Solekai Independent Test Lab

Located in Boulder, Colorado, the Solekai Independent Test Lab (ITL) is a test facility that Cable TV application developers, equipment vendors and network operators can utilize for all phases of product and service development.

The 7,000-square-foot facility provides access to state-of-the-art headend equipment from Motorola® and Scientific Atlanta®, as well as a full array of RF and other test equipment. The ITL provides the ideal venue for customers to address near-term product challenges as well as long-term innovation goals, and offers the Cable TV industry additional resources to address time-to-market pressures and to meet the increasing quality demands of subscribers.ITL

The Solekai ITL offers three primary services:

Open Lab Space

The Open Lab Space service provides up to three engineers access to bench space.Entry to the open lab is access-controlled, ensuring only approved individuals gain entry to the open area. Each bench space is configured with two feeds each from the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta headends. Space may be reserved by the day or by the week.

Private Lab SpaceITL

Two Private Lab Space services are available, a small and a large, to accommodate from 3 to 6 engineers. Both sizes provide bench spaces enclosed with floor-to-ceiling walls and access to the lab through electronic access-controlled door. Space may be booked by the day or by the week. All private labs are configured with 1 to 2 feeds from the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta headends.

Engineering Services

Solekai provides three hours of expert technical assistance with each weekly booking. In addition to this expert assistance, Solekai provides optional engineering services including:

  • Test-plan development: functional, regression, and performance
  • Test execution
  • Software module design, implementation, integration, and testing
  • Hardware design, prototype fabrication, integration, and debugging
  • “Best Practices” analysis and recommendations for product design and implementation
  • CableLabs® certification process consulting
  • Architecture specification
  • Stack evaluation and integration
  • API and system validation
  • Middleware porting
  • CA integration
  • UI implementation