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EQAM-420B

User Manual

Section 3 – Installation & Power-up

3.1 Unpacking

You will find the following items in the box:

• EQAM-420B (QTY=1)
• Power Cord with IEC C13 line socket and 3-pin Type B NEMA 5 plug (QTY=1)
• Blonder Tongue part# 741021800 containing Ethernet cross cable (QTY=1; see Section 4 for details)

3.2 Installation

The EQAM-420B is designed to be installed in a standard 19-inch (483 mm) rack (EIA 310-D, IEC 60297, and DIN 41494

SC48D). To install the unit, secure the unit’s front panel to the rack by inserting four (4) machine screws, with cup washers,

through the four (4) mounting holes in the front panel.

3.3 Power-up

To power up the unit, connect the line cord to a 115/230 VAC – 60/50 Hz outlet. Please note that the power inlet plug is

also equipped with a fuse-holder and fuse (SLO-BLO, 3.0 Amp, 250V).

Do not block the unit's air intake or air discharge openings.

For safe and reliable operation, the ground pin of the power cord plug must be grounded properly.

EQAM-420B and the GigE Switch are considered as elements of an integrated solution.

When a power cycle or re-boot is deemed necessary for one element, it may be

necessary to power cycle one or all of the other elements as well.

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Page 1: ...s are the property of their respective owner EdgeQAM with EAS and Pro Idiom EQAM 420B Equipped with 4 Quad QAM output modules for a total of 16 QAM accepts 64 HD Programs in SPTS mode and 96 HD Programs in MPTS mode Status Date Document No Issue No Author Active Mar 21 2014 651234700A 1 MP Stock No 6522B 4 64 USER MANUAL Stock No 6522B 4 64 USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 Document Number 651234700A Printed in the United States of America All product names trade names or corporate names mentioned in this document are acknowledged to be the proprietary property of the registered owners This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual property righ...

Page 3: ... BROWSER 13 5 2 QUICK CONFIGURATION VIA CONFIG FILE 13 SECTION 6 DETAILED CONFIGURATION 14 6 1 MAIN MODE SCREEN 14 6 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 16 6 2 1 MAIN STATUS EDIT SCREEN 18 6 3 MAIN STREAM INFO SCREEN 20 6 3 1 MAIN STATUS STREAM CONFIG SCREEN 22 6 4 MAIN QAM CONFIG SCREEN 24 6 5 MAIN DIAGNOSTICS SCREEN 26 6 6 MAIN EAS SCREEN 28 6 7 MAIN REFRESH SCREEN 29 6 8 NETWORK SCREEN 30 6 8 1 ADMIN HTML HID...

Page 4: ...V SYSTEM INSTALLER This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical The STOP sign symbol is intended to alert you to the presence of REQUIRED o...

Page 5: ...e antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits When installing the antenna take extreme care to avoid touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them can be fatal Do not overload wall outlets or extension cords as this can result in a risk of fire or electrical shock Never insert objects of any kind in...

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Page 7: ...essages An SCTE 18 conforming TV or set top box is not required The unit also allows the operator to maintain the QAM RF output unencrypted or to encrypt it with Pro Idiom against content piracy To utilize the Pro Idiom encryption feature the input streams must be received on a dedicated GbE port and must meet the Pro Idiom requirements When Pro Idiom encryption is activated Pro Idiom capable TV o...

Page 8: ...rved for future use REMOTE CONTROL 10 100 RJ45 connector for 10 100Base T Ethernet interface for monitoring and configuring the unit via any standard web browser It can also be used as an EAS input trigger Only static IP address can be assigned to this interface The factory default value is 172 16 70 1 POWER LED is Green AC power is detected LED is Off indicates i AC power is not connected or rear...

Page 9: ...Blo 3 0A 250 V Fuse REMOTE DATA OUT Port reserved for future use QAM OUTPUT F female connector for QAM RF output The unit is configured with 4 output modules each module provides 4 adjacent QAM RF channels 24MHz wide The RF outputs of all four 4 modules are combined internally and presented on this QAM output connector 9 10 11 9 10 11 ...

Page 10: ...ent 35 to 42 dBmV 1 dB increment 0 5 kHz 77 F 25 C 5 kHz over 32 to 122 F 0 to 50 C 0 25 dB over 6 MHz channel 98 dBc 10 kHz 60 dBc 70 dBc 40 dBmV output level 5 5 MHz bandwidth 75 Ω Auto Recognition 45 dB 14 dB typical 40 dB typical 39 dB typical Less than 1 degree Less than 1 Dimensions W x D x H 19 0 x 18 125 x 1 75 inches 483 x 460 x 44 mm Power 115 230VAC 60 50Hz Fuse 3 0A 250VDC Slo Blo Powe...

Page 11: ...e rack by inserting four 4 machine screws with cup washers through the four 4 mounting holes in the front panel 3 3 Power up To power up the unit connect the line cord to a 115 230 VAC 60 50 Hz outlet Please note that the power inlet plug is also equipped with a fuse holder and fuse SLO BLO 3 0 Amp 250V Do not block the unit s air intake or air discharge openings For safe and reliable operation th...

Page 12: ...nd enter the following addresses IP address 172 16 70 2 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 No need to enter a value for the Default Gateway Click OK to close the dialog box Now your computer is ready to communicate with the unit OR The following steps explain how to do this for a computer with Windows 7 operating software a On your computer open the Control Panel b Click on Network and Internet c Click on ...

Page 13: ...ime the unit was turned on Location a user defined field to make identification easier As shown in Figure 6 1 under the blue page header the following Primary tabs will appear Primary tab Main includes the following sub tabs Status Stream Info applicable to MPTS Mode only QAM Config Diagnostics Mode and Refresh Primary tab Network doesn t include any sub tab Primary tab Time doesn t include any su...

Page 14: ...de screen Figure 6 1 is a user configurable screen where the following parameters are configured and displayed Figure 6 1 Main Mode Screen Section 6 Detailed Configuration You must complete the steps described in Section 4 and 5 1 before proceeding as follows ...

Page 15: ...the Output Mode selected The drop down box allows the user to select one of the two Output Modes available SPTS Mode Single Program Transport Stream SPTS Allows the unit to accept up to 64 SPTS in unencrypted clear IP format Therefore the unit can accept up to 64 programs in UDP or RTP format MPTS Mode Multi Program Transport Stream MPTS Allows the unit to accept up to 16 MPTS in unencrypted clear...

Page 16: ...een The Main Status screen Figure 6 2 1 6 2 2 is a read only screen where the following parameters are displayed Figure 6 2 1 Main Status Screen when operating in MPTS Mode Figure 6 2 2 Main Status Screen when operating in SPTS Mode 2 1 3 4 6 5 7 ...

Page 17: ...rameters are displayed RF Channel indicates i the RF channel number of the QAM output and ii whether the output QAM is on or off Status indicates whether the Quad QAM RF output module is locked or not Edit using the Edit button a new screen will appear where the user can edit the information in and above see Section 6 2 1 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 1 When the unit is operating in SPTS mode endure...

Page 18: ...2 3 is a read and write screen where the same information as the Main Status screen is displayed but the following parameters can be updated Figure 6 2 3 Main Status Edit Screen when operating in MPTS Mode Figure 6 2 4 Main Status Edit Screen when operating in SPTS Mode 1 3 Duplicate Values 2 ...

Page 19: ...icast format iii provided from IP address 172 160 80 70 and iv on port 50000 Then the address must be entered as UDP 172 160 80 70 50000 Source IP IGMP Version 3 adds support for source filtering that is the ability for a system to report interest in receiving packets only from specific source addresses as required to support Source Specific Multicast SSM Name once the Stream information in above ...

Page 20: ...read only screen where the following parameters about the source IP streams are displayed Figure 6 3 Main Stream Info Screen when operating in MPTS Mode The Main Stream Info screen will be visible only if the user has selected the MPTS mode on the Main Mode screen see Section 6 1 for details 1 2 3 ...

Page 21: ...port number of the source stream Indicates the program information and number of programs in the MPTS for example as shown in Figure 6 3 Stream 1 is a UDP stream with multicast address 239 16 180 177 and port number 50000 which contains six programs For program 1 48 PMT 1 the following information is displayed 48 indicates the Program MAP Table PMT of the program 1 indicates the Program Number as ...

Page 22: ...22 EQAM 420B User Manual 6 3 1 Main Status Stream Config Screen The Main Status Stream Config screen Figure 6 3 1 is only available in SPTS mode Figure 6 3 1 Main Status Stream Config Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 23: ... the EQAM 420B VCT Type allows user to select TVCT terrestrial virtual channel table or CTCT cable virtual channel table Program Number user must enter a unique output program number for each program PMT Program Map Table provides information on each program present in the transport stream such as program number and the list of the elementary streams audio video or data Short Name user may enter t...

Page 24: ...AM Config Screen The Main QAM Config screen Figure 6 4 1 is a read and write screen where the following parameters are displayed or can be configured Figure 6 4 1 Main QAM Config Screen when operating in MPTS Mode 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 ...

Page 25: ...M RF output level for the combined output The range is 28 to 41 dBmV It is recommended to maintain the output level at 40 dBmV for normal operation Output QAM Mode allows the user to select the desired QAM modulation mode Possible options are 64B 256B 16A 32A 64A 128A and 256A For most applications in the USA the recommended QAM modulation mode is 256B it allows four HD programs not to exceed 38 8...

Page 26: ... User Manual 6 5 Main Diagnostics Screen The Main Diagnostics screen Figure 6 5 is a screen for monitoring and diagnosis where the following parameters are displayed Figure 6 5 Main Diagnostics Screen 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 27: ...for Multicast streams TS Sync Error is a Transport Stream Sync Error counter that increments by one if the 47 hex byte also known as the sync byte is not present in the Transport Stream The error count can be ignored if there are no problems with the video service However if there are problems with the video service it can be used for diagnostic purposes as follows i Clear the counter using the Cl...

Page 28: ...28 EQAM 420B User Manual 6 6 Main EAS Screen The Main EAS screen Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 Main EAS Screen 1 3 5 7 9 12 15 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 14 ...

Page 29: ...to select if the EAS trigger Ethernet source is connected to the Remote Control or Local Control 1 port on the front panel EAS Trigger Source Port Number defines the port number for the EAS Trigger Source NOTE The unit must be power cycled after a change to EAS port EAS Testing Facilities Items 13 to 15 are for EAS testing purposes only EAS Test Duration Allows user to set the duration of the EAS ...

Page 30: ...rk Screen The Network screen Figure 6 8 is a read and write screen where the following parameters are displayed or can be configured Figure 6 8 Network Screen 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 26 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 22 24 25 27 28 29 ...

Page 31: ...module 3 DDQ Version RF Output 4 indicates the current software version of the unit s Quad QAM output module 4 EQAM 420B Serial Number indicates the unit s serial number Headend Name allows user to enter a headend name to make identification easier Location allows user to enter a location name to make identification easier Login Timeout Minutes indicates the period of time before the unit logs its...

Page 32: ...sword values for the unit you must be logged in to the unit as Admin to access a hidden screen shown in Figure 6 8 1 by typing the URL of the unit followed by a forward slash and Admin html for example http 172 16 70 1 Admin html Figure 6 8 1 Network Screen 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 18 21 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 25 28 26 27 ...

Page 33: ...or will be displayed Database Control allows the user to remove all of the IP addresses and stream names that have been previously entered Config File Control allows the user to remove the Config File see Section 5 2 and 6 11 for details Configuration Mode allows the user to select one of the following two modes Manual allows the user to make setup configuration changes from any of the primary sub...

Page 34: ...1 GIGE IP Address GIGE1 is the static IP address assigned to the Gigabit Ethernet GigE port 1 GIGE IP Address GIGE2 is the static IP address assigned to the Gigabit Ethernet GigE port Event Log Destination is the IP address of the remote server to which Syslog sends the activities recorded by EQAM 420B for monitoring and troubleshooting purposes The factory default value is 172 16 70 2 Log Destina...

Page 35: ...n blue font to an SNMP syslog The factory default value is disabled Syslog Feedback enable disables the EQAM 420B to forward feedback or confirmation messages in green font to an SNMP syslog The factory default value is disabled 28 Remember to click on the SAVE button to apply the new values configurations 27 ...

Page 36: ...om a Time Server you must enter the IP address of the time server see 24 of Section 6 8 1 for details The time server specified must support the Network Time Protocol NTP in order for automatic time acquisition to work properly The unit would refresh the date and time settings from the Time server every 20 minutes If however an internet connection is not available the date and time can be entered ...

Page 37: ...etails Log Destination Port see of Section 6 8 1 for details SNMP Destination Port see of Section 6 8 1 for details future option Clear Log allows the user to clear the records generated during unit s boot up process and operation afterward The records are cleared if the unit loses power Lines to Display allows the user to select the number of lines to be displayed The unit supports up to 400 Mb o...

Page 38: ...lso be used to quickly configure additional units with the same settings Once the unit is configured right click and choose Save as the Config File link and follow on screen instructions to export the configuration In order to import a configuration press Browse navigate to the filename dat location select the file and press Submit An example of the config file is show in Figure 6 11 2 Figure 6 11...

Page 39: ...r board there are many ways to do this NOTE a The EPCS_1_ver bin is to program PROM1 and EPCS_2_ver bin is to program PROM2 b all the commands are case sensitive c It is recommended to copy the EPCS_1_ver bin and EPCS_2_ver bin files in the root directory i e My Computer C From a command DOS prompt you must be in the same folder as the EPCS files enter ftp A 172 16 70 1 At the FTP prompt enter the...

Page 40: ...nal program such as Putty to telnet into the server board can use Linux DOS prompt Putty etc You can save your configurations so it s very quick and easy to telnet into the board again After you telnet into the server board you must login into the unit with the following credentials Username Admin case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Then cd to the home ftp directory where the EPCS_x bin fi...

Page 41: ...eady Please read the rest of this page once before typing the commands Update FPGA1 by programming EPCS1 epcs e1 EPCS_1_ver bin Update FPGA2 by programming EPCS2 if necessary epcs e2 EPCS_2_ver bin NOTE Both EPCS PROMS can be programmed concurrently using two different terminal sessions logins If you get errors during programming then DO NOT TURN OFF THE EQAM 420B just repeat the epcs commands aga...

Page 42: ...le DDQ v hex into the EQAM 420B server board there are many ways to do this NOTE a The same DDQ_v hex is used to program all the DDQs b all the commands are case sensitive c It is recommended to copy the DDQ_v hex in the root directory i e My Computer C From a command DOS prompt you must be in the same folder as the DDQ file enter ftp A 172 16 70 1 At the FTP prompt enter the following commands Pl...

Page 43: ...inal program such as Putty to telnet into the server board can use Linux DOS prompt Putty etc You can save your configurations so it s very quick and easy to telnet into the board again After you telnet into the server board you must login into the unit with the following credentials Username Admin case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Then cd to the home ftp directory where the DDQ_v hex fi...

Page 44: ...ck to Blonder Tongue for repair Ready Please read the rest of this page once before typing the commands Update DDQ1 bootloader d1 w DDQ_v hex Update DDQ2 bootloader d2 w DDQ_v hex Update DDQ3 bootloader d3 w DDQ_v hex Update DDQ4 bootloader d4 w DDQ_v hex NOTE If you get errors during programming then DO NOT TURN OFF THE EQAM 420B just repeat the bootloader commands again The DDQ board should now ...

Page 45: ... channel 6 and minor channel 1 then the channel number displayed on TV would be 6 1 MPTS Output Stream x and MPTS Output Stream y may have same PID Program Number Major minor channel pair as each MPTS output stream is a unique stream When utilizing the Pro Idiom encryption feature the MPTS input streams are required to be paired together i e MPTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 with each pair having the following...

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