Novra S50 Receiver, User Manual
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1. with the Management Console closed tht v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 12 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 5 2 Status Information Window 15 x Ge s75 Management Console File Actions Help Select Show Status to open the additional Network Signal O Lock window Receiver IP Address 10 10 10 11 Default Gateway 10 10 10 1 19 800 1244 0 HE fiterbi BER 0 00e 000 Uncorectable Errors if Reset Uncorectable Errors LAB Configuration w LAB Power LT LNE Fault Subnet Wask 255 255 255 0 None of the configuration Destnaton lA Aaddess 425 00 variables can be set from Destination UDP Port s this window It only Selected Contents MFE d P shows system status i000 Polarity Band PID values that are being E High used to filter the data stream v Vertical Right w Low Locked to an RF signal Locked onto the Data Stream This bar display indicates a relative strength of the received signal Many factors contribute to the value that is shown in this field Any value displayed in this bar indicates that the system has sufficient signal to work with A better indication of signal quality is the Viterbi BER Bit Error Rate A reading of 2 0e 6 would indicate that the system is correcting on average 2 bits of data for every 1 0 million bits received Most errors occur not from low received signal levels but from to much2. e CD drive required for software installation only e Ethernet network interface card NIC 100 Mbps 100 BaseT NOTE The receiver may work with system parameters below those specified but performance may be lacking NOTE Performance will be highly dependant on other applications that your PC is running tht Nov ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 TECHNOLOGIES INC 3 of 20 S75 Receiver 2 0 INTRODUCTION 2 1 Principles of Operation Somewhere in the world is a location that transmits your signal along with many others up to a satellite which turns around and transmits those signals back down to your location and others Your satellite dish catches all these signals and the electronics at the dish converts them all into a group that travels down the cable to your S75 receiver The S75 sifts through all the signals sent by the satellite looking for your signal a DVB data stream The S75 then de encapsulates the IP information from the DVB stream and forwards it onto its final destination via a 100 Base T Ethernet link The S75 also transmits status packets to your PC where the S75 Management Console is located The S75 Management Console is used to configure addresses specify satellite tuning parameters and select DVB information streams PIDS Once configured the S75 will retain its settings and continue to forward data transmitted to you by your service provider even after restarting the S75 or
3. il Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 18 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver LNBF LNBF stands for a Low Noise Block converter and Feed horn This is quite a common arrangement where the Feed Horn focal point that collects reflected signals from the satellite dish is combined with the low noise block converter into one package LO Local Oscillator This is a circuit that creates a tone of a very specific frequency These units have many applications in electronics This important thing to remember is that there is an LO in the LNB Low Noise Block converter and it is part of the circuit that converts the received satellite RF Frequencies to the more user friendly L Band Frequencies Typical values include 9 75 10 60 10 75 11 00 and 11 25 GHz for the Ku band and 5 15 GHz for the C Band of satellite frequencies MAC Address The Media Access Control MAC address is the unique hardware address for any piece of electronic equipment attached to a network The MAC Address for your Novra S75 Receiver is displayed on a sticker on the bottom of the receiver Mbps Mega bits per second Million bits per second MBps Mega Bytes per second One Byte in computer terms is the same as 8 bits It is often referred to as a word 1 MBps 8 Mbps 1 million Bytes Words per second 8 million bits per second Msps Mega symbols per second Suppose you have four symbols call them A B C amp D Let the Symbol A represent two bi
4. 52D3 6 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver It is not likely that the IP address the S75 shipped with will be valid for your network Therefore the system will display this Warning message warning ti i SS MAC Address of new S75 The IF address you wish to use for device 00 06 76 00 11 60 ae 10 10 11 does not belong to your network IP Address that the S75 Please select a new IP address presently contains that does not belong with the Network group that it was connected to Press OK and the system will prompt you to change the S75 IP address with the following window Change Device IP Address Enter a new IP address Network Information Adaptor 0 Ethernet NIC cards that are present on your PC IP Address 10 100 10 20 i subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 their IP Addresses and Subnet Masks a Adaptor 1 IPF Address 192 168 254 183 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 MAC Address of the just installed S75 Wott ee ns IP Address of the just installed S75 Dld IP Address 1010 10 11 Mew IF Address 10 100 10 0 System suggested change a Notice that the first three Octets of the suggested a New IP Address match the first three IP Address Octets of Adaptor 0 10 100 10 It is up to the System changed to User selects user choose the last Octet In this case the system match existing ES network IP Address arbitrarily selected 0 Any number from 0 to 255 and Subnet format would be a
5. forwarded on Ethernet Transmission Errors are the number of packets that contained errors Total Ethernet Packets Received counts the number of packets that the S75 receives which were addressed to it Content Configuration Packets will cause this number to increment Ethernet Receive Errors counts the number of packets sent to the S75 that had errors Ethernet Packets Dropped counts the number of IP packets that were ready to be forwarded by the S75 but had to be dropped i e No receiving mechanism was available The counters are reset every time this window is opened The three entries in the DVB field are placeholders for future diagnostic tools pA lt v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 14 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 5 4 Enhanced Hardware Device Management Enhanced S75 management including network configurations can be controlled though the use of the Manage Device List accessed via the Actions dropdown menu ie 575 Management Console File Actions Help Manage Device List Network Configuration Content Configuration Satellite Configuration Reset 575 Minimize to tray anananaa Manage Device List Ea Curent Device List IP Address _ AutoDetect Devices gt 00 06 76 00 11 4F 192 168 254 208 6516 0 1974 G79 ee P O0 06 76 00 10 0 10 10 10 11 6516 041974 CFS Check Device Status Change Device P address
6. multiple S75s connected to the network and the Management Console is opened it will display the status for the first S75 it receives a status packet from In other words the user should always ensure that they are looking at and controlling the correct S75 by ensuring it is selected through the Selected Device drop down listing pA wil v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 8 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 4 2 Network Configuration The Network Configuration Window can be opened with the tool bar button or by selecting Actions then Network Configuration from the drop down menu This window will appear and allows the user program various Networking aspects Network Configuration E x Receiver Receiver IP Address e Receiver IF Address 1 10 10 11 The Desired Subnet Mask a Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 The IP Address of the default Gateway gt Default Gateway 10 10 10 1 Recerver Status Selection of the Port that the PC software Status Destination Port o g7 will listen to for Status updates can be chosen from the list of available ports Destination Destination P Address 225 0 0 1 Destination UDE Port E006 in the pull down menu Selection of a Destination IP Address and UDP Port are not user configurable in this version At this time this is a space holder only and the values displayed are arbitrary Push Send or Enter to assert t
7. your PC The S75 Receiver is meant to run in the background In most cases once the options have been set you will have no need to change them ahh wl Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 4 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 3 0 INSTALLATION Power gt a S75 Receiver Supply gt gt L RG6 Coax Vi 24 Vde Center ve FZ Installation Cat 5 Disk Crossover Cable Supplied Equipment S75 Hardware Connections 1 Connect the S75 Receiver to the RG6 coax cable that is attached your satellite receiver 2 Connect the 24 VDC adapter to the S75 3 Connect the Crossover Ethernet cable Null modem between your PC s 100 BaseT NIC card and the S75 Or the S75 can be connected to the PC via a Hub with regular Ethernet cables 4 On your PC create a file folder called S75 The file folder can be under Program Files or in any other location Note The system will create additional files containing various configuration aspects as they are created The system will locate these additional files in the same directory as the S 5D Management Console exe program 5 Copy the file S75D Management Console exe from the CD ROM to the S75 file folder 6 Shortcuts can be created if desired through the normal Windows procedures 7 Open run the S75D Management Console exe and proceed to section 4
8. 0 CAUTION Nothing should be inserted between the S75 and the satellite dish except for a surge suppressor Cable TV Splitters TVs VCRs and FM receivers are not designed for connection to this portion of the network They will not work and if they are connected even for a brief moment they will probably never work again because the power on the coax will destroy the input of the misplaced unit pA lt A v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 5 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 4 0 MANAGEMENT CONSOLE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS 4 1 Initial Communications Open run the S75D Management Console exe program The system will attempt to auto discover the S75 hardware that has already been connected and establish communications parameters with it 4uto Bbetecting Nowra Units 46575 Management Console Oj x File Actions Help Satellite Minimize v Show Status Selected Device Network Signal Lock Receiver IP Address Not recernving l Satellite Default Gateway statu Symbol Rate Msp Subnet Mask Not racerning Frequency MHz Destnation FP Address status Viterbi Code Pate Viterbl BER Uncorectable Errors Reset Uncorectable Errors LNE Configuration CI LHE Power L CHE Fault Destination UDE Fort Selected Contents MFE Polarity Band Horeontal Lett High Vertical Aight Low pA A v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version
9. ENDIX Miscellaneous Terms and Definitions Crossover Cable A crossover cable is a cable that is used to connect two computers by reversing or crossing over the cable pin contacts This eliminates the need to use a hub when connecting two PCs It is also referred to as a Null Modem cable Coax Cable Looks like this es E And is most commonly used for Cable TV feeds inside a house or apartment This form of cable allows the high frequencies of TV and Satellite type signals to move from one place to another with a minimal amount signal loss DVB Digital Video Broadcasting DVB is a set of standards that define digital broadcasting using satellite cable and terrestrial infrastructures FEC Forward Error Correction A system of error control for data transmission where the receiving device can detect and correct certain errors Feed Horn This is the device that receives the focuses signals from a satellite dish It collects these signals and submits them to the next piece of equipment in the network usually a Low Noise Block converter which then changes the signals into a better format for transpiration to the receiver Geostationary Orbit The position where a satellite is 35 786 kilometers 22 241 miles above the equator At this distance the satellite Orbits the earth at the same rate as the earth is turning This causes the satellite to appear stationary in relation to an observer on the ground IP Internet Protocol The netw
10. Remove Selected Devices Save and E sit Exit without Saving The first step should always be to initiate Auto Detect Devices to ensure that the Current Device List is current ai i vy NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary version 52D3 15 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver phy y vy Manage Device List X Curent Device List IP Address __AutoDetect Devices P 00 06 76 00 11 4F 192 768 254 208 6516 0 1974 S75 EE E 00 06 76 00 00 00 192 163 254 553 6516 0x197 4 S75 gp 00 06 76 00 1 0 D 7 0 10 1 mz PERET 6516 0519374 p S ps nee Check Device Statue Change Device IP Address Remove Selected Devices Save and E sit Exit without Saving Add Device Manually should be used when the Auto Detect Devices function fails to hear one of the units The user will need to know the MAC Address and IP Address assigned to the S75 in question After manually inputting this information the system will attempt to establish communications with the new device But if the new S75 is not properly connected to the network or is on a different network segment this operation will not be successful Check Device Status will initiate communications between the highlighted device on the list and the Management Console This is equivalent to Pinging the device and results ina appearing next to the item in the list Change IP Address can be used at any time during the normal cour
11. S75 Receiver Novra S75 Receiver Instructions Subject to change without notification Model S75 0100 S N XXXX FC C Input 24V 450mA FCC ID POIS750100 C E ie MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This device complies with the requirements of the European Directive 1999 5 EC Made in CANADA CAUTION Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment These Files have been optimized for printing pA Al Tiy NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary version 52D3 1 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver Novra S75 Receiver Instructions Subject to change without notification Document version 52D3 Important Please read this entire manual before installing or operating this product Disclaimer While reasonable effort has been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Novra Technologies Inc assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this manual Novra reserves the right to change the contents of this manual at any time without notice Copyright 2002 Novra Technologies Inc All rights reserved Information in this manual i
12. adjacent channel noise The Viterbi BER value is the best indicator of receive signal quality Note The BER Bit Error Rate is calculated after a 100 million bits of information have been received For this reason it may take several seconds for this field to update i e A 2 0 Mega Bit DVB Data Stream will require 50 seconds to accumulate 100 million bits Higher data rates will require less time pA lt v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 13 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 5 3 Additional Status Information and Placeholders Metwork Receiver IP Address 10 10 10 11 Signal Lock Satellite Symbol Fate Msp i 9 800 Frequency MHz f 440 Viterbi Code Aate 7 8 Viterbi BER 0 00e 000 Uncorectable Errors T Rezet Uncorectable Errors LNB Configuration w LNB Power O LYE Fault Default Gateway 10 10 10 1 subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Ethernet Destination FP Aaddress 225 0011 Total Ethernet Packets Sent Destination UGP Port S006 Ethernet Transmssion Errors Selected Contents Ethernet Recenve Errors Ethernet Packets Dropped 100 0 0064 Polarity Band DWB Horizontal Left High DWB Packets Accepted 0 w Vertical Fight w Low DVB Packets with FEL Loss D DOVE Packets with Bad Syne D Additional Ethernet status information may be found by clicking here Total Ethernet Packets Sent are the number of packets that have been de encapsulated and
13. cceptable as long as no other device already has that IP address After entering the last Octet of the New IP Address press OK to continue the Auto Detect process 3 vy Nov ra Confidential and Proprietary version 52D3 7 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver Once the auto detect process is completed the Management Console display will look like this Drop Down List of detected devices showing their MAC Address and IP Address dh 575 Management Console File Actions Help If there is only one S75 attached to the network its Signal MAC and IP ecelver IP Address 10 10 10 11 stellite Address will Default Gateway 10 10 10 1 Symbol Fate Mps i 9 800 appear in the Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Frequency MHz 1244 00 window Destinator FP Address 225 001 Witerbi Code Rate Fa ee Destination UDE Port 806 Viterbi BER 0 00e 000 If there are more Uncorectable Errors D Selected Contents than one S75s Reset Unconrectable Errors a b 100 Ox0064 LNE Configuration network they can w LNB F LHE Fault each be selected OWE L au one at a time by Polarity Band highlighting them HorizontalLett High v Vertical Aight w Low in the drop down Selected Device Strength pial ll Now that the Hardware and Software are talking to each other it is time to set the other operational parameters Note When there are
14. ch with its own RF Frequency Each channel is often referred to as a transponder The easiest way to understand them is to think of your FM radio There are many channels on the FM dial that one can choose from 99 9 FM All Rock All the Time When you input the station number to your FM receiver you are actually telling it what RF Frequency it should look at 99 9 FM means that 99 9 Mega Hz is the desired frequency But unlike the FM radio where the channel you tune to only contains one stream of music a satellite channel contains many individual signals One channel can contain Internet data and video and audio and specialized data in any number of permutations and combinations The S75 uses the PID numbers that come with each Internet data video audio and specialized data signal to separate them all See PID Satellite Signal Hierarchy 1 Satellite has 10 24 Transponders Channels each with dozens of distinct Rf Frequencies each containing up to a theoretical maximum of 8190 packet streams identified by their individual PIDs Subnet A portion of a network which may be a physically independent network segment and which shares a network address with other portions of the network Symbol Rate See Msps Transponder This is the unit on the satellite that receives a signal transmitted from the earth station amplifies it changes its frequency and retransmits it back down to earth Each radio channel has its own transponder an
15. d a number of transponders on the satellite are used to cover the allocated frequency band A typical satellite will have 24 transponders Viterbi Convolutional encoding with Viterbi decoding is a Forward Error Correction technique that is particularly suited to a channel in which the transmitted signal is corrupted mainly by additive white gaussian noise Further information can be found by searching the Internet or looking at any of these sites http ow1 netcom com chip f Viterbi htm http hissa nist gov dads HT ML viterbiAlgorithm html http www mathworks com access helpdesk help toolbox commblks ref viterbidecoder shtm end athe il Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 20 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC
16. ear polarization described below where the signal is fixed in an up and down fashion or a side to side fashion Circular Polarization causes the signal to rotate If it were possible to actually see the incoming signal it would rotate like the hands on a clock As with Linear Polarization this has two modes of operation It can either rotate in a clock wise fashion or counter clockwise Polarization is very useful because it allows the frequency of a Right polarized signal to overlap with the same frequencies of a Left polarized signal Polarization Linear In layman s terms a linearly polarized signal from a satellite approaches the Horizontal earth as a wave that goes up and down like the waves on the ocean or from side to side Vertical like an intoxicated driver on the highway These two types of waves are classified as being Vertically or Horizontally polarized Polarization is very useful because it allows the frequency athe il Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 19 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver of a Vertically polarized signal to overlap with the same frequencies of a Horizontally polarized signal RAM Random access memory Used for short term storage of information requiring quick access on a computer Information stored in RAM can be accessed by the computer much faster than information on the Hard Drive can be accessed RF Frequency Each satellite in orbit has several channels that it can use ea
17. ent 400 mA with Short Circuit and Surge Protection Configuration IP Address Configuration PID Selection LNB Power Transponder Settings Symbol Rate Frequency Polarization Band Power Management Console Application Currently Available as both an Executable and a DLL for MS Windows Status Monitoring Signal Strength Signal Lock Data Lock Error status Viterbi BER Uncorrectable Errors Status Indicators Power Red LED Signal Green LED Lock Green LED Ethernet Link and Transmit phy novra TECHNOLOGIES INC Hardware Capabilities Multiprotocol Encapsulation MPE PID Filters 16 Internal Hardware Watchdog Non Volatile Configuration Storage Operating Systems Once Configured Receiver Supports all Operating Systems Physical Interfaces RF Input Connector F Type 75 ohms Ethernet 100 Base T LAN Interface RJ 45 Physical Environmental Height 1 23 in 3 12 cm Width 5 22 in 13 27 cm Depth 3 90 in 9 92 cm Operating Temperature 0 C to 60 C Storage Temperature 55 C to 85 C Operating Humidity 10 90 Non Condensing Regulatory UDP TCP IP Protocol IP Multicast IGMP V1 0 V2 0 ETSI 301 192 DVB ISO IEC 13818 1 ISO IEC 13818 6 IEEE 802 3 10 100 Mbps FCC Industry Canada CE Emission EN 55022 Immunity EN 55024 Safety EN 60950 Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 17 of 20 S75 Receiver APP
18. es have been successfully implemented Once the changes have been successfully applied the Satellite Configuration window is closed by selecting the Cancel button NOTE Further LNB and Satellite information can be found in the Appendix Pias Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 11 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 5 0 MANAGEMENT CONSOLE DISPLAY DETAILS 5 1 Top Panel Button Functions Me 575 Management Console 4 O0 06 76 00 1P a7 10 10 10 17 O File Actions Help k e AT Network Configuration Content Configuration Satellite Configuration S75 System Reset Minimize to System Tray Exit Application Network Configuration see section 4 2 Content Configuration see section 4 3 Satellite Configuration see section 4 4 S75 System Reset This function is rarely used It will cause the S75 hardware to restart itself as if the power had been removed and then returned System settings from the last New Configuration Successfully Applied will be retained and reapplied when the Hardware completes its Reset procedure Minimize to System Tray This button reduces the Management Console to an icon in the system tray capable of displaying Receive Signal status BEBISLVA zm Receive Signal OK _ A CEAGSBSW 257 Receive Signal Lost _ Exit Application This button will close the Management Console and the System Tray icon The Hardware will continue to function and forward data even
19. he new settings or Cancel to exit this window without asserting the sucess ee i New configuration successfully applied This window will appear when the changes have been successfully implemented changes Once the changes have been successfully applied the Network Configuration window is closed by selecting the Cancel button pA wl Tb NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 9 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 4 3 Content Configuration The Content Configuration Window can be opened with the tool bar button or by selecting Actions then Content Configuration from the drop down menu The DVB signal from the satellite has Program IDentification PID numbers that are used to select desired portions of the DVB data stream Content Configuration xX 4dd Contents Pao o ts M Extract IP Data Add gt Remove Contents Delete lt Delete All lt Selected Contents Enter the PID value in decimal format 100 0 0064 The entered PID value is then added to the Selected Contents list and converted to Hex by the system Displayed in brackets Up to 16 PIDs can be listed at Once Cancel The Delete button will remove a highlighted PID from the list while Delete All will erase the entire list Notes There is no UNDO available If Delete All was asserted in error then select Cancel to abort the o
20. ork communication protocol used on Ethernet networks and the Internet IP Address The 32 bit computer address defined by the Internet Protocol It is usually represented in dotted decimal notation Example 192 168 111 112 L Band This range of frequencies is from 950 MHz to 2 150 MHZ It is much lower than those used by satellites About 1 10 to 1 6 Satellite frequencies travel well through space and our atmosphere but do not do well through the cable that comes from the dish on the roof to the receiver So LNBs convert satellite frequencies to the lower easier to transport band of frequencies referred to as the L Band It is L Band frequencies that the S75 receiver tunes to LNA Older systems used a unit called an LNA Low Noise Amplifier This unit amplifies the RF frequency and then transmits the signals down a special Expensive cable to the reciever Note that received signals are not converted to lower frequencies by this unit LNBs LNB stands for a Low Noise Block converter This unit receives the signals collected from a satellite and converts their very high frequencies 12 Giga Hertz written 12 GHz which is actually 12 000 000 000 cycles per second to a lower and somewhat more usable range All LNBs have a Local Oscillator LO This number is usually stamped on the LNB but not always It may be necessary to check the original specifications that came with the LNB or use the model number and brand name to search the Internet othe
21. peration before the changes are applied to the S75 With this version of S75 De encapsulation of the IP data is always selected Selection of Extract IP Data is grayed out with a check mark The green check indicates that the system will de encapsulate the Multi Protocol Encapsulation MPE associated with the DVB stream Push Send or Enter to assert the new settings or Cancel to exit this window without asserting the changes Once the changes have been successfully applied the Content Configuration window is closed by selecting the Cancel button pA A v NOV ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 10 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 4 4 Satellite Configuration The Satellite Configuration Window can be opened with the tool bar button or by selecting Actions then Satellite Configuration from the drop down menu Enter the desired Symbol Rate in Mega K Symbols per Second and the LBand Symbol Rae hss Mem Frequency in Mega Hertz N Frequency Ma oo add WIHz Select the LNB Power On box when a V LHE Power On a i Polarity owering is required P j C Horizontal Left Vertical Aight Once checked the desired Polarity and Band can be selected D Push Send or Enter to assert the new settings or Cancel to exit this window without asserting the changes Success ee a l i New configuration successfully applied This window will appear when the chang
22. s subject to change without notice No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by photocopy microfilm xerography or any other means or incorporated into any information retrieval system electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of Novra Technologies Inc For additional information or details on Novra s product offerings please contact us at North American Headquarters 1100 330 St Mary Avenue Winnipeg MB Canada R3C 3Z5 t 204 989 4724 f 204 989 4640 e info novra com w www novra com 3 vy Nov ra Confidential and Proprietary version 52D3 2 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver INDEX 1 0 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2 0 INTRODUCTION 2 1 Principle Of Operations 3 0 INSTALLATION 4 0 MANAGEMENT CONSOLE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS 4 1 Initial Communications 4 2 Network Configuration 4 3 Content Configuration 4 4 Satellite Configuration 5 0 MANAGEMENT CONSOLE DISPLAY DETAILS 5 1 Top Panel Button Functions 5 2 Status Information Window 5 3 Additional Status Information and Place Holders 5 4 Enhanced Hardware Device Management 6 0 S75 RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX Miscellaneous Terms and Definitions Page oon FB W 11 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 1 0 Minimum System Requirements Your computer must have at least the following e Processor Pentium 566 MHz e RAM 32 MB e Free disk space 40 MB e Video card and driver that support 256 or more colours
23. se of network administration to assign a different IP Address to the highlighted S75 It will then be necessary to apply the Auto Detect Devices to update the Current Device List Ensure that the Save and Exit is used otherwise the Management Console will not be able to control the settings or receive status packets from the changed S75 Save and Exit will 1 save any changes that have been made to the PC s hard drive 2 exit the Manage Device List window 3 return to the S75 Management Console window Exit without Saving will not save any changes that have been made to the PC s hard drive Note With this command any network changes that have been made to the S75s will not be reflected in the Manage Device List the next time it is opened Nov ra Confidential and Proprietary Version 52D3 16 of 20 TECHNOLOGIES INC S75 Receiver 6 0 75 RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS RF Tuner Receiving Frequency 950 to 2150 MHz Frequency Acquisition 50 Symbol Rate up to 10 MHz Input Signal Level 65 dBm to 25 dBm QPSK Symbol Rates 1 5 45 Msps Data Rate 55 Mbps Root raised cosine filter with roll off 0 35 FEC Decoding Viterbi Reed Solomon Viterbi Inner Code K 7 R 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reed Solomon Decoding 204 188 T 8 Deinterleaving Interleaving Depth 12 LNB Power and Switching LNB Supply Voltage Selectable 13V 18V or off LNB Control 22 kHz Tone LNB Supply Curr
24. ts of data with the value 00 Let B represent two bits of data with the value 01 Let C represent two bits of data with the value 10 Let D represent two bits of data with the value 11 Or some other data scheme This means that if the signals we are interested in consist of 1 0 Msps That s 1 Million symbols per second and each symbols represents two bits of data then our signal has a data rate of 2 0 million bits per second 2 0 Mbps The important point to remember is that satellite systems send and receive symbols which are then converted into data The S 5 takes the resulting data and forwards it to your computer in bursts called packets Packet A packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination When any file is sent from one place to another the Internet as an example it is divided into chunks of an efficient size for routing Each of these packets is separately numbered and includes the Internet address of the destination PID Packet Identification Code This code is used by the receiver to sift through the different packets of the transport stream The transport stream contains data representing many different signals The S75 software running on your PC uses the PID number to find only those packets of data that contain the information you have requested See RF Frequency Polarization Circular In layman s terms a circularly polarized signal corkscrews towards the earth Right Left Unlike lin
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