Cattrax

In many specialized installations, PESA routing and processing infrastructures are installed in secure or limited access facilities. For such situations, PESA’s Cattrax-J control software with Military-Unique Features provides a secure, encrypted, password-protected application. Cattrax-J is certified compliant with UCR 2008, Change 3 for use as the control element with PESA’s Cheetah Rel. 5.1 baseband Video Distribution System (VDS) as listed on the DoD Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Product List (APL).

In addition to all the control and monitoring capability of standard Cattrax, Cattrax-J adds the military-unique requirements for password-protected access, administrator and user level account classes, and account control functions for each class.

Users and passwords must be assigned by an administrator level operator and all passwords must meet specific syntax requirements. Passwords may be assigned a specified expiration time and are not allowed to include identifiable names, telephone numbers, dates, dictionary words or the username on the user’s account.

Cattrax-J adds the following capabilities to the Cattrax application:

Secure Access – No user is allowed to access the operating screens and control menus of Cattrax without following a security login procedure.

User Classification – Every installation of Cattrax-J has a permanent account with Administrator Level privileges. In addition, any number of user accounts may also be created and assigned Administrator or User Level classification.

Password Protection – Each user is required to enter and maintain a unique password for system access. An administrator can set the amount of time a user password remains valid before requiring change. Passwords cannot be changed more than once in a 24 hour period and cannot be repeated for at least 10 password changes.

Unauthorized Login Attempt Lockout – Cattrax-J locks a users’ account after a specified number of failed logins.

Administrator Privileges – An administrator level user may create or delete user level accounts, unlock accounts that are in lockout status, change password for any user level account, and set certain operating parameters for the security and access functions of Cattrax-J.

With PESA Secura systems, the Cattrax-IP application must be installed in conjunction with either Cattrax or Cattrax-J on the host PC. The Cattrax host, combined with a Secura Command Center Control System becomes an integral part of a complete system for configuring and controlling Secura Receive and Transmit endpoints through Ethernet fabric.

Cattrax and Cattrax-J are the base applications for building router configuration files. While similar in function, in many specialized installations, PESA IP routing infrastructures are installed in secure or limited access facilities. For such situations, PESA’s Cattrax-J control software with Military-Unique Features provides a secure, encrypted, password-protected application. As of 2019, PESA has received JITC Interoperability (IO) certification renewal for Cattrax-J. The Cattrax-J software application is required when configuring the encryption control functions for the Secura HTR devices for matrix environments and Secura AVoIP and KVM in IP switch environments.

Cattrax-IP is the application which configures the Secura Atlas Virtual Matrix (VM) element of the Secura Command Center system controller. The VM function allows IP video sources and destinations to be included in a router configuration file in the same way an SDI signal would be configured.

Cattrax-IP maps the IP multicast address of Secura Receive or Transmit Endpoints to common configuration names and mnemonics such as Satellite 15 (SAT 15) and Monitor 43 (MON 43), which are “routed” through the VM.

IP nodes and endpoints are automatically discovered on the network and presented in a table-style format which is very intuitive to configure. Once the Secura Command Center control system is configured, it is not necessary that the Cattrax host remain connected.