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Resource Identifier 100145
Revision: 19.1

SOLO7 Transmitter User Guide

Commercial in Confidence

Summary of Contents for SOLO7 Series

Page 1: ...Resource Identifier 100145 Revision 19 1 SOLO7 Transmitter User Guide Commercial in Confidence...

Page 2: ...document due to hardware or software changes 0 2 Intended Audience This document is meant for anyone interested in how the system can be used but it is of most benefit to Operators who oversee the da...

Page 3: ...xt Conventions Text in bold emphasises a new word or term of significance We call this a protocol and its function is Successive software menu selections are shown using arrows to indicate sub menus T...

Page 4: ...ed in the table below Revision Date Author Summary of Changes 1 0 11 11 2013 RC First release 8 0 31 10 2014 RC FCC statement 9 0 14 12 2015 IR Recommended video settings 11 0 22 06 2016 IR DTC rebran...

Page 5: ...duct Package 2 3 2 1 Packaging Overview 2 3 2 2 Parts List 2 3 2 3 Accessory Options 2 3 2 4 Licensing Options 2 4 2 5 Label 2 4 3 Controls Connections and Indicators 3 5 3 1 Front Panel 3 5 3 2 Rear...

Page 6: ...Reference Material 7 40 7 1 Temperature Control Tips 7 40 7 2 Pinout SOL7TX 7 41 7 3 Recommended Manual Video Encoder Settings 7 42 7 4 Remote Commands 7 43 8 Appendix B After Sales Support 8 58 8 1...

Page 7: ...r is highly power efficient drawing typically 3 7W and weighing only 116g and is designed to support mounting on any kind of vehicle manned or unmanned Now even more capable with additional digital in...

Page 8: ...uarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipme...

Page 9: ...not happy with the condition of your delivered product please call DTC and we ll get this solved for you See Section 8 2 2 2 Parts List Part Number Description SOL7TX SOLO7 Transmitter 2452 5 2481 0MH...

Page 10: ...s MPEG 4 ASP 2 5MHz and 1 25MHz Modulation Platinum Gold plus 625kHz Modulation AES128TX AES 128 Bit Encryption AES256TX AES 256 Bit Encryption 2 5 Label No Description 1 Manufacturer 2 SOL7TX product...

Page 11: ...but pointed tool A ballpoint pen is ideal for this purpose When you want to confirm the config that the SOL7TX is set to press the config button once The LEDs will flash accordingly When you want to c...

Page 12: ...series socket Connect CA3186 here to provide DC power in conjunction with CA0002 composite video and audio inputs Data signals also provided are RS232 control and chained data Optional cables can be s...

Page 13: ...e 4 1 Domo Device Controller 4 1 1 Introduction Domo Device Controller provides users with convenient access to the most usual features and functions of the device Domo Device Controller allows you to...

Page 14: ...ter Ensure your transmitter is connected by either USB or serial control and is powered up Double click Domo Device Controller icon on the computer desktop to open the Domo Device Controller Click the...

Page 15: ...er Guide Copyright 2013 Domo Tactical Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 4 9 Click the Connect button Device Controller reads the SOLO7 Transmitter configurat...

Page 16: ...When you have selected a preset the basic settings for that configuration can be edited from the primary window These can also be configured in the Advanced window 3 Range mode and video quality The...

Page 17: ...window Basic Setting Options Description Output frequency A frequency in the range of the unit Type in the frequency that you want this device to use in megahertz MHz Click the green tick to save the...

Page 18: ...or example and then back to Automatic Encryption mode Off ABS AES128 AES256 All Transmitters have ABS but the AES modes are all license dependent Encryption key Dialog entry Enter the encryption key A...

Page 19: ...how to connect your PC to the Nano Transmitter and then use your Domo Device Controller to configure the unit If the Device Controller menu shows a lock symbol next to a feature this means that it is...

Page 20: ...ges to red switch the unit off and allow it to cool 95 C some video encoder functionality is disabled to try and reduce temperature video quality will be affected 99 C the unit will shut down and rest...

Page 21: ...s of the transmitter Unit Software versions licenses etc Modulation Frequency power FEC etc Audio Audio source sample rate etc Video Video source format etc Misc Data settings etc 2 Engineer Open the...

Page 22: ...ed All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 16 5 4 Advanced Unit Window 5 4 1 Open the Advanced Unit Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the...

Page 23: ...needs to be woken before being able to operate fully Disable status LEDs Blue Off Orange On Swipe to the right to turn the status LEDs on the front panel Off ASI output Blue Off Orange On Not applicab...

Page 24: ...atching ESN Note This is different to the serial number on the device label FPGA Version The version of FPGA firmware currently running on the D1500 board We may ask for this number during a support c...

Page 25: ...xteen Some options are stored on a global or configuration basis dependent on the number of configurations used 3 Reset Device This performs a power cycle on the device 5 4 5 Licensed Unlicensed Featu...

Page 26: ...ghts reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 20 5 5 Advanced Modulation Window 5 5 1 Open the Advanced Modulation Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click...

Page 27: ...5W Choose the power output you want to use for your transmission up to 100mW Power levels above this are not applicable to SOL7TX Lower power outputs will run cooler CAUTION The combination of 100mW...

Page 28: ...Hz 8MHz DTC Narrowband modes provide excellent range and efficient use of available channel bandwidth DTC Ultra Mobile Video Link modes provide higher data throughput than Narrowband by using the same...

Page 29: ...i e DVB T 8MHz in dual pedestal mode will give a total bandwidth of 17 5MHz See Figure 5 1 Bandwidth 6MHz 7MHz 8MHz DVB T modes provide excellent data throughput but shorter range than DTC Narrowband...

Page 30: ...al in Confidence Page 5 24 Name Options Notes Guard Interval 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 The guard interval is an extension of the RF symbol period to give immunity to reflections 1 32 deals with fast reflectio...

Page 31: ...d All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 25 5 6 Advanced Audio Window 5 6 1 Open the Advanced Audio Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click th...

Page 32: ...er II LPCM 16 bit The higher the audio quality used the less the video bandwidth available Audio sync Yes Early Yes the audio is synched to the video Early the audio needs to be earlier than the video...

Page 33: ...nt to the applicable gain value Name Options Notes Level gain 0 to 66dB You can apply different levels of gain to each channel as required Click on the box to edit the value Microphone power Off 2 0V...

Page 34: ...All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 28 5 7 Advanced Video Window 5 7 1 Open the Advanced Video Settings 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click t...

Page 35: ...matches the camera you are using Alternatively the Automatic setting will determine the video source Power up standard in Automatic mode defaults to PAL This can be changed by setting the input to NTS...

Page 36: ...raction of the vertical video resolution Note Dependent on the type of video content when using a sub vertical resolution you may want to enable the de interlace option as well Sub frame rate Full 1 2...

Page 37: ...frame can be set to Yes as a compatibility requirement for some video management systems VMS This should be left at No unless an advanced user 5 8 Advanced Misc Window 5 8 1 Open the Advanced Misc Wi...

Page 38: ...7b 7 bit data must match the data source as must the parity 5 8 3 Pattern Generator Name Options Notes Generator control Disabled Force on Auto video audio Auto video Auto audio AV sync Off Permanentl...

Page 39: ...s to the transport stream TS Inside that TS there may be many Services each with a Service Name Click in the box to edit Service name Default Solo 01 This is an identifier for the service within the t...

Page 40: ...can be found in the Device Controller Advanced Unit window The license file format is serial_number ESN license_number lic e g AK000143 8e417fdb 133444 lic On the primary window in the switch panel cl...

Page 41: ...Note From software v2 0 onwards a bespoke 64x32 pixel customer logo may be applied The logo file can be provided by DTC and will look like d1500_logo_dtc all To remove the logo DTC will provide a bla...

Page 42: ...VHF UHF L Band S Band 10mW 10dBm 3 1W 3 3W 3 4W 50mW 17dBm 3 4W 3 6W 3 7W 100mW 20dBm 3 7W 3 9W 4W 6 1 2 High Linearity Mode CAUTION The combination of 100mW output power and High Linearity Mode must...

Page 43: ...efficient In earlier models of transmitter if you switched from high to low RF power the same DC power level would be used although the RF signal was attenuated In these newer transmitters when you se...

Page 44: ...Mode Right click the Domo Device Controller shortcut on your desktop and click on Properties Select the Shortcut tab and in the Target box add l log txt to the end of the line Note In the target box...

Page 45: ...e Controller shortcut on your desktop and click on Properties Select the Shortcut tab and click Open File Location button Windows Explorer opens where your Log file and Domo Device Controller applicat...

Page 46: ...te The FPGA temperature can be monitored as a colour coded scheme on the Domo Device Controller primary window or from the Advanced Unit tab to monitor the actual temperature in C of the on board FPGA...

Page 47: ...hts reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 41 7 2 Pinout SOL7TX 7 2 1 16 Way Hirose Pin Signal Name 1 12V In 2 GND 3 RS232 Ctrl Tx 4 RS232 Ctrl Rx 5 1V8 GPIO 6 RS232 Data Rx 7 Ext PA Enable 8 Chain...

Page 48: ...ndard Delay and Low Delay settings Standard Delay provides between 0 5 to 1 second delay for bitrates above 1Mbps and slightly longer delays as the bitrate is reduced Low Delay typically reduces the e...

Page 49: ...ntegrity check then the controlled device will action the command and send a reply Additional functionality checks such as licensing will limit the accepted range of some commands either reverting to...

Page 50: ...en an OR operation is then performed with 80h to prevent emulation of special characters Below is an example showing how to build up a remote command packet for reading the board type 1 Packet content...

Page 51: ...ways contains decimal point and 4 decimal places Can have 1 to 5 digits before decimal and optional negative sign 7 4 2 Command List Note The command listings that follow are for the SOLO7 family of t...

Page 52: ...288kbps 10 320kbps 11 352kbps 12 384kbps 13 416kbps 14 448kbps Layer 2 1 32kbps 2 48kbps 3 56kbps 4 64kbps 5 80kbps 6 96kbps 7 112kbps 8 128kbps 9 160kbps 10 192kbps 11 224kbps 12 256kbps 13 320kbps 1...

Page 53: ...Hz bpiq Base card IQ calibration points integer Global bppw Base card power calibration points integer Global btmp Base card calibration temperature integer Read Only Global C Group Camera Command Com...

Page 54: ...Videosys options Hitachi ND intList Global 0 5 Position Cap 1 4 Position tosc Videosys options Sony colours intList Global 0 Absolute 1 Relative AWB totm Videosys options tally mode intList Global 0 S...

Page 55: ...intList Config 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 7 8 o1gu DVB T guard interval intList Config 0 1 32 1 1 16 2 1 8 3 1 4 o14k DVB T 4k offset intList Config 0 None 1 4kHz 2 4kHz o1dp DVB T dual pedestal intLis...

Page 56: ...Moving pattern mspl SDI 3G B payload select intList Config 0 Automatic 1 Force payload 1 2 Force payload 2 msid Miscellaneous stream ID integer Config Group Narrowband Mod Command Command Name Type R...

Page 57: ...nfig 0 None 1 500mW 2 1W 3 2W 4 5W osch Modulation scheme intList Config 0 NB UMVL 1 DVB T olev Output attenuation double Config dB olin Linearity mode intList Config 0 Low power 1 High linearity oprd...

Page 58: ...o 2 PID integer Read Only Global pscr Current PCR PID integer Read Only Global psd1 Current data PID integer Read Only Global psmd Current metadata PID integer Read Only Global psmt Current PMT PID in...

Page 59: ...ength 8 glod Current config intList Memory 0 Current 1 16 1 16 gser Electronic serial number string Read Only Global String length 8 gtmp Board temperature integer Read Only Global C gvba Battery volt...

Page 60: ...ng 2 double Read Only Global V gadd Control address integer Global gbty Board type string Read Only Global String length 5 gety Expansion card type integer Read Only Global glic License code string Wr...

Page 61: ...onfig 1 MPEG4 ASP 2 MPEG4 H 264 v1fo Video source format intList Config 0 Automatic 1 PAL 2 NTSC 3 NTSC NP 4 720p50 5 720p59 6 720p60 7 1080i50 8 1080i59 9 1080i60 10 1080p23 11 1080p24 12 1080p25 13...

Page 62: ...entre 3 Top Right 4 Centred 5 Bottom Left 6 Bottom Centre 7 Bottom Right v1pe Video PES per frame intList Config 0 No 1 Yes v1pr H 264 encoder profile intList Config 0 Baseline 1 Main 2 High 4 2 0 3 H...

Page 63: ...Guide Copyright 2013 Domo Tactical Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 57 Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options v1of Video PTS offset integer Config m...

Page 64: ...Park Whiteley Hampshire PO15 7AB England Phone 44 1489 884 550 Office hours 0900 1700 UK time excluding holidays Email solent support domotactical com no restricted content 8 3 Using the DTC RMA Serv...

Page 65: ...packing materials if possible If the original packing materials are not available wrap the equipment with soft material e g PU PE form then put the wrapped equipment into a hard cardboard shipping box...

Page 66: ...ess to the interior of the product There are no user serviceable parts inside Environment The equipment should not be used in hazardous or corrosive atmospheres Users are reminded of the necessity of...

Page 67: ...n surfaces that are unstable Only use accessories intended for the specific make and model of your unit especially batteries chargers and power adapters 9 4 Charging Use approved batteries chargers an...

Page 68: ...ater Do not incinerate Cells are likely to explode if placed in a fire Dispose of batteries in accordance with the regulations in place for the country of use Batteries are normally considered separat...

Page 69: ...sure of how well an antenna converts power into radio waves or radio waves into power depending on whether it is fitted to a transmitter or receiver device Antenna gain is expressed in dB decibels B D...

Page 70: ...of error control for data transmission whereby the sender adds redundant data to its messages This allows the receiver to detect and correct errors without the need to ask the sender for additional d...

Page 71: ...ve the data N Definition NLOS Non line of sight propagation refers to RF transmissions that travel in a path obstructed by physical objects NTSC National Television Systems Committee is the analogue t...

Page 72: ...ming is the transmission of digital media over an IP network T Definition Transport Stream A standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio video and Program and System Inform...

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