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1. LEXIUM 5110Pro is now ready for the HISPASAT satellite According to the 5110Pro the proper antenna settings for HISPASAT are an azimuth A of 125 an elevation E of 25 and an LNB polarization adjustment P of 38 We repositioned the LNBF in the mount to reflect the new po larization adjustment angle of 38 Next we loosened the mounting bolts on the anten na so that it could be moved The antenna was turned to wards an azimuth setting of 125 and sure enough as we approached the 125 position the signal quality bar graph Q on the meter began to re act As the antenna was moved a little more the S N level increased and the Locked indicator on the display illumi nated We had found HISPA 84 TELE satellite International The World s Largest Digital TV Tade Magazine O9 10 2012 www TELE satellite com SAT and once again we found the target satellite on the first pass Clearly the LEXIUM 5110Pro s QuickSweep tech nology lives up to its name The meter reacts instantly when you approach the tar get satellite as you re turning the antenna Thanks to this speedy response time you don t have to sit there wait ing for the analyzer to do its job every time the antenna is moved a notch You can simply rotate the dish on its mount and stop the rotation when the analyzer reacts to the target satellite It s that simple A note to those of you who will be setting up systems t2. Option g Local FastAlign www LEXIUM DVB com LEXIUM tuned the elevation E un til a maximum S N level was achieved The dish was then secured in place it couldn t get any easier than that Was this just beginners luck We wanted to make sure so we decided to give the HISPASAT satellite at 30 W a try with the same dish From the local channel list we scrolled through the channels until we found the only entry for 30 W located at channel 86 The entry at this location was for 11 466 GHz 3500 SR 9750 LOF As it turns out this frequency is not an active fre quency for North America Luckily changing the exist ing entry in the local chan nel list to a workable value is a snap At present the cur sor arrow indicator should be pointing to the channel number in this case channel 86 By momentarily push ing the Option Local button on the front panel once the cursor arrow should move to the frequency position F and the first digit in the current frequency should be blink ing Simply enter in the cor rect transponder frequency using the numerical keypad and then momentarily press the Option Local button once again to move the arrow cur sor to the next entry SR For our test we used the 12 052H transponder with a symbol rate of 27500 Continue this procedure until all the remain ing parameters are entered and then press the Save C button to store the data The
3. ready have the relevant pa rameters stored in its inter nal memory We appreciated the fact that LEXIUM has pre stored both C band and Ku band transponders While the Ku band definitely dominates the European market the C band is the preferred fre quency range in most other corners of the world In total we found 109 pre stored satellite entries on our list You might object at this stage that this is way beyond the number of re ceivable positions in Europe and you re right LEXIUM has chosen to create sepa rate entries for Ku band and C band transponders on sat ellites that use both bands such as INTELSAT 14 at 45 West In terms of usability they couldn t have made a Smarter decision Then again an impressive number of satellite entries is 1 Signal measurement on TURKSAT 42 East 2 Signal measurement on ASTRAG4A 4 8 East 3 Signal measurement on EUTELSAT 7A 7 East 4 You need to adjust and correct the tran sponder details for ABS1 75 East before you can actually receive a signal Polarization should be vertical the LOF does not cor respond to universal Ku band LNBs 10600 commonly used in Europe and the 22 kHz is not active by default 5 Once we had adjusted all settings the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro was able to per fectly scan and lock signals from ABS1 75 East not everything that counts The painful truth is that it can quickly become worth less if transponder data are not
4. We ll get more into this a little later The keyboard is located under the display and is made up of a numerical keypad as well as a number of additional color ed function buttons According to the manufac turer the meter should be fully charged before it s used for the first time The charg ing process should take about four hours but no more than six hours to complete An LED on the front panel of the analyzer lights up red indi cating that the meter is be ing charged by the external power supply This LED turns green when the meter is turned on and the power cord is removed To turn on the 5110Pro mo mentarily push the red POW ER button on the front panel If the meter has never been used before the display will not show any data except for LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro www LEXIUM DVB com zeroes AS mentioned before the display is divided into five sections Positioning Satellite Selection Channel Number Latitude and Longitude and Measurement The Position ing section runs across the top of the display from one side to the other and shows the required azimuth eleva tion and polarization angle settings for the target satel lite This section will only dis play data if you already have entered in your local position and selected the satellite you want to find The Satellite Selection section on the left side displays information on the currently selected chan nel satellite position L tr
5. equally up to date and comprehensive To check the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro s worth in that field we randomly selected a number of European satellite posi tions and tried to align our dish to those birds using the LEXIUM meter We noticed right away that the pre stored LOF for the high band was correctly set at 10600 for some positions such as ASTRA 4A at 4 8 East while other satellites such as BADR 26 East came with a wrong frequency of 10750 In addition none of the pre stored high band entries came with an acti vated 22 kHz signal which is required for the LNB to switch from low band to high band This means that Eu ropean users have to make a point of checking all pre stored transponder settings for the selected satellite and the LNB that is used Most European satellites come with correct tran sponder data however so that the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro turned out to be a useful companion for align ing satellite antennas It worked nicely with weak er signals as well such as those from BADR 26 East or ASTRA 2D 28 2 East the built in tuner boasts a rea sonably low threshold and the measurement results turned out to be very pre cise We loved how quickly the LEXIUM meter reacts to changes in the incoming sig nal which in turn allows for 86 TELE satellite International The World s Largest Digital TV Tade Magazine O9 10 2012 www TELE satellite com a swift alignment pro
6. list of visible satellites changes along with it to adapt to the new location To give you an LEXIUM idea of how this changes we changed the local coordi nates in the analyzer to 37 N 122 W to simulate the use of the 5110Pro in San Francisco California The list of visible satellites for this west coast location included everything from 160 E to 43 W As you can see the meter automati cally adjusts the local channel list based on its operational location One thing to keep in mind though this visible list of satellites represents those satellites that can be seen from your location and does not necessarily represent a list of those satellites that can actually be received Only those satellites that have a beam pointing in your direc tion can be received In addition to the local channel list there s also a user defined channel list This list is customizable by the user so that more popu lar satellites can be accessed more quickly The 5110Pro comes shipped from the fac tory without any data in this list When setting up the user defined channel list the first open channel is selected so that a satellite can be set up So let s say for example we wanted to add Galaxy 19 at 97 W into the user defined list The meter has to first be placed into the user defined channel list mode by press ing and holding down the Op tion Local button for about three seconds Once the m
7. so we decided to use this antenna to align to GALAXY 19 We installed a standard Ku band LNBF LOF 10 750 GHz on the dish and connected it to the LEXIUM 5110Pro meter using a short 10 foot piece of coax cable The meter was turned on and we decided to use the chan nel data that was just entered into the user defined channel list We could have also used the preprogrammed data in the local channel list chan nel 38 that was associated with the Ku band side of GAL AXY 19 at 97 W This channel was set for 11 789 GHz 28125 SR LOF 10 750 GHz and LNB 13 vertical polarization Ei ther transponder would have worked for this test At this point pressing any one of the number buttons 0 to 9 activates the measure ment section of the meter The 5110Pro was set to go all we had to do is start moving the antenna into roughly the correct position According to the 5110Pro the antenna alignment settings yield an azimuth A of 214 an eleva tion E of 36 and a polariza tion angle P of 25 With the help of our com pass we turned the antenna in the general direction of 214 and elevated it roughly 36 above the horizon Since our 76cm dish was not on a horizon to horizon H H mount the LNBF had to be rotated inside its holder so that its horizontal and vertical polarization levels matched the position of the GALAXY 19 satellite We adjusted the po sition of the LNBF in its mount to reflect t
8. 0Pro comes with a pre programmed local channel list that includes nearly eve ry satellite from around the world The LEXIUM 5110Pro automatically filters out the satellites that are below the horizon and thus not visible from your location based on the local coordinates that were entered earlier For our test location the visible satellites above the hori zon included all those from 80 TELE satellite International The World s Largest Digital TV Tade Magazine O9 10 2012 www TELE satellite com 1 As the antenna was rotated the signal quality Q bar graph clearly shows that we were closing in on GALAXY 19 2 Turning the antenna a little more and Locked lit up telling us that we had a signal lock on GALAXY 19 3 Adjusting the dish a little further increased the S N level until we reached a peak S N level of 10 1 dB The dish was now perfectly aligned with GALAXY 19 4 Next we tried for the HISPASAT satellite at 30 W using the same antenna As the dish came within range of the target satellite the 5110Pro showed that we were getting close the signal quality bar graph Q began to react 5 And then moving the antenna just a little bit more LOCKED 6 Fine tuning the antenna 7 until a maximum S N level was achieved The antenna was now peaked on HISPASAT 139 0 W to 4 8 E for a total of 111 channels to choose from If you change the location co ordinates in the meter the
9. TEST REPORT Satellite Meter LEXI U M LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Professional Digital Satellite Meter e LEXIUM s Newest Satellite Meter Innovation e Three digit azimuth indication e Quick Sweep Technology Prevents Missing Target Satellite e QuickRecovery Software Restores Meter to Factory Defaults e Direct Replacement for the LEXIUM 5100Pro EE SON EGE Magazine OS 10 2012 a WWW TELE Sclellitecom www TELE satellite com O9 10 e0le 75 es 1 Wn Test Editor Ron Roessel aligning a 76cm dish using the new LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Professional Satellite Meter It so easy to point the dish with this meter says Ron Roessel and it even makes fun TA E ELE Safellite Interna aaae a fhe World s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 9 10 2012 e u _ e _ r Cw N n w Vat w J y LEXIUM is quickly becom ing a recognized name when it comes to satellite receivers and test equipment WS In ternational a global distribu tor of the most up to date amp current DTH Direct to home satellite equipment includ ing MPEG2 amp MPEG4 DVB S amp DVB S2 equipment has distribution branches based out of Atlanta Georgia Los Angeles California and with sales amp development offices in Zhuhai and Guangzhou China markets the LEXIUM brand name world wide Just a few months ago in fact it was in
10. ansponder frequency F symbolrate SR LNB local oscillator LO polarization LNB and 22 kHz The Chan nel Number section in the lower left hand corner of the display shows the currently selected channel number ei ther from the local channel list or from the user defined channel list The Latitude and Longitude section high lights the location where the meter will be used in degrees latitude and longitude Also found here are a number of additional function indicators such as battery level PC link speaker mute and channel list The Measurement section displays the signal strength S and quality Q levels in bar graph form Additionally the signal strength S is also shown in numerical form as is the signal to noise level S N and the bit error rate B In order to get the most out of this meter it s clear that the very first step would be to enter in the local latitude and longitude position where the meter will be used For our location here in Long Island New York it is 41 N 073 W Only whole numbers can be entered a more precise loca tion for us would have been 40 7 N 73 3 W but for the purposes of entering in our location in this meter we had to round to the nearest whole number Fortunately this mi nor limitation should not ham per us in any way when trying to find a specific satellite Now that our location has been set up it s time to see what this meter can do The 511
11. cess without the risk of overlook ing a signal while moving the antenna To sum up we truly en joyed working with the LEX IUM FastAlign 5110 Pro un der a European sky It s a very handy tool and if the manufacturer decides to update the pre stored tran sponder list it would leave nothing to be desired
12. eter this port allows you to connect the me ter to your PC and gives you the ability to add delete or modify the satellite list tran sponder specifications and 22 kHz settings directly from your PC or laptop In order to be able to do this you d need to download the necessary in terface software which can be obtained free of charge by go ing to www LEXIUM dvb com The LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro digital satellite me ter is an extremely powerful signal analyzer wrapped up in a nice little package It s a lightweight handheld device that you can easily hold for longer periods of time without any fatigue It comes with nu merous useful features that help make satellite installa tions a breeze It comes with a pre installed list of satellites from all around the world and yet is smart enough to only show those satellites that are visible from your location It would make the perfect addi tion to any satellite installer s toolbox Lightweight easy to use handheld digital satellite signal meter for precise alignment of antenna to target satellite Its QuickSweep technology takes the worry out of accidentally passing the target satellite while moving the antenna in that the meter reacts instantly to any antenna movements Its three digit azi muth display allows this meter to be used any where in the world Ron Roessel TELE satellite Test Center USA No DiSEqC protocols meter must be connected directly
13. eter is in the correct mode you can then enter in all the relevant data for Galaxy 19 orbital position L transponder frequency F symbolrate SR local oscillator frequency LO po larization LNB and 22 kHz on off For this purpose we chose the 12 177V GHz tran sponder with a symbolrate of 23000 As soon as the en tered data is saved into the meter s memory the correct alignment information for the antenna azimuth elevation and polarization angle in stantly appears at the top of the display This data tells you exactly where to point the an tenna to receive that satellite So with the meter in hand we went outside to align the dish Since Galaxy 19 was just entered into the user defined channel list it makes sense to begin by aligning our antenna to this very popular satellite Keep in mind that you can use either the user defined chan nel list or the local channel list to start with since Galaxy 19 also appears in the pre programmed list You ll also need a short piece of coax cable to connect the meter to the antenna s LNB And don t forget the compass so that you know which way to turn the antenna As it turns out the 5110Pro is not compatible with any of the DiSEqC proto cols so the analyzer needs to be connected directly to the LNB there cannot be any DiS EqC switches in between the meter and the LNB As luck would have it we had a spare 76cm offset dish lying around
14. gn 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter Receiving frequency range 950MHz 2150MHz oO o Level measurement range 30dBmV 45dBmV LNB Power lt 500mA Charge port input voltage DC 13 5V 1A Output port input voltage DC12V 22V Manufactured by LEXIUM where the second F connec tor on the left side comes in Ordinarily the left connec tor isn t needed unless sup plemental power is needed The two female to female F type adapters supplied in the package are used to connect the meter to any existing coax cables Oddly enough though the two male F connectors on the meter are not marked in any way on the casing we had to refer to the user manu al in order to figure out which connector did what There are also no markings for the ports on the bottom of the 5110Pro but in this case it was easy to figure out what they were 78 TELE satellite International The World s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine O09 10 2012 www JELE satellite com for just by looking at the type of connector that was being used On the bottom of the ana lyzer you ll find the charging port for the two power adapt ers home and car a USB port to link the meter with a PC and a number of slats be hind which is located the me ter s speaker The front panel of the meter consists of an LCD display and a keyboard The display is 6 2 x 4 6mm in size and is divided into five different sections
15. hat use universal Ku band LNBFs the LEXIUM 5110Pro will work with these types of LNBFs but not exactly in the way that you might expect When selecting the LOF to be used you d un doubtedly expect one of the choices to be universal how ever that is not the case here With this meter you have to enter the correct universal LOF 9 750 or 10 600 GHz and set the 22 kHz signal to ON if needed The correct set tings will depend on whether the transponder frequency to be received is in the LNBF s low band 10 7 to 11 7 GHZ or high band 11 7 to 12 75 GHz Of course the LEXIUM 5110Pro is also C band com patible And as if all of the above wasn t enough this meter comes with yet another fasci nating feature it has Quick Recovery Software built in This software restores the 5110Pro back to its origi nal factory settings should a problem ever occur during a data transfer to the meter In the past such a data transfer interruption would almost al ways result in a dead meter Restoring the meter used to involve opening up the case locating and then reflashing the memory It s a process that s not all that much fun to perform But thanks to the built in QuickRecovery soft ware you don t have to wor ry about any of this Simply press the Recovery button to reset the meter back to its original factory settings How great is that Earlier we mentioned the USB port located on the bot tom of the m
16. he 25 offset sug gested by the meter Thanks to the 5110Pro s built in QuickSweep technol ogy you don t have to worry about missing the target sat ellite if you turn the antenna too quickly There is no delay from the time the signal is re ceived to when it is displayed on the meter it reacts almost instantly This lets you move 82 TELE satellite International The World s Largest Digital TV Tade Magazine 09 10 2012 www TELE satellite com LEXIUM the antenna much faster than you might otherwise be able to if you were using a differ ent meter It s a time saving feature that helps to speed up the alignment process So with the meter con nected to our 76cm dish and turned on we rotated the antenna towards 214 while keeping an eye on the 5110Pro The analyzer also has an audible tone that changes pitch with the signal level This lets you take your eyes off the meter and listen to changes in signal level if for any reason the display is out of your view As soon as we approached the 214 position as dictated by the 5110Pro the signal quality bar graph on the dis play Q began to instantly react We had found GALAXY 19 on the very first pass As we continued to move the an tenna the signal quality Q bar graph continued to in crease and the Locked indi cator on the display illuminat ed We continued to move the antenna until we reached a maximum point We then fine 5110Pro i
17. le F type adapters a USB cable and a handy carrying strap There s also a 24 page Eng lish language user manual So let s look at the me ter itself The 5110Pro is a handheld digital signal ana lyzer that is small enough to fit in one hand The internal electronics are enclosed in a sturdy black plastic case that is 142 x 82 x 35mm in size The case itself is encased in a bright yellow rubberized cover that acts as a shock ab sorber it will help protect the analyzer if it should ever fall to the ground The rubberized cover can easily be removed if you ever need to access the battery compartment At just a hair over 1 0 pound in weight the meter is very easy to carry around with you wherever you have to go So it s no trouble to climb that ladder to the top of that roof with the 5110Pro hanging on your shoulder you won t even know it s there The meter sports a pair of male F type connectors on the top side of the unit The connector on the right side is 77 LEXIUM used to connect to the LNB on the satellite dish Power to the LNB is supplied by the 5110Pro_ itself The manu facturer specifies that the meter should last for about four hours on a single charge and this should be more than enough time for a typical in stallation However if you find that a little more time is need ed at the installation site the meter can also be powered by the satellite receiver That s FastAli
18. n has to be entered when the meter is first turned on it is pos sible for the device to find out fully automatically which satellites are visible at the current location and which positions are below the ho rizon Obviously we were more than happy to evaluate the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro in one of our European test centers in Austria First things first and so we entered our coordinates for Vienna Austria right after turning on the LEXIUM Fast Align 5110 Pro for the first time Hardly had we keyed in 16 East and 48 North that the FastAlign 5110 Pro called up a list of pre programmed satellite positions ranging from 58 West to 92 2 East This means the device truly Shows all satellites that can be received at our current location at least in theory Why do we say in theory The fact is that the list of satellites shows visible satel lites aS Opposed to receiv able beams For example CHINASAT 9 at 92 2 East is Shown as the easternmost visible orbital position even though its beams are sent to China only and reception in www TEL satellite com O9 10 20l2 TELE satellite International ERRITARRA AMAZE 85 LEXIUM Vienna therefore is not pos sible We think this makes sense as beams can easily be changed and moved by satellite operators so that the odd Asian position might in fact be of interest in Eu rope one day If or when such changes occur the new LEXIUM signal meter will al
19. the 12 01 2012 issue of this magazine TELE sat ellite introduced the LEXIUM FastAlign 7100Pro satellite signal analyzer The 7100Pro boasted the unique capability of identifying the name of a satellite as soon as the meter showed a lock The LEXIUM line of digital satellite sig nal meters up until recently also included the FastAlign 5100Pro With all this going for them did they feel the need to sit back and relax af ter these success stories Did they feel that their job was done No not at all Instead the engineers went straight back to work The result of their efforts is the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro The 5110Pro is actu ally a direct replacement for their very popular 5100Pro model Of course when we LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter Helps enormously to install any satellite dish 09 10 20le LEXIUM 2 Handheld Powerhouse heard about this new meter we wanted to find out more about it If it s anything like the 7100Pro then this new meter should be just as excit ing even more so Once again our friends at WS Internation al provided us with a sample of the FastAlign 5110Pro so that we could have a little fun with it and see what all the fuss is about The 5110Pro signal meter comes packaged in a nice small box along with all of its accessories including two bat tery chargers one for a wall outlet and another one for the car two female to fema
20. to the LNB without any DiSEqC switches in between There s also no universal setting for the LOF universal LNBFs can be used with this meter but the LOFs need to be set up manually LEXIUM TECHNICAL DATA Manufacturer LEXIUM California USA Home Page www LEXIUM DVB com E mail sales lexium dvb com Model FastAlign 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter Input Frequency Range 950 2150 MHz LNB Power 13V 18V 400mA C Ku band Compatible yes Memory 300 channels local channel list 100 channels user defined list Symbolrate 2 45 Ms sec 22 kHz Control yes USB Interface yes Operating Temperature AC Power Supply Input 100 240VAC 1 6A 50 60Hz Output 18 5VDC 3 5A Dimensions 142 x 82 x 35mm Weight 1 0 LBS including battery MORE ABOUT THIS COMPANY www TELE satellite com TELE satellite 1109 eng wsinternational pdf USA Successful Young Company with Satellite Signal Analyzers Inexpensive Products Thanks to Efficient Production and Distribution Using the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro in Europe Thomas Haring Even though the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110 Pro is dis tributed by US company WS International the device comes with all prerequisites that are needed to use it in other regions as well This is all the more reason for mar keting their latest meter ona global scale Due to the fact that the local positio
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