Global Invacom OptiScan
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1. Enter button puts the OptiScan in measurement mode in which it begins reading in the selected transponders With the help of the NIT data if available the actual satellite its position and bouquet are confirmed The user can thus immediately see which satellite is cur rently aligned to le 0l720I0 www TELE satellite com Satellite s Chellorul Boygyel Sogecable Pos lon s DESO LI LESSE Frequency 31795 SHECMER 034JE BER CPres S 46E 03 OPT dEms Signal lock of HISPASAT 30 West OPTICAL Ob S dEr Zi At this point the measure ment of MER and BER takes place the graphical and numerical display of the signal level also begins here If the analyzer recognizes a transponder LOCK is dis played in the upper edge of the display while PASS indi cates that there are accept able levels of MER and BER and that the transponder was recognized If MARGINAL or FAIL is displayed it indicates that the antenna is not cor rectly aligned and that recep tion is not possible This is where the installer begins the fine tuning of the antenna in order to obtain optimal levels Once the maxi mum has been reached the screws on the antenna should be tightened Thanks to the complete spectrum analyzer display it is easily possible to discover defective cable using the Opti Scan since all transponders in several frequency ranges and levels are di2. prevents the battery from being over charged Once fully charged The OptiScan operates with a real time spectrum dis play that covers 950 2150 MHz zoomable to 160 MHz and works with signal levels between 40 and 90 dBuV coaxial as well as 10 to 25 dBm optical The following values can be p individually for each transponder MER ror Rate BER e as well as in dBuV for coax and dBm for optical The OptiScan operates via a very practical Favorites func tion which can be used to store one or more reference transponders for each desired satellite that ultimately makes it easy to access them at a later time As many as 99 of these so called Favorites can be set up in the signal analyzer 24 of these have already been set up by Global Invacom with transponders from the follow ing European satellites ASTRA2 28 29 east EXPRESS AM22 53 east TURKSAT 42 east HELL ASSAT 39 east EUROBIRD3 33 east BADR 26 east ASTRA3 23 5 east ASTRA1 IELE sotelliie OlobgiMdiER Noga diets w TELE satellite com 19 2 east EUTELSAT W2 16 east HOTBIRD 13 east EUROBIRD9 9 east EUTELSATW3A 79 east SIRIUS 5 east THOR 1 west ATLANTIC BIRD3 5 west as well as NILESAT 7 ATLANTIC BIRD2 8 west ATLANTIC BIRD1 12 5 west TELSTARI2 15 west and HISPASAT 30 west Thanks to this large assortment of satellites there should be no problems setting up any antenna in Europe For other co
3. Optical Meter Global Invacom OptiScan The First Signal Analyzer with an Optical Input TELE satellite has already reported many times on the es sa British company Global Invacom It started many years rsa H pen ago with a report on a 0 3 dB LNB and most recently with SIE ire a report on their newest product an optical LNB see TELE satellite issue 04 05 2008 and 08 09 2009 It s easy to see that Global Invacom takes a leading roll that otner need to follow when it comes to innovative products Z GLOBAL INVACOM OPTISCAN Future proof satellite signal analyzer for optical and coaxial LNBs to show that this is true the engineers recently adi more thing similar to the optical LNB the first signal analyzer with an optical signal input Is appearance in the market As we unpacked the unit everyone in the test labora tory was impressed with the overall appearance of the OptiScan not too heavy not too light It sits perfectly in your hand and thus helps to prevent you from accidentally dropping it But even if that does happen the manufacturer incorporated the OptiScan in a very sturdy plastic housing On the upper side there are two signal inputs one of them is the optical input while the other is in the form of a BNC connector for typical coax cable signals The eight digit LCD display is easily readable even in direct sunlight The display s background lighting is per fectly suite
4. d for use in an attic or other location with poor lighting The background lighting can be turned on or off depending on how the unit itself is pow ered up A short push of the ON button starts the OptiScan 44 without backgroun whereas as hold button down it with backe The sigt ated ust labeled the cic By when the button properly pushed plus are large enough to make th analyzer easy to use On the side is the connection for the included 12V power supply which 7 global acom completing the yr ks x i m 2 072010 www TELE s tellite com MEASURE PASS Satellites ASTRAL Bouquet fon t 5 Frequenc SHE CHER glonal completing the picture les Ta Position junk a2 E Losi oo A Rae BER Prej S 6fE 03 OPTidbmes a LOCK ES CR 5 6 Oe Satellite scan of ASTRA 19 2 east one signal was found Everyday Use According to the manufac charges the internal recharge able battery the OptiScan can be used for up to five hours even when a standard LNB needs to be supplied with power But since our test analyzer was already fully charged we were able to get right to work a turer the internal battery of Accessories include a prac tical carrying case with car rying strap the 12V power y car charger a manual and a the OptiScan needs roughly 12 hours to fully charge protective circuitry
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6. itted from the satel lite The measurement of the BER gives you a reliable indication of the quality and alignment of the antenna If you display the BER after the Viterbi correction the signal has undergone a mathematical correction and does not contain as many errors as before For our tests we chose entry 13 in the Favorites menu in which transpon der 11554 V is stored After pressing the enter button the OptiScan switches to its graphical signal display where the spectrum is shown in the range between 11473 and 11635 MHZ Next we moved the antenna around until a signal peak became visible on the dis play at the preprogrammed frequency With the help of the two Gain buttons the scale of the display could be changed If the signal is very strong and the peak is no longer visible on the display the scale can be raised so that the test transponder can be more easily seen Ideally the signal peak should take up roughly 2 3 of the display With the help of the Up and Down buttons seven different Zoom levels can be utilized so that the entire spectrum can be viewed or only a small portion just around the transponder Last but not least the left right buttons can be used to modify the entered fre quency This lets you adj the preprogrammed fre quency directly on its center or you can choose a com pletely different frequency If the analyzer shows a peak on the dotted line a simple push of the
7. ntinents the manufacturer distributor can naturally set up the list based on local requirements and preprogram the analyzer accordingly Installation For our tests we loosened the mount on one of our antennas so that we could align it with HISPASAT 30 west After holding down the ON button for a moment the OptiScan came to life and immediately displayed the list of Favorites We first accessed the main menu so that we could take care of all the settings The Main Menu is divided into six submenus To start with you can select whether the Opti Scan should work with coaxial or optical signals based on which input is in use The second submenu con tains the stored Favorites while the third submenu serves to store new tran sponders as Favorites entries OPTICAL 006 5 4Bm MHz E Wert LE a SETUP MENN 3 SANET Satellite Sound CUNA TPE Ber Post Hikerbi Position C777 z U Frequency 21598 MHz LHE LHE lt OFF 2 Settings TEA 1 Gain 230 OPTICAL 006 5 dBm 1 EP fh Lalit Ak LHECHorzLowslay LAE Horz Highs lsu 22k T gt CHEY CFF 3 Spectrum display without zoom Selecting the LNB power and the desired band MEASURE PASS LOCK MSEC MHENU Satellite ASTEA 1 Bouquet Sogecable Baren gi Oo Rosi ion CODD E CR SAG ale tr osi jon Fequency z iF Poz SHPUMER 0948 DiSEqC Options i BERCPres 3 61E 03 OPT dBEm 4 O ase Een Satellite scan of ASTRA 19 2 east one signal wa
8. s foun t i DiSEqC OPTIONS MERU et dest Limits Disable Limits Centre Dish A BSLITCH Storing DiSEqC 1 2 Limits Sane F auourite Set LHE Molts DISEqL Setup len Www TELE satellite com 12 01 2010 TELE satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 47 Submenus 4 and 5 contain multiple LNB power settings frequency band settings as well as DiSEqC settings The OptiScan can provide LNBs with 13V and 18V as well as a 22 kHz signal to switch between low band and high band DiSEqC is naturally also Supported including version 1 0 and also 1 2 form con trol of a DiSEqC motor In this mode the antenna can not only be moved around during a measurement but it is also possible to store limits and positions directly in the motor For more experienced users there s also the abil ity to manually enter DiSEqC commands but this requires some specialized knowl edge and above all experi ence with DiSEqC s technical specifications These can be found for example at www eutelsat com The sixth submenu Setup Menu allows you to reset all the Favorites back to fac tory settings and also lets you determine how the audio signal level tone can be acti vated or deactivated he user can also select whether the BER bit error rate should be displayed by Vit erbi before or after a correc tion If the Viterbi display is selected the OptiScan mea sures the error rate as it is transm
9. splayed If a satellite has been sighted that is not yet in the preprogrammed list it is rec ommended that this entry be stored as a new Favorites entry so that it is available with the next scan We thoroughly tested the OptiScan using both optical and coaxial signal inputs We were especially thrilled that in the future it is no longer nec essary to bring along an opti cal to coaxial signal converter to the installation site Unit sits perfectly in your hand resistant and operates with a long life It is future proof for coaxial LNBs as well as for the new optical LNBs only one satellite polarization is displayed with optical reception 50 This problem became evi dent during our tests of the optical LNBs from Global Inva com in the 08 09 2009 TELE satellite issue Invacom found the perfect solution in the OptiScan thanks to which even optical LNBs can be properly adjusted There s one small issue In order to keep the price of OptiScan reasonable Global Invacom decided to restrict the analyzer to show only the vertical low band in the spec trum Adding the other bands would have made the OptiScan too expensive All in all the OptiScan ana lyzer comes with all the nec essary features and for the installer it is a future proof alternative to his previous equipment It is extremely lightweight sits perfectly in your hand and operates with a high capacity rechargeable battery that can la
10. st up to five hours without any external power source Conclusion Global Invacom new OptiScan once again that is always a st competition in t ment of new produci It remains to be seen what the future holds but one thing is clear optical signal trans mission will sooner or later become more standard and Global Invacom with its optical LNBs and OptiScan analyzer are providing the necessary prerequisites it is shock Thomas Haring TELE satellite Test Center Austria le 0l 20l0 DATA Manufacturer Global Invacom Winterdale Manor Southminster Road Althorne Essex CM3 6BX ENGLAND Tel 44 0 1621 743 440 Fax 44 0 1621 743 676 Email sales globalinvacom com Model OptiScan Frequency range 950 160 2150 MHz RF input level 40 dBuV to 90 dBuV Optical range 10 to 25 dBm Range Accuracy Typically 1 dB Measuring MER and BER DiSEqC 1 0 and 1 2 compatible plus any DiSEqC command can be generated Uptime Up to 5 hours Charge time Up to 12 hours Items included Carry case BNC F adaptor mains charger car charger manual Dimensions 210x110x70mm Weight 0 70kg Download this report in other languages from the Internet 42S www 1 ELE satellite com TELE satellite 1001 ara optiscan pdf Indonesia www TELE satellite com TELE satellite 1001 bid opt
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