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ENENSYS DiviCatch User Guide - ASI / RF

1. ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 8 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide N Technol ogies Analysis modes DVB and ATSC Two modes for interpreting MPEG2 TS signalling are available DVB and ATSC DVB 3 Mode Mode is used for interpreting PSI SI signalling and ATSC mode is used for interpreting PSIP SI signalling Switching between modes is performed through the TS Mode drop down list General use i France 2 2 6 Mbps Dj France 4 3 3 Mbps E 0420 MPEG 2 Video 3 1 Mbps All tabs can be detached for a more comfortable viewing through a drag and drop Of ie n J En e Dee Sie 2 3 Mbps 0330 MPEG 1 Audio 200 0 Kbps the tab outside of the TS analysis section This viewing is especially useful to real CC time monitor a specific table at the same time as a different table or RF parameter ln alee i Scrambled no ARTE 7 3 Mbps All tabs can be detached and become independent windows Close a detached tab to Voir i PID 520 i Stream id 224 reintegrate it to the list of tabs inside the TS Analysis section Cs ad nH TS Analysis i Stream id 192 i Scrambled no Programs tab displays all the services 453 84 nsr a contained within the stream In this isse i PID 541 Programs Pios _ SDT 1 caT_ BAT z ry Cambodia Video 4 6 Mbps GEN 0257 MPEG 2 Video 4 2 Mbps case 3 programs are detected Sch LG PID 257 OW STE wu n OW n od Stream id 224 Cambodia j Ken
2. TS Analysis EI Sp Store ist S P Service ID 0x14 i EIT schedule True i EIT present True L Status Running i Free CA False S P Service ID 015 L EIT schedule True i EI present True Service Description Table analysis TS Analysis Programs PIDs SDT CAT BAT NIT MIF eil CA descriptor L System ID 081800 i CA_PID 0 80 ER TE a _ descriptor L System 1D 01801 i CA PID 081 Conditional Access Table analysis TS Analysis sz Bouquet id 0 3007 et Bouquet id 0 3002 Bouquet id 03000 Bouquet Association Table analysis IG Analysis Programs PIDs SDT CAT BAT NIT MIP T Synchro time stamp Im ne 48492000 i Synchronization ID SFA synchro i Mavmum delay in na p00000000 i Bandwidth 3 MHz i Constellation 64 GAM i Hierarchy Ho L interleaving information Native interleaver L Code rate HP 3 4 L Guard interval 1 9 L Transmission mode 6K l Time Slina ntf Mega Frame Initialisation Packet analysis including real time Synchro Time Stamps info Note Not relevant for Cable modulated signals Ip Nit E wie tot E T E TDT E D 44 2007 67 19 10 85 56 rear Month Day Hour Min Sec El CAT El BAT Time and Date Table Embedded UTC time and date stamp in the TS E caT Bar mit B mip TOT E toT int 27 SU 200776719 10 9 13 TreatdMonl Dou Hou
3. e VLC client software launches and displays the service requested How to UDP stream a TS received in input It is possible to re route the received TS to another computer using MPEG2 over UDP encapsulation services of DiviCatch This feature enables easy remote monitoring of a TS e Connect DiviCatch RF to an MPEG2 source ASI or RF e If the device led blinks green then DiviCatch RF hardware is synchronized e Check the Remote TS streaming box in the TS over UDP streaming field e Select the required streaming mode and UDP address to be used to stream input TS to TS over UDP streaming Destination Type Destination Address q Fann Isie Remote TS streaming O Unicast Multicast Ei 3 E E n 1 1 SEH e K e Press the GG button to start streaming press again this button to stop La streaming How to de encapsulate DVB H formatted streams The DiviCatch application is capable for DiviCatch RF T H only to de encapsulate all IP datagrams and forward them to the network e Check the DVB H de encapsulation box in the DVB H de encapsulation field DVB H de encapsulation Destination Address DVB H de encapsulation on pid Change Destination 120 Le e Choose which PID should be de encapsulated from the drop down list or select All Pids to de encapsulate all PIDs simultaneously e If no PIDs appear click Update list e By default all IP datagrams are forwarded to their origin
4. 21 Transport ol d 3 1 4 NIT_actual CI 125c bte 0 O 22cc To EI 171 e arb it ohe odp 1 3aPAT_2 o O 23 aPchrepettion 0 O 2251 repetition n PR 1 4 Continuity count ol C 23 6 PCR_discontinuity ol CI 5 3 A a Unreterenced FID F B 15aPMT_2 d 24PCR_accuracy O 35a5DT_actual ol d epp O o 25b5DT_other oO 26caT E 36aElT actual im RS a LED of the corresponding parameter turns to red and the counter increments If further information is needed on a specific parameter it is possible to raise a log event for each error raised Check the log box corresponding to the parameter requested Then each time an error raised second based a message appears in the log window with the following format hh mm ss Name_Of_Error number of errors in the second on packet s packet_number Time for the error is based on the clock of the workstation attached to the DiviCatch device NOTE The packet number indicated in the log message is given for estimation purposes It is accurate at 100 packets To stop ETR290 monitoring click Stop Monitoring To start a new monitoring you can either resume and add up to all existing errors or reset existing monitoring by clicking Reset All Counters For detailed information on ETR290 parameters please refer to document TR 101 290 from ETSI at http webapp etsi org action PU 20010515 tr_101290v010201p pdf PCR Jitter A PCR jitter
5. DiviCatch RF User Guide uncheck Use log file Log file Use log file Path D Program Files Enensys Divicatchsdivicatch log Le Log file options Max file size MB 1 000 4 gt Mas saving time oo op Click Ok The Log configuration window closes The log file is created How to Monitor MPEG2 TS streams EEN Monitoring ETR 290 Settings ETA 290 Settings Monitoring Setup Interval description Voie Min Max Nominal fin ms 31a NIT actual error Max repetition 10000 1000 30000 10000 3 1b AIT other error Min repetition 25 OR 100 25 p 31b NIT other eror Max repetition 10000 1000 30000 f 10000 i No smoothing 3 2 BAT Min section repetition Si 0 100 25 3 2 BAT Max repetition 10000 1 2000 50000 10000 1 minute le EC 3 2 CAT Max repetition 10000 100 100000 19000 C Length on r RS SN De sl oe ee gg EE ffe eeng 3 2 PMT Min repetition 5 DI 100 SS e J Settings e ETR290 Settings ETR290 settings window is used to set thresholds for raising errors on ETR290 parameters Min and Max possible values are indicated for reference The nominal value correpsonds to the default value most often the value recommended in the TR 101 290 DVB Guidelines To change you
6. Bitrate monitoring The Bitrate monitoring section of Alarms is used to monitor real time bitrate Net bitrate Min 0600 Max Mbp oD Stuffing bitrate Min 0 100 Max Mbps DI 0 Two predefined alarms on Net bitrate that means overall bitrate minus stuffing and Stuffing bitrate are shown by default It is also possible to add a bitrate monitoring on specific PIDs First click Start bitrate monitoring Specify the minimum and or maximum values defining the range in which your bitrate should be considered as correct NOTE Stuffing bitrate corresponds to monitoring the bitrate of PID Ox1FFF or 8191 This measure is especially useful for monitoring streams on which statistical multiplexing is used It helps you validate that you net bitrate does not come too close to your overall bitrate allowed If need to monitor one or more specific PIDs click Add PID A new line appears showing a drop down list contaning all PIDs of the MPEG2 TS Select a PID and specify the bitrate range To add further PIDs repeat the same operation To remove a PID monitoring choose Remove from the drop down list To access detailed information or keep a trace it is possible to generate a log message upon each error detected For that check the check box located at the right hand side of the counter Log message information will include the actual bitrate detected outside the range Monitoring starts as soon as a min or max value has b
7. is checked as soon as the N recordings are stored on hard drive they will be automatically overwritten in order to perform an endless recording without saturating hard drive How to display the stream locally DiviCatch uses VLC to display the TS stream DiviCatch RF C e Check the Local check box Monitoring streaming so that captured stream is routed to your local computer Video Display gt Local VLC icon becomes activated when Local is checked e Click the ES button to launch VLC client software Selection of a service amongst the list of available ones can be done from VLC Navigation menu NOTE If VideoLan is launched for the first time the user is requested to indicate the path to VideoLan through a browsing window DiviCatch RF T H e Check the Local check box Monitoring streaming so that caught stream is routed to your local computer Video Display Si EN VLC icon becomes activated when Local is checked Ge Local Open a sdp file e Check Open a sdp file e Click the es button e Select the SDP file associated to the service you want to display ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 29 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide hn logies e SDP files contain information on the encoding used and specify IP target addresses for each program in a DVB H multiplex Each program has an associated SDP file which is requested by the decoder to properly decode the program
8. 000 g 07 1 000 g 01 C MER 15 00 17 00 EVM 0 00 50 00 Further RF measurements Constellation EVM MER Level Real time monitoring gt 24 00 O0e 000 0 0e 000 0 0e 000 32 77 2 30 Channel info Packets info FFT OK Guard interval 1 4 Code rate HP 2 3 Packet Uncor Constellation QPSK Code rate LP 1 2 24 Hierarchy No Time slicing Off Inner interleaver Native MPE FEC Off Cell ld 0 SNA Pre Vit Postit Past Rs MER EVM dB BER BER BER dB IS Channel information The Channel info section provides auto detected information from the channel locked to The information provided especially includes the constellation used at QAM level and the Cell ID Transmission link monitoring The RF T H tab provides information on quality of the digital transmission link Information is provided on packet transmission and Bit Error Rate BER is defined as a ratio between the number of erroneous bits transmitted and the total number of bits transmitted Pre Viterbi BER This BER is calculated on packets before the Viterbi error correction scheme is applied to the stream Post Viterbi BER This BER is calculated on packets after the Viterbi error correction scheme has been applied to the stream Post RS BER This BER is calculated on packets after the Reed Solomon error correction scheme has been applied to the stream The number of Packets Uncorr indicates the number of packets that could not ENENSYS
9. 300 429 Digital broadcasting systems for television sound and data services Framing structure channel coding and modulation for cable systems 4 TR 101 891 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Professional Interfaces Guidelines for the implementation and usage of the DVB Asynchronous Serial Interface ASI 5 USB Specification Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 April 27 2000 6 ATSC A65 PROGRAM AND SYSTEM INFORMATION PROTOCOL FOR TERRESTRIAL BROADCAST AND CABLE 7 ITU T J83 Digital multi programme systems for television sound data and services for cable distribution 8 ETSI EN 300 744 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Framing structure channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television 9 ETSI EN 302 304 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Transmission System for Handheld Terminals DVB H 10 ETSI TR 101 290 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Measurement guidelines for DVB systems ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 3 40 d hnoloagi S DiviCatch RF l User Guide gt gt PC Laptop minimum requirements Any PC equipped with USB2 0 interface and an application running on Windows OS Windows 2000 or Windows XP at least PIII 300MHz supported by 256 MB RAM Depending on bit rates to process and analyze higher configurations may be required especially with DiviCatch RF devices The more analysis modules are started the more memory and CPU are used Alwa
10. DiviCatch RF Manual Page 25 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide be corrected using the RS error correction scheme Signal monitoring The RF T H tab also provides useful information on signal quality The Signal Level is expressed in dBuV and is graphically represented as a gauge for immediate visualization SNR Signal to Noise Ratio is an indicator of the signal quality It performs a simple comparison between the total noise strength on the signal monitored and the signal power It is expressed in dB Some of the information relating to signal quality cannot be obtained simultaneously with MPEG2 TS processing To obtain information on Constellation MER and EVM it is necessary to specify you want to view that information through the Further RF measurments check box Further AF measurements Constellation EVM MER NOTE Checking this box will have the impact of disabling the MPEG2 TS That means all information relating to MPEG2 TS will no longer be available ETR290 and associated PCR jitter Alarms recording and decoding of the stream DVB H analysis ESG decoding will be disabled The Constellation is displayed as soon as the signal is tuned This screen provides instant graphical representation of the signal quality If signal is degraded constellation points become unclear MER Modulation Error Ratio is also an indicator of the OFDM signal quality MER is expressed in dB and is a representation of the distance b
11. Fec rate 3 4 0 2 Burst Bitrate MFER 0 009 FER 3 96 Burst Average Bitrate 445 3 Kb s Burst Burst Duration 373 030 ms H MPE Duration 279 773 Ms duratio nm SOS UR a oe FEC Duration 93 258 ms Power saving 86 2 e Burst Size 225624 bytes off time MPE Size 169116 bytes e FEC Size 56508 bytes 445 3 Kb s es Burst Structure j MPE Data Columns 146 gt be MPE Padding Columns Fa GR MPE Data E FEC Data FEC Columns bei Average bitrate FEC Matrix Rows IVI a E vu u gt 7 5 d z gt gt D DBE Receiving stream packets of 204 bytes As seen above a comparison between theoretical FEC rate and the one received is performed for selected PID Here MPE Data Columns 128 instead of 191 FEC Columns 63 instead of 64 which results in a error of 0 9 FER and MFER Frame Error Rate FER is the ratio of transmitted bursts containing errors during a specified period A burst is marked erroneous if any TS packet within the burst is erroneous MPE FEC Frame Error Rate MFER is the ratio of uncorrectable MPE FEC frames received during a specified period An uncorrectable MPE FEC frame is a ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 20 40 E N bes N y DiviCatch RF Technologies User Guide frame in which there are more errors in the MPE section than the number of errors that FEC is actually capable of correcting Both ratios have become referential indicators of the quality of
12. MEFR 38 00 E Evh 100 00 CIBER Le 09 1 000 ER Real time monitoring 39 56 34 79 22 0 0e 000 Packets info Packet OF 418064 Packet Corr 0 Facket Uncor 0 SNA MER EVM BER dB dB 2 Transmission link monitoring The RF Cable tab provides information on quality of the digital transmission link ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 22 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Analpzis Information is provided on packet transmission and Bit Error Rate BER is defined as a ratio between the number of erroneous bits transmitted and the total number of bits transmitted Signal and modulation monitoring The RF Cable tab also provides useful information on signal quality and modulation parameters The Signal Level is expressed in dBuV and is graphically represented as a gauge for immediate visualization The Constellation is displayed as soon as the signal is tuned This screen provides instant graphical representation of the signal quality If signal is degraded constellation points become unclear SNR Signal to Noise Ratio is an indicator of the QAM signal quality It performs a simple comparison between the total noise strength on the signal monitored and the signal power MER Modulation Error Ratio is also an indicator of the QAM signal quality MER is expressed in dB and is a representation of the distance between constellation points actually measured and theoretical constellation points It is an indicato
13. Save log view amp Log panel This view can store up to 1 000 messages This log view ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 11 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide can be cleared Clear Log View or saved Save Log View Log 14 39 39 Receiving stream packets of 188 bytes 14 39 44 Start Monitoring ETR290 14 39 46 Alarma ETA 290 SILREPETITION_ ERROR 11 on packet s S37 34 33818 33529 35560 35571 35581 35592 39602 H j a the type of messages to be displayed can be 14 39 47 Alarma ETR 290 SI_REFETITION_ERROR 10 on packet s gt Depending on the level of information required 39021 39042 39063 39073 39094 39116 39127 39437 selected Also for the comfort of viewing log font 41631 42018 14 39 49 Alarms ETR290 S _REPETITION_ERROR 8 on packet s color can also be selected for each level of log 44427 45922 H45933 H45943 45954 H4ASI64 H4624 49765 14 39 50 Alarms ETR290 SI_REPETITION_ERROR 2 on packets information 14 40 08 Alarms Jitter Alarm value 2 6427 went below 0 000 on PID 361 14 40 08 Alarms Jitter Alarm value 227 1489 went below 0 000 on PID 1511 14 40 08 Alarms Jitter Alarm value 1 7 360 went below 0 000 on PID 1512 14 40 08 Alarms Jitter Alarm value 2 6427 went below 0 000 on PID 1513 14 40 00 Aler CTO Ion Cl OCOCTITINE COOMO fai cn 2 51 41 H Click Config Log A Log configuration window opens Select the level of information
14. a iviCatcri www enensys com Baseband Converters O Network Adapters M DiviCatch RF Live RF and ASI to USB2 0 pocket adapter and stream analyzer USER GUIDE Digital Video Broadcasting ENENSYS Technologies Le Germanium Office 33 2 99 12 79 06 80 avenue des Buttes de Coesmes Fax 33 299127905 35700 Rennes www enensys com FRANCE contact enensys com DVB is a Trade Mark of the DVB Digital Video Broadcasting Project 1991 to 1996 DVB Product ID 4937 4938 2007 11 Subject to change without notice Rev 4 3 DiviCatch RF User Guide INTRODUC HON BEE 3 PROGUECL OVVIO W oon E E A E AEEA R A E AEE 3 SLOG Re el ne 3 eebisigeies rnllivlfsnlfins e ell enn EE 4 INSTALA TION E 5 Leinen e EE 5 Plug DiviCatch for the first time Windows XP or Windows 2000 only 5 Very interesting remarKS EE 5 RUNNING DIVICATCH SOFTWARE FOR TAE FRIR WR 6 BIVIC RF Genaral pane EEN 6 DIVCA R GE e EK D eu e DEE 7 DiviGatch Ki Eeler UE TUNING EE 7 DiviCatcn RF MONILOr A le fu EE 8 DiviCater RE DVB H Aiialy SIS EEN 19 BOSE SUG C gt 20 Sarno EE 20 KZ WagEieitelar at A OM EE 21 EE EIERE EE 22 CC RG a E E 22 DVICE RP RA EE EA 25 BRUST en Record Ce video PINE EE 27 Divicatcnh RF T H ESG Dane E 31 eine lena eg 32 DIV CAUCE IRF GPS ee ge DEE 32 External cartographic applications EE 34 DiviCatch application and device status EEN EEN EEN KEEN E EEN E EEN 36 NOOS ite 36 REGULATORY a
15. for their skootz race 5 Followed by Looney Tunes Refresh ESG ESG Navigation Start Time Fri 16 Nov 01 40 Time Fri 16 Nov 15 39 End Time Sat 17 Nov 05 30 _ _ _ _ cce e _ ee _es Friday 15 30 16 00 Xchange All the best celebs come NNE Info Friday 15 25 15 40 Friday 15 40 16 05 ECL ChuckleVision Trollz CBBC Fete Accompli Paul CBBC Topaz Possessed Wh _ NG Sport Friday 12 00 18 58 Friday 18 58 19 00 This is BBC FOUR This is BBC FOUR AE BBC FOUR is the BBC chann BBC FOUR is the BBC chann SW RR S bt ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 31 40 S S DiviCatch RF User Guide chnologies VEN Salt Use the ESG navigation bar to browse the complete ESG transmitted within the MPEG2 TS ESG Navigation Start Time Fr 16 Nov 01 40 Time Fn 16 Nov 15 39 Go to current time End Time Sat 17 Nov 05 30 When receiving a live signal it is always possible to go back to the information of the current programs by clicking Go to current time To launch decoding of a specific program unencrypted programs only select the program through a click on channel logo or name and click E to launch VLC SDP information is automatically extracted from the ESG if properly transmitted and decoding starts after a 5 second buffer NOTE If VideoLan is launched for the first time the user is requested to indicate the path to VideoLan through a browsing
16. graph showing PCR Accuracy is available from the PCR tab in the Monitoring section NOTE ETR290 Monitoring must be started to view the PCR jitter graph PCR Jitter is not available on DVB H formatted signals as there are no PCRs in DVB H First from the PID list select for which PID you would like to monitor the PCR Jitter If the list of PIDs is not available click Update to refresh the PIDs on the current stream The graph starts automatically NOTE The first 5 seconds of PCR graph are not valid for measurement They correspond to initialization time ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 15 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Monitoring ETA 290 Settings Alarms PER E Zoom pre sets 1sec 5sec 10sec 30sec Tmin Time seconds Type of graph PCR real 8 jo _ time graph Zoom e 233 3 PID list ll pre sets F Sch 8 wi 57 Bon Update m ipl AAN a Martine dl lay tp d AN erpe a GE Switch PCR 3 3 Realtime History density PCR PCR history pe f history graph w l ie 31 0 3 0 330 340 350 PCR detailed aoe en Rose information 2 30 0 d E gr Im 33 29ms Rep 2 15 0 min 19 68ns 2 120 0 240 0 360 0 480 0 d max 2731ns Select the Zoom pre set to be used for watching PCR jitter 1 second 5 seconds 10 seconds 30 seconds or 1 minute To access detailed information on a specific PCR pass the mouse over the Psn line and point representing the PCR Detaile
17. how communication happens between the application and the device oe In case of error a verbose indication is displayed in the status bar for instance No DiviCatch detected in case the application is launched while no device is attached to USB port gt Notes and remarks Capture with two DiviCatch from the same laptop It is possible to attach two DiviCatch to the same PC The same number of DiviCatch applications must be launched Moving DiviCatch from one USB2 0 port to another Driver installation is only valid for the very USB2 0 port the DiviCatch device is connected to If DiviCatch is connected to any USB2 0 port to which it has never been connected before Windows system will start another device enumeration and behave as if a new USB device was detected Companion CD will not be required and Windows re enumeration wizard will self complete In order to be able to use the DiviCatch device from any USB2 0 port installation must be done for each USB2 0 port Launching DiviCatch application while no device is attached to USB2 0 port DiviCatch application stream open and analyze is not workable when no DiviCatch device is connected to the USB2 0 port of the PC Meaning of LED Colors on device O OFF no driver installed happens when DiviCatch is plugged for the 1 time Red Driver installed and device is recognized Orange DiviCatch application is launched SW and device are connected DiviCatch is ready to
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19. restitution for each transmitted service and the degradation point has been unanimously set to 5 for both ratios Note that an MFER of 5 means that each 5 minutes there is 15 seconds without any video based on a time slicing of 3 seconds FER and MFER are provided real time and are calculated for each PID Both criterion are calculated on the last 100 frames Before the first hundred bursts are actually received an estimation is done at the beginning of the reception e g it is possible to reach a 50 FER on the first two frames of a given PID if one of both is erroneous Delta _T information To toggle between jitter and burst information on the burst monitored click the burst on which the mouse is placed Burst data Jitter Measured delta_t Minimum claimed delta_t 9 00 ms Maximum claimed delta_t In the Jitter tab an off time comparison uses the delta t info embedded within the MPE header to compare actual and theoretical times of burst transmission The example above shows that delta t information embedded in the previous burst indicated a 10ms range for the current burst to arrive The analysis shows that this current burst has actually arrived 9 ms after the minimum claimed delta_t A DVB H receiver uses the delta t information to know when the tuner should be turned on again after the last burst received Receiver turns back on at the minimum claimed delt
20. step Symbol rate range 0 87 to 7 Msymbols s RF sensitivity 75 to 10 dBm Packet format 188 or 204 bytes per packet autodetection RF Front End interface DiviCatch RF T H RF input DVB T amp DVB H Data format MPEG2 Transport Stream ISO IEC 61883 As per ETSI EN 300 429 MCNS Connector 2x F 75 ohms 1x input 1x loopthrough 1x BNC 75 ohms Frequency range 45 to 862 Mhz Channel bandw 5 to 8 Mhz RF sensitivity 80 to 8 dBm QPSK 12 Packet format 188 or 204 bytes per packet autodetection ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 38 40 VEN S DiviCatch RF Technologies User Guide ANNEX gt gt Installation of VideoLan VideoLan is a cross platform media player it is the one used to display MPEG2 services adapted by DiviCatch VideoLAN is a software project which produces free software for video released under the GNU General Public License It can be downloaded at the following Web address http www videolan org gt gt Equipment return for repair In case of any trouble with one of ENENSYS Technologies products please report it to our Technical Support team via email Support enensys com Your request Should specify Part Number and Serial Number as displayed on the bottom label of the equipment with a description of the defect reference of Purchase Order if possible and your full details When receiving your request a support engineer will get in touch wit
21. window gt gt Configurable profiles It is possible to save personalized parametering into a profile that can be then loaded for later use Profile icons are available at the top left corner of the application whatever the panel currently active Click the Rl button to save all current settings Tuning information RF thresholds ETR290 settings A dialog box opens Save the profile to disk The profile is saved in the form of an XML file To load a profile including tuning and threshold settings click the button A e dialog box opens Select the previously saved XML profile you need to load All settings are set to the values saved in the profile To restore the profile to default settings click the a button A previously loaded profile will be unloaded gt gt DiviCatch RF GPS option NOTE The GPS panel is only available with the DiviCatch RF T H device for which a GPS option has been purchased The GPS receiver provided in the GPS option is a USB self powered device It is equipped with a SIRF III chipset Connect the GPS receiver to a USB port on the computer to which the DiviCatch RF T H device is connected The GPS tab appears and the GPS receiver is automatically detected ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 32 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide NOTE The GPS receiver will be automatically detected if the GPS drivers have also been installed upon installation check GPS drivers box If it is n
22. ETT 2 PID format TS Mode Gei Decimal Hexadecimal ATSC Mode ze MGT Master Guide Table TS Analysis El CAT N17 INT E wat E STT RRT E Or eee Svetem Time 8118328359 97272005 5 07 15 i GPS UTC offtime 1 E i Daylight Savings 57344 i DS Status 1 In daylight savings time Lt DOS Day OF Month 0 i1 DS Hour 0 PID format TS Mode Decimal Hexadecimal ATSC Mode 4 STT System Time Table TS Analysis ee Rating Region 1 i Rating Region Name length 35 L language code eng i Dimensions Defined 8 Dimension i language code eng i Dimension Name length 22 i Graduated Scale 1 L Values Defined E PID format TS Mode Decimal Hexadecimal ATSC Mode RRT Rating Region Table KR Je Channels Number 3 0 L Short Name ETTY eh 1 Short Name KABL SD L Major channel number 7 Minor channel number 2 Modulation DIGLTE mode LL amer frequency 64000000 Hz Channel tzid 51615 Frogram Number 11 ETM Location 0 No ETM Acces Controled 0 Hidden 0 Path Selected 0 Out of band 0 Hide Guide 1 Serice Type 4 475C_ digital television Source Id 26 Descriptor length 0 bot Name K C E T d WE B i a L a AR i L a aa L on CVCT Cable Virtual Channel Table How to use Log information Log view By default log information consists of the log view in the Monitoring Clear log view
23. H Signal tuning Note The portable antenna provided with the product is intended as a starter antenna Depending on environmental conditions and network topology this antenna may not be powerful enough to tune to all signals If this is the case it is recommended that a more powerful antenna offering gain is used The DiviCatch RF T H must lock the DVB T or DVB H input signal The Tuning section in the RF T H panel lets you specify all the necessary information to tune the device to the desired signal Channel bandwidth Specify the channel bandwidth Turing occupied by the multiplex you would like to connect to Choose between 5 6 7 or 8 expressed in MHz Channel Bandwidth deg RF Frequency Specify the frequency on which the Signal is received expressed in MHz ieee IC Priority I OTT Ge SA00 Then click the Tune button If the device is tuned to CH Front End Locked a signal the Tuning led turns green and the message Front End locked is displayed On the DiviCatch RF Tune T H device the led also turns to blinking green ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 7 40 e be Cc DiviCatch RF E N NSY gt User Guide Priority If hierarchical modulation is used on the channel to which the DiviCatch RF T H is locked this drop down list is used to specify which priority should be monitored Note All frequencies entered are kept in history for quicker reuse This information is save
24. OLD 0 1 DO SNR is out of range F_PREVITBER_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 pre Viterbi BER is out of range F_POSTVITBER_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 post Viterbi BER is out of range F_POSTRSBER_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 post RS BER is out of range F_MER_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 MER is out of range F_EVM_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 EVM is out of range F_LOCK_STATUS 0 1 If 0 tuner is not locked If 1 tuner is locked NOTE Out of range status is based on thresholds definition in the RF T H tab In the GPS log file the text entered will be output as such whereas variables will be replaced with the associated value at the time of capture Sample script 1 Script Snr SNR Position SLATITUDE SLONGITUDE Result Snr 16 25dB Position N48 7 5033 El 37 7625 Sample script 2 Script lt Capture gt lt Snr gt SNR lt Snr gt lt Signal gt SIGNAL lt Signal gt lt Capture gt Result lt Capture gt lt Snr gt 16 25dB lt Snr gt lt Signal gt 61dByV lt Signal gt lt Capture gt If needed choose a maximum number of entries or positions to be written to the GPS log file Check the Max Points box and specify a maximum number of entries Click the Start button to start the automatic capture ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 35 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide PP DiviCatch application and device status Clear LEDs appear on the bottom right part of the application in the status bar that indicates
25. a_t relative time If the bursts arrives before that time the receiver misses it If the burst arrives too late after that time it is not critical burst will be received but battery power saving capabilities are not optimized The Alarms feature in the Monitoring amp Log panel allows you to also automatically detect early or late bursts refer to page 18 ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 21 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide PRF Analysis The RF analysis panel RF Cable for DiviCatch RF C and RF T H for DiviCatch RF T H enables the viewing of multiple levels of information transmission link signal monitoring For DiviCatch RF C Echos and QAM modulation are also available All parameters monitored in real time can be represented in the form of a real time gauge or as graphs for evolution visualization To switch to graph representation click the Monitoring tab in the Analysis section At any time it is possible to reset all counters on the monitoring information received by clicking the Reset button DiviCatch RF C General RF Cable Monitoring amp Log Record amp Video Display Configuration Analpzis Signal Tuning 63 29 dB p Constellation Monitoring Echos 45 46dEm Mode Annes A DWB C Symbol Rate MSymbol s 6 075 RF Frequency MHz ZU UU OH Front End Locked Threshold settings i ali Mm Max CIAF Lev 25 00 100 00 SNR 17 00 47 00 C
26. al IP target available from the INT table If need the IP address to which the IP datagrams are ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 30 40 E N AIC y DiviCatch RF WE User Guide ogies forwarded can be changed To do so check Change destination and specify the IP adress to be used e Press the gt button to start de encapsulation process on the selected PIDs i press again this button to stop streaming gt gt DiviCatch RF T H ESG panel The ESG panel is only available with DiviCatch RF T H The application is capable of decoding all DVB CBMS ESGs Electronic Service Guides are a major component of a DVB H service They are the main input interface of the end user to the Mobile TV service With that respect it is very important to validate that all elements composing the ESG have been properly transmitted All ESGs are transmitted to the IP address 224 0 23 14 The only setting that needs to be made is the port to which DiviCatch RF T H should listen to in order to acquire bootstrap ESG entry point ESG analysis Traditionally DVB CBMS ESGs are conveyed to port 3937 But you can set your Bootstrap port own port for specific needs Bootstrap state CH To load ESG press Enter having set the right port for bootstrap or click Refresh ESG WI Refresh ESG ESG analysis Selected program info Bootstrap port NNG Music Trollz Bootstrap state OH Into the Woodz The Trollz are punished
27. an external cartographic application The format of the GPS log file is CSV based thus guaranteeing maximum interoperability However specific cartographic applications may request a specific formatting as well aS a maximum number of positions in the GPS log file If needed use the Customized log section and the Max points option in the periodic capture Check Customized log to personalize GPS logs ie format the text to be written into the GPS log file Edit the script in the text area Customized log SE 7 S Signal S1GNAL LONGITUDE LATITUDE Tunel F_LOCK_STATUS speed ZGPEED A Script is a combination of text with predefined variables The table below lists all the available variables Variables Format Description DATE yyyy mm dd Date TIME hh mm ss sss UTC Time LATITUDE N S dd mm mmmm Latitude LONGITUDE E W ddd Longitude mm mmmm SALTITUDE Meters Altitude SPEED km hr Speed over ground ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 34 40 gt E N bes y DiviCatch RF m aT oni User Guide gies Variables Format Description SIGNAL dBuV RF Signal level SNR dB SNR level PREVITBER n a Pre Viterbi BER value POSTVITBER n a Post Viterbi BER value POSTRSBER n a Post RS BER value MER dB MER value EVM EVM value F_SIGNAL_THRESHOLD 0 1 If 0 signal is out of range F_SNR_THRESH
28. asda monitoring Fec presence OH o Burst duration Min 0 150 Max ms E Burst size Min More Max KE Kal d Olf time Min 0 800 Max s ei ao Jitter Alarm Min 0 100 Max ms Cen Wes wel 500 ein Min None Max GI CO Tv i EI First click Start burst data monitoring Specify the minimum and or maximum values defining the range in which the values should be considered as correct ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 18 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide To access detailed information or keep a trace it is possible to generate a log message upon each error detected For that check the check box located at the right hand side of the counter Log message information will include actual values detected outside the range as well as the PID on which the error occurred Monitoring starts as soon as a min or max value has been set Upon the first value detected out of the defined ranges LED turns red and counter is set to 1 Upon every further error detected counter increments Fec presence This alarm checks the presence of FEC data on all bursts Burst duration This alarms checks the total duration of all bursts Burst size This alarm checks the total size MPE FEC of all bursts Off time This alarm checks the off time that means the total time between two bursts on all PIDs Jitter This alarm checks jitter on all bursts Following DVB recommendations jitter should not exceed 10ms in orde
29. asurement is stopped Constellation points will Delay 0 74 Us therefore be reset Monitoring using thresholds and alarms It is possible to configure alarms on parameter values measured for automated monitoring Threshold settings Unlock the Threshold settings area using the i button Ma Enter the minimum and maximum values allowed for the 2 parameters you want to monitor SNA Validate the threshold values by clicking the al button The C MEF threshold settings area is grayed out and alarm based eve monitoring is enabled Deen Lem Le m Automatically red and green bars appear on the gauges to indicate the range of alarm raising and normal values respectively As soon as a threshold is passed over an alarm is raised and transformed into a log event Information level logs ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 24 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Y ogies hnol DiviCatch RF T H General AF T H Monitoring amp Log DVB H Analysis ESG Record amp Video Display GPS Signal lt 56 00dB p lt 52 75dBm Configuration Analysis Tuning Monitoring Constellation Channel Bandwidth DM v RF Frequency MHz 794 000 v Front End Locked Tune Threshold settings D Min Max CRF Lev 56 00 100 00 CISNA 1800 2200 C Pre Vit BER 1 000 06 L fter 01 C Postit BER 1 000 08 1 000 D C Pos RSBER 1
30. atch RF Manual Page 5 40 N Technolog DiviCatch RF User Guide S LB RUNNING DIVICATCH SOFTWARE FOR THE FIRST TIME gt gt DiviCatch RF General panel This panel gives information about the device attached to the PC via the USB2 0 link in order to Catch RF Check graphically if receiving one stream arrow blinks green meaning that the device is synchronized and receiving TS packets Get general information such as DiviCatch RF Serial Number and FW SW versions Check through a single click if a new software release is available for your product requires an Internet connection to access Enensys web site Blinks green when receiving stream packets ASI input Divicatch mp i e RR e ASI input used receiving Blinks green when locked to a modulated Check if new release is signal RF input available requires E General o EE 7 Internet connection gt Device Information and Setup Software v z e Part Number DiviCatch RF C y DiviCatch for Windows gt Serial Number 13748144 Software Version 4 0 H e v Input Type ASI RFC Copyright 2004 2007 Enensys Technologies e S Hardware Version 1 http www enensys com oe gt MicroController Software Version 3 0 a FPGA Software Version Receiving stream packets of 188 bytes 1 2 Check New Release a 69 Sample General Panel for DiviCatch RF C ENENSYS DiviCa
31. ction drag this service until you reach the Monitoring window and drop it Instant bitrate will appear In case higher resolution is required z scale for the dragged amp dropped service just mask Overall bitrate and or Net bitrate Masks instant bitrate graphical view Indicates that associated bitrate stream is hidden 3 Deletes associated TS stream previously added using the Drag amp Drop function ETR290 ETR290 is standardized guidelines issued by the DVB organization Tor measurements in DVB systems These guidelines are intended to provide an exhaustive overview of elements that matter for the transmission of a stream All parameters tested in ETR290 are split over three priorities First level priority lists a basic set of parameters which are considered necessary to ensure that the TS can be decoded Second level priority lists additional parameters which are recommended for continuous monitoring And third level priority lists further optional parameters covering varied interests To start ETR290 monitoring on the stream received click Start Monitoring The ETR290 analysis starts and is real time based As soon as an error is detected the ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 14 40 S DiviCatch RF EN S User Guide Technologies Monitoring ETR 230 Settings Alarms PCR Priority Level 1 Priority Level 2 Priority Level 3 Log Log Log 1 1 7S_sync_lose gd d
32. d information on the accuracy Gs and PCR repetition is available Minimum and maximum PCR accuracy over 74ms Rep the monitored period are also displayed Passing the mouse on the PCR graph freezes the display for more convenient browsing NOTE To zoom in and out on the upper graph click the graph and then use the scroll wheel of your mouse to zoom in and out The graph at the bottom shows PCR history over last 10 minutes To navigate through the history switch from real time to history mode in the PCR jitter view FCR jitter view mode mode The zoom range on the history graph can now be moved along the Realtime History history graph to monitor past PCRs Details of the zoomed area are shown in the upper graph NOTE The zoom range for the history graph is also based on the zoom pre set A graph showing density of PCRs based on their accuracy is also available thourgh a click on the Display density button The density histogram displays instead of the history graph 100 5 9 AL density lz p00 400 300 200 100 0 100 ZU 300 400 500 For example this graph shows that the majority of PCRs over the period monitored had an accuracy between 100 and 100ms ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 16 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Alarms The Alarms tab offers continuous monitoring on varied aspects of the transport stream NOTE If min and max values are kept to default value None the alarm is disabled
33. d into the profile allowing you to have your own frequencies on different stations gt gt DiviCatch RF Monitor amp log panel e Real time TS Analysis providing PSI PSIP SI table parsing e Log providing error or information messages on device or stream e Monitoring providing 4 types of information e Real time graph of bitrate information e ETR290 error measurement Note Both monitoring features can be configured through the Settings tab e Pre defined alarms on MPEG2 TS and DVB H layer e PCR Jitter Accuracy graph General RF T H Monitoring amp Log DVB H Analysis ESG Record amp Video Display nes TS Analysis Log CE Programs pine cnt im raTi patim nT maiS 11 25 39 Alarms FEC is not detected on PID 500 bea ao l Del SOT CAT E BAT EI NIT Gl M a 11 25 41 Alarms FEC is not detected on PID 500 E CH IP MAC Notification Table INT 0 0 bps LG PID 1000 Pj Tv breizh 665 3 Kbps H 0 0500 MPE 665 3 Kbps i PID 1002 PID format TS Mode Decimal O Hexadecimal DVB Mode w Monitoring ETR 290 Settings Alarms PCR 5 93 Mb s HE Overall bitrate gt GE Net bitrate gt ES 500 Ty breizh 3 4 45 Mb s 2 97 Mb s 1 48 Mb s MOAN 0 00 Mb s Drag amp Drop PIDs From Tables Real time TS analysis In the TS Analysis section information is provided on Programs PIDs and specific table parsing
34. ed C Fost ASBER jem Le m C MER Automatically red and green bars appear on the gauges to eve 50 00 indicate the range of alarm raising and normal values respectively As soon as a threshold is passed over an alarm is raised and transformed into a log event Information level logs gt gt DiviCatch Record amp video panel General AF Cable Monitoring amp Log Record amp Video Display Video Display Local TS over UDP streaming Destination Type Destination Address S i Remote TS streaming Unicast Multicast ee 1234 e SH Recording Destination File Time Control RER Scheduler Settings CH CH CH CH CH CH Start time CH CH EN oo E co H Record duration Maximum file size MB Number of records Infinite looped recording DiviCatch RF Record amp video display tab enables ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 27 40 S S DiviCatch RF User Guide chnologies Salt e Recording of a TS stream captured either from ASI or RF input e Scheduling of recordings multi files circular e Advanced recordings maximum size e Viewing of the stream using an external media player e Re streaming either locally for display of A V services carried on the TS or to a remote station using UDP streaming How to record a stream e Connect DiviCatch RF to an MPEG2 source Input selection interface ASI or RF Front End is performed a
35. een set Upon the first value detected out of the defined ranges LED turns red and counter is set to 1 Upon every further error detected counter increments Transport and RF consistency monitoring These alarms are used to check the consistency of the information conveyed on the transport layer and on the transmission layer If any deviation is detected between both information an error is detected first LED turns red then counter increments upon each error To start this monitoring click Start checking consistency ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 17 40 GER I A DiviCatch RF E N SEA User Guide To access detailed information or keep a trace it is possible to generate a log message upon each error detected For that check the check box located at the right hand side of the counter Log message information will include the element on which a deviation has been detected eg code rate hierarchy etc NIT and MIP consistency 9 ral NIT and AF consistency OH g C Stop checking consistency NOTE NIT and MIP consistency validation scheme is only available if MIP packets are detected SFN networks NIT and RF consistency validation scheme is only available for a signal received live Burst data monitoring Burst data monitoring is only relevant for DVB H formatted streams These alarms help you automatically validate the output of a head end Monitoring ETA 290 Settings Slarme PCR
36. etween constellation points actually measured and theoretical constellation points It is an indicator of noise interferences or distortions on the signal EVM Error Vector Magnitude measures the vector magnitude between the constellation point actually measured and the theoretical constellation point It is an indicator of interferences or distortions on the signal This value is expressed as a percentage NOTE All the parameters measurements are also displayed in the form of graphs via the Monitoring display for a time based evolution view To obtain minimum maximum and last values measured since signal lock or last reset on a specific parameter place your mouse over the legend square at the bottom left The measure selected is highlighted To toggle viewing hiding of a parameter monitoring click the corresponding colored square ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 26 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Monitoring using thresholds and alarms It is possible to configure alarms on parameter values measured for automated monitoring Threshold settings Enter the minimum and maximum values allowed for the al fil AE parameters you want to monitor AF Lev Ae UU 100 00 lid h V hold 5 ae a n k Validate the threshold values by clicking the utton The C SNF 18 00 22 00 C PrewitBER 1 000 06 Lem threshold settings area is grayed out and alarm based Post Vit BER 1 000 p 08 1 000 g 01 monitoring is enabl
37. h you in order to surely identify the source of your problem If equipment has to be returned for repair a RMA number Returned Material Authorization will be especially created and recorded and provided to you You will need to indicate it on the shipment cartons of the faulty equipment and or add it in your communication with our support team Your equipment will be shipped back to you along with a repair report ENENSYS Technologies Le Germanium 80 avenue des Buttes de Coesmes Office 33 1 70 72 5170 35700 Rennes Fax 33 2 99 36 03 84 FRANCE contact enensys com ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 39 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide About ENENSYS Technologies ENENSYS Technologies is specializing in broadcast solutions for interworking issues Designed by experienced technical and commercial experts from the Digital TV field ENENSYS Technologies product lines are convergence oriented aiming at interworking of network IT and broadcast equipments The products cover MPEG DVB ATSC fields and are providing solutions for DVB H DVB T T DMB TV on mobile ASI SSI SMPTE 310M GigaEthernet QPSK These products are far from these expensive swiss knife interfacing products that can potentially cope with many formats but run only one ENENSYS Technologies interfaces are the clean and direct answer to one interfacing need Secret behind is compactness portability and professional robustness ENENSYS product
38. in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense ENENSYS Digital Network Adapter has been designed to meet the safety of Information Technology Equipment including business equipment from the European EN 60950 and International IEC 950 For safety reasons do not open the metal housing but contact ENENSYS Technical Support gt P Environmental specifications Power Voltage Self powered using USB2 0 bus Power consumption lt 2W Operating temperature 0 C to 40 C Dimensions LxWxH 134 7x27x61 45 mm Weight 156g Storage temperature 10 C to 70 C Storage relative humidity 10 to 80 at 50 C ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 37 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide TECHNICAL DATA gt P Interfaces Specifications INPUT INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS DVB ASI interface ASI input MPEG2 Transport Stream ISO IEC 61883 Data format ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface As per DVB A010 ASI C EN50083 9 Connector 1x BNC 75 ohms Max bit rate 216 Mbps ASI mode Burst packet or Continuous autodetection Packet framing 188 or 204 bytes per packet autodetection RF Front End interface DiviCatch RF C RF input ITU J83 Annexes A B amp C Data format MPEG2 Transport Stream ISO IEC 61883 As per ETSI EN 300 429 MCNS Connector 2x F 75 ohms 1x input 1x loopthrough 1x BNC 75 ohms Frequency range 50 to 900 MHz 125 kHz
39. ion is complete Wait for a couple of seconds no need to unplug replug Windows system will re enumerate the device and will ask for a second driver installation Same as previous step and continue until install is complete When driver installation is done DiviCatch RF led gets red Then launch the application DiviCatch RF led gets orange 3 Very interesting remarks e Driver installation is only valid for the very USB2 0 port the DiviCatch RF device is connected to If DiviCatch RF is connected to any other USB2 0 port Windows system will start another device enumeration and behave as if a new USB device was detected Companion CD will not be required and Windows re enumeration wizard will self complete In order to be able to use the DiviCatch RF device from any USB2 0 port installation must be done for each USB2 0 port e DiviCatch application is not workable when no DiviCatch device is connected to the USB2 0 port of the PC e If you have purchased the GPS option check the GPS drivers box at installation time without the GPS receiver being connected to the PC Meaning of LED colors on device OFF no driver installed happens when DiviCatch RF is plugged for the 1 time Red Driver installed and device is recognized Orange DiviCatch application is launched SW and device are connected DiviCatch is ready to run Green receiving a stream slow blink 188 fast blink 204 bytes packet TS ENENSYS DiviC
40. mp STATUTORY NOMCES EE 37 EMC and safety Ceca Pa ON DEE 37 Environmental Keel degen EE 37 TEGHINIGAL DATA EE 38 Interfaces SHPeSCICATIONS tiiarscccsvivescsssenctcsnanensseran hands onaeaeend eras sedun ewan ereiaan nd eanenetinsneniesaxnsatennnagnas 38 TEE 20 Installation Beete e E EE 20 ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 2 40 VENEN YS DiviCatch RF User Guide S chnologies INTRODUCTION gt P Product Overview DiviCatch RF refers to all RF enabled DiviCatch devices This manual covers DiviCatch RF C and DiviCatch RF T H devices ENENSYS DiviCatch RF was designed to catch a live modulated signal or an MPEG2 Transport Stream from any application and turn it into a USB2 0 link to be received by a laptop equipped DiviCatch RF is equipped with an RF tuner and a demodulator for signal analysis DiviCatch RF also integrates an ASI input to allow for MPEG2 TS monitoring and analysis When connected to an MPEG2 source DiviCatch is able to record it on the hard drive of a PC provided that source is valid and also to monitor displayed services DiviCatch is self powered It gets its power from USB bus thus does not require any external power supply gt gt Related Documents 1 ETSI EN 300 468 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Specification for Service Information SI in DVB systems DVB SI 2 EN 50083 9 Interfaces for CATV SMATV Headends and similar Professional Equipment 3 ETSI EN
41. ot automatically detected click Scan ports on the GPS serial connection section Select the COM port to which the USB connection of the GPS receiver has been emulated and click open GPS The GPS receiver should be connected to the PC using its own USB port Do not use a USB hub to connect both the DiviCatch RF T H device to the same USB port The left hand part of the GPS panel provides the information directly received through the GPS receiver date and time position speed real time NMEA frames The right hand part lets you configure GPS logging for coverage or drive testing The GPS log file is a CSV formatted file to offer maximum interoperability with cartographic applications To start a GPS capture first enter a path and file name for the GPS log file It is important to note that the GPS log file is a separate file from the main log file used for standard monitoring If needed enter a Capture description The text entered will be used as the first available information upon each entry of the GPS log file Then choose the parameters to be included for the measurement survey NOTE Note that it is not necessary to select GPS parameters This option can also be used to automatically log RF parameters values By default when all GPD and RF parameters are checked the order for the parameters written to the GPS log file is the following Date UTC Time Altitude Speed over ground Signal level SNR Post Vi
42. play Green receiving a stream slow blink 188 fast blink 204 bytes packet TS ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 36 40 VEN SYS DiviCatch RF Technologies User Guide REGULATORY amp STATUTORY NOTICES PP EMC and safety declaration This equipment is a class B digital device It has been designed and tested to meet the requirements set by the European Community directives and complies with the EN50022 and EN50024 rules as an Information Technology Equipment It complies with EN55103 1 and 55103 2 rules applying to Audio Video equipments under E1 to E5 environment conditions To ensure compliance properly shielded cables shall be used for data I Os proper power cable and technical grounding connection shall be used to feed the Network Adapter and device shall be operated as described in that document This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferences in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference
43. r of noise interferences or distortions on the signal EVM Error Vector Magnitude measures the vector magnitude between the constellation point actually measured and the theoretical constellation point It is an indicator of interferences or distortions on the signal This value is expressed as a percentage eege Aa No NOTE All the parameters measurements can also be SMR dE min 37 99 max 39 15 last 39 15 avg 38 75 range 17 00 to 41 00 displayed in the form of graphs via the Monitoring tab for a time based evolution view To obtain minimum maximum and last values measured since signal lock or last reset on a specific parameter place your mouse over the legend square at the bottom left The measure selected is highlighted To toggle viewing hiding of a parameter monitoring click the corresponding colored square ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 23 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Constellation Monitoring Echos E C h o mon ito ri n g The Echos tab provides information on echo distortions detected on the signal When placing the mouse over an echo representation the following information is available Coefficient position of the path relative to main path Level level of the echo on the signal expressed in dB Delay delay of the echo relative to the main path expressed in us zogen BUA NOTE when the Echo information tab is displayed the RF Level 30 0 dB constellation me
44. r personalized thresholds back to DVB standard default values click the Restore Default button e Monitoring Setup Monitoring setup window is used to personalize the refresh frequency of the bitrate monitoring graph Smoothing changes the frequency at which data is updated default is No smoothing at 1 second Length changes the total time monitored in the graph default is 1 minute When length parameter is changed Smoothing is changed accordingly NOTE When monitoring setup is changed bitrate monitoring graphs are reset ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 13 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide Monitoring Monitoring ETR 290 Settings Alarms PCR 5 93 Mb ts HS verall bitrate gt EZ Net bitrate ir E S00 Ty breizh a 3 4 45 Mb s 2 97 Mb s 1 45 Mb s AVM any 0 00 Mb s Drag amp Drop PIDs From Tables Monitoring section s aim is to provide a graphical view of the different services Several types of bitrates can be displayed Overall bitrate is the pipe allocated for the services listed Net bitrate is the sum of all services detected including PSI SI tables Obviously net bitrate cannot be greater than overall bitrate Drag amp Drop In addition to Overall and net bitrate you can visualize the instant bitrate of one or more services TS streams using the Drag amp Drop function Click on one of the services Programs tab TS analysis se
45. r to maximise power saving on the battery of the receiver Jitter Alarm is calculated from the minimum claimed delta t For further information refer to page 21 NOTE This alarm is also useful to detect bursts arriving too early that means bursts arriving before the time interval defined through delta t information For that minimum should be set to 0 MFER This alarm checks value of MPE FEC Frame Error Rate on all bursts refer to page 20 for further details FER This alarm checks value of Frame Error Rate on all bursts refer to page 20 for further details gt gt DiviCatch RF DVB H Analysis NOTE The DVB H analysis panel is only available with the DiviCatch RF T H device The DVB H analysis panel enables real time bursts visualization and a smart comparison between values received and those supposed to be received contained within MPE header In order to monitor one PID one DVB H service it is necessary to e place the mouse over the window where bursts are scrolling From now scrolling stops ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 19 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide e Select the burst to be monitored simply place the mouse over it Information such as off time burst duration Fec columns etc will be displayed Burst structure Select the burst to be monitored EA ENENSYS DiviCatch version 4 1 BBR Co FEC section Catch Burst data Jitter PID number 775
46. rMm Sec E sie Time offset Descriptor d Country code FRA io county region ld no time zone extension used 0 i LocalTime Offset Polarity positive 0 i LocalTime Offset 02 00 L time of change L Nest Time Offset 01 00 Time Offset Table Embedded indication of local time offset TS Analysis Programs PIDs SDT CAT BAT NIT MIP INT i 7 HI O INT PID number 1872 i Platform ID 1 i Platform name Cema Flattorm i Platform provider name EMEMS YS i Mumber of PIDs E PID 1024 IP target 225 1 1 120 IP target 225 1 1 120 i PID 1025 IP target 27751707 7 201 The last tab INT provides information about all the parameters contained inside the IP MAC Notification Table which is a DVB H specific table providing a description of IP streams contained within the multiplex Note Only available for DVB H formatted signals ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 10 40 hn logies DiviCatch RF User Guide ATSC Mode PSIP SI Signalling Some signalling tables are common in ATSC mode and DVB mode CAT and NIT The follwing tables specific to PSIP signalling are available for parsing in Divicatch application TS Analysis i Tables Type e Terrestrial VT with current neut indicator 1 Tables Type 512 E vent ETT 0 eo Table Type PID 7680 1 Table Type version number 13 A number bytes 386 i Tables Type 51 3 Event ETT 1 L Tables Type D wk Event
47. t BER Pre Vit BER POSt Ro gt BER MER EVM Lock status Latitude Longitude NOTE Lock status is expressed as a boolean value 0 means the Front end is not locked to the signal 1 means the Front end is locked to the signal Two modes of GPS capture are available Manual capture Snap or automatic capture Periodic Choose Snap capture for a manual capture Click Snap every time a new Survey entry must be added to the GPS log file OR Choose Periodic capture for an automatic capture Enter the Periodicity at ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 33 40 bes y DiviCatch RF m a User Guide LB which a new survey entry must be added to the GPS log file If needed choose a maximum number of entries or positions to be written to the GPS log file Check the Max Points box and specify a maximum number of entries o Click Start to start the automatic capture At the end of the measurement Survey click Stop NOTE MER and EVM measurements are incompatible with MPEG2 TS output If a GPS log file is started and then MPEG2 TS restarted by unchecking Further RF measurements in the RF T H tab MER and EVM values in the GPS log file remain at the last measured value The GPS log file view provides a preview of the current GPS log file being written to disk External cartographic applications To view a map of the measurement survey it is possible to export the GPS log file to
48. tch RF Manual Page 6 40 S S DiviCatch RF User Guide chnologies VEN Salt RF and ASI inputs All DiviCatch RF feature both an ASI input and an RF input Either can be used to receive a stream live for RF and baseband for ASI and analyze or process it Switching between RF and ASI inputs is operated through the general panel by graphically selecting the input to be used click on the arrow gt gt DiviCatch RF C Signal tuning The DiviCatch RF C must lock the cable input signal The Tuning section in the RF Cable panel lets you specify all the necessary information to tune the device to the desired signal E Mode specify the Annex used A B or C to modulate the signal Modulation specify the type of modulation applied to the signal Modulation default value automatic for auto detection Symbol Rate IN Symbols Symbol rate specify the symbol rate expresses in Msymbols s PE tee neg Lael RF Frequency specify the frequency on which the signal is Benito received expressed in MHz Then click the Tune button If the device is tuned to a signal the Tuning led turns green and the message Front End locked is displayed On the DiviCatch RF C device the led also turns to blinking green Note All frequencies entered are kept in history for quicker reuse This information is saved into the profile allowing you to have your own frequencies on different stations gt gt DiviCatch RF T
49. to be logged Check each level for which you would like to view log messages Error Stream reception errors etc Information stream reception info settings changes etc ETR290 ETR290 logs requested individually from the ETR290 tab GPS alarms GPS log information only available with DiviCatch RF T H GPS option Log level states Error EA ETR290 Alarms ke Information Gps Alarm E Click the colored square at the right of the log level A color selection dialog opens Choose the color to be used for the associated state Click Ok The Log configuration window closes Settings are applied Log file Continuous monitoring A log file feature is also available for continuous monitoring needs Click Config Log A Log configuration window opens As for the log view see previous section select the level of information to be logged Check the Use log file box Enter a path and file name for the log files to be created Choose between logging file size and duration for the creation of a new log file For example choosing a Max file size of 1MB will create a new log file every time 1MB is reached File names are incremented with numbers eg file_namel log file_name2 log etc Note Log files will be created as long as the Use log file box is checked To stop the logging of information open the log configuration dialog and ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 12 40
50. utomatically e If the device led blinks green then DiviCatch RF hardware is synchronized You can also check the General panel in order to see if arrow is blinking green e Enter a target file name using the A button or select the file in which to record e Recording will start when the button is pressed Time elapsed since the beginning of the recording is displayed on transport bar How to schedule recordings Scheduling recordings means you can record multiple files of a certain duration or perform circular recordings e When a target filename is entered this button becomes activated H e Click this button in order to enable disable Scheduler Settings Scheduler Settings Start time 00 foo loo _ Record duration oo 00 00 Maximum file size M I Number of records Infinite looped recording NOTE When unlocking scheduler button record button is disabled This is absolutely normal since when scheduling recordings begin automatically You can perform the following combinations for advanced or scheduled recording ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 28 40 mem S S DiviCatch RF Technologies User Guide e Specify Start time the computer time you want the recording to begin e Specify Record duration e Specify Maximum file size in MegaBytes e Number N of records default 1 if you want to record over multiple files e In case Infinite looped recording
51. ya and USA AL Scrambled yes 0542 Padding Stream 3 0 Kbps fj LCP 2 5 Mbps 0620 MPEG 2 Video 2 3 Mbps Hae Coe pee oa ate ere ORR video Several information are given 24 gates qui D France 3 4 6 Mbps au abit se Sp Kbps SC Kenya Video 4 1 Mbps such as PID stream_id scrambled or ET HN OFFS MPEG 2 Video 3 7 Mbps 9 di 0274 MPEG 2 Audio 374 5 Kbps not 2 EH USA Video 4 6 Mbps fl EN NRO MET 23 Widen TA 2 bbs DVB Mode PSI SI Signalling Other tabs provide advanced analysis SDT CAT BAT NIT TDT and TOT tabs provide PSI SI table parsing The MIP tab provides parsing of Mega Frame Initialization Packets that are used to synchronize all transmitters making up a single frequency network TS Analysis TS Analysis Programs PIDs SDT CAT BAT NIT MIF Programs His SOT CAT BAT MIT MIF 2 3 00014 TOT 1 5 Kbps a NIT ACTUAL i PID 0 14 i Network name WG Netaork i Table id 070 i Network id 08000 i Scrambled no A Transport Stream satellite 035 6 A Ox0075 MIP 1 5 kbps A Transport Stream satellite 081 Transport Stream satellite 0x2 A Transport Dream satellite 0 3 NIT OTHER i PID 0x15 il Table id 00 i Scrambled no 2 3 0 0100 PMT 12 0 Kbps i PID 0x100 id Tahle id MwA Real time PID monitoring Network Information Table analysis ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 9 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide
52. ys check CPU and memory usage Recommended configuration for all types of streams is CPU 1 66GHz and 0 99GB RAM Depending on bit rates to record hard drive speed is a determinant factor For input bit rates lower than 80Mbps a 5400 RPM disk is enough For higher throughputs it is recommended to mount a faster disk 7200 RPM or above with eventually Serial ATA or SCSI interface DirectX 9 0 or higher library is required so that audio video services can be displayed in the Analysis window DirectX 9 0 is provided with Windows XP It can also be downloaded and installed from Windows website ENENSYS DiviCatch RF Manual Page 4 40 DiviCatch RF User Guide INSTALLATION OD Software installation Install DiviCatch software from Companion CD Execute the setup file from the folder ENENSYS Software DiviCatch Gur and follow instructions NOTE It is important that no DiviSeries device is attached to the computer during the installation 2 Plug DiviCatch for the first time Windows XP or Windows 2000 only Once the installation process has completed connect the DiviCatch RF device to a USB2 0 port on the computer using the USB cable shipped with the DiviCatch RF device Windows system finds new hardware and launches a new hardware wizard automatic driver installation wizard Choose No not this time and click Next Then choose Install the software automatically and click Next Continue until installat

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