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FSM-640 user`s manual

1. 84 IN EB Sc 84 SS Em 85 19 52 85 oS fe EN 86 IP c 87 87 E 88 20 Soliwure 89 PAS SU c ee 90 22 Connection of the appliance to a 91 22 1 COI ORCC E ETE TET TET EE TTE 91 22 2 USB mini 91 22 3 Ethernet interface 92 23 Optical Power Measurement option 1 eese eese einen nenne nenne nennen nnn nnn n nnns 94 24 HDMI Connection cccsscecccnscecsonscecconscncconscncconsenccensencnonsencconsencconseneconsencconsenenonsenccenensens 95 li ALCAD 25 Displayed messages 96 254 96 25 2 POR WS SSO TTE TE CE tO T TE T 97 20 98 27 Technical specifications 100 22 UM USES BIDS 100 27 2 dBmV et dBm conversion ccccscssssscsesscsscsesecsecssacsesaesaesaesesaessesecsecaesacsecaecaesasaucaseaeateas 102 27 3 Typical values for measurements sse tnnt nnn 103 28 CE Declaration
2. eere rere rne c aaa arae Das 104 bi ALCAD 1 Important information Please read carefully the following instructions before using your appliance 1 1 Particular precautions e Do not use the product for any other use than specified Use the provided charger unit to prevent any deterioration of the appliance and guarantee its measurement characteristics Do not use in a wet environment e Do not use in an explosive environment Incase of failure or for the maintenance of the appliance only a qualified personal shall be entitled to work on it In such a case it is required to use Alcad spare parts not open the appliance risk of electric shock e should use the F F or BNC F adaptor provided with your measuring instrument Any other adaptor could damage your appliance and jeopardizes the guarantee not use gloves stylus or any other object on to the touchscreen Handle the screen carefully 1 2 Security instructions For a correct use of the appliance it is necessary that users abide by the security and use instructions described in this manual Specific warnings appear all along this manual In case of need warning symbols are displayed on the appliance N 1 3 Symbols and definitions Symbols in this manual uj Remark Shows important information ALCAD C Key o
3. a ae ae eet N 10753 00 i i i H IE BE ER ptis 10920000 0979000 11038 000 11007 RAT Mm L11302 000 DIES DAEERETE um ASTR 3 tu6t000 IA 22000 ASTR 11135 000 m 000 cesar asma cre GLOBECAS L TET 000 22000 ASTRAY 15600 Vw 115 107 000 m 11626 000 T 22000 116 70 000 DOVES VBS ov E et ASTRA 1 11739 000 DVE 5 27500 aem pite 1 ME EET VB La piii DVE S ES Ld D ASTRA 1 Ts 000 a g iu ASTRAY UNS bi ALCAD 6 AUTOSET mode Attention The Autoset channel research is only possible when at least one list is empty with enough place in the library This mode allows an automatic research of setups and to provide information about the current place You can access it through the key on page Home The displayed lines on this page depend on the selected Frequency band The key before the Mode line allows you to select between terrestrial cable or satellite mode Autoset ST ETIENNE ETIENNE Mode Terrestrial METTI v 8 oo f Ez ES EIE E21 to channel START
4. 11 5 Terrestrial band The appliance automatically makes level measurements on the Video carrier wave The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each standard SO negative peak DQPSK 5 5 MHz 5 74 MHz 15 85 MHz DK negative AM peak FM FM DQPSK 6 5 MHz 6 258 MHz 5 85 MHz positive AM peak FM DQPSK MHz positive peak AM DQPSK EN CNN MN negative AM peak FM FM fee The appliance displays the level of the Video carrier wave and the C N ratio hi ALCAD 11 6 Thresholds Predefined thresholds are used to assess if the measurement is pertinent Standard Analogical terrestrial TV DVB C DVB T H DVB T2 Analogical satellite TV DVB S DSS DVB S2 Min Max p Decision thresholds are used to display the measures Power Level and Measurement Map min threshold max threshold LB B Measure red display green display orange display 11 7 Digital measurements In digital measurement mode in addition to the RF level and to the C N hereabove the appliance also displays the various BER Bit Error Rate the PER Packet Error Rate and the MER Modulation Error Ratio under DVB T H DVB T2 DVB C DVB S DVB S2 or DSS You also get the LKM x xdB Link Margin specification This expression in dB is the difference between the measured
5. EINE START Satellite Mode Mode Cable EZB __ n D channel to channel Terrestrial Mode START Cable Mode hl ALCAD Once the mode selected the keys of the various parameters activate or deactivate each option A green check shows that the parameter is included in the research If there is no green check the parameter will not be taken into account for the research Inactive research parameter Active research parameter Attention The more you select options the longer the research 6 1 Terrestrial mode This mode allows automatic research on the terrestrial frequency band Autoset ST ETIENNE The table allows the selection of P e Standards Channel widths e The channel range of the research i e 21 to 58 Terrestrial Europe The goal is to make researches shorter 6 2 Satellite mode This mode allows automatic research on the satellite frequency band Autoset ST ETIENNE The table allows the selection of Satellite e Standards e LNB bands e NB polarizations v I DVB S2 m High Vertical Iw Horizontal bi ALCAD 6 3 Cable mode This mode allows automatic research on the cable frequency band Autoset ST ETIENNE VES ES II oo channel r a EL E gt to channel 6 4 START menu key No matte
6. DETTSU 000 MHz MHz B San 300 BE Confirmation request for an important action Language Date Expert Mode Factory reset Unit AX Frequency map Memories Adjustment Factory recovery Remote power supply issue cable under tension or excess intensity above maximum Remote supply LNB SEFRAM Remote supply Sat Off Terz5V LO1 frequency 8750 MHz m m en ELCCINE S LO2 frequency 10600 MHz eS LO selection Remote supply fault Polar selection Committed Switch Uncommitted Port Positioner SatCR Messages of the same king may show up pop up window is an alert the corresponding message explains the issue 25 2 Error messages A message may show up at the bottom of the screen immediately after updating the software Do not take it into account as far as it does not show up at a second start up Else or for any other problem contact the ALCAD technical support bi ALCAD 26 Maintenance This appliance requires some maintenance to meet its requirements and maintain its general characteristics Consequences Recommended periodicity of Recommended use controls limit BATTERY Reduction of the battery 200 charge life discharge cycles or 2 years STRAPS Breakdown At each use Check the holding of the straps SCREEN Measurement setting Erroneous m
7. ELEM NE INN 385 EJ ae a hi ALCAD gt Setup Satellite KU L or C Ku L or C corresponds to the selected band To enter the type of polarity Libra Setup modification you want for the setup high or low vertical or horizontal Satellite KU Band __ 380 Place Autoset ET eus 10729 979 MHz standard DVB 5 To enter the symbol rate you 350 Palgr Band Low Vertical want for the setup 5 Symbol rate 2 000kBd Delete Delete all bi ALCAD 9 Check Sat Only for satellite band The Check Sat mode allows you to quickly align the satellite dish by initial selection of the satellite Press and Check Sot to access the Check Sat mode Name and position of the satellite Check Sat SEFRAM Electrical intensity of EG LNB 37mA Global RF QU RF QU RF QU RF QU 89 87 87 81 97 83 qua 14 indication Frequency polarization 11720MHz 12515 10979MHz 12363MHz Alignment band level HH HH VL VH e 275008 22000kB e2000kB 27500kB and quality DVB S DVB S DVB S DVB S The appliance has 32 possible orbital positions for satellites It is provided with circa ten satellites registered 4 transponders are appended to each satellite You can select the satellite by pressing several times Name and position of the satellite To modify a transponder you must press the corr
8. Sound 61 61 132 MO 61 etc 62 134 NN 62 13 97 Rights Or 7 Acdess 63 14 Remote power supply LNB 4 64 14 1 eee 64 14 2 Satellite band HAMM 65 hi ALCAD eee ee ne ee 65 A22 OVINE m 66 P S MM 67 WADA SalCh MOS acquisite ittm uev desea cca anes Mesi 68 14 2 4 1 Automatic research of the slot 69 14 2 4 2 Influence of the SatCR mode on the spectrum 70 a RP 71 16 Echo Guard ds 72 17 75 17 1 values Devan 76 2 ee 77 79 80 19 1 met m 80 MEE uU Emm 80 19 3 Frequency RE OE TEE 81 Ne 6 81 i A 82 p c 82 FR ESOS e 83 o CNET Emm 84 BCC
9. T ST ETIENNE 69 srenmwwe uen configuration su wera seme re _ 875 stenene 374 76 Tre sremme amp e 379 FRMUSIQ ST ETIENNE 97 100 FRMUSIQ ST ETIENNE xw Attention If the line contains a setup it shall be erased To cancel press By pressing the key before Setup you disclose the available setups from the library you cannot create a setup from a list to create a setup see Setup creation or modification in the library um E ESL B Delete Delete 169 TE 571 Delete all Bea T inte 3 B imu pt Blacks 1375 1576 1577 9700 68 s S Y wi Scroll the list up down to find the setup you want to add to your list Press the line you want 371 TNT R1 ST ETIENNE D TNT R1 ST ETIENNE ST ETIENNE Ze lL LL FR MUSIQ m E 579 FR BEN ST ETIENNE 97 100 E Bp BT Anean a a RI A Na a a a a A a A RIEN EE I configuration Wr mex seme i srenewe 8s _ 375 mre ms _ sm Tras me o _ 378 europea srenewwe 10430 79 ST TIENNE You may erase the s
10. yes Check sat mode Fast search with NIT for sigle or dual LNC 30 satellites typical with Europe table loaded 4 transponders per satellite user s defined Remote supply 5V 13V 18 V 24V 500 mA max 300mA for 13 18 V 500 mA max Voltage 24 DiSEqC 1 2 control of dish motor committed amp uncommitted switches Mini DiSEqC 22KHz ee oe DiSEqC Extension of DiSEqC protocol can control up to 8 slots max SatCR hi ALCAD Measurement map Capaci Scrolling of 50 setups maximum pacity g p graphical bargraph tilt measurement Storage Internal in non volatile memory or external USB stick not supplied sites measures level BER MER measurements map Spectrum TV picture and sound Encrypted programs except 7871 yes yes OO 50 DC 80 rms 50Hz Interfaces USB A USB mini B Ethernet 1ObaseT RJ45 DC supply ASI TS input output 7875 7876 yes I O BNC plugs HDMI ouput yes WiFi antenna input Factory option General specifications LCD TFT 10 inch color touch screen capacitive technology Display 16 9 high luminosity backlight 1000 cd m2 1280x800 dots External supply Main adaptor 110 230 VAC with 5 5mm jack 15 V 6 A LiOn 70W not removable by user 4 hours typicol depending of use Charging time 1 5 hour for 80 of capacity Operating temperature 5 C to 45 10 C to 60 C EMC and safety NF EN 61362 1 NF EN 61326 3 NF EN 61010 1 280 x 230x 85 m
11. Recall LDPC Low Density Parity Check BCH Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem bi ALCAD The concatenation Viterbi Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB T H has been replaced by the concatenation LDPC BCH under DVB T2 Display of the type of Modulation detected number of carriers 32 K constellation 256QAM R e guard interval 1 8 Viterbi rate 3 5 Display of the values of Network_ID System_ID Cell_ID from the diffuser and specific to the emitter 11 10 DVB C REED DECODING TUNER gt DEMODULATOR LJ BERo PER Measures SEFRAM 195 125 MHz 7 6875 67 0 dBp 80 100 120 C N 36 8 dE lt 9 9 EET 1 PER lt 1 8 e 5 60 p s LKM 11 3dB Display of the measures of e BERo error rate before Reed Solomon error rate after Reed Solomon error rate packet MER modulation error rate LKM Noise margin Link Margin BERo error rate bits Ratio between the number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time bi ALCAD PER error rate packets Ratio between the number of false packets number of transmitted packets during the measurement time Recall Under DVB C a packet is made of 204 bites a packet is fal
12. Remote supply LNB SEFRAM Remote supply LO1 frequency LO2 frequency LO selection Polar selection Committed Switch Uncommitted Port Positioner SatCR Sat 0n Ter 0ff 9750 MHz Initialisations OL 10600 MHz 0 22kHz 13 18V DiSEqC Yes 2 E hi ALCAD In this example the position is 2 1 to 127 pre loaded positions in the positioner If the positioner is on No it is deactivated See chapter Man machine interface for any change 14 2 4 SatCR mode Description SatCR Satellite Channel Router or Single Cable Distribution Distribution of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable in single family dwelling to 2 4 or 8 different receptors To give several receptors access to the whole spectrum and all polarizations you need one coaxial cable per receptor and a suitable installation multiple LNB Quattro and multi commuters The SatCR mode is an extension of the DiSEgC protocol that allows the connection of several receptors on only one coaxial cable no matter the band H L and the polarization H V A European industrial standard has been developed for delivering satellite signals on only one coaxial cable EN50494 Functioning Each satellite receptor uses a fix frequency band Slot or Port whose width is more or less equal to the width of the transponder The receptor requires a specific transponder frequency frequ
13. MHz DVB S2 22001 kBd MER LKM Display of the measures of BERI error rate before LDPC e error rate after LDPC e PER error rate after BCH lost packets MER modulation error rate LKM Noise margin Link Margin Recall LDPC Low Density Parity Check BCH Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem The concatenation Viterbi Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB S has been replaced by the concatenation LDPC BCH under 52 Display of the type of Modulation detected constellation 8PSK Viterbi rate 2 3 hi ALCAD 12 Spectrum analyser Pressing SPECTRUM gives access to the SPECTRUM ANALYSER function 2 modes are available expert mode and simplified mode This selection is made at Configuration page 12 1 Simplified Spectrum Satellite Terrestrial T ESI Len 5 gE ELE 300 Gc o 2 predefined bandwidth are available terrestrial and satellite To swap from satellite to terrestrial press the key as shown on the bottom side of the screen The input attenuator is automatically setup according to the level of the signals measured Filters are automatically selected according to the Span The filter use dis displayed on the upper left corner Parameters of the spectrum are Frequency value of the Cursor simply press the area where frequency where the you want to move or set the cursor List you can select a Program cursor is User can enter
14. T ute E name DIGITAL Tuc ASTRA 1 ASTRA1 10743 HL ANXEHD ASTRA DIGITAL ASTRA1 10788 meras ssa rs Hoe e merus asmai 8 DIGITALE 10876VL emu asma 195 me HD S E name AMEN 72 TNT R2 74 74 TNT R amp ST 75 TNT HD 5 76 TNT Re ST 377 FRINTER ST 379 wma HOT BIRD EE ASTRA1 HOT ATLANTIC L4 LA Eag BENI EN 6 _ 7 i E 71 an 1 2 c sm muras sr sm mre sremww _ ra sri srenewe 20 Ez 75 srenewe amp sip i376 sremme te BILE murem srenewe 800 378 Europea st erienne 10480 u iin bi ALCAD Attention A list may contain a Satellite and a Terrestrial setup 7 2 Modification of a list To change the name of a list you must trigger its name A virtual keypad shows up Type the new name ALCAD in our example 5 TNT R1 ST ETIENNE
15. The FSM 640 allows spotting signals in ground or very quick satellite mode In the following chapter we will see how to spot a signal on three types of installation e Checking of a terrestrial antenna the installation has already been made e Installation of a terrestrial antenna e Installation of a satellite dish li ALCAD 2 2 1 Checking a terrestrial antenna In this case the Autoset function allows a scan of the channels that the antenna detects Plug the cable of your antenna to the FSM 640 take care to use Ae adaptor Turn your appliance on Press the Home key The Home page appears on screen Press Autoset On this page press Mode Terrestrial then select DVB T and 8MHz as here below The scan should range from the E2 to the E69 channels frequency range Europe you may reduce the number of channels to scan if you know the range of the emitter where the antenna points at the scan will be faster Terrestrial Cable _ EN VES woo Satellite v ELLE START Mode Terrestrial Mode Frequency map Europe JA Frequency map EJ LEM LS Eg ES EL EZ CIL gt EJ L3 channel E to channel EU channel Eu to channel START gt START Press START The appliance searches until the end of the scan and turns directly to the Measurement plan mode If channels were found the appliance makes measurements continuously
16. When triggering this key the appliance calls for calibration of the internal compass Check Sat double LNB SEFRAM Com pas 5 Init calibration To do so you must turn the appliance in all directions until the message disappears The appliance displays your azimuth and if you have to turn to the left or to the right to face the satellite Check Sot double SEFRAM Check Sat double 5 Init calibration Lut ME Init calibration When the satellite is in front of you the appliance displays your position on a green background like here Check Sat double LNE SEFRAM i Compass init calibration The init calibration key relaunches the calibration of the compass hil ALCAD 9 5 2 Recall 4 Azimuth Position of the satellite dish on the horizontal plane with reference to the north Measured in degrees Elevation Tilt angle under which the beam from the satellite reaches your antenna Measured in degrees using what is specified on the stand of the satellite dish Polarization Rotation required for the LNB from a vertical line Measured in degrees To calculate the parameters of a single headed satellite dish enter the same satellite for Check Sat on both parameters Satellite 1 and Satellite 2 Note The list of the available satellites for this calculation is the same as for Check Sat lt ALCAD 10 The Measures TV Spectrum page T
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18. DVB 5 Attention The displayed name depends on the content of the MPEG NIT table Some distributors provide no or poor such table The displayed information may be wrong Attention To identify a satellite you must be hooked on all 4 transponders Quality gt 0 However some transponders are regularly modified See the frequency range of the satellite when a transponder does not seem to work Some switches or LNB work only with DiSEqC commands In this case position the band OL and the polarization on DiSEqC at the Configuration page LNB DiSEqC Attention the Check Sat is slower when using the DISEqC command hi ALCAD 3 Presentation 3 1 General The field strength measurers FSM 640 are handy appliances designed for the installation and maintenance of any broadcasting and reception installations of analogical and digital terrestrial television channels satellites or cable networks The band ranges between 5 MHz and 2200 MHz this allows accurate measurements on all analogical television standards FM carrier waves and the various digital standards DVB C DVB T H DVB T2 DVB S DSS and DVB S2 They do Level measurements in average peak and power according to the selected standard In Measurement Plan mode they scan up to 50 setups at the same time and compare them to decision levels min max Equipped with an efficient Error level measurement various BER MER they allow the full validatio
19. DVB T H 64 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 3420 hex AJ Cell ID 3420 hex oe FEP Bras ST E I RE e wm C N AutoLock BERI T D un fo sem BERo E9 BERo PER PER MER 35 908 aioe MER 149dB o e will Measures 5 5 374 TNT R4 626 000 MHz ELS 8k 64QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 0004 hex 59 8 47 9 dBE bi ALCAD 5 2 2 Change with selection When pressing a key you ma want to validate it The below have a window with multiple choice You only have to press the value you key allows you to cancel and exit this window like in the example In this example the bandwidth changes from 5 to 8 MHz Measures AST ST ET SE I 79 Measures AST ST ET 4 626 000 MHz Bk 64QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 5 2 3 Change with virtual keyboard If you want to enter a name of a number a window appears with a numeric keypad or a virtual AZERTY keypad AZERTY keypad Lists AUTOSET BN NN S Pe i 584 dE To alternate between modes Digital AZERTY or AZERTY Digital bi ALCAD 5 3 Digital keypad Measures C N BERI BERo MER LKM In these keypads you have a DEL key to erase an ENTER key to validate the selected value and the key EEI to cancel and exit
20. IP address Adjustment Software update Factory bi ALCAD Attention If the PC has already been connected to Ethernet network modem it is necessary to reboot the PC before connecting your appliance For the Ethernet connection of your appliance to a computer network see the following scheme 1 Contact your network 2 Type the IP address and administrator to get a free IP the subnet mask in the address and the subnet mask appliance 3 Type the same IP address and subnet mask in the PC software youre using 23 Optical Power Measurement option To access the Optical Measurement function press Home then Insert the Optical USB accessory on the USB connector of the instrument The configuration must be USB A see chapter Configuration 19 6 4 Plug the output optical fiber of your equipment on the accessory the instrument display the optical power currently received Working optical wavelength choice 850 1300 1310 dBm mW or dB for losses 1490 or 1550 nm eds Damen Measurement unit choice Wavelength 1310 nm Unit Reference Detection of analog modulation Modulation over the optical signal 2 0 1000 ou 2000Hz 28 1 dBm Heference value for losses measurement Optical power measurement Optical power measurement recording Insertion losses measurement make a first measurement on top of your network press the instrum
21. format into separated registers e for the level measurements e MAP for the measurement maps e SPECTRUM for the spectrum measurements for the error rate measurements CONST for the constellations ECHO for the echoes Save all CSV gt USB also records all files from the appliance into separated registers but under CSV format 19 4 3 Delete Delete erases the selected file with confirmation Delete all cleans the whole memory with confirmation Configuration ST ETIEM View MEM13 TX 01 01 2000 00 28 B MEMO GP 01 01 2000 01 15 1 Save CSV gt USB 01 01 2000 01 15 Exp 3 10 07 2013 11 28 rm NEU Save BMP USB E mn Save all CSV gt USB Delete all li ALCAD 19 5 Adjustment To access the Adjustment page press 19 5 1 Beep This key allows you to change the volume of the sound after pressing keys and under the Check Sat mode You change by pressing the percentage you want 0 no sound to 100 maximum level 100 19 5 2 Password With the FSM 640 you can create a password that will be required at each start up It is a security feature in case someone stole your material Old password default 0000 Type your previous password default 0000 New password your new password Confirm new password Type your new pass
22. instrument shall be adjusted to recover its original characteristics PACKAGING The packaging of this product is fully recyclable Its design allows the transport of your instrument under the best possible conditions Please note that the original packaging should be additionally wrapped in case of transport by air road or postal 0196 1996
23. pova s 1 return to the oat B simple mode bi ALCAD 9 5 Alignment of the satellite dish Pressing the Alignment key enables the calculation of the Altitude Azimuth and Polarization values of your satellite dish Check Sat double LNB SEFRAM Dish aligmment Para Elevation Azimuth Polarization Calcul a ey 7121 90 00 Compass Parameters Satellite 1 satellite to aim or 1 satellite in case of multi headed satellite dish Satellite 2 2 satellite in case of multi headed satellite dish else input the same value as satellite 1 Latitude latitude of your current geographical place Longitude longitude of your current geographical place GPS the GPS key inputs automatically the latitude and longitude fields if the GPS option is available in the appliance Calculations e Satellite satellite to aim the closest to the median position between Satellite and Satellite2 e Elevation tilting angle of the satellite dish Azimuth horizontal angle of the satellite dish with reference to the north Polarization rotation of LNB with reference to a vertical line hi ALCAD 9 5 1 Electronic compass This function returns the orientation of the satellite dish in comparison with the appliance The compass measurements are based on previous parameters satellite to align current latitude and longitude Please fill these parameters before using the electronic compass
24. rename the save file see chapter Man machine interface The default name of the save is MEM X 1 X is the number of saves in the appliance You will be suggested a save into internal memory only in the Spectrum Measurements Constellation Guard interval MER Carrier and Measurement map pages After transfer you will be able to use the saved measures to create measurement reports on your computer see paragraph Saves for more details When you stop the appliance it may need a few seconds to stop completely because the save to the USB stick bi ALCAD 22 Connection of the appliance to a PC The appliance has a USB interface and an ETHERNET interface that make it possible to connect directly to a PC 22 1 Required configuration These drivers are compatible with the following operating systems Windows Vista Windows XP TM Windows Seven For any other operating system please contact the technical support ALCAD Your PC should also have a free USB port 22 2 USB mini B interface To use the mini B USB our appliance under USB mini pressing Home Configuration then Setting Configure v Configuration Select the active USB port USB mini B Configuration SEFRAM Configuration SEFRAM ADJUSTMENTS Unit Ethernet IP address Software update You can use the mini B USB port linked to a computer with a suitable cable The computer wil
25. the library should be updated These lists and setups may be created on a computer thanks to a spreadsheet and loaded to the appliance through a USB stick A list of measurements is made of alist in 10 characters thelowest frequency of the LNB e the highest frequency of the LNB OL2 e the selection mode low band high band of the LNB e the selection mode of the polarization e the presence of the position number of the positioner motorized satellite dish 50 lines including each e setup number corresponding to the setup list presence and the functioning mode of the switch committed type e position of the switch committed type e the presence and the functioning mode of the switch uncommitted type the position of the switch uncommitted type presence of SatCR equipment SatCR slot number the position of the SatCR switch A few of these parameters are specific to the waveband of the satellite and have no influence in terrestrial and cable modes Presentation of a measurement list in a spreadsheet B DiSEgC Pos DiSEc Pos DiSEqC Pos DiSEc Pos DiSEqC DiSEaC Pos DiSEc DiSEaC Pog A E DISE H DisEge Pas DiSEg 05 ns 05 DiSEGC Pos B DISEg Pos B MA sod estos 50 14105 L
26. this window Lists of measurements and setup library In order to make easier the recall of data on field the appliance uses 20 measurement lists of each 50 lines and 1000 setups A setup corresponds to a terrestrial cable or satellite emission A list of measurements corresponds to a particular installation presence of several satellite dishes of various switches Example of list the background of the table Example of library the background of the is white table is yellow NN ST ETIENNE Library EN TNT Ri ST ETIENNE EZ a ae I stenene m mee m 376 setene me _ sre europe sterienne Library setups ST ETIENNE dali The same setup may be used in several measurement lists The same installation may use two satellite dishes ASTRA 19 2 in DiSEqC position HOT BIRD 13 in DiSEqC position B Another one may use three satellite dishes ATLANTIC BIRD 3 in DiSEqC position A ASTRA 1 in DiSEqC position B HOT BIRD in DiSEqC position C The same setup may be used several times in the same measurement list ZDF SatCR slot O ZDF SatCR slot 1 ZDF SatCR slot 2 bi ALCAD ZDF SatCR slot 3 If a parameter of a setup changes for example a modification of rate or change from DVB S to DVB S2 only the setup inside
27. velas encendidas sobre el equipo No cubra las aberturas de ventilaci n Hs equipo con objetos tales como peri dicos cortinas etc Instale el equipo dejando un espacio libre alrededor para disponer de una ventilaci n suficiente Instale el equipo de modo que la clavija de red de alimentaci n o el conector del equipo sean f cilmente accesibles Safety Instructions Do not place the equipment where water can drip or splash onto it Do Dot objects N such as glasses on the equipment Do not place sources of naked flame such as burning candles on the equipment Do not block the ventilation slots of the equipment with objects such as newspapers curtains etc When installing the equipment leave some free space around it to provide adequate ventilation Install the equipment in such a way that the mains supply plug or the connector of the equipment can be easily reached Consignes de s curit N exposez pas l quipement des projections ou gouttes d eau Ne posez pas d objets contenant du liquide tels que des verres sur l quipement Ne mettez pas de source de flamme comme des bougies sur l quipement Ne bouchez pas les ouvertures de ventilation de l quipement avec des objets comme des journaux des rideaux etc Installez quipement en laissant un espace libre tout autour de lui afin de permettre une ventilation suffisante Installez l quipement de telle sorte que la prise d alimentation d lectricit ou le co
28. za the LNB 22kHz ToneBurst or DiSEqC 10600 MHz Selection polar polarization commutation on the LNB 13 18V Polar selection DiSEqC Committed Switch O Switch switch type and position Uncommitted Port No ToneBurst 22kHz DiSEqC Pos A B C or D Uncommitted Uncommitted switch type and position No DiSEqC Pos 1 to 16 Positioner presence of a positioner Yes No SatCR SatCR mode single cable distribution Initialization sets up the OL1 and OL2 frequencies under KU band See chapter Man machine interface for any change bi ALCAD 14 2 2 Switches p ER N y 2 satellite switch A satellite switch 22 kHz DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted ToneBurst MiniDiSEqC Uncommitted DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted bi ALCAD 16 satellite switch DISEqC Committed Uncommitted Commande DiSEqC Position Commande DiSEqC 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 P 14 2 3 Positioner The appliance sends a DiSEqC command that triggers the rotation of a motorized satellite dish
29. 3 2 Full screen mode Pressing the key displays the image full screen only remain the battery level and the intensity and tension of the remote power supply TOP bi ALCAD To exit you only have to touch the screen anywhere 13 3 Audio To set the volume press an adjustment bar shows up The instrument can decode the following digital sound formats MPEG 1 L1 L2 AAC Advanced Audio Coding License Via Licensing HE AAC High Efficiency License Via Licensing Dolby Digital License Dolby Dolby Digital Plus License Dolby Made under licence by Dolby laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories 13 4 Table of services Pressing eve access to the list of services Service list This function also allows you to select the channel you want to display TV You only have to press the line you want bi ALCAD 13 5 Rights of access Access card The port for an access card subscription card is on the left of the appliance option according to the model If the displayed TV channel is encrypted the appliance automatically checks on the card interface whether a subscription card is present and whether the encryption key is compatible lt ALCAD 14 Remote power supply LNB DiSEqC LNB DiSEqC The key gives you access to the remote power supply LNB DiSEqC To start the remote power supply press the key before Remote
30. C N level then BER MER on the detected channels If no channel has been found see the next chapter bi ALCAD Autoset ST ETIENNE Measurement map AUTOSET req CN PER sso 27 zt lt zes_ MER E ove r m sez x9 1267 aes aes 320 ec 2 pL overt 2 2064 ace aes 295 MM ovem aes aes soe ga nes ES ES v 9 e i channe TEE mme mm em mnt T mme ES ILLE 2 5 0mn ILLE Eventually press the TV measurement key On this new page press Prog select the channel that you want to display Check the level the BER MER the TV detection and the spectrum of the signal on this page Ay 1 610 000 MHE 50 1 5 auto 3 5 Cel 10 3G20 hexd 386 C1 626 000 MHz DVB T H 0 8k 64QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 aa Cellib o00 amp hex ARTE HD 1920x1080l 25 Hz 264 Video Rate 5 104 Mbit s Audio MPEG Layer Il Ll ALCAD 2 2 2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna Plug the cable of your antenna to the FSM 640 take care to use an adequate adaptor Turn your appliance on Press the Measures
31. DiSEqC E sd Constellation Optical power measurement ALCAD On all pages is displayed the following information Indication of the values switch or of the SatCR position the remote power Indication of of the slot supplv the state of the battery Measures TV Spectrum SEFRAM Setup 10719 969 MHz DVB S 27501 kBd Bn Low Vertical BERi 4fun TV 704x576i 25 Hz MPEG 2 Video Rate 2 768 Mbit s Audio MPEG Layer 11 Save settings gt list Save BMP gt USB E my ASIIN OUT gt OPTICAL _www alcad net_ I DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS bi ALCAD To navigate through a table inside a page or a window a vertical slide appears with arrows to move up and down the table To move faster you can slide a cursor with your fingers Lists AST ST ET place equency configuration 37 Move up through the table ee Cursor to navigate up or down TNT HD ST ETIENNE TNT R6 ST ETIENNE Move down ss DIGITAL ASTRA1 10729 VL ARD ASTRA1 10743 HL 5 2 Changing name or a value 5 2 1 Change inside a table You can select a setup in the table In this case you can validate a setup by pressing the line you want to display In this example you change from the TNT R3 setup to the TNT RA in the Measure page Measures AST ST ET ATl TMT R1
32. EE gt oom hi ALCAD 8 MER Carrier This function is available only for DVB T H and DVB T2 standards ECC JP pamm arrie M ER LE d em e Pressing x allows you to measure and display MER Carrier The instrument will display MER per carrier and the MER of the whole signal For a perfect signal the MER will be displayed 474 000 MHz 8k X1 MER rms 35 2 dB 474 000 MHz 2 MER rms 31 2 dB Perfect signal Highly disturbed signal The MER of each carrier is displayed and each hole represents a potential problem on the signal or a spurious A real signal is fluctuating a little bit This must be taken into account during analysis 474 000 MHz 8k Xl MER rms 33 8 dB 474 000 MHz 8k x1 MER rms 50 9 dB Low level disturbance High level disturbance In this page the Vitesse speed key defines the sampling of displayed carriers and MER all carriers are sampled and used one over two one over four one over eight one over 16 max speed 624 carriers are measured ALCAD 19 Configuration For configuration go to the Home page then Configuration EAT Echo guard interval Language Unit EC NN Frequency map NT Memories 1 0 117 B ose komen Constellation Factory recovery vw 19 1 Language You can select your
33. ILNB 38mA RF QU RF QU RF 0 43 0 QU 0 QU INTL 10 02 ATLANTIC 3 126 02MH1 VH 10714 10818 1 HL HL 22000kB 22000k8 220009 DVB S 0 5 DVB S 0 5 27506 8 4 Slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality 5 Slightly turn the LNB to get the best quality counter polarization You will hear a melody as soon as a first transponder is detected then you will hear beeps These beeps are closer and closer as the quality increases bi ALCAD Check Sat SEFRAM ASTRAL 19 2 ILNB 38mA RF QU RF QU RF QU RF QU 89 88 87 81 97 85 88 88 UU MHz Maie 12363MHz VH ew ood DVB 5 DVB 8 DVB 5 If the appliance is not synchronized on all four transponders the quality indication is red If the appliance is synchronized on all four transponders but the reception quality is average the quality indication is orange If the appliance is synchronized on all four transponders and the reception quality is good the quality indication is green Attention To identify a satellite it must be synchronized on all 4 tra nsponders However some transponders are regularly modified See the frequency map of the satellite if a transponder does not seem to work Some switches or LNB work only with DiSEqC commands In this case position the OL and th
34. MER and the limit MER before disconnection the image 5 the security available before disconnection The bargraphs are displayed with colors depending on the measured error rates GREEN good error rates ORANGE gt 10 QEF Quasi Error Free without lost packet lost packets PER An automatic frequency check AFC is automatically activated in error rate measurement mode bi ALCAD Sync displayed on screen means that the signal is absent or unlocked check its presence the modulation parameters the presence of remote power supply and the LNB and DiSEqC parameters under satellite band The sign lt before a value or error rate shows that there is no error but that 10 bits have been tested i e 10 means that 10 bits have been tested You can shift from terrestrial to satellite mode by Changing the setup frequency Changing of standard Changing of setup from a terrestrial to a satellite setup 11 8 DVB T H 1 REED DECODAGE ES 1 gt C TUNER DEMODULATOR SOLOMON MPEG LJ BERi BERo Measures SEFRAM 371 TNT R1 610 000 MHz 8k 640AM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 5420 hex 57 9 C N 45 7 mem BER lt 3E 8 e e BERO lt 9 9 PER 5 167 1 amp 9 LKM Display of the measures of BERi error rate
35. Slots Delet Committed swi Slot 6 elete Delete Uncommitted Slot 7 M Initialisations Italy Positioner SatCR Set up 8 user band set up slots predefined frequencies Italy Specific set up for users in Italy predefined frequencies Detect Automatic detection of the slots order and frequencies li ALCAD Suppress Suppression of a slot on the selected You can also manually settle each slot frequency by pressing the corresponding key 14 2 4 2 Influence of the SatCR mode on the spectrum analyzer Frequency of the transponder visible at the center of the active VDCz12 7V DECITED NENNEN Cursor 1343 JU Span 100 MHz IET SatCR mode and active slot Current polarization and band in the active slot L andmarks of the user band slot hi ALCAD 15 Constellation key gives you access to the CONSTELLATION function These measures are available if one of these standards is running in the LEVEL MEASUREMENT page DVB T H DVB T2 e DVB C e DVB S DSS DVB S2 The appliance displays the Constellation of the current signal 626 000 MHz 65QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 BERI 4 7E 8 BERO lt 9 9 lt 9 6 MER 34 7dB On this page you can zoom on one of these quadrants by pressing You can change the display of the quadrant by pressing On this page there is a template with ide
36. TV Spectrum key Press the Spectrum zone Access to terrestrial mode if needed pui eee 560 000 Midg Access to full SPAN mode FULL 500 MHz 200 MHz 100 MHz 50 MHz 20 MHz 10 MHz 1 610 000 MHz zu S00 iHa m ER 00 aH s Att auto ALCAD Press directly the signal you want in the spectrum the cursor moves to where you press 0 0V See Filt 300 kHz E RB EN 3 000 MHz 500 000 MHZ Press the NIT TV key LJ the device find automatically all the parameters of the signal Once the search ended the device display TV picture TV name Network Name and Network ID VDC 0 0V TOP 51 ES Filt 300 kHz Lev 40 1 dBuV gj 661 853 MHz 2 e 66 EM __ F Ox20FA 900 000 MHZ Span FULL Press the Measures TV Spectrum key You can now display the level the BER MER the TV detection with information about the current service and the spectrum of the signal selected on the same page 387 C2 658 000 MHz DVB T H E44 8 MHz 64QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell 10 0002 hex 017 720 576125 Hz MPEG 2 Video Rate 3 162 Mbit s Audio MPEG Layer II ALCAD 2 2 3 Installation of a satellite dish Connect the satellite dish to the appliance Activate the remote power supply To access to the Remote power supply page press LNB DiSEqC To l
37. This guarantee starts at the date of delivery and ends 730 calendar days later If the appliance is subject to a guarantee contract this contract cancels and replaces the above mentioned condi tions of guaranty This guarantee does not include any fault of use and or error of handling In case of use of the guarantee the user must send back with its expenses the concerned appliance to our factory ALCAD S L Pol gono arreche Ugalde N 1 Apdo 455 E 20305 IRUN Espafia The accessory items furnished as standard with the appliance cables plugs consumable items battery and the optional accessory items bag case are guaranteed for 3 months against any default of manufacture The warranty does not apply to LCD pouch keypad etc Please check our warranty conditions with our sales department The warranty does not apply when the instrument is shocked The factory options in the appliance are guaranteed for the same time as the appliance Customer is responsible of shipping back the instrument to the factory Special care must be taken in the packaging of the instrument to be sure that it will not be damaged during transportation All necessary insurance must be taken by the customer ALCAD can reject any instrument damaged What to do in case of malfunction In case of malfunction or for any problem of use please join the technical assistance by ALCAD S L A technician will take your call in charge and will give
38. al constellation spots On this template there is a yellow frame that shows where to zoom on the constellation 626 000 MHz Bk 6 amp 4 QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 BERI 1 8 E 7 BERo lt 1 9 PER lt 1E 6 MER 35 8dB The information displayed on the right of the Constellation diagram is current frequency modulation constellation symbol rate e error rate and MER hi ALCAD 16 Echo Guard interval Available only for DVBT H or DVB T2 standards Echo intervalle de garde Pressing ES allows you to access to Echo Guard interval measurement Signal without echo Signal with echoes and pre echoes 371 1 610 000 MHz DVB T H E38 Bk 64QAM 1 32 auto 2 3 Cell ID 22B8 hex 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 4 60 80 100 us km Delay 0 0 us Distance 0 0km Level 00 Delay 49 5 us Distance 14 8km Level 25 2 dB Pressing EB anges the horizontal scale distance Horizontal scale can be set in ps km or miles by pressing Moving measurement arrow MM can done screen touch or by automatic search keys E The end of the guard interval is displayed with a yellow line Pressing 10th Setup 474 000 MHz DVB T H E21 8k 64QAM 1 32 auto 2 3 Cell ID 22B8 hex 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 hi ALCAD Reminder Remember In terrestrial TV broadcasting the received signal on the antenna comes from sev
39. aunch the remote power supply en route press then select ON in the page to launch the remote power supply Remote supply LO1 frequency LO2 frequency LO selection Polar selection Committed Switch Uncommitted Port Positioner SatCR A green check appears in front of what you validated Press and mt to access the Check Sat mode the appliance already includes a list of satellites Select a satellite like in the example below here Astra 2 420 ILNBs 37 TURKSAT 2 RF QU 1 19 2 ILNB 37mA a RF QU RF QU Il 7 78 E si nom koas ions heft LINH DOVES Diis bi ALCAD No found transponder red smiley Average reception quality 50 orange smiley Good reception quality gt 50 green smiley Reminder transponder satellite channel To check if the aimed satellite is the right one press the NIT key The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite Check Sat AUTOSET ASTRA 1 15 2 E ILNB 37mA RF QU RF QU RF QU RF QU 89 86 86 78 97 81 87 85 pm 1 ASTRA 1 19 2 BetaDigital 0x2640 Double NIT 11720MHz 12515MHz 10979MHz 12363MHz m HH HH WL WH TEE 22000kB 22000kB 27500kB 5 5 DVB 5
40. before Viterbi BERo error rate after Viterbi bi ALCAD error rate after Reed Solomon error rate packet MER modulation error rate LKM noise margin Link Margin BERx bits error rate Ratio between the number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time PER paquets error rate Ratio between the number of false packets number of transmitted packets during the measurement time Recall Under DVB T H a packet is made of 204 octets a packet is false if it includes more than 8 wrong octets correction by Reed Solomon coding Display of the type of Modulation detected number of carriers 8 K constellation 64QAM guard interval 1 32 auto Viterbi rate 2 3 spectrum inversion In case of poor signal quality or co frequent analogical signal it is wise to switch to the manual guard interval mode To do so you have to select the Modulation line and set the guard interval parameter to the right value Display of the value of Cell ID from the diffuser and specific to the emitter 11 9 DVB T2 TUNER DEMODULATOR LDPC xri Lu BERi PER Display of the measures of e BERI error rate before LDPC e BERo error rate after LDPC error rate after BCH lost packets e MER modulation error rate LKM noise margin Link Margin
41. colons it is useful to analyze values in a spreadsheet Here is the spectrum here above with a curve under EXCEL 0 MEM2 CSV Microsoft Excel Accueil Insertion Mise en page Formules Donn es R vision Affichage D veloppeur P m standard x Ej Mise en forme conditionnelle deiner OEC ee EE 388 Mettre sous forme de tableau 3 Supprimer Jy z 8 oad IEEE 8 8 Styles de cellules 8 Format C2 s lectionner Presse papiers Police f Nombre af Style Cellules dition 1 QNT RR RR RN 4 5 Spectre 6 4 _7 N 371 TNTR1 STETIENNE E38 DVBT H 8M GI auto 9 Fcen 610 000 MHz _10 Span 10 MHz A Att 098 12 610 000 MHz 13 15 11205 10 16 11205 025 0 17 11205 05 0 18 11205 075 10 S riel 19 112051 10 20 11205 125 10 21 11205 15 10 22 11205175 10 23 11205 2 10 24 11205 225 10 u 25 2008 11205 11210 11215 11220 26 11205275 10 27 11205 3 0 28 11205 325 10 29 11205 35 10 30 11205 375 0 Hi 112054 10 _32 05 425 N MAh MEM2 22 Oo n M Save all BMP gt USB records all files from the appliance under BMP
42. d channel The message displays Network Name and Network id informations DETTSU NENN arte Ga A Filt 100 kHz a2 C MC A ww ARTE HD OX20FA 621 000 MHz Span 10 MHz In satellite the instrument displays the satellite information name and position gd 11836 MHz 3 MHz VDC 17 8V 11643 MHz Span 500 MHz The display of a TV program is possible only for non encrypted channels For encrypted channels the instrument will display conditional access Displaying TV program can take several seconds because the instrument is looking for standard and modulation of the channel before being able to decode and display the program Some broadcasters did not fill the MPEG NIT information Instrument can display only the information supplied by broadcasters in the digital signals ALCAD 13 Image and Sound Pressing the TV zone gives access to the TV function 13 1 Digital TV The name of the service and its main characteristics are displayed on top right of the screen 720x576i picture resolution 720 pixels line 576 lines interlace e 25 Hz frame frequency e 2 picture compression Video Rate 2 034 Mbits s instantaneous binary rate of the service e Audio MPEG Layer Il sound compression On this page there are 7 keys at the bottom of the screen they will be described in the next chapters 1
43. e polarization on DiSEqC in the Configuration page LNB DiSEqC Attention the Check Sat is slower with DiSEqC commands bi ALCAD 9 3 Checking the aligned satellite To check if you have aimed the right satellite press the NIT key The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite Check Sat SEFRAM ILNB 38mA RF QU RF QU RF QU RF QU 89 88 87 81 97 85 11720 2 12515 2 10979 gt t 12 363MHz HH HH 275 00k8 detras iS DVB 5 VB amp DVB S IDVH amp Attention The displayed name depends on the content of the MPEG NIT table Some distributors provide no or poor such table The displayed information may be wrong 9 4 Double Check Sat This mode allows you to orientate a double LNB by checking 4 transponders on 2 selected satellites This mode is identical to the simple Check Sat mode To access the double Check Sat mode you have to trigger the Double key Check Sat SEFRAM Check Sat double LNB SEFRAM ASTRA1 19 2 QU I s ze ze Doe 273004 bus DVB 5 0 5 0 5 HOT BIRD 13 0 E z ILNB 38mA ILNB 42mA RF QU RF QU RF RF QU RF QU RF 11720 12 515 MHz 10979MHz 12161 HH HH mm pane MHz Mes MHz 10723MH VL VH HL L 22000kB 27500kB 29900kB dubie E DVB S DVB 5 InVB 5 DVB s
44. easures 18 months This advice does not engage the responsibility of ALCAD It guarantees the best possible use of the characteristics and the preservation of the product Routine maintenance The basic maintenance is simply cleaning the outside of the appliance Any other operation requires a trained personal Unplug the appliance before any intervention Do not let water flow inside the appliance risk of electric shock Regularly clean the appliance under the following conditions use soapy water never use any product containing petrol benzene alcohols that would attack silkscreen printings wipe out with a soft lint free cloth use solvent free antistatic product to clean the screen For the carter dean it with a clean dry cloth no solvent allowed bi ALCAD INFORMATION ABOUT THE LCD COLOR SCREEN WITH ACTIVE MATRIX Your ALCAD field strength meter is equipped with a LCD color screen with active matrix This screen is provided by renowned manufacturers In the current technical conditions of manufacture they cannot guarantee 100 good functioning pixels in the display zone They specify a number of possible defective pixels at the surface of the screen The ALCAD quality service has preconditioned the mounting of the screen on your instrument to the respect of the acceptance conditions of the manufacturers ZONE A Diagonal 60 B Acceptance criteria Zone A central zone total less t
45. ency Ku via a DiSEqC command Some equipment on the satellite dish LNB or switch SatCR moves the requested signal to the center of the selected band Slot Then the mixing equipment adds each user band Slot to only one output up to 8 user bands Tj sata High Horizontal SatA High Horizontal SatA Low 1 Horizon Toi Sat A Low Vertical Signal on only one cable E ur ul Moti ao aod A Transponders user bands Slot The SatCR mode has priority on all other modes selection polarization selection OL switches committed and uncommitted and positioner ALCAD Use Remote supply Sat On Ter Off LO1 frequency 9750 MHz dMitialisations OL LO2 frequency 10600 MHz E d LO selection 0 22kHz Polar selection 15 18 Committed switch cj o Uncommitted por Positioner NND O Sater EI SatCR Freq SatCR line e Slot 1 selection of the SatCR slot if this key is marked No the SatCR mode is deactivated Freq SatCR access to the setting of the slot frequency Pos selection of switch Pos Pos B See chapter Man machine interface for any change 14 2 4 1 Automatic research of the slot frequencies Slot 0 1284 MHz Delete Remote supply Slot 1 1400 MHz Delete Delete 101 frequency Slot 2 1516 MHz Delet LO2 frequency 5101 5 LO selection Slot 4 Delete i Delete Polar selection
46. ent keep this measurement as Reference and automaticaly change unit to dB make all other measurement yOU need to check the losses over the optical signal Wavelength 1310 nm Unit Reference 29 1 dBm Modulation 0 Hz PWR 2 4 dB Heference Insertion losses measurement measurement ALCAD 24 HDMI Connection The appliance includes a HDMI output connector Attention When cable is linked to the appliance the touchscreen is inactive and the uj screen shuts off It is advisable to plug a mouse to the USB A port of the appliance the USB A port must be active see chapter Active USB port to keep on working on the appliance This function allows you to visualize the screen of the appliance on a television or any screen with a HDMI input you can still manage the functions of the appliance with the mouse you can do measurements display spectra or TV the sound of TV is also transmitted to the television through HDMI Example of connection FSM 640 the screen remains Television with connection the off the touchscreen is inactive antenna displayed picture comes from the FSM 640 USB A HDM I Mouse to the USB A port of the FSM 640 li ALCAD 25 Displayed messages The appliance may display messages while working 25 1 Alert messages Low battery the appliance is about to shut off in a few minutes Filt 300
47. eral possible ways the echoes In digital TV DVB T H and DVB T2 these echoes may help or degrade the image according to the time delay between the various signals that reach the antenna The broadcasting norms DVB T and DVB T2 define a modulation parameter called guard interval where echoes won t disturb the reception The transmission of digital data Symbol is interrupted during the guard interval A delayed or advanced symbol of any shorter duration than the guard interval will not disturb the reception A delayed or advanced symbol of any longer duration than the guard interval will disturb the reception guard interval Symbols of the main signal Symbola af the echa Decoding You have to reduce the level of reception of the echoes by orienting the antenna or by selecting a more directive antenna The Echo function of the appliance enables you to display possible echoes that disturb the received signal Setup 474 000 MHz DVB T H E21 8k 64QAM 1 32 auto 2 3 Cell ID 22BB hex Guard interval limit Main signal Echoes out off guard Pre echo us n Measurements M 20 100 arcn Keys form arrow s iti Delay 49 5 us Distance 14 8 km Level 24 8 dE position li ALCAD Relative amplitude dB and delay in ps distance in km from the main signal 0 pulse can be measured The yellow line represents the end of the guard interval Echoe
48. es es 527 overm soa ors ser ase aes ss E49 DVB T H T H 56 8 meo ses 880 FM Hoese m oo Sra Tw _ C E 2 9 gt 0 mn hi ALCAD 17 2 Graphics To switch to graphic mode press Graph RF C N BERI BERo PER esa ovem 555 ues aes 553 se aes aes 298 ms oofpoo foveam verm ooo m looo ge m ooo sra rm looo In graphic mode you can see levels The measurement is made like for the measurement map The graph is e red for values less than Threshold min e orange for values higher than Threshold max e green for values between both thresholds You can measurement the discrepancy between the levels of two setups thanks to the Ref and Curs dots that you can move inside the graph to the left or to the right with the four keys under the graph In this case the Curs and Ref dots are cyan dots links by a line The reference value between these two dots is called Tilt Ref Curs Level 59 7 dBuV Setup 574 TNT R4 Tilt 17 2dB dBuV 120980 100 80 60 40 20 3 3 gt hi ALCAD You may know the name of the setup by pressing directly on the graphic bar you want Setup st 374 Level 53 7 dByV ERE
49. esesaeeesatseses 36 2 CREK SAE e 39 GA Upaatingsatelihes padeeten 40 deo RUDI RETE n 41 9 3 Checking the aligned satellite sse 43 94 Double Check T TM 43 9 5 Alignment of the satellite dish sse 44 25 ere M rc RU 45 46 10 The Measures TV Spectrum 47 A A E A A A E 48 11 1 Autolak o EN EE TIT 48 11 2 Modification of parameters essent nnne nnne nnn nnns tnnt nnn 49 Level M EE EIE ETT 50 IN MEE band NER 50 AENEID 51 LO S Uo mE 52 LI 3aDidalimedsbleilehils ue a E EE 52 11 8 5 11 9 NZ CL 54 lk 55 SS 56 moi H H 12 58 12 1 Simplified sen tta phrR utes ERR ub c tS EUN 58 12 2 Additional functions for satellite sss 59 12 3 59 PA o NR 59 12 5 NIT TV 60 13 image
50. esponding key Check Sat SEFRAM Frequency Check Sat SEFRAM ASTRI 19 2 E _ Polarity Symbol rate 117200 m Standard iz Active or Inactive Transponder bl ALCAD 9 1 Updating satellites You may add new satellites and update or suppress old ones thanks to a computer and an USB memory stick You can use of free PC sofware SWR 003 download it from our website Embedded Help will be useful for each work Version 1 0 ru ILI EEUU E m Ik L lw lw iw Change the values as you wish After changes you only need to record a file SAT CSV on an USB memory stick and Import inside your Instrument see chapter Import Export 19 6 5 The setting time depends on the rate of the transponder The lower the rate the longer the setting time Hence you d better select high rate transponders to align a satellite dish bi ALCAD 9 2 Check Sat function Procedure 1 Connect the satellite dish to the appliance and start it up 2 Validate the remote power supply VDC lights up Check the power supply current of the LNB IDC at the top right corner of the screen should be between ca 50 and 200 mA See chapter Remote power supply LNB DiSEqC 3 On the Home page go to the Check Sat mode Select the satellite to aim at in the list example ASTRAT Check Sat SEFRAM ASTRA2 28 2 E
51. etup from the list by pressing the check before Erase when the setup is selected You can also erase all setups from the list by pressing the check before Erase all In both cases a confirmation box will pop up rid m X z _ 14 List 4 T Setup 371 TNT R1 ST ETIENNE s e Setup 371 TNT R1 ST ETIENNE lt 71 Delete Delete mz E penes 371 Delete all ne 371 Delete all me gt 372 372 Please contirm i 575 273 374 374 E 375 175 376 376 97 100 FR MUSIQ ST ETIENNE T TNT R1 ST ETIENNE TNT R2 ST ETIENNE BM wo TNT R6 e FRINTER ST ETIENNE 88 000 fe hl ALCAD In a satellite setup you can change the switch the Uncommitted Port and the SatCR by activating any of these keys this change will affect only the setup in this list not in the library Lists ALCAD List modification 363 TURKSAT TURKSAT Pos Pos 1 Pos A FR MUSIQ ST ETIENNE op 1 hl ALCAD 8 Setup library 8 1 The Library E By pressing Home then Lists Library Pyou can access the Lists function From there you can access the Library by pressing the key Library Library setups ALCAD 8 2 Creation or modification of setups in the library To create or c
52. f the signal e The frequency offset The Viterbi rate of the HP flow e Viterbi rate of the LP flow The level of the hierarchical mode e cell identification See chapter Man machine interface to make any change bi ALCAD 11 3 Level measurements You can measure levels at a specific frequency with a detection matching the standard In terrestrial band for an user socket the level should be between 50 and 66 dByV under FM between 35 and 70 dByV under DVB T H and DVB T2 between 57 and 74 dByV in any other case In satellite band for an user socket the level should be between 47 and 77 dByV Example in terrestrial mode Reduced spectrum of the Span signal ca 1OMHz Measures SEFRAM 371 TNT R1 610 000 MHz 8k 640 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 34 20 hex Signal level Signal noise ratio of MER 34 198 mud C the signal LKM 13 1dB e MM The appliance makes different measurements according to the current standard The other possible measurements are e Average measurement e Peak measurement e Power measurement 11 4 Satellite band You can shift from terrestrial to satellite mode by Changing the setup frequency Changing of standard Changing of setup from a terrestrial to a satellite setup bi ALCAD The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each standard nde vio carier
53. han 5 defective pixels less than 3 contiguous pixels Zone B total surface of the screen less than 9 defective pixels on the whole surface of the screen with respect of the conditions prevailing in zone A Is considered as defective any pixel on screen that does not light up or lights up in a different color as expected The contractual guarantee on your field strength measurer can be exerted only if these criteria are not met as well at delivery as during the period of guarantee hi ALCAD 27 Technical specifications 27 1 Common specifications Technical specifications Terrestrial band Dynamic range 20 120 dByV 30 120 dBpV pour 5 45MHz Noise floor level Units Accuracy RF C N DVB T H DVB T2 DVB C CBER before Viterbi LDPC BER before Reed VBER after Viterbi BCH BERo Per e PER Noise margin Modulation error rate MER 5 35dB 5 35dB 20 40 ee ee 1 to 7 224 Ms s y J 83A Bandwidth 6MHz 7 MHz 8 MHz 5MHz 6MHz 7MHz 1k 2k 4k 8k 16k et 32k extended FFT type 2k et 8k auto et manuel Ead di canto 16 32 64 128 et Constellation QPSK 16 et 64QAM auto QPSK 16 64 et 256QAM auto 256QAM Viterbi rate 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 auio 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 lou Guard intewal _ eoondmawol to Inversion of spectrum auto S E IMPchoie ges Pre echoes Echoes Impulse response Dynamic range Units Affichage C
54. hange a setup in the library you have to select a line in the table A window pops up Attention If the line contains a setup it will be erased To cancel press Library setups ALCAD Setup modification _ Terrestrial Cable 380 Autoset 610 000 MHz DVB T H GI auto Delete Delete all You can also erase the setup in the library by pressing the key You can also erase all setups from the library by pressing the key bi ALCAD From this window you can create a terrestrial satellite KU L or C setup To proceed see chapter 5 Man machine interface Terrestrial setup Under standard DVB T H DVB T2 identical except modulation To enter the placename you want for the To enter the name you want for the setup Terrestrial Cable Autasaet 610 000 MHz E38 EMHI To enter the channelyou want for the x s setup To enter the frequencyyou want for the setup GASE pix To enter the frequency band ou want for the sejp To enter thestandard you want for the setup NB To enter thetype of modulation case you want for the setup Under standard DVB C Tanne triclicable ae Autoset To enter the symbol rate 378 _ you want for the setup DVB C 3600 kBd Delete Delete oll Terrestrial Cable s Place 2 To enter the type of Z reque p audio configuration 279 standard you want for the setup im
55. he Measures TV Spectrum page is divided in three zones that can each be displayed full screen by pressing it the spectrum the TV or the measurement It also includes a service list zone where you can watch the services of the channel and change of selection if required So pressing the red circled zones will result in Measures SEFRAM 3TUTNT R amp 626 000 MHz 8k G4QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell 1D 0004 hex MEASURES mode full screen SPECTRUM mode full screen B74 TNT R amp 626 000 MHz DVB T H E40 8 MHz 8k 64QAM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 0004 hex 47 6 50 NT1 720 5761 25 Hz MPEG 2 Video Rate 4 968 Mbit s Channel Audio MPEG Layer 11 TV mode full screen List of services NT1 720 576125 Hz MPEG 2 Video Rate 3 241 Mbit s d JTWTBWI RA Audio MPEG Layer Il DyB Y H 2 SK 64QAM XJ Service Provider SID Type 2052 57 rv a BERO PARIS PREMIERE Mc 1025 6 pigitalTV 6 Mure 108 Mum pignar bi ALCAD Pressing the MEASURE zone gives access to the MEASURES function In this page you can either perform measurements on a memorized program in the current list see chapter Measurement list or change parameters manually or use the AutoLock function 11 1 Auto
56. iguration You can update all or a part of the configuration of the appliance thanks to the software PC SWR 003 you can download it free of charge from our website Embedded Help will be useful for each work pes LN qan n argu ae habs thie Diis rn rudi Axa f proe vau can ini kha lebe oF Por I Fer ne Par Port For 1 Ip ren E 1 The configuration of the appliance results from files of two different types One satellite file SAT CSV for Check Sat see Check Sat One setup file CONF CSV including up to 1000 setups and 20 measurement lists 50 lines each see Setup library and Measurement lists You only need to exchange these files between your appliance and the software SWR 003 to update your measurement configurations Configuration SEFRAM Language ADJUSTMENTS Date Password Expert Mode Graph background Unit Active USB port Drac Configuration Memories Ethernet IP address Adjustment Software update Factory reco You can copy these files to the root of an USB memory stick Then the USB memory stick must be connected to the appliance bi ALCAD You finish by validating the transfer with the VALIDATION key on the 92 line During the transfer the previous configuration will be saved into a CONF directo
57. in the current list a frequency value or _ Channel increase decrease the Tewexyvih keys EEE S N ee vse o chonne for the ilt 300 kHz spectrum in terrestrial mode NL Reference level be modified with up down arrows Att X dB attenuator choice auto 5 159 div amplitude 516 000 576 000 MHZ vertical scale 2dB Span AOC 5dB or 10dB gt Ee iL TTT Pere Ps Span frequency span around the Frequency range can be center frequency changed using the arrows hi ALCAD 12 2 Additional functions for satellite _ 10 MHz soma LNB function to change the polarization Hi Low horizontal vertical and On Off 12 3 LTE mode The LTE function simulates the effect of a filter for LTE 4G signal It will display the simulated signal with filter it is used mostly for the high band channels 61 to 69 The red curve is the simulated spectrum using a LTE filter you can see on the picture below that channel 59 is attenuated by the filter di 111 500 kHz 1 500 12 4 Fill mode The Fill key changes the spectrum display as shown on the picture li ALCAD 12 5 NIT TV mode This function will display the TV program in the upper right corner of the spectrum for the selecte
58. l recognize the appliance as a USB stick No driver is necessary lt ALCAD 22 3 Ethernet interface For this kind of connection no driver installation is required Connect the appliance to the PC with a crossover ethernet cable available in option ref 298504246 by ALCAD Configuration of the connection Ethernet connection of your appliance to the PC To change the IP address of your appliance press and then Adjustment Language Language Date Date Expert Mode Ethernet IP address 192 168 0 162 ia xpert Moe Ee Tm Unit ethernet mask frequency Configuration EN Frequency Memories Ethernet IP address 192 168 0 162 Memories reip AA AA ee ernet Gat y Software update m v Adjustment Factory reco _t J Factory reco Lx Language Date Ethernet if Expert Mode ad With the virtual digital Frequency ir keypad type the IP rnm address you want then 8 Ethernet validate with ENTER Adjustment Factory reco The PC software in communication with the appliance must have the same IP address as the appliance just like in the example below Ethernet network PC software settle the address at 192 168 0 165 Language Date Expert Mode Graph background Active USB port ee unit Frequency t Configuration Memories Ethernet
59. language by pressing the flag below Press the flag corresponding fo your language Language Language Date 6 March 2013 Expert Mode Expert Mode Unit Unit Frequency map Frequency Memories Memories Adjustment LCD Adjustment Factory recovery Factory recovery 19 2 Measurement unit This key allows you to select the measurement unit of the appliance Language Date 5 Mare Vs Expert Made ES Unit LJ Frequency map Frequency map Memories a 1 0 117 Memories Adjustment Adjustment dn Factory recovery Factory recovery 6 bi ALCAD e dByV dBpV corresponds to 1 pV dBmV O dBmV corresponds to 1 mV e dBm dBm corresponds to 274 mV 1 mW with a 75 impedance e V measure in V mV and pV according to the level 19 3 Frequency map This key allows you to select the terrestrial frequency map of the appliance lt Language 2013 2 ee Y Expert Mode Fone sd Frequency map Frequencymap Mace Manos yer Adjustment Adjustment Factory recovery Factory recovery 19 4 Saves To save a picture or any other feature see chapter Save The number of saved files and their memory size are displayed Language Time Expert Mode Unit Frequency map Memories Adjustment Factory recovery When pressing this key a pull dow
60. lock function This function is design to lock on a digital signal terrestrial cable or satellite You just have to enter the frequency or the channel for terrestrial then press AutoLock The instrument will find automatically in few seconds the digital standard the modulation type and all other parameters of the signal Example for terrestrial channel 38 frequency 610MHz Measures SEFRAM Measures SEFRAM 371 TNT R1 610 000 MHz oves 22001 4 dB dBf w sp bi ALCAD 11 2 Modification of parameters You can either do measures on a saved setup in the current list see chapter Setting the parameters of the Measurement Lists or modify manually each parameter Measures SEFRAM S71 TNT R1 610 000 MHz 640AM 1 8 auto 3 4 Cell ID 3420 hex T 15148 The various parameters The name of the setup selection on the active list The frequency the emitter or transponder and the true frequency of satellite The standard and bandwidth for DVB T H and DVB T2 The corresponding channel number for terrestrial and cable mode The symbol rate for the satellite The polarization and the band for the satellite e The audio mode for the analogical TV The key in the lower right corner displays under DVB T H DVB T2 DVB S and DVB S2 the following information e The spectral inversion o
61. m 2 9 kg including battery and protective pouch Supplied with main adaptor user s manual CD ROM F F and F BNC adaptor protective pouch mounted with belt and clip transportation bag the display of encrypted programs is possible for supported encryption with a valid subscription Contact our technical department for more information 27 2 dByV dBmV et dBm conversion dBpV dBmV is a logarithmic ratio between a measured voltage Ud and a reference voltage Ur The reference voltage is Ur 1 pV 1 mV N 20 log Ud Ur bi ALCAD dBm is a logarithmic ratio between a measured power Pd and a reference power Pr The reference power is Pr 1 mW into 75 ohms 10 log Pd Pr with Pd Ud2 75 U 1 pV N 0 dBpV N 60 dBmV N 108 75 dBm U 1 mV N 60 dBpV N 0 dBmV N 48 75 dBm U 1V N 120 dBpV N 60 dBmV N 11 25 dBm 27 3 Typical values for measurements Values given are indicatives minimum and maximum for good signal quality Le Level power dBpV ower dB Level power dBpV UNE maxi e ERI gt 38 DVB gt VBER lt NEN 1 32 2 3 DVB T2 FER 2 7 32K 256QAM 1 8 2 3 E 7 gt li ALCAD 28 CE Declaration Instrucciones de seguridad No exponga el equipo goteo o proyecciones de agua No sit e objetos llenos de l quido como vasos sobre el equipo No sit e fuentes de llama desnuda tales como
62. n menu lists the previously saved files The first column contains the order number of the file the second column contains the name of the file the last column contains the type of file Measure Spectrum Measurement map MEM11 TXT 01 01 2000 00 08 Spectrum 01 01 2000 00 08 MEM13 TXT 01 01 2000 00 28 01 01 2000 01 15 01 01 2000 01 15 Fred SSS hi ALCAD By pressing a line of the table you open a window M Lan 0 MEMIO TXT 01 01 2000 00 08 Bg Language 1 MEM11 TXT Measures 01 01 2000 00 08 P Dat i Date 0 2 MEM12 TXT 01 01 2000 00 08 3 MEM13 TXT Constellation 01 01 2000 00 28 Expert Mode EE mm Frequency BH Ly mede i po 29 Adjustment Fact Ae Factory recovery 19 4 1 View This key allows the display of the content of the file BETTSDB Ze Fill 300 kHz 19 4 2 5 Save BMP gt USB allows you to export the file to the USB stick under BMP format non compressed graph it is useful to transfer graphs to a report in PC computer Here is the BMP file of the previously displayed DVB T H channel edited on PC to have the spectrum full screen Manager bl ALCAD Save CSV gt USB allows you to export the file to the USB stick under CSV format text file by columns separated with semi
63. n of digital transmissions DVB T H DVB T2 DVB C DVB S DSS and DVB S2 Providing a Constellation diagram for DVB T H DVB T2 DVB C DVB S DSS and DVB S2 and the measurement and display of Echoes and pre echoes in DVB T H et DVB T2 to have a complete analysis of the digital signal You can measure and display of MER per carrier You can display the digital terrestrial or satellite TV under SD or HD The Measures TV Spectrum mode allows the simultaneous display of the spectrum measurement and of the video of the one same signal A HDMI socket allows the transmission from HD video to TV You can hear digital sound through integrated loudspeakers Designed for use on field they are compact less than 3 kg battery included autonomous battery pack and quick charger equipped with a LCD 10 touchscreen capacitive The high memory content allows the storage of many configurations measurements and spectrum curves Each appliance is fully remote controlled through USB and ETHERNET connections via a computer ALCAD 3 2 Description of the appliance 10 capacitive Fastening touchscreen for straps high resolution TNC GPS socket option SMA WIFI socket RF socket with F F or BNC F adapter Feed light USB A socket Encrypted TV mini USB B socket card drive HDMI socket Ethernet socket ON OFF switch Charging indicator light mw External power socket 15V 5 A max hi ALCAD Ho
64. ng them Store the battery around 40 loading Do not fully charge or fully discharge the battery before storage When the battery is almost fully discharged the appliance will warn Low battery then will shut off after a few minutes bi ALCAD 4 2 Loading of the battery To load the battery inside the appliance e Connect the external power supply provided through the jack plug of the appliance on the right side e Connect the power supply on the mains e The internal charger starts loading the battery the green lamp lights up Loading will be faster if the appliance is off but will work if the appliance is on Once the battery loaded the lamp will shut off automatically Discharge the appliance only with the provided power supply block The battery is 80 loaded after 1 hour 30 minutes The total charge is reached after 2 hours 10 minutes 4 3 External power supply The appliance works under 15V 4 6 A power supply The power supply block provided is an external power supply too Only use the power supply block provided with the appliance 4 4 Turning the appliance on and off Press the button on the right side of the appliance The entry page appears on screen The message Autotest running is shortly displayed then disappears Pressing this button turns the appliance off The ON OFF button lights up when the appliance is working Pressing the ON OFF button for a long time forces the sh
65. nnecteur de l quipement soit facilement accessible M ALCAD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY according to EN ISO IEC 17050 1 2004 Company Name ALCAD S L Company Address Pol Ind Arreche Ugalde 1 C 4 Apdo 455 20305 IRUN Guip zcoa SPAIN declares that the product Model Number s FSM 640 Product Description FIELD STRENGTH METERS Product Option s INCLUDING ALL OPTIONS is in conformity with Safety EN 61010 1 EMC EN 61326 1 The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC and the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC Supplementary Information To with these directives do not use products without covers and operate the system as specified Especificaciones sujetas a modificaci n sin previo aviso Specifications subject to modifications without prior notice Les sp cifications sont soumises de possible modifications sans avis pr alable Xabier Isasa ALCAD Ir n SPAIN Z May 2014 General Manager ALCAD S L FRANCE Hendaye e e Tel 00 34 943 63 96 60 vds CZECH REPUBLIC Ostrova cice info alcad net Apdo 455 Pol Ind Arreche Ugalde 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Duboi EFNet 20305 IRUN Spain Tel 971 4 887 19 50 TURKEY Istambul www alcad net Tel 90 212 295 97 00 ISO 9001 hi ALCAD WARRANTY Your instrument is guaranteed for two years in parts and work time against any default of manufacture and or con tingencies in the functioning
66. o achieve the update Download the update FSM 640 VX X zip file on our website www alcad net Insert a USB stick on your PC Unzip the file onto the root of the memory stick Pull the USB stick off from your computer Turn your appliance on Go to the Home page press Configuration then press Adjustment Check that the active USB port is the USB port A and that nothing is connected on the USB port mini B Insert the USB stick into the connector of the appliance Select Update Attention Do not turn the appliance off while updatin The updating process lasts ca 10 minutes At the end of the update the appliance asks you to restart the appliance The software is then loaded into your appliance Error messages may show up Do not take them into account bi ALCAD zm Pressing opens a window here on the Measurement page Measures SEFRAM 2ce2 gt sees 380 626 000 MHz DVB TH sk 1 8 nome Save settings gt list Cell ID 0004 hex 60 3 dl C N 48 0 Save internal memory 2 5 lt 1 lt 1E 5 p LKM so Save BMP gt USB A In this window you can save the current measurement parameters from the active list make a screen shot to a USB stick under BMP format or make a save into internal memory You can
67. onstellation rapide Bit Error rate BER UNC lost packets PER FER frame error PER Noise margin Noise margin lt D lt Fast spectrum analysis Ultra fast mode Expert mode 7875 7876 Filters according to the span 350 ms typ 3 times s yes with all information displayed on spectrum 100kHz 300kHz 1 MHz Automatic or manual 0 to 50 dB with 10 dB steps 60 dB 10 dB div y 5MHz to full span in 1 2 5sequences Attenuator Dynamic range display NIT and OSD TV Span D e hi ALCAD Technical specifications Satellite band Frequency range Range 900 2200 MHz Dynamic range 30 110 dBpV 20 dBpV typical dBpV dBmV dBm V 248 0 05dB C 0 148 Automatic according to standard 1MHz 3MHz 10MHz PAL SECAM NTSC DVB S DVB S2 055 RF C N Digital measurements DVB S DSS DVB S2 CBER before Viterbi LDPC VBER after Viterbi BERo BCH BERo UNC lost packets PER PER Link margin Link margin Modulation Error rate MER 0 20 Symbol rate 1 to 45Ms s 1 to 45Ms s Viterbi rate 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 auto 2 5 1 2 cer 5 6 8 9 auto ETS 300 421 ETS 302 307 Constellation diagram yes yes Fast spectrum analysis 350 ms typ 3 times s yes with all information displayed on spectrum Filters according 1MHz 3MHz 10MHz Automatic or manual 0 to 50 dB with 10 dB steps 60 dB 10 dB div
68. power supply Remote supply Sat On Ter Off LO1 frequency 2750 MHz requency Initialisations OL ELT NEN LO2 frequency LO selection Polar selection committed switch EES ET Uncommitted Port NO Positioner NO scr EN The window allows you to select the remote power supply on terrestrial and or satellite mode 14 1 Terrestrial band In terrestrial mode you can select OFF to turn off the remote power supply in terrestrial measure Remote supply LO1 frequency 5V 13V 18V 24V to send 5 13 18 or 24 V to the RF according to your requirements LO2 frequency dx LO selection Polar selection Committed Switch Uncommitted Port Positioner SatCR A green check shows up where you validated hi ALCAD 14 2 Satellite band 14 2 1 Launching Setting the remote power supply to satellite OFF to turn off the remote power supply under satellite measure LO1 frequency ON to turn on the frequency gt remote power supply under LO selection satellite measure AUTO launch automatically the remote power supply in satellite measure mode even after shutting off Positioner SatCR Configuration lines OLI frequency OL freauencv low band of LNB Remote supply LNB SEFRAM SatzOn Ter Off OL2 frequency OL frequency high band of LNB OL selection band commutation on
69. r press zone Window display zone showing up after the operation achieved Symbols on the appliance Attention Refer to the manual Shows a risk of damage for the material connected to the instrument or to the instrument itself Ground Grounded accessible parts Product for recycling 14 Conformity and restrictions of the appliance See chapter EC Declaration of conformity bi ALCAD 2 Quick start up 2 1 Presentation of the appliance RF connector for use with a BNC F or F F adaptor provided with the appliance Important keys FSM 640 is an appliance with a capacitive touchscreen This requires a soft handling No glove and no stylus should be used so that the triggering should be taken into account You will recognize the keys by their dark grey color example the home key ES You may also access tables by pressing lines on white or yellow 7 FR INTER 178 EUROPE The Measurements TV Spectrum page is divided in four zones TV with current service Spectrum and Measurements Pressing a zone displays this zone full screen or a selection among the services of the displayed channel hi ALCAD Welcoming page HOME Access to the main menu SAVE Access to the current page Save LNB DiSEqC Access to the adjustment page of remote power supply feature Measures TV Spectrum Access to the TV page 2 2 Signal spotting
70. r which mode is selected press the START key when the table is filled to launch the research Pressing Stop will abort the research When the research is done or if the user aborted it the appliance turns automatically to the Measurement map function Measurement map AUTOSET RF C N BERo ss ovem see se aes aes 500 8 ses rs esee aes aes Me ome pwew oso IL 1 hi ALCAD Any detected channel will be registered into the first empty list automatically renamed AUTOSET and into the fist available setups of the library starting from the end of the table Lists AUTOSET Lists AUTOSET AUTOSET Library Coo ERI apse m The new list is created in Library setups AUTOSET the first available list The default name of the new list is AUTOSET New found channels are added one by one into the new list New found channels are added one by one into the first available setups of the library starting from the end of the table bi ALCAD 7 Measurement lists 7 1 The List page In this page you can select the list where you will work on measurements then Lists Library gives you access to the Lists Pressing Home function Lists ASTRA 1 i
71. ry file SAT CSV for Check Sat file CONF CSV for setups If no CSV file is present on the USB memory stick only the older configuration of the appliance will be saved You don t have to copy alll files to the USB memory stick i e if only the Check Sat must be changed you only have to copy SAT CSV on your stick You can move the older CSV files from the CONF directory to the root of the USB stick to transfer the configuration of an appliance to another 19 5 6 Update see chapter Software update for more details 19 6 LCD This key allows you to settle the brightness of the screen You have two possibilities 50 and 100 max brightness 50 brightness will spare the battery life of the appliance Configuration SEFRAM Frequency map Memories Adjustment Factory recovery hi ALCAD 19 7 Factory recovery A complete set up of the appliance under its FACTORY configuration with confirmation Configuration SEFRAM SSI ral 6 March 20135 me 14h 10mn Yes 4 3 1 191 rs 50 100 Attention In case of factory recovery you lose the setup library the measurement lists bi ALCAD Attention Take care that the remaining battery life is sufficient gt 30 else plug the appliance 20 Software update on the mains with the provided adapter You can easily update the software to get new functionalities The update requires an USB stick T
72. s and pre echoes pulses above the yellow line disturb the signal and must be reduced as much as possible The echoes pulses beyond this line disturb the reception and must be as weak as possible Attention a high amplitude echo pulse within the guard interval will also disturb the signal quality bi ALCAD 17 Measurement map To access the MEASUREMENT MAP function press Home then Measurement map Home AUTOSET Measures TV Spectrum LU Wi Fi men Configuration LNB DiSEqC Optical power measurement Constellation It is an automatic level and error rate measurement of the setups in the measurement list with labeling of the levels beyond tolerance Measurement map SEFRAM C N BERo PER Measurement result for channel 38 under DVB T H Cms over wen me wen resco m soo m ooo m You can save these measures an USB stick Pressing the key IS opens a CSV file The name of the file comes from the launching time of the recording The save starts after browsing of all setups This is when the date and time are recorded The mode key allows you to select the duration between two measurements in the list You can choose mono only one measurement made Omn the measurement starts again as soon a
73. s it is finished 1mn the measurement starts every minute the measurement starts every 10 minutes 1h the measurement starts every hour 8h the measurement starts every 8 hours 24h the measurement starts every 24 hours bi ALCAD BERi BERo et PER are generic terms frequently used BERi BER in inner BER first BER treated by the demodulator BER channel CBER LDPC BERo BER out outer BER last BER treated by the demodulator BER Viterbi VBER BCH PER packet error rate non proofread packet lost packet wrong packet UNC PER Important A bargraph under the Measurement map allows you to track the evolution of the scan The background color of this bargraph shows you that a complete scan has been made for a save for example red the measurement map has not been totally scanned yet green the measurement map has been totally scanned In case of mixed measurement map terrestrial satellite the satellite remote power supply has priority the terrestrial remote power supply is ignored 17 1 Values beyond tolerance The digital values are colored according to the Thresholds before decision e red for values less than Threshold min e orange for values more than Threshold max Measurement freq std BERi BERo ER MER a a a RARE Es 595 ses aes aes 3 5 oves aes 302 eso ovem ses es 6568 a
74. se if it includes more than 8 wrong octets correction by Reed Solomon coding 11 11 DVB S and DSS g REED DECODING VITERBI E gt TUNER gt DEMODLLATOR SOLOMON MPEG LJ BERi BERo PER 6 Measures SEFRAM DVB S 22001 kBd QPSK 5 6 RE C N LKM Display of the measures of BERI error rate before Viterbi error rate after Viterbi PER error rate after Reed Solomon error rate paquet MER modulation error rate LKM Noise margin Link Margin error rate bits Ratio between the number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time PER error rate paquets Ratio between the number of false packets number of transmitted packets during the measurement time Recall Under QPSK DVB S a packet is made of 204 octets a packet is false if it includes more than 8 wrong octets correction by Reed Solomon coding Under DSS a packet is made of 146 octets bi ALCAD Display of the type of Modulation detected constellation QPSK e Viterbi rate 3 4 TUNER DEMODULATOR gt LDPC BCH Lu tot 4 BERi BERo PER 11 12 DVB S2 LU Measures SEFRAM 10832 1082
75. stUD LStO LstOB LStUO Leth Lstll Leth o Lstli Lstl4 S Lstlo Leth Leth y LM Ld m asetup name 8 characters bi ALCAD aplace name in 10 characters frequency achannel number in terrestrial or cable mode afrequency in terrestrial or cable mode e a vertical or horizontal polarization in satellite mode alow or high LNB band in satellite mode astandard e ananalogical mono stereo or NICAM mode in terrestrial or cable mode a constellation type 64 256QAM under DVB C abandwidth 5 6 7 or 8 MHz under DVB T and 2 e asymbol rate under DVB C DVB S DVB S2 or DSS a value for the guard interval under DVB T and DVB T2 e inversion or not of the spectrum under DVB T According to the terrestrial cable or satellite band mode and to the standard some parameters have no influence The place name may distinguish two distinct emitters example TF1 Fourvi re and TF1 Chamb ry Frequency and channel number are equivalent a valid channel number has priority over a frequency The frequency map parameter associated with the setup allows frontiersmen to keep on using channel numbers Selecting a list in the Lists page automatically recalls all information associated with this list Selecting a Setup on a measurement page automatically recalls all information associated with this setup Presentation i a 1 setup library i ina spreadsheet
76. ut off of the appliance proceed this way only in case of necessity bi ALCAD 5 Man machine interface 5 1 Content of the screen FSM 640 is an appliance with a capacitive touchscreen This requires a soft handling No glove and no stylus should be used so that the triggering should be taken into account You will recognize the keys by their dark grey color example the home key You can also select lines in tables In every pages except the Home page the appliance has four keys on top right of the screen Home Save LNB DiSEqC and Measures TV Spectrum Home Access to the main YN Save Access to the save of the current page FSM 640 Num ro de s rie 001 ice LNB DiSEqC Bande 5 2200MHz DVB C MPEG24SDHD WIFI Access to the y DVB T T2 7 DVB CI GPS adjustment page of fw DVB S S2 v HDMI OUT ETHERNET the remote power FM DAB ASI IN OUT 7 OPTICAL www alcad net IIDOLBY Measures TV Spectrum Access to the TV The Home page allows the navigation through all functions of the appliance You will also find there the LNB DiSEqC and Measures TV Spectrum functions the AUTOSET Lists Library Check Sat Configuration Constellation Echo Guard Interval Measurement map and MER Carrier keys and the GPS WIFI and Measure of optical power option Home AUTOSET Echo guard interval dees Measures TV Spectrum LNB
77. w to use the belts For carrying properly your instrument we suggest to set the belts as shown on the picture below upside on the left and bottom on the right bi ALCAD All the material is checked before shipment and delivered in an adapted packaging There is no particular unpacking instruction The appliance is equipped with a Lithium lon Li ion battery It is shipped with the battery loaded However if the appliance has remained idle more than one month long check its charge state and reload if required 4 1 Battery Attention Any intervention on the battery requires the disassembly of the appliance and should be made by a ALCAD technician Use only batteries provided by ALCAD Security advice Do not throw into the fire or heat up the battery pack Do not shunt the parts of the battery risk of explosion Do not drill Do not disassemble the battery pack Do not reverse the polarities of the battery This battery pack includes a protective item that should not be damaged or removed Protect the pack from the heat while storing Do not damage the protective sheath of the pack Do not store the appliance in a vehicle under sunlight Vy y vv V VV Used batteries are not for domestic waste lithium batteries should be recycled The battery has a 200 charge discharge cycle life or 2 years Advice to extend the life of your battery gt Avoid deep discharges Do not store the batteries too long without usi
78. wl ALCAD Li ALCAD Ll ALCAD FSM 640 FIELD STRENGTH METERS USER S MANUAL This product contains one or more programs protected under international and US copyright laws as unpublished works They are confidential and proprietary to Dolby laboratories Their reproduction or disclosure in whole or in part or the production of derivative works there from without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited Copyright 2003 2005 by Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved hi ALCAD TABLE OF CONTENTS Important AAT OTANI ON Nocti asec eee ae eee cee eee 6 ode CCGG MR 6 L2 Sey ele TENET E OO 6 1 3 Symbols definitions tort dI runi EP unb dig Chus Erg 6 1 4 Conformity and restrictions of the appliance sss 7 ye ene eee ee ee ee ee eee eee 8 21 Presentation of the appliance ccccccccsccsecsesscsecsecsecsecsecsescaecaeseesecsecsesausaesaesassaeseecaecaesaesessueausaueaeeateass 8 2 2 SN 9 2 2 1 Checking a terrestrial 10 2 2 2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna 12 2 23 Installation of a salellite elish 14 gt 5 T 16 accom 16
79. word a second time Validation Validate the new password Quit then select Yes in front of Password At each start up a buttons shall show up on the welcoming page press it and enter your new password bd ALCAD bd ALCAD FSM 640 E Serial number 004 E E oco MPEG2 4 5D je HDMI OUT ASIIN OUT moon moas NEN NN Pls hl ALCAD If the code is right the appliance will start there is no limit to the number of trials It is mandatory to register your instrument and the password to recover a lost password from ALCAD please use the template supplied on the CD ROM Attention if you have lost your password please contact the technical support 19 5 3 Background This key allows you to change the background of graphs between white and grey spectrum constellation This function is useful to spare ink when printing reports with a printer 19 5 4 Active USB port Change it by pressing the key in front of Active USB port Configuration SEFRAM Configuration SEFRAM ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS USB USB mini Export Import f Export 192 168 0 162 192 168 0 162 USB A link to an USB stick for updating change of configuration or file output or to a PC mouse USB mini B link to a computer thanks to a suitable cable see chapter Connection of the appliance to a m bi ALCAD 19 5 5 Conf
80. you any necessary information to solve your problem What to do in case of crash In case of crash of the appliance please join our after sales service bi ALCAD METROLOGY The meteorological conditions of your measurement instrument are defined in the specifications of this notice Climate and environmental conditions restrict the specifications of your Field Strength Measurer MDC ALCAD checks the characteristics of each appliance one by one on an automatic bench during its manufacture The adjustment and control are guaranteed under conditions of the ISO9001 certification by facilities in connection with the COFRAC or equivalent in the context of ILAC reciprocity The specified characteristics are considered stable for a period of 12 months from the first use under normal conditions of use We recommend a check after 12 months and max 24 months of use then every 12 months after 24 months For any check of the characteristics the following average climate conditions shall be maintained 23 C 3 C 50 20 RH The MDC should have been working for 0 5 hour before check We recommend that you have this control made by our after sales service Service Apr s Vente for the best service and preservation of the measuring quality of your instrument When a MDC returns to ALCAD maximum service is provided with internal updating according to the required adjustments and software updates In case of shift in the characteristics your

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