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HDE-8C-QAM 

Instruction Manual

Section 5 – Quick Start Guide

STEP 1 - Connect the Inputs

 

• Locate the blank receiver labels in the plastic bag supplied with the encoder.  

 

   Number each label with UNIT numbers 1 through 9.

 

• Find the receiver ID number label on the first receiver. Write the last 4 digits

 

   of the ID on  label #1 (RX1_####__) and place on the front of the receiver.

 

• Repeat for all 9 satellite receivers (8 primary plus 1 optional spare).

 

 

Now connect each receiver output to the encoder inputs, making sure that receiver #1 (RX#1)    

 

 

 

is connected to #1 component input on the encoder. Repeat this process for remaining receivers.

 

 

Connect the Receivers Control 10/100 port on the encoder (see section 2.2 #11 in manual) to    

 

 

 

an Ethernet switch (with a minimum of 5 ports) with a CAT 5 jumper cable.

 

 

Connect the 9 satellite receivers and the BBDECAs as shown below.

 

• Power up the receivers and the encoder.

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2
3

CAT 5

Connect the equipment as follows:

RG-6

Refer to DirecTV

installation procedures

RX#1

A/V Cables

RX#8

Control & Monitoring

DT-16PT100M-RM

Receiver

Control

DT-05PT100M

PC w/web

browser

SWS-8WBMC

9501-M

Power Supply Port

BBDECA

SPARE

Ethernet Port

1

2

3

Summary of Contents for HDE-8C-QAM w/Opt 2

Page 1: ...rademarks are the property of their respective owner MPEG 2 HD Encoder HDE 8C QAM w Opt 2 8xComponent Composite 1xSpare inputs 4xQAM 1xASI outputs EAS compatible Status Date Document No Issue No Author Active December 19 2014 651236600C 3 KK Obsolete October 28 2014 651236600B 2 KK Obsolete May 16 2014 651236600A 1 BM Stock No 6370 2 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...e Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 USA Document Number 651236600C 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 propert...

Page 3: ...THE UNIT VIA THE WEB BROWSER 16 6 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 17 6 3 MAIN INPUT CONFIG SCREEN 18 6 4 MAIN SETTOP CONTROL CHANNEL CONFIG SCREEN 19 6 5 MAIN SETTOP CONTROL DIAGNOSTICS SCREEN 20 6 6 MAIN SETTOP CONTROL DHCP SCREEN 22 6 7 MAIN ENCODER SCREEN 23 6 7 1 MAIN VIDEO SCREEN 23 6 7 2 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 24 6 7 3 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 26 6 8 MAIN OUTPUT SCREEN 26 6 8 1 MAIN OUTPUT TS CONFIG SCREEN 26 6 8 ...

Page 4: ...ructions before you operate the unit Retain all safety and operating instructions for future reference Heed all warnings on the unit and in the safety and operating instructions WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC that pr...

Page 5: ...fault protection For added protection during a lightning storm or when the unit is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the lines between the unit and the antenna This will prevent damage caused by lightning or power line surges Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can ...

Page 6: ...atellite receivers Remote monitoring and control of the nine 9 satellite receivers is accomplished through UPnP protocol via a rear panel 10 100Base T Ethernet connection using a standard Web browser An Ethernet switch with a minimum of 5 ports and two 2 DirecTV DECA units are required for connecting the receivers to the encoder s receiver control port Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Labo...

Page 7: ... The LED indicators will return to their previous states when the mode is disabled Audio and Video LED s in EAS Mode When EAS is activated the Audio LEDs will change one at a time to red starting from Input 1 and moving right towards Input 8 The sequence continues on the Video LED row again starting at input 1 and moving right After all LEDs are have turned red they all simultaneously switch back ...

Page 8: ...NPUT see below for details The QAM OUT see above and ASI OUT see will both contain the video and audio present at the corresponding RCA connectors of the EAS INPUT EAS INPUTS RCA connectors for EAS Analog Audio marked L R and Composite Video marked Video inputs INPUT POWER IEC 14 power inlet plug rated 110 230 VAC 1 2 0 6A 60 50 Hz equipped with Slo Blo 4 0 Amps 250 V Fuse and On Off switch RECEIV...

Page 9: ...e T UPNP control of STB receivers 1x RJ45 connector 10 100Base T Encoding Profile Video Output Format Chroma Resolution Frame rate Aspect Ratio GOP Structure Transport Rate Video Bit Rate Video Pre filter Audio Output Format Sampling rate Bit rate MPEG 2 HD MP ML ISO 13818 2 4 2 0 480i 720p 29 97 fps 480i 59 97 fps 720p 4 3 16 9 I P frames user selectable Variable user selectable Variable user sel...

Page 10: ... to be installed in a standard 19 inch 483 mm rack EIA 310 D IEC 60297 and DIN 41494 SC48D To install the encoder 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 Connect the line cord to a 110 230 VAC 60 50 Hz outlet Please note that the IEC power connector on the rear panel of the unit ...

Page 11: ...ble click on the Internet Protocol TCP IP e A dialog box entitled Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties will appear Select the Use the following IP address option and 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 s...

Page 12: ...the encoder inputs making sure that receiver 1 RX 1 is connected to 1 component input on the encoder Repeat this process for remaining receivers Connect the Receivers Control 10 100 port on the encoder see section 2 2 11 in manual to an Ethernet switch with a minimum of 5 ports with a CAT 5 jumper cable Connect the 9 satellite receivers and the BBDECAs as shown below Power up the receivers and the...

Page 13: ...tch Assign 172 16 70 2 as the static address for your computer Now open your browser and enter 172 16 70 1 to access the HDE 8C QAM The Username is Admin and the password is pass case sensitive STEP 3 Assigning Receivers If not already allow several minutes for the receivers to be discovered and assigned IP addresses From the Main Input Config Tab of the Web Pages assign RX 1 to Input 1 RX 2 to In...

Page 14: ...or Modulation Mode QAM 256 Out of band disabled Verify the Output Mapping Section Input for each TS must be different Every PID and Program Number must be different Short Name should be a descriptive name of the program as it will be shown on the television max 7 alphanumeric characters Major and Minor Channel numbers are what the TV will display as the channel Click SAVE to apply changes 2 1 3 2 ...

Page 15: ...re QAM Output Setup the QAM output channels by going to the Main Output QAM tab Select the channel for the 1st QAM The next 3 will be automatically assigned Ensure all outputs are on and CW mode is not enabled Click SAVE to apply changes 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 16: ...itive OR Username Guest case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Monitoring and configuration of the unit is achieved via a series of web pages described in following sections The following read only information is displayed in a page header in blue color on top of each web page ESN unit s Serial number Headend name a user defined field to make identification easier Temperature temperature of u...

Page 17: ...ogram in output TS are displayed RF Chan indicates i the RF channel number of the QAM output and ii whether the output QAM is On or Off see Section 6 8 2 for details Status indicates whether the Quad QAM RF output module is locked or not In the section entitled Spare Input under green header the following parameters about the Spare Input 9th input are displayed Resolution indicates the resolution ...

Page 18: ...matic or manual spare operation Spare Control Allows the user to manually replace an input selected in 5 with the spare receiver The encoder also operates automatically If the HDE 8C detects the loss of video from any one of the eight 8 primary receivers the encoder will automatically switch to the spare receiver and tune to the same channel as the receiver it has replaced This action typically ta...

Page 19: ...Channel Config Screen The Channel Config menu facilitates setting the channel line up for the unit Figure 6 4 Main Settop Control Channel Config Receiver Software version of each receiver Channel user entered channel number for the receiver 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ...M Instruction Manual 6 5 Main Settop Control Diagnostics Screen This page allows the user to remove receivers from the unit s database Figure 6 5 Main Settop Control Diagnostics Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 12 ...

Page 21: ... press Save to store changes This table is used for network diagnostic of the receivers The row of a unit previously detected but currently not able to communicate is shown in red Line Not to be confused with Input This is the sequence the encoder obtained the receiver information Receiver Assigned IP address Press Power On to power on receiver Ping press to ping unit The response is shown in the ...

Page 22: ...Main Settop Control DHCP Screen DHCP Database IP addresses in database assigned to each receiver Detected IPs IP address retrieved from receivers Please note that the very first time that the receiver is connected to a Clean HDE 8C QAM database each receiver will get a new IP address However after the first time the HDE 8C QAM will remember the MAC address for each receiver and after any power up ...

Page 23: ...t on TV or other visual display Possible options are Enabled and Disabled The factory default value is Disabled Input Format allows the user to select the type of input video source Possible options are Component and Composite Video Filter Level A two dimensional low pass filter controlling the degree with which the input video is filtered Possible options are Off no filtering On Level 1 On Level ...

Page 24: ...n Figure 6 7 2 is a user configurable screen where the following parameters associated with the Dolby Digital encoded stereo audio are configured and displayed for the each audio input Figure 6 7 2 Main Encoder Audio Screen Figure 6 7 2 Main Encoder Audio Screen 5 4 3 1 2 6 7 8 1 2 7 8 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 25: ...allows the user to select the type of Dynamic Range Compression to be applied to signals that will be used for retransmission on an RF carrier and then fed into TV tuner or other receive devices at the end of the line The factory default value is None Possible options for and are i None no dynamic range controls have been assigned ii Film Standard suitable for movies where the very low level sound...

Page 26: ...screen where the following output parameters are configured and displayed for each output stream Figure 6 8 1 Main Output TS Config Screen 5 4 3 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 3 Main Output Refresh Tab The Main Output Refresh tab can be clicked while you are on any of the following sub tabs screens Status Inputs Encoder and Output When clicked it will update all relevant fields parameters of the active ...

Page 27: ... TS It includes the Input program number video source and audio source PID indicates the PID value assigned to each stream PID Packet Identifier values are embedded by the content provider in the MPEG 2 stream to identify tables and programming packets Program Number user must enter a unique output program number for each program PMT Program Map Table provides information on each program present i...

Page 28: ...AM Instruction Manual 6 8 2 Main Output QAM Screen The Main Output QAM screen Figure 6 8 2 is a user configurable screen to assign QAM parameters to the TS Figure 6 8 2 Main Output QAM Screen 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 29: ...ration Output QAM Mode allows 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 Output QAM Map allows user to select the desired QAM Map channel frequency plan Possible options are STD IRC and HRC Output QAM Data Rate indicates the maximum data rate depending on the sel...

Page 30: ...and Output When clicked it will update all relevant fields parameters of the active screen as that information is retrieved from the HDE 8C QAM in a real time basis 6 9 Network Screen The Network screen Figure 6 9 is a user configurable screen where the following parameters are displayed or configured Figure 6 9 Network Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ...

Page 31: ...dware Version indicates the unit s hardware version Serial Number indicates the unit s serial number Headend Name a user defined field to make identification easier Location a user defined field to make identification easier Login Timeout Minutes indicates the period of time before the unit logs itself out if there is no activity on the web screens Range is 5 15 30 or 60 minutes Control Port IP Ad...

Page 32: ...me and Password values for the unit you must be logged in to the unit as Admin to access a hidden screen shown in Figure 6 7 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 10 Admin html Screen 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 2 ...

Page 33: ...Mask is 255 255 255 0 Control Port Default Gateway is the gateway address assigned to the Control Port It allows the user to access the unit from another network via the web interface The factory default Default Gateway is 172 16 70 254 Receivers Control Port IP Address FUTURE OPTION is the static IP address that is assigned to the Receivers Control 10 100 Port It allows the user to remotely monit...

Page 34: ...ompliant with ATSC and cable standards it is important to have the accurate date and time stamps For this reason it is recommended to use the Automatic option which allows the unit to automatically acquire time settings from a Time Server you must enter the IP address of the time server see 19 of Section 6 10 for details Figure 6 11 Time Screen 3 4 1 2 ...

Page 35: ...pply the Daylight Savings settings either manually or automatically using the DST Adjustment option In the section entitled NTP Server the user can enter the IP address of the NPT server to acquire the time directly from NTP Server when an internet connection is available see of Section 6 10 for details In the section entitled Set Date Time the user can manually enter the date and time 1 2 3 4 19 ...

Page 36: ... following parameters can be displayed or configured The data in Error Log can be forwarded to a SysLog database see of Section 6 12 for details The lines are color coded as follows Red font error message Blue font information message Green font confirmation or feedback message Figure 6 12 Event Log Screen 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 37: ...d 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 of data or approximately 65 000 lines The range is 1 to 65 535 Save Number of Displayed Lines allows the user to save the error log on the screen Please note that the error log would be saved only on the screen and not o...

Page 38: ...igure 6 13 Update Screen Choose File allows the user to select a desired configuration file to be uploaded to the unit from any location on the computer Update allows the user to upload the selected configuration file to the unit Download Configuration File allows the user to download save the current configuration settings of the unit 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 39: ...gram 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 d Only entering the command prompt if you see a directory different than the root directory as shown in Figure 1 then use the command cd to enter the C Figure 1 From a command DOS prompt you must be i...

Page 40: ...al 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 Figure 6 15 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 EP...

Page 41: ...u can recover from this situation by repeating the procedure all over again from Step 1 above Figure 6 16 Ready 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 If you get errors during programming then DO NOT TURN OFF THE HDE 8C QAM just repeat the e...

Page 42: ...42 HDE 8C QAM Instruction Manual NOTES ...

Page 43: ...y any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 9 Any modification of the product by any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 10 Fire flood war civil disturbance industrial action acts of God or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Blonder Tongue 11 Any defect caused by lightning strike or power surges 12 Shipping costs to return products to Blonder Tongue for...

Page 44: ...BLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT INCIDENTAL PUNITIVE DIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE USE INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT All claims for shortages defects and non conforming goods must be made by the custom...

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