QMaster User Manual
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1. s meter is displaying RF signal level maximum 100 This value is transferred during automatic or manual tuning only Channel section is displaying currently tuned channel number Write any channel number and push enter this channel is tuned Arrows are changing channel up or down Add to BG and Delete from BG buttons are adding or deleting selected channel from the background Background buttons are successively checking the background channels Signal buttons are automatically tuning the first signal down maximum of the signal around tuned frequency or first signal up Manual section four arrows are slow or fast manual tuning up or down Frequency section Write required frequency and push enter or button Tune this frequency will be tuned Measure button tune the received signal to maximum and push this button The frequency will be displayed in frequency window Note pushing of any button in section below s meter are switching the MRA to manual tuning Commands section Store BG erases old background spectrum and writes new background to MRA 5Q In the second phase of background record the audio channel is opened and the automatic check of background spectrum can be monitored by the user The background record length depends on density of local radio spectrum After background record the MRA automatically switches to SCAN mode Update BG the same procedure like Store BG only the original spectr2. 04242 the same default port is set in the bus manager in QMaster Different setting of the port can be needed if the device or server 1s behind firewall which is blocking port 04242 In this case consult with local IT specialist 17 7 Push MODE The setting is finished display returns to normal status and QME 1 is trying to establish communication with remote QMaster In case of communication problems please consult with IT specialists at both ends of communication channel 8 Stick on the label on the button holes to avoid any manipulation with the QME 1 settings Device bus The bus 1s connected to connectors CAN 9 marked DEVICE BUS 1 and 2 Buses 1 and 2 are parallel connected usually is used only one any of them The second is designated for e g test device or a device on a short bus The bus carries the following signals 1 Supply voltage for MRA 5Q devices 12 17V 2 RS485 signal pair with proprietary data protocol 3 Audio line switched on selectively by MRA 5Q or DMC 3Q Layout of the device bus QMI MRA cable CAN 9 pin Wire color Signal MRA 5Q 1 yellow AUDIO OPTIONS middle 2 gray GND CHARGER 3 white GND CHARGER 4 red 14 V CHARGER 5 NC 6 shield GND CHARGER 7 green RS485 OPTIONS right channel 8 orange RS485 OPTIONS left channel 9 NC When extending the bus the following wires should be paired audio 1 and 2 power 3 and 4 RS485 7 and 8 18 A non stabilized DC adapter 12V 0
3. 6 Attachment Audio analysis 50 samples 12 5 2012 Veet er WiFi 2 4GHz 100ms span 100ms Voice span 100ms Ollaster Audio Snapshot OMaster Audio Snapshot 12 2012 Viim 5 2017 Video camera 2 4GHz span 50ms GSM voice hopping span 50ms 20 QMaster Audio Snapshot QMaster Audio Snapshot MT TET T NY Mysia 22 span 100ms Visita i 5 2012 GSM base 950MHz span 100ms GSM data 950MHz Master Audio Snapshot QMaster Audio Snapshot M Vteinulst 5 DECT 1890MHz span 50ms Vytekmuint 5 2012 Digital communication 394M span 100ms 2 QMaster Audio Snapshot Ln ml pth p MI i A Vytisknuto13 5 2012 TDMA 422MHz span 100ms 22
4. controlled devices including detailed information about the currently selected device The main window is split vertically in two parts on the left there is the bus window on the right there is the device window The bus window lists the currently registered devices including their actual state control buttons for working with the bus e g adding removing device information about communication on the bus and control elements for working with audio records The device window contains detailed information about the currently selected device and controls for working with the device tuning measuring frequency background inspection working with alarms The main menu contains supplementary functions for working with the current device Additionally the main allows to change the application settings save load projects and invoke application help All application elements are equipped with tooltips that give online context sensitive help Using mouse on graphical elements QMaster contains several graphical windows depicting channels of radio background results of frequency spectrum analysis and the alarm history You can use mouse to control these windows as follows right button select a region to zoom in left button double click activate the corresponding frequency channel only frequency based windows e mouse wheel zoom 3 Control elements for MRA 3Q File Device Help Devices BD BIO 10 Staa Mode LastAtem o
5. is ready Disconnected Red LED POWER light Red LED POWER light Display and green LED OK 1s responding with delay system 1s trying to restore communication 16 9 LEDs on RJ45 connector yellow server connected green data stream QME 1 communication parameters settings Communication parameters are set by buttons which have following functions left to right MODE OK DOWN UP Buttons are accessible after opening the box 4 screws or by a match max 2 9mm through 4 holes above left part of the display after adjustment should be covered by supplied label Setting of control PC s or server s IP address this setting can be done with disconnected LAN 1 Push MODE Server IP First three numbers are flashing using 111 222 333 444 UP DOWN buttons adjust desired number 2 Push OK second three numbers are flashing adjust desired number 3 Push OK third three numbers are flashing adjust desired number 4 Push OK fourth three numbers are flashing adjust desired number Note example IP address 11 2 0 3 is set like 011 002 000 003 5 Push MODE Confirm yes recommended if DHCP server is DHCP Enabled ready in local network The server assigns IP address and sets gateway If no is selected the IP address of QME gateways and masks must be set manually Setting is similar like for IP server see above yes 6 Push MODE Setting port for UDP and TCP IP Port communication 04242 Confirm default
6. on the bus ends with an OK message green color When ID FAIL red color appears the device with the particular ID is probably switched off or it is currently in a mode that does not support communication When there are only FAIL messages very likely the problem is in a wrong setting of the communication port interruption of the bus cable or communicatio with non exiting device s Section Audio Speaker slider setting the volume of playing the audio samples Microphone slider setting the microphone gain for audio recording Record button manual activation of audio sample recording Record of selected length will be added to the record for the current device The length of the sample is given by the choice in the settings dialog Show all button show a dialog with a list of all audio samples The dialog allows to play and delete the samples 11 6 2012 12 09 11 6 2012 11 10 11 6 2012 10 58 11 6 2012 10 48 11 6 2012 10 26 11 6 2012 08 03 The Audio Samples list contains bus ID device ID number of the tuned channel date and time of record frequency of received signal for signal level below 2596 the frequency is marked by signal Level 10096 2 maximum Length of an audio sample Button Play is re paying selected record Delete deletes selected record Print prints on the printer Close is closing the widow Note Audio samples are stored in the file like waw Audio analysis activates analysis of det
7. 3 1A max 20V shall be connected to the POWER connector the maximum current depends on the number of devices on the bus The bus can be as much as 1200m long wired from one device to another If the bus 1s longer than 20m it is necessary to use a termination resistor at the most distant device 120 to 220 ohm connected between the green and the orange line 1 e RS485 and RS485 The length of the audio cable to the PC 3 5mm jack 15 not critical If more devices MRA 5Q and DMC 3Q are used additional power supplies can be used along the bus Note Because there are usually a large number of different IT devices connected to the LAN a number of parasite signals can go through to the MRA 5Q The MRA 5Q is a very sensitive receiver and should be connected via as long as possible cable to the QME 1 to limit transfer of parasite receptions Technical specification of QME 1 ePC data interface RJ45 10 100Base T eDevice bus RS485 audio line 300mV eff power 12 eNumber of connected devices up to 128x MRA 5Q with additional power supply eBus length max 1200m parallel line configuration eRS485 termination 120 to 220 ohm at the most distant device eNumber of bus wires 3 pairs 6 wires shielding ePower current for MRA 5Q max 1 32 devices eCurrent consumption 70mA current according to number of MRA amp DMC eInput power voltage unstabilized 12 20V DC eAudio filtering 300 3000 Hz eSize 117 x 114 x 30 mm eWeight 205g 19
8. Date Time 1 8 2012 16 24 E316 channels 92 Channel 30 7 2012 11 01 30 7 2012 09 38 30 7 2012 09 30 30 7 2012 09 21 29 7 2012 17 32 29 72012 1727 11 6 2012 09 29 11 6 2012 07 54 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 6 2012 07 46 Print List Edit button opens Background Edit dialog window Button Edit opens sub window to change the background level for selected channel When all required background level changes are completed push the Upload button to write the modified background into the MRA 5Q History button opens Background History window in which following info are displayed Device ID Date and time of background record Background ID and number of busy channels in each record Selected line can be edited by pushing List Edit button this command is opening the Background Edit window see above Alarms section colors green OK no alarms red pre alarm or alarm Alarms current in MRA 5Q in Qmaster history Alarm level xx maximum level of the current alarm time criterion Alarm time total duration of the 10096 alarm Alarm table chn number of channel 0 511 rec symbol loudspeaker channel has an audio sample alarm current alarm level max maximal alarm level D this channel is in alarm table in MRA sum sum of time at which the signal was active first first occurrence of the signal on this channel last last occurrence of the signal on this channel level maximum sign
9. SM WIFFVIDEO Show only selected Detection frequency range of DMC 3Q is divided into 12 sections 0 to 11 and for each section the level of the detected signal is displayed 0 to 250 represents current signal level background for the frequency section If L TH the alarm is indicated History of DMC 3Q ID 17 in room no 1006 Manual tuning is activated by any tuning arrow or by Low High band switch more arrows faster tuning During manual tuning the s meter indicates signal level of a received signal Low band is tuning 850 to 1000MHz and at same time 1700 to 2000MHz High band is tuning 1700 to 2550MHz The received frequency is displayed below the fastest tuning down button Audio analysis or audio Hecord can be activated in the manual tuning mode 12 5 Bus settings interfaces amp QME Bus Manager 4242 2 0 0 170 81 0 Mot connected COM 3 Connected This window describes buses status and allows bus modifications 1 COM buses max 9 can be used with local QMI 2 interfaces Adjust proper COM number be seen in the system control panels HW amp sound device manager Ports COM and LPT TCP UDP buses see Setting of QME 1 below push Add Bus write Bus name set port COM1 COMO for TCP UDP for QME The communication port for QME can be changed Note BUS IB and MAC address are initially set to 0 and this setting can not be changed Wh
10. Version 5 0 5 2012 QMaster User Manual Content 1 Introduction page 1 2 User Interface page 1 2 3 MRA 5Q control elements page 2 10 4 DMC 3Q control elements page 11 12 5 Bus settings interface QMI QME page 13 19 6 Attachment Audio analysis samples page 20 22 1 Introduction The detection of wireless listening devices is a complex problem because the miniaturized bugs are usually radiating very low power and their transmission is very often totally covered by legal local signals like TV FM digital broadcast cell phones WiFi etc The solution is a very fast scanner MRA 5Q or DMC 3Q the systems which are permanently comparing clear background with current signals QMaster is a windows based application suitable for remote control and monitoring of counter surveillance devices QMaster is part of the QM 5000 system which consists of a PC local QMI 2 interface or Ethernet QME 1 interface RS 485 bus with additional audio line QM 5000 allows to connect up to 128 devices on a single bus Currently it is possible to connect MRA 5Q or older MRA 3Q memory radio analyzers and DMC 3Q mobile communication detectors to the common bus 2 User Interface Basic concept QMaster is designed in a way that allows most frequently used functions to be accessible quickly and easily by pressing a button or activating other control element Besides efficiency of control activation the priority lies ina transparent display of actual state of the
11. al level on this channel for MRA 5Q and newer Device and History buttons table of alarms in MRA only or in MRA history file of the Qmaster Add to BG add selected channel to the MRA background Delete delete selected alarm channels from the MRA Delete all delete all alarms from the MRA History show history of selected alarm channels History window selected channels have different colors Horizontal axis represents time and can be zoomed Vertical axis is a percentage of an alarm level 100 alarm on the device below 100 pre alarm Clear history clear history of selected alarm channels Delete audio delete audio records for the selected channels Sync make sure that the table is synchronized with the MRA Select select channels corresponding to various communication standards GSM 900MHz GSM 1800MHz DECT WiFi UMTS Print print the full contents of the table Linear indicator in the right bottom corner time behaviour of an audio record 10 4 DMC 3Q control elements File Device Help Devices DMC3 1SEN BD D Stews Moda LastAlam Bus 88 015 UMTS Scae 5 Scan Banc Level UTH O 1710 1720 MH GSM 2 30 1 1720 1749 876 890 MHz GSM 2 3 2 1249 1785 890 907 Metz GSM 3 907 515 MHz GSM 22 30 4 1950 1900 MHz DECT 48 118 Bus Manager 5900 1920 MHz TDO 2 0 Add R
12. cessor reset same function like power off power on 7 trim VOLUME earphone volume setting 8 EARPHONE earphone connection for audio monitoring 2x 320hm 9 LED OK green indicates correct communication 10 LED POWER red indicates power supply Example of QME 1 setting displayed information 1 Switching ON after reset Introductory info SW version 1 2 QME 1 v 1 2 Assigned bus ID 61 BUS ID 61 Red LED POWER light 2 Connecting to LAN or LAN disconnected ETH CABLE CHECK Connection of Ethernet cable testing _ Assigned bus ID 61 BUS ID 61 Red LED POWER light 3 LAN cable connected DHCP REQUEST Checking IP ees using DHCP protocol Assigned bus ID 61 BUS ID 61 Red LED POWER light 15 4 LAN cable connected ARP REQUEST BUS ID 61 Checking connection to server using ARP protocol Assigned bus ID 61 Red LED POWER light 5 Control PC switched ON IP address 11 2 0 3 CONNECTING TO 011 002 000 003 6 Running QMaster on the control PC CONNECTED 1234 UDP READY 1234 7 Qmaster ON control PC switched OFF DISCONNECTED UDP READY 1234 8 Communication breakdown ARP REQUEST BUS ID 61 Connecting to server IP 11 2 0 3 Red LED POWER light Correct function correct communication Green LED OK and red LED POWER light Data stream increments the upper number Audio transmission increments lower number UDP READY UDP audio streaming
13. ected audio signal This allows identification of different particularly digital signals Analysis of a DECT signal peaks interval 10ms The overview of frequently received signals and their acoustic records is in appendix page 17 18 button Stop stops analysis and allows detail study of permanently changing signals or sporadic signals button Run re starts analysis button Print printing of a graph on a printer button Snapshot saves a picture into the file like png Right side controls device window ee Fig section Heading MRA 5Q 1 7CZ 1 15 BID88 amp 0024 is identification of device version connection to bus and varying value xxxx is an internal ID of communication The placement designation can be defined in Add window bus section or directly in placement line and confirm by ENTER SCAN switches to basic function Scanning protect Automatic tuning activates function automatic tuning Audio is permanently relayed Automatic tuning can be stopped by a click on any arrow in Manual tuning section and the signal can be exactly tuned by manual tuning buttons Click on the automatic tuning button returns back to automatic tuning Black bars in the Scan window are indicating the background their size is corresponding to a background signal level of each occupied channel Red bars in the upper part of the graph are showing new signals their size corresponds to percentage of the alarm on the channel
14. emove Dele Audio 6 1920 1960 MHz 3G m M 44 History Clemthetory 7 1980 1983 MHz 3G 10 39 A Hide Conroe 8 2986 2420 WIFI VIDEO 2 27 17 Updating status S 2420 2843 MHz WIFI VIDEO y c 10 2443 2465 MHz WIFI VIDEO 2 2 E pese 11 2465 2488 MHz WIFIMIDEOY 17 1 etn Low hand mg Hgh tad Speaker Me Record 304 Fig 2 DMC 3Q control window device DMC 3Q is version 1 8EN ID 17 on the bus 088 and is located in room 1006 No alarm on the DMC 3Q is indicated at this moment Left side controls bus amp audio section All functions are equal to MRA 5Q page 3 with exception in menu Device there is possibility to change the DMC 3Q device ID Enter new ID After setting a new ID push OK the device will re numbered to required ID If more devices should be re numbered it is recommended to erase old numbers in the Devices list and after this to re number next DMC 3Q 11 Right side controls selected device window The principle of device control is the same like for MRA 5Q The differences are visible from Fig 1 and Fig 2 History button is opening history window Different communication systems have different colors Vertical axis represents signal level horizontal axis is time information Horizontal axis can be zoomed Show only selected button selects required system only color channel DECT G
15. en the QME connects to server the ID and MAC address are automatically filled in For slow internet connection can be adjusted Expected latency This can improve communication quality but some functions like spectrum analysis or audio need stable internet communication 13 QME 1 setting user manual The QMaster works like a server receiving connection requests from interfaces QME 1 which are connected via Ethernet internet The control PC has to have fixed IPv4 address This fix address together with communication port number must be set in the interface QME 1 using QME buttons and display After connection to the Ethernet the QME 1 obtains its own IP address if the fix address is not also set in the QME 1 and then the QME 1 tests to connect to the QMaster PC The QME 1 is repeating the connection request until the connection 15 established PC Server communication setting 1 Set the fix IP address at the Qmaster PC do not use public IP address 2 Make sure that the communication port is open for TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol and UDP User Datagram Protocol Default protocol setting 1s 4242 3 Be sure with the settings particularly if there 1s any firewall in the network or a router with NAT Network Address Translation In this case the configuration must be done by the IT specialist who will open selected port for communication and will set correct data steaming to the QMaster server It ca
16. ffice 100 6522 SCAN Automate tring eee chanreia 64 12 New signals Alarm level 05 Meme 03 51 129 Alum nono che rec atam max trst vel 2 55 E or 074 mme vos 0004 1106 0755 1106 0917 166 1106 07 49 154 B 11060741 3 E 1106 0741 000 1106 0219 ded 0 2 1106 02 19 NEEN ZE 1106 0741 106 0657 195 000 1106 0741 06 90 117 OD 1106 0211 1106 0813 92 be i Remove Delite Auso MI Heo CemHekwy 146 Hide Denice Ms b 13 Updating state 13 lt 13 Receving alarms 13 2 17 Updating states 7 om i Fig 1 Main application window MRA 5Q Devices 013 014 017 are connected to bus 003 and device 015 to bus no 088 Device no 016 on the bus 088 is switched off Device 013 has 50 pre alarm and is detecting UMTS signal device no 014 has 66 pre alarm and had 100 alarm on 11 6 at 08 04 Device no 017 had last alarm on 11 6 at 09 08 Device no 015 is in manual tuning receiving frequency 946 10MHz Left side controls buses amp audio section File Preferences setting of communication update period audio record length and audio record period during alarm and alarm notification system Device Load Spectrum select stored file fsg displays selected spectrum analysis Device Show Spectrum displays last spectrum analysis Section of
17. n be achieved e g by unblocking of selected ports in Windows firewall or by NAT configuration to stream any packets sent to specific port to the QMaster server Note The QME and PC port numbers can be different but it must be ensured that the packets will reach the proper destination QME 1 setting 1 Set the IP address and port on the QME 1 by service buttons and connect to Ethernet Buttons left to right MODE DOWN UP The QME 1 can use DHCP protocol and in this case the QME 1 obtains its IP address automatically If there is no DHCP server in the network the IP and network gate must be set manually 2 The QMaster does not need to know IP of QME 1 but all QME 1 must be properly adjusted It means that the QME 1 can be simply connected to the network after firewall or NAT 3 If the QMaster receives connection request from a QME 1 which has not been connected before a special dialog window is asking if the new QME should be connected This dialog window is displaying MAC address which is corresponding with the QME 1 label If the connection request is accepted the new QME 1 is add to the bus list 14 Control elements input outputs 1 Connector POWER power voltage 12V DC 2 Connector LAN RJ45 connection to LAN or internet 3 DEVICE BUS 1 CAN 9 bus for connection of MRA 5Q or DMC 3Q 4 DEVICE BUS 2 CAN 9 parallel connected to BUS 1 for connection of second bus 5 2x 16 alphanumeric display 6 button RESET pro
18. registered Devices BID bus ID ID individual device ID MRA or DMC Status alarm in defined communication system GSM DECT WiFi UMTS Mode SCAN OFF Remote and of actual alarm Last Alarm time of the last alarm Colors Green no alarm all OK Red pre alarm or alarm Black disconnected or off devices Bus Manager TCP 4242 2 0 0 170 81 0 Mot connected COM3 N A Connected This window allows to Add Bus Remove Bus Edit Bus Scan bus and Reset Bus Current status of registered buses is displayed How to register buses is described in chapter 5 Bus setting interface QME page 12 17 Next buttons Add manually adds a new device and its name Remove removes selected device from the list Delete Audio deletes all audio records of selected device Clear History erases all alarm records of selected device Hide Device Controls switches off right part of the screen with the device controls History activates history window of selected devices qmaster color device Show only selected Alarm history of selected devices For MRA 5Q ID 13 14 15 the percentage represents time information of an alarm to reach the 100 alarm usually 10 minutes 100 For DMC 3Q ID 17 the percentage represents signal strength of detected signal Communication window The communication window contains messages about communication on the bus In an errorless operation every data exchange
19. um is not erased and the higher new levels are add to the background Analyze Spectrum Initiates detailed spectrum analysis 34 to 5900MHz on selected MRA 5Q Frequency spectrum Show only selected Zoom Frequency spectrum in room 1005 Dominating frequencies 100MHz FM broadcast 425MHz CDMA 950MHz GSM base 1887MHz DECT 2112MHz and 2166MHz UMTS bases Control elements in Frequency spectrum window F Cursor frequency G Signal level on the cursor frequency Color Spectrum different colors and names for each displayed spectrum Show only selected displays only selected spectrum records Zoom left for frequency axis right for vertical signal level axis Print print on the connected printer Snapshot print to a file Load load a file from a list of spectrum analysis fsg Save saving the data for future reference image More analysis can be displayed and compared at the same time Data are saved like fsg file 5 Frequency spectrum Show only selected Zoom 2 T J amp Snapshot Comparison of two spectrum analysis Zoomed frequency sector 380 to 525MHz The strongest signal 421 6MHz level G 70 9 The main difference is a new signal green at 521MHz Background section 6922 current background ID channelsz64 12 number of MRA background channels 64 it is 12 of the MRA background capacity Background History Device ID 13 Device
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