Satlook Micro HD User Manual
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1. Exit This function sends a DiSEqC command Turning the knob shows the DiSEqC command selected and pressing the knob button sends this command The Exit position returns the user to Analog mode The DiSEqC commands that are sent are detailed in appendix C DiSEqC Primer Positioner Positioner DiSEqc Go Home Go West SetEast Clr Lim SetWest GotoPos SavePos Goto X Hu Lat Hu Long Exit This function sends a DiSEqC command to a positioner Turning the knob shows the DiSEqC command selected Pressing the knob button will then send this command The Exit position returns to the Analog Mode The DiSEqC commands that are sent are detailed appendix C DiSEqC Primer Go East This sends the DiSEqC command to move the positioner to the East Go Home This sends the command to Home the positioner This command is Goto Pos O This is normally due South but for some positioners may be the extreme easterly limit Go West The DiSEqC command to move the positioner to the West SetEast Set the East soft limit for the positioner at the current position Cir Lim Clear the soft limits SetWest Set the West soft limit for the positioner at the current position Goto Pos This sends the DiSEqC command to the positioner to move to a stored position from 1 to 31 The knob selects the position number to move to and pressing the knob button sends the command Save Pos This sends the DiSEqC command to the positioner2. Locked 77 Mo Lock O Checked 76 Locked 76 Wo Lock O This function allows checking of all transponders for some satellites The satellites that are testable with this function are Astra 28 2E Astra 23 5E Astra 19E Hotbird 13E Sirius 4 8E and Thor 0 8W When the function is started the satellite to be tested is shown on the screen Turning the knob selects a different satellite to be tested Pressing the button starts the test Each transponder on the satellite is checked and if locked then an upward vertical line is shown If the transponder is DVB S2 then the vertical line is shown slightly longer If the transponder cannot be locked after three tries then the vertical line is downward At the completion of the test the knob can be used to review any missing transponders and show the frequency and polarity for further checking using the Spectrum or Digital modes Although all transponders for a satellite are tested failure to lock may occur for several reasons This is an accelerated test designed to run quickly and it is possible that the demodulator may not lock in the short time allowed or the transponder may not have a broadcast footprint that covers your area 10 13V 18V The LNB voltage can be switched from the Digital Menu 22kHz The 22kHz signal can be switched from the Digital Menu SNR Beeper This function starts the beeper with a frequency depending on the current SNR reading As the SNR increases so does t
3. NIT gives the Network Number Name and Satellite Position of the satellite It also lists all the other transponders on the satellite 4 Service Description Table SDT the SDT gives information about each service in this transport stream Once these tables are decoded by the receiver the correct PID for the audio and video streams can be found and presented to the video and audio decoders In DVB S the video streams are presented in MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 encoding usually MPEG 2 For DVB S2 the video streams can be presented in these formats or in the newer HD format MPEG 4 For a more complete understanding see ISO 13818 1 Information technology Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information Systems 31 Appendix E UniCable Primer UniCable or SCIF Single Cable Interface is a method of translating Satellite frequencies from the LNB to the user It is intended to allow multiple receivers to share the same coaxial cable With a standard Universal LNB with Horizontal and Vertical polarity and low and high band there are four frequency ranges that can be selected from the LNB by using the 13V 18V and the 22kHz signal In order to allow multiple receivers to operate using a single coax cable UniCable operation requires the receiver to send the desired frequency using a DiSEqC command A UniCable LNB or Switch may be used For a UniCable Switch the LNB input is usually a Quattro LNB which provides the four frequ
4. Satellite identification By reading the NIT in the transport stream Channel Information reading the SDT showing TV and Radio channels available Memory 100 transponders can be stored with name Memory locks on FEC Symbol rate Frequency 13V 18v 22kHz Display LCD 3 inch display PC connection RS232 with DB9 connector LNB Power 13V or 18V supplied on both LNB A and LNB B 22 kHz tone Standard 22 KHz signal superimposed at 0 65V p p on LNB A DiSEqC Yes all 1 0 and 1 1 commands supported DiSEqC Positioner commands for DiSEqC 1 2 and GoToX Battery Rechargeable 12v 1 8 amp hour Battery Life About 2 hour on a fully charged battery Weight About 1 5 kg including battery Accessories Nylon carrying case Power supply of 220v 13 8v 1 5 amp Car charger j micro HD 35 Glossary 8PSK 8 Phase Shift Keying This is the modulation type that is used for DVB S2 also called HD In SPSK a symbol has 8 states or 3 bits On the constellation diagram an 8PSK signal either be Normal with the eight points around a circle centred on the origins or Rotated 22 5 degrees Attenuator The attenuator inserts an active resistance into the RF path and reduces the signal level about 3 dB BER Bit Error Ratio This is the ratio of Bitsg o BitSReceived This is a small number and is usually expressed in scientific notation as BER 2 X 10 Typically BER should be smaller than 1 X 10 for good reception dB decibel The decibel is
5. Tuning can be performed manually using the knob Pressing the knob button enables the Automatic Search mode Constellation 11720 MHZ ro opsk 112z278HHz ro sesk Eas aaa BER 1 0E 08 BER 1 0E 08 SHR 15 8dB SHR 14 7dB PO 1 MER 14 806 B 4e 0 bit sec Pe HER 15 1dB 4 4e407 bit sec This function shows a larger version of the constellation presentation for a more detailed view The current frequency is displayed at the top and rotating the knob will allow this to be changed If locked the current modulation is displayed along with the BER SNR and MER thermometer bars The current Bit Rate of the transponder is shown X Polarity Cross Polarity Check _ Vertical SC Horizontal 11583 This function can provide a visual reference of the signal level of the vertical and horizontal polarisations at a frequency This can be used to adjust the LNB skew for maximum isolation Many satellite transponders like Astra 28 2 operate so that the vertical and horizontal polarisation signals are not usually at the same frequency but others like Hotbird have some transponders that operate with vertical and horizontal polarisations at the same frequency To ensure that you use a good transponder for this isolation test use the Spectrum Analyzer to check the signals Transponder Check Transponder Check Transponder Check Astra ZB ZE Astra 19 2E uniw zimny Checked 77
6. gt and the position can range from 001 to 100 or to 105 for the newer G2 version The line following the header is 48 bytes as hex data In the internal Satlook Memory these bytes are stored into memory locations 0x80 position so there is a bit of unused memory Byte 0x00 This is 0x55 for a DVB entry or OxAA for a DSS entry Any other value tags the memory position as Free Bytes 0x01 to byte 0x09 This is the ASCII name for the frequency entry It must end with 0x00 byte Byte 0x0a Not used Byte OxOb and OxOc IF frequency in hi byte lo byte In the example above 07 31 represents 1841 MHz The IF frequency is in the range 920 MHz to 2150 MHz Byte OxOd 13V 0 18V 1 Byte Ox0e 22kHz off 0 22kHz on 1 Byte OxOf FEC 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 6 7 5 7 8 If value is greater than 0x10 then this is modulation mode command for BCM4506 Byte 0x10 and 0x11 Symbol Rate stored as lo byte hi byte times 1 024 In the example above the symbol rate is 0x78 256 0x05 1 024 30000 Byte 0x12 and 0x13 AFC hi byte and AFC lo byte These are stored when a frequency is saved but not used otherwise Not used with BCM4506 demodulator Byte 0x14 and 0x15 For DSS gt Original Network ID hi byte lo byte This is saved when a DSS frequency is stored and used for DSS match Byte 0x14 For DVB gt IQ Swap No swap 0 Swap 0x40 Saved when DVB frequency stored but not used Byte 0x16 This is the LNB
7. the display on the Analog screen SNR This is the signal to noise ratio of the locked signal This is a measure of the meaningful power in the signal to the background noise of the signal It is shown in dB and is calculated by the demodulator using SNR 101 Og o P signar P noise BER This is the bit error ratio of the signal The lower this value is the better the signal It is shown in reverse on the thermometer bar for convenience so that a maximum can be easily found For DVB S QPSK signals this is BER Error preViterbi Bitrate Tim ELock For DVB S2 QPSK or 8PSK signals the BER is estimated from the ratio of Un correctable blocks to Correctable blocks MER This is the modulation error ratio in dB It is calculated from the constellation pattern and represents how close the and Q decision points are to the ideal position A typical MER value is 16 dB A higher value is better and represents a closer spread of IQ decision points A sample of 200 points is used for the calculation 2 2 MER 10 bej s a Accessing the Digital Menu When in the Digital Mode turning the knob will change the current frequency The Menu button will activate the Digital Menu EPFEIEESM Constell Tuning X Polarity Conztell Trans Check X Polar 13U 1BU Trans Check 22kHz 13U 1BU SNR Beeper Z2kHz Channels SHR Beeper Load Hemoru Channels Tuning This function enters Digital Mode with the Search function disabled
8. the data is re shuffled to restore the order and the FEC data is used to correct the bitstream as necessary In DVB S2 8PSK octal phase shift keying can be used in transmission where there are 8 possible states from a 45 degree phase shift in the Analog signal A different scrambling and FEC for DVB S2 allows better noise immunity The bitstream output for both DVB S and DVB S2 is the same This bitstream is called transport stream A transport stream is made up of packets All packets are the same length of 188 bytes and they all start with the sync byte 0x47 so that when the data is read a starting point can be located Each packet also contains a PID packet identification The information in the transport stream consists of several video and audio streams and also SI tables Service Information to allow the receiver to decode and display the correct data There are several types of tables in the SI called PSI data This table data is generally longer than one packet so several packets are assembled together to make a section which can be up to 1024 bytes 1 Program Association Table PAT for each service in the multiplex the PAT indicates the PID of the corresponding Program Map Table PMT It also gives the location of the Network Information Table NIT 2 Program Map Table PMT the PMT identifies and indicates the PIDs of the video audio and other streams that make up each service 3 Network Information Table NIT the
9. tone with increasing frequency as the RF signal increases Turn the knob to select one of the five transponders in the Profile Point the dish in the approximate position and move it slowly until the Satellite is found as in the right picture above There is an audible indication of the correct satellite and a different audible indication if the wrong satellite is found If the indication is correct then the screen will show the NIT data after a few seconds for final confirmation Now the Digital mode can be used for final peaking EasyFind Mode is exited by pressing the button 14 nztrazHE RF Found 11224V SR 27500 QPSK FEC 273 ASTRA ZB ZE SNR NEW 14 3 ap BER N 1 0 05 Digital Mode 2526 ASTRA OPSK FEC 2 3 RR 27495 Universal Universal 11838 0 4MHz 12276 MHz 22kHz 22kHz EE m af SIG BER 1 0 08 SIG BER 5 5E 03 5 701 I So I EN 3 SHE 15 1dB HER 14 406 SHE i dB HER 2 406 Locked Not Locked About Digital Mode When the user enters Digital Mode the Satlook HD will attempt to receive a DVB S or DVB S2 signal at the current frequency The current frequency is displayed in the centre of the screen and can be changed by the knob within the limits of the current LNB type and the 22 kHz setting When a signal is received the Satlook HD is locked and the modulation mode is displayed This will be shown as QPSK QPSK HD or 8PSK HD The current FEC a
10. 10 0x39 Oxf3 SW5 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf4 SW6 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf5 SWT 0xeO 0x10 0x39 Oxf6 SW8 0xeO 0x10 0x39 Oxf7 SW9 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf8 SW 10 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf9 SW11 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxfa SW 12 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxfb SW 13 0xeO 0x10 0x39 Oxfc SW 14 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxfd SW 15 0xeO 0x10 0x39 Oxfe SW 16 OxeO 0x10 0x39 Oxff TBA Tone Burst 0 to select satellite A TBB Tone Burst 1 to select satellite B Go East 0xeO 0x31 0x68 Ox1e 29 Go Home 0xe0 0x31 Ox6b 0x00 Go West 0xeO 0x31 0x69 Ox1e Set East Oxe0 0x31 0x66 Clr Lim OxeO 0x31 0x63 Set West Oxe0 0x31 0x67 Goto Pos 0xeO 0x31 Ox6b Position Number 1 to 31 gt Save Pos Oxe0 0x31 0x6a Position Number 1 to 31 gt Goto X Oxe0 0x31 Ox6e Movement High Byte Movement Low Byte For the full DiSEqC specifications see http www eutelsat com satellites 4 5 5 html 30 Appendix D DVB S and DVB S2 Primer DVB S and DVB S2 both use phase shift keying to digitally modulate a carrier Quadrature phase shift keying is used in both and the digital data is encoded as a 90 degree phase shift in the signal This gives 4 possible states for each sampling interval The sampling interval is called the Symbol Rate and each state of 2 bits is a Symbol During transmission this data is interleaved to allow recovery during noise bursts and redundant data is added called FEC forward error correction During reception
11. 13V 18V Band 22kHz signal state and LNB Type in the selected location The knob can be turned to select the desired memory position to change If anew name is needed for the memory position then it can be entered on the next screen when the menu button is pressed to select the memory position number Save or Change Name We Z1E ABCDEFGHI JKELNNOPQRSTUVUXY2 0123456789 C amp B Clear Delete Cancel If the memory location name is already correct then press the menu button again to save the frequency data in this memory position If the name needs to be changed use the knob to make the changes Characters can be added by selecting the character with the knob and then pressing the menu button Characters can be deleted by selecting the Delete function with the knob and then pressing the menu button Clear will erase the name and Cancel will abort saving the memory position 12 Spectrum Mode 11673 About Spectrum Mode The Spectrum Mode shows the signal power versus frequency around the current frequency On entry to the Spectrum Mode the spectrum cursor is in the centre of the display and the centre frequency is set to the last used frequency Turning the knob changes the cursor frequency and the flag shows the current cursor frequency and for a Universal LNB also shows the Polarity If the cursor frequency is adjusted to a position that would be offscreen the screen is
12. EDs and also on the screen The Attenuator state is shown on the screen and is displayed by the blue LEDs The LNB Current is displayed Typical LNB current will range from 90 to 175 mA If there is a short in the satellite cable to the LNB the screen will show an overcurrent condition When both LNB A and LNB B are connected you will see the combined LNB Current If the LNB Current exceeds about 450mA then the LNB Voltage of 13V 18V will be turned off Power Display The battery charge level is shown approximately by the battery symbol When the Satlook HD is connected to a power supply the battery symbol is replaced by Ext Power Accessing the Analog Menu When in the Analog Mode turning the knob or pressing the knob button will activate the Analog menu for the Analog functions 13407180 22kHz Beeper Attenuate HaxHold Backlight DiSEqC Cmd Positioner Rotating the knob will scroll through the menu items To select a menu item press the menu button If the Menu Timeout function set using Setup mode is set then the display will revert to the Analog Mode display after a timeout otherwise the Analog menu will continue to be displayed until an Analog function is selected from the Analog menu Analog Menu Functions 13V 18V This function toggles the LNB voltage If the voltage is 13V it is changed to 18V and vice versa The LNB voltage is used to select the Polarity for a Universal LNB 13V selects Vertical Polarit
13. Satlook Micro HD User Manual satlook Micro 12015 MHz 2kHz Analog emitor Contents Overview Quick Start EasyFind Mode Digital Mode Spectrum Mode Analog Mode Setup Functions Loading New Firmware Using PC to Transfer Transponder Data Appendix A Saved Parameters Appendix B Universal LNB Primer Appendix C DiSEqC Primer Appendix D DVB S and DVB S2 Primer Appendix E UniCable Primer Appendix F Satlook HD smd File Structure Appendix G Satlook HD Specifications Glossary page 3 page 4 page 6 page 7 page 13 page 15 page 19 page 24 page 25 page 27 page 28 page 29 page 31 page 32 page 34 page 35 page 36 Overview The Satlook HD is Satellite Test Equipment for the professional made in Sweden It can receive both DVB S and DVB S2 satellite signals and using an advanced demodulator can lock on transponders using automatic modulation type symbol rate and FEC selection It is easily operated with just three controls and the basic functions are easy to learn The instrument is provided with a 3 LCD which is used to display information such as signal strength Spectrum or Digital information The Satlook HD can be used to measure satellite signals from two LNBs at the same time Signal strength is presented graphically on the LCD display in form of thermometer scales It can also sound a tone which increases with signal level on an internal loudspeaker The Spectrum Mode enables th
14. UniCakle The LNB used can be set so that the frequency displayed is correct and the stored transponders are correctly used The Universal entry sets the LNB so that two local oscillator frequencies 9750MHz and 10600MHZ are used for conversion These are switched using the 22kHz signal to select the 9750MHz local oscillator when the 22kHz is off and the 10600MHz local oscillator when the 22kHz is on The LNB downconverts the satellite signal to the Intermediate Frequency as IF Frequencysatellite FrequencyLo 20 The 10 7 Univ entry is similar except that the two local oscillator frequencies are 9750MHz and 10700MHz The 5 15 LNB type is for C Band The LNB downconversion for this LNB is IF Frequency o Frequency satellite The IF entry uses no conversion The frequency displayed is in the 950MHz to 2150MHz band UniCable LNB selection starts User Band determination If a User Band is located then it is saved as a power up variable If the same type of UniCable LNB is used then the User Bands will be the same but if a different UniCable is used then the UniCable LNB must be re selected to so that the User Bands can be found The User Bands are assumed to be 100 MHz wide Using the Spectrum mode will show how wide the User Band is and whether it is symmetrically about the tuning frequency In the Digital mode retuning is performed every time the frequency is changed using the knob or the Band Polarisation i
15. a logarithmic ratio of voltage or power to a standard or reference voltage or power dB i7 or dB olo V pn 0 0 DiSEqC see Appendix D DVB S or DVB S2 see Appendix E Ext Power When the Satlook HD is connected to the power supply and plugged in then this is displayed on the Analog screen FEC Forward Error Correction This is the error control used in DVB and other systems to correct errors in transmission To do this the data is sent with additional error correcting bits On reception the error bits are identified and usually corrected HD high definition This refers to any resolution above the DVB standard resolution The DVB standard resolutions for the luminance signal are H X V 720 X 576 544 X 576 480 X 576 352 X 576 352 X 288 The DVB S2 High definition resolutions are H X V 1920 X 1080 or 1280 X 720 They can either be interlaced or progressive Interlaced means the picture is built from two fields with each field being alternating half the scan lines Progressive means the entire picture is repeated each time Progressive pictures require a higher data rate IF intermediate frequency This refers to the frequency after down conversion at the LNB to the range 950 MHz to 2150 MHz IQ decision points During demodulation of a QPSK or 8PSK signal the two phases of the are converted to digital data and this data is sampled at the 36 Symbol Rate These samples are called IQ decision points as se
16. an signal will be greater than 10 0 dB This is a measurement from the demodulator and is only valid when the received signal is locked 37
17. ation pattern is shown which is formed from a small subset of the IQ decision points received by the demodulator Occasionally during an attempt to lock a calibration pattern can be observed momentarily This is not a real signal but is an artefact of the demodulator process The current state of the 22 kHz signal and the LNB voltage are displayed at the left These are mirrored by the blue LED displays Once a transponder signal is locked the Network Information is displayed at the top of the screen This can take some time to appear once the transponder is locked The transponder is supposed to send this data at least every 10 seconds but sometimes there will be a transponder not sending any NIT data Also you should be aware that sometimes transponders send incorrect satellite position data because they are being used to repeat a transport stream used on another satellite Visible Thermometer Bars There are four thermometer bars displayed to indicate the state of the signal being received For all of these the higher the thermometer bar the better the signal quality Each of these thermometer bars has the recent maximum displayed as a single bar This maximum decays over time and so automatically allows for peaking adjustments The four thermometer bars are SIG SNR BER and MER SIG This is the power level of the signal at the current frequency It is always displayed whether the signal is locked or unlocked This is not the same as
18. cleared and the spectrum plotted with the cursor at the new frequency in the centre The current frequency is used for other modes so the Spectrum Mode can be used to find a signal of interest and then the Digital Mode can be used for more complete examination The user can exit Spectrum Mode by pressing the button Accessing the Spectrum Menu Analog Spectrum Sueep 13U 18U 22kHz Digital EasyFind Setup The Menu is activated by pressing the button At this time the Spectrum options can be changed or other functions in the menu can be used Sweep The Spectrum Sweep can be changed from 1 MHz per increment to 10 MHz per increment The user setting for the Spectrum Sweep increment is then saved and restored on power up 13 Sweep 3 HHz 12285u 13V 18V and 22kHz From the Spectrum Menu the Polarity and Band can be changed with the 13 18V and the 22kHz signal Analog Mode RF Signal Level LNB A an LNB E n 18u Z2kHz Atten OFF LNB Current 128m About Analog Mode The screen in Analog mode shows the relative RF level for the two LNB inputs on a thermometer bar This is the RF level for the IF band from 920 MHz to 2150 MHz For a Universal LNB the Satellite band will be selected from one of the four quadrants by the 13V 18V and the 22 kHz signal The LNB voltage of 13V or 18V is displayed by the blue LEDs and also on the screen The LNB signal 22kHz is displayed by the blue L
19. e an RS232 connection but a USB to RS232 adapter can be purchased at low cost Connect the RS232 cable from the computer to the instrument Run the data transfer file micromem exe la Start Connect Satlook Micro to PC and turn it ON When the Satlook HD is turned on the micromem program will identify the RS232 port being used and then the transfer screen will be active Lll Micro Pre set n x emitor Lie Send data to Satlook Micro e gt 25 The data transfer can be performed when the Satlook HD is in the Analog mode or when a menu is being displayed Transferring data when the Satlook HD is in the Digital Mode or the Spectrum Mode should be avoided because the unit is very busy during these modes To send the data select the Send Data button and a file dialog will be presented to choose the appropriate smd file To save the Satlook HD transponder data for later backup choose the Get Data button and the file dialog will be presented to name the file 26 Appendix A Saved Parameters These parameters are saved on power down of the Satlook HD and restored on power up They are not saved in the smd Transponder files LNB Type AutoOff Value Contrast Value Last Memory Value Loaded MyLatitude MyLongitude Spectrum Sweep value 13V 18V 22kHz Last used Frequency Invert Screen state Invert Knob state BacklightTimeOut EasyFind transponder number EasyFind pro
20. e current software version In order to load firmware you must have a PC which supports an RS232 connection The firmware loading must be performed with the external charger connected The RS232 cable to be used is supplied as part of the kit with the Satlook HD Some laptops do not have an RS232 connection but a USB to RS232 adapter can be purchased at low cost Connect the Rs232 cable from the computer to the instrument Run the firmware download file FDL exe r r Firmware Downloader Firmware Downloader Port About Exit Port About Exit Select Port Send Firmware Select the RS232 port on the computer Normally the port is COM1 but some USB to RS232 will use some other port If desirable this USB to RS232 conversion device can be made to always use COM1 by clicking Control Panel Device Manager Ports and in the Advanced settings for the adapter set to COM1 Select Send Firmware and the display with be Searching Connect the Satlook HD to the external charger and the display will change to Found To verify this check the Blue LEDs to see if they are not changing If they are in cycling pattern displaying the charging pattern then the process must be restarted An alternative method of starting the firmware loading process is to have the Satlook HD connected to the external charger and charging when starting the firmware load When the Searching message is displayed momentarily press the Powe
21. e measurement of the satellite spectrum in resolution steps of 1 MHz to 10 MHz making it easy for the skilled installer to know what satellite he is receiving and make more detailed measurements The Digital Mode shows extended information of Modulation SIG SNR BER MER and a constellation diagram The Satellite Name and position are shown using the Network Information Table in the MPEG transport stream Channel detail or Service Information can also be displayed for a transponder if needed The Satlook can store 100 positions of Satellite transponder information The instrument can easily scan through the memory positions and identify the various Satellite transponders The polarisation of the LNB is switchable by setting the LNB voltage to 13V or 18V and the High Low band with a 22 kHz signal The DiSEqC function controls all DiSEqC accessories such as LNBs switches and positioners The instrument is supplied with a built in and rechargeable battery and a carrying case for protection of the instrument in the installation environment Quick Start Power On Off Button Menu Knob and Button LNB A connector LNB B connector Power Input for charging RS232 Port Reset Button Power On The Satlook HD is turned on by pressing and holding the power on button for one 2 Micra Power on tones indicate that firmware loading Micro has started This takes about six seconds and is shown by a progress bar on the display and a pattern o
22. en on the constellation diagram and are then form the digital input symbols LNB Low Noise Block The general name for the amplifier and downconverter at the dish MaxHold In the Analog Mode this can be used to remember the highest peak of the RF signal MER Modulation Error ratio This is usually expressed in dB It is calculated from the constellation pattern and represents how close the I and Q decision points are to the ideal position A typical MER value is 16 dB NIT Network Information Table One of the System Information SI tables in DVB containing the current satellite name position and other data QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying This is a digital modulation used for all DVB S transmissions The data is transmitted depending on the phase of the signal with 90 degrees the shift so four states one symbol are encoded at each Symbol Frequency QPSK HD DVB S2 transmissions can be broadcast in either 8PSK modulation or QPSK modulation When the demodulator receives a DVB S2 transmission in QPSK then QPSK HD is displayed RF radio frequency In the Satlook HD this is a measurement of the total power in the band from 950 MHz to 2150 MHz SIG Signal In the Satlook HD this is a measurement of the RF power at the frequency shown on the display SNR Signal to Noise Ratio The SNR of a Signal is a measure of the quality of the signal in dB and higher SNR is better Typical SNR readings for a cle
23. ency ranges to the switch Fora UniCable LNB the Switch and the Quattro LNB are integral To tune a frequency on the UniCable LNB or Switch the receiver issues a DiSEqC command which indicates the Satellite Frequency needed the Polarisation the Band and what User Band to use The number of User bands differs but normal is 4 or 8 SINGLE CABLE INTERFACE SCIF Single cable 1 Vertical Low Band connection Receiver 1 i LNB Pa Horizontal Low Band 4 EM or Power Receiver 2 Vertical High Band 4 SWITCH splitter Horizontal High Band gt Eo Receiver N Fd3 Vertical Low Band fd Allocated Horizontal Low Band X Fd2 X Frequency x X Bands Vertical High Band X _ Fd1 S Horizontal High Band Y A frequency x 4 E Spectrum Showing User I UB 21 I I I IUBI I UB_3I IUB TI The User Bands which are available can be determined by sending a DiSEqC command to emit RF tones at the centre frequencies of the User bands By scanning the frequencies the User Bands are located To find out what number User Band this is another DiSEqC command is sent to turn off the tone at User Band XX By selectively turning the RF tones off the number of the User Band is determined Alternatively The User Band Frequency allocation is usually provided on the LNB Switch description The placement of the User bands within the spectrum is not the same between ma
24. ency step is increased allowing for quick movement to the correct frequency Charging Before using the Satlook HD it should be fully charged To charge the Satlook HD connect the external power supply or 12V Car Cigarette Lighter Plug and then plug the external power supply into the DC Input connector The charging process will begin and the blue LED lights will cycle indicating charging The charging mode and time of charging are displayed on the screen A full charge can take up to 14 hours but depending on the battery sate can be competed earlier When charging is complete the bottom LED will be lit indicating that the charging is complete The Satlook HD can be operated using the external power supply but when the Satlook HD is on no charging is being performed The battery state is indicated on the Analog screen by a battery symbol EasyFind Mode 14 nztrazHE 14 AstraZGE eee a ee RF Check 11224U BR 27500 Found 11224 SR 27500 QPSK FEC 273 QPSK FEC 273 SNR KJ 14 2 ap BER W 1 05 05 The EasyFind Mode is an easy way to point the dish at installation When the EasyFind Mode is entered the Profile defined in the Setup EasyFind Configuration is used The five satellite transponders or in the case of All Sats all of the memory positions which are in the Profile can be selected with the knob Initially the display will appear as in the left diagram above and the RF signal will be indicated on the display and by a
25. file BlindTune Modulations MenuTimeOut 27 Appendix B Universal LNB Primer The LNB low noise block amplifier has evolved since its early introduction in Satellite broadcasting Signals broadcast from satellites are 10600 MHz to 12700 MHz for Ku band and 3000 MHz to 4500 MHz for C band Because the losses in coax are quite high for these frequencies the satellite signal is first downconverted to a more manageable 950 MHz to 2150 MHz for transmission from the dish to the receiver This is called the IF intermediate frequency or also the L Band Most of the European broadcasting is in the Ku band The satellite transmission can use either horizontal or vertical polarisation This is a way of re using the available spectrum since there can be two transponders at the same frequency with different polarisations The Universal LNB can receive either horizontal or vertical polarisations depending on the LNB line voltage 13V is used to select Vertical polarisation and 18V is used to select Horizontal polarisation The Ku band for satellite reception is 2100 MHz wide 12700 10600 while the receiver input is only 1100 MHz wide 2150 950 To allow the full reception of the entire Ku band two different local oscillator LO frequencies are used in the Universal LNB This LO frequency is switched in the Universal LNB by using the 22 KHz tone When it is off then the LO frequency used is 9750 MHz and when on 10600 MHz is used The f
26. he frequency of the tone Channels Service Data t Type ID Name Provider Hip Hop ETATE t RA 4050 Rewind S0s 30s BSkyB 4 RA 4051 Chansons BSkyB 48 TU 4090 Music Choice BSEYB 49 TU 4091 Music Choice BSkyB 50 RA 152 EPG Background BSkyB 51 83 4188 IEPG data 1 BSkyB 52 84 4190 DC51 BSkyB 53 TU iro This shows the services available on the current transponder The type of service is shown in the first column RA is a radio service TV is a standard definition service and HD is a High Definition service Other service types are listed by number The Service ID number Service Name and Service Provider are shown The services shown will update as more services are found The knob can be used to scroll up and down to see all of the services Load Memory Load Memory Position NE Euwa 36E 11633U 10 EuW4 36E 12532H 11 Eur3 33E 11596U 12 Eur3 33E 11679U 13 AstraZ8E 11222H 14 AstraZ8E 11224U 15 hfstra2BE 12207U 16 Astra28E 12265H The Load Memory function is used to load the settings for frequency polarisation and band from the permanent memory The knob is used to select the desired memory and the knob button loads this memory 11 Save Memory Save Memory Position 9 EuW4 36E 11633U 10 EuW4 36E 11679H 11 Eur3 33E 11596U 12 Eur3 33E 11679U Eur3 33E 11472U 14 Astra28E 108174 15 fstra28E 10832H 16 stra28E 12207V The Save Memory function saves the current Frequency Polarity
27. n the blue LEDs H D The Satlook HD initial mode can be set by the user for convenience Pressing and holding Loading the power button also turns off the Satlook HD The button must be held for more than one second in order to turn the unit off The Satlook HD also has an automatic power down that is adjustable which will turn the unit off when there is no activity This can be set using the Setup Menu Navigation The Menu Button and Menu Knob are the two controls used for navigation through the menus and selection of functions When the menu is off pressing the Menu Button shows the Menu It is shown at the active mode so if the Satlook HD is in Digital mode the menu is shown with the Digital entry at the top Using the knob the function that is to be executed is shown highlighted Pressing the Menu Button causes the function to be performed For simple functions such as switching the LNB Voltage with the 13V 18V function the Satlook HD performs this function turns off the menu and immediately returns to the current mode For other functions a new screen with choices is presented Pressing the Menu Button selects the highlighted item Some of these other functions have an exit function that is used to return to the current mode The Menu Knob is used for Frequency adjustment when in the Digital mode or the Spectrum mode When the Menu Knob is turned slowly the frequency is changed by 1MHz but if rotated rapidly the frequ
28. nd symbol rate are shown along with the LNB type definition being used If the signal is locked then the frequency displayed includes the frequency offset to the signal centre frequency Usually the Satlook HD will lock to a signal up to 5MHz offset When not locked the frequency display contains no offset and an Automatic Search is started in the direction given by the knob The Satlook HD checks the signal power at each 3 MHz interval and if the signal is a peak it will attempt to lock using the current Modulation settings defined in the Setup Modulations screen DVB S DVB S2 DVB S Low Symbol rate The search will stop when a signal is locked Turning the knob re starts the search in the direction of the knob turn For Universal LNBs if the frequency reaches 11900 MHz in low band the 22kHz signal will automatically switch on and the search continues in high band When searching down when the frequency reaches 11520 MHz in high band the 22kHz will automatically switch off and the search continues down The Search will end when a signal is locked or the frequency limits are reached Manual Tuning can be entered using the Digital Menu and is active until the next press of the menu knob To lock on signals when the signal symbol rate is less than 15000 MSymbols sec the option Low Symbol Rate must be selected in the Setup Modulations For symbol rates below 7000 MSymbols sec the signal identification may take several seconds A constell
29. nt mode will resume automatically If No Time Out is chosen the menu will remain active until the button is used to select a function EasyFind Configuration Profile Sati Satz Sata Sat4 Sath 46 43 an 30 99 EasyFind Setup Nordic Thor iW SiriuzbE Astra13E Hotbird Free t Exit The EasyFind Setup function allows the EasyFind to be configured for the user situation The Profile can be selected with the knob button and one of five profiles stored in memory can be selected An additional Profile All Sats allows the use of any memory position in EasyFind Mode When the Profile is defined the five Satellites in the profile can be selected from the memory positions 22 Version Satlook Hicro HD Serial Number 814212 Firmware ler smHD 53 Firmware Date 2009 7 23 Demod 4506 71 AP Wer 38 Config 10 System EU Key Activated Hangt act ured 2009 05 22 The Version menu shows the software and hardware versions and related information 23 Loading New Firmware A new firmware version can be loaded to correct issues that are reported in the firmware release notes The firmware for the Satlook HD is identified as smHD60 EU hex with the number 60 being the version number Do not load any firmware without this type of name it will be for a different instrument and will not work on the Satlook HD Use the Version screen in the Setup Menu to determine th
30. nufacturers 32 For further detail on UniCable see the specification EN 50494 Satellite signal distribution over a single coaxial cable in single dwelling installations UniCable Commands only the 5 byte commands are shown ODU Power OFF 0xeO 0x00 0x5a D1 0x00 Turn power off for the selected User Band D1 is defined as bit 5 6 7 select the User Band and bit 0 1 2 3 4 0 ODU UBxSignal ON 0xe0 0x00 0x5b 0x00 0x00 Generate an RF tone at the centre of each User Band ODU Config 0xe0 0x00 Ox5b D1 D2 D1 is defined as bit 5 6 7 select the User Band and bit 0 1 bit 1 2 3 4 0 Generate an RF tone answer at the selected User Band for the question in D2 ODU LoFreq 0xeO 0x00 Ox5b D1 D2 D1 is defined as bit 5 6 7 select the User Band and bit 1 1 bit 0 2 3 4 O Generate an RF tone answer at the selected User Band for the question in D2 ODU Channel change 0xeO 0x00 0x5a D1 D2 D1 is defined as D1 is defined as bit 5 6 7 select the User Band bit 3 selects polarisation bit 2 selects low high band bits 0 1 of D1 and D2 are 10 bit Tuning Word TuningWord Eas Fro AF FyserBand 4 E 350 33 Appendix F Satlook HD File Structure Transponder memory positions amp amp Pos 001 55 49 6E 73 61 74 34 35 45 00 FF 07 31 00 00 05 7800 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF This is a line from a typical smd file Each line begins with amp amp lt Pos 001
31. our frequency ranges for the Universal LNB are sometimes called quadrants and is diagrammed below showing the overlap 13V Vertical 22 KHz Off Low Band 13V Vertical 22 KHz On Hi Band 18V Horizontal 22 KHz Off Low Band 18V Horizontal 22 KHz On Hi Band fee ae 10700V MHz 11900V MHz i 11550V MHz 12750V MHz M 10700H MHz 11900H MHz 11550H MHz 12750H MHz 28 Appendix C DiSEqC Primer About DiSEqC DiSEqC is an acronym for Digital Satellite Equipment Control and is achieved using the 22kHz signalling tone The 22 kHz signal is imposed on the LNB DC voltage of 13V or 18V at a level of 0 65V p p Normally the 22kHz signal is either continuously on or off When a DiSEqC message is to be sent if the 22kHz is on it is turned off for a quiet period before the message Then the DiSEqC message is sent as a series of bytes with an odd parity bit appended The bits are formed by modulation of the 22kHz signal as shown below O Data Bit 1 Data Bit 2 1 0 ms gt AAAA 0 5 ms sle 1 0 ms Most DiSEqC commands are 3 bytes in length but some can be up to 6 bytes long so the transmission time of a DiSEqC message is on the order of 40 to 80 milliseconds DiSEqC Commands LNB1 0xeO 0x10 0x38 0xc0 LNB2 0xeO 0x10 0x38 Oxc4 LNB3 Oxe0 0x10 0x38 0xc8 LNB4 0xeO 0x10 0x38 Oxcc SW1 0xeO 0x10 0x39 Oxf0 SW2 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf1 SW3 Oxe0 0x10 0x39 Oxf2 SW Oxe0 0x
32. r On button for less than a second It is only during power up under external charge that the unit will check for an RS232 connection for firmware loading Now choose the firmware file Normally the firmware will be in the same direction as FDL exe but if not you can navigate to the correct directory and select the firmware file Once the file is selected the firmware loading will take about 10 minutes and then the Firmware Downloader program will display Download Complete and the Satlook HD will revert to the charging pattern shown by the blue LEDs in a cycling pattern 24 Download complete No errors Using PC to transfer transponder data The transponder data in the Satlook HD is stored in permanent memory The transponder data is stored in 100 memory positions that contain the Name Frequency LNB type LNB voltage 13V 18V 22 kHz signal state etc It also contains the EasyFind setup data This data can be loaded to the Satlook HD from a PC or Satlook HD data can be saved on the PC for backup The data is saved on the PC as filetype smd For a full description of this file see Appendix E In order to transfer the satellite data you must have a PC which supports an RS232 connection The data transfer is performed with the Satlook HD turned on and either battery powered or connected to the external The RS232 cable to be used is supplied as part of the kit with the Satlook HD Some laptops do not hav
33. rsion Contrast Adjust Contrast The Contrast function shows a black and white grid and allows the adjustment of the display contrast for best viewing using the knob Pressing the knob button exits the contrast adjustment and saves the current contrast settings Invert Knob Pressing the Knob button for the Invert Knob function changes the way the knob rotation is interpreted At default rotating the knob clockwise means that frequency will increase and the menu selection will move down to the next selection This is saved as a power on parameter Invert Sern Pressing the knob button for the Invert Scrn function will invert the screen black to white and vice versa This is then saved as a power on parameter 19 AutoOff Timeout AutoOFPF TimeOut EG minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes Exit This function sets the AutoOff timeout if required If the knob button or knob is not used for the timeout period then the Satlook will display AutoOff and power down This setting is then saved as a power on parameter Backlight Configuration Backlight TimeOut OFF 30 seconds 1 minute 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes Continuous The backlight can be set so that it will turn off after a delay The setting is then saved as a power on parameter Set LNB Type Set LNB Type BUniversal 11 2 9 75 11 25 10 0 11 3 10 05 11 475 10 6 5 15 10 7 10 7 Univ 10 75 IF 11
34. s changed In the Spectrum mode no retuning is performed while the cursor is within the UniCable Band of 100MHz To force the retuning exit the Spectrum mode and re enter Entry to the Digital Mode and Spectrum mode force UniCable re tuning During UniCable LNB use the 13V 18V and the 22kHz signal indications are still used for Polarisation and Band selection but they are not actually imposed on the LNB cable Modulation BlindTune Hodulation u QPSK C DUB 3 BSPSK LDPC DUB S2 BQPSK Lou Symbol Rate This function sets the modulation type that will be tried when in the Digital Mode This can be used with the search function to find only transponders that are DVB S or DVB S2 The BlindTune algorithms used will search for Symbol Rates from 15000 to 30000 In addition the Low Symbol rate option can be enabled to allow the search for Symbol Rates from 1000 to 15000 This will search for QPSK only in this region This option adds extra time to the BlindTune algorithm so that when these low symbol rates are not needed it should be turned off This setting is a power up parameter 21 StartUp Mode StartUp Mode EasyFind E Spectrum Digital Analog The mode on power up can be chosen for the Satlook HD This setting is a saved parameter Menu Timeout Menu TimeOut Ho Time Out 1 second a seconds 3 seconds The menu timeout can be set so that if no action is performed then the display of the curre
35. to save the current position as a stored position from 1 to 31 The knob selects the position number that this will be called and pressing the knob button sends the command Goto X This sends the DiSEqC command to move to a position calculated by the Satlook HD for the Satellite Angle desired The knob selects the Satellite Angle that will be used and pressing the knob button sends the command To move the positioner to HotBird for example the command to send would be Goto X 13 0 E The Goto X function calculates the amount to move the positioner from the Satellite Angle and the user Latitude and Longitude In order for the command sent to be correct the Latitude and Longitude must be set for the user location MyLat This function is for the entry of the Latitude of the user location Turning the knob will show the selected latitude from 90 0 South to 90 0 North and pressing the knob button will save this setting This setting will be restored on power on MyLong This function is for the entry of the Longitude of the user location Turning the knob will show the selected Longitude from 180 0 East to 180 0 West and pressing the knob button will save this setting This setting will be restored on power on Setup Functions BEAT Invert Scrn Contrast Auto OFF Invert Knob Backlght Cfg Invert Scrn Set LHB Type Auto OFF Hodulation Backlght Cfg StartUp Node Set LNB Type Menu TimeOut Hodulation EasyFind Cnf StartUp Mode Ve
36. type used when the smd file was created or when the memory position is saved on the Satlook For US Systems this is loaded as the current choice 0x00 or Oxff is assumed to be a universal LNB Byte 0x17 and 0x18 Satellite frequency stored as hi byte lo byte If valid this frequency is used as the memory position frequency Valid range is 3000 to 13625 LNB 11475 2150 EasyFind 88 lt Pos 101 gt 55 4B 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF OE 1F 16 1A 2E FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Memory positions 101 to 105 are used for the EasyFind function Bytes 0x00 to 0x08 ASCII profile name ending with 0x00 Bytes 0x09 to OxOd EasyFind satellite for preset 1 to 5 Range 1 to 99 34 Appendix G Satlook HD opecifications e Automatically acquires DVB S and DVB S2 transponders using advanced demodulator to determine FEC and Symbol Rate Input frequency 920 2150MHz Input level 35 100 dBuV Input output impedance 75 Ohm F connectors Measuring method Analog RF Signal presentation in thermometer scales for both LNB inputs Loadspeaker tone changes with signal level when enabled e Spectrum Analyzer 950 MHz to 2150 MHz step size 1 MHz to 10 MHz e Measuring method Digital BER bit error rate MER modulation error ratio SNR signal noise ratio Constellation QPSK and 8PSK Max level Thermometer scales showing max Maxhold function with BER SNR and MER showing maximum values
37. y and 18V selects Horizontal Polarity The user setting for the LNB voltage is saved and restored on power up 22kHz This function toggles the LNB 22kHz signal If the signal is off it is turned on and vice versa The 22 kHz signal selects the band for a Universal LNB If the 22 kHz signal is off then a Universal LNB selects the low band 10670 MHz to 11900 MHz If the 22 kHz signal is on the high band is selected 11520MHz to 12750MHz The overlap region from 11520MHz to 11900MHz can be received with the 22 kHz signal either on or off The user setting for the 22 kHz signal is saved and restored on power up Beeper This function toggles the RF signal beeper to one of three modes The frequency of the beeper increases with RF signal strength if off itis set to use the RF signal from LNB A if currently LNB A then it is set to use the RF signal from LNB B if LNB B it is set to off Attenuate This function toggles the RF attenuator on or off This inserts about 3dB into the RF path It attenuates both LNB A and LNB B There is no effect on signals in Digital Mode MaxHold This toggles the MaxHold function from off to on and vice versa When the MaxHold function is on the maximum RF signal value for LNB A and LNB B is displayed as a line on the thermometer bar DiSEqC Cmd Send DiSEqC Command WIENER LNE 2 LNB 3 LNB 4 SW1 SW 2 SW 3 SU 4 SW5 SW 6 SU 7 SUB SW 9 SW 10 SU 11 SM 12 SM 13 SM 14 SU 15 SM 16 TB TB B
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