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1. Figure 69 Scart socket external view Also known as PERITEL connector in conformity with standard NF C92250 The signals in this connector are the following PINnumber SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS 1 Right channel audio output 2 Right channel audio input 3 Left channel audio output 4 Audio grounding 5 Blue grounding B 6 7 8 9 Left channel audio input Blue output B Switching voltage Green grounding G 10 Digital bus interface not connected 11 Green output G 12 Digital bus interface not connected 13 Red grounding R 14 Digital bus reserved not connected 15 Red output R 16 Blanked signal not connected 17 Composite video grounding 18 Blanked return not connected 19 Composite video output 20 Video input 21 Connector shield grounding Table 6 Description of the Scart NOTE In order to select the SCART connector operation mode between video Input video Output or Automatic from the TV visualisation mode 10 in terrestrial band follow the following steps D E al 1 Select the Measurement Configuration menu by pressing the 17 key and verify that the type of signal selected is ANALOGUE 2 Select the suitable operation mode for the SCART by means of the Video Aud Ext option in this menu 02 2010 Page 87 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 6 6 Connector for CAM modules and SMART CARD Enables the conditional access disencryption of encoded digital TV signals
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4. 1 Constellation Diagram 2 Spectrum analyser In order to save a screen access through the function or operating mode to the Utilities menu 22 and select by means of the rotary selector E 1 the Save as option later introduce by means of the alphanumeric keyboard 8 the file name of the screen to be captured and finally confirm it by pressing again the rotary selector E 1 Page 70 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 18 1 Recall screen E Accede to the Utilities menu 22 and select one of the following options according to the type of capture that has been carried out 1 Recall Constellation Recall a constellation diagram 2 Recall Spectrum Recall a frequency spectrum graph When trying an option by means of the rotary selector LA ony it appears a menu that contains the names of the stored files Select one using the rotary selector 7 1 or press EXIT The saved spectrum and constellation data can be exported in the form of a text file CSV These files can be very useful if they are included in documents such as a spreadsheet data base etc There is a software application to download the files to the PC Users can also develop a tailored to read those files using remote control commands 5 18 2 Delete capture Also it is possible to delete the stored screens For it accede to the Utilities menu 22 and after activating this function select one of the following options according to the model and
5. Carrying bag Transport belt Car lighter charger Connection USB Cable On the go A Male Mini USB B Male USB Cable A Female Mini USB A Male Mains cord USB Memory RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE PACKING It is recommended to keep all the packing material in order to return the equipment if necessary to the Technical Service Page 10 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 2 SAFETY RULES MN Zi 1 General safety rules The safety could not be assured if the instructions for use are not closely followed Use this equipment connected only to systems with their negative of measurement connected to ground potential The AL 103 external DC charger is a Class equipment for safety reasons plug it to a supply line with the corresponding ground terminal This equipment can be used in Overvoltage Category installations and Pollution Degree 2 environments External DC charger can be used in Overvoltage Category Il installation and Pollution Degree 1 environments When using some of the following accessories use only the specified ones to ensure safety Rechargeable battery External DC charger Car lighter charger cable Power cord Observe all specified ratings both of supply and measurement Remember that voltages higher than 70 V DC or 33 V AC rms are dangerous Use this instrument under the specified environmental conditions When using the power adaptor the negative of measurement is at ground po
6. 17 in the 2k system and 68 in the 8k system modulated in DBPSK containing information related to the transmission modulation and codification Modulation type APSK 16 QAM 64 QAM Hierarchy Guard Interval Viterbi Code Rate Transmission mode 2k or 8k and Number of the received frame MPEG 2 TS DVB T Correct detection of a DVB T signal the demodulator provides a TS MPEG 2 MPEG 2 TS DVB H Correct detection of a DVB H signal the demodulator provides a TS MPEG 2 5 14 7 3 DVB S S2 signals Once determined the parameters of QPSK signal it will be possible to measure BER Following is shown the BER measurement before the error corrections BER before the FEC CBER 02 2010 Page 55 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD a DVB S CBER lt 1 4E 2 FREQ 818 00 MHz i C N 15 1 dB 15 kHz POWER 72 2 dBuV DL Ku 12382 0 MHz fi MER 6 9 dB CH a2 CBER 1 4E 2 VBER 1 4E 6 Figure 34 DVB S QPSK signals CBER measurement screen In a digital reception system for satellite signals DVB S after the QPSK decoder two different correction methods are applied see following Figure Obviously each time we apply an error corrector to a digital signal the error rate changes therefore if we measure in a digital satellite television system for example the error rate at the output of the QPSK demodulator at the output of the Viterbi decoder and at the output of the Reed Solomon decoder we obtain nothing more than different error rat
7. If it is not possible to detect any MPEG 2 channel make sure that digital signal parameters are correctly defined 5 14 Selecting the Measurements The types of measurements available depend on the operating band terrestrial or satellite and the type of signals analogue or digital Page 44 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Terrestrial band Analogue channels Level Level measurement of the currently tuned carrier Video AudioVideo carrier to audio carrier ratio C N Ratio between the modulated signal power and the equivalent noise power for a same bandwidth according to TV standard FM Deviation Measure the frequency peak deviation for any modulated analogue carrier in FM Terrestrial band Digital channels DVB C and DVB T H Channel power Channel power is measured assuming that power spectral density is uniform throughout channel bandwidth To measure it correctly it is indispensable to define the Channel BW C N Out channel measurement Noise level is measured at fnoise ftuning 24 Channel BW To measure it correctly digital channel must be tuned at its central frequency MER Modulation error ratio with noise margin indication CBER BER measurement Bit error rate for the digital signal before error correction BER before FEC VBER BER measurement Bit error rate for the digital signal after error correction BER after Viterbi Satellite band Analogue channels Level Level measurement of the cu
8. LBER MER C N wrong packets and Link Margin Presentation Numeric and level bar CONSTELLATION DIAGRAM Type of signal DVB T H DVB C DVB S and DVB S2 Presentation I Q graph DVB H T SIGNAL PARAMETERS Carriers 2k 4k 8k Selected by the user Guard Interval 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 Selected by the user Code Rate 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 Modulation QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM Spectralinversion Selectable ON OFF The TE 2000 HD does not decode images from DVB H channels If the DVB H channel uses a type of interleaver in depth then it will not show the measures CBER and VBER 02 2010 Page 5 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Hierarchy Indicates hierarchy mode Cell ID Transmitter station TPS signalling Time slicing symbol interleaver and MPE FEC DVB C SIGNAL PARAMETERS Demodulation 16 32 64 128 256 QAM Symbol rate 1000 to 7000 kbauds Roll off a factor of Nyquist filter 0 15 Spectralinversion Selectable ON OFF DVB S SIGNAL PARAMETERS Symbol rate 2 to 45 Mbauds Roll off a factor of Nyquist filter 0 35 Code Rate 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 and AUTO Spectralinversion Selectable ON OFF DVB S2 SIGNAL PARAMETERS Symbol rate QPSK 1 to 45 MSps Symbol rate BPSK 1 to 45 MSps Roll off a factor of Nyquist filter 0 20 0 25 and 0 35 Code Rate QPSK 1 4 1 3 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 and AUTO Code Rate 8PSK 3 5 2 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 and AUTO Spectralinversion Se
9. SAT IF Test Attenuation Test This application allows to verify easily the TCI features Telecommunications Common Infrastructures before the antennas and head end devices are operative The procedure allows to evaluate the frequency response of a whole TV signals distribution network by means of two steps NOTE For this application the use of ATCI RP 050 RP 080 RP 110 or RP 250 signal generators are required for which they have been specially designed If you use a generator that emits not modulated carriers this may cause a slight uncalibration during the SAT IF TEST 1 CALIBRATION Connect the generator directly to the TE 2000 HD using the BNC F adapter Power the signal generators of the RP ATCI family through the TE 2000 HD or an external power supply To set the External supply function see section 5 7 External Units Power Supply press the 11 key and the rotary selector 911 to set a voltage of 13 V Finally select the SAT IF TEST application on UTILITIES 22 menu for SAT band or the ATTENUATION TEST for terrestrial band connect the generator to the point where the antenna will be connected signal source Press the A 17 key to see on screen the measurement CONFIGURATION By means of the Threshold Attenuation option is possible to adjust the maximum difference between the pilots reference level from 5 to 50 dBmV Later by means of the horizontal cursors 6 key select the Calibrate function see t
10. The analogue representation is done on a logarithmic scale not linear that is to say the bar divisions correspond to the exponent of the measurement With the aim to have a reference about the signal quality it is considered that a system has a good quality when it decodes less than one non correctable error for every transmission hour This border is known as QEF Quasi Error Free and it corresponds approximately to a BER after Viterbi of 2 0E 4 BER 2 0x10 that is to say 2 wrong bits of each 10000 This value is marked on the measurement bar of the BER and therefore BER for acceptable signals must be at the left side of this mark Finally it is shown a status line with information about the detected signal The possible messages that can appear and its meaning are showing the following list The messages are exposed from less to more fulfilment of the MPEG 2 standard No signal received Page 54 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD No signal has been detected Timing recovered Only it is possible to recuperate the symbol time AFC in lock The system automatic frequency control can identify and lock a digital transmission TDT but its parameters can not be obtained It can be due to a transitory situation previous to the TPS identification Transmission Parameter Signalling or well to a TDT transmission with an insufficient C N ratio TPS in lock The TPS Transmission Parameter Signalling are decoded The TPS are carriers
11. This indicator changes of colour according to the battery charge status BATTERY CHARGE STATUS Table 1 Indication of the battery charge status CHARGER 3 1 2 Operation using the Battery For the device to operate on the battery disconnect the power cable and press the rotary selector 1 for more than two seconds The fully charged battery can power the equipment for more than 4 5 hours non stop If battery is very weak the battery cut off circuit will prevent the device from functioning In such a situation battery must be recharged immediately Before taking any measurements you have to check the charge status of the battery by checking the battery charge level indicator that appears when activating the measurement mode pressing key 12 These are the indicators on screen 02 2010 Page 13 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 75 100 30 75 10 30 0 10 Empty battery Recharge in progress Table 2 Indication of the battery charge level on screen 3 1 2 1 Battery Charging To fully charge the battery connect the instrument to the external DC charger without activating the power on process The length of time it takes to recharge it depends on the condition of the battery When the instrument is in operation the recharging process is slower If they are very low the recharging period is about 5 hours The CHARGER 4 indicator should remain lit When the battery charg
12. hold the rotary selector pressed for more than two seconds until the presentation screen appears In order to power off the meter hold the rotary selector pressed Page 18 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tuning purposes turning it clockwise frequency increases while turning it anticlockwise frequency decreases To move along the on screen menus turning it clockwise active option moves downwards while turning it anticlockwise active option moves upwards EXT VIDEO Video signal presence light indicator It lights up when video on screen is coming through the SCART connector 35 DRAIN External units power supply indicator Lights up when the TE 2000 HD supplies a current to the external unit CHARGER External DC charger operation indicator When batteries are installed the battery charger is automatically activated SENSOR Sensor of environmental luminosity allows automatic adjusts of the display contrast and brightness contributing to the battery saving CURSORS Allow adjust in the Spectrum Analyser mode of the reference level and the margin of frequencies to represent span As well as the movement through the different menus and submenus that appear in the monitor MONITOR MAIN KEYBOARD 12 keys to select functions and entering alphanumeric data 02 2010 Page 19 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Figure 4 Main keyboard 1 10 _ TV KEY It allows visualising the
13. in agreement with the DVB Cl Common Interface recommendation This technology supports all those disencryption systems for which a valid CAM module exists according to DVB CI with the corresponding subscriber card The TE 2000 HD by means of Common Interface method offers the possibility of supporting various conditional access systems so that video and or audio broadcast by encrypted services scrambled TV for subscribers may be decoded following the SimulCrypt model It provides a standard connector to insert CAM modules Conditional Access Module which allows a specific management for each codification system SimulCrypt is a process supports various parallel conditional access systems together with the encryption algorithms specified by DVB CSA Common Scrambling Algorithm to control access to pay TV services The SimulCrypt broadcasts Transport Stream contains keys for various conditional accesses thereby allowing reception by more than one type of decoder The user just needs to insert the subscriber Smart Card in the CAM module connector designed for this purpose When a CAM module has been inserted and the instrument is in the digital TV operation mode accede to the Measurement configuration menu by pressing the A 17 key and select the COMMON INTERFACE option By means of this option the user can navigate through the CAM module menu Whenever an option is selected the waiting kd icon appears until the module allows accessin
14. press shortly the key 17 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION On the menu Configuration it will appear the option Page 64 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Sweep Entering in this option you can switch between Fast for a quick sweep of the spectrum or Accurate for a slower sweep This option will only appear when you re working with terrestrial TV signals therefore the led T on the front panel must be lighted The frequency range displayed called span from hereon can also be altered using the horizontal cursors 6 key Therefore enables selecting the displayed screen frequency range in Spectrum Analyser mode between Full the entire band 500 MHz 200 MHz 100 MHz 50 MHz 32 MHz 16 MH and 8 MHz the latter one only in terrestrial band A vertical broken line called marker appears on the spectrum display to identify the tuned frequency One of the applications of the TE 2000 HD operating as Spectrum Analyser is in the search for the best orientation and position of the receiving antenna This is particularly important in UHF Because such frequencies are involved with wavelengths ranging from 35 cm to 65 cm if the antenna is shifted only a few centimetres the relationship between the picture chrominance and sound carrier frequencies change affecting the quality of the picture in the receiver If there is an excess of sound carrier tearing or moir may appear on the screen due to the frequency beats between the sound ch
15. Because it is designed for outdoor use it includes an anti shock protector that completely covers the instrument and is supplied with a strong transport case As well the front panel does not have any keys nor gaps to avoid accidental water ingress The TE 2000 HD is designed to integrate measurements that require different operating configurations In this way it incorporates a specific function to facilitate the alignment of antennas When activating the alignment function the instrument is set automatically to offer a fast spectrum sweep and a high sensitivity graphical bar that allows fine adjust for the maximum signal In addition it includes a module for the powering of LNBs and DVB T antennas to 5V and the commands for the ming of DiSEqC 1 2 and SatCR devices The TE 2000 HD can be updated to new software versions that extend the available functions in the future That means it can incorporate new benefits without additional cost For example in the test of satellite signals distribution networks using combined with an IF generator permits to carry out an easy verification of the installations before commissioning The spectrum analyser features with high accuracy resolution sensitivity and sweep speed allows the instrument to be very useful for applications as the installation of antennas It presents an innovative control system based on four arrows that makes the use of the spectrum analyser very intuitive The arrows allow adjusting
16. MANUAL TE 2000 HD In the monitor will appear the TV picture with a window on the lower part to show for five seconds whenever the signal is analogue the channel number the frequency the active channel set the colour system and the TV standard by Y h el Ki cd aa A TE 50Hz PAL BG 815 25 MHz Figure 59 Analogue channel monitoring NOTE The symbol M in the upper corner of the screen indicates that the instrument has detected a saturation condition for analogue signals in the currently channel on tune This symbol also appears when the colour subcarrier signal Burst does not contain information and therefore the images are shown in black and white If itis a digital television signal DTV on screen appears for about some seconds the following parameters channel number or satellite name frequency active channel plan and satellite downlink frequency The following data box shows the video data type of video coding MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 video bit rate video identifier VPID and the TS identifier TSID One other data box contains audio information type of audio coding MPEG 1 MPEG 2 or AC 3 audio bit rate audio identifier APID and language e g spa The last box located in the same column shows the network data network name and or satellite orbital position service name netwok identifier NID and service identifier SID On the left column appears the type of DVB signal a window showing the signal deco
17. Off 02 2010 Sets the minimum power for a satellite digital signal to be identified Defines the C N measuring method between Auto or Reference Noise Manual used to determine the frequency where noise level will be measured in the spectrum analyser mode Sets the maximum time that the equipment will carry out the identification of a channel unknown before going to the next one Only satellite band Selects the C band or Ku band for tuning satellite signals Activates the automatic power off mode Select the power off timeout from 1 to 120 minutes Page 23 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Terrestrial Units Select the measurements units for terrestrial and cable dBuV dBmV or dBm Satellite Units Select the measurements units for satellite dBuV dBmV or dBm Rotary Selector Select the movement sense CW clockwise or CCW counterclockwise Ref level It selects the most suitable range when accessing to the spectrum analyser mode MANUAL defined by the user or AUTO calculated by the instrument Transport Mode It activates or it deactivates the automatic power off function for transportation So it allows to prevent an accidental start up of the equipment Exit Exit from preferences menu Key number 8 to enter numeric data 9 23 ANTENNA ALIGNMENT Tool for faster sweep antenna alignment at terrestrial and satellite bands Displays the measurements by means of a graph level bar Key number 9 to e
18. Specifications A CONFIGURATION FOR MEASURING LEVEL AND POWER TUNING Digital frequency synthesis Continuous tuning from 5 to 1000 MHz and from 950 to 2150 MHz Terrestrial and Satellital respectively Tuning modes Chanel or frequency IF or downlink at satellite band Channel plan configurable on demand Resolution 5 1000 MHz 50 kHz 950 2150 MHz lt 200 kHz span FULL 500 200 100 50 32 16 MHz Automatic search Explorer Threshold level selectable DVB T H DVB C DVB S and DVB S2 selection 2 DiSEqC is a trademark of EUTELSAT The TE 2000 HD does not decode images from DVB H channels Page 4 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Signal identification Analogue and digital Automatic RF INPUT Impedance 750 Connector Universal with BNC or F adapter Maximum signal 130 dByV Maximum input voltage DC to 100 Hz 50 Vrms powered by the AL 103 power charger 30 Vrms not powered by the AL 103 power charger 5 MHz to 2150 MHz 130 dBuV DIGITAL SIGNALS MEASUREMENT MARGIN OF POWER MEASUREMENT COFDM 45 dBuV to 100 dByV QAM 45 dBuV to 110 dByV QPSK 8PSK 44 dBuV to 114 dByV MEASUREMENTS DVB T H COFDM Power CBER VBER MER C N and Noise margin Presentation Numeric and level bar DVB C QAM Power BER MER C N and Noise margin Presentation Numeric and level bar DVB S QPSK Power CBER VBER MER C N and Noise margin Presentation Numeric and level bar DVB S2 QPSK 8PSK Power CBER
19. TERRESTRIAL 16 2 dB 30 40 168 25 ard LEVEL 78 2 dByV C N 40 1 dB s10 V A 16 2 dB FM DEV 28 kHz Figure 23 Measurement of the video audio ratio In addition to the video carrier audio carrier level ratio 16 2 dB in previous figure it also shows the frequency or channel depending on the tuning mode selected and the Carrier Noise ratio 5 14 3 Analogue TV Measuring the FM deviation The TE 2000 HD measure the deviation in frequency of any modulated analogue carrier in FM This function allows visualising frequency peak deviation for FM carrier signals 02 2010 Page 47 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Once this DESV FM measurement mode is activated will appear the following information on screen TERRESTRIAL 28 dB 50 75 100 168 25 MHz LEVEL 42 3 dBuV C N 0 7 dB 510 V A 1 6 dB FM DEV 41 kHz Figure 24 FM carrier peak deviation On the screen appears the deviation peaks in order to observe if they are within a suitable range limit valid for both the receiver and the transmitter in the transmittting system 5 14 4 Analogue FM Measuring the Level and demodulating signal D Press the Measurement Configuration A 17 key to accede to the CONFIGURATION menu and turn the rotary selector 1 in order to select the analogue FM signal In the analogue FM measurement mode the TE 2000 HD display works like an analogue level indicator showing the signal level present in the input Page 48 02 2010
20. Terrestrial and Satellite 22 kHz signal Voltage Frequency Maximum power DiSEqC GENERATOR POWER SUPPLY Internal Batteries Autonomy Recharging time External Voltage Consumption Auto power off Through the RF input connector External or 5 13 15 18 24 V Selectable in satellite band 0 65 V 0 25 V 22 kHz 4 kHz 5 W According to DiSEqC 1 2 standard 7 2 V 12 Ah Li lon battery gt 4 5 hours in continuous mode 3 hours up to 80 instrument off 12 V 30 W mable After the selected amount of minutes without operating on any control Deactivable OPERATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Altitude Temperature range Max relative humidity Up to 2000 m From 5 to 40 C Automatic disconnection by excess of temperature 80 up to 31 C decreasing lineally up to 50 at 40 C i If you select 5V the maximum power shall not exceed 2 25 W 450 mA X DiSEqc is a trademark of EUTELSAT 02 2010 Page 9 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD MECHANICAL FEATURES Dimensions Weight 230 W x 161 H x 76 D mm Total size 2 814 cm 2 2 kg without holster INCLUDED ACCESSORIES 1x CB 077 1x AT 010 1x AD 055 1x AD 056 1x AD 057 1x AL 103 1x DC 229 1x DC 267 1x DC 289 1x AA 103 1x CC 041 1x CC 045 1x CA 005 1x Rechargeable Li battery 7 2 V 12 Ah 10 dB attenuator F F BNC F adapter F F DIN F adapter F F F F adapter External DC charger Transport suitcase
21. USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD ANALOG FM 56 6 dBuV 103 80 lara LEVEL 56 6 DByV S10 Figure 25 FM analogue signal measurement The instrument also demodule the FM carrier radio and allows to listen sound through the loudspeaker 33 5 14 5 Analogue Digital TV Measuring the Carrier Noise ratio C N The TE 2000 HD carries out C N ratio measurement in four different ways according to the carrier type and the used band A B C D Terrestrial band analogue carrier Carrier level is measured using a quasi peak detector 230 kHz BW Noise level is measured with an average detector and corrected to refer it to channel equivalent noise bandwidth according to the definition of the selected standard Terrestrial band digital carrier Both measurements are done with an average detector 230 kHz and the same corrections are introduced on them bandwidth corrections Satellite band analogue carrier Carrier level is measured using a quasi peak detector 4 MHz BW Noise level is measured with an average detector 230 kHz and corrected to refer it to channel bandwidth Satellite band digital carrier Equivalent to case B but now using the 4 MHz BW filter On selecting the Carrier Noise measurement mode the screen displays the following information 02 2010 Page 49 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD TERRESTRIAL gt 41 0 dB 50 60 375 25 MHz LEVEL 85 1 dBpV C N gt 41 0 dB S30 V A 49 6 dB F
22. and add channels from another standard list by means of the editing options offered by the UTILITIES 22 menu SEL DVB T H POWER 55 8 dBuV O 10 30 50 70 90 110 130 FREQ 650 00 MHZ C N gt 21 3 dB 3 kHz POWER 55 8 dBuV CBER VBER Figure 11 Channel plans listing Keep the 24 key pressed in order to accede to the listing of channel plans available in the instrument and later select the current channel plan by means of the rotary selector 7 1 02 2010 Page 33 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The TE 2000 HD allows directly changing the tuned channel pertaining to the active channel plan by means of the horizontal cursors 6 key From this way once selected the channel tuning field 24 and in the TV e 10 and MEASUREMENTS 12 operation modes is possible to check cyclically the entire active channel list NOTE The icon A in the upper corner of the screen indicates that the equipment is carrying out an internal operation and user must wait to complete it 5 10 Acquisition function DATALOGGER The Datalogger function allows the user to carry out and store measurements in a fully automatic way It can store for each acquisition the measurements made in different points of the installation The measurements made are relevant to the current analogue or digital channel in the active channel plan l To select the Datalogger function activate the UTILITIES 22 menu and select the RUN DATALOGGE
23. and satellite channels plans DATALOG Here are stored the data acquisition files DISEQC Here are stored the DiSEqC s PVR Here are stored the TS ASI video stream SKINS Here are stored several colors skins for the screen VAR Here are stored the screenshots 02 2010 Page 73 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Get From Pendrive It performs the function opposite to the previous explained one that is to copy existing files from USB memory to the folders at the TE 2000 HD memory To perform this function is necessary to have the same structure of folders in both USB memory and TE 2000 HD Copy Streams to Pendrive It copies TS files recorded from a service inside the PVR folder of the pendrive Normally this is the file that takes up more space and time For this reason this option is independent of the copy of the rest of files 5 20 2 Connecting a computer host to the TE 2000 HD slave To connect a TE 2000 HD with a computer you should install the drivers if they are not installed yet you have in the folder USB_DRIVERS on the memory support delivered with the instrument To install drivers follow the steps described in the manual DVB T H 1 1E 6 ra 5 QEF 3 1782 00 MHz i C N 15 1 dB 2477 kHz POWER 77 4 dBuV CBER 1 3E 2 VBER 1 1E 6 Figure 55 Then you have to install the software NetUpdate3 which is also found in the memory support delivered with your equipment It allows connecting the TE 2000 HD and
24. appears when pressing the a 17 key IMPORTANT REMARK In order to measure digital channel C N ratio it is indispensable to tune channel at its central frequency In the case of the presence of adjacent digital channels these could mask the noise level measurement Page 50 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 14 6 Digital TV Measuring the Power of Digital Channels The TE 2000 HD measures digital channel power in the measurement filter bandwidth and estimates total channel power assuming that spectral density is uniform throughout channel bandwidth On selecting the CHANNEL POWER measurement mode the screen displays the following information a DVB T H POWER 77 4 dBuV correr 50 70 90 110 130 FREQ 818 00 MHz C N gt 33 6 dBuV 15 kHz POWER 77 4 dB CH x_n MER 26 9 dB CBER 3 4E 4 VBER gt 1 0E 7 Figure 28 Digital channel power measurement In addition to the power of the digital channel 77 4 dBuV in previous figure this also shows the tuning frequency or channel depending on the tuning mode selected and the offset frequency to calculate the digital channel power and the deviation frequency of the central tuning calculated by the demodulator measurement that indicates the adjustment in the channel tuning 02 2010 Page 51 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD For the power measurement of a digital channel to be correct it is essential to have previously defined the channel bandwidth using the Channel BW op
25. band in order to identify the analogue channels and digital presents in agreement with the e set over the active channel plan In order to activate the function hold pressed the 25 key until the EXPLORER screen appears a EXPLORER TESTING CHANNEL SET DIGITAL DVB S V D Ba ANALOG H I Ba ANALOG V D Ba DIGITAL DVB S H I Ba DIGITAL DVB S2 V D Ba ANALOG H I Ba CANCEL Figure 18 Spectrum exploration screen EXPLORER When the instrument completes the exploration a new channel plan is generated based on the active channel plan This new channel plan contains only the channels that have been identified and the rest are removed The equipment offers the possibility of saving in memory the channel plan generated to use later If the new channel plan is not saved it will remain active until the instrument is powered off or some other plan is loaded NOTE In the case that is desired to explore or identify DVB C signals will be necessary to select previously DVB C standard as digital signal identifier by means of 22 PREFERENCES menu 5 13 Measurements configuration With the aim of taking the measurements of all types of signals some times could be necessary that user enters parameters relative to particular characteristics of these signals whether an automatic detection has not been possible or these parameters differ from the standard corresponding ones 02 2010 Page 39 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD
26. enlarge graphic representation over one single quadrant Select the SCROLL option to move the focus over the whole viewing area using arrow cursors 6 key CLEAR option to reset the graph screen or SHARP option to increase the image clearness MODULATION DVB T H 64 QAM F 794 00 MHz CH 61 CARRIER TYPE DATA DISPLACEMENT PUSH ENCODER DECAY 16 Figure 42 Zoom x2 constellation diagram 02 2010 Page 61 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 15 2 DVB C QAM signal B Sets on the UTILITIES menu by pressing the 22 key and select the CONSTELLATION option On screen appears the modulation type DVB C 256 QAM Also the frequency and channel number are indicated Finally it shows the type of DVB C broadcast network used MODULATION DVB C 256 QAM F 794 00 BAGE iii DECAY 16 Figure 43 Constellation diagram DVB C QAM 256 signal NOTE The transmission quality is visualised in a qualitative way using a colour range for the symbol density concentrated in a certain area This colour coding goes from black no symbols to red maximum density and runs from blue to yelllow in ascending order A greater dispersion of the symbols indicates greater level of noise or worse signal quality If concentration of symbols or noise appears is indicative of good carrier noise ratio or absence of problems as phase noise etc 5 15 3 DVB S S2 QPSK 8PSK signal 8 Go to the UTILITIES menu by
27. image of TV corresponding to the input signal as well as data relative to the reception of the video signal Key number 1 to enter numeric data 2 11 ss EXTERNAL UNITS POWER SUPPLY Enables selecting the power supply to the external units Available voltages are External 5 V 13 V 15 V 18 V and 24 V for the terrestrial band and External 5 V 13 V 15 V 18 V 13 V 22 kHz and 18 V 22 kHz for the satellite band Key number 2 to enter numeric data 3 12 MEASUREMENTS Enables the type of measurement to be selected The types of measurements available depend on the band the standard and the operating mode Key number 3 to enter numeric data Page 20 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 4 13 Ml SPECTRUM TV Allows switching between any previous operating mode and the Spectrum Analyser mode and viceversa Key number 4 to enter numeric data ES 14 27 SATELLITE TERRESTRIAL BAND Allows switching between the Satellite or Terrestrial TV frequency band Key number 5 to enter numeric data 15 S This led remains lighted when the equipment works with the frequencies and the corresponding channels to the satellite band 16 T This led remains lighted when the equipment works with the frequencies and the corresponding channels to the terrestrial band D 17 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION It allows the commutation between the measurement mode for Digital TV or Analogue TV 18 D This led remains lighted when the
28. locations of the meter equipment In this way the characterisation of the band will be faster and easier when causing that the equipment only analyses a shorter set of channels Whenever a new process of exploration is activated the TE 2000 HD analyses all the present channels in the active channel plan which acts as pattern channel plan specified by means of the option CHANNEL SET from configuration measurement menu CONFIGURATION a 17 If during exploration or automatic identification process the TE 2000 HD detects new parameters for some channel or frequency a new list will be generated with the information updated and will be saved with the name of the original channel plan followed by the extension _0x See the following Figure Page 32 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD CCIR 02 03 04 so1 so2 sf 67 68 69 STD CHANNEL PLAN CCIR_01 02 04 sls E 68 PARAMS NEW CHANNEL PLAN CCIR 02 03 04 S01 S02 sa fo 68 69 STD CHANNEL PLAN CCIR_01 02 03 04 S01 fs 69 PARAMS CH04 Figure 10 New channel plan generation process Those channels that have not been identified during the exploration process are removed from the new generated channel plan The user can save this table in the memory modify its name and later use it by means of the CONFIGURATION a 17 menu Also can delete any channel list or remove
29. pressing the J 22 key and then select the CONSTELLATION option Page 62 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The modulation type DVB S QPSK or DVB S2 8PSK is showed on screen Next the frequency and channel number correspoding to the channel plan selected as well as the satellite downlink frequency Finally it shows the status line similar to the measurement screen MODULATION DVB S QPSK F 1139 00 MHz DL Ku 11390 0 cH DECAY 16 ZOOM x1 CLEAR Figure 44 Constellation Diagram DVB S QPSK signal When selecting a constellation diagram for DVB S2 signals on screen will appear the following information MODULATION DVB S2 8PSK F 1139 00 MHz DL Ku 11390 0 ch DECAY 16 zooma Figure 45 Constellation Diagram DVB S2 8PSK signal 02 2010 Page 63 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD NOTE The transmission quality is visualised in a qualitative way using a colour range for the symbol density concentrated in a certain area This colour coding goes from black no symbols to red maximum density and runs from blue to yelllow in ascending order A greater dispersion of the symbols indicates greater level of noise or worse signal quality If concentration of symbols or noise appears is indicative of good carrier noise ratio or absence of problems as phase noise etc 5 16 Spectrum Analyser The Spectrum Analyser mode allows the user to discover the signals present in the freq
30. should never exceed 130 dBuV 6 2 TS ASI Input Output The TS ASI input output signals works through the connectors 42 input 43 output at the rear panel 6 3 USB port The TE 2000 HD incorporates an USB On the go port which enables the communication with a PC and to download dataloggers and channel plans 02 2010 Page 85 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Figure 67 USB On the go connector in rear panel External view The USB On the go makes it possible for two USB devices to communicate with each other without requiring a separate USB host In practice one of the USB devices acts as a host for the other device 6 4 Conector HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface is a compact audio video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data HDMI supports on a single cable any TV or PC video format including standard enhanced and high definition video up to 8 channels of digital audio and a Consumer Electronics Control CEC connection The CEC allows HDMI devices to control each other when necessary and allows the user to operate multiple devices with one remote control handset E Figura 68 Conector HDMI en panel posterior Vista externa Page 86 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 6 5 Scart DIN EN 50049 20 18161412108 6 4 2 RE eH Eee 2119171513119 75 3 1
31. the OFF position not inversion This configuration menu shows besides the user definable COFDM signal parameters the value of the rest of signal parameters detected automatically Code Rate Also known as Viterbi ratio defines the ratio between the data bits number and the total number of bits transmitted the difference corresponds to the number of control bits for the error detection and recovery Modulations Carriers modulation It also defines the system noise immunity QPSK 16 QAM and 64 QAM Hierarchy The DVB T H norm contemplates the possibility to make a TDT transmission with hierarchical levels it is to say a simultaneous transmission of the same with different image qualities and noise protection levels in order the receiver can exchange to a signal of smaller quality when the reception conditions are not optimal Cell ID Cell identifier Shows the transmissor identification code Cua DVB T H VBER SIGNAL DVB T H lt 1 0E 7 Figure 20 Screen of mesurement configuration COFDM signals 5 13 3 DVB S S2 QPSK 8PSK Digital Channel Configuration D Press the Measurements Configuration A 17 key to access to the CONFIGURATION menu and turn the rotary selector 1 to access the QPSK 8PSK signals parameters which can be defined by user and are described below Page 42 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 1 Channel BW channel bandwidth Enables the channel bandwidth to be selected over a range from
32. the menu Utilities 2 Select the option COFDM ECHOES Figure 48 DVB T H lt 1 0E 7 gt 26 4 dB 69 3 dBuV 8 COFDM ECHOES Figure 48 UTILITIES Menu 3 Press the rotary knob Then you will see the ECHOES screen 02 2010 Page 67 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The screen displays at the horizontal axis Delay and Distance of echo with regard to the carrier The vertical axis represents the ratio power between echo and carrier Figure 49 DELAY E ZOOM x1 Figure 49 ECHOES COFDM Screen You can move the vertical cursor along the horizontal axis using the rotary knob If the signal were not correctly locked at the top left of the screen would appear the icon and would not be able to start the echo finding Now you are ready to start to find echoes The steps to go through in order to find echoes are the next 1 Using the cursor gt 6 place it on the option RUN 2 Press the rotary knob to start finding Figure 50 DELAY 00ps 00KM METE DONE 37 ND EC Figure 50 Finding ECHOES Immediately it will start scanning in order to detect whether there are echoes or not If it finds any echo it will be shown on the screen During the scan you should realise that the key RUN has changed and has been renamed as RESTART This mean that you may restart a new finding anytime before last finding had finished To do it press the rotary knob on RESTART If during scanning the instrument is unl
33. type of capture that has been done 1 constell Deletes a constellation diagram 2 sp Deletes a frequency spectrum When pressing with the rotary selector Y 911 over the option will appear a menu that contains the names of the stored files Select one by means of the rotary selector gt 211 or press EXIT 02 2010 Page 71 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 19 PRINT SCREEN function It is also possible to save anything that appears on the screen of the meter using the PRINT SCREEN function To save an image you only need to press the key e 10 during a few seconds A file with the screen content in bit map format bmp will be generated automatically These files can be viewed later on using any that supports bmp formats NOTE There are three cases where this function can not be used Analogue and digital video pictures configuration menus and OSD messages 5 20USB On the Go Function The TE 2000 HD has a female mini USB port that uses a specific communication protocol called USB On The Go OTG abbreviated This type of communication allows the equipment to work in two different ways depending on the element connected to the USB port as a server host or as a device slave In general the TE 2000 HD works as a host when connecting a USB flash drive and as a slave when connecting to a computer This function converts the PC into a much more versatile instrument 5 20 1 Connection of TE 2000 HD host to a USB f
34. when suspecting about intermodulation problems This accessory allows DC voltages to pass when powering external units as LNB and amplifiers 02 2010 Page 25 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD gt Y 9 fal a y Figure 6 Connecting external attenuator on RF input 30 ATTENTION A Note the importance to protect the RF 6 30 input signal with an accessory to block the AC voltages used in CATV cables needed to feed the amplifiers and remote control 8 3 69 8 62 63 Figure 7 Lateral panel elements 31 RESET button Enables the user to restart the instrument if there is any irregularity when operating Page 26 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 32 External 12 V power supply input 33 Loudspeaker 34 Fan 35 SCART connector 36 Transport belt hook Figure 8 Rear panel view 38 CAM module extraction button Press it to remove a CAM module inserted into the connection socket 38 39 Conector HDMI High Definition Multi media Interface 40 USB Connector It enables the communication with a PC and to download dataloggers and channel plans 41 CAM module connection socket Enables the conditional access desencryption of encoded digital TV signals in agreement with DVB CI Common Interface recommendation 42 TS ASI Output 43 TS ASI Input 02 2010 Page 27 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 2 Adjustment of Volume and Monitor Parameters Repea
35. 000 HD Figure 63 Utility for antenna alignment Simultaneously the instrument emits by means of the loudspeaker an acoustic tone which varies according to the level of received signal 5 24 DiSEqC Command Generator DiSEqC Digital Satellite Equipment Control is a communication protocol between the satellite receiver and the accessories of the installation switches LNBs etc proposed by Eutelsat with the aim to standardize the diversity of switching protocols 13 18 V 22 kHz and to satisfy the demands of the digital TV installations In order to define and or to send a sequence of DiSEqC commands press the DiSEqC key 7 DISEqc saw 21 on frontal panel It allows to define the satellite band configuration parameters and select through SEND function one of the eight predefined s which execute basic functions to control an universal switch with two or four inputs by means of the rotary selector Q 1 3 Diseqc is a trademark of EUTELSAT Page 82 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD O TELLITE LEVEL Pa COMMANDS 4 dBuV 10 30 0 130 FREQ 1140 98 MHz 9 LEVEL 74 4 DBV Di Ku 1140 98 MHz C N 6 3 dB Figure 64 DiSEqC command screen Whenever a DiSEqC is sent the commands that correspond to the equipment status in relation to the Horizontal or Vertical polarization and High or Low frequency band are also sent This allows assuring that the installation status is the
36. 1 3 MHz to 60 75 MHz The selection of this parameter is essential for the correct operation of the tuner as it affects the frequency separation of the carriers 2 Spectral Inv If necessary activate the Spectral inversion On Reception will be bad if spectral inversion has been incorrectly selected 3 Code Rate Also known as Viterbi ratio It defines the ratio between the number of data bits and actual transmission bits the difference corresponds to the control bits for error detection and correction In DVB S it permits to choose between 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 In DVB S2 it permits to choose one of the following values 1 4 1 3 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 y 9 10 4 Symbol Rate It is possible to choose over the following values from 1000 to 45000 kbauds When selecting the option appears the current value in order to modify it enter a new value through keyboard when appears the data enter symbol appears on the upper left corner screen When altering this parameter modifies automatically the value of the Channel Bandwidth and vice versa due to the relation that exists between these two parameters Ns DVB S SIGNAL DVB S VBER gt 1 0E 3 para EA 8 7 QEF 1 FREQ g 1 3 dB 61 2 dBuv DL Ku 1143 lt 3 0 dB CH ark gt 1 0E 1 gt 1 0E 3 Figure 21 Mesurement configuration screen QPSK signals 5 Modulations Only in DVB S2 Modulation used by carriers It defines also the system noise immunit
37. M DEV 28 kHz Figure 26 Carrier to noise ratio measurement C N As well as the video carrier noise level ratio C N 41 0 dB in previous figure the frequency or channel depending on the tuning mode selected and the evel of the video carrier and video audio ratio are also shown When representing the spectrum by means of pressing Ah 13 key the NOISE cursor is automatically positioned to a side of the carrier tuned That is the cursor will indicate the point where the value of the noise is lower whenever the C N AUTO option is selected from the PREFERENCES 22 menu If the C N MANUAL option has been activated the frequency where noise level will be measured will correspond to the position of the vertical discontinuous green coloured cursor that appears in the spectrum graph Ah 13 In order to modify this frequency press the measurement configuration ai 17 key to accede to the CONFIGURATION menu By turning the rotary selector Y 1 locate the NOISE cursor on the position of the marker using NOISE FREQ TO MARKER option see section 5 16 1 Markers or directly enter the value of the new noise frequency by means of NOISE FREQ option Figure 27 NOISE cursor C N MANUAL When measuring channels in the satellite band or digital channels to measure the C N ratio correctly the bandwidth of the channel must be defined previously using the Channel BW option on the Measurements Configuration menu that
38. MANUAL TE 2000 HD RECORDING 00 00 03 SIZE 0 1MB 0 2Mb s VIDEO MPEG 2 4014kb s 25Hz VPID 111 TSID 97 AUDIO MPEG 1 L i 160kb s APID 2 LANGUAGE en NETW OSD OFF 12 9 E FREE Figure 62 Digital channel recording On screen appears the duration of the recorded sequence the size that occupies in the internal memory and the transport stream rate In order to stop the recording press the UTILITIES B amp nw 22 and select the option Stop recording In order to play the previously recorded sequence press the UTILITIES 22 and select the PVR Playback option using the rotary selector 1 In the image it will appear an icon indicating that the video is being played gt the option can be stopped the sequence selecting Pause Playing When is completed on screen appears the pause Il icon Select the Stop Playing option to back to the tuned channel viewing 5 23 Antenna Alignment Function 7 Pressing the key A 23 you access the function Antenna Alignment in order to align antennas using a faster sweep without display of numerical measures The display appears divided in two parts the left one shows the spectrum of the signals detected in the band and on the right two analogue bars represents the more high signal level found during the last carried out sweeping The left bar shows the peak value with a certain persistence The right bar shows a filtered average value 02 2010 Page 81 USER S MANUAL TE 2
39. MHz C N 16 1 dB 1657 kHz POWER 69 8 dBuVv DL Ku 12722 0 MHz MER 12 6 dB CH CBER 1 1E 1 LBER 2 7E 7 Figure 38 DVB S2 QPSK 8PSK signals LBER measurement screen The BER measurement is provided in scientific notation i e 2 7 E 7 means 2 7x10 that is to say two incorrect bits of every 1 000 and through an analogue bar as its length is smaller the signal quality will be better The analogue representation is done on a logarithmic scale not linear With the aim to have a reference about the signal quality it is considered that a system has a good quality when it decodes less than one non correctable error for every transmission hour This border is known as QEF Quasi Error Free and it corresponds approximately to a BER after Viterbi of 2 0E 4 BER 2 0x107 This value is marked on the measurement bar of the BER after Viterbi and therefore BER for acceptable signals must be at the left side of this mark Next it is shown the tuning frequency and the frequency deviation in MHz between the tuned frequency and the one which optimizes the BER 02 2010 Page 57 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Finally it is shown a status line with information about the detected signal The possible messages that can appear and its meaning are shown in the following list The messages are exposed from less to more fulfilment of the MPEG 2 standard No signal received Any signal has been detected Signal received A signal is detected b
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41. OFDM all the associated parameters such as the modulation system carriers 2k 4k 8k symbol rate code rate etc and determines the value of the signals under test If the AUTO ID function is launched in the spectrum analyser mode the name of the network will appear temporarily on screen it also appears in the measurement display In case of working in the satellite band the orbital position appears as well Whenever the process detects new parameters for a channel or frequency will create a new channel plan containing the detected information 02 2010 Page 31 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD NOTE The 2 icon in the upper corner of a digital measurement screen states that the signal level is higher than the minimum threshold see the PREFERENCES menu but demodulator cannot lock it maybe due to some wrong configuration parameter In such case the user must press AUTO ID 0 25 key NOTE In the case that is desired to explore or identify DVB C signals will be necessary to select previously a DVB C standard as digital signal identifier by means of 22 PREFERENCES menu In order to identify DVB S2 signals will be necessary to activate previously the DVB S2 option for digital satellite signals in the 22 PREFERENCES menu 5 9 Channel plans The signal automatic identification process as much as the exploration of the frequency spectrum could yield the generation of new customised channel plans relative to the usual work
42. Press the Measurements caniguraton a 17 key to access to the CONFIGURATION menu and turn the rotary selector 7 1 to access to parameters which are modifiable by the user 5 13 1 DVB C QAM Digital Channel Configuration Press the Measurements conuguration ai 17 key to access to the CONFIGURATION menu and turn the rotary selector 15 1 to access the QAM signals parameters which can be defined by user and are described below 1 Channel BW channel bandwidth Enables the channel bandwidth to be selected up to 9 2 MHz The selection of this parameter is essential for the correct operation of the tuner as it affects the frequency separation of the carriers Spectral inversion If necessary activate the Spectral inversion On If the spectral inversion is not correctly selected reception will not be correct Symbol Rate When selecting this function and pressing the rotary selector E 1 is possible to choose the symbol rate Modulation It defines the modulation type When selecting this function and turn the rotary selector E 1 to choose one of the following modulations 16 32 64 128 and 256 Page 40 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD lt 0 DVB C POWEF 2 dBpV aS SIGNAL DVB C Figure 19 Screen of mesurement configuration QAM signals 5 13 2 DVB T H COFDM Digital Channel Configuration D Press the Measurements Configuration a 17 key to access to the CONFIGURATION menu and tu
43. R option Later by turning the rotary selector 1 select a previously stored acquisition or a NEW DATALOGGER ea DATALOGGER 0 101 DATALOGGER_00 TEST POINT POINT_01 CHANNEL SET CCIR FREQ 50 50 MHz C N gt 10 2 dB kHz POWER 50 9 dBuV CH 02 MER BER CANCEL Figure 12 DATALOGGER screen During analogue channel measuring process a percentage counter appears at the bottom of the screen showing the percentage of channel measurement done In the case of digital channels appears a timer showing time left to finish in seconds At the top left corner appears the channel being measured followed by the total amount of channels in the current channel plan Page 34 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD In order to select the different fields on the screen press the cursors 6 key and then edit by pressing the rotary selector 1 After selecting the START field the instrument begins to carry out the available measurements automatically Once completed the process will be ready to repeat again for example for a new test point or view measured data by turning the rotary selector gt 1 or store the information in memory SAVE or exit from this acquisition EXIT 5 10 1 DATALOGGER for Attenuation and IF SAT tests The TE 2000 HD allows to make measurement acquisitions while executing an Attenuation test at terrestrial band or an IF SAT test at satellite band see section 5 11 Verification of distribution netw
44. RMAT HD CONNECTOR TV SCREEN PILLAR BOX 4 3 original pus FULL 4 3 original SCREEN PILLAR BOX 16 9 original FULL 16 9 original SCREEN o 02 2010 Page 79 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD DIGITAL MODE ORIGINAL SELECTED EXPLORER SCART VIDEO FORMAT HD CONNECTOR TV SCREEN PILLAR BOX Scaling 4 3 in 16 9 TET FULL 4 3 Original SCREEN IC PILLAR BOX Do not select FULL 16 9 Original SCREEN 5 Table 4 Selecting the screen and SCART video format Therefore if the original video signal shows 4 3 format and a 4 3 video format is selected for the instrument screen will appear a PILLAR BOX format and if the 16 9 video format is selected will appear a FULL SCREEN format NOTE In order to obtain the video signal in the original format through the Scart connector the 16 9 D z format must be selected from the Measurements Configuration 17 menu 5 22 1 Recording and playing video streams When the display visualises a digital channel with the tuning information see previous section Press the UTILITIES 22 key to record or to reproduce a video sequence In order to record the channel on tune press the one 22 key and select the option PVR Recording by means of the rotary selector 12 2111 On the picture will appear the O icon stating that the channel is being recorded Page 80 02 2010 USER S
45. SER MODE DVB T Measurement range Delay 0 1 us to 224 us Distance 0 3 km to 67 2 km Power range O dBc to 30 dBc MONITOR DISPLAY Monitor TFT colour 6 5 inches Transflective LCD Aspect ratio 16 9 4 3 Colour system PAL SECAM and NTSC TV standard M N B G I D K and L Spectrum mode Variable span dynamic range and reference level by means of arrow cursors Sensibility 40 dBuV for correct synchronism BASE BAND SIGNAL VIDEO Format DVB MPEG 2 MP HL MPEG 4 AVC H 264 free or scrambled Conditional access types Common Interface according to available user CAM External video input Scart Sensibility 1 Vpp 75 Q positive video Video output Scart 75 Q SOUND Input Scart Outputs Built in speaker Scart Demodulation TV PAL SECAM NTSC system according to DVB T H DVB C DVB S S2 and MPEG standards De emphasis 50 us 75 us NTSC Subcarrier Digital frequency synthesis according to the TV standard Page 8 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD USB INTERFACE DVB ASI INTERFACE Type Connectors Packets Transmission USB On the go for datalogger and channel plans transfer Mass Storage Host The equipment can read write on Flash drives Serial Port Emulation USB CDC Communications Device Class 1 DVB ASI input and 1 DVB ASI output Female BNC impedance 75 Q Transport Stream of 188 or 204 bytes automatic detection Packet or burst mode EXTERNAL UNITS POWER SUPPLY
46. UPPLY SHORT the acoustic indicator will be heard and the instrument will cease to supply power The TE 2000 HD does not return to its normal operating state until the problem has been solved during this time it verifies every three seconds the persistence of the problem warning with an acoustic signal Page 30 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 8 Automatic signal identification function AUTO ID The TE 2000 HD allows automatically identifying TV signals according to the established configuration which are presents in the channel or tuned frequency In order to activate this function must once press 2 25 key Specially useful is to combine this process with the spectrum monitoring Ah 13 so that after locating the marker on the levels susceptible to contain a transmission and activating later the process of automatic identification in order to identify the present signal sE AUTO ID FREQ 482 00 MHz DL 482 0 MHz CHANNEL 22 TESTING FOR ANALOG ANALOG DISCARDED TESTING DVB T H POWER OK 51 6 gt 32 0 dByV TRYING CURRENT DVB T H CONFIG SEARCHING DVB T H CONFIG DIGITAL DVB T H CANCELAR Figure 9 Signal automatic identification screen AUTO ID First it recognises whether the signal is an analogue channel or a digital one If the channel is analogue it determines the television standard of the signal When the signal is digital DVB it analyses for each modulation type QAM QPSK 8PSK C
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48. ccccconononinnnncnnnnnninnnnnnnnrrnn rr rr 90 7 2 Cleaning Recommendations oooocccccnnccnnnononcncncnnnnnnanncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnes 90 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD UNIVERSAL TE 2000 HD Digital Video 1 Broadcasting 1 GENERAL 1 1 Description The TE 2000 HD represents an evolutionary step with respect to the traditional field strength meters This new jewel of the ATCI range will become a reference in the industry for being the very first meter of its kind to actually meet the requirements to be called a real HDTV instrument This equipment incorporates important advances in the functional aspects as well as in the ergonomics to allow the installers to make their work with maximum comfort and speed Simultaneously the instrument is reliable for any possible problem at the input signal at the distribution components or the receiver equipment Millions of people in Europe are now served with digital TV broadcasting only Analogue switch off is history for them For these and those who still are in the migration process from analogue to digital the use of digital TV distribution equipment will be more frequent every day The typical high definition formats used in nowadays broadcast are 1080i 1920x1080 pixels and 720p 1280x720 pixels Most of the TV mes using these video resolutions are being broadcasted compressed in MPEG 4 The TE 2000 HD is able to display those TV programs thanks to its state of the art
49. chnology Satellite Channel Router which allows to concentrate manifold down frequencys slots by an only cable By this way each user using a slot can tune and decode any signal present in the satellite 7 D SEqC In order to select the SATRC function press the DiSEqC key 21 from frontal panel and using the rotary selector E 1 activate the SATRC option In the display are the configuration options that users can modify slot selection number of slots device address Frequency sep pilot signal activation and finally the frequencies corresponding to each slot an SATELLITE LEVEL SELECTED SLOT OFF 4 4 dBuV A 10 30 0 110 130 FREQ 114 i 74 4 DBV DL Ku 114C 6 3 dB Figure 66 SatCR command screen When activating the Enable Pilots options the SatCR device located in the headend emits a pilot signal with constant level for each down frequency slot This function facilitates the verification and identification for different satellite channels that are available in the installation The SatCR technology is being developed and tested in many countries 5 26 Using the alphanumeric keyboard In order to enter numerical data or text the built in alphanumeric keyboard must be used Many keys incorporate a number and several letters like the telephone keypad 1 Entering numerical data e g a channel frequency 10 SatCR is a trademark of STMicroelectronics Page 84 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Pr
50. ctions that are displayed simultaneously on screen Page 2 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The TE 2000 HD makes a dynamic exploration of the spectrum detecting all the channels in the explored band this applies for the terrestrial and the satellite television bands The meter locates all the channels in the spectrum with no need of any previous information about the number of channels the type of signals transmitted or their characteristics With the data collected after each exploration it creates a register that contains tables of channels that can be independent for each system or installation At any time the measurement sessions using only the pretuned channels can be repeated In this way it is possible to optimise the measurement process Shown on the frontal panel is the type of measurement that is being carried Terrestrial Satellite Analogue Digital and the data are presented on a hi res 6 5 colour graphic TFT transflective display with panoramic aspect ratio 16 9 The equipment incorporates a light sensor that activates the contrast and luminosity of the display according to the environmental conditions Furthermore the TE 2000 HD comes with a conector for CAM modules PC Card that allows the insertion of subscriber conditional access cards The TE 2000 HD is an ideal size to hold with a hand The instrument can be held to the body with the carrying bag or transport belt which at the same time protects it from the rain
51. ded and finally a data box stating if the emission is encrypted or free SCRAMB or FREE when the service supports interactive TV MHP i e Multimedia Home Platform and when is inserted a CAM module into the TE 2000 HD the indication CAM appears 02 2010 Page 77 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD CCIR e F 794 00 MHz VIDEO MPEG 2 4014kb s 25Hz VPID 111 TSID 97 AUDIO MPEG 1 L 1 160kb s APID 112 LANGUAGE en RED OSD OFF FREE 12674 SID Figure 60 Digital channel monitoring When pressing the cursor arrow 6 key will appear the tuning information window again in order to fix on screen this window the vertical cursors 6 key must be pressed up to select the OSD OFF field so press rotary selector GS 1 to switch to OSD ON Also the standard MPEG 2 profile is indicated which determines the compression rate for the digital service decodified the aspect ratio 4 3 the resolution horizontal x vertical for received video and the picture refreshment frequency rate In the OSD OFF mode the information window previously described will appear whenever the rotary selector is pressed again E 1 When a digital channel is decodified once the Table of Services SDT Service Description Table acquisition is completed is possible to accede to the list of services contained in the Table For it place the field selector by means of the vertical cursors 6 key on the field of the active service e g VTV 1 in t
52. electronics HDTV content is expensive to produce and therefore it is usually protected by encryption Once again the TE 2000 HD is setting new standards with its CAM interface that allows the encrypted high definiton programs to be displayed as well l Digital Video waina Trademark of the DVB Digital Video Broadcasting Project 02 2010 Page 1 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The TE 2000 HD has an HDMI connector High Definition Multi media Interface which allows the use of standard enhanced or high definition video as well as 8 audio digital channels without compression With no doubt it will become the digital replacement for analog standards such as the Euroconnector SCART The TE 2000 HD also has a DVB ASI standard interface which allows both the input and output of transport streams Automatically detects whether the stream is composed by 188 or 204 bytes and can transmit data in packet mode or burst mode You can select the input you want to decode between the external ASI and the internal demodulator and what data you want in the ASI output either from the demodulator or the CAM module Therefore to have TS ASI inputs and outputs becomes an essential feature for a TV analyzer ready for the future When pressing the auto identification key it searches and identifies the signal under test First it recognises whether the signal is an analogue channel or a digital one If the channel is analogue it determines the television s
53. els Press the a 17 key to show the measurements CONFIGURATION menu and select the Signal option by turning and pressing the rotary selector S 1 The Signal option allows setting the type of signal to measure When switching to a new type the TE 2000 HD activates the last measurement configuration used for that type of signal 02 2010 Page 29 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 7 External Units Power Supply The TE 2000 HD can supply the voltage needed to power the external units antenna preamplifiers in the case of terrestrial TV LNB in the case of satellite TV or IF simulators In order to select the supply voltage of the external units press 11 key and the screen will display a functions menu labelled EXT SUPPLY listing the choice of voltages which will depend on the band being used Turn the rotary selector Y 1 to the desired voltage and press to activate it The following table shows the choice of supply voltages SATELLITE 13 V 22 kHz 18 V 22 kHz TERRESTRIAL MATV Master Antenna Television Table 3 External units powering voltages In the External power supply mode is the unit powering the amplifiers before the antenna terrestrial television or the satellite TV receiver house hold or community also powers the external units The DRAIN 3 indicator lights when current is flowing to the external unit If any kind of problem occurs e g a short circuit an error message appears on the monitor S
54. en should not be considered manufacturing defects either It is advisable a viewing angle of 15 in the 6 00 o clock direction in orden to obtain the optimum visualization of the screen 7 2 Cleaning Recommendations CAUTION To clean the cover take care the instrument is disconnected CAUTION Do not use scented hydrocarbons or chlorized solvents Such products may attack the plastics used in the construction of the cover The cover should be cleaned by means of a light solution of detergent and water applied with a soft cloth Dry thoroughly before using the system again CAUTION Do not use for the cleaning of the front panel and particularly the viewfinders alcohol or its derivatives these products can attack the mechanical properties of the materials and diminish their useful time of life 1st Edition Page 90 02 2010
55. ept the change There are two new options which are 02 2010 Page 75 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD ASI OUTPUT SOURCE It allows you to select the output signal between two options DEMODULATORS and AUXILIAR The DEMODULATORS option uses the TS coming from the internal demodulator which is active at that time The AUXILIARY option uses any video file TS INPUT SOURCE It allows selecting the TS to use in the decoder The INTERNAL option uses the TS coming from the internal demodulator of the instrument The EXTERNAL option uses the TS connected through the TS ASI input by the user Figure 58 You can also access the TS ASI option from the MEASUREMENT mode Press the key for measurement configuration a 17 to access the SETUP menu and go to the bottom of the menu until the option Enable ASI INTERFACE Select the option by pressing the rotary and turn it to switch from OFF to ON Press the rotary to accept the change Now there is a new option ASI OUTPUT SOURCE option as explained above allows selecting the output between two options DEMODULATORS and AUXILIAR The option DEMODULATORS uses the TS that comes from the internal demodulator which is active at that time The AUXILIARY option uses any video file 5 22 TV Operating Mode 1 When pressing the 10 key from any mode of operation the TE 2000 HD accedes to the TV mode and tries to demodules on the monitor the currently video signal on tune Page 76 02 2010 USER S
56. equipment works with digital signals 19 A This led remains lighted when the equipment works with analogue signals 6 We e 20 IMAGE ADJUST Activation of VOLUME CONTRAST BRIGHT SATURATION and HUE only for NTSC colour system control menus Key number 6 to enter numeric data DiSEqC 21 DISEQC Only in satellite band It allows adjusting configuration parameters in satellite band Key number 7 to enter numeric data 02 2010 Page 21 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD F 22 UTILITIES PREFERENCES It activates the Utilities menu short pulsation Equipment Info Displays information about the instrument Company s Name Instrument s Name Product Number Control Software Version User that shows free disk space compact flash to store data Datalogger and channel plans Video that shows free disk space to save Transport Streams Constellation Sets the constellation diagram graph for the digital signal on tune Attenuation Test Only terrestrial band Selects the function for testing signal distribution networks in terrestrial band Sat IF Test Only satellite band Selects the function for testing signal distribution networks in satellite band Run Datalogger Function to automatically acquire measurements View Datalogger Displays the available acquisition list Erase Dataloggers Deletes an acquisition previously recorded Delete Channel Set Delete the channel plan selected Delete Channels Delete a c
57. es This is the reason because the BER measurement is provided before FEC after Viterbi VBER BER before FEC BER after Viterbi Figure 35 Digital reception system via satellite DVB S y DVB S VBER 1 1E 6 8 7 6 5 QEF 3 FREQ 1782 00 ara C N 15 1 dB 2477 kHz POWER 72 4 dBuV DL Ku 12382 0 MHz MER 7 1 dB VBER 1 1E 6 Figure 36 DVB S QPSK signals VBER measurement screen Page 56 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD In a digital reception system for satellite signals DVB S2 after the QPSK decoder other two different correction methods are applied see following Figure In this case as the previous one each time we apply an error corrector to a digital signal the error rate changes therefore if we measure in a digital satellite television system for example the error rate at the output of the QPSK 8PSK demodulator at the output of the Low Density Parity Check LDPC decoder and at the output of the BCH decoder we obtain nothing more than different error rates This is the reason because the BER measurement is provided after LDPC LBER It also shows the amount of packet errors PER that is the amount of packets receiving during the measurement time which are not correctable by the demodulator WP BER before FEC CBER BER after LDPC QPSK 8PSK awed DEMOD mies Figure 37 Digital reception system via satellite DVB S2 a DVB S2 LBER 2 7E 7 PER 0 ELAPSED TIME 00 00 05 FREQ 2121 97
58. ess the key corresponding to the digit that you wish to enter from the 0 to the 9 When pressing the decimal point A 17 key it enters the character point and later the equipment allows entering two more digits In order to introduce a negative number first press the 24 key until the sign appears In order to erase a digit move with the horizontal cursors 6 key placing the cursor behind the digit that is desired to erase and later keep A 17 key pressed until the digit disappears Repeat the operation by each additional digit you wish to eliminate Once deleted the first digit when keeping pressed the Y 17 key erases the rest of characters from field 2 Entering alphanumeric data e g a channel plan name Press the corresponding key of the keyboard 8 letter or digit to be entered The word to be entered can be written by pressing each key The keys must be pressed two seconds before and for a suitable number of times until it appears the expected letter or digit on screen In order to switch between small letters to capital letters and vice versa first press the key 25 Note Press the upper arrow cursor 6 key to cancel any data entry through the keyboard When maintaining pressed a numerical key in text mode the corresponding number is directly entered 6 DESCRIPTION OF THE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS 6 1 RF input The RF input is through the RF O 30 connector on the side panel The peak signal level
59. g to the next menu or to the option selected In order to insert or to change one CAM module follow these steps The CAM module connector 38 is located on the equipment rear panel Place the instrument on a stable surface and insert the module so the printed arrow appears on visible upper face pressing until the extractor mechanism button 39 becomes activated Page 88 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD NIDO WI Figure 70 Subscriber Smart Card and CAM module insertion To extract an inserted CAM module press the button from extractor mechanism 39 and remove the module IMPORTANT REMARK The insertion of a CAM module or a SMART CARD in a wrong position might produce the instrument malfunction and could generate damages to the equipment 02 2010 Page 89 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 7 MAINTENANCE A 7 1 Considerations about the Screen This paragraph offers key considerations regarding the use of the colour screen taken from the specifications of the manufacturer In the TFT display the user may find pixels that do not light up or pixels that are permanently lit This should not be regarded as a defect in the TFT In accordance with the manufacturer quality standard 9 pixels with these characteristics are considered admissible Pixels which are not detected when the distance from the surface of the TFT screen to the human eye is greater than 35 cm with a viewing angle of 90 between the eye and the scre
60. gure 22 Analogue signal level measurement in terrestrial band 3 Turn the rotary selector G 1 to change the tuning channel frequency Press the 12 key to select the type of measurement to highlight on the monitor The available types of measurements are Page 46 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD LEVEL Level indication on the upper part of the screen analogue bar C N Carrier Noise ratio measurement V A Video Audio ratio measurement FM Deviation Measure the frequency peak deviation for any modulated analogue carrier in FM WARNING When at the RF input appear an important number of carriers with a high level the tuning circuit may become out of control giving as a result wrong level measurements To be able to determinate the equivalent level of a carrier group with similar levels at the RF input it is possible to use the expression LL 10 log N Lg equivalent total level L average level of the carriers group N number of carriers So if there are ten carriers with a level around 90 dByV their equivalent level will be 90 dBuV 10 log 10 100 dBuV Observe that in this case loss of tuning by overload of the RF input may occur besides other effects such as tuner saturation and generation of intermodulation products that may mask the spectrum visualization 5 14 2 Analogue TV Measuring the Video Audio ratio V A In the Audio Video measurement mode on the screen appears the following information
61. hannel from the active channel plan Insert Channels Add a channel to the current channel plan from another standard list of channels Save as Saves with a file name the capture screen in order to be later processed Recall Constell Recall a constellation diagram stored in memory Recall Spectrum Recall a signal spectrum previously stored Delete Capture Allows to delete a screen capture file Exit Exit from Utilities Page 22 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD It activates the Preferences menu long pulsation Language Beep Skin Light Sensor Ter Identify Min Ter Power Min Ter Level Selects the language between DEUTSCH ENGLISH ESPA OL FRANCAIS ITALIANO CATALA and PORTUGU S Activates ON deactivates OFF the beeper Sets the display skin It is possible to add new types through the USB port It activates a light sensor to automatically adjust the display contrast and brightness Options are High contrast with high luminosity Low contrast with low luminosity and AUTO Selects the type of terrestrial digital signal DVB C or DVB T H used by AUTO ID and EXPLORER functions Sets the minimum power for a terrestrial digital signal to be identified Sets the minimum level for a terrestrial analogue signal to be identified Identification DVB S2 lt allows to identify the DVB S2 satellite digital signals Min Sat Power C N Identify Timeout Sat Band Auto Power Off Time Power
62. he following figure Wait for some seconds until the calibration process for three pilots is completed MEASURING REF is indicated on screen while this process is in progress 02 2010 Page 37 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD FREQ REF TEST Figure 16 SAT IF Test Satellite band The calibration process must be carried out over the point of the installation which is taken as reference i e usually the headend During this process is determined the number of pilot frequencies to check from one to three in addition to the reference level for pilots In order to determine the number of pilots the equipment takes the higher found level and verifies that the other pilots have a non lower level to the reference one plus the defined threshold level If the pilot agrees this condition it will show on screen 2 MEASUREMENT OF THREE PILOTS THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK Once TE 2000 HD has been calibrated start to make level measurements in the different distribution outlets using the TE 2000 HD On the screen will appear the attenuation values for the three pilot frequencies measured in the outlet plate see the following figure CALIBRATE Figure 17 Attenuation measurements in an outlet plate In order to finish measuring press the rotary selector 1 and select the EXIT option Page 38 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 12 Spectrum exploration function EXPLORER The Exploration function allows exploring the full frequency
63. he following figure and later press the rotary selector 7 1 The DIGITAL SERVICES menu will appear then with the services available in the digital Multiplex Move the vertical cursors 6 key or turn the rotary selector C 1 and press it to select the service to visualise on screen In the list of available services a service may appear preceded by a symbol with two possible meanings Indicates that the service is encrypted Page 78 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Indicates that it is an internal service from a provider and it is not supported 4014kb s MPEG 1 L 1 160kb s APID 112 LANGUAGE er OSD OFF FREE 12674 SID Figure 61 Digital channel monitoring Digital services Also is possible to change the active service directly acting through the horizontal cursors 6 key once has selected the field of the service from information window of the currently tuned channel On the TE 2000 HD screen always the image is visualised according to the option selected from the Video format function in the Measurement Configuration A 17 menu and also according to the instrument display features that is to say the format conversions are based on a TFT with 16 9 aspect ratio Through the Scart connector 35 output and for digital signals it will obtain a video signal according to the format selected by the users see the following table ANALOGUE MODE ORIGINAL SELECTED EXPLORER SCART VIDEO FO
64. ification Satellite band Analogue channels Level and Carrier Noise ratio Digital channels Channel power and Carrier Noise ratio DATALOGGER function Measurements automatic acquisition and storage Analogue channels Level C N and V A ratios Digital channels Frequency offset MPEG 2 MPEG 4 detection power C N MER CBER VBER LBER and noise margin SAT IF TEST Function IF distribution network response for satellite band ATTENUATION TEST Function Signal distribution network response for terrestrial band SPECTRUM ANALYSER MODE Satellite band 30 dBuV to 130 dBuV 31 6 uV to 3 16 V Terrestrial bands 10 dBuV to 130 dByV 3 16 uV to 3 16 V Measurement bandwidth According to span Terrestrial 230 kHz 1 MHz Satellite 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 Using PkTools software application with a PC 5 Function to be used with RP 250 or RP 050 IF signal simulator 6 Function to be used with RP 250 or RP 080 pilot signals simulator 02 2010 Page 7 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Span Terrestrial Full span full band 500 200 100 50 32 16 8 MHz selectable Satellite Full span full band 500 200 100 50 32 16 MHz selectable Markers 1 with Frequency and level or C N indications Vertical range Adjustable in steps of 5 or 10 dB Measurements Terrestrial bands Analogue channels Level Digital channels Channel power Satellite band Analogue channels Level Digital channels Channel power ECHOES ANALY
65. il on screen appears the corresponding measurement Page 16 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD STEP 6 Frequency spectrum monitoring 5 1 Select the frequency band to graph 14 terrestrial or satellite 4 2 Press Ah 13 key to activate the signal sweeping ad Press 6 to modify the reference level in the vertical axis 4 Press 6 to modify span in the horizontal axis STEP 7 Video signal monitoring Ss 1 Select the terrestrial frequency band 14 Q 2 Tune the channel or frequency 24 that is desired to visualize on screen 3 3 Verify that the equipment receives an appropriate signal level 12 4 Press e 10 key to visualise the TV image if the channel is digital press 6 and place the cursor on the Service Identifier field and press the rotary selector S 1 to obtain the available list of services 02 2010 Page 17 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WARNING The following described functions could be modified based on software updates of the equipment carried out after manufacturing and the publication of this manual 5 1 Description of the Controls and Elements Front panel Figure 3 Front panel 1 Rotary selector button This has many different functions Equipment power on off tuning control moving between the various on screen menus and sub menus and validation of the different options In order to power on the equipment
66. ill be recorded the hits due to symbols received during the digital signal transmision MODULATION DVB T H 64 QAM E E 794 00 MHz CH CARRIER TYPE DATA DECAY 16 ZOOM x1 CLEAR Figure 41 Constellation Diagram DVB T H 64 QAM signal Page 60 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD By means of the rotary selector Q 1 and the arrow cursors 6 key is possible to change the frequency channel or COFDM carrier on tune by the instrument The DECAY option sets the visual persistence for symbol impacts on the screen in a range from 0 minimum to 16 maximum First appears the information about the type of modulation DVB T H 64 QAM Next it is indicated the frequency the channel and the carrier tuned It is also indicated the carrier type data or pilot Finally it shows the status line similar to the measurement screen NOTE The transmission quality is visualised in a qualitative way using a colour range for the symbol density concentrated in a certain area This colour coding goes from black no symbols to red maximum density and runs from blue to yellow in ascending order A greater dispersion of the symbols indicates greater level of noise or worse signal quality If concentration of symbols or noise appears is indicative of good carrier noise ratio or absence of problems as phase noise etc 5 15 1 1 Zoom scroll and erasing functions The TE 2000 HD also includes a ZOOM function to
67. ing process is completed with the instrument off the fan stops IMPORTANT The instrument battery needs to be kept charged between 30 and 50 of its capacity when not in use The battery needs to be fully charged for best results A fully charged battery suffers temperature related discharge For example at a room temperature of 20 C it can lose up to 10 of its charge over 12 months 3 2 Installation and Start up The TE 2000 HD level meter is designed for use as a portable device Therefore does not require installation When the rotary selector G 1 is pressed for more than two seconds the instrument is started up in the automatic power off mode that is the device is automatically disconnected after the selected minutes if no key has been pressed When the device is operating it is also possible to select the auto power off mode by means of the Preferences menu 22 and to select the time out until the automatic power off When the equipment is going to be moved activate the Transport mode by means of the Preferences menu 22 to disable the power on process until one specific key from main keyboard is pressed 8 as is it indicated on screen Page 14 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 4 QUICK USER GUIDE STEP 1 Battery charging 1 Connect the DC external charger to the equipment through connector 32 located on the lateral panel 2 Connect the DC charger to the mains 3 When the equipment is connected
68. lashdrive slave This option allows you to copy a certain file from the TE 2000 HD to the USB flashdrive or vice versa To access these options you should previously connect a USB memory device flash drive portable hard drive etc to the mini USB female port of the instrument To do this use the CC 045 cable Mini USB male female USB supplied with the equipment When the connection is working it appears an USB icon on the measurement screen see picture and the USB option becomes available on the Utilities menu Co VB T H VBER pen 1 0E 1 12 1 FREQ 16 5 dB 20 5 JBV CH DATALC 24 7 48 gt 1 0 E 4 gt 1 0 E 4 Figure 53 Page 72 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD The USB menu has the following options Copy To Pendrive Get From Pendrive Copy Streams to Pendrive To scroll through the options press the cursor keys UP gt 6 or DOWN amp 6 To select an option press the rotary selector E 1 Figure 54 Next it is explained every option Copy To Pendrive It copies all files from the memory of the instrument to the memory connected to the USB port except for the video file stream When copying files it also copies the whole structure of folders from the instrument lt creates a general folder called EXPLORER and within this folder are the following series of folders CAPTZ Here are stored the captures of the MER the SPECTRUM and others CH Here are stored the terrestrial
69. lectable ON OFF Pilots Indication if are present STANDART VIDEO Format DVB MPEG 2 MP HL Main Profile High Level MPEG 4 AVC H 264 free or scrambled High Profile Level 4 1 Services decoding Service list and PIDs HD VIDEO Input resolution 1080i 720p and 576i Aspect Ratio 16 9 and 4 3 HDMI Output Resolution1920 x 1080 Audio MPEG 1 MPEG 2 y AAC Compression type MPEG 2 y MPEG 4 H 264 ANALOGUE SIGNALS MEASUREMENT LEVEL MEASUREMENT Measurement range Terrestrial TV amp FM bands 10 dBuV to 130 dBuV 3 16 uV to 3 16 V Page 6 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Satellite TV band 30dBpV to 130 dBuV 31 6 uV to 3 16 V Reading Auto range reading is displayed on an OSD window Digital Absolute value calibrated in dBuV dBmV or dBm Analogue Relative value through an analogue bar on the screen Measurement bandwidth 230 kHz Terrestrial band 4 MHz Satellite band According to span maximum band ripple 1 dB Audible indicator LV audio A tone with pitch proportional to signal strength Accuracy Subband 1 5 dB 30 120 dBuV 5 45 MHz 22 C 5 C Terrestrial bands 1 5 dB 30 120 dBuV 45 1000 MHz 22 C 5 C Satellite band 2 5 dB 40 100 dBuV 950 2050 MHz 22 C 5 C Overrange indication lt gt MEASUREMENTS MODE Terrestrial bands Analogue channels Level Video Audio ratio Carrier Noise ratio and frequency deviation Digital channels Channel power Carrier Noise ratio and Channel ident
70. line which displays information about the detected signal 02 2010 Page 59 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 15 Constellation Diagram The constellation diagram is a graphic representation of the digital symbols recived over a period of time There are different types of constellation diagrams for the different modulation modes With the TE 2000 HD it is possible to display constellations for DVB T H DVB C DVB S and DVB S2 signals In the case of an ideal trnasmission channel free of noise and interferences all symbols are recognised by the demodulator without mistakes In this case they are represented in the constellation diagram as well defined points hitting in the same area forming a clear dot Noise and impairments cause the demodulator to not always read the symbols correctly In this case the hits disperse and create different shapes that at the end will allow to determine at a glance the type of noise in the signal Each type of modulation is represented in a different way A 16 QAM signal is represented on screen by a total of 16 different zones and a 64 QAM is represented by a diagram of 64 different areas and so on The constellation shows in different colours the density of hits and includes zooming scrolling and clearing functions for a better graph representation on screen 5 15 1 DVB T H COFDM signal B Activate the UTILITIES menu by pressing the 22 key and select the CONSTELLATION option Now on screen w
71. lockwise frequency increases while turning it anticlockwise frequency decreases Page 28 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD In frequency tuning mode there are two ways of tuning 1 Turning the rotary selector O 1 Turning the rotary selector 9 1 selects the desired frequency tuning is continuous from 5 to 1000 MHz and from 950 to 2150 MHz When turning it clockwise frequency increases while turning it anticlockwise frequency decreases 2 Using the keyboard o Press the rotary selector S 1 the frequency listing will disappear and will appear on the Y upper left corner of screen the keyboard symbol of manual data entry 123 next enter the frequency value in MHz using the numeric keyboard The TE 2000 HD will calculate the tuneable frequency closest to the entered value and then display it on screen 5 5 Automatic Transmission Search Holding pressed the o 25 key search starts over the active channel plan When tuning a channel the instrument tryes to identify it and save it with the configuration If the identification is not possible the channel is removed from list As a result obtains a new channel plan that only contains the channels that have been identified 5 6 Selecting the measurement configuration Analogue Digital signal Measuring the characteristics of a channel depends in the first place on the type of modulation analogue or digital s 4 Use key 17 to switch between analogue and digital chann
72. lowing Figure Obviously the error rate after the corrector is lower to the error rate at the QAM decoder output This is the reason because this screen provides the BER measurement before FEC Forward Error Correction Page 52 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD BER before FEC QAM TUNER DEMOD REED SOLOMON Figure 30 Digital reception system via cable The BER measurement is provided in scientific notation i e 1 0 E 5 means 1 0x10 that is to say one wrong bit of every 100000 and through an analogue bar as its length is smaller the signal quality will be better The analogue representation is done on a logarithmic scale not linear With the aim to have a reference about the signal quality it is considered that a system has a good quality when it decodes less than one non correctable error for every transmission hour This border is known as QEF Quasi Error Free and it corresponds approximately to a BER before FEC of 2 0E 4 BER 2 0x10 that is to say two incorrect bits of every 10 000 This value is marked on the measurement bar of the BER and therefore BER for acceptable signals must be at the left side of this mark Below the BER analogue bar it is shown the tuned frequency or channel and the frequency deviation in kHz between the tuned frequency and the one which optimizes the BER i e 800 00 MHz 1 2 kHz This deviation must be adjusted specially from the C N measurement in satellite band by tuning again
73. nter numeric data 0 24 TUNING BY CHANNEL OR FREQUENCY Switches tuning mode between channel and frequency In channel mode the tuning frequency is defined by the active channels table CCIR Key number 0 to enter numeric data 25 AUTO ID EXPLORER Activates the automatic identification function short pulsation The instrument will try to identify the signal under test First it recognises whether the signal is an analogue channel or a digital one Page 24 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD If the channel is analogue it determines the television standard of the signal detected When the signal is digital it analyses the modulation type QAM QPSK 8PSK COFDM and all the associated parameters such as the carriers 2k 8k the symbol rate the code rate etc and it tries to lock to the signal In the spectrum analyser and measurements mode it appears on screen the name of the network and the orbital position only in satellite band Activates the band exploration function long pulsation The meter explores the entire frequency band to identify the analogue and digital channels present O Figure 5 Top panel view 30 RF RF signal input Maximum level 130 dBuV Universal connector for F F or F BNC adapter with input impedance of 75 Q ATTENTION Use the 10 dB attenuator AT 010 to protect the RF amp 30 input whenever the input signal level is greater than 130 dBuV 1 V or
74. ocked the screen will show a warning message of the incident Once the scanning is over you will see the detected echoes on the screen Figure 51 Now you can analyse them in more detail Page 68 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD COMPLETE Figura 51 ECHOES found To navigate between the detected echoes 02 2010 Place the cursor gt 6 on the menu option FIND ECHO Press the rotary knob Then the vertical cursor will placed on the first echo Figure 52 Once the cursor is on the first echo you should see at the bottom of the screen the delay and distance measurements of the echo with regard to the carrier Press the rotary knob again to switch to the next echo Page 69 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD DELAY COMPLETE Figura 52 ECHOES analysis To zoom in 1 Place the cursor amp 6 on the menu option ZOOM x1 2 Press the rotary knob It will zoom in twice the area beside the carrier The zoom key will be renamed to ZOOM x2 3 Press the rotary again It will zoom in four times the area beside the carrier The zoom key will be renamed to ZOOM x4 4 Press the rotary knob again It will be back to normal size The zoom key will be renamed to ZOOM x1 5 18 Screen capture The user can capture and save different screens in a file with the aim to process them later The screens which can be captured are the following ones available according to the model
75. one indicated by the equipment The COMMANDS option from DiSEqC menu allows to execute any of the following commands CHARACTER COMMAND ASSOCIATED PARAMETER POWER General RESET STANDBY SAT A B A B SWITCH 1 A B Non assigned SWITCH 2 A B Switch SWITCH 3 A B SWITCH 4 A B Assigned POSITION A B A B Switch SWITCH OPTION A B A B DISABLE LIMITS ENABLE LIMITS LIMIT EAST LIMIT WEST DRIVE EAST SEC 1 to 127 Besiieaar DRIVE EAST STEPS 1 to 127 DRIVE WEST SEC 1 to 127 DRIVE WEST STEPS 1 to 127 GOTO POSITION 1 to 255 HALT STORE POSITION 1 to 255 RECALCULATE 1 to 255 Table 5 Available DiSEqC commands 4 When selecting the COMMANDS option in the Spectrum Analyser mode Ah 13 in the screen will appear a dynamic execution line in order to use with the positioner commands DRIVE EAST WEST This allows to carry out a fine adjustment in steps or in seconds to aim the antenna through the rotary selector gt 1 02 2010 Page 83 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Figure 65 DiSEqC commands DRIVE 7 D SEqC Press the DiSEqC key 21 on frontal panel in order to quit the commands execution mode and to locate the mark cursor on the frequency or channel 5 25 SATCR function By means of function SATCR it is possible to control the devices of a TV installation satellite that are compatible with the SatCR te
76. orks For it one of these tests should be activated previously as the following figure shows Figure 13 Attenuation Test Terrestrial band In order to make the automatic acquisition of these measurements select it from UTILITIES menu by pressing the 22 key and activating the RUN DATALOGGER option and later the NEW DATALOGGER option In the CHANNEL SET field will appear the type of test that the instrument is going to store automatically 02 2010 Page 35 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD DATALOGGER PINEMALLCTR TEST POINT PREMISE1 CHANNEL SET ATTENUATION TEST FREQ 48 30 MHz REF ABV kHz LEVEL dBpV CH Figure 14 Datalogger screen for Attenuation test frequencies Once the START option is selected the instrument will capture all test values corresponding to the three pilot frequencies in the active band When measuring is completed it will offer the options to store data or to start a new acquisition lt a DATALOGGER FINISHED PINEMALLCTR TEST POINT PREMISE1 CHANNEL SET IF SAT TEST FREQ 1042 25 MHz REF 84 7 dByV kHz LEVEL 80 7 dByvV CH PILOT_O1 START Figure 15 End of data acquisition In order to select the function Attenuation test or IF SAT test might be necessary to switch the frequency band between Terrestrial or Satellite by Ds means of the front panel key 14 Page 36 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 11 Verification of distribution networks
77. rn the rotary selector 1 to access the COFDM signals parameters which can be defined by user and are described below 1 Channel BW channel bandwidth Enables the channel bandwidth to be selected between 6 MHz 7 MHz and 8 MHz The selection of this parameter is essential for the correct operation of the tuner as it affects the frequency separation of the carriers Guard Interval The Guard Interval parameter corresponds to the dead time between symbols its purpose is to permit a correct detection in multi path situations This parameter is defined according to the symbol length 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 To modify its value by turning the rotary selector 1 place the marker over the Guard Interval field and then press it a menu with the available values will appear Turning the rotary selector gt 1 select the desired value and finally press it to validate Carriers Number of carriers It defines the number of modulation carriers between 2k 4k and 8k To modify its value place the marker over the Carriers field by turning the rotary selector and then press it a menu will appear on the screen Turning the rotary selector gt 1 select the desired value for the Carriers parameter and finally press it again to validate 02 2010 Page 41 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 4 Spectral Inv spectral inversion This option enables spectral inversion to be applied to the input signal though in the majority of cases it should be in
78. rominance and the picture frequencies If there is a chrominance carrier defect then the television colour amplifier must function at maximum gain which could result in noise appearing all over the television screen with points of colour that disappear when the saturation control is reduced in an extreme case loss of colour may occur 02 2010 Page 65 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 5 16 1 Markers Only in Spectrum Analyser mode The marker in red colour indicates the central frequency or tuning frequency which can be moved by means of turning the rotary selector O 1 as well in channel as in frequency tuning mode 24 When monitoring a digital signal spectrum also appears two additional markers in white colour which indicate the bandwidth of the digital channel See previous Figure If the highlighted measurement which appears on the measurement screen corresponds to C N the Spectrum Analyser mode will measure the C N ratio at the frequency indicated by the marker and a second marker will indicate the frequency for the noise measurement 5 17 ECHOES Analyzer COFDM The ECHOES function can detect and display echoes that may appear when receiving simultaneously the same signal from several transmitters Another reason that can cause echoes is the reflection of the signal on large objects such as buildings or mountains With the ECHOES function is possible to know the distance from where we are to the transmitter or the object tha
79. rrently tuned carrier C N Ratio between the modulated signal power and the equivalent noise power for a same bandwidth Satellite band Digital channels DVB S S2 Channel Power Automatic method C N Ratio between the modulated signal power and the equivalent noise power for a same bandwidth 02 2010 Page 45 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD MER Modulation Error Ratio Complementary measurement of the Noise Margin for DVB S and the Link Margin for DVB S2 CBER The BER measurement Bit error rate for the digital signal before error correction BER before FEC VBER Only for DVB S The BER measurement Bit error rate for the digital signal after error correction BER after Viterbi LBER Only for DVB S2 The BER measurement Bit error rate for the digital signal after error correction BER after LDPC 3 In order to change the measurement highlighted press the 12 key On the monitor will appear cyclically all the measures available for the signal on tune 5 14 1 Analogue TV Measuring the Video Carrier Level In the measurement mode of analogue signals the TE 2000 HD monitor can work as an analogue indicator of level representing the signal present in the input 3 In order to change the measurement mode press 12 key it will appear a screen like the following one an TERRESTRIAL LEVEL 59 2 dBuV 90 110 130 FREQ 839 25 MHz LEVEL 59 2 dB C N 18 0 dBuV V A 5 0 dB FM DEV 56 kHz Fi
80. t has caused the echo Thus the installer can minimise the effects of echoes on the facility Knowing echoes the installer is able to reposition the antenna and therefore reduce the effect of echoes received This feature is only available for DVB T H signals Therefore you should configure the TE 2000 HD in order to receive this type of signals If not the ECHOES function will not appear on the menu Utilities The steps to go through to set up the digital terrestrial reception are the next 5 NS 1 Press the key e 14 Satellite Terrestrial Band to select the TV terrestrial frequency band 2 Press the key a 17 Measurement Configuration to select the measurement mode for Digital TV 3 Check the led indicator D and the led indicator T are lighted Page 66 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 4 Enter parameters manually to lock signal or press pe 25 Automatic Identification for an automatic identification of the signal Figure 47 aa AUTO ID FREQ 482 00 MHz DL 482 0 MHz CHANNEL 22 TESTING FOR ANALOG ANALOG DISCARDED TESTING I T H POWER OK 6 gt 32 0 dByv TRYING CURRENT DVB T H CONFIG SEARCHING DVB T H CONFIG DIGITAL DVB T H CANCEL Figura 47 Automatic identification of the signal Now the ECHOES function is available The steps to go through in order to select the ECHOES function are the next B 1 Press short pulsation the key 22 Utilities to access
81. tandard of the signal When the signal is digital DVB it analyses for each modulation type QAM QPSK 8PSK COFDM all the associated parameters such as the modulation system carriers 2k 8k symbol rate code rate etc and determines the value of the signals under test The range of frequencies covered makes this instrument an excellent tool for FM radio terrestrial TV mobile TV satellite TV and cable TV where the subband tuning margin from 5 to 45 MHz enables the user to carry out tests on the return channel The TE 2000 HD includes the main TV standards M N B G I D K and L adopting apart from the characteristic parameters of the standard the correcting automatic system to obtain in all the cases an accurate measuring of the input signal level lt accepts any TV system PAL SECAM and NTSC and allows the user to work directly with digital TV signals decoding them so that the television image may be viewed and directly measuring the power carrier noise ratio C N the bit error rate BER and the modulation error ratio MER as well for DVB T H COFDM as DVB S S2 QPSK 8PSK and DVB C QAM signals This instrument allows to obtain a graphical representation of the Constellation Diagram for DVB C QAM DVB T H COFDM and DVB S S2 QPSK 8PSK signals Being a multistandard instrument it can be efficiently used in any country of the world Includes a symbol based keyboard that allows the direct access to the various fun
82. tedly pressing the 20 key sequentially activates the VOLUME CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SATURATION and HUE control menus this last only for NTSC colour system On activation of a menu for a specific parameter the screen displays a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to the parameter level to modify this value simply turn the rotary selector E 1 To exit the menu and validate the new value press the rotary selector E 1 5 3 Selecting the Operation Mode TV Spectrum Analyser Measurements The TE 2000 HD has three basic operation modes TV Spectrum Analyser and Measurements To switch from TV operation mode to the Spectrum Analyser press Nhs 13 key To switch to the Measurements mode press SF 12 key In the TV operation mode the demodulated television signal is shown on screen this is the default operation mode various functions can be selected as shown in the following paragraphs In the Spectrum Analyser operation mode the screen displays the spectrum of the active band terrestrial or satellite The span and the reference level In the Measurement mode the screen shows the available measurements according to the type of signal selected 5 4 Channel Tuning Frequency Tuning Pressing 24 key the EXPLORER switches from frequency tuning to channel tuning and back again In channel tuning mode turning the rotary selector E 1 sequentially tunes the channels defined in the active channels table When turning it c
83. tential Do not obstruct the ventilation system of the instrument Use for the signal inputs outputs specially when working with high levels appropriate low radiation cables Follow the cleaning instructions described in the Maintenance paragraph 02 2010 Page 11 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD Symbols related with safety DIRECT CURRENT ON Supply ALTERNATING CURRENT OFF Supply DIRECT AND ALTERNATING DOUBLE INSULATION Class Il protection CAUTION Risk of electric shock GROUND TERMINAL PROTECTIVE CONDUCTOR CAUTION REFER TO MANUAL FRAME TERMINAL FUSE EQUIPOTENTIALITY 2 2 Descriptive Examples of Over Voltage Categories Cat Low voltage installations isolated from the mains Cat II Portable domestic installations Cat Ill Fixed domestic installations CatIV Industrial installations Page 12 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 Power Supply The TE 2000 HD is a portable instrument powered by one 7 2 V Li lon battery There is also an external DC charger provided for mains connection and battery charging 3 1 1 Operation using the External DC Charger Connect the external DC charger to EXT SUPPLY 32 on the TE 2000 HD side panel Connect the DC charger to the mains Then press the rotary selector 1 for more than two seconds The level meter is now in operation and the battery is slowly charged When the instrument is connected to the mains the CHARGER indicator 4 remains lit
84. the channel in frequency mode 24 to the lower reachable value 5 14 7 2 DVB T H signals Once determined the parameters of COFDM signal it will be possible to measure BER Two types of measurements appear Following is shown the BER measurement before the error corrections BER before the FEC CBER 02 2010 Page 53 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD DVB T H 2 5E 4 1 818 00 MHz gt 33 6 dB 15 kHz 77 3 dBuV 26 9 dB 2 5E 4 lt 1 0E 7 Figure 31 DVB T H COFDM signals CBER measurement screen In a reception system of terrestrial digital signal after the COFDM decoder two error correction methods are applied Obviously each time we apply an error corrector to the digital signal the error rate changes therefore if we measure the error rate at the output of the COFDM demodulator at the output of the Viterbi decoder and at the output of the Reed Solomon decoder we obtain nothing more than different error rates The TE 2000 HD provides the BER after Viterbi VBER BER before FEC R BER after Viterbi ME COFDM TUNER BEM VITERBI RED SOLOMON Figure 32 COFDM reception system DVB T H lt 1 0E 7 818 00 MHz 15 kHz Figure 33 DVB T H COFDM signals VBER measurement screen The BER measurement is provided in scientific notation i e 1 0 E 7 means 1 0x10 that is to say 1 0 average value of wrong bits of each 10000000 and through a graphic bar as its length is smaller the signal quality will be better
85. the reference level by steps of 10 or 5 dB and the frequency margin span on screen 02 2010 Page 3 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD To enhance its convenience of use it includes memories to store automatically the different data acquisitions i e acquisition name test points frequency channel plan etc Moreover the DATALOGGER function makes it much easier to test systems in which a large number of measurements have to be made and enables further processing of all the information acquired using a computer system The equipment is able to generate automatic measurement reports and to update itself through Internet by means of PkTools provided software The TE 2000 HD in addition allows to record and to play a TS corresponding to services from a digital channel For it the equipment uses an internal memory of up to 1 GB Also this meter incorporates a DiSEqc2 command generator and permits to supply different voltages to the external unit 5 V 13 V 15 V 18 V 24 V and includes an EUROCONNECTOR or Scart connector for audio video input output The TE 2000 HD is powered by rechargeable battery or connected to the mains through the supplied external DC power charger It incorporates a USB On the go port which enables the communication with a PC and to download dataloggers and channel plans This instrument due to its extreme compact design technical specifications and low cost becomes the industry standard for the installer 1 2
86. tion in the Measurements Configuration menu that appears when pressing ai 17 key 5 14 7 Digital TV Measuring BER The TE 2000 HD offers three ways to measure the error rate BER of digital signals depending on the type of used modulation To select the BER measurement mode 1 Select digital signals Measurements Configuration pressing A 17 key 2 Select by means of Signal option from CONFIGURATION menu DVB C for the measurement of QAM modulated signals DVB T H for the measurement of COFDM modulated signals or DVB S S2 for the measurement of QPSK 8PSK modulated signals 3 Enter the parameters relative to the digital signal which appear in the measurement CONFIGURATION menu as described previously 4 Select the option to exit from measurements CONFIGURATION menu 5 14 7 1 DVB C signals Once determined the parameters of QAM signal it will be possible to measure BER press 3 the 12 key until the BER measurement display appears In the BER measurement mode the monitor will show a display like the following one DVB C gt 1 0E 2 818 00 ra C N gt 32 8 dB kHz MAA 76 6 dBuV MER lt 0 0 dB BER gt 1 0E 2 Figure 29 DVB C QAM signals BER measurement screen The BER measurement before error correction is shown BER before FEC Forward Error Correction In a digital reception system for cable signals after the QAM demodulator an error correction method called Reed Solomon is applied see fol
87. to perform various functions such as create and edit plans update firmware etc Once installed all the necessary software on your computer connect the TE 2000 HD to the computer by using the CC 041 mini USB male USB male delivered with the equipment After connecting it appears an incon at the top of the measurement screen Figure 56 Run the and make the connection with your equipment using the option Detect on the to access all the available features Page 74 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD i T iu Language Options Melo Naa NetUpdate 3 M em a r Equipment details tine re rito NETA a Prodi oros mi Fase IAN 3 Pero pano E Per COMA ADA O Sarn es yua e le p do ee Lati 4 Figure 56 5 21 Setting the TS ASI Input Output The TS ASI option is a key feature for a TV analyser It allows both input and output transport streams It automatically detects whether the stream is composed of 188 or 204 bytes It can transmit in packet mode or burst mode To configure the TS ASI inputs and outputs access from the TV mode or from the measurement mode From the TV mode press the measurement configuration a 17 to access the SETUP menu and go to the bottom of the menu until the Enable ASI INTERFACE gt gt ENABLE ASI INTERFACE ep LIBRE VIV 1 NID 12674 SID Figure 57 Select the option by pressing the rotary and turn it to go from OFF to ON Press the rotary to acc
88. to the mains the CHARGER led 4 remains lighted CHARGER E Figure 1 Battery charging STEP 2 Power on and signal connection 1 Hold the rotary selector CS 1 pressed until the equipment is powered on 2 Connect the RF signal source in the input connector 30 ee Figure 2 Power on and signal connection 02 2010 Page 15 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD STEP 3 To carry out a complete channel band exploration 5 NS 1 Select the frequency band to explore 14 terrestrial or satellite 2 Activate the exploration process by holding 25 key pressed 1 3 Press e 10 key to visualise the channels detected and 6 to change between channels from detected channels list STEP 4 To carry out the tuned channel identification 5 NS 1 Select the frequency band to explore 14 terrestrial or satellite 2 Activate the identification process pressing once on 25 key 1 4 3 Press e 10 key to visualise the signal detected from channel or frequency identified or Nhs 13 to monitor the corresponding spectrum NOTE In the case that is desired to explore or identify DVB C signals it is necessary to select previously DVB C standard as digital signal identifier through 22 PREFERENCES menu STEP 5 Making measurements 1 Select the channel or frequency 24 to measure by means of the rotary selector 3 1 3 2 Press 12 key to select the type of measurement unt
89. uency band in quickly and easily and to make measurements at the same time To select it press Jl 13 key The monitor will show a picture like the one described in the next figure Figure 46 Spectrum analyser mode The horizontal lines define the signal level the broken lines being separated a distance equals to 10 dB The level of the top line 70 dBuV in previous figure named Reference Level can be altered using the vertical cursors 6 key over a range from 60 dBuV to 130 dBuV by steps from 70 dBuV to 130 dBuV in satellite band The vertical measurement range changes to 5 dB div by holding pressed the lower arrow cursor key 6 and changes to 10 dB div by holding pressed the upper arrow cursor key 6 The signal level for each frequency is displayed vertically the lower frequencies appear at the left of the screen and the higher ones at the right The amplitude of the lobes is calibrated In the example in previous figure the noise level is at around 25 dBuV and the lobe with the highest signal level third from the right is at 70 dBuV In the case that the equipment detects saturation on RF input due to an excess of signal it will appear the icon in the Spectrum Analyser mode and the icon DES in the TV mode to indicate this situation The user must increase the Reference Level in order to activate an additional atenuator and to avoid the input saturation Speed of sweep can be modified for terrestrial TV signals To that end
90. uivalent to the NM and indicates the distance to the QEF generally defined as one lost packet per hour The LM is measured in dB and its value is equal to the safety margin that separates us from the QEF As bigger LM better signal quality An LM with a negative value means that there is no signal reception or errors are beginning to display clearly in the video or the audio An LM equal to 0 zero displays a service and occasionally some artefacts can be observed Analogue and digital carriers are very different in terms of signal contents and power distribution over the channel They therefore need to be measured differently The modulation error ratio MER used in digital systems is similar to the Signal Noise S N ratio in analogue systems MER represents the relation between the average power of DVB signal and the average power of noise present in the constellation of the signals When measuring MER it also shows the noise margin in DVB T C S and the Link margin in DVB S2 which indicates the distance from the QEF point at the current signal By example QAM 64 demodulators require a MER greater than 23 dB to work Though it is preferable to have at least a 3 or 4 dB margin to compensate for any possible degradation of the system While QAM 256 demodulators require a MER greater than 28 dB with margins of al least 3 dB Normally the maximum MER value seen in portable analysers is of approximately 34 dB Finally it is shown a status
91. ut it can not be decoded Carrier recovered A digital carrier has been detected but it can not be decoded Viterbi synchronized A digital carrier has been detected and the Viterbi algorithm is synchronized but too many frames arrive with non correctable errors It is not possible to quantify the BER MPEG 2 TS DVB S Correct detection of a MPEG 2 signal 5 14 8 Digital TV Measuring MER Once determined the suitable parameters for COFDM QAM QPSK or 8PSK signal reception it will be possible to measure MER press oF 12 key until it appears the MER measurement screen DVB T H 19 5 dB 8 4 dB 10 20 30 40 650 00 MHz C N 3 kHz POWER MER CBER LBER Figure 39 DVB T H COFDM signals MER measurement screen First of all you will see the modulation error ratio measurement MER Following it appears the Noise Margin NM measurement in the figure value 8 4 dB It indicates a safety available margin according to the MER level measured that allows signal degradation until arriving to the QEF Quasi Error Free limit value Page 58 02 2010 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 9 2 dB LM 10 20 30 40 1527 97 MHz C N 637 kHz POWER 11278 0 Mhz Mi 4 CBER LBER Figure 40 DVB S2 QPSK 8PSK signals MER measurement screen In the case of a DVB S2 signal QPSK 8PSK instead of the Noise Margin NM appears the measure of the Link Margin LM in the previous figure with a value of 2 3 dB The LM is eq
92. y QPSK and 8PSK 02 2010 Page 43 USER S MANUAL TE 2000 HD 6 Polarization It affects to the signal reception in the SAT band satellite It allows to select the the signal polarisation among Vertical Right vertical and circular clockwise and Horizontal Left horizontal and circular counterclockwise or to deactivate the polarization OFF 7 Sat Band Selects the High or Low frequency band for satellite channel tuning 8 LNB Low Osc Sets the LNB low band local oscillator 9 LNB High Osc Sets the LNB high band local oscillator NOTE In the channel tuning mode the Polarization and Sat Band options cannot be modified This configuration menu shows besides the QPSK 8PSK signal parameters selected by user all the values automatically detected Roll Off Nyquist filter roll off factor Pilots Only in DVB S2 Pilots detection in transmission IMPORTANT REMARK DVB channels tuning may require an adjusting process It is recommended to follow next procedure 1 From the spectrum analyser mode Ah 13 tune the channel at its central frequency Switch to Measurements mode 12 measurement selection If in the lower line of the screen does not appear MPEG 2 message and consequently BER is unacceptable by turning the rotary selector deviate the tuning frequency until MPEG 2 message appears Finally tune channel again to minimize the frequency deviation which optimizes the BER and therefore minimize the BER

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