Satmaster Pro Mk9.x Quick Start User Guide Satmaster Pro is
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1. any changes made to the set up dialog take effect immediately as above but are also saved to disk as the file satmast cfg Next time you run Satmaster Pro these values and selections will be restored Restore defaults this restores the default settings when you first installed Satmaster Pro Checkboxes are provided for saving all data present in the input forms under the Table Graph and Calculate menus File Menu Use this option to save open print or create new files There are many different file types If you select File New the appropriate form is displayed for the file type selected Simply complete it referring to Help where necessary To open an existing file select File Open to display the open dialog then select the file type from the List Files of Type section Editing Files The following sections show how to produce a selection of files followed by how to create and edit the country and satellite databases Creating and editing any other file type follows the same method Look Angle Files ang This file type is used to calculate antenna installation settings Click on File New then select New Look Angles from the menu to display an empty Look Angles window and input form Later you may probably find it more convenient to amend a previously saved file and just alter the parameters for your particular location Remember to save it under a different filename though For convenien2. efficiency or gain To enter a gain prefix the value entered with a character This option is useful where the gain of the antenna is already known Likewise you can choose whether to enter an LNA LNB noise figure or noise temperature To enter a noise temperature prefix the value entered with a character The rain models are fully automated no reference maps are required ITU R P618 rain model is used thoughout Some isolated downlink budgets have options for optimising for a minimum receive antenna size It should be realised that the adjacent satellite interference ASI will also increase as the antenna size reduces When the Antenna Size Optimisation tab is clicked it allows you to select the type of antenna size optimisation to adopt as shown above With small dishes the level of ASI is often more dominant than power requirements for determining the minimum antenna size 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Link Budget Files GEO Use this module for the vast majority of digital link budgets It performs up down link budgets for VSAT networks digital links for SNG as well as most other applications This module can iterate the link budget for minimum uplink power requirements To use this module open a new digital uplink file or perhaps easier modify an existing file Complete the form referring to Help as necessary Under the Graph menu there is a reference chart
3. higher the interference Dual Feed Files These files are similar to look angle files but also calculate the relative satellite spacing and x y feed mounting positions for dual feed systems You can use the resulting antenna efficiency reduction to perform a second link budget if need be Repeat as often as necessary for multiple feed systems 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Rain Attenuation Files This module calculates the attenuation system noise increase and downlink degradation due to rain for any given slant path As with all the link budget modules a choice of using either the ITU or Crane model is catered for Solar Outage Files Twice a year the sun crosses the equator and traces an arc that is directly behind the geo arc of satellites Noise from the sun within capture of the antenna s beamwidth disrupts reception The effect is known as a solar outage Satmaster Pro employs a complex algorithm to calculate the sun s position rather than rely on approximation methods Events are listed in date order and grouped into early and late seasons Sun files sun are used to store solar outage input parameters Completing a solar outage form is similar to that of previous examples the parameter files can be opened and saved in a similar manner Within the edit dialog select either standard or wide beamwidth The region of sky scanned depends on the specified antenna bea
4. to obtain values for Eb No for various code rates and modulation schemes Click the tabs to select portions of the form The overall design relies only on information easily available or estimated There is Reverse button on the input form which toggles exchanges some site dependent input parameters from the uplink to the downlink This can save some typing when a link budget needs to be performed for the reverse link in a network situation Under the Carriers and Modulation tab you can select from BPSK 1 bit symbol M PSK or M QAM modulation If 1bit symbol is selected always enter M 2 since it is a binary signalling system Other Link Budget Files With the non geo satellite link budgets you will need a figure for range and elevation to create a snapshot link budget Otherwise operation is very similar to those already described Remember to press F1 on any input parameter for help Common Causes of Failure to Balance a Link Budget There are three main reasons why negative margins or failure to balance a link budget may occur while using Satmaster Pro With digital link budgets ensure you have entered the information rate in units of Mbps not kbps This is a common mistake 2 Entering an excessive signal availability value If in trouble always start off with a low availability of say 99 3 and work upwards 3 Entering too lower a value for interference fields The lower the numerical value entered the
5. Satmaster Pro User Guide Satmaster Pro Mk9 x Quick Start User Guide Satmaster Pro is designed to run on Windows XP Vista 7 8 This is a quick start guide in using the software More detailed technical Information is supplied in the help file distributed with the full product Some functions described below may be disabled in demo versions Satmaster Pro assumes the user has an outline knowledge of link budgets and the various parameters applicable For sales support enquiries relating to this product please contact Arrowe Technical Services using the email contact form on any of the website URLs below http www arrowe co uk http www arrowe com http www satmaster co uk http www satmaster com Overview Satmaster Pro is a general purpose tool for the satellite industry Signal propagation antenna aiming including dual feeds link budget analysis and solar outage prediction provide the backbone to the package At the end of this document a method is described where you may prepare paired carrier link budgets Other features include integral magnetic variation calculation and tens of thousands of stored town city co ordinates for over 200 countries All the non file based input forms are pre filled with example data which you may customise Installation CD Version Insert CD into drive and open the drive folder Double click setup exe and follow the simple on screen instructions Web Demo Version Download the
6. aphs show general trends they are not intended for accurately extracting values Table Menu Select the required table from the Table menu fill in the displayed form associated with it and click the OK button As described in the previous section 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide entered data can be persistent The table of results is displayed in a new window and may be either printed saved as an unformatted text or HTML or copied to the clipboard as tab delimited text The status bar also displays the order of the table columns This may be helpful if the table headings are scrolled out of view Particularly useful options under the Tables menu are International Look Angles and Dual Feed Spacing For all major towns and cities in a selected country the former builds a table of look angles to a particular satellite and the latter a table of relative satellite and feed spacing A further useful table is Satellites Above Horizon which generates a table of look angles for all satellites visible from a particular site Solar Event Tables There are two types of solar event table generated by selecting from the Table menu The first is Solar Transit Times and the second is Sun Satellite Azimuth Coincidence The former is useful for accurately locating true north south for installing polar mount antennas when using the stick in the ground shadow met
7. ce you may transfer data from the country town city database into the Look Angles form with the Site button Clicking this button will bring up an Open Country Data File dialog for you to select a particular country file Entering a letter from the keyboard can quick scroll the list box to the appropriate alphabetical point Once the country file has been selected a list box is displayed for you to select a town or city from the file Entering a letter from the keyboard scrolls the list box quickly to the appropriate alphabetical point 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Similarly data from the satellite database file satlist geo may be transferred into any dialog equipped by clicking the Satellite button and double clicking on the required satellite in the list box Again entering a letter from the keyboard can quick scroll the list box When you have completed the Look Angles dialog click the OK button to trigger the calculation You may also close the input form without loosing any entered data by clicking the Cancel button provided you do not close the associated display window By reactivating the accompanying window and either selecting Edit Active Document from the Edit menu or clicking the toolbar button you may finish entering your data This facility is also applicable to all the link budget and solar outage forms Once you have triggered
8. erative Uplink Budget rup Digital budget for regenerative transponder uplinks GEO or NON GEO supported 0 Regenerative Downlink rdn Link budget for regenerative transponder downlinks GEO or NON GEO supported This module may also be used for quick TVRO antenna sizing where a bent pipe transponder is operated near saturation o Link Budget Non GEO Ilb Link budget for HEO MEO LEO satellites bent pipe 0 Batch GEO Link Budget mlk Control file for batch link budgets 0 Two Line Element Files NORAD TLE files tle You may open any mix of these file types memory permitting You can display many windows simultaneously to compare different links and their performance characteristics The database files geo and twn are fully editable and may be modified or appended by the user at any time To save time the latest file satlist geo can also be downloaded from our web site 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide System Clock Ensure the date of your system clock is correct so current magnetic variation values may be calculated It should be noted that the best possible accuracy using any global model is or 0 25 degrees Data Conventions Satmaster Pro requires the following rules to be observed when entering or interpreting values of latitude longitude or magnetic variation All units are degrees unless otherwise stated Latitudes NORTH suff
9. hod The latter may be useful for locating the true azimuth of a satellite if a compass is not to hand or local magnetic fields are affecting it s reading Both tables share the same Edit Solar Event Form dialog shown below The input form entry in need of further explanation is labelled Solar transit or satellite longitude If you require a table of solar transit times this entry should be identical to that entered for the site longitude That is to say the times are calculated when the sun crosses the site s local meridian This can be thought of as the longitude of a virtual satellite directly south of your location north in the Southern Hemisphere On the other hand if you require a table of times when the sun s azimuth is the same as that of a target satellite from your location then that satellite s longitude or orbital slot should be entered instead Satmaster Pro will automatically detect which has been entered and display the appropriate table Calculate Menu Here there are several modules to perform commonly required calculations and conversions such as noise temperature to noise figure degrees and minutes to degrees wavelength to frequency etc Click OK button to recalculate or Cancel to terminate Expression Evaluator The expression evaluator under the Calculate menu allows you to evaluate a mathematical expression entered as a string of characters to a numerical result The o
10. hown above is easily the most useful and convenient button on the toolbar You can edit any file window at any time by clicking this button Pressing the F12 hot key performs the same action Default parameter sets are not necessary simply load a parameter file that is closest to that needed edit the parameters that are different then save it under a different file name This is much quicker than starting with a new blank file When a report footprint graph or table is displayed in an active window simply click the Copy button to transfer the entire contents to the clipboard in a single operation The clipboard contents can subsequently be pasted into a spreadsheet with minimal editing Satmaster Pro can also read BMP TIFF PCX and JPEG formats which may be useful to display EIRP G T and SFD footprints for copyright reasons these are not redistributed with Satmaster Pro 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Options Menu The first thing to do is enter your company name into the Set up dialog box This text is inserted in all printouts and displays 0 Click on Options from the menu bar then select Setup The persistence of the set up data is selected using one of three Persistence radio buttons shown below 0 This session only any changes made to the set up dialog are temporary and last only for the duration of the current session 0 All sessions
11. imited and less power limited 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide 5 Whenever a change is made then the two link budgets are run again to check the wanted to interferer beam peak power spectral densities are within 7dB of each other and the symbol rate ratio of the two carriers should be a maximum of 3 1 or 1 3 There is an optional input for transponder EIRP beam peak so that the carrier beam peak values for PSD and EIRP are calculated 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services
12. ired Carrier is an adaptive cancellation technology that allows two carriers to simultaneously occupy the same transponder bandwidth Paired carriers are affected by the same interference and atmospheric factors as normal carriers Although up to 50 reduction in bandwidth usage would appear possible this is not strictly true since there is an extra degradation associated with each of the pair due to interference between the two That aside significant bandwidth savings are possible by using paired carrier technology Link budgets using this techniology can be prepared using Satmaster Pro by using the following guide 1 Using File New from main menu open two Link Budget instances so you have a separate link budget for each direction inbound and outbound to hub 2 Enter all the usual link budget LB input parameters paying special attention to the Implementation loss input field under the Carriers tab Your modem manufacturer may supply guidance on the relevant values to enter for the extra degradation to be expected with paired carrier arrangements 3 Screen resolution permitting you may arrange the two link budget windows inbound and outbound side by side using Window Tile Vertically from the main menu 4 The balancing of the two link budgets is a manual iterative process which is dependent on the initial results A number of parameters G T FEC and modcod may be changed in an attempt to make the link more bandwidth l
13. ixed by N eg 53 33N Latitudes SOUTH suffixed by S eg 10 34S Longitudes EAST suffixed by E eg 19 2E Longitudes WEST suffixed by W eg 3 1W Magnetic variation EAST suffixed by E eg 3 0E Magnetic variation WEST suffixed by W eg 3 0W EL ETAC Ey Ar ey Latitudes and longitudes are usually obtained from maps and atlases in degrees amp minutes format whilst satellite longitudes are often quoted in decimal degrees When using Satmaster Pro always use decimal degrees for all input fields with the exception of editing country files outlined below A convenient conversion facility is provided under the Calculate menu to convert from the degrees and minutes form to degrees When editing country data files it is more convenient to enter and check data in degrees and minutes format Satmaster Pro automatically converts degrees and minutes format to decimal degrees as and when the data is used Help Facilities A help system is employed using a variety of methods listed below 0 Each dialog box form has its own help button which may be clicked to display detailed information about input values o Press F1 key for context sensitive help on any input field 0 Click the question mark button on top right of a form then click the field of interest Input Forms Satmaster Pro makes heavy use of input forms dialog boxes This makes input validation comprehensive and allows the user to call up help as necessary for as
14. lbar buttons for Cascade and Tile Vertically Help Menu Selecting Help Contents offers more detailed information on how to use Satmaster Pro Pro and background information on various technical and practical topics Copying Output to Spreadsheet Programs The entire contents of any window may be copied to the clipboard in a single operation as tab delimited text Selecting Edit Copy or clicking the toolbar s copy button initiates this process Output can then be pasted directly into a spreadsheet application such as Excel for quick customisation without re formatting 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Drag and Drop Satmaster Pro supports the drag and drop standard of loading its file types into the main application windows Windows shell features such as open and print are enabled Most Recently Used Files Under the files menu there is a list of the six most recently used files This enables quick opening of any of these files without the need to bring up the open file dialog Feedback to Author Satmaster Pro is often improved Your comments criticisms and suggestions are always helpful If any errors are detected please let me know Contact details are at the head of this document How To Prepare Paired Carrier Link Budgets This type of link budget may require a special mention as it differs significantly from from regular link budgets Pa
15. mwidth of the receive station If an even wider window is required reduce the antenna diameter parameter to increase the beamwidth The default prediction is accurate to the nearest minute however there is a nearest second option Clicking the OK button starts the calculation which may take some time calculating with slower processors Note If the program does not find any outages the most likely reason is that the time zone entered relative to the Greenwich meridian is incorrectly input Time zones west of the Greenwich Meridian are entered negative and time zones east positive Do not include any daylight saving schemes in this How to Edit Country Data Files Country data files contain latitude and longitude site co ordinates for major towns and cities There are about 250 country files with up to 1800 entries in each This data can be used either to edit forms equipped with a Site button or generate various tables such as International Look Angles under the Tables menu Select File New New Country Data to start a new file you may want to create a custom list of earth stations you regularly link with To edit an existing country file 1 Click File then Open The Open dialog is displayed 2 Select Country Files twn from the List Files of Type pull down listbox 3 Select the file of the country of interest e g United Kingdom twn A window should appea
16. perator precedence is as follows Negate i Multiply Divide 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Add Subtract A Raise to the power You may override the normal operator precedence with parentheses For example f b c a forces b c to be evaluated before dividing by a The following functions are supported the arguments must be enclosed in parentheses For example sin 45 With trigonometric functions you can select either degree or radian mode by selecting the appropriate radio button abs absolute value acos arc cosine inverse cos asin arc sin inverse sin atan arc tan inverse tan cos cosine cosh hyperbolic cosine exp exponential log logarithm base 10 logt logarithm base 2 In logarithm base e sin sine sinh hyperbolic sine sqr square root tan tangent tanh hyperbolic tangent The constant 3 14159258 is entered into an expression as either pi or p Window Menu This menu helps you organize the application s windows Choosing Cascade arranges all open windows in a staggered and overlapped fashion Choosing Tile shrinks and arranges all open windows into a tile design either vertically or horizontally as requested If Arrange Icons is selected it tidies up and arranges all the minimized icons at the bottom of the main application window Close All closes all open windows and leaves a clear application window There are also too
17. r containing a list of all the towns and cities currently stored 4 Click the toolbar edit dialog button or select Edit Active Document from the Edit menu The Edit Town City Data dialog appears shown below 5 Click on the name of the town city you wish to amend then click the modify button double clicking on the town city goes straight to modify The Modify Town City Record dialog appears You can also change the name of the country as it appears on reports and printouts by clicking the Edit Country 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Name button 6 Edit the Town City name and co ordinates as necessary then click the Done button Modify town city records by clicking the Modify button or add records by clicking the Add button Click the Done button after modification then save the file using File Save As from the program s menu How to Edit Satellite Data File A database of geo stationary satellites their locations and active bands are stored in a single file called satlist geo Select File Open then select Satellite File geo from the list files of type drop down list box in the Open file dialog Select the file satlist geo and its contents will be displayed in a window Click the edit toolbar button to edit in a similar manner to the town city files This file is used with the Satellite button in man
18. self extracting file from the website and run it Follow the on screen instructions and respond to the prompts for destination hard disk folder etc The install program decompresses files to your hard disk and sets up a program 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide menu group containing Satmaster Pro You run the program by double clicking the desktop shortcut or selecting form Windows main menu Satmaster Pro is uninstalled using the Add Remove Programs tool in the Control Panel Running Satmaster Pro Satmaster Pro is designed to be simple to use and works just like any other Windows application with menus speed buttons dialog boxes forms windows a status bar and an HTML help system The program starts with a main application window menu and toolbar The toolbar gives access to the File Edit View Map Graph Table Calculate Option Window and Help menus The data file types Satmaster Pro uses are 0 Look Angle Files ang Antenna aiming 0 Dual Feed Files duo Dual feed calculations 0 Link Budget glb GEO full up down digital link budget bent pipe 0 Country Files twn Country files with town city data 0 Satellite File geo The GEO satellite list 0 Solar Outage sun Sun outage results file 10 Bitmap Files bmp gif pcx tif jpg Footprint maps etc 0 Rain Attenuation Files atn Rain attenuation data files 0 Regen
19. sistance with range type and definition of input parameters All input is validated in an attempt to make the program crash proof and rejects bad input data where possible You may cancel close a partially completed form at any time and provided you do not close it s associated window data will be retained on clicking the Edit Active Document button again You may also save incomplete forms 2014 DJ Stephenson Arrowe Technical Services Satmaster Pro User Guide Toolbar The toolbar buttons duplicate the more frequently used menu selections The most useful is the Edit Active Document button third from left It saves a lot of menu thrashing The toolbar supports the yellow tooltips In order left to right the buttons represent Load an existing file Save file Edit active document Copy all Print Print preview Tile open windows Cascade open windows Help Getting Started Here is a summary of using Satmaster Pro P Edit Active Document toolbar button For any file type either new or opened bring up the input form by clicking the Edit Active Document button shown above complete the form then click it s OK button to calculate Provided you do not close the associated window you may also leave any file based input form at any time without loosing partially completed data by clicking the Cancel button To restore the form click the Edit Active Document button again The edit button s
20. the calculation the associated window displays the calculated data and the parameter file may be saved with the ang extension To do this select Save As from the File Menu which displays the appropriate dialog box and enter a filename It should be pointed out that only the input parameters are saved not the text itself If you wish to save the text portion as a simple text file then select File Save As Text or File Save as HTML You may also copy the text to the clipboard as tab delimited text for directly pasting into a spreadsheet or similar application Link Budget Files There are several types of link budget file The regenerative downlink module has a dual purpose It may also be used for quick TVRO antenna sizing providing the bent pipe transponder is operated near saturation Obviously by performing a downlink calculation in isolation you need to make a few assumptions but for broadcast TV reception the error is small and adequate for sizing downlink antennas For satellite TV the uplink side uses UPC uplink power control or ALC automatic level control in an attempt to reduce the effects of uplink rain on the downlink The procedure for editing and completing link budget forms is similar to that of the Look Angles example Simply complete referring to Help as necessary then click the OK button to trigger the calculation On all link budget forms there is an option to enter either antenna
21. y input forms and to generate lists of satellites visible from a chosen location Display Footprint Maps bmp gif tif jpg Footprint maps not included in the package for copyright reasons may be opened by selecting File Open then listing Bitmaps in the Open File dialog A more convenient way is by selecting Map Display Footprint Map form the menu bar Footprint maps may be obtained from satellite operator s web sites or scanned from any publication you wish Also many independent web sites have a large collection of EIRP footprints such as http www satbeams com Satmaster Pro will display BMP GIF TIFF and JPEG formats Map Menu There are two reference diagrams under the Map menu one is called Polar Mount Diagram and the other is Polarization Offset Diagram These diagrams clarify the angle terminology used There are also reference maps for time zones and ITU regions Graph Menu The Graph menu allows you to plot various relationships between parameters and may be useful for reference purposes Select the required graph from the Graph menu and fill in the corresponding form Any data entered into these forms are persistent If you do not need the current data then click the input form s Clear button Context sensitive help is available on all fields Each graph is plotted in a new window and may be either printed out or copied to the clipboard The gr
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