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1. DateBase db Measurements Channel plan Channel template List of devices E F ie Es Mo Channel Mame Frequency See M1 CIU 003 S N 1206000 1 1 1 ch 40 75 H 18 06 201 5 Device settings General 50 250 HH 18 06 201 pj Start measurements em Change measurement interwal 7 25l T ES 2 CIU 002 S N Stop measurements X Synchronize time De dl H H 18 06 201 E i 4 About device 5 2 5 Ch 93 250 SSP Self test 3 51 si ch 111 25 Device toolbar has six following buttons T adding new device _ deleting selected device o settings _ program help _ about ViewRSA _ device search in network This button activates the search for devices in the local network In case a device is detected it is automatically added to the list with its type and serial number as a name Current status of each device is displayed by icons Device can have four following statuses D device connected measurements started E device connected measurements stopped Z5 device off connection with device failed device is not polled by program If errors are detected during device operation hardware errors connection loss channel limit O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel General Information test error the i icon is added to the device status see Warning System 4 5 2 Adding Devices Devices are added by clicking SP button on the device toolbar Maximum number of added devices is 100 You can select the
2. Device time is synchronized with the operating system time during device connection To synchronize the time manually use Synchronize time item in Device settings submenu of the device context menu Time synchronization is only available for connected devices List of devices x O a x8 2 CIO Device settings General d Start measurements em Change measurement interval Stop measurements o Synchronize time About device Self test 05 i During synchronization the device time is set equal to operating system time 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel Configuring Devices o Before manual synchronization make sure that the system time is correct and click Yes in confirmation window To cancel time synchronization click No ViewRSA Attention Device time and date will be synchronized with computer time Make sure that the computer tine and date are correct Perform synchronization 4 5 5 Controlling Measurements To control the measurements use Start measurements and Stop measurements items of the device context menu i Device settings 1e General Start measurements em Change measurement interval Stop measurements x Synchronize time 4 About device E Self test You can control measurements only of the connected devices 4 5 6 Viewing Device Information To view device information select About device item in the device context menu You can see the information only
3. E Self test General Settings item is for assigning name IP address of the device and activating the polling option Changing Measurement Interval item is for setting the minimum time interval between two measurements of all the channels in the channel plan Synchronizing Time item helps to synchronize the device time with Windows system time 4 5 4 1 General Settings General settings of the device include IP address name and option of switching on off the device polling by the program Device properties Connect device Device CIU 002 we Mame Mew device IP address 192 158 1 1 Serial number 12345678 Apply Cancel Device name should not exceed 100 symbols IP address should be entered in accordance with IPv4 protocol in xxx xxx xxx xxx format Serial number should be entered device serial number in xxxxxxxx format To switch on the device polling by program put a checkmark in Connection support box After all parameters are specified click Accept Device properties window will close and a new device will be added to the device list Note After connect device it IP address can be corrected if ip address from property not correct 4 5 4 2 Changing Measurement Interval Measurement interval can be changed by selecting Change measurement interval item in Device settings submenu of the device context menu Measurement interval can be changed only for connected devices 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRS
4. If you select an option of sending short messages the program will send only two kinds of messages Error detected and Error resolved The mode of program operation is the following if an error is detected it sends Error detected message only once until all errors are cleared When all errors are acknowledged and resolved it sends Error resolved message Selecting an option of sending short messages is reasonable when sending them to sms gateway Starting of external applications You can configure the settings of external applications start in Program Settings window To turn this option on off put remove a checkmark in Activate box of Applications tab in Program Settings window If the option is selected the program will start the applications you have specified when errors occur see Program Settings The information about errors is sent in text form via the Windows command line Message type can selected by checking unchecking Short messages box The mode of program operation for composing and sending the messages is the same as for sending e mail messages 4 14 Information Bar Information bar is located at the bottom of the main program window 5 min Devices connected 1 1 min Channel measurement in process 16 54 12 It displays the following information from left to right Program running time Shows the time of program operation from its start Measurement interval Shows the current measurement interval for sele
5. Operating manual ViewRSA v1 6 2012 PLANAR EM Table of Contents 1 EIST OTA DDI VI GLOSS 5 ADO ENS IMEEM MM UL EE 5 3 PC Configuration Requirements aaa 6 4 Operating ViewRSA ccccccccccccccsssceencccccccccccsceeenuccccecececseecnacecececeeeseeenceeceeeeestecetnteeeeers 7 Lo LMCI TSTOGESE gius ia O pd AEN T 4 2 Program Se ALT 216 mE TS 8 4 3 Device First Connection iii 14 4 4 Checking LAN Availability and Settings eres 14 4 5 Device Management Panel 15 4 5 1 General IntoriallOFDi etos ce ettet i ee aveva time de vuv evt en ie NT a 15 4 5 2 Adding Devices RR nsdes asset eene etes 6 17 4 5 3 Deleting Devices and Measurements eres 17 4 5 4 Configuring DEVICES esminis na a E AEA EERDER 17 45421 Ceneral SCUINO Sara dense dede leer uated 18 4 5 4 2 Changing Measurement Interval essere 18 454 9 OVncHrentzilig ME nent cette 19 4 5 5 Controlling Measurements VV 20 4 5 6 Viewing Device Information 20 4 5 7 Device Self Test is 21 4 6 Channel PIariSosi dre cveseie cone ise vecsto NOAE AEE ana 23 4 6 1 Channel Plan Editor eese nennen 23 4 6 2 Channel Parameter Window for CIU 002 esses 24 4 6 3 Channel Parameter Window for CIU 003 es 25 464 Saving PIANO Flers detente 21 4 6 9 Loading Plan ron File iioi nes ons ee nn cn ati us 27 4 605 Saving Planto DECE assi rata cine 28
6. DVB T channels Carriers number of channel subcarriers Available values 2k 4k 8k for DVB T channels Guard interval guard interval Available values 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 for DVB T channels Hierarchy type hierarchy type of QAM subcarriers Available values alpha 1 alpha 2 alpha 4 for DVB T channels FEC HP relative FEC value of high priority stream Available values 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 for DVB T channels FEC LP relative FEC value of low priority stream Available values 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 for DVB T channels Limit plan selecting one of two channel limit plans individual limit plan only for this channel common limit plan from Limit plan tab Channel limit plan area displays the values of the channel limit plan parameters Types of channel limit plan parameters are identical to the parameter types in Limit plan tab To check the correctness of entered parameters click Apply Also the parameters are checked upon completion their entry after clicking Enter or moving to another field Use Cancel button to cancel the changes and close the parameter window 4 6 4 Saving Plan to File Channel plan can be saved to file in two formats 1 fpf format which is compatible with ViewRSA program File in this format can be later loaded to device using ViewRSA software 2 csv comma separated value file Employed separation values depend on system settings The format can be used
7. Device type CIL 003 S N 12050001 modification 2 14 1 SW version 14 0 0 3 7 18 06 2012 16 46 14 9 Connection broken Program exit a 16 06 2012 16 41 02 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 3 a 18 06 2012 16 40 45 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 3 10 18 06 2012 16 37 47 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 1 11 18 06 2012 16 36 34 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 1 12 18 06 2012 16 36 25 Wew measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 2 13 18 06 2012 16 35 52 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 13 ia 18 06 2012 16 31 54 Connection established Device type CIL 003 S N 12050001 modification 2 14 1 SW version 14 0 0 3 15 18 06 2012 15 49 42 Connection broken Reason of connection break unknown 16 18 06 2012 15 48 41 Connection lost 17 18 06 2012 15 44 16 9 Connection established Device type CIL 003 S N 12050001 modification 2 14 1 SW version 14 0 0 3 18 18 05 2012 15 44 14 Device added Type CIU O03 Name CIU 003 S N 12050001 IP 192 168 1 5 Port 8801 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Warning System ER Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors Log E Channel amp All channels w M Show cleared errors Date and time Mame Fr
8. This event is registered when device stops responding to polling The comment field is not completed Connection reestablished This event is registered if the connection with device is reestablished before connection loss timeout The device serial number its hardware modification and software version are entered into comment field Connection established This event is registered after connection with device is established The device serial number its hardware modification and software version are entered into comment field Connection broken This event is registered in case there is no connection with device after connection loss timeout or in case a device is disconnected by the user The comment field indicates the reason of connection being broken Program exit in case if the user finished the program operation By user in case if the user turned off the device polling by program Reason of connection break unknown in case if the reason of connection break was not identified If the reason of connection break is unknown such event is handled by the Warning System Channel template updated This event is registered in case the channel template of the connected device does not match the channel template stored in DB This event is also O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Events Log EM registered during first connection with device after it was added to DB After this event the channel template stored in DB will be update
9. device type enter its name and IP address in Device properties window Device properties Connect device Device CIU 002 bul Mame Mew device IP address 192 158 1 1 Serial number 12345678 Apply Cancel Device name should not exceed 100 symbols IP address should be entered in accordance with IPv4 protocol in xxx xxx xxx xxx format Serial number should be entered device serial number in xxxxxxxx format To switch on the device polling by program put a checkmark in Connection support box After all parameters are specified click Accept Device properties window will close and a new device will be added to the device list Note After connect device it IP address can be corrected if ip address from property not correct 4 5 3 Deleting Devices and Measurements Devices and measurement cycles are deleted manually by clicking on the device list toolbar The selected device or measurement cycle will be deleted Note If you delete a device all measurements and data connected with this device will also be deleted channel plan channel template limit plan log etc 4 5 4 Configuring Devices Configuration of the devices is performed using Device settings submenu of the device context menu O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel Configuring Devices 18 i Device settings ze General je Start measurements em Change measurement interval Stop measurements X Synchronize time O About device
10. errors Device error icon in list of devices If a device error is detected icon will be displayed in the list of devices opposite the corresponding device The icon will be displayed until the user acknowledged and resolved all device and channel errors lb 4 CIU 003 S N 12050001 H 5 CIU 002 S N 10040004 Highlighting of tabs with errors The tabs containing errors which were not viewed by the user are highlighted in different color in red by default Now the program allows only Errors and Log tabs to be highlighted Tab highlighting will be turned off only after all errors in the tab are acknowledged and resolved by the user Measurements Channel plan Channel template Test criteria History Errors Log Highlighting of error message Each error which is registered by Error Warning System is highlighted in different color in red by default until the user marks it as viewed Errors are highlighted in the Log and Errors tabs in the error lists Mo Date and time Event Comment 19 06 2012 11 18 57 Connection broken Reason of connection break unknown 2 19 06 2012 11 17 56 Connection lost 3 19 06 2012 11 03 27 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 4 4 19 06 2012 10 56 30 Connection established Device type CILI 003 S N 12050001 modification 2 14 1 SW version 14 0 0 3 5 18 06 2012 18 04 28 Connection broken Program exit 6 18 06 2012 16 46 30 Connection established
11. in case the device calibration table is damaged This event is handled by the Warning System Temperature beyond permissible range This event is registered in case the temperature inside the device is beyond the permissible range This event is handled by the Warning oystem Temperature OK This event is registered in case the temperature inside the device returns to permissible range This event is handled by the Warning System Device restart after unknown error This message appears when device is reconnected after it was restarted as a result of an unidentified error If this message appears contact manufacturer s service department This event is handled by the Warning System 4 13 Warning System Error Warning System is designed for straightforward indication of detected errors to make sure all errors are acknowledged and resolved by the user Error Warning System includes the following elements Pop up message on OS panel Text message Errors detected is displayed near the program icon and will remain on the computer display until the user closes it by clicking in the upper right corner of the message O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Warning System ER 3 Attention ViewR5A detected errors CACIUDOSM Khi Blinking of program icon on OS panel Program icon Ei on the OS panel changes to error icon an then vise versa blinks This warning will be on until the user views all device and channel
12. minutes between sending two consecutive e mails and external applications launching c Colors Object field contains drop down list of program objects for which you can change a color scheme Specified color contains drop down list of colors for selection If you select Other the palette window will open where you can set the required color manually Color schemes can be saved into file and loaded from file with cl extension by clicking and buttons accordingly 2 E mail This tab allows sending e mail messages with information about measurement errors or hardware errors of devices to specified addresses Send e mails checking unchecking this box will accordingly turn on off the dispatch of e mails Short messages checking unchecking this box will accordingly turn on off the dispatch of short messages If you select this option you will receive short e mail messages with brief information about the errors Additional information about sending e mails is given in Warning System section SMTP server field contains the address of SMTP server Port field shows the port number of SMTP server Sender information section contains the e mail address from which the letters are sent Recipients section contains the list of e mail addresses which receive the notification letters To check the correctness of the settings send the test message by clicking button O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Pro
13. plan Channel template Test criteria History Errors Lag amp 8 BL Analog channel level Video audio ratio Level difference Maximum s w dB Maximum 4 20 dB Adjacent mis mM dB Minimum 57 w dBuV Minimum 57 dB Analog Digital mio M dB Carrier noise ratio Minimum MER u 40 300 MHz 4 10 we dE Minimum ma M dE AMG MAG E E QAM256 J dB 40 600 MHz gli M dB QAMI28 7 4n w dB Digital channel level 40 1000 MHz 9 15 dB o Maximum BER o Maximum V 95 w deu _ dFiQ MHz V 7 dE ki H preBER J le B Minimum Vio daw PTUS ret Channel limit plans for CIU 002 and CIU 003 Remote Signal Analyzers are different CIU 003 channel limit plan contains additional limits for checking DVB T channels and MPEG stream test flags Minimum MER MIPEG stream errors COFDM QPSK V de 7 Synchronization loss 7 Transport stream error Wf Sync byte loss Checksum error COFDM QAM16 7 amp M dE WI PAT error 4 PCR repetition error Bit count integrity error MIPCR continuity error zz iy PMT error J PCR accuracy error COFDM QAMe4 7 2 M dE E i WI ey W PID error J CAT error Limit plan toolbar contains the following commands save limit plan to device load limit plan from device E load limit plan from file save limit plan to file Channel limit plan is edited in temporary buffer so its changes does n
14. the program quantity of connected devices and program running time 4 2 Program Settings The window with View RSA program settings can be accessed from the device toolbar above the list of devices by clicking Settings button or by selecting a similarly named command in the pop up menu of the program E1 icon in the Windows taskbar T x 0 e O Open 1 CIU 003 S N 12060001 1 18 06 2012 18 06 2012 HH SALE PAR S Bo 2 CIU 002 S N 12060002 S Settings ES 5 Close The Settings window contains four tabs General E mail Web Interface and Applications O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Program Settings 9 Settings General E mail WEB interface Applications Database Database file Datebase db Store measurements Program Autorun Check for updates log Network interface 192 168 1 89 bul TCP port 45045 Connection loss tim out l Sound alarm Alarm wav E mails and applications sending interwal Colors Object Errors highlighting m Es Specified color lg Red Apply 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Program Settings EM Settings General E mail WEB interface Applications E mail settings E Enabled Short messages SMTP server vour smkp server com Port 25 Sender information E mail your mail server coam LOGIN eur sername Password Recipients me E Tagerk mail Mserver com Cancel 1 Ge
15. to view channel plans in other programs for example in Microsoft Excel To save a plan click button in channel plan toolbar then select a folder to which the plan is saved enter file name and click Save 4 6 5 Loading Plan from File The channel plan can be loaded from file with fpf extension which was created in ViewRSA Viewlt 2 0 or Viewk08C software Note For channels plans created in Viewlt 20 or Viewl08C digital channel modulation types which are not supported by ViewRSA will be changed to unknown modulation To load a channel plan from file select the required device from the list of devices and click E button on channel plan toolbar Then select the required file and click Open O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Plans Saving Plan to Device ER 4 6 6 Saving Plan to Device To save the channel plan to device click button on the channel plan toolbar To save channel plan to all the connected devices click button When channel plan is successfully saved a new measurement cycle will be created 4 6 7 Loading Plan from Device To load the channel plan from device and view it click 3 button on the channel plan toolbar If the loaded channel plan differs from the channel plan stored in the device DB a new cycle will be created and it will contain the channel plan loaded from the 4 7 Channel Templates This section describes channel templates their editing viewing loading and saving 4 7 1 Chan
16. 04 2000 06 24 27 21 3 8 4 13 3 19 ial 11 Ch 215 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 27 12 0 0 ILE 20 12 12 ch 223 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 28 19 2 4 3 11 2 21 s11 s11 Ch 231 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 28 11 8 0 0 22 12 12 Ch 239 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 29 12 0 0 1 0 4 23 513 513 Ch 247 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 29 ierat 0 E v p 2 min Devices connected 1 manual Channel measurement in process Results of the last measurement can be viewed in Measurements tab All measurements received from the device are saved in the DB unless this option is switched off in the program settings Measurements history can be viewed in History tab which contains the list of channels and measurement data for selected channels in graphs or tables The following parameters are measured for analog channels signal level carrier to noise ratio and video to audio ratio MER preBER and postBER fields are filled in with dashes The following parameters are measured for digital channels actual channel power MER preBER and postBER the remaining fields are filled in with dashes The received measurements are checked for correspondence to limit plans Limit plan 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Measurements parameters can be viewed and edited in Limit plan tab ff channel measurement results do not correspond to at least one test parameter channel error will occur Errors can be viewed in Errors tab In case a channel fails at least one limit test it is marked with ic
17. 15 Fa 7 Ch 16 8 8 Ch 17 9 9 Ch 18 10 10 Ch 19 alal 11 Ch 20 12 12 Ch 21 s11 11 Ch 22 S12 lt amp J AB 51 Ch Frequency MHz 49 750 39 250 77 250 88 000 93 230 111 250 122 000 127 250 135 250 146 000 151 250 167 250 175 250 186 000 191 250 199 250 207 250 215 250 223 250 231 250 230 25 Type dF noise Muy Bandwidth MHz Modulation Symb rate Msps Che 1 125 1 125 1 125 8 000 QAM 256 7 000 1 125 1 125 8 000 COFDM QPSK 1 125 1 125 8 000 COFDM QAMES 1 125 1 125 1 125 8 000 COFDM QAM186 1 125 1 125 1 125 1 125 1 125 1 125 1 125 Utd HERR manual Measurement stopped device waits For new command O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Plans Channel Plan Editor wo Channel plans for CIU 002 and CIU 003 Remote Signal Analyzers are different CIU 003 channel plan table contains additional columns with DVB T channel parameters and has an option of selecting individual limit plan for each channel as well as setting channel broadcasting time Channel plan is edited in temporary buffer so its changes does not affect device channel plan until you click S55 button Do not exit the Channel plan tab during editing otherwise the channel plan being edited will not be saved and the next time you enter the editor the channel plan from device will be displayed Channel plan too
18. 4 2000 06 24 22 12 0 ee 10 sS s5 Ch 143 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 23 12 2 0 2 0 aal s s6 Ch ISi 2a A 18 04 2000 06 24 23 dao 0 O 12 sf s7 Ch 159 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 24 13 0 0 6 0 5 13 s sa Ch 167 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 24 1 al 0 zl 14 6 6 Ch 175 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 25 12 2 0 1 7 15 Ti 7 Ch 183 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 25 feto 0 2 1 16 8 8 Ch 191 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 26 17 1 0 9 1 17 9 9 Ch 199 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 26 12 6 0 il 15 10 10 Ch 207 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 27 21 3 8 4 13 3 19 11 ial dg 215 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 27 12 0 0 Ta 20 12 12 Ch 223 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 28 19 2 4 3 11 2 ell s11 sii Ch 231 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 28 11 8 0 D 22 s12 s12 Ch 239 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 28 12 0 0 1 0 4 23 513 513 Ch 247 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 29 ierat 0 I5 v 4 p 2 min Devices connected 1 manual Channel measurement in process EN 16 13 51 Sound alarm ff an error occurs the program will regularly play the specified sound file with wav extension which is selected by the user in Program Settings window The sound file Will be played until the user acknowledged and resolved all device and channel errors O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Warning System Sending of e mail messages If you turn on the option of e mails sending all registered events will be sent in the text form to e mail addresses you have specified You can configure the settings of messages sending in Program Settings window
19. 46 7 Loading Plan WOM DENCE iiim Sn AN Nine 28 a Channel l MPDIAlSS arniran E 28 4 A ChanhelTemplaile EdOr SSSR dd fadada aaa sidade 28 4 7 2 Channel Parameter Window esses nnn 30 4 7 3 Saving Template to File ec ecccssssseeeeessssseeeeeeesssseseeeeesssseeseeeessssseeeeeeess 30 4 7 4 Loading Template from File csonienc 30 4 7 5 Saving Template to Device eeesessssseesseeeeeee eee 31 4 7 6 Loading Template from Device eesssssseseeeeeeeeeenen 31 4 0 MeasuWrermernls siib eod irre aii due seco ta atiis quesito buasasidscassasineiganidspnsesssiuavadad 31 4 9 HSNO NIeasUFermierits scien ce PR eu ee Uma ee uS a SMOKE UI DEC 32 2 9 ISEORCHANNOIS 8 sn ara bebes timus 32 ANA Cen RE E ERE 32 ZO MEM RE Re a 36 MELOS D TAG S FS ETUDES 38 2 11 Measurement ENO Serran an nn A eaten 40 O 2012 PLANAR tt 4 12 Device Events LOS SR din ii podas sala 43 AS Warming SyS EM DER teas ae a pesa dta tu qun cu Id uesze eda sicui a 44 d A gt OTAN B dba vod RS on ICE ML 47 WE MS ce tate tee tae UT 47 CHERS MORE ee ee oe ee a 48 2012 PLANAR List of Abbreviations 5 1 List of Abbreviations e DB database e RAM Random Access Memory e OS operating system e CP channel plan e MER Modulation Error Ratio e BER Bit Error Ratio 2 About ViewRSA ViewRSA 2 1 Software is intended for monitoring of television and broadcasting distribution netwo
20. 806 2012 hours M EE Ctra 16 41 19 18 14 19 Show t 18 06 2012 17 06 Level 80 3 dBp 110 0 44 3 rob 62 9 47 1 31 4 1n y 0 0 8 i Pg at 5 E qos SES 9 9 y SOS ON ON A S o4 8 co S ou ou 5 S RS px Ba Graph toolbar contains the following buttons maximize or minimize graph settings bar depending on current status S maximize the graph to fit program window size or minimize it to its initial position depending on current status E save graph to bmp file Trace checking unchecking this box accordingly turns on off autoscaling of the right graph border when new measurements are received during viewing Graph settings bar Graph settings bar allows you to set up the time interval for viewing the measurements and maximum and minimum parameter values Level dBu Start End For last 123 vllal 17062012 Mliso 2oi2 w 1 w miutes M D vlichaji 4zo7 16 42 07 S Show Maximum and minimum parameter values in the given time interval are automatically set by A button or Ctrl A key combination There are two possible modes for setting the time interval of measurements graph viewing 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Mea
21. A Checking LAN Availability and Settings 15 a connect the PC to LAN instead of the Analyzer and run CIUTestNet exe b start ViewRSA program at the server and add a new device for this device enter the IP address of the PC where the ClUTestNet exe is run c in ClUTestNet exe window set the PC network interface and IP address of the server where ViewRSA Is installed and TCP port used by ViewRSA see section 3 4 4 2 Then click Start testing button 2 Checking LAN availability for operating with CIU 002 003 Network check Log 21 06 2012 13 39 10 Checking network Interface 192 158 1 89 checking ICMP 1 ICMP OK 127 0 0 1 time 0 ms TTL2128 checking UDP 2 UDF OK Source 102 168 1 188 8801 checking TCP 192 168 1 89 e 3 Failed to establish TCP connection with 127 0 0 1 48048 UDP port employed for receiving notifications From server Network interface used For checking 21 06 2012 13 40 52 Checking network Interface 182 158 1 39 ViewR SA IP address 192 168 1 198 checking ICMP 1 ICMP OK 192 166 1 198 time 0 ms TTL2128 ViewRSA TCP port 48048 Checking UDP 2 UDP OK Source 192 1568 1 198 8801 checking TCP 3 TCP OK Connection established with 192 158 1 198 48048 ICMP timeout ms UDP timeout ms TCP connection timeout ms Stark testing d in the status window you will see the log with results of connection testing containing the following data server pin
22. A Device Management Panel Configuring Devices 19 Measurement interval Measurement interval Measurement interval meg se Measurement interval manual manual Apply Cancel Apply Two operation modes are available Automatic measurement start This mode is activated if you select measurement interval from 1 minto 60 min In this case measurements will be performed continuously Minimum time interval between two consecutive measurements of all channels will correspond to the value you specified Manual measurement start This mode is activated if you select manual for measurement interval value In this mode measurements are started by clicking Start measurements button After all channels of channel plan are measured the measurement stops till the next manual start Click Apply to save the selected measurement interval value and Cancel to exit If you select automatic measurement start option the measurements will be restarted if they were stopped Measurement interval is set according to the following criteria DB size DB size directly depends on the number of measurements stored in it Thus if you select a very small value for measurement interval data base size will significantly increase in the course of time Error detection time ff you select a large value for measurement interval the measurements will be performed rarely and the value of error detection time can be rather high 4 5 4 3 Synchronizing Time
23. H 1 x 12060001 192 168 1 14 OIET OLET default CIU 002 SN 2 m 12060002 19216811 192 168 1 2 CIU 003 SN 4 bh 12050001 192 168 1 5 GIRT Default plan default lm CIU 002 SN 5 B 10040004 192 168 116 GIET CHERS default Information about each channel is displayed in 6 pages Main Channel template Channel plan Measurements Errors Log Main Contains the basic information about device and limit plan Channel template Contains the device channel template table Channel plan Contains the device channel plan table Measurements Contains the table with last measurement results Errors Contains the table of channel measurement errors You can filter errors in channels and acknowledge them Log Contains the device event log 6 Demo mode Demo mode is meant to familiarize with the ViewRSA system To launch demo mode use the label ViewRSA demo in the Start menu There is the only virtual device in demo mode which fully support all the functionality of the device Besides using the basic functionality of ViewRSA it is possible to emulate device or measurement errors using Errors emulation window Errors emulation Level error V A error C N error MER error C preBER error MPEG stream errors C Loss connection C Hardware error To emulate an error select one of them in the window Selected error will be emulated for a random channel in the following meas
24. New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name OIRT Channels 99 4 18 06 2012 16 24 07 Mew measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 13 NE 18 06 2012 16 23 00 Hardware error Check device status Error code 00001100 6 18 06 2012 16 20 04 Calibration error 7 16 06 2012 16 19 59 Connection established Device type CIU DOS S N 12060001 modification 2 14 1 SW version 14 0 0 o 18 06 2012 16 19 03 Connection broken Program exit g 18 06 2012 16 16 28 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 97 18 06 2012 16 14 00 Hardware error Check device status Error code 00001100 11 18 06 2012 16 13 12 New measurement cycle created Channel plan changed name Default plan Channels 97 The following events are shown in the list Device added This event is the first registered after adding a new device to DB The device name its IP address and network port number always 8801 are entered into comment field Device parameters changed This event is registered after changing the name and or IP address of a device The new device name new IP address and network port number always 8801 are entered into comment field Device connection disabled This event is registered after device polling is turned off by the operator Device connection enabled This event is registered after device polling is turned on by the operator Connection lost
25. about connected devices i Device settings 1e General Start measurements ee Change measurement interval T Stop measurements eO Synchronize time 4 Abaut device Es Self test The view of device information window is shown in the following figure 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel Viewing Device Information 21 i About device Device information Mame CIU 003 S N 12060001 IP address 192 166 1 14 Device type CIL OUS Serial number 12060001 Hardware version Alt Software version 14 0 0 3 Device information window contains the following fields Device name Device name entered by user when adding the device to DB IP address Device type Type of connected device The program can currently work only with CIU 002 and CIU 003 Remote Service TV Signal Analyzers Serial number Serial number of connected device This number is unique for each device Hardware version Hardware modification of connected device Software version Software version of connected device 4 5 7 Device Self Test Device self test mode is intended for checking and displaying the current device status To open the self test window select Self test item in the device context menu i Device settings ze General pe Start measurements em Change measurement interval Stop measurements x Synchronize time 4 Abaut device u Self test The view of device self test window can be different depending on presence
26. absence of errors O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel Device Self Test 22 Device self test ie i Device self test Temperature C 247 NORMAL Temperature 29 NORMAL Calibration ERROR Calibration NORMAL Data bus NORMAL Data bus NORMAL Clock NORMAL Clock NORMAL Ethernet module NORMAL Ethernet module NORMAL Memory NORMAL Memory NORMAL Temperature sensor NORMAL Temperature sensor NORMAL DVB C demodulator NORMAL DVB C demodulator NORMAL DVB T demodulator NORMAL DVB T demodulator NORMAL MPEts CPU NORMAL MPEG CPU NORMAL Tuner NORMAL Tuner NORMAL Error code 00001000 Error code NO ERRORS Restart Sevice Restart Sevice Device self test window contains the following fields Temperature Current temperature of device and temperature status If temperature is out of the allowed range of 10 50 C then ERROR message will appear in the temperature Status field Device operation under such conditions may result in lower measurement accuracy and in some cases may cause device failure If such error occurs check device operating conditions Calibration An error in this field indicates the failure of device calibration table which may may result in lower measurement accuracy If this error occurs contact manufacturer service department Other fields contain information on device hardware errors Error code Device error code displayed in hexadecimal format If there are no er
27. all the devices in the database and device toolbar 2 program workspace in the right part which contains the following tabs Measurements tab displays the results of the last measurement cycle Channel plan tab contains the editor of channel plans which allows creating editing and saving the channel plans to the device Channel template tab contains the editor of channel templates which allows creating editing viewing saving the channel templates to the device and saving loading the template to file Limit plan tab allows editing the parameters of the channel limit plan _ History tab allows viewing the history of measurements in table and graphic mode Errors tab contains the list of measurement result errors and information about them Log tab contains the device event log with time date and text description for each event 3 information bar at the bottom shows the condition of ViewRSA software and connected devices The software can be run in background mode To switch to this mode click icon in the upper right corner of the program main window In this case the main window will be closed and can be further accessed only via icon in the taskbar Double click on the icon will restore the main window and right click on the icon will open the pop up menu with commands available open settings close If you hold the mouse pointer on this icon you will see a hint message with information about
28. and line accessing ViewRSA software from any PC in the network via WEB browser viewing device operating log 3 PC Configuration Requirements Minimum System Configuration Intel Pentium 3 processor 256 MB RAM e 40 MB of hard drive free space for software and additional space for database depends on device running time number of connected devices and quantity of measurements network interface controller supporting operation in Ethernet free UDP 8801 port in Windows and TCP port for connection with devices configurable SVGA monitor and video card 256 colors 1024x768 resolution mouse 2012 PLANAR PC Configuration Requirements Recommended System Configuration e dual core processor 2 2 GHz or higher e Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 operating system Windows Server 2003 2007 e more than 1 GB RAM 64 MB constantly free e 40 MB of hard drive free space and additional space for database depends on duration of device running time number of connected devices and quantity of measurements e network interface controller supporting operation in Ethernet e free UDP port free TCP port for connection with devices and free TCP port for Web interface all TCP ports configurable e SVGA monitor and video card 256 colors 1024x768 resolution e mouse e 16 bit audio card for user notification about error detecting 4 Operating ViewRSA This section describes the basic functions and modes of ViewRSA operat
29. annel measurement history to csv file by clicking button By clicking in the upper part of the table you can display table toolbar E End a 18 06 2012 M 16 42 07 16 42 07 z Showy 1 For last MINUTES Showy All measurements e pastBER Table toolbar allows you to set up the time interval for viewing the measurements There are three possible modes for setting the time interval of measurements table viewing Viewing measurements within certain time interval n this case you need to set start and end date time values in Start and End fields and then click Show button As a result all measurements for the given time interval will be displayed in the table Viewing last measurements You need to set the number of last minutes hours days months years in For last field and click Show button As a result the last measurements for the given period will be displayed in the table Viewing all measurements In this case you need to check All measurements box As a result all measurements for the given channel will be displayed in the table O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Measurements Table ER By default the table displays measurement results for the last day of program operation 4 10 Limit plan The Limit plan tab is designed for viewing editing and saving the channel limit plans lts view for CIU 002 is shown in figure below Measurements Channel
30. cted device Number of connected devices Status message Shows program messages device statuses current program actions Measurement status Shows the progress of channel plan measurement Time Shows current local time To see the current date move a cursor to this field and read the pop up message 5 WEB Interface This interface allows for remote access via browser to the server with the installed ViewRSA software for viewing the measurement results checking device status viewing channel plans channel templates measurement errors and device log To access the WEB interface follow the procedure below Configure the WEB interface settings in ViewRSA Program Settings window Type IP Port in the browser address bar where IP is the server address PC with installed ViewRSA program or its DNS name and Port is the access port to WEB server Enter your user name and password The WEB interface main page will load after authorization is complete WEB interface has similar structure with ViewRSA software user interface Main page contains the list of all devices which displays the statuses of all devices and brief information on them The window is updated automatically once in two minutes To view more detailed information on device you need to select it from the list O 2012 PLANAR WEB Interface EM No Status Name P adress Coane Channel plan Limit plan AP asur een template interval CIU 003 S
31. d Device channel template name and number of channels are entered into comment field Channel plan updated This event is registered in case the channel plan of the connected device does not match the channel plan stored in DB This event is also registered during first connection with device after it was added to DB After this event the channel plan stored in DB will be updated Device channel plan name and number of channels are entered into comment field New measurement cycle created This event is registered after new measurement cycle is created which means that device channel plan and or channel template were changed The comment field indicates the reason of creating a new measurement cycle Channel plan changed in case if the device channel plan was changed Channel template changed in case the channel template was changed Then goes the name of changed channel plan or channel template and the number of channels in them Hardware error This event is registered after detection of device hardware or software error The comment field contains Check device status message and error code in hexadecimal format This event is handled by the Warning System To see information about the error click on this error name and device self test window will open Hardware OK This event is registered in case the detected hardware errors were corrected This event is handled by the Warning System Calibration error This event is registered
32. default this tab contains only error messages which were not viewed To display all errors put a checkmark in Show cleared errors box To view errors of a certain channel you need to select it in the Channel drop down list If any error messages of any channel were not viewed and cleared the channel name will be shown with icon The working area of Errors tab is divided into two parts error list and error information field O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Measurement Errors EM Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors Log E Channel amp All channels w M Show cleared errors M Date and time Mame Frequency Type Error information 4 19 06 2012 10 58 22 3 18 06 2012 10 58 22 2 19 06 2012 10 58 22 324 ch Level difference 1419 06 2012 w Clear error Pa oL Adjacent channels Search in history E to fil Analog and digital Do ave error to File In the bandwidth of dF100 MHz jy gt 7 dB with channel s24 Ch In range 0 300 MHz In range 40 600 MHz y 12 dB with channel s24 ch In range 40 1000 MHz jp gt 15 de with channel s24 ch Error list is displayed in the form of a table containing error number its registration date channel name channel frequency and its type The information displayed in error information field can be divided into 3 following groups according to its contents Channel errors Error information field shows values of the
33. dicated by dots and time intervals between measurements are linearly approximated and indicated by dotted lines When zoomed out each graph point indicates actual parameter value at certain point of time O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Measurements Graph 554 53 8 52 1 5 5 45 9 47 2 45 6 dad o sS P P O 9 9 9 5 9 P S q S S S888 i e zy E You can view measurement graphs of several channels at the same time Select the required channels from the list of channels while holding down Ctrl key or select a group of channels by highlighting the first and the last channel while holding down Shift key Graph for each channel will be shown in one window and each graph will have its own color shown in No column for each channel O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Measurements Graph List of channels Graph Table Parameters Frequenc Type Em E y JH S E Level OO VIA Update 77 OSN Level dBiv Start End For last jo M 18 06 2012 M 18 05 2012 M 1 hours M 10 Mila 18 06 18 06 ours 0 Mlima i81419 show 1100 t 18 06 2012 17 03 Level 110 0 dBp e 8 GG OS C 0 mo S S S FS Sy Qe D ccc be F o B a 3 d d 2 2 4 9 3 Table The Table tab in the right side of the measurement history screen displays stored measurements of the selected channel The following parameters can be viewed for ana
34. dministrator should check whether the ports are available for packet exchange Log put a checkmark in the box to keep the history of server operation in log txt text file This can be useful for finding possible program failures Autorun checking unchecking this box will accordingly activate deactivate the program automatic start when you start the operating system Updates checking unchecking this box will accordingly activate deactivate automatic check for program updates available at the manufacturer web site Automatic check is performed once in 24 hours from the moment of program start Sound alarm field contains the sound file name in wav format which will be reproduced in case any errors are detected Checking unchecking this box will turn on off the sound reproduction To select a sound file click button To listen to the selected sound click p button Connection loss timeout field allows the user to set the time period in minutes after which connection break with the device is registered if the device does not respond to polling If the connection is reestablished during the specified time period Connection broken event will not occur If you set the 0 value Connection broken event will occur immediately when the device stops responding to polls For networks with frequent connection losses the recommended timeout value is no less than 1 minute E mails and applications sending interval shows minimal time interval in
35. ement result of analog channel L 42 dBuV S N 23 dB V A 18 dB The channel failed limit test against the following limits Minimum level of analog channels L 42 lt 64 dByV and an error was detected in the channel As the last detected error in the channel after the limit test was against the same criterion error message wil not be generated f Fourth measurement result of analog channel L 70 dBuV S N 32 dB V A 34 dB The channel passed limit test against the following limits Minimum level of analog channels and no errors were detected in the channel As the error was detected after the previous limit test the channel status has changed errors in channel have disappeared and error message is generated to reflect the channel status normalization So the followng two error messages will be generated and registered e message after the second measurement which contains information about detected error e message after the fourth measurement which contains information about the absence of errors i e about restoration of channel parameters Generation and registration of error messages are a part of the Warning System All limit tests can be divided into two types individual tests tests performed for each channel immediately after its measurement group tests level difference tests performed by bands after the channel plan measurement is complete The list of registered error messages will be displayed in Errors tab By
36. equency Type Error information N 19 06 2012 10 58 22 s29 Ch ee i 3 19 06 2012 10 58 22 s24ch 335 250 A 9 06 2012 10 58 22 335 250 Level difference 4 EU aiii Adjacent channels iz E Save error to File Rea In the bandwidth of dF100 MHz jy gt 7 dB with channel s24 Ch In range 0 300 MHz In range 40 600 MHz y 12 dB with channel s24 ch In range 40 1000 MHz jp 15 dB with channel s24 Ch Marking of channels with measurement errors Al channels which contain measurement errors are marked with icon in the table with last measurement results this icon is displayed near the No column Si ViewRSA Sex DateBase db Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History ET Log List of devices E ar XX 7 e c Na Channel Name Frequency MHz Type Date and time Level deu V A dB C N dB MER dB P 1 il 1 Ch 49 750 A 18 04 2000 06 24 18 14 6 iF idl H 18 06 2012 18 06 2012 2 2 2 Ch 59 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 19 13 1 0 0 5 H 18 06 2012 18 06 201 3 3 3 Ch 77 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 19 12 8 0 0 x 2 pais ena XE 4 4 4 Ch 85 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 20 21 4 3 5 13 4 5 5 5 Ch 93 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 20 ja 0 0 5 Bs 4 CIU 003 S N 12050001 6 si si Ch 111 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 21 11 5 0 L3 ry se s2 Ch 119 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 21 12 2 0 0 9 i 8 53 s3 Ch 127 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 22 13 0 0 5 0 3 9 s4 s4 Ch 135 250 A 18 0
37. ging test according to ICPM protocol reception of UDP packets from the server establishing of TCP connection In case the testing results are unsatisfactory the connection should be thoroughly checked by LAN administrator For devices that do not use auto detect server UDP error is a valid 4 5 Device Management Panel This section describes operation with device management panel adding deleting devices adjusting settings getting device information and self test mode of the device 4 5 1 General Information Device management panel includes device toolbar and list of devices displaying both connected devices list first level and measurement cycles list second level 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel General Information 16 List of devices an ty Li E B 1 CIU DOS S N 12060001 H 18 06 4017 18 06 4017 HH 10 05 2012 Measurement cycles xs 2 CIU 002 S N 12060002 HH 16 06 4012 Devices Measurement cycle is a time interval when device channel template and channel plan do not change In other words when you change channel template or channel plan a new measurement cycle is created The name of the measurement cycle is the time interval when this cycle was active Measurement cycles are used only for viewing measurement history and error log Current DB name is displayed at the top above the list of devices Each device has a context menu used for its setting controlling and self test
38. gram Settings 12 Settings General WEB interface Applications WEB server port Bau User list F Admin Cancel 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Program Settings 13 settings General E mail WEB interface Applications External applications La Activate Short messages C Technology programisendsMS exe Cancel 3 WEB interface This tab contains the port number and the list of WEB interface users WEB server port field contains the number of TCP port for accessing WEB interface The port number of WEB interface can contain numbers within the range 1024 65535 or in the standard range 0 80 and should not coincide with the main TCP port number employed by the ViewRSA To add a new user click button in the User list section and enter the user name and password in the opened window To access the WEB interface type IP Port in the browser address bar where IP is the server address PC with installed ViewRSA program or its DNS name and Port is the access port to WEB server The access to the WEB from the PC with installed ViewRSA program is possible by entering localhost Port If you use a standard port with number 80 there is no need in entering the port number in the browser address bar When you access the WEB interface you should perform authorization by entering the user name and password Note The user name and password should not contain Cyrillic symbols To delete a user fro
39. ion 4 1 Starting Program ViewRSA Software can be started in the following ways using the shortcut at the desktop by accessing ViewRSA folder in the Start Windows menu or by running ViewRSA exe file from the program installation directory After you have started the program the program main window will appear and the icon will appear in the lower right part of the screen in the Windows Control board I ViewRSA Os x DateBase db Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors ISR List of devices E X Q ie 51 No Channel Name Frequency MHz Type Date and time Level dBu via di TY ciu 003 s N 1206000 1 1 1 ch 4750 A H 18 06 2012 2 2 2ch 59 250 A LS 2 CIU 002 S N 12060002 3 E 3 Ch 77 250 A E 4 4 4Ch 85 250 A E E Sch 93 250 A 6 sl s1 Ch 111 250 A 7 se s2 Ch 119 250 A 8 3 3 Ch 127 250 A q s4 s4 Ch 135 250 A 10 s s5 Ch 143 250 A 11 s s Ch 151 29 A 12 S7 s7 Ch 159 250 A 13 s s8 Ch 167 250 A 14 6 6 Ch 175 250 A 15 7 7 Ch 183 250 A 16 8 8 Ch 191 250 A 17 9 9 Ch 199 250 A 18 10 10 Ch 207 250 A 19 Tl 11 Ch 219 2 A 20 12 12 Ch 223 250 A 21 sil s11 Ch ESA e A 22 512 12 Ch 239 250 A 23 513 13 Ch 247 250 A lt 3 min Devices connected 1 manual Measurement stopped device waits for new command 0 14 27 28 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Starting Program 8 The program main window is divided into 3 parts 1 device management panel in the left part contains
40. is set according to video carrier frequency of the channel template for analog channels and central frequency of the channel template for digital channels Name channel name maximum 6 symbols By default the channel name is its number in the channel template Analog channel parameters Frequency channel carrier frequency in MHz within the range of 48 to 1000 MHz dF noise frequency shift for measuring noise level in respect to channel carrier within the range of 8 to 8 MHz Default dF noise is set equal to Noise shift parameter value of the current channel template Digital channel parameters Frequency channel central frequency in MHz within the range of 48 to 1000 MHz Channel width channel width in MHz within the range of 5 to 8 MHz This parameter is required to measure actual digital channel power Incorrect parameter setting may result in additional measurement errors Modulation modulation type modulation value stands for unknown type of modulation or no 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Plans Channel Parameter Window for CIU 003 a QAM64 QAM128 QAM256 for DVB C channels b COFDM QPSK COFDM QAM16 COFDM QAM64 for DVB T channels SR MSps symbol rate in Msps within the range of 5 to 7 MSps for DVB C channels Spectrum spectrum type Available values direct inverse for DVB T channels Channel width MHz DVB T channel width Available values 6 7 8 MHz for
41. lbar contains the following commands adding new channel to channel plan deleting selected channel from channel plan editing selected channel of channel plan amp saving channel plan to device a saving channel plan to all devices e loading channel plan from device clearing channel plan table E creating channel plan according to the current channel template Es loading channel plan from file Fl saving channel plan to file Plan name field displays the name of current channel plan it can contain 16 symbols maximum Maximum number of channels in channel plan is 160 4 6 2 Channel Parameter Window for CIU 002 To set and edit the channel parameters use Channel parameter window This window is opened when a new channel is added to channel plan and when the existing channel is edited Channel parameters Channel type dF noise Mru Apply S25 we Frequency MHz 345 250 Mame 525 Ch 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Plans Channel Parameter Window for CIU 002 25 Channel parameters Channel type Digital v Channel Channel width MHz S25 w feo Frequency MHz Modulation 346 000 CAMES ww Mame SR Msps S25 Ch 00 Channel parameters are different for digital and analog channels Channel type can be selected in Channel type drop down list General parameters Channel channel number from the current channel template When selecting a channel the frequenc
42. log channels signal level Level carrier to noise ratio C N and video to audio ratio V A For digital channels the following parameters can be viewed actual channel power Level MER BER before Reed Solomon decoder preBER and BER after Reed Solomon decoder postBER Note Maximum number of lines displayed is 100 000 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Measurements Table Graph Table E EI Mo 4 c J c ig E C3 MH NM MUR EH MF OF 0O Oo I cn m Roc M re J J Date and time 16 06 2012 16 41 02 185 056 2012 16 42 03 16 06 2012 16 43 03 16 06 2012 16 44 04 18 06 2012 16 43 04 18 06 2012 16 46 04 185 056 2012 16 47 03 18 06 2012 16 45 06 15 06 2012 16 49 07 18 06 2012 16 50 07 15 05 2012 16 51 08 16 06 2012 16 52 09 18 06 2012 16 53 09 18 06 2012 16 54 09 18 06 2012 16 53 10 15 05 2012 15 56 11 16 06 2012 16 57 12 16 06 2012 15 58 12 16 06 2012 16 24 13 185 056 2012 17 00 13 15 06 2012 17 01 13 15 06 2012 17 02 14 10 0e wid A RNA TA Level dEi al 31 8 al De 21 3 az E al 8 al 8 Je 1 S al 4 ali Je 1 ali al 8 31 0 31 6 21 4 20 6 ad 3 20 8 Cie Via dB C N dB ES 11 1 10 3 10 7 10 4 10 2 EDS 9 6 10 1 ga 10 5 9 9 aie 10 1 10 1 10 4 10 4 10 3 E gs 1 6 10 3 We 31 9 30 8 GEHE SA 3L 30 5 te 30 6 Se d 3L SIME 32 2 30 2 32 1 20 3 30 7 3d 30 8 30 5 31 2 32 4 2 5 24 A MER dB preBER You can save the ch
43. ls Adjustment range 10 to 35 dB Max permissible BER before Reed Solomon decoder When test is off preBER is not measured to reduce the measurement time Available values 1 0E 4 1 0E 5 1 0E 6 1 0E 7 1 0E 8 Max permissible BER after Reed Solomon decoder Test turns on off together with preBER measurement Possible values 1 0E 8 Max permissible level difference between adjacent channels Test is performed for analog channels which are adjacent in the selected channel template Adjustment range 2 to 6 dB Max permissible level difference between digital and analog channels Test is performed for all possible channel combinations digital analog channel Adjustment range 5 to 30 dB Max permissible level difference between channels in the frequency range of 40 to 300 MHz Test is performed for analog channels Adjustment range 5 to 15 dB Max permissible level difference between channels in the frequency range of 40 to 600 MHz Test is performed only for analog channels Adjustment range 7 to 17 dB Max permissible level difference between channels in the frequency range of of 40 to 1000 MHz Test is performed only for analog channels Adjustment range 10 to 20 dB Max permissible level difference between channels in any frequency range with bandwidth of 100 MHz Test is performed only for analog channels Adjustment range 5 to 12 dB MPEG transport stream test flags There are 12 possible MPEG transport stream tes
44. m the list select its name and click button 4 Applications 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Program Settings wo This tab contains the list of external applications which are run in case any measurement or hardware errors of the device are detected The information about errors is sent in text form via the Windows command line You can make the test run of any selected application by clicking button Enabled checking unchecking the box will accordingly activate deactivate the start of applications from the list in case any errors are detected Short messages checking unchecking this box will accordingly turn on off the dispatch of short messages with brief information Additional information about the start of external applications is given in Warning System section 4 3 Device First Connection When connecting device for the first time follow the procedure below 1 Select channel template To select a channel template first select the required device from a list of devices by left clicking on its name Then click Channel template tab in the main program window Channel template editor will open Using the editor you can create a new channel template or upload it from a file 2 Configure channel plan After you finish configuring the channel template you should adjust the settings of a channel plan Select the required device and go to Channel plan tab Channel plan editor will open Using the editor
45. ncy in MHz within the range of 49 250 to 1000 MHz Bandwidth channel bandwidth in MHz within the range of 1 5 to 20 MHz Name channel name maximum 3 symbols 4 7 3 Saving Template to File To save a template to file click E button in channel template toolbar then in the standard dialog select a folder to which the template is saved enter file name and click Save 4 7 4 Loading Template from File The channel template can be loaded from file with tvs extension which was created in ViewRSA or ViewlT 2 0 software To load a channel template from file select the required device from the list of devices and click button on channel template toolbar Then select the required file and click Open O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Templates Saving Template to Device 31 4 7 5 Saving Template to Device To save the channel template to device click 35 button on the channel tem plate toolbar When channel template is successfully saved anew measurement cycle will be created 4 7 6 Loading Template from Device To load the channel template from device and view it click C3 button on the channel template toolbar If the loaded channel template differs from the channel template stored in the device DB a new measurement cycle will be created and it will contain the channel template loaded from the device 4 8 Measurements ViewRSA software receives measurements from devices and saves them to the database Measureme
46. nel Template Editor Channel template editor is located in Channel template tab It is displayed in the form of a table containing channels and channel template toolbar Channels in the table are given in order of frequency ascending 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Templates Channel Template Editor 3X Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors Log Channel template OIRT Sound carrier MHz 6 500 Noise shift MHz 1 125 eto a amp 1 E Frequency MHz Channel width MHz Channel name 4 49 750 8 000 1 59 250 4 000 e ff 200 un 3 Ba zat 6 000 4 93 250 6 000 5 111 250 a 000 si 119 250 000 Sz 127 250 8 000 53 135 200 a 000 sd 143 250 6 000 So 151 250 6 000 sb 159 250 8 000 57 167 250 6 000 5d 175 259 6 000 B 183 250 8 000 7 191 250 a 000 E 199 250 6 000 d 2 28 un 10 215 200 4 000 11 223 20 a000 12 231 28 6 000 sil 239 250 5 000 512 24729 4 000 513 be Total number of channels 99 Channel template is edited in temporary buffer so its changes does not affect device channel template until you click button Do not exit the Channel template tab during editing otherwise the channel template being edited will not be saved and the next time you enter the editor the channel template from device will be displayed Channel template toolbar contains the following commands adding new channel to channel template deleting selected channel from channel templa
47. neral a Database Database file field shows the name of the DB file used by the program To open the DB select the corresponding file in the standard dialog window for file opening which can be accessed by clicking button To create a new DB click i button In the standard dialog box enter the new database name and destination folder DB changes come into effect after program restart Save changes to DB put a checkmark in this box to have the results of device measurements automatically saved to database Note that storing the measurement results will require additional free space on the hard drive b Program Network interface field shows the network interface used for connection with devices The field contains IP addresses of the computer network interface controllers NIC To switch to automatic network interface selection set the 0 0 0 0 value for IP address TCP port field shows the server TCP port employed by the program The port number can contain numbers in the range 1024 05535 and should not repeat the port number of WEB interface Port number will change after the program restart Attention The selected port shall be free and not used by any other applications installed on your PC The traffic of TCP and UDP packets with this O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Program Settings 11 port number and 8801 port number shall not be blocked by network monitors firewalls and other soft and hardware tools LAN a
48. nts are performed by the channel plan with specified measurement interval The Start measurements button in manual measurements start mode will activate one time measurement of all channels in the channel plan Si ViewRSA lolak DateBase db Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History BE Loo List of devices E ap xX 0 EX No Channel Name Frequency MHz Type Date and time Level deu V A dB C N dB MER dB P e i il 1ch 49 750 A 18 04 2000 06 24 18 14 6 19 ibat 18 06 2012 18 06 2012 2 2 2ch 59 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 19 13 1 0 0 5 18 06 2012 18 06 2012 3 3 3 Ch 77 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 19 12 8 0 0 2X A EUMD n tonnes 4 4 4 Ch 85 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 20 21 4 3 5 13 4 E 5 3 ST 93 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 20 i23 D 0 5 ES 4 CIU 003 S N 12050001 6 si si Ch 111 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 21 11 5 0 1 3 ABE se s2 Ch 119 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 21 ipee 0 0 9 A 8 53 s3 Ch 127 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 22 13 0 0 5 0 3 9 s4 s4 Ch 135 20 A 18 04 2000 06 24 22 12 2 0 A 10 s s5 Ch 143 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 23 12 2 0 2 0 ital s s6 Ch 151 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 23 12 2 0 0 i 12 S7 s7 Ch 159 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 24 13 0 0 6 0 5 13 s8 sa ch 167 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 24 12 1 0 2 1 14 6 6 Ch 175 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 25 12 2 0 1 7 15 7 7 Ch 183 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 25 1255 0 al 16 8 8 Ch 191 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 26 17 1 0 9 1 17 9 9 Ch 199 250 A 18 04 2000 06 24 26 12 6 0 LS 18 10 10 Ch 207 250 A 18
49. on in No column The icon will be displayed until the channel passes all limit tests 4 9 History of Measurements This section describes viewing the measurement results history saved in DB The results can be viewed in tables and graphs 4 9 1 List of Channels List of channels is displayed in the form of a table with channels from channel plan and has the following view List of channels M Marne Frequency Type 1 1 Ch 49 750 E 2 Ch 59 250 3 3 Ch 7 200 qu q 4 Ch 09 200 a 5 Ch 96 000 B 5 51 Ch 111 250 F se Ch 119 250 g 53 Ch 127 250 g sd ch 135 250 10 so Ch 143 250 When you select a channel from the table its measurement history will be displayed on the right 4 9 2 Graph The graph is plotted on the basis of measured channel parameters which are stored in DB It is placed in the right side of the measurement history screen in the Graph tab The following parameters can be viewed for analog channels signal level Level carrier to noise ratio C N and video to audio ratio V A For digital channels the following parameters can be viewed actual channel power Level MER BER before Reed Solomon decoder preBER and BER after Reed Solomon decoder postBER Only one of the parameters can be selected for viewing 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA History of Measurements Graph Parameters E a El Level Ova Update n OTN Level d p Start End For last E vifa 19 06 2012 w1
50. ot affect device channel 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Limit plan limit plan until you click button Do not exit the Limit plan tab during editing otherwise the channel plan being edited will not be saved and the next time you enter the editor the channel plan from device will be displayed You can change the criteria of limit test using drop down lists for required parameters Check uncheck a parameter to turn on off the limit test for this parameter The following channel limit plan are available in the program Max permissible analog channel level Adjustment range 45 to 95 dBuV Min permissible analog channel level Adjustment range 45 to 95 dBuV Max permissible video to audio ratio Adjustment range 5 to 20 dB Min permissible video to audio ratio Adjustment range 5 to 20 dB Min permissible carrier to noise ratio Adjustment range 15 to 45 dB Max permissible digital channel level Adjustment range 45 to 95 dB Min permissible digital channel level Adjustment range 45 to 95 dB Min permissible MER for QAM64 channels Adjustment range 25 to 40 dB Min permissible MER for QAM128 channels Adjustment range 25 to 40 dB Min permissible MER for QAM256 channels Adjustment range 25 to 40 dB Min permissible MER for COFDM QPSK channels Adjustment range 2 to 35 dB Min permissible MER for COFDM QAM16 channels Adjustment range 6 to 35 dB Min permissible MER for COFDM QAM64 channe
51. rks with the help of CIU 002 003 Remote Service TV Signal Analyzers ViewRSA software contains four functional parts 1 GUI graphical user interface for Windows 2 Database and its controlling system 3 TCP server for operation with CIU 002 003 Remote Service Signal Analyzers 4 WEB interface for accessing the program from an external PC ViewRSA Windows GUI CIU 002 003 Database j at O 2012 PLANAR About ViewRSA 6 This software offers the following functions remote control of CIU 002 003 Signal Analyzers via Ethernet periodic polling of Analyzers and monitoring of their condition creating and editing channel plans creating and editing channel templates creating and editing limit plans real time displaying of measurement results and saving them to database automatic measurement results checking against limit plans viewing measurements history in graphs and tables for any time interval recording measurement results user notifying of detected hardware faults and channels which failed the limit test Notification can be performed in the following ways visual warning errors are shown in the error log and require to be viewed by the user sound alarm selected audio file is played with certain interval until all errors are fixed sending e mails with information about detected errors to specified addresses running external applications with concurrent notifying about detected errors in Windows comm
52. rors the box contains NO ERRORS message Error data is updated once in several minutes in case the device is connected To restart the device click Restart button The connection will be broken and then reestablished after a while To get info about MPEG errors click Service button and click Get button in Service info window 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Management Panel Device Self Test 23 i Service info 18 06 2012 15 38 40 0000 0000 0000 For save information to file click Save button Click Exit button to close the device self test window 4 6 Channel Plans This section describes channel plans their editing viewing loading and saving 4 6 1 Channel Plan Editor Channel plan editor is located in Channel plan tab It is displayed in the form of a table containing channels and channel plan toolbar Channels in the table are given in order of frequency ascending c5 E Sea I ViewRSA DateBase db List of devices r xX 9090 oes A1 CIU 003 S N 12060001 25 2 CIU 002 S N 12060002 t 25 A 4 CIU 003 S N 12050001 8 min Devices connected 1 Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors EIE Plan name Current plan d es 4 i N Tv channel Name il 1 1ch 2 2 2 Ch 3 3 3 Ch 4 4 4 Ch 5 3 5 Ch 6 si si Ch 7 52 s2 Ch 8 53 s3 Ch 9 s4 s4 Ch 10 s5 s5 Ch 11 s s Ch 13 58 s8 Ch 14 6 6 Ch
53. s window is opened when a new channel is added to channel plan and when the existing channel is edited Measurement time field allows you to set the channel broadcasting time in network Channel will be measured only in the given time interval Checking unchecking this box turns on off the measurements in the specified interval 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Plans Channel Parameter Window for CIU 003 03 Channel parameters From 6 00 00 To 23 00 00 Channel limit plan J Measurement schedule Channel type Spectrum D Digital inv Channel Channel width MHz Maximum level 75 v dB dB o a Minimum MER dE Frequency MHz Carriers 146 000 ek Mame Minimum level Maximum preBER 1e 7 v Maximum postBER Guard interval MPEG stream errors 55 Ch dF noise Mru Bandwidth MHz 132 Hierarchy type y Mi ri Synchronization loss Sync byte loss PAT error Bit count integrity error PMT error o 000 PID error Transport stream error Checksum error PCR repetition error PLR continuity error PLR accuracy error CAT error Modulation COPDM OAMe4 Limit plan Individual limit plan we Apply Cancel Channel parameters are different for digital and analog channels Channel type can be selected in Channel type drop down list General parameters Channel channel number from the current channel template When selecting a channel the frequency
54. surements Graph Viewing measurements within certain time interval In this case you need to set start and end date time values in Start and End fields As a result all measurements for the given time interval will be displayed on the graph Viewing last measurements You need to set the number of last minutes hours days months years in For last field and click Show button As a result the last measurements for the given period will be displayed on the graph By default the graph displays measurement results for the last day of program operation You can change the graph borders in two ways using the mouse move the cursor to one border of the graph it will change its form to one of the icons Im A Ww i p AV showing direction of shifting the graph border The graph border will shift after left clicking on the button move the cursor s while holding down the right mouse button graph borders will follow the cursor but the graph scale will remain unchanged Cursor coordinates will be displayed in the upper right corner of the graph E 18 06 2012 17 04 Level 40 7 dBpv 18 06 2012 16 51 Level 55 4 dBpV You can also view any graph area in detail using the mouse First select the required graph area To select it highlight the area by holding down the left mouse button It will be zoomed in after you release the mouse button Click Esc to cancel highlighting and zooming in When zoomed in measurement points are in
55. te rs editing selected channel of channel template E saving channel template to device amp loading channel template from device clearing channel template table E creating channel plan according to the current channel template ER loading channel template from file B saving channel template to file O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Channel Templates Channel Template Editor Maximum number of channels in channel template is 160 Template name field displays the name of current channel template it can contain 16 symbols maximum Noise shift MHz field displays frequency shift for measuring noise in respect to channel carrier frequency This value is later used as a default value for dF noise parameter of channels in the channel plan Sound carrier MHz field is used to set the audio subcarrier frequency shift in respect to channel carrier frequency This parameter value is used for measuring video to audio ratio for analog channels Incorrect setting of this parameter may result in additional video to audio ratio measurement error 4 7 2 Channel Parameter Window To set and edit the channel parameters use Channel parameter window This window is opened when a new channel is added to channel template and when the existing channel is edited Channel parameters ETE Frequency MHz m 49 750 Bandwidth MHz Cancel 8 000 Name 1 The following parameters can be set Frequency video carrier freque
56. test parameters which failed the limit test and criterion value against which the channel was tested This test is performed after channel measurement results are received Channel errors Signal level dep x lt 50 dEi Video to audio ratio dB Signal to noise ratio dB Un lt 30 dB MER dB preBER postBER Level difference After the test the corresponding field will show the value of difference between channel levels which is greater than the criterion value Criterion value is shown in round brackets and then goes the name of the second tested channel from a channel couple This test is performed after all channels of the channel plan are measured 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Measurement Errors EM Level difference Adjacent channels Analog and digital In the bandwidth of dF100 MHz Ja 27 dB with channel s24 Ch In range 0 300 MHz EE In range 40 600 MHz y 12 dB with channel s24 Ch In range 40 1000 MHz jy 215 dB with channel s24 Ch MPEG stream errors CIU 003 Remote Signal Analyzer limit plan also provides testing the digital channels for MPEG transport stream errors To receive additional information about any error move a cursor on error name and read the pop up help message This test is performed after channel measurement results are received MPEG stream errors amp PAT error amp PID error ib CAT error All generated error messages are registered b
57. ts in the list according to ETSI TR101290 section 5 first and second priority level tests To turn on the required test put a checkmark in the box near its name To get additional information about any test move the mouse cursor to its name and read the pop up help message You can edit the limit plan name in the Name field it can contain maximum 16 symbols You can also load a channel limit plan from mp file O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Measurement Errors EMI 4 11 Measurement Errors This tab is designed for viewing and analyzing the measurement errors of channels which failed limit tests Occurrence of errors in the channel are detected and registered as events as well as their disappearance For example a Limit plan includes only one test criterion Minimum level of analog channels L 64 dBuV b All channels are considered error free before measurements start c First measurement result of analog channel L 67 dBuV S N 30 dB V A 30 dB The channel passed limit test against all the limits and no errors were detected in the channel Channel status did not change error message is not generated d Second measurement result of analog channel L 40 dBuV S N 20 dB V A 15 dB The channel failed limit test against the following limits Minimum level of analog channels L 40 lt 64 dByV and an error was detected in the channel The previous channel status was error free error message is generated e Third measur
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59. y is set according to video carrier frequency of the channel template for analog channels and central frequency of the channel template for digital channels Name channel name maximum 6 symbols By default the channel name is its number in the channel template Analog channel parameters Frequency channel carrier frequency in MHz within the range of 48 to 1000 MHz dF noise frequency shift for measuring noise level in respect to channel carrier within the range of 8 to 8 MHz Default dF noise is set equal to Noise shift parameter value of the current channel template Digital channel parameters Frequency channel central frequency in MHz within the range of 48 to 1000 MHz Channel width channel width in MHz within the range of 5 to 8 MHz This parameter is required to measure actual digital channel power Incorrect parameter setting may result in additional measurement errors Modulation QAM64 QAM128 QAM256 value stands for unknown type of modulation or no modulation SR MSps symbol rate in Msps within the range of 5 to 7 MSps To check the correctness of entered parameters click Apply Also the parameters are checked upon completion their entry after clicking Enter or moving to another field Use Cancel button to cancel the changes and close the parameter window 4 6 3 Channel Parameter Window for CIU 003 To set and edit the channel parameters use Channel parameter window Thi
60. y the Warning System and shall be acknowledged by the operator You can acknowledge an error in two ways make a double click on error message select Acknowledge error in the context menu of the error message To clear several errors select the required error messages from the list while holding down Ctrl key or select a group of error messages by highlighting the first and the last channel while holding down Shift key Then select Acknowledge errors from the context menu of the error list You can clear all device errors by clicking V icon You can easily view the measurement history for the selected error message from the error list To do this select the required channel with an error from the list make a right click on it and select Search in history from the context menu Thus you automatically go to History tab The program will find the measurement corresponding to the required error and will show a graph with this measurement highlighted O 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRSA Device Events Log 4 12 Device Events Log The Log tab shows the list of device events with time and date of each event Some events device operation errors are handled by the Warning System Measurements Channel plan Channel template Limit plan History Errors Log M Date and time Event Comment 18 06 2012 16 32 37 Connection broken Reason af connection break unknown 1 ER 18 05 2012 16 31 37 Connection lost 3 18 06 2012 16 29 12
61. you can create a new plan upload it from a file or edit the current channel plan which will be used for measurements 3 Configure limit plan Then it is necessary to select a limit plan for testing the device channels Select the required device and go to Limit plan tab Using the limit plan editor you can create a new limit plan upload it from a file or edit the current limit plan 4 Set measurement interval Before starting the measurements you should set the required measurement interval Make a right click on the required device to open the context menu Select Device settings submenu and then click Change measurement interval item In the opened window select the required value for measurement interval minimum time interval between two consecutive measurements of all channels in channel plan 5 Start measurements By default devices that are first connected do not perform any measurements You can start the measurements after finishing the previous settings items 1 to 4 Make a right click on the required device to open the context menu Then select Start measurements item 4 4 Checking LAN Availability and Settings In case there is no communication between the devices and ViewRSA program you can detect the reason of connection failure via special ClUTestNet exe utility program It is located in the folder where the ViewRSA program was installed To test the network proceed as follows 2012 PLANAR Operating ViewRS

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