Triax MCT059 User Manual

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Model Item no.

TRIAX MCT059 Field Strength Meter 812970

Version

1.0

Date

06/2017

User manual

MCT059 Field Strength Meter

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Modified chapters

Detail of change/update

1.0 / March 2017 All First document created

Thank you for purchasing this TRIAX product and therefore trusting our company. Our different teams (research department, production, sales department, after-sales service…) are aiming at satisfying your wishes by designing and updating very advanced appliances.

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To obtain the best performance from this product please read this manual carefully.

For more information please contact our different services

Any total or partial reproduction of this document must be submitted for TRIAX written authorization.

GUARANTEE

Your instrument is guaranteed for two years for labor and parts against any manufacturing defect and/or functioning hazard. This guarantee extends from the delivery date and ends 730 calendar days later.

In case of guarantee contract, this will cancel or replace these guarantee conditions hereabove.

The guarantee conditions by TRIAX are available on the website www.triax.com. The general guarantee conditions should prevail on the following conditions that they sum up.

This guarantee does not cover the result of any abnormal use, handling mistake or mistake in the storage conditions outside the defined range.

In case of application of the guarantee, the user shall return, at its own expenses, the relevant appliance to our factory:

And add a description of the observed breakdown to the appliance.

The standard supplies provided with the appliance (cables, outlets…), the consumables (batteries …) and the optional supplies (suitcases…) are guaranteed for 3 months against any manufacturing defect.

Such items as a suitcase, a LCD screen or a touchpad are guaranteed only for a normal use.

The guarantee does not cover wearing, accidental breaks or consecutive to a shock or any abnormal use.

The factory options integrated to the appliance are guaranteed for the same duration as the appliance itself.

In case of replacement or repair of the product, the remaining guarantee duration shall be:

- The remaining duration of the guarantee if the appliance is still under guarantee

- If the guarantee duration is less than 90 days, the replaced part is guaranteed for 90 days

Any replacement part becomes the property of the user and the exchanged parts become the property of TRIAX.

In case of intervention by an insurance company, the product becomes the property of the insurance company upon its exclusive request. Else, it shall remain property of the user.

The guarantee covers exclusively the materials manufactured and provided by TRIAX.

Any intervention by the user or any third party without prior authorization by the company voids the guarantee.

The user shall be responsible for the return of its appliance to our site. Hence, it shall provide for a conditioning that shall correctly protect the appliance while shipping. It shall subscribe, at its own expenses, any insurance required for the transport.

The TRIAX company reserves the right to refuse any product wrongly conditioned and not to take in charge any break consecutive to the transport.

Particular case of the battery: There is a Li-ion battery as a standard equipment of this appliance. It shall not be transported outside the appliance. In no case shall the user replace it. Its replacement in the factory is necessary to check the charge system and the protective securities.

We thank you for your trust.

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METROLOGY

The meteorological conditions of your measurement instrument are defined in the specifications of this notice. Climate and environmental conditions restrict the specifications of your Field Strength Measurer (MDC). TRIAX checks the characteristics of each appliance one by one on an automatic bench during its manufacture. The adjustment and control are guaranteed under conditions of the ISO9001 certification by facilities in connection with the COFRAC (or equivalent in the context of ILAC reciprocity).

The specified characteristics are considered stable for a period of 12 months from the first use under normal conditions of use.

We recommend a check after 12 months and max. 24 months of use, then every 12 months after 24 months.

For any check of the characteristics, the following average climate conditions shall be maintained (23°C+3°C – 50(+20)%RH). The MDC should have been working for 0,5 hour before check.

We recommend that you have this control made by our after-sales service for the best service and preservation of the measuring quality of your instrument.

When a field meter is returned to TRIAX, maximum service is provided with internal updating according to the required adjustments and software updates. In case of shift in the characteristics, your instrument shall be adjusted to recover its original characteristics.

PACKAGING

The packaging of this product is fully recyclable. Its design allows the transport of your instrument under the best possible conditions. Please note that the original packaging should be additionally wrapped in case of transport by air, road or postal.

SPARE PARTS

According to the consumption law of March 17, 2014, Article L111-3 and Decree 2014-1482 of 09/12/2014, TRIAX informs you of the availability of spare parts of products placed on the market as of March 1, 2015:

Spare parts are not available to the consumer. TRIAX offers the supply of spare parts during repair by its service.

Consumable parts are provided according to the legislation applicable to them (case of batteries).

TRIAX is committed to providing parts or alternatives for a period of at least 2 years beyond the warranty period.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Important information .......................................................................................................... 8

1.1 Particular precautions ..................................................................................................................................... 8

1.2 Security instructions ....................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3 Symbols and definitions ................................................................................................................................. 8

1.4 Conformity and restrictions of the appliance .................................................................................................. 9

2 Quick start-up ..................................................................................................................... 10

2.1 Presentation of the device ............................................................................................................................ 10

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2.2 Signal spotting .............................................................................................................................................. 11

2.2.1 Scanning a terrestrial antenna in RF mode .......................................................................................... 11

2.2.2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna ........................................................................................................ 13

2.2.2.1 Use of the spectrum ....................................................................................................................... 13

2.2.2.2 Use of the Antenna pointing .......................................................................................................... 15

2.2.3 Installation of a satellite dish ................................................................................................................. 17

3 Presentation ....................................................................................................................... 19

3.1 General ......................................................................................................................................................... 19

3.2 Description of the appliance ......................................................................................................................... 20

4 Power-up ............................................................................................................................. 21

4.1 Battery .......................................................................................................................................................... 21

4.2 Battery charge .............................................................................................................................................. 21

4.3 External power supply .................................................................................................................................. 22

4.4 Turning the appliance on and off .................................................................................................................. 22

5 Man-machine interface ...................................................................................................... 23

5.1 Content of the screen ................................................................................................................................... 23

5.2 Changing name or value .............................................................................................................................. 25

5.2.1 Changing inside a table ........................................................................................................................ 25

5.2.2 Change with selection ........................................................................................................................... 26

5.2.3 Change with virtual keyboard ................................................................................................................ 26

5.3 Lists of measurements and setup library ..................................................................................................... 27

6 AUTOSET mode ................................................................................................................. 29

6.1 Terrestrial mode ........................................................................................................................................... 30

6.2 Satellite mode ............................................................................................................................................... 30

6.3 Cable Mode .................................................................................................................................................. 31

6.4 «START » menu key .................................................................................................................................... 31

7 Measurement lists .............................................................................................................. 33

7.1 The list page ................................................................................................................................................. 33

7.2 Modification of a list ...................................................................................................................................... 34

8 Setup library ....................................................................................................................... 37

8.1 The library page ........................................................................................................................................... 37

8.2 Creation or modification of setups in the library ........................................................................................... 37

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9 Check Sat ............................................................................................................................ 40

9.1 Updating satellites ........................................................................................................................................ 41

9.2 Check Sat function ....................................................................................................................................... 41

9.3 Checking the aligned satellite ...................................................................................................................... 43

9.4 Double Check Sat ........................................................................................................................................ 43

9.4.1 Recall .................................................................................................................................................... 44

10 TERRESTRIAL check ......................................................................................................... 45

11 The Measures-TV-Spectrum page .................................................................................... 48

12 Measures (MEASURES-TV-SPECTRUM) .......................................................................... 49

12.1 Autolock function ...................................................................................................................................... 49

12.2 Modification of parameters ....................................................................................................................... 50

12.3 Level measurements ................................................................................................................................ 50

12.4 Satellite band ............................................................................................................................................ 51

12.5 Terrestrial band ......................................................................................................................................... 52

12.6 Thresholds ................................................................................................................................................ 52

12.7 Digital measurements ............................................................................................................................... 53

12.8 DVB-T/H ................................................................................................................................................... 54

12.9 DVB-T2 /T2 Lite ........................................................................................................................................ 55

12.10 DVB-C ....................................................................................................................................................... 56

12.11 DVB-C2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 57

12.12 DVB-S et DSS .......................................................................................................................................... 58

12.13 DVB-S2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 59

13 Spectrum analyzer ............................................................................................................. 60

14 Image and Sound ............................................................................................................... 61

14.1 Digital TV .................................................................................................................................................. 61

14.2 Full screen mode ...................................................................................................................................... 61

14.3 Audio ......................................................................................................................................................... 62

14.4 Table of services ....................................................................................................................................... 62

15 Remote power supply / LNB – DiSEqC ............................................................................ 63

15.1 Terrestrial band ......................................................................................................................................... 63

15.2 Satellite band ............................................................................................................................................ 64

15.2.1 Power ON .............................................................................................................................................. 64

15.2.1 Switches ................................................................................................................................................ 65

15.2.1 Positioner .............................................................................................................................................. 66

15.2.2 DCSS .................................................................................................................................................... 67

15.2.2.1 Influence of the DCSS on the spectrum analyzer.......................................................................... 69

16 Constellation ...................................................................................................................... 70

17 Echo / Guard interval ......................................................................................................... 71

18 Measurement map.............................................................................................................. 73

18.1 Out of tolerance values ............................................................................................................................. 74

19 Optical measurement ......................................................................................................... 75

19.1 Presentation of the optic measurement .................................................................................................... 75

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What you need to know ............................................................................................................................ 76

19.2.1 The optical fiber ..................................................................................................................................... 76

19.2.2 Connectors ............................................................................................................................................ 77

19.3 Optical power measurement ..................................................................................................................... 78

19.4 The satellite reception via optical fiber ..................................................................................................... 79

19.5 Fiber reception after coupler ..................................................................................................................... 80

20 Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 81

20.1 Language .................................................................................................................................................. 81

20.2 Frequency map ......................................................................................................................................... 81

20.3 Memories .................................................................................................................................................. 82

20.3.1 View ...................................................................................................................................................... 83

20.3.2 Save ...................................................................................................................................................... 83

20.3.3 Update ................................................................................................................................................... 84

20.4 Factory recovery ....................................................................................................................................... 85

20.5 Configuration import/export ...................................................................................................................... 86

21 Software update ................................................................................................................. 87

22 Save..................................................................................................................................... 88

23 Connection of the appliance to a PC ................................................................................ 89

24 Displayed messages .......................................................................................................... 91

24.1 Alert messages ......................................................................................................................................... 91

24.2 Error messages ........................................................................................................................................ 92

25 Maintenance ....................................................................................................................... 93

26 Technical specifications .................................................................................................... 95

26.1 Technical specifications ............................................................................................................................ 95

26.2 Digital measurements ............................................................................................................................... 96

26.3 OPTIC MEASUREMENT .......................................................................................................................... 97

26.4 Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................................................... 98

26.5 General specifications .............................................................................................................................. 99

26.6 Accessories .............................................................................................................................................. 99

26.7 V, dBµV, dBmV and dBm conversion ..................................................................................................... 100

26.8 Typical values for measurements ........................................................................................................... 100

27 Terminology ..................................................................................................................... 101

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1 Important information

Please read carefully the following instructions before using your device.

1.1 Particular precautions

• Do not use the product for any other use than specified.

• Use the provided charger unit to prevent any deterioration of the appliance and guarantee its measurement

characteristics.

• Do not use in a wet environment.

• Do not use in an explosive environment.

• In case of failure or for the maintenance of the appliance, only a qualified personal shall be entitled to work on

it. In such a case, it is required to use TRIAX spare parts.

• Do not open the appliance: risk of electric shock.

• You should use the F/F adaptor provided with your measuring instrument. Any other adaptor could damage

your appliance and jeopardizes the guarantee.

• Do not use gloves, stylus or any other object on to the touchscreen. Handle the screen carefully.

1.2 Security instructions

For a correct use of the appliance, it is necessary that users abide by the security and use instructions described in this manual.

Specific warnings appear all along this manual.

In case of need, warning symbols are displayed on the appliance:

1.3 Symbols and definitions

Symbols in this manual:

Remark: Shows important information

Key or press zone

Window or display zone showing up after the operation achieved

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Symbols on the appliance:

Attention: Refer to the manual. Shows a risk of damage for the material connected to the instrument or to the instrument itself.

Ground: Grounded accessible parts.

Product for recycling.

1.4 Conformity and restrictions of the appliance

See chapter EC Declaration of conformity.

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2 Quick start-up

2.1 Presentation of the device

To plug the appliance for optic measurements, refer to the paragraph 19.1 Presentation of the optic meas-

urement

Important keys:

MCT059 is an appliance with a capacitive touchscreen. This requires a soft handling. No glove and no stylus should be used, so that the triggering should be taken into account.

You will recognize the « keys » by their dark grey color (example: the home key: )

You may also access tables by pressing lines (on white or yellow)

Welcoming page:

button ON/OFF

RF connector for use with the F/F adaptor provided with the appliance.

Gives you access to the using mode (RF or optic)

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Attention : To exit a window like in this example below, press the key:

2.2 Signal spotting

The MCT059 appliance tracks very quickly RF or optical terrestrial or satellite signals.

In the following chapter, we will see how to spot a RF signal on three types of installation:

• Checking of a terrestrial antenna (the installation has already been made).

• Installation of a terrestrial antenna.

• Installation of a satellite dish.

2.2.1 Scanning a terrestrial antenna in RF mode

In this case, the Autoset function allows a scan of the channels that the antenna detects.

Plug the cable of your antenna to the MCT059 appliance (WARNING: use an adequate adaptor)

The antenna shall be previously adjusted to a terrestrial emitter.

Turn on your appliance. Press RF/Optic

Press Entrée RF

The Home page appears on screen. Press Autoset

On this page, press Mode, Terrestrial, then select DVB-T and 8MHz (as here below)

The scan should range from the E21 to the E69 channels, frequency range Europe (you may reduce the number of channels to scan if you know the range of the emitter where the antenna points at: the scan will be faster)

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Press START. The appliance searches until the end of the scan and turns directly to the Measurement plan mode. If channels were found, the appliance makes measurements continuously (C/N-level, then BER/MER) on the detected channels. If no channel has been found, see the next chapter.

To finish, press the home measurement key then on , On this new page, press Prog, select the channel that you want to display.

Check the level, the BER/MER, the TV detection and the spectrum of the signal on this page…

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2.2.2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna

You have two methods to install a terrestrial antenna:

• Use of the spectrum

• Use of the satellite dish

2.2.2.1 Use of the spectrum

Plug the cable of your antenna to the MCT059 (take care to use an adequate adaptor)

Turn your appliance on. Press the Measures-TV-Spectrum key

Press the Spectrum zone, access to terrestrial mode if needed

Access to full SPAN mode

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Adjust the antenna to get the most powerful signal possible

Press directly the signal you want in the spectrum (the cursor moves to where you press)

Press the NIT key , the device find automatically all the parameters of the signal.

Once the search ended, the device display the “Network Name” and the “Network ID”.

Press the Measures-TV-Spectrum key. You can now display the level, the BER/MER of the signal selected

on the same page…

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2.2.2.2 Use of the Antenna pointing

The appliance gets an “Antenna pointing” mode in order to align quickly and easily your terrestrial antenna.

To access to the “Antenna pointing” mode from the HOME page, press

The following page appears:

Set your emitter name:

Enter 4 frequencies of the emitter you want to check.

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Slowly orientate the antenna until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality

No transmitter found, bad reception quality → red smiley

Average reception quality (< 50%) → orange smiley

Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley

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2.2.3 Installation of a satellite dish

Connect the satellite dish to the appliance.

Activate the remote power supply

To access to the Remote power supply page, press

To switch on the remote power supply, press then select ON in the page to launch the remote power supply:

A green check appears in front of what you validated

Press then and access the Check Sat mode.

(the appliance already includes a list of satellites).

Select a satellite like in the example below (here Astra1):

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Slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality

No found transponder → red smiley

Average reception quality (< 50%) → orange smiley

Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley

Reminder: transponder = satellite channel

To check if the aimed satellite is the right one: press the NIT key

The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite:

Attention:

To identify a satellite, you must be locked on all 4 transponders. (Quality > 0)

However, some transponders are regularly modified. See the frequency range of the satellite when a transponder does not seem to work.

Some switches or LNB work only with DiSEqC commands. In this case, position the band (OL) and the polarization on DiSEqC at the Configuration page LNB-DiSEqC.

(Attention: the Check Sat is slower when using the DiSEqC command).

Attention: The displayed name depends on the content of the MPEG NIT table.

Some distributors provide no (or poor) such table.

The displayed information may be wrong.

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3 Presentation

3.1 General

-The MCT059 field measurer is a handy appliance designed to qualify and maintain all RF or optical installations RF for broadcasting and receiving analogical and terrestrial digital, satellite or cable network television channels.

-The band ranges between 5 MHz and 2200 MHz; this allows accurate measurements on all analogical television standards, FM carrier waves and the various digital standards DVB-C/C2, DVB-T/T2/T2Lite, DVB-S/S2 and DSS.

-He does Level measurements in average, peak and power according to the selected standard

-Optical power measurements are made on the 3 bands

-Conversion of an optical signal (optical head, FTH-type cable) into a RF signal RF within the band of the field measurer

-In Measurement Plan mode, they scan up to 50 setups at the same time and compare them to decision levels (min / max).

- Equipped with an efficient Bit Error Rate measurement (various BER, MER), they allow the full validation of digital transmissions DVB-T/T2/T2Lite, DVB-C/C2, DVB-S/S2 and DSS.

- Providing a Constellation diagram for digital standards, the detection and display of Echoes and pre-ech- oes permit to complete this analysis.

- You can display the digital terrestrial or satellite TV (free programs) under SD or HD.

- You can hear digital sound through integrated loudspeakers.

-Designed for use on field, it is compact (less than 2 kg battery included), autonomous (battery pack and quick charger), equipped with a LCD 7’’ touchscreen (capacitive).

- The high memory content allows the storage of many configurations, measurements and spectrum curves.

-The appliance fully remote-controlled through USB and ETHERNET connections via a computer.

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3.2 Description of the appliance

Fastening for straps

7’’ capacitive touchscreen high resolution

ON/OFF switch

RF socket with F/F adapter

Remote supply light

USB A socket

Ethernet socket

External power socket

15 V 5 A max

Charging indicator light

Optical FC APC input

with protective plug

RF F output of the optical option to link to the RF F input of the appliance via the provided angled F/F cable

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4 Power-up

All the material is checked before shipment and delivered in an adapted packaging. There is no particular unpacking instruction.

The appliance is equipped with a Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) battery.

However, if the appliance has remained idle more than one month long, check its charge state and reload if required.

4.1 Battery

Attention: Any intervention on the battery requires the disassembly of the appliance and

should be made by a TRIAX technician.

Use only batteries provided by TRIAX.

Security advice:

 Do not throw into the fire or heat up the battery pack

 Do not shunt the parts of the battery: risk of explosion!

 Do not drill

 Do not disassemble the battery pack

 Do not reverse the polarities of the battery

 This battery pack includes a protective item that should not be damaged or removed

 Protect the pack from the heat while storing

 Do not damage the protective sheath of the pack

 Do not store the appliance in a vehicle under sunlight

 Used batteries are not for domestic waste; lithium batteries should be recycled.

The battery has a 200-charge-discharge cycle life or 2 years.

Advice to extend the life of your battery:

 Avoid deep discharges

 Do not store the batteries too long without using them

 Store the battery around 40% loading

 Do not fully charge or fully discharge the battery before storage.

When the battery is almost fully discharged, the appliance will warn “Low battery”, and then will shut off after a few minutes.

4.2 Battery charge

To charge the battery inside the appliance:

• Connect the external power supply provided through the jack plug of the appliance (above)

• Connect the power supply on the mains

• The internal charger starts loading the battery; the green lamp lights up.

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Charge the device only when the device is off. Charge the device only with the provided power supply block.

The battery is 80%-loaded after 1 hour 50 minutes. The total charge is reached after 2 hours 30 minutes.

The autonomy is defined in terrestrial mode with the lighting of the screen decreased, without remote supply, interfaces not connected and sound at 10%

4.3 External power supply

The appliance works under 15V (1 A) power supply. The power supply block provided is an external power supply too. Only use the power supply block provided with the appliance. Use of another mains block could damage your appliance and would not valid the guarantee.

4.4 Turning the appliance on and off

Press the button on the right side of the appliance:

The entry page appears on screen.

The message “Autotest: running” is shortly displayed, and then disappears.

Pressing this button turns the appliance off.

The ON/OFF button lights up when the appliance is working.

Pressing the ON/OFF button for a long time forces the shut-off of the appliance; pro- ceed this way only in case of necessity.

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5 Man-machine interface

5.1 Content of the screen

MCT059 is an appliance with a capacitive touchscreen. No glove should be used. If you don’t want to damage your screen, do not use any stylus or object.

You can recognize the« keys » by their dark grey frame, example the Home key:

You can also select lines of tables.

The MCT059 can work in RF or optical mode. You can switch from one mode to the other at start-up and from the homepage:

The Home page allows you to navigate among all functions of the appliance. You will find there the LNB –

DiSEqC (in RF mode) and Measures-TV-Spectrum functions. But you will also find the AUTOSET, Lists-,Library , Check Sat, Configuration ,Constellation , Echo guard interval, optical power measurement (in optical

mode) RF/Optical and Measurement map keys.

Gives you access to the using mode (RF or optical)

RF mode

OPTI

CAL mode

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On all pages is displayed the following information:

Attention: To exit a window like this one below, you have to press the key

Indication of

the state of the battery

Page

title

Indication of the position

of the

switch or of the SatCR (position of the slot)

Display of the Tension and

Current values for the selected remote powering or wavelength

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To navigate through a table inside a page or a window, a vertical slide appears with arrows to move up and down the table.

To move faster, you can slide a cursor with your fingers.

5.2 Changing name or value

5.2.1 Changing inside a table

You can select a setup in the table. In this case, you can validate a setup by pressing the line you want to display.

In this example, you change from the TNT-R1 setup to the TNT-R4 in the Measure page:

Cursor to navigate up or down

Move up through the table

Move down through the table

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5.2.2 Change with selection

When pressing a key, you may have a window with multiple choices. You only have to press the value you

want to validate it, the key allows you to cancel and exit this window, like in the example below:

In this example, the bandwidth changes from 8 to 6 MHz:

5.2.3 Change with virtual keyboard

If you want to enter a name of a number, a window appears with a numeric keypad and a virtual AZERTY keypad:

In this keyboard appear keys to erase, to valid the selected value and the key to cancel and exit from this window.

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5.3 Lists of measurements and setup library

In order to make easier the recall of data on field, the appliance uses 20 measurement lists of each 50 lines and 1000 setups.

A setup corresponds to a terrestrial, cable or satellite emission.

A list of measurements corresponds to a particular installation: presence of several satellite dishes, of various switches…

The same setup may be used in several measurement lists.

The same installation may use two satellite dishes

ASTRA 19.2 in DiSEqC position A

HOT BIRD 13 in DiSEqC position B

Another one may use three satellite dishes

ATLANTIC BIRD 3 in DiSEqC position A

ASTRA 1 in DiSEqC position B

HOT BIRD in DiSEqC position C

The same setup may be used several times in the same measurement list.

ZDF SatCR slot 0

ZDF SatCR slot 1

ZDF SatCR slot 2

ZDF SatCR slot 3…

If a parameter of a setup changes, for example a modification of rate or change from DVB-S to DVB-S2, only the setup inside the library should be updated.

Example of list (the background of the table is white)

Example of library (the background of the table is yellow)

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A list of measurements is made of:

• a list name in 10 characters

• the lowest frequency of the LNB (OL1)

• the highest frequency of the LNB (OL2)

• the selection mode low band / high band of the LNB

• the selection mode of the polarization

• the presence of the position number of the positioner (motorized satellite dish)

• 50 lines including each:

• a setup number corresponding to the setup list

• the presence and the functioning mode of the switch, committed type

• the position of the switch, committed type

• the presence and the functioning mode of the switch, uncommitted type

• the position of the switch, uncommitted type

• the presence of SatCR equipment

• the SatCR slot number

• the position of the SatCR switch

A few of these parameters are specific to the waveband of the satellite and have no influence in terrestrial and cable modes.

A setup is made of:

• a setup name in 8 characters

• a place name in 10 characters

• a frequency

• a channel number in terrestrial or cable mode

• a frequency map in terrestrial or cable mode

• a vertical or horizontal polarization in satellite mode

• a low or high LNB band in satellite mode

• a standard

• an analogical mono stereo or NICAM mode in terrestrial or cable mode

• a constellation type 64QAM 256QAM under DVB-C

• a bandwidth 5, 6, 7 or 8 MHz under DVB-T and DVB-T2

• a symbol rate under DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-S2 or DSS

According to the terrestrial, cable or satellite band mode and to the standard, some parameters have no influence.

The place name may distinguish two distinct emitters, example TF1 Fourvière and TF1 Chambéry.

Frequency and channel number are equivalent: a valid channel number has priority over a frequency.

The frequency map parameter associated with the setup allows frontiersmen to keep on using channel numbers.

Selecting a list in the Lists page automatically recalls all information associated with this list.

Selecting a Setup on a measurement page automatically recalls all information associated with this setup.

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6 AUTOSET mode

Attention: The Autoset channel research is only possible when at least one list is empty

with enough place in the library

This mode allows an automatic research of setups and to provide information about the current place.

You can access it through the key on page Home.

The displayed lines on this page depend on the selected Frequency band. The key before the Mode line allows you to select between terrestrial, cable or satellite mode:

Terrestrial Mode Satellite Mode

Cable Mode

Once the mode selected, the keys of the various parameters activate or deactivate each option.

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A green check shows that the parameter is included in the research. If there is no green check, the parameter will not be taken into account for the research.

Active research parameter

Inactive research parameter

Attention: The more you select options, the longer is the research.

6.1 Terrestrial mode

This mode allows automatic research on the terrestrial frequency band.

The table allows the selection of:

• Standards

• Channel widths

• The channel range of the research

(i.e. 21 to 60).

The goal is to make researches shorter by defining at best the settings (example: in France, no DVBT2, band width DDT 8MHz first channel 21, last channel 60)

6.2 Satellite mode

This mode allows automatic research on the satellite frequency band.

The table allows the selection of:

• LNB bands

• LNB polarizations.

The goal is to make researches shorter again

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6.3 Cable Mode

This mode allows automatic research on the cable frequency band.

The table allows the selection of:

• Standards

• Channel widths

• The search range of channels

6.4 «START » menu key

No matter which mode is selected, press the “START” key when the table is filled to launch the research.

Pressing “Stop” will abort the research.

When the research is done or if the user aborted it, the appliance turns automatically to the Measure- ment map function.

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Any detected channel will be registered into the first empty list (automatically renamed AUTOSET) and into the fist available setups of the library, starting from the end of the table.

The new list is created in the first available list

The default name of the new list is AUTOSET

New found channels are added one by one into the new list

New found channels are added one by one into the first available setups of the library, starting from the end of the table

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7 Measurement lists

7.1 The list page

In this page, you can select the list where you will work on measurements.

Pressing the Lists-Library key gives you access to the LISTS function:

Lists are ranked from 0 to 19. To select the one you want, press the following key. Lists are displayed. Press the one you want:

In this example, we selected ST ETIENNE.

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7.2 Modification of a list

To change the name of the list of ST ETIENNE, you must push on its name, then on the symbol of the keypad. A virtual keypad shows up. Type the new name.

To add a setup to the list, select the line. A window shows up:

By pressing the key before Setup, you disclose the available setups from the library (you cannot create a setup from a list; to create a setup, see Setup creation or modification in the library):

Scroll the list up or down to find the setup you want to add to your list. Press the line you want:

Attention: A list may contain a Satellite and a Terrestrial setup.

Attention: If the line contains a setup, it shall be erased. To cancel, press:

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The setup is now in the list:

You may erase the setup from the list by pressing the check to the left of the setup or to the setups you have

to delete. Then click the basket and select the deletion of the selected setup:

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You can also delete the totality of a list by pressing directly on the basket then by selecting

In a satellite setup, you can change the switch, the Uncommitted Port and the DCSS by activating any of these keys (this change will affect only the setup in this list, not in the library):

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8 Setup library

8.1 The library page

Pressing the Lists-Library key gives you access to the LISTS function. From this

page, you have access to the Library by pressing :

8.2 Creation or modification of setups in the library

To create or change a setup in the library, you have to select a line in the table. A window pops up:

Attention: If the line contains a setup, it will be erased. To cancel, press:

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You may erase the setup from the list by pressing the check to the left of the setup or to the setups you have

to delete. Then click the basket and select the deletion of the selected setup:

From this window, you can create a terrestrial, satellite KU, L or C setup.

To proceed, see chapter 5

Man-machine interfaces

 Terrestrial setup:

Under standard DVB-T/H DVB-T2

Under standard DVB-C / DVB-C2

In terrestrial analogical standard (L, BG, DK, I and MN)

To enter the frequency band you want for the setup

To enter the Emitter/Satellite name you want for the setup

To enter the name you want for the setup

To enter the frequency you want for the setup

To enter the channel you want for the setup

To enter the standard you want for the setup (DVB-T/H in this case)

To enter the symbol rate you want for the setup

To enter the type of audio configuration you want for the setup (mono, stereo or NICAM)

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 Setup Satellite KU, L or C:

Ku L or C corresponds to the selected band

To enter the type of polarity you want for the setup (high or low, vertical or horizontal)

To enter the symbol rate you want for the setup

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9 Check Sat

Press to access the Check Sat mode.

The appliance has 32 possible orbital positions for satellites. It is provided with near of 10 satellites registered.

4 transponders are appended to each satellite.

You can select the satellite by pressing « Name and position of the satellite ».

To modify a transponder, you must press the corresponding key:

Name and position

of the satellite

Global quality indi-

cation

Frequency, po-

larization,

band, level

and qualit

Frequency

Polarity

Symbol rate

Active or Inactive Transponder

Standard

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9.1 Updating satellites

You can update frequencies of the checks sat by consulting the file PDF posted on-line on the site web of TRIAX.

You have to modify frequencies, following the previous paragraph and using the file updated monthly on the web site of TRIAX.

We advise you to check and to update your frequencies every three months. We advise you to check and to update your frequencies every three months

9.2 Check Sat function

Procedure:

1/ Connect the satellite dish to the appliance and start it up.

2/ Validate the remote power supply:

- VDC lights up.

- Check the power supply current of the LNB (IDC at the top right corner of the screen should be

between 50 and 200mA).

See chapter Remote power supply / LNB – DiSEqC

3/ On the Home page, go to the Check Sat mode.

Select the satellite to aim at in the list (example ASTRA1)

4/ Slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality.

5/ Slightly turn the LNB to get the best quality (counter-polarization).

You will hear a melody as soon as a first transponder is detected; then, you will hear beeps. These beeps are closer and closer as the quality increases.

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If the appliance is not synchronized on all four transponders, the quality indication is red.

If the appliance is synchronized on all four transponders but the reception quality is average, the quality indication is orange.

Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley

Attention:

To identify a satellite, it must be synchronized on all

4 transponders

However, some transponders are regularly modified.

See the frequency map of the satellite if a transponder does not seem to work.

Some switches or LNB work only with DiSEqC commands. In this case, position the OL and the polarization on DiSEqC in the Configuration page LNB-DiSEqC.

(Attention: the Check Sat is slower with DiSEqC commands).

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9.3 Checking the aligned satellite

To check if you have aimed the right satellite, press the NIT key.

The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite:

9.4 Double Check Sat

This mode allows you to orientate a double LNB by checking 4 transponders on 2 selected satellites. This mode is identical to the simple Check Sat mode

To access the double Check Sat mode, you have to trigger the Double key.

Attention: The displayed name depends on the content of the MPEG NIT table.

Some distributors provide no (or poor) such table.

The displayed information may be wrong.

Sat. A

Sat. B

To return to the simple mode

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9.4.1 Recall

Azimuth

Position of the satellite dish on the horizontal plane with reference to the north. Measured in degrees.

Elevation

Tilt angle under which the beam from the satellite reaches your antenna. Measured in degrees using what is specified on the stand of the satellite dish.

Polarization

Rotation required for the LNB from a vertical line. Measured in degrees.

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10 TERRESTRIAL check

To access to the menu terrestrial check from Home page, press

The following page appears:

Set up your check:

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Enter 4 frequencies or channels of the transmitter you try to check.

Once you informed the 4 transponders, slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality.

No found transponder → red smiley

Average reception quality (< 50%) → orange smiley

Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley

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Press key permits to list the services distributed on the multiplex:

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11 The Measures-TV-Spectrum page

mode

SPECTRUM

mode full screen

Autolock :

Automatic search of setup

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12 Measures (MEASURES-TV-SPECTRUM)

Pressing the MEASURE zone gives access to the MEASURES function.

In this page, you can either perform measurements on a memorized program in the current list (see chapter « Measurement list »), or change parameters manually, or use the AutoLock function

12.1 Autolock function

This function is design to lock on a digital signal (terrestrial, cable or satellite)

You just have to enter the frequency or the channel (for terrestrial), then press AutoLock, The instrument will find automatically in few seconds the digital standard, the modulation type and all other parameters of the signal.

Example for terrestrial, channel 38 (frequency 610MHz):

Example for satellite low vertical polarization, frequency 12109 MHz :

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12.2 Modification of parameters

The various parameters are:

• The name of the setup (selection on the active list)

• The frequency of the emitter or transponder (and the true frequency of satellite)

• The standard and bandwidth for DVB-T/H and DVB-T2

• The corresponding channel number for terrestrial and cable mode

• The symbol rate for the satellite

• The polarization and the band for the satellite

• The audio mode for the analogical TV

12.3 Level measurements

You can measure levels at a specific frequency with a detection matching the standard.

In terrestrial band, for an user socket, the level should be:

- between 50 and 66 dBµV under FM

- between 35 and 70 dBµV under DVB-T/H, DVB-T2

- between 57 and 74 dBµV in any other case

In satellite band, for an user socket, the level should be:

- between 47 and 77 dBµV.

You can shift from terrestrial to satellite mode by:

- Changing the setup frequency

- Changing of standard

- Changing of setup (from a terrestrial to a satellite setup)

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Example in terrestrial mode:

The appliance makes different measurements according to the current standard.

The other possible measurements are:

• Average measurement

• Peak measurement

• Power measurement.

12.4 Satellite band

The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each standard:

Standard Video carrier Measure

PAL FM Peak

SECAM FM Peak

NTSC FM Peak

DVB-S Digital Power

DSS Digital Power

DVB-S2 Digital Power

The best is to be the closest possible of the green bar without exceeding it.

For the MER measure, the value must be superior to the mini threshold.

Signal/noise ratio of the signal

Signal level

Reduced spectrum of the Span signal, ca. 10MHz

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12.5 Terrestrial band

The appliance automatically makes level measurements on the Video carrier wave.

The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each standard:

Standard Video carrier Measure Sound carrier

Mono stereo NICAM

BG negative, AM peak FM FM DQPSK

5.5 MHz 5.74 MHz 5.85 MHz

DK negative, AM peak FM FM DQPSK

6.5 MHz 6.258 MHz 5.85 MHz

I positive, AM peak FM DQPSK

6.0 MHz 6.552 MHz

L positive, AM peak AM DQPSK

6.5 MHz 5.85 MHz

MN negative, AM peak FM FM

4.5 MHz 4.72 MHz

DVB-C digital power

DVB-T/H digital power

DVB-T2 digital power

DAB/DAB+ digital power

FM FM average

Carrier not modulated average

The appliance displays the level of the Video carrier wave and the C/N ratio.

12.6 Thresholds

Predefined thresholds are used to assess if the measurement is pertinent.

Standard Min Max

Terrestrial analog TV 57 74

DVB-C/C2 57 74

DVB-T/T2 35 70

DAB-DAB+ 35 70

FM, Carrier 50 66

Satellite analog TV 47 77

DVB-S, DSS 47 77

DVB-S2 47 77

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min threshold max threshold

12.7 Digital measurements

In digital measurement mode, in addition to the RF level and to the C/N here above, the appliance also displays the various BER (Bit Error Rate), the PER (Packet Error Rate) and the MER (Modulation Error Ratio) under DVB-T/T2/T2Lite, DVB-C/C2, DVB-S/S2 or DSS.

You also get the LKM:x.xdB (Link Margin) specification.

This expression in dB is the difference between the measured MER and the limit MER before disconnection of the image: it’s the security available before disconnection.

“Sync ?” displayed on screen means that the signal is absent or unlocked; check its presence, the modulation parameters, the presence of remote power supply and the LNB and DiSEqC parameters under satellite band.

The sign < before a value or error rate shows that there is no error but that 10-X bits have been tested (i.e. <10

-8

means that 108 bits have been tested).

You can shift from terrestrial to satellite mode by:

- Changing the setup frequency

- Changing of standard

- Changing of setup (from a terrestrial to a satellite setup)

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12.8 DVB-T/H

Display of the measures of:

• BERi: error rate before Viterbi

• BERo: error rate after Viterbi

• PER: error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet)

• MER: modulation error rate

• LKM: noise margin (Link Margin)

BERx: ‘bits’ error rate

Ratio between the number of false bits / number of transmitted bits during the measurement time

PER: ‘packets’ error rate

Ratio between the number of false packets / number of transmitted packets during the measurement time

Recall: Under DVB-T/H, a packet is made of 204 octets; a packet is "false" if it includes more than 8 wrong octets (correction by Reed Solomon coding).

Display of the value of Cell ID from the diffuser and specific to the emitter.

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

VITERBI

REED SOLOMON

DECODAGE

MPEG

PER BERi BERo

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12.9 DVB-T2 /T2 Lite

Display of the measures of:

• BERi: error rate before LDPC

• BERo: error rate after LDPC

• PER: error rate after BCH (lost packets)

• MER: modulation error rate

• LKM: noise margin (Link Margin)

Recall:

LDPC: Low Density Parity Check

BCH: Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem

The concatenation Viterbi + Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB-T/H has been replaced by the concatenation LDPC + BCH under DVB-T2.

Display of the values of Cell_ID from the diffuser and specific to the emitter.

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

BCH

DECODAGE

MPEG

BERi PER

LDPC

BERo

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12.10 DVB-C

Display of the measures of:

• BERo: error rate before Reed Solomon

• PER: error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet)

• MER: modulation error rate

• LKM: Noise margin (Link Margin)

BERo: error rate ‘bits’

Ratio between the number of false bits / number of transmitted bits during the measurement time

PER: error rate ‘packets’

Ratio between the number of false packets / number of transmitted packets during the measurement time

Recall: Under DVB-C, a packet is made of 204 bites; a packet is "false" if it includes more than 8 wrong octets (correction by Reed Solomon coding).

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

REED SOLOMON

DECODAGE

MPEG

BERo

PER

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12.11 DVB-C2

Display of the measures of:

• BERi: error rate before LDPC

• BERo: error rate after LDPC

• PER: error rate after BCH (lost packets)

• MER: modulation error rate

• LKM: noise margin (Link Margin)

Recall:

LDPC: Low Density Parity Check

BCH: Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem

• Active PLP and Data slice

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

BCH

DECODAGE

MPEG

BERi PER

LDPC

BERo

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12.12 DVB-S et DSS

Display of the measures of:

• BERi : error rate before Viterbi

• BERo : error rate after Viterbi

• PER : error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet)

• MER : modulation error rate

• LKM : Noise margin (Link Margin)

BERx : error rate ‘bits’

Ratio between the number of false bits / number of transmitted bits during the measurement time

PER : error rate ‘packets’

Ratio between the number of false packets / number of transmitted packets during the measurement time

Recall: Under QPSK (DVB-S) a packet is made of 204 octets; a packet is "false" if it includes more than 8 wrong octets (correction by Reed Solomon coding). Under DSS, a packet is made of 146 octets.

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

VITERBI

REED SOLOMON

DECODAGE

MPEG

BERi BERo

PER

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12.13 DVB-S2

Display of the measures of:

• BERi : error rate before LDPC

• BERo : error rate after LDPC

• PER : error rate after BCH (lost packets)

• MER : modulation error rate

• LKM : Noise margin (Link Margin)

Recall:

LDPC: Low Density Parity Check

BCH: Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem

The concatenation Viterbi + Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB-S has been replaced by the concatenation LDPC + BCH under DVB-S2.

TUNER

DEMODULATEUR

BCH

DECODAGE

MPEG

BERi PER

LDPC

BERo

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13 Spectrum analyzer

Pressing SPECTRUM gives access to the SPECTRUM ANALYSER function. (graphical representation frequency / amplitude of the present signals in the input of the device)

Satellite Terrestrial

2 predefined bandwidths are available: terrestrial and satellite. To swap from satellite to terrestrial, press the key, as shown on the bottom side of the screen.

The input attenuator is automatically tuned according to the level of the signals measured.

Filters are automatically selected according to the « Span ».

The filter used is displayed on the upper left corner.

Parameters of the spectrum are:

Channel: use a channel for the spectrum (in terrestrial mode).

Cursor: simply press the area where you want to move or set the cursor

Span : frequency span around the center frequency

Reference level: can be modified with updown arrows

List: you can select a Program (in the current list)

Frequency range: can be changed using the arrows

Frequency: value of the frequency where the cursor is, user can enter a frequency value, or increase – decrease the frequency with <> keys

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14 Image and Sound

Pressing the TV zone gives access to the TV function.

14.1 Digital TV

The name of the service and its main characteristics are displayed on top left of the screen.

• 720x576i: picture resolution 720 pixels / line, 576 lines, interlace

• 25 Hz: frame frequency

• MPEG-2: picture compression

• Video Rate 4.106 Mbits/s : instantaneous binary rate of the service

• Audio MPEG Layer II: sound compression

On this page, there are 3 keys at the bottom of the screen; they will be described in the next chapters

14.2 Full screen mode

Pressing the key displays the image in full screen; only remain the battery level and the intensity + voltage of the remote power supply:

To exit, you only have to touch the screen anywhere.

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14.3 Audio

To set the volume, press an adjustment bar shows up:

The instrument can decode the following digital sound formats:

MPEG-1 L1/L2

AAC Advanced Audio Coding License Via Licensing

HE-AAC High Efficiency AAC License Via Licensing

Dolby Digital License Dolby®

Dolby Digital Plus License Dolby®

Made under license by Dolby laboratories.

Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories

14.4 Table of services

Pressing gives access to the list of services:

This function allows selecting the channel you want to display. You only have to press the line you want.

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15 Remote power supply / LNB – DiSEqC

The key gives you access to the remote power supply / LNB-DiSEqC.

To start the remote power supply, press the key after Remote supply:

15.1 Terrestrial band

In terrestrial mode, you can select:

A green check shows which voltage is selected.

OFF to turn off the remote power supply

in terrestrial measure

5V-13V-18V-24V to send 5, 13, 18 or 24 V to the RF according to your requirements

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15.2 Satellite band

15.2.1 Power ON

Setting the remote power supply to satellite:

Configuration lines:

See chapter Man-machine interface for any change.

-DCSS: Digital Channel Stacking (2 modes SATCR and SCD2 single cable distribution)

- LO1 and LO2 Frequency: LO frequencies low and high band of LNB

- LO selection: band commutation on the LNB (22 kHz, Tone Burst or DiSEqC)

- Selection polar: polarization commutation on the LNB (13/18V or DiSEqC)

- Switch: switch type and position (No, Tone Burst, 22 kHz, DiSEqC, Pos A, B, C or D)

-Uncommitted: "Uncommitted" switch type and position (No, DiSEqC, Pos 1 to 16)

-Positioner: presence of a positioner (Yes / No)

ON to turn on the remote power supply under satellite

measure

OFF

to turn off the remote power supply under satellite measure

AUTO to launch automatically the remote power supply in satellite measure mode even after shutting off

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15.2.1 Switches

2-satellite switch 4-satellite switch

* 22 kHz * DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted

* ToneBurst (MiniDiSEqC)

*DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted

16-satellites switch

Sat A

Sat B

Com

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

2 1 4 3 14 13 16 15

8 7

12 11

Uncommitted

Sat A

Sat B

Sat D

Sat C

Com

2 1 4 3

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* DiSEqC Committed + Uncommitted

Switch line Uncommitted line

Satellite

Position DiSEqC command Position DiSEqC command

1 Pos A Option A + Position A Pos 1 Input 1

2 Pos B Option A + Position B Pos 1 Input 1

3 Pos C Option B + Position A Pos 1 Input 1

4 Pos D Option B + Position B Pos 1 Input 1

5 Pos A Option A + Position A Pos 2 Input 2

6 Pos B Option A + Position B Pos 2 Input 2

7 Pos C Option B + Position A Pos 2 Input 2

8 Pos D Option B + Position B Pos 2 Input 2

9 Pos A Option A + Position A Pos 3 Input 3

10 Pos B Option A + Position B Pos 3 Input 3

11 Pos C Option B + Position A Pos 3 Input 3

12 Pos D Option B + Position B Pos 3 Input 3

13 Pos A Option A + Position A Pos 4 Input 4

14 Pos B Option A + Position B Pos 4 Input 4

15 Pos C Option B + Position A Pos 4 Input 4

16 Pos D Option B + Position B Pos 4 Input 4

15.2.1 Positioner

The appliance sends a DiSEqC command that triggers the rotation of a motorized satellite dish.

In this example, the position is 2 (1 to 127 pre-loaded positions in the positioner)

If the positioner is on No, it is deactivated

See chapter Man-machine interface for any change.

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15.2.2 DCSS

Description:

DCSS Digital Channel Stacking system: signal distribution system using frequency transposition.

Used in satellite distribution for multiple or single dwelling, with several set top boxes.

To give several receptors access to the whole spectrum and all polarizations, you need one coaxial cable per receptor and a suitable installation (multiple LNB, Quattro and multi-switches).

The DCSS system allow to feed dwellings with one or more satellites using only one coaxial cable (SCD=SIN- GLE CABLE DISTRIBUTION).

The DCSS is an extension of the DiSEqC protocol that allows the connection of several receptors on only one

coaxial cable, no matter the band (H/L) and the polarization (H/V).

Functioning:

Each satellite receptor uses a fix frequency band (Slot or Port), whose width is (more or less) equal to the width of the transponder.

The receptor requires a specific transponder frequency (frequency Ku) via a DiSEqC command.

Some equipment on the satellite dish (LNB or switch) moves the requested signal to the center of the selected band (Slot). Then, the mixing equipment adds each user band (Slot) to only one output (up to 32 user bands).

The DCSS mode has priority on all other modes: selection polarization, selection OL, switches committed and uncommitted and positionner.

Sa t A - High / Horizontal

Sa t A - Low / Horizontal

Sa t A - Low / Vertica l

Signal sur un seul câ ble

Tra nspondeurs

Ba n de s utilisateurs (Slot)

Tp1

Tp2

Tp3

Tp4

Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4

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2 Modes :

SATCR : Satellite Channel Router, standard EN50494 (or SCD, Unicable, …)

Distribution of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable to 2, 4 or 8 different receptors.

SCD2 : Single Cable Distribution v2, standard EN50607 (or SCD2, Unicable II, JESS)

Distribution of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable to a maximum of 32 different receptors.

Using DiSEqC 2.0 bi-directional possibility to ask current online devices and speed up installation.

Mode choice: press DCSS

SATCR (EN50494) :

• SLOT x: active Slot choice

• CONFIG: access to each slot configuration

Slots list, frequencies and switch PosA / PosB

• INITIALISATIONS: 8 predefined slots

• ITALY: 4 predefined slots for Italy

• DETECT: automatic detection of slots (spectrum

detect based)

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SCD2 (EN50607) :

• SLOT x: active Slot choice

• CONFIG: access to each slot configuration

Slots lists, frequencies, switches, PIN codes

• INITIALISATIONS : 32 predefined slots

• ALLOCATION : states of the 32 possible slots

• DETECT : automatic detection of slots (DISEQC2.0

based)

15.2.2.1 Influence of the DCSS on the spectrum analyzer

Landmarks of the user

band (slot)

SatCR mode and active slot

Current polarization and

band in the active slot

Frequency of the transponder visible at the center of the active slot

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16 Constellation

The key gives you access to the CONSTELLATION function.

These measures are available if one of these standards is running in the LEVEL MEASUREMENT page.

• DVB-T/H

• DVB-T2

• DVB-C

• DVB-C2

• DVB-S, DSS, DVB-S2

The appliance displays the Constellation of the current signal.

The information displayed on the right of the Constellation diagram is:

• current frequency

• modulation

• constellation

• symbol rate

• error rate and MER

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17 Echo / Guard interval

Available only for DVBT/H, DVB-T2 or DVB-C2 standards.

Pressing allows you to access to Echo Guard interval measurement.

Pressing changes the horizontal scale (distance).

Horizontal scale can be set in µs, km or miles by pressing

Moving measurement arrow can be done by screen touch, or by automatic search keys

and .

The end of the guard interval is displayed with a yellow line.

Reminder:

Remember: In terrestrial TV broadcasting, the received signal on the antenna comes from several possible ways: the echoes.

In digital TV DVB-T/H and DVB-T2, these echoes may help or degrade the image according to the time delay between the various signals that reach the antenna.

Signal without echo

Signal with echoes and pre-ech-

oes

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The broadcasting norms DVB-T and DVB-T2 define a modulation parameter called "guard interval" where echoes won't disturb the reception.

The transmission of digital data (Symbol) is interrupted during the guard interval.

A delayed (or advanced) symbol of any shorter duration than the guard interval will not disturb the reception.

A delayed (or advanced) symbol of any longer duration than the guard interval will disturb the reception.

You have to reduce the level of reception of the echoes by orienting the antenna or by selecting a more directive antenna.

The Echo function of the appliance enables you to display possible echoes that disturb the received signal.

Relative amplitude in dB and delay in µs (distance in km) from the main signal (0 pulse) can be measured.

The yellow line represents the end of the guard interval.

Echoes and pre-echoes (pulses) above the yellow line disturb the signal and must be reduced as much as possible.

The echoes (pulses) beyond this line disturb the reception and must be as weak as possible.

Attention: a high amplitude echo pulse within the guard interval will also disturb the signal quality.

Yellow line,

Guard interval

limit

Main signal

Pre-echo

Echos out of interval

Measurements

form arrow position

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18 Measurement map

To access the MEASUREMENT MAP function, press Measurement map:

It is an automatic level and error rate measurement of the setups in the measurement list with labeling of the levels beyond tolerance.

BERi

BERo

and

PER

are generic terms (frequently used)

BERi = BER in = inner BER

first BER treated by the demodulator (BER channel, CBER, LDPC)

BERo = BER out = outer BER

last BER treated by the demodulator (BER Viterbi, VBER, BCH)

PER = packet error rate

non-proofread packet, lost packet, wrong packet (UNC, PER)

Important:

A bargraph above the Measurement map allows you to track the evolution of the scan.

The background color of this bargraph shows you that a complete scan has been made (for a save, for example):

- red: the measurement map has not been totally scanned yet

green: the measurement map has been totally scanned

In case of mixed measurement map (terrestrial+satellite), the satellite remote power

supply has priority (the terrestrial remote power supply is ignored).

Measurement result for channel 38 under DVB-T/H

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18.1 Out of tolerance values

The digital values are colored according to the Thresholds before decision

• red for values less than Threshold min

• orange for values more than Threshold max

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19 Optical measurement

19.1 Presentation of the optic measurement

The Optic function allows measurements in various set-up configurations:

-cable satellite reception (cable LNB output)

-after a cable sat/terrestrial coupler

-measurement of optical power Accessories are provided to use this function:

-1 angled F/F cable (code: 978754800)

-1 FC/FC optical fiber jumper cable to switch from APC to PC, SPC or UPC (code: 978754700)

-1 FC/SC APC optical fiber jumper cable (code: 978754710)

-1 connection SC/SC APC

-1 connection FC/FC

Plugging:

(Appliance seen from above)

To switch to optical mode:

From the start page:

RF F output of the optical option to connect to the RF F input of the appliance via the provided angled F/F cable

FC APC optical input with protective plug

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From the home page:

19.2 What you need to know

A few notions are required before considering the use of optical fibers.

19.2.1 The optical fiber

Optical fibers are sometimes used for satellite reception. This technology enables makes it possible to transmit a signal further with less loss and with a larger bandwidth.

The optical fiber is a waveguide, generally made of glass, that enables the transmission of the optical signal. Optical fibers are made of a core, a cladding and at least one protection. There are two kinds of optical fibers: multimode and single-mode.

The difference is the size of the core inside the fiber: 9µm diameter for single-mode, 50µm for multimode.

Multimode is less expensive, while single-mode induces less losses.

For satellite reception, only single-mode fibers are used.

Sectional view of an optical fiber:

Warning: Optical fibers are fragile and must not be constrained, bent or folded: the core may be damaged or even broken, which results in a partial or total loss of the signal.

125µm

CORE

CLADDING

PROTECTION

9 ou 50µm

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19.2.2 Connectors

Like for RF, connectors are very important and their selection has consequences on the quality of the received signal.

With optical fibers, there are several kinds of connectors according to the type of fiber (single-mode or multimode) and to the selected connection.

Thus, there are plastic SC connector for indoor uses and metal FC connectors for indoor and outdoor uses.

Similarly, there are various « polishing » of the fiber core:

- straight PC (Physical Contact) SPC (Super Physical Contact) or UPC (Ultra Physical Contact), or

- angled APC (Angled Physical Contact) APC polishing generates advantageously less losses by reflection. APC connectors are recognizable thanks to their green color.

If you plug an APC connector to a non-APC connector, in addition to an increased risk of damaging the connector, there will be automatically a 4dB decrease of the optical level, which means 8dB for RF. Thus, you will have to take great care of the connections and the types of connectors for your installation.

On the measurement device, the connector is FC APC, but 2 jumper cables are provided with the appli-

ance to switch from FC APC to FC PC (UPC or SPC) and from FC APC to SC APC.

Warning: Before connecting a fiber, it is compulsory to clean both connectors with a compressed air spray. Never use clothes, alcohol, water or any other liquid or solvent.

Warning: The wavelengths inside the optical fibers are generated by lasers; you cannot see them, but they are particularly dangerous for your eyes and may lead to irreversible damages. Thus, you must be very careful when manipulating these fibers (i.e. do not watch

inside a connector when linked to the live head).

The measurement device has no optical source: it does not emit any light.

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19.3 Optical power measurement

To access the Measurement of Optical Power, press the key “Optical power measurement”.

Plug the optical fiber at the output of your equipment on to the optical FC APC socket of the appliance.

Measurement of the losses at insertion:

Make a first measurement at the LNB of your installation: press the reference of the desired wavelength. The appliance will keep this measure as a reference and automatically switches to dB. Make measurements everywhere on your installation to check losses of the optical signal.

Warning: The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time. If there are several wavelengths, measurements will be wrong.

Selection of the recording duration:

10mn 60mn 8h 24h

Selection of the displayed wavelength: 1310, 1490 or 1550nm

Selection of the displayed unit: dBm, mW or dB for the measures of losses

Measurement of optical power for the selected wavelengths

Reference for the active wavelength of the measures of losses

Graphics of measure vs. time

Purple: 1310nm Yellow: 1490nm Blue: 1550nm

Display of the optical power of the wavelengths

Purple: 1310nm Yellow: 1490nm Blue: 1550nm

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19.4 The satellite reception via optical fiber

With optical fibers, the satellite emission is the same as in standard reception mode, but at the output of the head, instead of 4 bands (HH HL VH VL), there are only 2 bands (vertical and horizontal) in optical signal mode (the optical head is powered by an independent external power supply).

On your installation, at the end of the fiber, you must install a converter that turns your optical signal to a 4band RF signal: HH HL VH VL; VL and HL bands are between 950 and 1950MHz; VH and HH bands are between 1100 and 2150MHz. Band commutations on this converter are made with 0/22kHz and 13/18V like on any classical installation.

In our case, the output of this head (fiber) may be directly connected to the appliance, which will manage the bands like the converter in order to allocate them between HH, HL, VL and VH. Thus, the use is transparent. Warning: the LNB is powered independently.

To display the signal at the output of your installation, you must connect the RF output of the optical option to the RF input of the appliance via the provided angled F/F cable. Power your LNB (no external power supply is provided with the measurement appliance).

Remove the protective plug from the FC APC optical socket; if required, use the provided jumper cable, and connect the optical fiber from your dish to the same socket.

You can then direct your dish (see chapter 2.2.3 Installation of a dish) Once the measurements are over, put the protective plug on to the optical socket of the appliance.

Warning: The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time. If there are several wavelengths,

measurements will be wrong.

You’d better check the optical power of the LNB before processing (Measurement of optical power)

Measurement on FC APC

External power supply

Vertical polarisation sat... 10750 to 12750

Horizontal polarisation sat. 10750 to 12750

Warning: The optical head is powered independently from the fiber output

Vertical polarisation fiber

950 to 3000MHz

Horizontal polarisation fiber 3400 to 5450MHz

Fiber output

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19.5 Fiber reception after coupler

The optical option makes it possible to make measurements after terrestrial coupler / sat at the output of the fiber.

Example of installation:

To display the signal at the output of your installation, you must connect the RF output of the optical option to the RF input of the appliance via the provided angled F/F cable. Power your coupler (no external power supply is provided with the measurement appliance).

Remove the protective plug from the FC APC optical socket; if required, use the provided jumper cable, and connect the optical fiber from your dish to the same socket.

Then, you can turn your dish (see chapter 2.2.3 Installation of a dish) and/or your terrestrial antenna (see chapter 2.2.2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna). Once the measurements are made, put the plug onto the optical socket of the appliance.

Warning: The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time. If there are several wavelengths, measurements will be wrong.

You’d better check the optical power of the coupler before processing (Measurement of optical power)

External

power

Vertical polarisation sat. 10750 to 12750

Horizontal polarisation sat. 10750 to 12750

Vertical polarisation fiber 950 to 3000MHz

Horizontal polarisation fiber 3400 to 5450MHz

RF Satellite

RF terrestrial 50 to 900MHz

Optical output 50 to 5450MHz

SAT/TERRESTRIAL

COUPLER

Measurement on FC APC

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20 Configuration

For configuration, go to the Home page, then Configuration

20.1 Language

You can select your language by pressing the « flag » (below). Press the flag corresponding to your language:

20.2 Frequency map

This key allows you to select the terrestrial frequency map of the appliance:

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20.3 Memories

To save a picture or any other feature, see chapter Save

The number of saved file and their memory size are displayed.

When pressing this key, a pull-down menu lists the previously saved files.

The first column contains the order number of the file; the second column contains the name of the file; the last column contains the type of file: Measure, Spectrum, Measurement map…

By pressing a line of the table, you open a window:

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20.3.1 View

This key allows the display of the content of the file:

20.3.2 Save

- Save (BMP -> USB) allows you to export the file to the USB stick under BMP format (non-compressed graph); it is useful to transfer graphs to a report in a PC computer.

Here is the BMP file of the previously displayed DVB-T/H channel, edited on PC to have the spectrum full screen.

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- Save (CSV -> USB) allows you to export the file to the USB stick under CSV format (text file by columns separated with semicolons); it is useful to analyze values in a spreadsheet.

Here is the spectrum here above with a curve under EXCEL™.

- - Save all (BMP -> USB) records all files from the appliance under BMP format into separated registers:

• LEVEL for the level measurements

• MAP for the measurement maps

• SPECTRUM for the spectrum measurements

• BER-MER for the error rate measurements

• CONST for the constellations

• ECHO for the echoes.

- Save all (CSV -> USB) also records all files from the appliance into separated registers, but under CSV for- mat.

20.3.3 Update

See chapter Software update for more details.

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20.4 Factory recovery

A complete set-up of the appliance under its FACTORY configuration, with confirmation

Attention: In case of factory recovery, you lose:

- the setup library

- the measurement lists

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20.5 Configuration import/export

You can make a backup on a USB stick of your setups/lists of your appliance by pushing « « Configuration Export ».

And you can import from a USB stick this configuration with the touch “Configuration import”. You can also update checksat/antenna pointing configuration available on TRIAX’s website.

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21 Software update

You can easily update the software to get new functionalities.

The update requires an USB stick.

To achieve the update:

- Download the update file 784X_VX.X zip file on our website (www.triax.com )

- Insert a USB stick on your PC

- Unzip the file onto the root of the memory stick

- Pull the USB stick off from your computer

- Turn your appliance on

- Go to the Home page, press configuration .

- Insert the USB stick into the connector of the appliance.

- Select Update:

Attention: Do not turn the appliance off while updating

The updating process lasts ca. 10 minutes. At the end of the update, the appliance asks you to restart the appliance. The software is then loaded into your appliance.

Error messages may show up: Do not take them into account.

Attention: Take care that the remaining battery life is sufficient (> 30%), else plug the appliance on the mains with the provided adapter.

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22 Save

Pressing opens a window (here, on the Measurement page):

In this window, you can save the current measurement parameters from the active list, make a screen shot to a USB stick under BMP format or make a save into internal memory.

You can rename the save file (see chapter Man-machine interface).

The default name of the save is MEM(X+1) (X is the number of saves in the appliance).

You will be suggested a save into internal memory only in the Spectrum, Measurements, Constellation, Guard interval and Measurement map pages.

After transfer, you will be able to use the saved measures to create measurement reports on your computer (see paragraph Saves for more details).

When you stop the appliance, it may need a few seconds to stop completely because the save on flash memory is carried out during the extinction.

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23 Connection of the appliance to a PC

The appliance has an ETHERNET interface that makes it possible to connect directly to a PC.

For this type of connection, no driver is necessary.

Connect your appliance to your PC by using a crossed ETHERNET cable.

- Configuration of the connection:

Ethernet connection of your appliance to the PC.

To change the IP address of your appliance, press and:

The PC software in communication with the appliance must have the same IP address as the appliance, just like in the example below:

With the virtual digital keypad, type the IP address you want, then validate with ENTER

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Ethernet

network

PC software, settle the

address at

192.168.0.170

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1) Contact your network administrator to get a free IP address and the subnet mask

2) Type the IP address and the subnet mask in the appliance

3) Type the same IP address and subnet mask in the PC software you’re using

Attention: If the PC has already been connected to Ethernet (network, modem…), it is necessary to reboot the PC before connecting your appliance.

For the Ethernet connection of your appliance to a computer network, see the following scheme:

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24 Displayed messages

The appliance may display messages while working.

24.1 Alert messages

Low battery: the appliance is about to shut off in a few minutes.

Confirmation request for an important action.

Remote power supply issue: voltage already present or maximum current exceeded.

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Messages of the same kind may show up; the pop up window is an alert; the corresponding message explains the issue.

24.2 Error messages

A message may show up at the bottom of the screen immediately after updating the software. Do not take it into account as far as it does not show up at a second start-up.

Else, or for any other problem, contact the TRIAX technical support.

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25 Maintenance

This appliance requires some maintenance to meet its requirements and maintain its general characteristics.

Consequences Recommended periodicity of con-

trols

Recommended use limit

BATTERY Reduction of the bat-

tery life

200 charge / dis-

charge cycles

or 2 years

STRAPS Breakdown At each use

Check the holding of the straps

Back Light SCREEN Reduction of visibility 1 year

Measurement setting / check

Erroneous measures Once a year 12 months

CONNECTIONS Erroneous measures At any measurement

Optical fiber jumper cable

Erroneous measures At any measurement, check the

state and cleanliness of the jumper

This "advice" does not engage the responsibility of TRIAX.

It guarantees the best possible use of the characteristics and the preservation of the product.

Routine maintenance:

The basic maintenance is simply cleaning the outside of the appliance. Any other operation requires a trained personal.

Unplug the appliance before any intervention.

Do not let water flow inside the appliance: risk of electric shock.

Periodically clean the appliance under the following conditions:

- use soapy water

- never use any product containing petrol, benzene, alcohols that would attack silkscreen printings

- wipe out with a soft lint-free cloth

- use a solvent-free antistatic product to clean the screen.

RF socket:

- Make sure there are no specks of copper between the winner conductor and the ground

- Replace periodically the adapter F/F, an adapter in poor condition distorts all the measures.

Optical:

- Before connecting a fiber, it is compulsory to clean both connectors with a compressed air spray. Never use clothes, alcohol, water or any other liquid or solvent.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE LCD COLOR SCREEN WITH ACTIVE MATRIX

Your TRIAX field strength meter is equipped with a LCD color screen with active matrix.

This screen is provided by renowned manufacturers. In the current technical conditions of manufacture, they cannot guarantee 100% good functioning pixels in the display zone. They specify a number of possible defective pixels at the surface of the screen.

The TRIAX quality service has preconditioned the mounting of the screen on your instrument to the respect of the acceptance conditions of the manufacturers.

Acceptance criteria:

Zone A (central zone): total less than 5 defective pixels, less than 3 contiguous pixels.

Zone B (total surface of the screen): less than 9 defective pixels on the whole surface of the screen, with respect of the conditions prevailing in zone A.

Is considered as defective any pixel on screen that does not light up or lights up in a different color as expected.

The contractual guarantee on your field strength measurer can be exerted only if these criteria are not met, as well at delivery as during the period of guarantee.

B ZONE

A ZONE

(Diagonal 60% B)

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26 Technical specifications

26.1 Technical specifications

Technical specifications Terrestrial band Satellite band

Frequencies

Range 5-900 MHz 900-2200 MHz

Resolution measure 50 kHz, display 1 kHz measure 1MHz, display 1MHz

Level measurements

Dynamic range 20-120 dBµV (30-120 dBµV for 5-45MHz) 30-110 dBµV

Noise floor level 10 dBµV typical 20 dBµV typical

Units dBµV

Accuracy ±2dB +/- 0.05dB/°C

Resolution 0,1dB

Measurement Filters 100KHz - 300 kHz - 1MHz 1MHz - 3MHz - 10MHz

Standards

DVB-C/C2, DVB-T/T2/T2lite

BG, DK, I, L, MN, carrier

DVB-S/S2, DSS

PAL, SECAM, NTSC

Measures RF level/power, C/N

Spectrum Analyzer

Fast Mode 350 ms typ. (3 times/s)

Filters (according to span) 100kHz, 300kHz, 1 MHz 1MHz - 3MHz - 10MHz

Attenuator automatic or manual (0 to 55 dB with 5 dB step)

Dynamic range (display) 60 dB (10 dB/div)

Span 5MHz à full span 1, 2, 5 step

Pre-echoes /Echos DVBT/T2

Dynamic range

DVB-T : 50 dB, -75km +75km ( 8k) DVB-T2 : 50 dB, -75km +75km ( 8k) DVB-C2 : 50 dB, -35km +35km (4k)

Units µs, km, miles

Constellation display

yes, standards DVB-T/T2, DVB-C/C2, DVB-S/S2, DSS

Measurement Map

Capacity scanning of 50 setups maximum

Display Text table

TV MPEG

Digital Multiplex (not coded)

MPEG2 SD (standard definition)

MPEG4 HD (high definition H.264)

Service table DVB-SI SDT, LCN

Sound MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AAC, HE AAC, Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Plus

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26.2 Digital measurements

DVB-T/H

Bit Error Rate (BER)

CBER (before Viterbi BERi)

VBER (after Viterbi BERo)

UNC (lost packets PER)

Noise margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 5 - 35dB

Bandwidth 6MHz, 7 MHz, 8 MHz

FFT type 2k, 8k, auto

Constellation QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, auto

Viterbi rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, auto

Guard interval auto, manual

Spectrum inversion auto

HP/LP – PLP – Data Slice HP/LP

Standards ETS 300-744

DVB-T2 / T2 Lite

Bit Error Rate (BER)

LDPC (BERi)

BCH (BERo)

FER (frame error PER)

Noise margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 5 - 35dB

Bandwidth 1.7MHz, 5MHz, 6MHz, 7 MHz, 8 MHz

Mode SISO, MISO, PLP single or multiple

FFT type 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k + extended bandwidth, auto

Constellation QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, auto

Viterbi rate 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 1/3, 2/5, auto

Guard Interval auto

Spectrum inversion auto

HP/LP – PLP – Data Slice PLP

Standards ETS 302-755

DVB-C J83A

Bit Error Rate (BER)

BER (before Reed Solomon BERo)

UNC (lost packets PER)

Noise margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 20 - 40dB

Symbol Rate 1 to 7.224 Ms/s

Constellation 16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM, 128QAM, 256QAM

Spectrum inversion auto

Standards ETS 300-429

DVB-C2

Bit Error Rate (BER)

LDPC (BERi)

BCH (BERo)

FER (frame error PER)

Noise margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 5 - 35dB

Symbol rate -

Bandwidth 6MHz, 8 MHz

Mode PLP and data slice, single or multiple

FFT type 4k

Constellation 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, auto

Viterbi rate 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

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Guard interval auto

Spectrum inversion auto

HP/LP – PLP – Data Slice PLP+Data Slice

Standards ETS 302-769

DVB-S, DSS

Bit Error Rate (BER)

CBER (before Viterbi BERi)

VBER (after Viterbi BERo)

UNC (lost packets PER)

Link margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 0 - 20dB

Symbol rate 1 to 45Ms/s

Constellation QPSK

Viterbi rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, auto

Spectrum inversion auto

Standards ETS 300-421

DVB-S2

Bit Error Rate (BER)

LDPC (BERi)

BCH (BERo)

PER

Link margin

Modulation Error Rate(MER) 0 - 20dB

Symbol rate 1 to 45Ms/s

Constellation QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK

Modulation CCM, VCM, ACM

Multistream stream select ISI 0-99, PL scrambling (Gold code)

Viterbi rate 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10, auto

Spectrum inversion auto

Standards ETS 302-307

26.3 OPTIC MEASUREMENT

Measurement of optical power

Bandwidth 1310nm, 1490nm, 1550nm

Measurement dynamics -49.9dBm to +10dBm

Accuracy +/- 0.5dB

Connector FC/APC

Optical converter

Conversion dynamics -5dBm to +10dBm

Converted RF band (cable) 50 to 900MHz

Converted RF band (optical LNB) 950MHz to 5450MHz

Output RF bandwidth 50MHz to 2150MHz

Output connector F

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26.4 Miscellaneous

Storage

Memory Internal on non-volatile memory, or external USB stick (not supplied)

Data saved measurements (level, BER/MER, Measurement Maps, Spectrum,…)

Capacity 512 KB (about 150 files)

Inputs / Outputs

RF input 75 Ohms, F (with adaptor)

Max permitted voltage 48V RMS / 50Hz

Interfaces USB A, USB mini B, Ethernet 10baseT (RJ45)

DC supply input

jack 5.5 mm

15 V max, 5 A max

Remote supply Terrestrial Satellite

Voltage

5V/13V/18 V/24V

500 mA max (300mA for 24V)

13/18 V

500 mA max

DiSEqC -

DiSEqC 1.2

control of dish motor

switches committed & uncommitted

Mini DiSEqC (22kHz)

- 22 kHz, ToneBurst

SCD /SATCR EN 50494 Single cable satellite distribution

8 slots max

switch committed

SCD2 EN 50607 Single cable satellite distribution v2

32 slots max

switches committed & uncommitted

code PIN

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26.5 General specifications

Display

LCD TFT 7 inch color 16/9, luminosity backlight 500 cd/m², 800x480 dots Touch capacitive

External supply Main adaptor 110/230 VAC, with 5,5mm jack, 15 V 1 A

Battery Batterie Li-ion 25W

Autonomy 2 hours typical, depending of use

Charging time 1,5 hour for 80% of capacity

Operating temperature -5°C to 45°C

Storage temperature -10°C to 60°C

EMC and safety

NF EN 61326-1(2013) et NF EN 61326-2-1(2013) (class B, basic electromagnetic environment) / NF EN 61010

Dimensions 250 x 165 x 65 mm

Weight 1,350 kg

26.6 Accessories

Supplied with: main adapter, battery (installed), user manual (CD-ROM), F/F adapter, pouch with carrying belt and dedi-

cated accessories for optical input (Presentation of the optical measurement)

Optional accessories:

• Car cigar lighter adaptor:

• Carrying bag 784X/781X:

• Luxury backpack

• Sun protector + Rain protector + coat hook

• Rain protector

Contact our sales department TRIAX.

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26.7 V, dBµV, dBmV and dBm conversion

dBµV (dBmV) is a logarithmic ratio between a measured voltage Ud and a reference voltage Ur.

The reference voltage is Ur = 1 μV (1 mV)

N = 20 log (Ud/Ur)

dBm is a logarithmic ratio between a measured power Pd and a reference power Pr.

The reference power is Pr = 1 mW into 75 ohms.

N = 10 log (Pd/Pr) with Pd = Ud2 / 75

Ud = 1 µV N = 0 dBµV N = - 60 dBmV N = -108.75 dBm

Ud = 1 mV N = 60 dBµV N = 0 dBmV N = -48.75 dBm

Ud = 1 V N = 120 dBµV N = 60 dBmV N = 11.25 dBm

26.8 Typical values for measurements

Values given are indicatives, minimum and maximum for good signal quality

Measurements

Level, power (dBµV)

C/N

(dB)

BER MER

(dB)

modulation

mini maxi

Terrestrial

Analogue TV 57 74 > 45 - - -

FM 50 66 > 38 - - -

DAB/DAB+ 35 70 BER < 2E-4 - 2K

DVB-T/H 35 70 > 26 VBER < 2E-4 > 26 8K, 64QAM, 1/32, 2/3

DVB-T2 35 70 > 22 FER < 2E-7 > 22 32K, 256QAM, 1/8, 2/3

DVB-C 57 74 > 31 BER < 2E-4 > 31 64QAM

Satellite

Analogue TV 47 77 > 15 - - -

DVB-S, DSS 47 77 > 11 VBER < 2E-4 > 11 QPSK, 3/4

DVB-S2 47 77 > 8 PER < 1E-7 > 8 8PSK, 2/3

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