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•  Touch a value in the menu (fig. 1)

•  Rotate the wheel to adjust the value (fig. 3) or touch the value required (fig.2)

•  Press the wheel and confirm the selection (fig.3)  

or touch the monitor outside the drop down menu (fig.3)

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Ex. TV/CATV channel selection:

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Select from the menus and adjust the value using the drop down menu:
•  Touch a value in the menu (fig. 1)
•  Touch again to visualize the drop down menu (fig. 2)
•  Rotate the wheel to adjust the value (fig. 3) or touch the value required (fig. 3)
•  Press the wheel and confirm the selection (fig. 4), or touch the monitor outside the drop down 

menu (fig. 4)

Example of TV channel selection:

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Summary of Contents for BTPRO-7000

Page 1: ...TFT 16 9 TFT 16 9 www blondertongue com Instruction Manual Hardware Version 2 BTPRO 7000 BTPRO 7000 BTPRO 7000 BTPRO 7000 ...

Page 2: ...2 NOTES ...

Page 3: ... 23 LTE interference autotest 24 HELP inspect the parameters of an unknown signal 24 Special functions 25 MEMORY channel plans and log files 28 APP DOCSIS CABLE MODEM 41 LI ION polimer batteries 41 Warnings 42 Battery test battery regeneration 43 Power supply mains battery charge CHRG LED status 44 Disposal of electronic equipment 44 Meter maintenance 45 Suggested values 45 Accessories supplied 46...

Page 4: ... screen and adjust the values RESET HARDWARE RESET SOFTWARE With instrument ON Keep the HOME key pressed for 10 and turn on again From instrument OFF switch on the meter immediately after keep the volume key pressed until a beep is heard Rotate to select a menu item or to change a value Press to select a menu item or a numeric field Select a menu item press and hold 2 to display the pop up menu ...

Page 5: ...T SIDE TOP SIDE RIGHT SIDE 6 11 12 7 8 10 9 3 4 1 2 5 1 LAN Eternet RJ45 2 USB B SW upgrades 3 USB A memory stick 4 Power Supply input 12 V DC 1A 5 Fan 6 Analog video IN 7 OPTIC IN FC ST SC opt 8 RF out F 75 Ω 9 ASI OUT opt 10 ASI IN opt 11 IF RF in F 75 Ω 12 Cable Modem ...

Page 6: ... screen and the wheel to navigate across the screen and to change values display zones tuning parameters live picture measurements channel info transport stream info context sensitive menu How to select from the menus and adjust the value Rotate the wheel and select from the menu required fig 1 Press the wheel fig 2 Rotate the wheel to adjust the value fig 3 Press the wheel and confirm the selecti...

Page 7: ...frequency and set the value using the numerical keyboard Rotate the wheel and select frequency FREQ fig 1 Keep the wheel pressed for 2 to visualize the keyboard fig 2 Press the relative number keys to digit the frequency value required rotate the wheel to navigate within the window fig 3 Finally rotate the wheel and select enter fig 4 Press the wheel and confirm the selection fig 5 Example of manu...

Page 8: ...hanical Touch fig 5 fig 4 Ex TV CATV channel selection fig 1 fig 2 Select from the menus and adjust the value using the drop down menu Touch a value in the menu fig 1 Touch again to visualize the drop down menu fig 2 Rotate the wheel to adjust the value fig 3 or touch the value required fig 3 Press the wheel and confirm the selection fig 4 or touch the monitor outside the drop down menu fig 4 Exam...

Page 9: ...numerical keyboard Touch FREQ fig 1 Touch again to show the menu INSERT FREQ fig 2 Touch the numbers to digit the required frequency value fig 3 Finally touch enter and confirm the selection fig 4 Example of manual frequency selection FREQ fig 1 fig 2 fig 3 fig 4 ...

Page 10: ...ode if no key is pressed after 30 seconds the display brightness is reduced and after 5 minutes the meter automatically turns off Press any key to temporarily reset the battery save mode Touch CONFIGURATION MENU then METER in the volume screen and set the TIMER OFF value required The meter will turn off after 5 10 15 or 30 minutes of inactivity Press any key to interrupt the automatic turn off Set...

Page 11: ...n exactly in the center of the circle if you do not carry out this procedure correctly the touch commands may be inaccurate TOUCHSCREEN CALIBRATION______________________________ Touch configuration menu from the volume window Touch meter then calibrate touchscreen if the touchscreen does not respond to the commands it may be necessary to calibrate ...

Page 12: ...ies the modulation of a tuned TV channel in the TV master PLAN In TV MODE the DISCOVERY function is set on mode TERR ONLY In CATV MODE the DISCOVERY function is set on mode CABLE ONLY NOTES DISCOVERY mode is active only if the antenna cable is connected to the instrument DISCOVERY mode is not active if you use a manual ManuMemory Mix or automatic memory plan Automemory tv ...

Page 13: ...ake a series of beeps Digit the file name and touch ENTER The unit automatically saves screen shots under file name SS_ BMP besides the entered file names It also creates a folder on the drive called SCREENSH screen shot N B If the memory is not inserted correctly or is not recognised the following message will be shown PLEASE INSERT USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE Full screen picture zooms can not be sav...

Page 14: ..._______ DIGITAL CATV DVB C measurement display________ Touch ZOOM and select the constellation square to enlarge CATV CATV channel plan selection Press repeatedly to navigate in the CATV measurement screens Main measurements live picture 64 QAM constellation Touch the picture to enlarge touch again to return to the measurements ...

Page 15: ... frequency required Level measurement audio vidio measurement and picture ANALOG RADIO MEASUREMENT DISPLAY______________ ANALOG TV MEASUREMENT DISPLAY____________________ Touch CHAN and select the channel required If it is analog you will see the following displays SNR and HUM measurement ...

Page 16: ...16 Press repeatedly to navigate in the CATV measurement screens Waveform monitoring measurement Teletext measurement ...

Page 17: ...ode Touch MENU on the main measurements and picture screen SINGLE CHANNEL MONITORING 30 minutes Touch CHANNEL LOGGER Touch MENU Select the time interval TIME INTVL and where you want to store the file either in the meter s memory or in the USB memory stick send to USB ON with the relative file name File name EXAMPLE 1 ...

Page 18: ...ch VISUALIZE NIT Touch MENU from the MAIN MEASUREMENTS PICTURES Example 1 NOTE The function VISUALIZE NIT is available in TV CATV mode Related Functions__________________________________________ MPEG SERVICE MPEG SERVICE BARSCAN BARSCAN TV SPECT Barscan MPEG service list TV Channel Plan Selection ...

Page 19: ...n CHAN and select the channel required If it is digital you will see the following displays 8VSB constellation Navigate in ZOOM and select the constellation square window to enlarge T V T V T V T V o r t h e n p r e s s tv channel plan Analyze Television switch to TV mode_________________________________________ All channels received at the Antenna TV ...

Page 20: ...ld Strength and select the antenna model OMNIANT LOGANT or CUSTOM Touch Edit ant Factor Set the antenna parameters frequency value FREQ antenna gain ANT FACTOR cable attenuation CABLE LOSS Complete the insertion of the parameters for the various frequencies Press the TV key The field strength is shown on the right of the POWER measurement EXAMPLE 1 FIELD STRENGTH___________________________________...

Page 21: ...____________ fast spectrum Fast spectrum with peak memory Max HOLD Or Press the spectrum key again to activate the MAX HOLD function press to cycle through spectrum analyzer screens SPECT Touch SPAN to modify the value or directly select the active span value or enter to confirm Rotate to navigate Touch MENU to visualize the additional spectrum functions Finds the tuning parameters of a digital si...

Page 22: ...channels level power Or NOTE Function available only in TV or CATV mode In the TV standard canalization the meter displays the level power of all channels In AUTOMEMORY or MANUMEMORY PLAN the meter displays the memorized channels and distinguishes Analog and Digital signals using 2 different colours Barscan graphic LEVEL Touch MENU to choose the bargraph mode level or tilt ANALOG CHANNELS DIGITAL ...

Page 23: ...wing information FAIL 30dB ATTEN SUGGESTED the instrument suggests attenuating the interfering LTE signals by 30 dB Press the BARSCAN key twice to go to the LTE INTERFERENCE AUTOTEST function Here you can find some examples EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2 Touch LTE AUTOTEST In TV mode press the HOME key and touch SPECIAL FUNCT NOTE Only when in TV mode you can reach LTE AUTOTEST directly from the SPECIAL FUNC...

Page 24: ...mode TV or CATV NOTE The function is also available in CATV mode Spectrum mode move the mrk Fr to the center of a digital carrier In measurement mode when the lock icon is open the signal is not locked The help function will try to identify the tuning parameters of the selected digital carrier At the end of the search the word Found will be shown in the 3 boxes the meter automatically shows the me...

Page 25: ...R and set the minimum power level of the digital channels searched Touch DISCOVERY and set the channel search mode TERR ONLY terrestrial only TERR CABLE terrestrial cable Touch START SAVE to create a new channel plan and to activate the search NOTE If the words START OVERWRITE appear the selected file will be overwritten wait a few mins the meter indicates the recorded ANALOG DIGITAL CHannels To a...

Page 26: ...DATALOGGER and set the parameters required Touch START SAVE to create a new log file DATA LOGGER run Rotate to navigate Touch RECALL DATALOGGER and Set the LOG file parameters Touch RECALL to see them Browse through measurements saved in the log file EXAMPLE 1 NOTE The MENU written and graphic may vary from model to model without notice ...

Page 27: ...27 OPTIONS ...

Page 28: ...In case of User Defined CMTS Address using standard navigation select the appropriate IP address the BTPRO 7000 will ping Press ENTER to confirm You can also dial in the IP address using the meter numerical keyboard MAC Address To get connected to the CMTS set up the MAC Address your meter will use to register into the CMTS Using the standard navigation mode highlight the MAC ADDRESS entry and set...

Page 29: ...ng the Standard Navigation Mode select LEVEL and set the desired level of the master test tone to be upstreamed Press ENTER to confirm TEST TONE GENERATOR_______________________________________ The meter will start scanning the selected channels in order to connect to the CMTS While performing this process the display will indicate Scanning now at bottom and WAIT or UNLOCKED in the various paramet...

Page 30: ...lly set to Continuous TONE PILOT 2 FREQUENCY Using the Standard Navigation Mode select FREQUENCY and set the desired frequency for the secondary test tone Press ENTER to confirm TONE PILOT 2 LEVEL Using the Standard Navigation Mode select LEVEL and set the desired level of the secondary test tone Press ENTER to confirm TONE PILOT 2 MODULATION Using the Standard Navigation Mode select MODUL and set...

Page 31: ... for RF measurements Caution 10 dBm maximum input Higher levels will cause damage to the instrument Touch STORE and store the measured optical power value Optic Ref for example 6 07 dBm the OPTIC POWER LOSS field shows the optical attenuation value compared to the stored value Optic REF for example 0 53 dBm Touch WAVELENGTH and select the required wavelength for example 1310 nm Touch OPTIC from th...

Page 32: ...PTIC and REMOTE POWER SUPPLY CABLE CONNECTION TV spectrum In TV or CATV mode press the PLAN key select the plan required then SPECT to visualize the spectrum Touch RF IN and select OPTICAL from the volume screen OPTICAL INPUT RF MEASUREMENTs spectrum OMI FIBER OPTIC Optical Transmitter ...

Page 33: ... to configure and monitor the device and all the measurements remotely via web browser PC tablet and smartphone Touch CONFIGURATION MENU from the volume screen Touch IP CONFIG and select DHCP Assigning IP address to be entered in the web browser occurred Touch METER and then LAN CONFIGURATION Touch CHECK At the end touch EXIT to exit ...

Page 34: ...2 168 15 134 index html 3 Insert in the USERNAME field the NAME of the instruments preceded and followed by the symbol_ example _BT 7000_ 4 Insert in the PASSWORD field the Serial Number of the instrument example 71945 5 Do the LOGIN BLONDER TONGUE 71945 BT 7000 BLONDER TONGUE BLONDER TONGUE _BT 7000_ ...

Page 35: ...STATIC CONFIGURATION Touch CONFIGURATION MENU from volume screen Touch IP CONFIG and select STATIC insert the IP parameters NMASK GWAY At the end touch EXIT for exit Touch METER and then LAN CONFIGURATION Touch CHECK ...

Page 36: ...truments will allow the user to monitoring by remote control any kind of RF signal With a simple WEB browser application the user can pilot the instruments for monitoring the DVBC DVBT RADIO and TV ANALOG modulations Here below an example on how to use the WEB BROWSER for monitoring an TV ANALOG signal ...

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Page 38: ... see next page Touch dB DIV and select the correct visualization value The application HD COAX CABLE REFLECTOMETER allows you to check the correct impedance matching of a 75Ω distribution installation Using a ROVER instrument combined with a calibrated noise generator for example the ROVER CNG 90 STC if in a distribution installation there was an impedance mismatch such as a cable short circuit a ...

Page 39: ... coaxial cable with dielectric in the air COMPACT coaxial cable with compact dielectric FOAM coaxial cable with foam dialectric V O P Propagation speed Set the value provided by the cable manufacturer UNIT Measurement unit Set the value in meters or feet PICTURE Spectrum graphics Set the spectrum graphics mode to FULL or CONTOURS LOC OSC LOCAL TV OSCILLATOR Leave the value set by the manufacturer ...

Page 40: ...40 Distribution cable mod BTPRO 7000 Connection diagramS Distribution cable USB Noise Generator mod ROVER OMNIA 7000 ...

Page 41: ...ry cHArGEr Do noT LEAvE THE BATTEriES DiScHArGED For LonG pErioDS ALWAyS cHArGE THE BATTEriES AT niGHT For AT LEAST 7 HourS EvEn iF THEy ArE noT coMpLETELy DiScHArGED uSEFuL inForMATion 1 The batteries supplied are high quality and tested individually the autonomy depending on the following conditions the LNB power consumption Single Dual or Quadruple the external temperature with temperatures of ...

Page 42: ...nnector lnb tv head end amplifiers etc Extract the conditional access module cam if it is present in your meter 2 The battery test takes approx 12 18 Hours according to the model charging discharging recharging activities and measurement of the battery autonomy during this time the meter must not be used At the end of the test the meter will turn off automatically In order to make sure that the te...

Page 43: ... suspended temporarily and will automatically reset OFF YES ON ON Batteries in fast charge OFF YES ON OFF Battery charge completed OFF WITH A POWER SUPPLY NOT FROM BLONDER TONGUE Flashing 0 5 SECONDS OFF 0 5 SECONDS ON OFF The meter does not turn on Check the mains power adapter turning ON NO or YES FLASHES 15 TIMES OFF The meter is being turned on ON NO or YES FLASHING SIMULTANEOUSLY 0 5 SECONDS ...

Page 44: ...rd and display should be gently cleaned Rubbing the keyboard and or the display s may seriously damage their functions MAinTEnAncE AnD cArE oF THE METEr This meter has been designed to withstand severe conditions of use Even so its life may be prolonged by respecting some simple and effective rules The meter has not been designed to withstand high temperatures over 60 C or 140 F Those temperatures...

Page 45: ...digital modulations DVB T2 GB COFDM PER 7 25 dB 28 dB 26 5 dB 29 5 dB 40 dBµV 50 dBµV 28 5 dB 31 5 dB MER 256 QAM 2 3 FEC MER 256 QAM 3 4 FEC MER 256 QAM 5 6 FEC Soft BAG Removeable side pocket for tools and accessories Shoulder strap Safety antenna mast attachment Strap USB 2 0 cable for PC connection Battery charger power supply Vehicle battery charger adapter User guide F Female F Female connec...

Page 46: ...date of shipment of that product or fails to meet such other specifications as may have been expressly agreed upon in writing between the parties for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of original purchase Notwithstanding the foregoing in some cases the warranty on certain proprietary sub assembly modules manufactured by third party vendors and contained in Seller products third party softwa...

Page 47: ...47 NOTES ...

Page 48: ...n Europe One Jake Brown Road P O Box 1000 Old Bridge NJ 08857 1000 USA 800 523 6049 732 679 4000 FAX 732 679 4353 product specification are subject to change without notice All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners www blondertongue com ...

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