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Helios FM 20/100 W, user manual– 12/2011 

 

5.3. 

Structure of the menus 

5.3.1.  First level measurements 

These values are read-only; bargraphs may also be available.  

 

9 8 . 0 0 M H z

1 0 0 W

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P r =

8 W

V S W R = 1 . 0

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P E A K =

7 8 k H z

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I N P U T

S O U R C E

L I N E 1

  A N A 1

L E V E L ( d B U )

L = + 1 2 . 0

R = + 1 2 . 0

A E S 2

L E V E L ( d B F S )

L = + 1 2 . 3

R = + 1 2 . 1

  M P X 1

L E V E L ( d B U )
1 1 . 8

  M P X 2

L E V E L ( d B U )
1 2 . 1

  P L A Y E R

L E V E L

 

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ENTER

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First level menus 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Helios FM 20/100 W

Page 1: ...ms Group web www ecreso com e mail contact ecreso com Helios FM 20 100 W User manual 87 5 108 MHz 20 OR 100 W STEREO AND MULTIPLEX COMPACT FM DIGITAL TRANSMITTER WITH TCP IP MONITORING depending on op...

Page 2: ...5 AF inputs 13 3 6 HF output 13 3 7 Power supply 13 3 8 Interface panel 14 3 9 Environmental 14 3 10 Physical 14 3 11 Miscellaneous 14 4 STARTING UP YOUR TRANSMITTER 15 4 1 Connecting the transmitter...

Page 3: ...fini 6 2 2 Measurement commands Erreur Signet non d fini 6 2 3 Configuration commands Erreur Signet non d fini 6 2 4 Alarm commands Erreur Signet non d fini 6 2 5 Input commands Erreur Signet non d fi...

Page 4: ...E1 ISDN Leased Lines As such WorldCast Systems can offer complete broadcast solutions for the delivery transmission and monitoring of broadcast content throughout the broadcast chain The group is foun...

Page 5: ...he electrical network is not stable a power conditioner such as a UPS must be used 8 The device must only be used with a plug that incorporates a protective ground contact 9 To avoid any risk of elect...

Page 6: ...ightning In addition several innovative features are available such as RDS encoding and automated audio backup Fully featured for local maintenance and configuration it also allows full remote control...

Page 7: ...ion Temperature WARNING minor fault of the unit ambient temperature radiator temperature fan current voltage loss of signal VSWR VSWR of the unit RF 3dB 3 dB of the unit INTERLOCK indicates that inter...

Page 8: ...terlock GPIO slot option MPX SCA1 MPX SCA2 19 kHz Audio input Line1 Ana or AES Audio input Line2 Ana or AES Ground Two optional communication boards are available TCP IP board 2 RS232 ports COM1 and C...

Page 9: ...ptional communication board Surge protection non present option Digital modulator High output power supply Low voltage power bloc Control board Page 9 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Ne...

Page 10: ...dio L1 R1 AES1 L2 R2 AES2 MPX SCA 19 kHz output Internal player Tuner Audio IP Audio 2 Audio 1 Page 10 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Te...

Page 11: ...st corrosion The rack structure and the structure of the monoblock front panel reinforce the device The rectangular outline of the rounded front panel has a large LCD display protected by armored glas...

Page 12: ...er range 0 20 W or 0 100 W ROS 1 35 Power output continuously 0 20 W or 0 100 W Spurious and harmonic suppression 75 dBc 3 2 Composite operation Bandwidth 20 Hz to 68 kHz 0 1 dB 20 Hz to 92 kHz 0 4 dB...

Page 13: ...are adjustable Level Software adjustable 18 18 dBu range AES LINE2 Connector XLR type Impedance 110 balanced Bandwidth Software adjustable Level Software adjustable 20 to 0 dBFS range Sampling rate Au...

Page 14: ...displays operating parameters and menus Buttons and OK 3 9 Environmental Nominal operating temperature 5 C to 45 C Maximum operating temperature 0 C to 50 C Warehousing temperature 20 C to 70 C Wareh...

Page 15: ...et to 0 W These settings can be adjusted using the PC application the front panel application or serial commands 3 Connect the audio or MPX inputs 4 Connect a PC to the serial port on the front panel...

Page 16: ...ector 4 Set the power in W the frequency in MHz and enable the RF 5 Set other parameters as desired Value formats for all parameters are available in the list of serial commands see manual 6 To send a...

Page 17: ...udio type to o STEREO o MONO o MONO_L o MONO_R Selecting STEREO enables the internal 19 kHz you will therefore want to select MONO for an MPX input Set the total deviation between 0 and 150 kHz Set th...

Page 18: ...hrough the menus ENTER With the and keys go from one screen to the next or rather from one command to the next if 2 commands are available from a single screen press twice to go to the next screen A c...

Page 19: ...the top left of the screen it gives you the level of the menu you are viewing 1 or 2 If a text string is longer than the screen press the key to access the text string and to scroll ENTER Page 19 Hea...

Page 20: ...N P U T S O U R C E L I N E 1 A N A 1 L E V E L d B U L 1 2 0 R 1 2 0 A E S 2 L E V E L d B F S L 1 2 3 R 1 2 1 M P X 1 L E V E L d B U 1 1 8 M P X 2 L E V E L d B U 1 2 1 P L A Y E R L E V E L Page...

Page 21: ...W S T E N C O D E R 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W G P I O 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W N E T W O R K 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W C O M 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W P O W E R S U P P L Y 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W T E M P F A N 9 8 0...

Page 22: ...Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 0 5 57 928 929 www ecreso com contact ecreso com M A I N R F 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W ENTER MAIN is selected RF is selected ENTER...

Page 23: ...U T S E L E C T B A C K U P 2 M P X 1 1 I N P U T S E L E C T B A C K U P 3 P L A Y E R 1 G O T O Page 23 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France...

Page 24: ...I N P U T S W I T C H 2 S W I T C H L I N E 1 A U D I O I P B A C K D E L A Y 3 0 1 I N P U T S W I T C H 2 G O T O T U N E R S W I T C H L I N E 1 1 I N P U T S W I T C H C R O S S F A D E 1 8 5 1 G...

Page 25: ...G H T T R I M 0 0 1 L I N E 1 F I L T E R 1 5 1 L I N E 1 P R E A C 5 0 1 G O T O Page 25 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 9...

Page 26: ...0 2 M P X I N M P X 1 R M S 1 2 6 2 M P X I N M P X 1 P E A K 1 1 8 2 G O T O Page 26 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928...

Page 27: ...0 1 A U D I O G E N E F R E Q 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G O T O Page 27 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 0 5 57 928...

Page 28: ...D S 9 0 0 0 1 M O D U L A T I O N R D S S T A T E O N 1 M O D U L A T I O N D E V S C A 0 0 1 M O D U L A T I O N S C A S T A T E O F F 1 M O D U L A T I O N C L I P 8 5 1 G O T O Page 28 Head Office...

Page 29: ...R R D S I N M P X 1 1 S T E N C O D E R S C A I N M P X 2 1 S T E N C O D E R 1 9 k O U T L E V E L 1 G O T O Page 29 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Mer...

Page 30: ...N D S N A F 8 8 5 1 0 8 0 9 2 R D S M A I N D S N R T R A D I O T E X T 2 R D S M A I N D S N G S 0 A 1 A E N D 1 G O T O Page 30 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700...

Page 31: ...2 5 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 G O T O Page 31 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 0 5 57 928 929 www ecreso com contact ec...

Page 32: ...O M E C H O O N 1 C O M 1 E C H O O N 1 C O M 2 E C H O O N 1 G O T O Page 32 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 3...

Page 33: ...8 2 V 1 C U R 4 2 1 2 A V O L T 4 4 8 2 V 1 S T A N D B Y O F F 1 G O T O Page 33 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 F...

Page 34: ...1 M A X A M B 5 0 C 1 G O T O Page 34 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 0 5 57 928 929 www ecreso com contact...

Page 35: ...O Page 35 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 0 5 57 928 929 www ecreso com contact ecreso com M A I N T I M E D...

Page 36: ...N I D 1 2 1 D A T E C A L I B 2 3 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 S E R I A L N U M B E R 0 1 2 5 A A 1 1 1 U P T I M E 1 0 2 8 5 H 1 O P T I O N S L I S T G P I O I P A U D I O 1 G O T O Page 36 Head Office Parc d ac...

Page 37: ...0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W E X I T ENTER 9 8 0 0 M H z 1 0 0 W Main measurement screen Page 37 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928...

Page 38: ...e switching configuration set in the Input Switch menu and on the channels selected as Main or as Backup 1 2 or 3 MANU or AUTO MAIN With this parameter select the main audio source LINE1 LINE2 MPX1 MP...

Page 39: ...re that if the level is poorly set the deviation may become too low or too high This level is also called nominal level i e the level producing the deviation as set in the Modulation menu From 18 dBu...

Page 40: ...tter on the LINE2 input For example if the audio peak from the source is 4 dBFS this parameter must be set to 4 dBFS for optimal operation If you do not know the audio source level you may use an audi...

Page 41: ...s parameter indicates the average value of the transmitted signal s excursion in kHz From 150 to 150 kHz PEAK INPUT MPXn PEAK read only This parameter indicates the peak value of the transmitted signa...

Page 42: ...L parameter of the menus LINE1 LINE2 MPX1 or MPX2 The audio deviation is set automatically when the MPX deviation parameter is set however it is possible to set the audio deviation rather than the MPX...

Page 43: ...security with the audio processor From 0 to 200 5 4 8 STEREO ENCODER Menu These parameters are available as CODER serial commands see section 6 2 6 MO ST CODER MOST read write With this parameter set...

Page 44: ...rresponds to 1 V From 0 to 8 5 4 9 RDS Menu With the Basic RDS option configure up to 2 DSNs each with a main PSN Among other things the DSNs allow fast and easy changing of the encoder settings remot...

Page 45: ...affairs Information 3 Information Sports 4 Sport Talk 5 Education Rock 6 Drama Classic Rock 7 Culture Adult Hits 8 Science Soft Rock 9 Varied Top 40 10 Pop Music Country 11 Rock Music Oldies 12 M O R...

Page 46: ...ead Compressed non compressed static dynamic PTY 0 mono without non static 1 mono without non dynamic 2 mono without compressed static 3 mono without compressed dynamic 4 mono with non static 5 mono w...

Page 47: ...RDS MAINDSN RT read write With this parameter display and set the radiotext function which enables text messages to be broadcast in groups of 64 characters RDS receiver can only benefit from this func...

Page 48: ...t cable not crossover with a female plug to connect to the PC and male plug to connect to the unit To avoid problems during connection set the same communication speed and identical settings for both...

Page 49: ...00 38400 57600 115200 Speed of the rear panel serial port 2 SYS COM1 ECHO R W ON or OFF Adds the local echo on the rear panel serial port SYS COM2 ECHO R W ON or OFF Adds the local echo on the rear pa...

Page 50: ...150 0 Gives the average value for the signal deviation in kHz MEAS DEV PEAK R 150 0 150 0 Gives the peak value for the signal deviation in kHz 6 2 3 Configuration commands NAME Access R W Possible va...

Page 51: ...ighest configurable priority INPUT LINE1 SW DELAY R W XXX 1 120 Switching delay when loss of audio 1 INPUT LINE1 DRIVE R W 6 00 to 6 00 Drive setting allows an increase of the input audio level withou...

Page 52: ...ER PREAC R W 0 50 75 Sets the value of the pre emphasis INPUT PLAYER LEVEL R W 20 0 Internal numerical gain INPUT PLAYER SAMPLING R W 44 or 48 or 96 Sampling frequency of the internal player audio sig...

Page 53: ...ible value on the serial port of the unit Comments CODER MOST R W STEREO or MONO or MONO_L or MONO_R Configuration of the audio on MPX STEREO MONO MONO_L CODER CURRENT AUDIO R AUTO or LINE1 or LINE2 o...

Page 54: ...R W XX XX XX service Group sequence 0A 0 2A 4 10A 20 32 max RDS MAINDSN TATP R W OFF or TA or TP or TATP Enables disables TA and TP services RDS ALTDSN PI R W XXXX X 0 9 A F Enables RDS to identify th...

Page 55: ...pe example 1000 NT For a 1000 W transmitter with Nephtys central unit TX VSWR R XX X X 0 9 VSWR measure 01 0 or 20 0 TX WARNING R ON or OFF Single transmitter Warning state of single transmitter TX SB...

Page 56: ...mments CAN R W ID CMD DATA ID 0 9 CMD 0 FF DATA 0 9 A Z Gateway between the serial port and the CAN bus ID recipient s address TABLE table containing the command CMD command number DATA parameter valu...

Page 57: ...unication HyperTerminal The following window appears Connection description Enter the connection name and click OK It is recommended to enter the device name you want to contact Page 57 Head Office Pa...

Page 58: ...with which you want to connect to the equipment then click OK Enter the port parameters as indicated and click OK Page 58 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeau...

Page 59: ...f your computer You can launch the commands described in this chapter Typing the INFO command the device must display the following information connected to a Goliath in this example Page 59 Head Offi...

Page 60: ...o 4 retrieves the configuration in memory from 1 to 4 future version Outputs are relays that include a normally closed or normally open contact When an event occurs in the unit the corresponding relay...

Page 61: ...16 RF ON OFF or 3DB or both RM4 REL4_RT 4 REL4_C 17 ON RM5 REL5_T 5 REL5_C 6 OFF RM6 REL5_R 5 REL5_C 6 VSWR RM7 REL6_RT 6 REL6_C 7 Numbers in parenthesis indicated the pin number on the DB25 connector...

Page 62: ...resentation of the GPIOs DB25 FEMALE 12 V floating power supply TC COMMON Page 62 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 F...

Page 63: ...anually see SYS GPIO IN MASK SYS GPIO OUT ACT R W XX X A F 0 9 Enables the corresponding RM when managed manually see SYS GPIO OUT MASK SYS GPIO IN MASK R W XX X A F 0 9 Sets the RC control either by...

Page 64: ...ust then convert each 4 digit set as per the following table Hexadecimal Binary 0 0000 1 0001 2 0010 3 0011 4 0100 5 0101 6 0110 7 0111 8 1000 9 1001 A 1010 B 1011 C 1100 D 1101 E 1110 F 1111 Examples...

Page 65: ...a web browser Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer and enter the Mini Control Select the language if necessary Enter the user name and password Two user levels are available Administrator A...

Page 66: ...fication has been processed 8 3 Viewing the Status This page displays the main parameters of the transmitter read only LEDs give the status of the alarms No alarm Alarm Unknown status or element not m...

Page 67: ...new settings If the transmitter is in local mode green LED Check the Local LED before making changes or you may not be able to save Local mode modifications cannot be saved Standard mode modification...

Page 68: ...ct name serial number versions Use the product name and product description to adequately and uniquely describe your unit They are useful in a network environment to identify it Specifically these val...

Page 69: ...nt to have this set correctly when using an NTP server L Set the time zone first Changes in the time zone affect the time that is displayed in the system time window so setting the zone first will eli...

Page 70: ...download logs Three FTP accounts are available Administrator Admin admin by default The administrator has full rights Update manager update maj by default This account is only used for software updat...

Page 71: ...meters for the network interface DNS Servers DNS configuration Mandatory if before using DNS addresses on other configuration pages Page 71 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstron...

Page 72: ...utton restart the TCP IP board With the Reboot Transmitter button restart the transmitter s front panel Page 72 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac...

Page 73: ...k on the link and select Save link as SNMP Traps configuration SNMP Notification Type Trap Community System Description trap settings Life Sign Trap Minutes between Life Signs sends life signs every X...

Page 74: ...version 2c of the protocol This protocol checks that the manager sends the notification to the transmitter This process is simple and reliable no specific configuration is required for the manager Man...

Page 75: ...ps that have not been acknowledged yet The user may also delete pending traps that have not been acknowledged yet Page 75 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux...

Page 76: ...ected If Resend until acknowledgement is selected set the time to wait for acknowledgement before resending the trap Ack timeout and the maximum number of times the trap will be resent Max retries Set...

Page 77: ...raps IRT traps are configured like common traps see previous section Page 77 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong F 33700 Bordeaux Merignac France Tel 33 0 5 57 928 928 Fax 33...

Page 78: ...ection 8 5 8 L No trap is sent on automatic audio switch 8 6 About This window displays information regarding the web application Page 78 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Armstrong...

Page 79: ...ve all the screws securing the cover Depending on the version of your transmitter you may have either a type I or a type II audio board Page 79 Head Office Parc d activites Kennedy 20 avenue Neil Arms...

Page 80: ...RANCE Tel 33 5 57 928 928 Fax 33 5 57 928 929 Hotline support audemat com WorldCast Systems Inc 19595 NE 10th Ave Suite A Miami FL 33179 USA Tel 1 305 249 31 10 Fax 1 305 249 31 13 Page 80 Head Office...

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