RDS monitoring equipment is manufactured by MacBe, WorldCast Systems and 2wcom. Generally the Internet is used to connect this equipment to a monitoring centre.
MacBe
MacBe offered very powerful products for remote monitoring over the Internet. These products conform to the latest version of the RDS standard and also support RDS2 data monitoring. For more detail, see the RDS Tool page.
WorldCast Systems / Audemat
As the monitoring specialists within the WorldCast Systems group, Audemat offers a wide range of products for RDS and data monitoring. Users can stream RDS data from any selected station and monitor all general RDS information, lists of AFs, EON AFs, RT/RT+ and TMC, group sequence and all data as hex codes.
The top range product is the Audemat FM MC5. It is not only an RDS/RDS2 analyzer but a complete FM and test measurement platform. It offers mobile RF coverage measurement and extensive modulation analysis in a single comprehensive system for broadcasters, operators, regulation authorities and manufacturers. The Audemat FM MC5 includes analyzer functions and the signal generator part needed in an FM test environment. Its RDS2 generator can generate RDS data and the additional RDS2 upper subcarriers. RDS data are fixed, but RDS2 data can be only 0, only 1, alternate 0/1, or a counter. The RDS2 analyzer decodes and records all received RDS data, logs all RDS2 data and is an RFT decoder. During a drive test, it enables visualization of automatic RDS retuning with AF switching and shows RDS2 error rate areas.
2wcom
For more than 25 years 2wcom has been an established manufacturer and worldwide supplier of professional broadcast products.