVI, Composite	4 DVI-D	Minimum of 160GB solid-state storage	DO-160F	4 audio IO, flexible configuration options
Sentric 2 AC	2U 19” rack mount	4 selectable from RGB, DVI, Composite	4 DVI-D plus dual-head DVI-I console	Minimum of 1TB	AC 0	4 audio IO, flexible configuration options

Rugged Storage

Product	Form factor	Support	Ruggedization	Other
Vortex SANbric	Removable Cartridge	2Gb Fibre Channel	AC 0	Large capacity - 2.7TB
Vortex CNS	Removable Cartridge	4 1Gb Ethernet ports	contact sales	512GB of storage on SSDs through four 1Gb Ethernet ports
Vortex VPX3-FSM	3U VPX (VITA 46)	VxWorks®, Windows™, Linux™	contact sales	VPX single RAID0 or quad JBOD SATA ports
XMC/PMC-550	XMC/PMC	VxWorks®, Windows™, Linux™	AC 0, 100 CC 200	RAID 0 Support

Commercial Storage

Product	Form factor	Support	Ruggedization	Other
Vortex SBOD	3U 19" Rack mount enclosure	4Gb/s Fibre Channel	AC 0	Up to 9.6TB capacity (16 Disk x 600GB)
Vortex VS-FY6x	2U 19" Rack mount enclosure	Single or Dual 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Controllers	AC 0	Up to 24 TB storage capacity
Vortex VS-F48D	4U 19" Rack mount enclosure	Dual Loop 4GB/s Fibre Channel	AC 0	Up to 96 TB capacity


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