VHF Transposer Operation Guide
VHF Transposer Operation Guide
OPERATION MANUAL
SDT 202FB, SDT 102FB, SDT 501FB
3 OPERATIONS
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURE
Figure 3.1-1: AUX REMOTE CONNECTOR ..................................................................................................... 6
Figure 3.11-1: SNMP Protocol Preferences .................................................................................................... 81
3.1 INSTALLATION
Some procedures in this section contain steps preceded by a check box. Fill out or initial each step as it is
completed.
Use the following specifications to establish criteria for site selection and equipment installation.
Mount.
A floor-standing, open rack or permanent structure with vertical mounting members conforming to
EIA Standard 310 is recommended.
Environment.
Ambient temperature: 0C to +45C (room temperature or below is ideal)
Relative humidity: 10% to 90%, non condensing
Clearance.
No clearance is required for sides.
At least 1 U free space above and below the equipment is recommended to obtain adequate cooling.
Access to the front requires approximately 20 centimeters clearance for making connections.
Access to the rear requires approximately 20 centimeters clearance for making connections.
3.1.3 UNPACKING
The containers used to ship a SDT ARK 1 VHF transposer / re-transmitter will vary with the number of
options ordered. If there is any external damage to the containers, inform the shipping company and request
that an agent be present during unpacking. Carefully unpack the boxes (no special instructions are required)
and note any damage making pictures if possible.
After all items are unpacked, check the equipment received. If there are any damages or shortages, notify
the carrier and Screen Service BT immediately.
Place the equipment into the rack (2 units), align the mounting holes, and secure in place with four rack
screws.
If configured to operate, make sure the "LINE" switch on the front panel of the POWER SUPPLY &
METERING module is OFF.
Connect the transmitting antenna cable to the "RF OUTPUT" connector in the rear panel.
Connect the, RF, GPS, ASI, SNMP PORT, AUX REMOTE, 10 MHz, 1PPS and the IF monitor to the
relevant input / output connectors on the front and rear panel.
REMEMBER TO CONNECT the equipment to the GROUND using the relevant screw located on the
rear panel.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
n. Label Description
1 RF INPUT
2 GPS IN
3 ASI OUTPUT HP
4 ASI OUTPUT LP
5 ASI in 1
6 ASI in 2
7 ASI in 3
8 ASI in 4
9 GBE 1
10 LCD Display
1 2 3 4 5 6 7a 7b 8
n. Label Description
1 AC INPUT
2 AC/ DC FAN
3 GND
4 AUX REMOTE
5 10 MHz INPUT
6 1 PPS INPUT
7,a,b FANs EQUIPMENT
8 RF OUTPUT N Type (50W) female connector, 50
9 RF MONITOR BNC Type female connector, 50
3.1.6 MULTIMETER
The following paragraphs describe the local user interface for ARK1.
This user interface is composed of LCD Display, seven buttons and two status leds.
Here below is depicted the ARK1 Front Panel.
ESCAPE ON
ALARM
STANB-BY
OK
STAND-BY: push this button (lie in wait for two seconds) to put the equipment on
STAND-BY mode. The orange led lights up and the written STAND-BY MODE appears
on the display. The remote Stand-by mode is enforceable only if on JAVA interface this
feature is enabled.
ON: push this button (lie in wait for two seconds) to turn on the equipment. The green
led lights up and the MAIN MENU is displayed.
OK: push this button to select or to confirm the subwindow or the value respectively.
Touching the screen with a finger the green led lights up.
ESC: push this button to quit a submenu and to return to the previous one. Touching the
screen with a finger the green led lights up.
ALARM: when an alarm occurs the RED LED lights up.
UP ARROW: push this botton to scroll up menus or to increase a value. Touching the
screen with a finger the green led lights up.
DOWN ARROW: push this botton to scroll down menus or to decrease a value.
Touching the screen with a finger the green led lights up.
LEFT ARROW: push this botton to move within a string. Touching the screen with a
finger the green led lights up.
RIGHT ARROW: push this botton to move within a string. Touching the screen with a
finger the green led lights up.
G1:G2:G3:G4
Netmask GBE
N1:N2:N3:N4
System Status
System
Current
Temperature Case
PSU
FAN 2
Date
Optos status
Relays status
Input
Input Type
Channel
Frequency Offset
D. Lock / A.VSync
HP input Input
Lock
Bitrate
Useful
Overflow
Format
Errors
LP input Input
Lock
Bitrate
Useful
Overflow
Format
Errors
Viterbi BER
Packet errors
SNR
Constellation
Hierchical Mode
Interleaver
FEC
FFT
Guard Time
Cell ID
Demodulator BER
Viterbi BER
Packet errors
SNR
Constellation
Hierchical Mode
Interleaver
FEC
FFT
Guard Time
Cell ID
Output
Output RF status
Frequency ref
Channel
Offset
FWD power
RFL power
RTP 1 Input
IP Address
Status
RTP 2 Input
IP Address
Status
Bandwidth
Constellation
Hierarchical Mode
Interleaver
HP FEC
LP FEC
FFT
Guard Time
Cell ID
Time Slice HP
Time Slice LP
MPE FEC HP
MPE FEC LP
Alarms
Alams list
Reset system
Yes
No
Change mode
Mode A
Mode B
Turning on the equipment, the display shows the progress bar as follow:
Press ESC to enter the main menu, otherwise after one minute waiting the idle status message
appears.
This menu appears after one minute waiting from the last touch. Information contained in the Idle Menu
are described in next table.
Information Description
DIGITAL IF: Heterodyne Transposer
Operating mode DVBT: Re-broadcasting DVB
Modulator
AGC Mode ANA: Analog
(only in DIGITAL-IF mode) DIG: Digital
Input Power and Channel Din: digital input power and channel
(only in DIGITAL-IF mode) Ain: analog input power and channel
Dout: digital output power and channel
Output Power and Channel Aout: analog output power and channel
Out: output power and channel
UTC Time and date coming from GPS receiver
Change Mode
Network setup
System Status
/ / OK:Enter
This menu shows five SUBMENUS. It is possible to view them sliding the menu up and down, with the
UP or DOWN ARROWS, and to select one of them by pushing on the OK button.
Submenus contained in the Main Menu are described in next table.
Submenu Description
Enter this submenu to change:
Board IP address
Network setup
Gateway address
Netmask
Enter this submenu to monitor:
System status
Auxiliary and RF input statistics
Tuner status
System Status
Output status and settings
Actual modulation parameters
All information are refreshed every 5
seconds.
Alarms Enter this submenu to view the alarm list
Reset system Enter this submenu to reset the device.
Enter this submenu to change operating
Change mode
mode (A or B).
Operation pages bar allows to switch between the following operative sections:
General: allows the enable the Stand-by mode through the LCD Button, to reset the
device and to locally download the *.jar file.
Input: shows ASI and GBE input statistics (Re-broadcasting Hierarchical DVB-T/H
Modulator).
Tuner: allows to monitor the RF input and to configure operative modes (Analog/Digital
Television Heterodyne Transposer and Re-broadcasting Hierarchical DVB-T/H
Modulator).
Modulation: allows to monitor and to set the DVB-T/H modulation parameters (Re-
broadcasting Hierarchical DVB-T/H Modulator).
Mod. Pha.: allows to manage linear pre-correction curves.
AM/PM: allows to manage AM/PM pre-correction curves.
Outputs: allows to set output parameters, specific for each operative mode, and to
monitor the hardware status (Analog/Digital Television Heterodyne Transposer and Re-
broadcasting Hierarchical DVB-T/H Modulator).
Network: allows the Network management and the RTP in/out parameters setting.
GPS: shows received GPS statistics.
Alarms: provides a grid where to set alarms masks for LCD, Graphic User Interface,
Events, Relays, Traps and RF Off.
System menu allows the access to the same commands and pages as System commands and
Operation pages bars plus management options, help and version windows (refer to Option sub-
menu paragraph).
A brief description of all the provided indicators and controls follows in the next paragraphs.
The column named R/H specifies if the indicator/command belongs to the Re-broadcasting DVB
modulator mode rather than belonging to the Analog/Digital Television Heterodyne Transposer
mode.
3.3.1.1 General
Click on General button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the general window.
The General window provides a general description of the device and allows the access to a
subset of commands through the following button icons:
Reset: resets the device.
LCD Standby: enables the LCD Stand-by button.
Download Software Standalone: performs a local download of the *.jar file (refer to
Download Software Standalone paragraph).
3.3.1.2 Input
Click on Input button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the input statistics window.
The Input window allows the monitoring of auxiliary inputs of Re-broadcasting DVB-T/H
Modulator.
Input Transport Stream monitoring of four ASI and two RTP channels on GBE port are provided.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
ASI Word rate ASI input word rate. 10 bit word rate of ASI input (Ref. to CEI EN 50083-9). Approximately 27 Mword/s R
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
GbE input overflow alarm status. This alarm condition occurs when the input bitrate exceeds the Red: Alarm on
RTP Overflow R
capability of the modulation (Ref. to ETSI EN 300 744).
Grey: Alarm off
3.3.1.3 TUNER
Click on Tuner button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the tuner window.
This window provides commands that allow the selection of working modes, the management
and selection of inputs, and the monitoring of quality and level of input RF signals.
The Tuner window is divided in the following boxes:
System Mode & Autoswitching;
Mode A;
Switching Rules Mode A;
Mode B;
Switching Rules Mode B;
Tuner;
Tuner Stat.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
System Mode & Mode A
Actual mode Current operating mode. R/H
Autoswitching
Mode B
System Mode & Mode A
Manual Selector of mode used when Manual Switch mode is selected. R/H
Autoswitching
Mode B
Manual
Selector of the switch mode rules.
System Mode & Switching modes rules Auto
Switch mode Refer to paragraph for a detailed description of the switching rules and R/H
Autoswitching
conditions. Opto
Time
System Mode & Autoswitch When Auto Switch Mode is enabled shows the time to wait for switching. If the used input regains
Countdown from 255 to 0 R/H
Autoswitching Timeout lock before the countdown reaches 0 the switch is blocked and device keeps the same mode.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Max: +83KHz
Automatic Enabled
Mode A / Mode B Enabling button of the AFC (refer to Appendix A for further information) R/H
Freq. Control
Disabled
Selector of working mode.
Three different working modes are provided:
Rep. Analog
Analog Television Heterodyne Transposer;
Mode A / Mode B Mode A / B Rep. Digital R/H
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Min: 21
Mode A / Mode B Channel Selector of the UHF input channel used as RF input. R/H
Max: 69
Min: -4 MHz
Mode A / Mode B Offset [Hz] Frequency offset from the channel center frequency of the RF input. 1 Hz step variation. R/H
Max: 4 MHz
Squelch Squelch alarm threshold expressed in dBm. Input is squelched when the RF level is under this Min: -70
Mode A / Mode B R/H
[dBm] treshold.
Max: -20
Mode A / Mode B Input HP Selector of TS input for re-modulator used for Not Hierarchical or High Priority. ASI 0 R
ASI 1
ASI 2
ASI 3
Mode A / Mode B Input LP Selector of TS input for re-modulator used for Low Priority in a Hierarchical Modulation. RX.HP R
RX.LP
GbE1
GbE2
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
No RF, No TS
Input, Tuner Switching modes rules
Switching Rules Autoswitch alarms mask. Refer to paragraph for a detailed description of the
S/N, Input R/H
Mode A / B switching rules and conditions.
Squelch, Tuner
BER
Opto: switch between mode A and mode B by selecting one mode using the
Opto 1 input with the following rules:
o 1 Open: Mode A.
o 0 Closed: Mode B.
Time: switch between mode A and mode B at the specified Date and Time. Switching
will happen only one time from A to B. In order to set the Switching Time, select hours,
minutes, seconds, days, months and years, and click on up/down arrows to
increase/decrease them.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Tuner Stat Bitrate [bit/s] Bitrate of TS from RF input (HP and LP). R/H
HP/LP input lock status. The input Transport Stream is locked when no more than two consecutive Sync Green: Locked
Tuner Stat Lock R/H
Byte are missed.
Grey: Not locked
HP/LP input overflow alarm status. This alarm condition occurs when the input bitrate exceeds the Red: Alarm
Tuner Stat Overflow R/H
capability of the modulation (Ref. to ETSI EN 300 744).
Grey: No alarms
Turner Main Rx level RF input rx level. R/H
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Analog signal lock status. The PAL detector has been implemented through the detection of the video Green: Good Analog
Turner Main V Sync R/H
carrier synchronization at 15,625 Hz.
Grey: Bad Analog
HP/LP Receiver Demodulator
Demodulator bit error rate. R/H
Statistics BER
HP/LP Receiver
Viterbi BER Viterbi byte error rate. R/H
Statistics
HP/LP Receiver
Packet Error Packet error counter. R/H
Statistics
HP/LP Receiver
SNR [dB] Signal to Noise Ratio. R/H
Statistics
QPSK
HP/LP Receiver
Constellation Constellation for current modulation scheme.. R/H
Statistics 16-QAM
64-QAM
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
NH
a=4
1/2;
2/3;
HP/LP Receiver
FEC HP/LP stream code rate. R/H
Statistics 1/4;
5/6;
7/8.
2K;
HP/LP Receiver
FFT Transmission mode. 4K; R/H
Statistics
8K.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
1/32;
1/4.
HP/LP Receiver
Cell ID Cell ID R/H
Statistics
Symbol
HP/LP STV Lock Symbol recovery loop locked. R/H
Recovery
Green: Locked;
Puncture
HP/LP STV Lock Puncture rate found. R/H
Rate Grey: Not locked.
De-
HP/LP STV Lock De-interleaver locked. R/H
Interleaver
Constellation
General Plotter of HP and LP constellations R/H
plotter
3.3.5 MODULATION
Click on Modulation button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the modulation window.
The Modulation window allows actual modulation parameters monitoring and modulator
setting/monitoring. These settings are always editable but are applied only when the re-
modulator working mode is enabled.
Parameter/
Box Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Control
MFN
SFN Local
Transmissio
Enabled
MFN / SFN n network Delete null packets enabling. R
selector Disabled
Enabled
Test CW Enabling of the CW test. R/H
Disabled
Enabled
Test Test Hole Test Hole enabling check box. R/H
Disabled
Parameter/
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
7MHz
8MHz
MIP Bandwidth Bandwidth: set by MIP. R
6MHz
5MHz
Parameter/
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
8MHz
5MHz
HP/LP FEC
3/4
Actual Current HP/LP stream code rate. R
5/6
7/8
a=4.
Parameter/
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
1/16
1/4
DVB-H parameters.
Table 9.
Parameter/ Admitted Ranges / Values
Box Description R/H
Control
MIP Enabling of time slice transmission of the HP/LP stream: set by MIP. R
Time Slicing Used
Local Enabling of time slice transmission of the HP/LP stream: locally set. R
HP/LP
Actual Current enabling status of time slice transmission. Not used R
These commands and indicators allow the enabling and monitoring of MIP functions
in SFN configuration, the setting of local functions and the monitoring of the actual
functions used by modulator.
MIP functions
Table 10.
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Enabled
MIP MIP frequency offset function enabling and monitoring R
Disabled
Freq. Offset
[Hz] Min: -500,000 kHz
Local User frequency offset setting. R
Max: 500,000 kHz
Actual Used frequency offset monitoring. R
MIP MIP time offset function enabling and monitoring R
Time Offset Enabled
Local User time offset setting. R
[100ns]
Actual Used time offset monitoring. Disabled R
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Tx Power Enabled
MIP MIP Tx power function enabling and monitoring R
[0.1dB]
Disabled
Enabled
MIP Func.Bw Function Bw enabling and monitoring R
Disabled
Tx ID
Enabled
Local Broadcast Tx ID 0 enabling. R
Enable Disabled
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Min: 0
Local Tx ID User Tx ID setting. R
Max: 65,535
DVB-T
Local Standard User transmission standard setting. R
DVB-H
Center Freq.
Actual Used center frequency indicator. R
[Hz]
Network Delay
Actual Used network delay indicator. R
[100ns]
Parameter/
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Local enable General Cell Id enabling. Must be enabled to insert Cell Id into output TPS. R
Disabled
MIP Freq. Offset MIP frequency offset function enabling and monitoring R
[Hz] Enabled
Local User frequency offset setting. R
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Tx Power Enabled
MIP MIP Tx power function enabling and monitoring R
[0.1dB]
Disabled
Enabled
MIP Func.Bw Function Bw enabling and monitoring R
Disabled
Function
Green: enabled
MIP Ch.Bw MIP channel bandwidth function enabling status. R
enabled Grey: disabled
Parameter /
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Tx. ID
Enabled
Local Broadcast Tx ID 0 enabling. R
Enable Disabled
Min: 0
Local Tx ID User Tx ID setting. R
Max: 65,535
DVB-T
Local Standard User transmission standard setting. R
DVB-H
Center Freq.
Actual Used center frequency indicator. R
[Hz]
Network
Actual Delay Used network delay indicator. R
[100ns]
The ARK1 system provides a pre-correction tool for both Module&Phase and AM/PM output
signal pre-correction.
Remember to save curves changing before closing the connection to port 5000. At every
working session open
Note: the operation of uploading and downloading pre-correction curves moves a large amount
of data from and to the device. The use of these tools over low badwidth, not stable or high
distances netwoks could cause frequently time-out disconnections and it is not
reccommended.
3.4.1 Module&Phase
Click on MOD. PHA. button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to modify the complex filter curves
for linear pre-correction.
The following buttons allow the management of linear pre-correction files and the management
of the connection to port 5000:
Save: used to save in the device memory the current curves setting. The previously
saved file will be overwritten except in the evet that no files have been saved before; in
this case a dedicated window appears in order to let the user name the new file.
Save as: used to save in the device memory the current curves setting. The previously
saved file will be overwritten with a new name. in the evet that no files have been saved
before, a new file will be created.
Read file: used to reload the last saved file.
Export: used to download pre-correction files on the user PC. A browser window allows
the selection of the saving path.
Release: release the connection in order to allow others remote machines to connect to
port 5000 (refer to Connection to port 5000 paragraph).
3.4.2 AM/PM
Click on AM/PM button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the pre-correction window.
Click two times the right mouse button on the grid to open the zoom menu. The H options are
used to horizontally zoom (x01,x02,x04,x08,x16). The V options are used to vertically zoom
(x01,x02,x04).
During saving actions are created two nonlinear pre-correction files:
*.dpre files: files containing digital coefficients values.
*.apre files: files containing analog coefficients values.
The following buttons allow the management of linear pre-correction files and the management
of the connection to port 5000:
Save: used to save in the device memory the current curves setting. The previously
saved file will be overwritten except in the evet that no files have been saved before; in
this case a dedicated window appears in order to let the user name the new file.
Save as: used to save in the device memory the current curves setting. The previously
saved file will be overwritten with a new name. in the evet that no files have been saved
before, a new file will be created.
Read file: used to reload the last saved file.
Export: used to download pre-correction files on the user PC. A browser window allows
the selection of the saving path.
Release: release the connection in order to allow others remote machines to connect to
port 5000 (refer to Connection to port 5000 paragraph).
The connection to port 5000 is performed every time a pre-correction tool is opened through
Mod.Pha. button and AM/PM button, from Java interface,. The pre-correction tool opens and
keeps busy the connection to port 5000 till the connection releasing
The connection to this port precludes the possibility of:
programming the device;
allowing more than one user, the very same one that is keeping busy the connection, to
open the pre-correction tools.
The Release button comes through these limits. It closes the connection to port 5000, close the
Mod.Pha. / AM/PM window and opens the General window. Once clicked the Release buttons
and before quitting the pre-correction tool, three options are provided:
Continue: continue without saving;
Save and Release: save and continue;
Cancel: cancel the request of releasing the connection.
3.4.4 OUTPUT
Click on Output button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the output window.
Use the Output window to change and monitor both Ethernet and RF output settings, and to
monitor all accessible hardware indicators.
Output window
Output RF signal enabling. The possible output RF signal status are the following:
Green: ON
ON;
RF ON / OFF Green: RF not ON R/H
RF not On: automatic switch off of the output signal (refer to Ampli status);
Red: OFF
OFF: manual switch off of the output signal.
External
GPS
Internal frequency reference fine tuning setting. Allows the fine tuning of VCO, internal clock Min: 0
RF Internal Freq. Ref. Tune R/H
oscillator, with 60 Hz steps.
Max: 255
Green: ON
AGC AGC ON AGC status. R/H
Grey: OFF
Analog/Digital:
o Grey: OFF
Frequency Frequency
Output center frequency expressed in Hz.
Out [Hz] Out [Hz]
On
Off
Restart
Stand-by off
Status Ampli status Current amplifier status indicator. R/H
Init
Alarm off
Rf off
Opto off
Status 28V PSU 28V indicator (values are expressed in V). R/H
Status Current PSU 28V [A] PSU 28V current indicator (values are expressed in A). R/H
Status Case Temperature Case temperature indicator (values are expressed in C). R/H
nd
2 Case temperature indicator (values are expressed in C).
Status Case Temperature 2
Only in SDTX 200 version.
Status PSU Temperature PSU temperature indicator (values are expressed in C). R/H
Status Fan 1 Fan 1 speed indicator (values are expressed in rpm). R/H
Status Fan 2 Fan 2 speed indicator (values are expressed in rpm). R/H
Status FWD Power [dBm] Output forward power indicator (values are expressed in dBm). R/H
Status Reflex Power [dBm] Output reflex power indicator (values are expressed in dBm). R/H
Min: 21
Mode A / Mode B Channel Output channel. R/H
Max: 69
Min: -4 MHz
Mode A / Mode B Offset [Hz] Output frequency offset (expressed in Hz). R/H
Max: 4 MHz
FWD Power Thresholds Warning [dB] Forward power warning threshold expressed in dBm. R/H
Min: -16 dBm
FWD Power Thresholds Alarm [dB] Forward power alarm threshold expressed in dBm. Max: 0 dBm R/H
Enabled
RTP 1 / RTP 2 Enable send frame Channel 1/2 Ethernet transmission enabling. R/H
Disabled
ASI 0
ASI 1
ASI 2
ASI 3
RTP 1 / RTP 2 Input Input to output Ethernet channel 1/2 selector. R/H
RX.HP
RX.LP
GbE1
GbE2
ON
RTP 1 / RTP 2 ON/OFF Ethernet transmission on channel 1/2 status indicator. R/H
OFF
3.5 NETWORK
Click on Network button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the Network management
window.
This window allows the Network management on both PRO-MPEG COP 3 RX and TX sides. It
also allows the monitoring of the board IP and MAC addresses.
Parameter/
Box Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Control
Board IP
Local Board IP address. R/H
address
Board MAC
Local Board MAC address. R/H
address
Tx Source Min: 0
Local Board receiving port. R/H
Port
Max: 65,535
Min: 0
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Port Channel 1/2 receiving port. R
Max: 65,535
UDP
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Protocol Ethernet input packets protocol. R
RTP
Parameter/
Box Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Control
Zero when the input is not
selected
Filtered Equal to the total bitrate, when
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Bitrate actually used by the modulator. R
bitrate[bit/s]
Delete Null Packets disabled
Less than total bitrate, when
Delete Null Packets enabled
188 Bytes
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Format Received transmission format. R
240 Bytes
Ethernet input lock status indicator. The input Transport Stream is locked when no more than two Green: Lock
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Lock R
consecutive Sync Byte are missed.
Grey: Not locked
Sequence Ethernet input Sequence error alarm status indicator. Red: Error
Rx 1 / Rx 2 R
error This alarm condition occurs when a sequence error occurs
Grey: No errors
Input GbE overflow alarm status. This alarm condition occurs when the input bitrate exceeds the Red: Alarm on
Rx 1 / Rx 2 Overflow R
capability of the modulation (Ref. to ETSI EN 300 744).
Grey: Alarm off
GBE
Gbe statistic Total amount of good frames received. R/H
Packets
Parameter/
Box Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Control
10 Mbit//s
1 Gbit/s
Gbe statistic GBE Errors Total amount of bad frames received. R/H
Min: 0
RTP 1/ RTP 2 Port Port used for RTP/UDP data transmission R
Max: 65,535
ON
RTP 1/ RTP 2 ON/OFF Ethernet transmission on channel 1/2 status indicator. R
OFF
Destination
RTP 1/ RTP 2 Destination MAC address. R
MAC
Parameter/
Box Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
Control
RTP
RTP 1/ RTP 2 Frame type Transmission protocol selector. R
UDP
188 Bytes
RTP 1/ RTP 2 TS Format Transmission format. R
240 Bytes
3.6 GPS
Click on GPS button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the GPS received statistics
window.
GPS window
Table 12.
Parameter/
Box Control Description Admitted Ranges / Values R/H
#Number of
Satellite Number of visible GPS satellites indicator. R/H
Visible sat
#Number of
Satellite Number of tracked GPS satellites indicator. R/H
Tracked sat
Green: Valid
Satellite Data valid Valid satellite signal receiving status indicator. R/H
Grey: Not valid
3.7 ALARMS
Click on Alarms button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the alarms management
window.
The Alarm window allows the setting of alarm masks and the monitoring of alarms status.
Use alarm masks to select how and which alarm have to be notified.
Masks are organized in columns. The sixteen columns represent sixteen destinations of each
alarm condition:
GUI: the selected alarms status is notified on the Java alarm page icon.
LCD: the selected alarms status is notified on LCD display lighting the alarm button
and listing the alarms in the Alarms menu (refer to Alarms Menu paragraph).
Event: the selected alarms status generate an alarm event that will be logged in
the event memory (refer to Events paragraph).
R0GR3: the selected alarms switch on the corresponding relay.
T0GT7: the selected alarms generate the corresponding trap messages (refer to
Network paragraph to set destination IP addresses).
RF: the selected alarms switch off the RF output. The RF mask is almost entirely
fixed in order to avoid board damages or malfunctioning.
In the Alarms window, when an alarm condition occurs, the relative alarm is red highlighted.
The Total check box enables all alarms-to-masks associations.
Remember to enable the RF Off alarms mask of DVB-T alarms while working in Tx DVB-T
mode.
H/R RF
Alarm Description Troubleshooting
(1) mask
Up converter Osc. Unlock PLL of the Upconveter board not locked to 120 MHz clock. H/R Hardware fault 1
PS 28V out range Voltage out of range. The range is 20V up to 30V. H/R Hardware fault 1
PS Current out of range The current exceeds the 22 Ampere upper limit. H/R Hardware fault 1
Absolute Power Limiter The output power exceeds the maximum endurable limit. H/R Hardware fault 1
Reflex Power High RFL power goes over the maximum endurable limit. H/R Check the RF output for disconnection or wrong impendence 0
adaptation
Check fans connections
Fan Speed Fans speed is under the minimum speed (1,000 rpm). H/R 0
Verify that fans are not damaged; in this case substitute them. The
substitution can be performed during device normal operations
Signal to noise ratio under the S/N threshold:
Heterodyne Digital repeater: Signal to Noise ratio,
detected by the DVB-T receiver, under the S/N
threshold Check alarm threshold
S/N level H/R 0
TX DVB-T: Signal to Noise ratio, detected by the DVB- Check input signal and input channel
T receiver, under the S/N threshold. only when RX HP
and/or RX LP inputs are selected as input HP and/or
LP.
Check cable and GPS antenna connections
GPS Lock GPS signal is not lock. H/R X
Hardware fault
Communication errors between ARK1 main board and
GPS Communication Error H/R Hardware fault 1
GPS board.
If the frequency reference is Internal: internal PLL fault
If the frequency reference is External:
o Hardware fault
In SFN configuration, when selected TS input or MIP are not
Signal 120 MHz Lock 120 MHz is not locked. H/R detected, 120 MHz oscillator can loose the lock 1
Hardware fault
Signal 960 MHz Lock 960 MHz is not locked. H/R Hardware fault 1
Check Squelch alarm threshold
RF Input Squelch Rx level under the Squelch threshold. H/R Check input channel X
Check RF input source and signal
Check BER alarm threshold
RF Digital Ber. Alarm Demodulator BER over the alarm threshold. H/R X
Check RF input source and signal
File System Error File System loading error. H/R File system partition damage 0
Check files list
Bad File in File system One more files missing in the File System. H/R 0
Reload the file system
If the frequency reference is Internal: internal PLL fault
If the frequency reference is External:
1PPS Lock 1PPS is not lock to the selected frequency reference. o Hardware faul X
If the frequency reference is Internal:
o Hardware fault
Check 1PPS
PPS Phase 1PPS is not lock to a common reference of the network. R X
Hardware fault
3.8 EVENTS
Click on Events button icon, highlighted in the nex figure, to access the events windos.
Events list
Table 14.
Event Description
Event Description
ALARM_UPCV_OSC_LOCK
PS Restart
ALARM_UPC_VOLTAGE
ALARM_UPC_CURRENT
ALARM_UPC_ABS_POWER
Only in SDTX 200 version.
After the fourth time the amplifier has been restarted, if an alarm
condition causing a PS Restart event occurs, PS OFF event is
PS OFF reported and the amplifier is turned off
When this event is reported amplifier can be turned on only by OPTO
2 (only in SDTX 200 version).
This event is reported when the retry command is given by the Retry
Restart Amp from OPTO Alarm OPTO (OPTO 2).
Only in SDTX 200 version.
This event is reported when the amplifier is restarted through the
PS ON
Retry Alarm OPTO (OPTO 2).
When Signal 120 MHz Lock alarm is risen the FPGA is re-configured
FPGA Re-config
and this event is reported.
Events List cleared This event is reported when the events list is cleared.
The watchdog performs a periodic (every 20 seconds) polling of tasks and triggers a system
reset if one or more tasks do not answer, restarting the Codeloader (See
Codeloader_Operations_Note_v1.1.doc for further information) and generating a TSK ERR
event as follows:
The blue underlined 8 bits word is the enabling status of the alarms mask. The red underlined 8
bits word indicates the status of tasks (1 if the task has been successfully performed, otherwise
0) as specified in the following table:
The default tasks mask at the board startup is set to 0x0000007D (i.g. the UPCV task is
excepted). Once the presence of the upconverter is assured, the upconverter task bit is
automatically enabled and the mask is set to 0x0000007F. Tasks execution is stopped during
de-fragmentation operations and FPGA boots.
3.9.1 Time
This control allows to change the device-to-management PC java update time. The default value
is 2 seconds. Click on Close button quit this sub-window.
3.9.2 Alerts
The Alert subwindow allows the selection of which type of event has to be notified through an
Alert box.
Alert boxes appear on the right side of the monitor. The selection is performed among the
following types of event:
Commands (blue boxes):
o Gigabit Ethernet commands;
o RS232 commands;
o SNMP commands;
o LCD Display commands.
Alarms (red boxes);
Alert boxes can be disabled through the hide button located on the right side of the box.
The hide button, once clicked, disables all boxes belonging to the same class.
The Download Software Standalone button allows the downloading of standalone java
application (executable jar file) based on java applet.
If your browser is Internet Explorer, it may blocks the site from downloading files to your
computer. If you want to enable the file downloading, follow the instructions listed below:
Open Internet Explorer;
Click on the Tools button and then click on Internet Options;
Click on the Security tab and then click on Custom level button;
To turn off the Information bar for file downloads, scroll to the Downloads section of the
list, and then, under Automatic prompting for file downloads, click on Enable;
Click on OK, click Yes in order to confirm that you want to make the change, then click
OK again.
The following MIB libraries are required for the SNMP management of the equipment:
SCREENSERVICE-SCB-BROADCASTING-MIB.my;
ark1c_0_14.MY.
3.13 Communities
3.14 Monitoring
All status and setup information can be queried via SNMP. To get the setup and status
information you need a management system (or a special MIB browser).
Next figure, referring to MG-SOFT MIB Browser as an example, is a broad view of the ARK1
tree structure.
3.15 OID
Any status and setup information has an OID (Object Identifier). The OID of the ARK1 system is:
screenservice_ark1c: 1.3.6.1.4.1.21678.183
iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).private(4).enterprises(1).screenservice(21678).scree
nservice_ark1c(183)
The SNMP tree structure is shown in Figure 26, after the node screenserviceBroadcasting there
is the node that specifies the device typology.
The screenservice_ark1c tree has 12 nodes and 1 leave.
The nodes are:
ark1c_SystemInfo: global description of the system.
ark1c_Mode: shows and manages board modes.
ark1c_Input: shows and manages inputs.
ark1c_Mip: shows MIP modulation parameters.
ark1c_SettingsDvb: shows and sets local modulation parameters.
ark1c_Output: shows and manages the output.
ark1c_HW_monitor: shows the amplifier status.
Ark1c_Gps: shows the status GPS
ark1c_Clock: shows and sets 10MHz and 1PPS source and polarity, and shows the
collection of live data from GPS receiver.
ark1c_Network: shows and sets network parameters.
ark1c_Alarm: shows and manages system alarms.
ark1c_Config: allows the management of the machine configuration.
ark1c_TrapAlarm: is the OID used in the trap message:
E.g. if you want to enable the No MIP and No Input alarms of a generic alarm mask, set the
decimal value of 805,306,368 that corresponds to a binary value of
0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000.
3.17 Traps
While a management station can poll, at fixed time interval, all the agents it knows for some key
information, each agent is responsible for notifying the management station of any alarm
condition. These events are communicated in SNMP messages known as traps.
The following parameters should be set in order to correctly configure traps:
SNMP Agent Port: 162.
SNMP Agent Transport protocol: IP/UDP.
Variable
o OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.21678.183.13.
o Value(gauge): 32 Bit
Each trap carries a 32 bits word in which each alarm represents one bit (0: Off, 1: On). The
following table shows the bit-to-alarm association.
E.g. A trap carring the decimal value 805,306,368 ,corresponding to a binary value of
0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000, means No MIP (bit 28) and No Input (bit 29)
alarms raised.
The Community shown in trap message can be set from Java interface in the Community box
within the Network window (refer to Network
CH
2 2
X CH
:
TX
A CH
2 2
CH 60 3 6
CH 60: X
C
B Transposer CH 36
CH
40
Transposer
Teansposer CH
40 CH 21
D E
Transposer
The following table lists the commands, specific to each system interface, which must be
enabled or disabled while working in Driver mode.
N.B. Diver mode is a specific working mode available and used only in N+1 configuration
systems.
Ethernet
Local
Ethernet Interface Port interface
Issue Java SNMP Char interface Interface MIP OPTO
10001 Port
(Display)
5000
Commands: O
or o and W
Block Commands: oo and w uC Java SNMP
or w uC
output registers 0x02 and 0x12 control commands Not Not Not Not
registers 0x02
channel is are present present present present
and 0x12
setting uC ignores the commands disabled ignored
The control is
enabled
Commands:
Commands: W or w
Frequency
Block w FPGA registers Java SNMP FPGA registers
offset
frequency 0x07 up to 0x0A and 0x17 up to control commands Not 0x07 up to Not Not
function is
offset 0x1A is are present 0x0A and 0x17 present present
disabled
setting disabled ignored up to 0x1A
from uC
uC ignores the command The control is
enabled
Command:
Command:
W FPGA
Block MIP Command: Java SNMP w or w
register
frequency w FPGA register 0x0020 bit 1 control commands Not FPGA register Not Not
0x0020
offset is are present 0x0020 bit 1 present present
bit 1=0
setting uC ignores the command disabled ignored The control is
enabled
Command:
OP or op
The control is
Command:
enabled
W FPGA
Command:
register
Command: Java SNMP W or w
Block MIP 0x0020
W FPGA register 0x0020 bit 2 control commands Not FPGA register Not Not
TX power bit 2=0
is are present 0x003B bit 2 present present
setting
uC ignores the command disabled ignored The control is
enabled
Ethernet
Local
Ethernet Interface Port interface
Issue Java SNMP Char interface Interface MIP OPTO
10001 Port
(Display)
5000
Tag 33
Function
Remote
Command
Mode
mode
Commands: w uC registers Switch OPTO
Java SNMP Commands: W or w uC switch
Block 0x00/0x01/0x10/0x11/0x33/0x32 Disabled 1=
controls commands Not registers
mode by uC Closed
are are present 0x00/0x01/0x10/0x11/0x33/0x32 The
switch Java control is disabled
disabled ignored The control is enabled command
uC ignores the command Command: Disabled
is
W FPGA
disabled
register
0x003B
bit 7=0
Launch the
Java Installer
Click on the
Search button
Select the
version
Click on the
Load button
6. If you want to update only some software versions, click on the check boxes
corresponding to the software version you want to load, otherwise click on the check
box corresponding to the Load All option. Click on the Enter button to start the loading.
Select the
Load All option
Select one by
one the software
versions you
want to load
Click on the
Enter button
7. Once started the loading, the Stop button lights up. Click on this button to end the
programming.
Click on the
Stop button
8. When the loading is complete, the pop-up window Operation Successfully Completed
appears. Click on the OK button.
Click on the
OK button
3.21.1 Configuration
In order to connect to the board trough a LAN, all the devices have to be on the same network.
The default IP address settings of the X-port are:
IP address: 10.77.xx.xx , where xx is the host address unique for each board.
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 .
Remember to change these settings if they are not compatible with the LAN where the computer
and the board are connected.
IP address and network parameters can be changed only using the local interface. Please refer
to chapter 6 for the network setting commands.
3.21.3 Download
The Java Interface works with any Sun Java Virtual Machine after the 1.4.1 version.
If the computer has no Java Virtual Machine installed, the recommended 1.5.0 version can be
downloaded from the Sun Server trough this link:
http://www.java.com/.
1. Open Internet Explorer, click on Tool button and select the Sun Java Console option.
2. Perform a right button mouse click on the Java(TM) Platform icon sited on the right
corner of the Taskbar and select Open Control Panel. The following window will
suddenly appear.
3. Select Settings3 in the Temporary Internet Files section of the General tab.
4. Deselect the check box of the Keep temporary files on my computer (disable cache).