Rover S2 SCOUT User Manual
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S2 SCOUT
USER MA N UAL
Analogue and Digital Satellite Analyzer
930 - 2150 MHz QPSK
ROVER LABORATORIES S.p.A.
Via Parini 2 – 25019 Sirmione (BS) – ITALY
www.roverinstruments.com
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MANUAL CODE
UG-S2-1.25-BS1.0-EN-1.0
RELEASE DATE
JUNE 2007
We all wish to sincerely thank you for choosing our measurement instrument, which is
currently approved and everyday used by the major Service Providers, Broadcasters
and by really many users all over in the world.
Like to them all, this measurement instru ment will provide you with easiness of use and a full
range of measuremen t capabilities.
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Thank - you again .
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Chairman
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INDEX
OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................... 5
1 __ FRONT PANEL AND KEYBOARD..........................................................................................5
2 __ SIDE PANELS........................................................................................................................6
USER MANUAL.................................................................................................................... 7
3 __ TURN THE METER ON..........................................................................................................7
4 __ TURN THE METER OFF........................................................................................................7
5 __ CHECK THE BATTERY CHARGE STATUS............................................................................7
6 __ METER SETUP: MPEG PROG SERVICE ...............................................................................8
6.1 MAIN SETUP ................................................................................................................8
~ ___ AUTO METER OFF (TIMER O FF).............................................................................8
~ ___ FIELD LEVEL MEASUREMENT UNIT (UNIT)............................................................8
~ ___ LANGUAGE...............................................................................................................9
~ ___ KEYS BEEP ..............................................................................................................9
~ ___ DISPLAY BA C KL IGHT (DISP.L IGHT)........................................................................9
6.2 METER SETUP............................................................................................................9
~ ___ SET THE LOCA L OSC IL L ATOR FRQUE N C Y............................................................9
~ ___ SET THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF POLARIZATIONS FOR THE LNB 1..................9
~ ___ SET THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF POLARIZATIONS FOR THE LNB 2................10
~ ___ MANAGING LNB OR MULTISWITCH SUPPORTI NG THE SCR COMMUNICATIO N
PROTOCOL: SAT SCR MENU................................................................................ 10
{ SatSCR USER:....................................................................................................................10
{ SatSCR FREQ:....................................................................................................................10
7 __ DC AT RF IN.........................................................................................................................11
8 __ SATELLITE DISH ALIGNMENT............................................................................................12
8.1 DISH ALIGNMENT TO A SPECIFIC SATELLITE WITH AUTOMATIC SATELLITE
IDENTIFICATION (SAT FINDER)................................................................................12
8.2 “DUAL FEED” DISH ALIGNMENT...............................................................................13
~ ___ PREPARING TO ALI GNE MENT: SWITCH DiSEqC.................................................13
~ ___ DISH ALIGNMENT AND MEASUREMENTS............................................................13
{ LNB1 SATELLITE SETUP....................................................................................................14
{ LNB2 SATELLITE SETUP....................................................................................................14
{ DISH ALIGNMENT AND FINE ALIGNMENT.........................................................................14
8.3 POINTING AND/OR MOVING A MOTOR CONTROLLED DISH (DISEqC MOTOR)....14
~ ___ MOVE......................................................................................................................15
~ ___ STORE....................................................................................................................15
~ ___ GOTO......................................................................................................................16
~ ___ RESET ....................................................................................................................16
8.4 ANTENNA POINTING AI D TON E: BUZZER................................................................16
9 __ SIGNAL TUNING: PLAN.......................................................................................................17
9.1 EXPLORING ALL THE SATELLITE TRANSPONDERS...............................................17
~ ___ CHANGING THE SATELLITE ..................................................................................17
~ ___ CHANGE TH E TR A N SPONDER..............................................................................18
~ ___ MANUALL Y CHA N G E TH E FR E QUENCY...............................................................18
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9.2 MANUALLY TUNING THE TRANSPONDE R (BY KNOWING A LL THE DISTINCTIVE
PARAMETERS)..........................................................................................................18
9.3 NAVIGATE THE SOLE TRASPONDERS INCLUDED IN A USE R DEFINED MEMORY
PLAN..........................................................................................................................20
~ ___ SELECT THE DESIRED TRANSPONDER...............................................................20
~ ___ MANUALL Y MOD IFY THE FREQU E N C Y V AL U E....................................................21
~ ___ MODIFY THE TRANSPONDER MEMORY PLAN TO BE NAVIGATED ....................21
10 _ PERFORMING MEASURES: MEAS.....................................................................................22
10.1 ANALOGUE TRANSPONDER.................................................................................... 22
~ ___ LEVEL MEASUREMENT.........................................................................................22
~ ___ SPECTRUM ANALYSIS...........................................................................................22
10.2 DIGITAL TRANSPONDER..........................................................................................23
~ ___ THE TRANSPONDER TUNED IS INCLUDED IN A PRE-MEMORIZED SATELLITE
OR THE TRANSPONDER WAS MANUALLY TUNED..............................................23
~ ___ THE TRANSPONDER IS INCLUDED IN A USER-DEF I N ED TRANSP ONDER
MEMORY PLAN......................................................................................................24
{ CHANNEL POWER MEASUREMENT.................................................................................. 24
{ NOISE MARGIN, QUALITY TEST, MER E EVM MEASUREMENTS..................................... 24
{ BER MEASUREMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER VITERBI CORRECTION .............................25
{ FEC AND BOUQUET MAIN DATA....................................................................................... 25
{ SERVICE LIST OF THE CURRENT BOUQUET ................................................................... 26
{ SPECTRUM ANALYSIS....................................................................................................... 26
11 _ SPECTRUM ANALYZER MODE...........................................................................................27
11.1 CHANGE TH E TR AN S PONDER.................................................................................27
11.2 CHANGE TH E MA R KE R POSITION (FR E QU EN C Y)..................................................27
11.3 EDITING THE SIGNAL LEVEL END OF SCALE......................................................... 28
11.4 CHANGE SPAN..........................................................................................................28
11.5 ACTIVATE THE MAX HOLD FUNCTION....................................................................28
12 _ AUTOMATIC STORAGE OF TRANSPONDERS MEASURES (DATA LOGGER)................... 29
12.1 AUTOMATICALLY STORE TRANSPONDER MEASURES (AUTO MEAS&STORE)...29
12.2 DELETE A MEMORY PLAN........................................................................................30
13 _ CREATING A USER DEFINED TRANSPONDER MEMORY PLAN.......................................31
13.1 MANUALLY CREATE A USER DEFINED MEMORY PLAN: MEMORY.......................31
~ ___ CREATE A BRAND NEW MEMORY PLAN..............................................................31
~ ___ ADD A NEW TRAN S PONDER TO AN E XISTING MEM OR Y PLA N.........................32
13.2 ADD A SELECTED TRASPONDER TO A EXISTING USER DEFINED MEMORY PLAN
32
13.3 DELETE A USER DEFINED MEMORY PLAN.............................................................33
~ ___ DELETE A USER DEFINED MEMORY PLAN..........................................................33
~ ___ DELETE A LOGGER FILE (LOGGER MEMORY PLAN)..........................................33
14 _ TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................... 35
SERVICE NOTES AND GUARANTEE REGULATIONS (UE AND EXTRA UE)................. 37
FAULT IDENTIFICATION FORM ........................................................................................ 39
MANTAINING THE METER................................................................................................ 40
DISPOSAL OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
..................................................................... 41
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OVERVIEW
1 FRONT PA NEL AND KEYBOARD
Main Function Secondary Function
(press and hold for 2”)
A Met er ON/OFF Lev. And CH. Power Meas . (press 2”)
RESET (press and hold 10”)
B MPEG SERVICE LIST Enable configuration menu
C LCD (Dot matrix) Displa y
D PLAN AUTOSCAN
E SAT FINDER DUAL LNB
F SPECT SAT POINT
G MEAS
H UP (also “Ente r” k ey)
I LED DC at RF IN
L DOWN (also “Enter” key)
M SELECT
N MEMORY STORE
P HELP BUZZER
Q DATA LOGGER DC ON/OFF
R LED external power source ON
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2 SIDE PANELS
[S] External Power Source ~ 12 Vac
[T] USB socket
[U] RF inlet (75 Ω, type “F” connec tor)
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3 TURN THE METER ON
Press and release the [A] key.
4 TURN THE METER OFF
Press and hol d for 2” t he [A] key.
5 CHECK THE BATTERY CHARGE STATUS
When the meter is on, at the bottom left corner of the LCD disp lay [B] an icon will show
the current power source of the meter: built-in battery or mains external feed.
Build-in battery feed Mains external feed
Connect the supplied AC adaptor or the supplied cigarette lighter adaptor to the socket
[S] (located on the left side of the meter) to recharge the built-in battery. When the
meter is connected to an external power supply, the LED indicator [R] (located on the
meter front panel) turns on.
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6 METER SETUP: MPEG PROG SERVICE
Press and hold for 2” the MPEG PROG SERVICE [B] key.
6.1 MAIN SETUP
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label METER SETUP.
Press the UP[H] key to access the main set up menu
~ AUTO METER OFF (TIMER OFF)
If no key is pressed, the meter will au tomatically turn off after a certain time-de lay.
To set the auto meter off delay:
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label TIMER OFF
Press repeatedly either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to select: OFF
(meter
always on), 5 min
(meter off after 5 min), 10 min (meter off aft er 10 min)
~ FIELD LEVEL MEASUREMENT UNIT (UNIT)
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label UNIT
Press repeatedly either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to set the desired
measurem e nt uni t: dBm
, dBmV (dBmillivolt) dBuV (dBmicrovolt)
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~ LANGUAGE
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label LANGUAGE
Press repeatedly the UP [H] or DOWN [L] keys to set the desired langauge. In
some release only the english language is available.
~ KEYS BEEP
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label KEYS BEEP
Press repeatedly the UP [H] o DOWN [L] key to set the desired volume: OFF
,
LOW
, MEDIUM or HIGH.
~ DISPLAY BACKLIGHT (DISP.LIGHT)
When no key is pressed, the display backlight will turn off after a certain timedelay. To set the proper time:
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label DISP.LIGHT
Press repeatedly either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to select FullON
(light
always on) or 30 sec
(light off after 30 sec)
6.2 METER SETUP
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label SAT CONFIG.&SCR
Press the UP [H] key to access the configuration menu.
~ SET THE LOCAL OSCILLATOR FRQUENCY
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label LOC.OSC.
Press repeatedly either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to set STANDARD
(signal
direct from the antenna, req uir i ng down-conver si o n) or 0MHz(IF)
(signal with
interme diate frequency , e.g. coming from a LN B)
~ SET THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF POLARIZATIONS FOR THE LNB 1
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label LNB1 DiSEqC.
Press repeadetly the UP [H] or DOWN [L] key to set the required number of
polarizations for LNB1 (A
= 4 polarizati o ns, B = 8 polarizations, C = 12
polarizations, D
= 16 polari zati o ns ) .
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~ SET THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF POLARIZATIONS FOR THE LNB 2
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label LNB2 DiSEqC.
Press repeadetly the UP [H] or DOWN [L] key to set the required number of
polarizations for LNB1 (A
= 4 polarizati o ns, B = 8 polarizations, C = 12
polarizations, D
= 16 polari zati o ns ) .
~ MANAGING LNB OR MULTISWITCH SUPPORTING THE SCR
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL: SAT SCR MENU
This function is used when controlling or checking single cable satellite
installations.
Press repeatedly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label SatSCR Setup?
. Press
the UP [H] key to access this function.
{ SatSCR USER:
Pres s the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label Sa tSCR USE R. Press
repeatedl y the UP [H] o DOWN [L] to set the user identification num ber . Th e
measurement in progress will be referred to this user.
It is possible to identify up to 8 different user, each with a particular SCR
frequency.
To manually set each user frequency, please refer to next item SatSCR FREQ:
at page 10. If the label NONE appears in the field of the selected user, it is not
possible to manually set any frequency.
{ SatSCR FREQ:
To manually set the SCR frequency for a given user, select the desired user
identification number and then press the SELECT [M] key to highlight the label
SatSCR FREQ:
. Press repeatedly either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to set
the desired frequency in 1 MHz step . If the label NONE appears in the field of
the selected user, it is not possible to manually set any frequency.
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7 DC AT RF IN
To turn the DC at RF in function on, press and hold for 2” the DATA LOGGER
[Q] key.
When the function is on, the yellow led DC at RF in [I] will turn on too.
WARNING: BEFORE TURNING THE DC AT RF IN FUNCTION ON, PLEASE
CAREFULLY CHECK WHETER THE SYSTEM WHICH THE METER IS
CONNECTED TO, IS SUITABLE FOR THE DC AT RF IN.
To turn the DC at RF in function off, Per disattivare la telealimentazione, press and
hold for 2” the DATA LOGGER key. When the function is off, the yellow led DC at RF
in [I] will turn off.
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8 SATELLITE DISH ALIGNMENT
8.1 DISH ALIGNMENT TO A SPECIFIC SATELLITE WITH
AUTOMATIC SATELLITE IDENTIFICATION (SAT FINDER)
The meter can assist you in aligning the satellite dish to a specific satellite. Just
mount and briefly align the dish to the desired sa tellite. The meter can detect if you
are really point ing to the desired satellite by looking for (maximum) three user-defined
reference transponders within any received satellite signal, then it can support you in
fine-aligning the dish.
To roughly align the dish to a specified satellite, proceed as follo ws:
Select either the des ired satellite (refer to chapter 9 SIGNAL TUNING: PL AN at page
17, and, in detail, to item 9.1 EXPLORING ALL THE SATELLITE TRANSPONDERS
at page 17) or the Trasponder Group where one or more trasponder carried by the
required satellite are included (refer to chapter 9 SIGNAL TUNING: PLAN at page 17,
and, in detail, to item9.3 NAVIGATE THE SOLE TRASPONDERS INCLUDED IN A
USER DEFINED MEMORY PLAN at page 20).
Press the SAT FINDER
[E] key to show the following screen (in this case, the
reference is EUTELSAT 7° satellit e):
If the displayed transponders do not match with the appropriate ones, press
repeadetly the SELECT [M] key to highlight the transponder name to be modified,
and then select the required transponder by pressing either the UP [H] or the DOWN
[L] key.
In case you wish to indicate less than three reference transponders, just set up the
one or the two reference ones you like, and set into the unused field(s) the reference
transponder set up as the first one.
After setting the appropriate trasponder(s), press the SELECT [M] key to highlight
the item START? and press UP [H] key to activate the SAT FINDER function
(automatic satellite identification).
During the identification process, the START icon will be replaced by the item
SATLOOKING and a rotating bar will be disp layed as an “in progress” indicator.
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When the sa te llite is correctly found, the meter will start the buzzer (chec k item 8.4
ANTENNA POINTING AID TONE: BUZZER at page 16). The Noise Margin value
(also displayed on a level bar with peak level) and the Quality Test results will be
disp layed on the screen:
With the help of the buzzer sound and maximizing the lenght of the bar, proceed to
fine alig n the dis h .
To fine align the dis h on the tw o polarizatio ns (“c r oss - pol” ) , pr es s a nd r el ease the
MEAS [G] key. The transponder currently under measurement will be highlighted (“A”
polarization). Using the UP [H] and DOWN [L] keys, select a transponder with a
different polarization (“B” polarization) and just repeat the dish fine alignment on this
last transponder.
To confirm the alignment, just check that a trasponder with “A” polarization is
correctly received.
8.2 “DUAL FEED” DISH ALIGNMENT
This meter allows the alignment of Dual LNB satellite dishes by performing
simultaneous measurements on both LNB, with no need to continuously switch
between RF cables and to set different frequencies.
~ PREPARING TO ALIGNEMENT: SWITCH DiSEqC
Both cables from the two LNB must be connected to the meter via a DiSEqC
switch; this switch is provided with the meter.
~ DISH ALIGNMENT AND MEASUREMENTS
Press and hold for 2” the SAT FIND ER [E] key to show the following
screen:
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{ LNB1 SATELLITE SETUP
The display will already highlight either the satellite (the name of the satellite will
be shown) or the Transponder Memory Plan (the word PLAN… will be shown) to
align the LNB1. Press either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to select the
desired satellite or Transponder Memory Plan.
Then, press once the SELECT [M] key. The field representing the transponder
used to align the LNB1 will be highligh ted.
{ LNB2 SATELLITE SETUP
Press the SELECT [M] key to highlight either the satellite (the name of the
satellite will be shown) or the Transponder Memory Plan (the word PLAN… will
be shown) to align the LNB2. Press either the UP [H] or the DOWN [L] key to
select the desired satellite o r Tran sponder Memory Plan.
Then, press once the SELECT [M] key. The field representing the transponder
used to align the LNB1 will be highligh ted.
{ DISH ALIGNMENT AND FINE ALIGNMENT
When LNB1 and LNB2 have been selected, the display shows for each LNB the
Noise Margin and Quality Test (FAIL, MARGIN, PASS). The two level bars show
the actual Noise Margin value for each of the LNB, also with peak value memory.
The dish must be fine aligned up to obtain the minimum of the Noise Margin on
the two LNB at the same time.
To facilitate this alignment, each bar shows also the maximum value reached by
the Noise Margin of the matching LNB during this operation.
According to the signal receiving conditions, the Noise Margin might not be at its
maximum for both the LNB. In case, the satellite dish must be aligned to have
the best possible value – at the same time - for both the signals.
Press the MEAS [G] key to exit this function.
8.3 POINTING AND/OR MOVING A MOTOR CONTROLLED DISH
(DISEqC MOTO R )
Select either the satellite (please refer to chapt er 9 SIGNAL TUNING: PLAN and 9.1
EXPLORIN G ALL THE SATELLITE TRAN S PON DERS at page 17) or the re fer ence
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