The transmodulator is designed for digital transmodulation with Transport Stream Processing. Device enables services
ltering, remultiplexing, modifying SI (Service Information), generating NIT (Network Information table), LCN (Local Channel
Number), restamping PCR (Program Clock Reference). All of the congurations can be changed using the Web Interface.
The transmodulator can be used as a stand alone unit - headend with redundant power supply (PS) to increase reliability
of supply voltages.
S3C32VB – headend with 32 DVB-S/S2 input channels and 16 agile DVB-C output channels.
S3C32WB – headend with 32 DVB-S/S2 input channels and 32 agile DVB-C output channels.
The products are intended for indoor usage only.
2.Safety instructions
Installation of the headend must be done according IEC60728-11 and national safety standards.
Headend is powered from mains 230 V~. This voltage is dangerous to life.
Any repairs must be done by a skilled personnel only.
To avoid the electric shock follow these instructions:
● Do not plug transmodulator into the mains supply if the power cord or plug is damaged.
● To disconnect the headend from the mains completely, disconnect plugs from mains socket.
● The mains sockets must be easily accessible.
● The headend shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing water and no objects lled with
liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on it.
● Avoid placing device next to the central heating components and in areas of high humidity.
● No naked ame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on headend.
● If the device has been kept in cold conditions for a long time, keep it in a warm room no less than 2
hours before plugging into the mains.
● Do not insert any objects into ventilation openings.
● The ventilation should not be impeded by covering the headend with items, such as newspapers,
table-cloths, curtains.
This product complies with the relevant clauses of the European Directive 2002/96/EC. The unit must be recycled
or discarded according to applicable local and national regulations.
Equipment intended for indoor usage only.
This product is in accordance to following norms of EU: EMC norm EN50083-2, safety norm EN62368-1,
RoHS norm EN50581.
Protective earthing. Connect to protective earthing bar.
This product is in accordance with Custom Union Technical Regulations: “Electromagnetic compatibility of technical
equipment“ CU TR 020/2011, “On safety of low-voltage equipment“ CU TR 004/2011.
This product is in accordance with safety standard AS/NZS 60065 and EMC standards of Australia.
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3. External view
Front view
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Bottom view
STATUS
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DC OUT 2
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HEADEND
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POWER SUPPLY 1
POWER SUPPLY 2
RESET
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RF IN 1
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USB
10/100Mb ETH
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RF OUT
RF TEST
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Figure 1. External view of the transmodulator
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P S1P S2
230V
75W max
50/60Hz
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HEADEND ADDR. - addressing indicator. It blinks on when the device is being accesed via Web interface
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HEADEND STATUS - error indicator. Red light indicates, that at least one error exists at the moment
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STATUS DC OUT 1 - indicates LNB1 powering status
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STATUS DC OUT 2 - indicates LNB2 powering status
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STATUS POWER SUPPLY 1 - indicates correct DC voltage from power supply PS1
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STATUS POWER SUPPLY 2 - indicates correct DC voltage from power supply PS2
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Startup progress and channel status indicators:
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1. Indicate the progress of startup when the device is powered on or rmware upgrade is going on.
2. Each indicator indicate input channel status when the device is up and running:
Does not glow when the input channel is inactive.
Glows yellow if demodulator have CC/BER errors related to reception.
Glows green if demodulator is active and there are no errors.
Glows red if demodulator is unlocked.
RF IN 1, DC OUT 1 - RF input of SAT IF signal, DC output for LNB
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RF IN 2, DC OUT 2 - RF input of SAT IF signal, DC output for LNB
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USB - TS playback
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10/100 Mb ETH - Ethernet control port
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RF TEST OUT - -20 dB RF output signal test point for testing and trouble shooting (without loop through RF input)
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RF OUT - RF output
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Power cord PS1
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Power cord PS2
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Protective earthing
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RESET button. Intended for two functions:
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1. Press this button at operating time to restart the device.
2. Restore default IP address and admin’s password. Press this button for more than 3 seconds to restore default IP
address.
After that default IP address and default admin’s pasword will be restored. All the rest parameters will be unchanged
and device will keep operating as previously was set up.
4. Installation instructions
Read the safety instruction rst.
Installation of system according standard IEC60728-11 ensures safety of personnel and prevents apparatus against
damaging due to lightning or other sources of overvoltage surges.
Headend must be xed with steel screws Ø 4-5 mm. The screws are not included in a package.
If any RF connector on the transmodulator is not used, connect the 75 Ω load supplied.
Connect power plugs of transmodulator to the mains when potective earthing and RF cables are connected correctly.
Shielded cable is recommended for Ethernet connection.
It is recommended to connect power plugs of headend to dierent lines of the mains or one to the line directly, another
through uninterruptible power source (UPS).
System indicates error when one of PS is disconnected. Disconnected PS does not disturb working of other PS.
5. Operation
Power on the device. Yellow LEDs [7] will light on from the left to the right one by one. It indicates powering on progress.
When powering on is nished, device will run according to the latest used conguration. LEDs will indicate the status of each
channel. The led is turned o when particular demodulator is disabled. Green LEDs [7] indicates, that demodulator is active,
no errors detected. Red LEDs [7] indicates that demodulator is unlocked. Yellow LEDs indicates, that demodulator has
some reception errors.
NOTE: Please check the signal quality if the yellow LED lights up.
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5.1 Initial conguration
Devices leave the factory with this control over Ethernet interface IP address: 192.168.1.10. In order to avoid conicts
with other IP addresses, it is necessary to perform an initial conguration in the local mode. Subsequently, it will be possible
to access the device via local area network (LAN), either to change the conguration or to check the operating status.
The device leaves the factory with the following control over Ethernet interface TCP/IP conguration:
IP address of the device: 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
To access device, use a personal computer (PC) equipped with an Ethernet card and
RJ-45 cable (CAT-5E or CAT-6). The IP address of the PC/MAC must be congured within
the following range: 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254 (do not use 192.168.1.10, since this is the
IP address of the device to be congured). To start the conguration of the device, open
your web browser and type in the following direction: http://192.168.1.10. The login prompt
will appear on the screen (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. Login window
Access to the device is protected by user name and password. The default user name and password is admin. Enter the
user name and password and click on "Login" button.
NOTE*: the default password - admin - can (and must) be changed as explained in the section 5.11.5 "User management".
During initial conguration you need to change the default control interface TCP/IP conguration as explained in the section
5.9 "IP settings".
NOTE**: If you are using Internet Explorer Web browser, supported versions are version 10 or higher.
Control interface IP address reset to default procedure: press the "RESET" [17] button for more than 3 seconds and release
it. After this operation the control interface IP address will be set to 192.168.1.10, user name and password set to admin.
5.2 General conguration
Initial Web interface screen
The rst screen that appears when the device accessed is the "Main" window, which gives general information on the device.
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[2]
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Figure 3. General information screen
In the top of each conguration screen you will see a main menu tabs [1]. Using it, you can switch between the dierent
conguration menu. The tab highlighted in yellow shows which menu is active at a given moment. The "System menu" tab
contains several submenu items. Also common elements for all screens are device title [2] and login information strings
[3]. The device title can be changed after pressing the "Change" button in the "Device information" table. Pressing on the
"Logout" string you can logout from device control.
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Device information table
This shows the following data of device:
“Device model”: model of the device.
“Serial number”: serial number of the device.
“Software version”: device software version number.
“System time”: current time, synchronized from the TDT table of the input stream or NTP server. Local time oset can be
selected in the "IP settings" tab, see section 5.9 "IP settings".
“Up time”: time passed from last power-up or restart of the device.
System status table
It represents the following parameters at real time: Processor load in percents, internal temperature in degrees of Celsius,
power voltage in Volts.
Other devices in the network
If there are any devices in the network their status and diagnostic information will be displayed as it is in Figure 3 "General
information screen". If devices status is red press the down arrow and diagnostic errors will be displayed. Make sure, that
Ethernet router is congured properly to pass SSDP packets (239.255.255.250:1900 and 239.255.255.246:7900). Also make
sure that all devices are connected to the same Ethernet network
Diagnostic information table
It displays all device errors and comments how to eliminate them.
Figure 4. Diagnostic information table with errors
The Figure 5 "Input 1" table in devices with DVB-S/S2 input consists of the following parameters:
"LNB LO frequency" - the LNB local oscillator lower frequency in megahertz. Use 9750 MHz for the universal converter.
"LNB HI frequency" - the LNB local oscillator upper frequency in megahertz. Use 10600 MHz for the universal converter.
“LNB Power” - power supply of the converter – can be set to “0”, “13V”, “18V”, “13V/22kHz”, “18V/22kHz”.
"Polarization" - the polarization of converter. Can be "Horizontal" or "Vertical".
“Source type” - the LNB types, there are several: Universal, Quadro, DiSEqC, dSCR EN50607, SCR EN50494 - see Figures
5, 6.
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Figure 7. “Input 1” table “Source types = SCR”
“Universal LNB” - power supply voltage of the converter is chosen according to the selected polarization – 18 V Horizontal,
13 V Vertical; the 22 kHz is set depending on given "LNB HI frequency" "LNB LO frequency" and “Input frequency” parameters.
For example:
LNB Hi=10,600, LNB Lo=9750, then F=(950+10,600+2150+9750)/2=11,725 MHz.
“DiSEqC” - then DISEQC commands are used to select the satellite. Possible commands: “Satellite A”, “Satellite B”, “Satellite
C”, “Satellite D”, Vertical or Horizontal polarization.
"dSCR" – rst select source type as shown in Figure 6, then select “dSCR/SCR mode“. Device must have direct connection
to Unicable multiswitch or LNB. Next select "SAT input" and "User band", type in frequencies, symbol rate press “Update”
button and observe "dSCR" status.
"SCR" - same as "dSCR", just the user band frequencies must be typed in manually as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 8. Status table
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The Figure 9 “Demodulator settings table” in devices with DVB-S/S2 input consists of the following parameters:
„SAT input“ - A parameter that can switch demodulator o or connect to any available RF input.
“User band” - parameter used in dSCR/SCR Switches.
„Input frequency“ - parameter is a frequency of transponder in MHz.
„Symbol rate“ - parameter is a symbol rate of transponder in kSym/s.
Figure 9. Demodulator settings table
Figure 10. Demodulator status table
The following information is displayed in the table “Demodulator status”:
“RF level” - RF signal level at the device input. Level indication - approximate.
The values of the following parameters are displayed only if the device has synchronized with the input signal.
“Modulation standard” - detected standard of the input signal. Possible values of the standard: DVB-S, DVB-S2.
“Frequency” - intermediate frequency (for DVB-S/S2) at the device input.
“Modulation” - modulation scheme of the input signal. Possible values of the modulation scheme: QPSK, 8PSK (for DVB-S/S2).
“FEC” - forward error correction.
“SNR” - RF signal/noise ratio at the input of device.
“VBER” - bit error rate after Viterbi corrector. To get the signal without any errors at the output of the tuner, VBER shall not
exceed 2Е-4.
“PER” - ratio of the MPEG2 transport error packets to the whole number of packets. If the number of error packet is equal to
zero, the opposite value to whole number of packets is displayed. Packet counters are reset during RF input parameters update.
“Input bitrate” - bitrate of the input signal.
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5.4. Transport Streams
One channel at a time can be congured in this page. Select proper channel from the list at „Choose input channel“
combobox (see Figure 11 “Transport streams page”).
Figure 11. Transport streams page
A list of services in the selected channel will appear. „List of services“ table shows a list of available services. Icon before
the service name indicates service type. Bitrate of each service is measured in real time. Services that currently are not
running will be displayed as grayed. They can be selected and will be outputted normally when the services starts to running.
„LCN“ eld is a Logical Channel Number. Every service can have a „channel number“ and TV will sort channels according to
it. Just ensure, that all services in all channels have dierent numbers. Value 0 means, that LCN for that service is not used
at all and TV will sort these channels according to it’s own rules. If channel numbers are added, but TV does not recognize
it, check the following:
- If TV supports LCN?
- If Network ID and Original Network ID values are valid for the country, which is selected on TV?
„Enable“ dropbox enables the service to the selected output.
“Descramble” checkbox enables or disables descrambling.
Press onto „+“ sign and service information will be extended (see Figure 12 "Service details").
Figure 12. Service details
“Service title“ and “Service provider“ can be edited (multilanguage character support). „Scrambled ag“ will be inserted
into SDT (Service Description Table). Unchecking this checkbox will not descramble the content. It only carries information
about the scrambling status of the service.
"Service type": this is an 8-bit eld specifying the type of the service. The assignment of service type value for a Service
is described in EN 300 468. It shall be coded according to Figure 13.
"Parental control": this selection enables ability to restrict certain content viewable by the user. For example, parental control
eld is set to "Less than 6 years", than all content with maturity rating above 6 years old will be ltered out.
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Service typeDescription
0x00reserved for future use
0x01digital television service (see note 1)
0x02digital radio sound service (see note 2)
0x03Teletext service
0x04NVOD reference service (see note 1)
0x05NVOD time-shifted service (see note 1)
0x06mosaic service
0x07FM radio service
0x08DVB SRM service [49]
0x09reserved for future use
0x0Aadvanced codec digital radio sound service
0x0BH.264/AVC mosaic service
0x0Cdata broadcast service
0x0Dreserved for Common Interface Usage (CENELEC EN 50221 [37])
0x0ERCS Map (see ETSI EN 301 790 [7])
0x0FRCS FLS (see ETSI EN 301 790 [7])
0x10DVB MHP service
0x11MPEG-2 HD digital television service
0x12 to 0x15reserved for future use
0x16H.264/AVC SD digital television service
0x17H.264/AVC SD NVOD time-shifted service
0x18H.264/AVC SD NVOD reference service
0x19H.264/AVC HD digital television service
0x1AH.264/AVC HD NVOD time-shifted service
0x1BH.264/AVC HD NVOD reference service
0x1CH.264/AVC frame compatible plano-stereoscopic HD digital television service (see note 3)
0x1DH.264/AVC frame compatible plano-stereoscopic HD NVOD time-shifted service (see note 3)
0x1EH.264/AVC frame compatible plano-stereoscopic HD NVOD reference service (see note 3)
0x1FHEVC digital television service (see note 4)
0x20 to 0x7F reserved for future use
0x80 to 0xFE user dened
0xFFreserved for future use
NOTE 1: MPEG-2 SD material should use this type.
NOTE 2: MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio material should use this type.
NOTE 3: For information on the use of these values, see clause I.2.3 and ETSI TS 101 547-2 [54]
(3D Guidelines of Frame Compatible 3D-TV).
NOTE 4: For information on the use of these values, see clause I.2.5 and ETSI TS 101 547-4 [62].
Figure 13. Service type coding
Individual streams can be disabled as well. Also PID number can be remapped manually by selecting checkbox “Other
PID” (Keep in mind than PID must be unique) otherwise PID remapping is done automatically.
Press onto „Update“ button to save changes and execute.
NOTE: If transparent mode is selected, all services of transponder will be passed to the output, including original PAT, SDT,
PMT, EIT, CAT, NIT tables, all changes that were made to these tables will be disregarded. No more than 95% of output
bandwidth usage is recommended, otherwise overow might occur.
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5.5. NIT
Several tables related to NIT generation exist in this section. Figure 14 "Global TS parameters" describes following TS
parameters:
Figure 14. Global TS parameters
“Network ID”: is unique number within the geographical region dened by the “country code”. For a cable network usually
this is a single country code plus 0x2000 (8192). If there are more connected modulators in the network, they must have the
same Network ID.
Proper value depending on your country and operator can be found here:
“Private data specier (hex)”: can be inserted in the NIT table for proper LCN description. This value is described in TS
101162 specication. NorDig standard requires 00 00 00 29 value, UK should use 00 00 23 3A value.
The parameter will not be inserted into NIT if value is set to zero.
„Network name“ is the name of the network.
The 2nd table in the page describes Transport stream ID and Original network ID of each channel (see Figure 15). Each
stream in a network must have unique ID, called „Transport stream ID“. An Original_Network_ID is dened as the “unique
identier of a network”. It can be linked to Network ID or used value from this location:
Figure 15. Transport stream and original network IDs
Figure 16. Description of other streams in the network
Every channel in the network must be described in NIT. Otherwise TV automatic channel tuning function will not nd all
channels. All devices in the network will be monitored via standard SSDP protocol. NIT tables will be regenerated if any
change is detected in other modulators with the same Network ID. Make sure, that Ethernet router is congured properly to
pass SSDP packets (239.255.255.250:1900 and 239.255.255.246:7900). Also make sure that all devices are connected to
the same Ethernet network.
NOTE: If in the RF network exists transponders that is generated by old TERRA transmodulators/modulators, the frequencies
and modulation parameters must be lled manually (Figure 16).
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5.6. TS info
This tab Lists all outgoing servises. You can easily lter out needed output channels by selecting needed output in table
"TS Info". This lets you quickly view and setup LCN for every channel also check your Output bitrate and ensure that it is
not overowing.
Figure 17. "TS Info" table
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5.7. RF outputs
Headend has 16/32 independent and agile channels.
"Output frequency“ parameter can be entered manually or selected as a channel from combobox. Channels that can be
selected from the list depend on which region is selected. If you need any other frequency – select “Manual” and type the
needed frequency. Frequency step is 0.1 MHz. „Enable“ checkbox will enable channel to the output. Global attenuator can
be entered up to 15 dB. Also there is individual precise attenuator up to 2.5 dB in step of 0.5 dB.
Press „Update“ to change settings. In case, if any modulation parameter was changed, all channels will be restarted with
new settings. Exception is „Attenuator“, changes in this parameter will not restart the modulator.
Figure 18. DVB-C output parameters
16/32 independent QAM modulators can be setup in this section. There is no requirement for channels to be adjacent
or sorted by frequency, see picture 18. Each channel can have own constallation QAM-16/32/64/128/256, symbol rate
3500...7200 Mbps. Note, that symbol rates higher than 6956 kSym/s will exceed 8 MHz bandwidth, so these symbol rates
should be used carefully.
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5.8. SNMP settings
Figure 18. "SNMP settings" table
5.9 IP settings
Figure 18 "SNMP settings" table is located in “IP parameters” tab.
The description of the SNMP conguration parameters:
"Read Community" - community name acts as a password that is shared
by multiple SNMP agents and one or more SNMP managers. "Read
Community" password is used for read-only access to the devices
parameters.
"Write Community" - is the password used for read-write access to the
devices parameters.
"Enable TRAP" - SNMP traps are alerts generated by agents on a managed
device. Check this box to enable TRAP generation. The device generates
traps when the diagnostic message occurs.
"TRAP Community" - is the password used for accessing of TRAPS.
"Host IP #1","Host IP #2""Host IP #3" - IP addresses of hosts with SNMP
managers, where TRAPS will be send.
All device IP settings can be congured here – IP address, subnet mask,
gateway, DNS (Domain Name System), see Figure 19 "IP settings table".
IP parameters will be updated immediately after pressing „Update“ button
and redirect to new location.
NOTE: Press the RESET and default IP button for more than three seconds
to set default IP address of the control Ethernet interface (see Figure 1
"External view of the device").
Figure 19. IP settings table
5.10 E-mail-settings
Figure 20. E-mail-settings table
The device can send e-mail reports if errors were detected. SMTP
protocol is used for that. Figure 20 “E-mail-settings table” shows
parameters related to this feature. “Enable e-mail error report”
checkbox enables error monitoring. All errors within “timeout”
period will be gathered, and send to the e-mail address, provided
in “Receiver e-mail address” input box. Comma separated e-mail
addresses can be used to send report to multiple addresses. The
timer will be started as soon, as the rst error is detected, and
stopped when e-mail is sent. The timer will be restarted again if
a new error will appear.
“Sender e-mail address” can be used as authentication in the
SMTP server side.
SSL (SMTPS) protocol is not supported.
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5.11 System menu
This menu tab contains following submenu items: “Event logs”, “Export parameters”, “Import parameters”, “Firmware
Various important events, errors, warnings will be logged into the system, see Figure 21 "Event logs". Each record has
an event type, which can be used to lter particular messages. Just select checkboxes in the „Logs ltering“ table and press
„Apply“. Other messages will be hidden.
„Erase logs“ button will erase all logs from the system.
“Export logs” button forms the le (log.html) which will be downloaded to PC.
Each record has a log time when the event appeared. Refer to 5.11.9 "Date, Time" settings for instructions how to
congure time settings.
Figure 21. Event logs
5.11.2 Export parameters
All settings of transmodulator can be exported for backup or copying to another device. Press “Export parameters” and
“parameters.xml” le will be downloaded to PC. This le can be imported only to the same type of device.
5.11.3 Import parameters
Exported parameters can be imported back to the device. Press onto “Click to select le” button (see Figure 22 "Import
parameters") to select exported le.
Figure 22. Import parameters
Press “Upload” button to send the le to the device.It will take several seconds to update all parameters after le upload.
After that, device will function with new conguration. No restart is required.
5.11.4 Firmware upgrade
Device rmware can be upgraded via web browser. Press the “Click to select le” button and select rmware binary le. If
valid le was selected, a version number of new rmware will be displayed. Otherwise an error message will appear. Press
the “Upload” button to upload new rmware to the device. Upload progress bar will appear and may take several seconds
to upload, depending on the size of a le and a network connection speed. A message will be displayed asking to restart
the device when the le was sent to the device. New rmware will be programmed into the device only after restart. It may
take additional minute or more to ash new program. Device will start up with a new rmware and continue to operate with
previous parameters. Additional new rmware features (if any) may need to setup additionally to take eect.
Avoid power supply interruption when a programming process is going on.
Device has possibility to load software revision history and check availability for new software release. Click the “Check
online” link. If computer (not device!) has internet access, it will show a list of all software releases with links to binary les.
Binary le can be downloaded and saved to computer (see Figure 23 "Firmware upgrade"). After that, use the rmware
upgrade method as described above.
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Figure 23. Firmware upgrade
5.11.5 User management
User may change a password here. Length of the password is up to 16 symbols. Type current password and double enter
new password to change it.
If logged in user has admin role, new users can be added (see Figure 24 "User management").
Figure 24. User management
Enter it’s username, password, select a role and press „Add“ button.
Only administrator (user with a role „admin“) may manage other users.
NOTE: By giving your personal password or user access account for another person, you take full responsibility for all
device settings modications made by that person or anyone else they may give the password to.
5.11.6 Restore defaults
All parameters will be restored back to factory defaults after conrmation. The exception – IP address and users – these
parameters will be unchanged. To restore IP address and system password to system defaults, see „RESET“ button at
section 3, pos. [17].
Several seconds can take to restore all parameters, so be patient.
5.11.7 Restart the device
Device will be restarted after conrmation to do it. This is an alternative to pressing a „RESET“ button when the device is
operating.
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5.11.8 Auto Restart
Enable "Auto restart" to schedule periodical restart. Fill in "Scheduled restart time" to restart device on the particular time.
The restart will occure every day on specieed time.
5.11.9 Date, Time
System time can be congured manually or taken from NTP server (only if device can access NTP server). Also there is
an option to select the time source from TS as shown in the Figure 25.
Figure 25. "Date, Time" settings table
5.11.10 Language
Device control panel supports several preinstalled languages. A change of language requires system restart. Note, that
all previously logged records will remain in previous language.
Additional languages can be installed under request. Contact our distributors for such possibility.
6. Regions
Device supports several preinstalled regions. Region can be changed without restarting the device, just select needed
region by pressing “Change” button in “Device information” table. The RF channel list depends on which region is selected.
Additional regions can be installed under request. Contact our distributors for such possibility.
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7. Technical specications
Type S3C32VB S3C32WB
Number of input / output channels 32/16 32/32
Number of input ports 2
RF frequency range 950 - 2150 MHz
input level AGC range / impedance 50-94 dBµV/75 Ω*
LNB powering and control 0/13 V/18 V, 22 kHz & 1 A per input channel, total 2 A max.