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14.2.2 LNB type

You must choose the type of LNB (parable Low Noise Block head) present on your installation.

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L band :

no LNB head

BIS frequencies (satellite intermediate frequencies) from 200 to 2400MHz

no local oscillator frequency (OL)

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C band :

frequencies from 3,650 to 4,200 GHz

local oscillator frequency 5150MHz (OL) adjustable

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Ku band :

frequencies from 10,700 to 12,750 GHz

local oscillator frequency low band 9750MHz (OL1) adjustable

local oscillator frequency high band 10600MHz (OL2) adjustable

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Ku wideband :

frequencies entre 10,700 et 12,750 GHz

local oscillator frequency 10400MHz (OL) adjustable

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Page 1: ...Model Item no TRIAX TV meters MCT 049B MCT 059B 812963 812972 Version 1 0 Date 07 2020 EN User manual TRIAX TV meters MCT 049B MCT 059B...

Page 2: ...y laboratories Their reproduction or disclo sure in whole or in part or the production of derivative works there from without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited Copyright 2003...

Page 3: ...g at satisfying your wishes by designing and updating very advanced appliances To obtain the best performance from this product please read this manual carefully For more information please contact ou...

Page 4: ...than 90 days the replaced part is guaranteed for 90 days Any replacement part becomes the property of the user and the exchanged parts become the property of TRIAX In case of intervention by an insur...

Page 5: ...de by our after sales service Service Apr s Vente for the best service and preservation of the measuring quality of your instrument When a MDC returns to TRIAX maximum service is provided with interna...

Page 6: ...ling a SATELLITE dish 19 4 2 1 Use of the POINTING function 19 4 2 2 Use of the SPECTRUM function 22 4 3 Verifying an installation 25 5 Man machine interface 26 5 1 Content of the screen 26 5 2 Lists...

Page 7: ...Lite 54 11 8 DVB C 55 11 9 DVB C2 56 11 10 DVB S DSS 57 11 11 DVB S2 S2X 58 11 12 Multistream 59 12 Spectrum analyzer 60 13 Image and Sound 61 13 1 Digital TV 61 13 2 External analog video 62 13 3 Au...

Page 8: ...Memories 85 19 4 1 View 86 19 4 2 Save 87 19 4 3 Update 88 19 5 Factory recovery 88 19 6 Configuration import export 89 20 Software update 90 21 Save 91 22 Connection of the appliance to a PC 92 23 Di...

Page 9: ...uch a case it is required to use TRIAX spare parts Do not open the appliance risk of electric shock You should use the F F adaptor provided with your measuring instrument Any other adaptor could damag...

Page 10: ...ymbols on the appliance Attention Refer to the manual Shows a risk of damage for the material connected to the in strument or to the instrument itself Ground Grounded accessible parts Product for recy...

Page 11: ...efficient Bit Error Rate measurement various BER MER they allow the full validation of digital transmissions DVB T T2 T2Lite DVB C C2 DVB S S2 S2X and DSS Providing a Constellation diagram for digita...

Page 12: ...N OFF switch RF socket with F F adapter Remote supply light USB A socket Ethernet socket External power socket 15 V 5 A max Charging indicator light Optical FC APC input with protective plug RF F outp...

Page 13: ...he fire or heat up the battery pack Do not shunt the parts of the battery risk of explosion Do not drill Do not disassemble the battery pack Do not reverse the polarities of the battery This battery p...

Page 14: ...ppliance works under 15V 1 A power supply The power supply block provided is an external power supply too Only use the power supply block provided with the appliance Use of another mains block could d...

Page 15: ...ss Select the emitter to point to in the pre informed list example ST ETIENNE The device successively scans 4 channels and gives an RF indication corresponding to the level of the signal received on t...

Page 16: ...mitter by displaying the TV channels of each channel The 4 frequencies or channels of the transmitter you are trying to point are changeable depending on your loca tion You can save a new transmitter...

Page 17: ...of the SPECTRUM function Turn your appliance on Press the Measures key Press the Spectrum function Access to full SPAN mode Choose a known CHANNEL Adjust slowly the antenna to get the most powerful s...

Page 18: ...key the device find automatically all the parameters of the signal Once the search ended the device display the Network Name and the Network ID You can now do all the measurements level BER MER and ac...

Page 19: ...ect a satellite like in the example below here Astra1 The device successively scans 4 transponders and gives an RF indication corresponding to the level of the signal received on the antenna and QUALI...

Page 20: ...consumed by your dish s LNB To check if the aimed satellite is the right one press the NIT key The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the sat e...

Page 21: ...st be locked on all 4 transponders Quality 0 However some transponders are regularly modified See the frequency range of the sat ellite when a transponder does not seem to work Some switches or LNB wo...

Page 22: ...of the SPECTRUM function Turn your appliance on Press the Measures key Press the Spectrum function Access to full SPAN mode Choose a known TRANSPONDER Adjust slowly the dish to get the most powerful s...

Page 23: ...p 23 Reminder a satellite antenna must be powered by direct current remote power supply To access to the Remote power supply page press Check for tension and current consumed by your dish s LNB...

Page 24: ...button The device automatically searches for signal settings Once the search is complete the device displays the Network Name and the Network id You can now do all the measurements level BER MER and a...

Page 25: ...detects all distributed channels and scans them one after the other through the MEASUREMENT MAP function Presse the key Home then press Autoset See more details in the AUTOSET chapter Once the SCAN i...

Page 26: ...ys by their dark grey frame example the Home key The Home page allows the navigation through all functions of the appliance config measures On all pages is displayed the following information Home Acc...

Page 27: ...the table To move faster you can slide a cursor with your fingers To validate the choice of a line of a table simply press this line choosing a program channel choosing a signal setting choosing a TV...

Page 28: ...stallation may use two satellite dishes ASTRA 19 2 in DiSEqC position A HOT BIRD 13 in DiSEqC position B Another one may use three satellite dishes ATLANTIC BIRD 3 in DiSEqC position A ASTRA 1 in DiSE...

Page 29: ...place name in 10 characters a frequency a channel number in terrestrial or cable mode a frequency map in terrestrial or cable mode a vertical or horizontal polarization in satellite mode a low or high...

Page 30: ...rements Pressing Home then Lists Library gives you access to the Lists function Lists are ranked from 0 to 19 To select the one you want press the following key Lists are displayed Press the one you w...

Page 31: ...Type the new name TRIAX in our example To add a setup to the list select the line A window shows up By pressing the key before Setup you disclose the available setups from the library you cannot creat...

Page 32: ...o add to your list Press the line you want The setup is now in the list You may erase the setup from the list by pressing the check to the left of the setup or to the setups you have to delete Then cl...

Page 33: ...list by pressing directly on the basket then by selecting In a satellite setup you can change the switch the Uncommitted Port and the DCSS by activating any of these keys this change will affect only...

Page 34: ...ists function From there you can access the Library by pressing the key 7 2 Creation or modification of setups in the library To create or change a setup in the library you have to select a line in th...

Page 35: ...standard DVB T T2 Under standard DVB C C2 In terrestrial analogical standard L BG DK I and MN To enter the frequen cy band you want for the setup To enter the Emit ter Satellite name you want for the...

Page 36: ...p 36 Satellite Setup To enter the type of polarity you want for the setup high or low vertical or horizontal To enter the symbol rate you want for the setup...

Page 37: ...gives an RF indication corresponding to the level of the signal received on the antenna and QUALITY corresponding to the quality of the signal re ceived on the antenna The satellite is chosen by selec...

Page 38: ...Validate the remote power supply VDC lights up Check the power supply current of the LNB IDC at the top right corner of the screen should be between 50 and 200 mA See chapter Remote power supply LNB D...

Page 39: ...ite press the NIT key The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite Attention To identify a satellite it must be synchronized on all 4 t...

Page 40: ...ngle LNB staggered from 19 16 3 de grees plus a DISEQC switch with ASTRA on PosA and HOTBIRD on PosB The operation is the same as simple pointing mode plug power LNB pointing To access the double Chec...

Page 41: ...eference to the north Measured in degrees Elevation Tilt angle under which the beam from the satellite reaches your antenna Measured in degrees using what is specified on the stand of the satellite di...

Page 42: ...and gives an RF indication corresponding to the level of the signal received on the antenna and QUALITY corresponding to the quality of the signal received on the antenna The choice of issuer is made...

Page 43: ...ration then Import 9 3 Instruction for use 1 Connect the antenna to the device and turn it on 2 on the Home page switch to pointing mode Choose which transmitter to point to in the list example STETIE...

Page 44: ...ce is synchronized across four channels and the reception quality is good it is green 9 4 Check of the targeted transmitter To check if the pointed transmitter is the right one press the button The de...

Page 45: ...he key on page Home Attention The Autoset channel research is only possible when at least one list is empty with enough place in the library The displayed lines on this page depend on the selected Fre...

Page 46: ...arch on the terrestrial frequency band The table allows the selection of Standards Channel widths The channel range of the research i e 21 to 60 The goal is to make researches shorter by defining at b...

Page 47: ...Any detected channel will be registered into the first empty list automatically renamed AUTOSET and into the fist available setups of the library starting from the end of the table The new list is cr...

Page 48: ...ed program in the current list see chapter Measurement list use the AutoLock function if you don t know the parameters of the signal you receive You can shift from terrestrial to satellite mode by Cha...

Page 49: ...channel number for terrestrial and cable mode The symbol rate for the satellite The polarization and the band for the satellite The audio mode for the analogical TV 11 2 Utilisation de la Liste de me...

Page 50: ...ample for terrestrial channel 38 frequency 610MHz 11 4 Level measurements You can measure levels at a specific frequency with a detection matching the standard In terrestrial band for an user socket t...

Page 51: ...strial band The appliance automatically makes level measurements on the Video carrier wave The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each sta...

Page 52: ...rious BER Bit Error Rate the PER Packet Error Rate and the MER Modulation Error Ratio under DVB T T2 T2Lite DVB C C2 DVB S S2 or DSS You also get the LKM x xdB Link Margin specification This expressio...

Page 53: ...se margin Link Margin BERx bits error rate Ratio between the number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time PER paquets error rate Ratio between the number of false packet...

Page 54: ...rate LKM noise margin Link Margin Recall LDPC Low Density Parity Check BCH Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem The concatenation Viterbi Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB T H has been replaced by the concat...

Page 55: ...o between the number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time PER error rate packets Ratio between the number of false packets number of transmitted packets during the meas...

Page 56: ...C BERo error rate after LDPC PER error rate after BCH lost packets MER modulation error rate LKM noise margin Link Margin Recall LDPC Low Density Parity Check BCH Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem Active PLP...

Page 57: ...number of false bits number of transmitted bits during the measurement time PER error rate paquets Ratio between the number of false packets number of transmitted packets during the measure ment time...

Page 58: ...Low Density Parity Check BCH Bose Chauhuri Houquenohem The concatenation Viterbi Reed Solomon of the correction of DVB S has been replaced by the concatena tion LDPC BCH under DVB S2 The standard DVB...

Page 59: ...on the same transponder simultaneously Example broadcasting of the two multiplexes of the TNT on Eutelsat 5 West A 5 W inside the same tran sponder Frequency 12648MHz Vertical DVB S2 29500 ISI 1 Gold...

Page 60: ...el of the signals measured Filters are automatically selected according to the Span The filter used is displayed on the upper left corner Parameters of the spectrum are Channel use a chan nel for the...

Page 61: ...and its main characteristics are displayed on top left of the screen image resolution e g HD 1920x1080i 1920 pixels per line 1080 lines interlaced scan 25 Hz frame frequency MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 picture c...

Page 62: ...3 Audio To set the volume press an adjustment bar shows up The instrument can decode the following digital sound formats MPEG 1 L1 L2 AAC Advanced Audio Coding License Via Licensing HE AAC High Effic...

Page 63: ...p 63 13 4 Table of services Pressing gives access to the list of services This function allows selecting the channel you want to display You only have to press the line you want...

Page 64: ...stallation In Satellite you can control all the DiSEqc equipment present on your installation To start the remote power supply press the key Remote supply 14 1 Terrestrial band 14 1 1 Power ON In terr...

Page 65: ...turn off the remote power supply under satellite measure AUTO to launch au tomatically the re mote power supply in satellite measure mode even after shutting off LNB LNB type and local oscillators LO1...

Page 66: ...0MHz no local oscillator frequency OL C band frequencies from 3 650 to 4 200 GHz local oscillator frequency 5150MHz OL adjustable Ku band frequencies from 10 700 to 12 750 GHz local oscillator frequen...

Page 67: ...mitted or Uncommitted 16 satellites switch DiSEqC Committed Uncommitted Sat A Sat B Com 2 1 Sat A Sat B Sat D Sat C Com Sat A Sat B Sat D Sat C Com Sat A Sat B Sat D Sat C Com Sat A Sat B Sat D Sat C...

Page 68: ...ion A Position A Pos 3 Input 3 10 Pos B Option A Position B Pos 3 Input 3 11 Pos C Option B Position A Pos 3 Input 3 12 Pos D Option B Position B Pos 3 Input 3 13 Pos A Option A Position A Pos 4 Input...

Page 69: ...qC protocol that allows the connection of several receptors on only one coaxial cable no matter the band H L and the polarization H V Functioning Each satellite receptor uses a fix frequency band Slot...

Page 70: ...tion of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable to a maximum of 32 different receptors Using Diseqc 2 0 bi directionnal possibility to ask current online devices and speed up installation Mod...

Page 71: ...based 14 2 8 Influence of the DCSS on the spectrum analyzer The frequency of the cursor in spectrum remains fixed this is the central frequency of the slot The frequency of the requested transponder i...

Page 72: ...if one of these standards is running in the LEVEL MEASUREMENT page DVB T T2 DVB C C2 DVB S S2 DSS The appliance displays the Constellation of the current signal The information displayed on the right...

Page 73: ...tance Horizontal scale can be set in s km or miles by pressing Moving measurement arrow can be done by screen touch or by automatic search keys and The end of the guard interval is displayed with a ye...

Page 74: ...o reduce the level of reception of the echoes by orienting the antenna or by selecting a more di rective antenna The Echo function of the appliance enables you to display possible echoes that disturb...

Page 75: ...t with labeling of the levels beyond tolerance BERi BERo and PER are generic terms frequently used BERi BER in inner BER first BER treated by the demodulator BER channel CBER LDPC BERo BER out outer B...

Page 76: ...map has not been totally scanned yet green the measurement map has been totally scanned In case of mixed measurement map terrestrial satellite the satellite remote power supply has priority the terre...

Page 77: ...iber wiring LNB optical fiber output after a satellite terrestrial coupler The function measures the optical power of the light carrying the signal in the fiber converts the light signal into an RF si...

Page 78: ...Optical fibers are made of a core a cladding and at least one protection There are two kinds of optical fibers multimode and single mode The difference is the size of the core inside the fiber 9 m dia...

Page 79: ...to an increased risk of damaging the connector there will be automatically a 4dB decrease of the optical level which means 8dB for RF Thus you will have to take great care of the connections and the...

Page 80: ...ements everywhere on your installation to check losses of the optical signal Warning The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time If there are several wave lengths measurements will be wron...

Page 81: ...independently To display the signal at the output of your installation you must connect the RF output of the optical option to the RF input of the appliance via the provided angled F F cable Power you...

Page 82: ...to the same socket Then you can turn your dish see chapter 2 2 3 Installation of a dish and or your terrestrial antenna see chapter 2 2 2 Installation of a terrestrial antenna Once the measurements ar...

Page 83: ...p 83 Warning Optical Power measurement between 50 10 dBm Optical conversion RF between 12 3 dBm Use an external optical attenuator if necessary...

Page 84: ...elect your language by pressing the flag below Press the flag corresponding to your language 19 2 Measurement unit This key allows you to select the measurement unit of the appliance dB V 0 dB V corre...

Page 85: ...ther feature see chapter Save The number of saved file and their memory size are displayed When pressing this key a pull down menu lists the previously saved files The first column contains the order...

Page 86: ...p 86 By pressing a line of the table you open a window 19 4 1 View This key allows the display of the content of the file info device file name...

Page 87: ...in a PC computer Here is the BMP file of the previously displayed DVB T H channel edited on PC to have the spectrum full screen Save CSV USB allows you to export the file to the USB stick under CSV f...

Page 88: ...pectrum measurements BER MER for the error rate measurements CONST for the constellations ECHO for the echoes Save all CSV USB also records all files from the appliance into separated registers but un...

Page 89: ...tion import export You can make a backup on a USB stick of your setups lists of your appliance by pushing Configuration Export And you can import from a USB stick this configuration with the touch Con...

Page 90: ...our appliance on Go to the Home page press configuration Insert the USB stick into the connector of the appliance Select Update Attention Do not turn the appliance off while updating The updating proc...

Page 91: ...the save is MEM X 1 X is the number of saves in the appliance You will be suggested a save into internal memory only in the Spectrum Measurements Constellation Guard interval and Measurement map pages...

Page 92: ...cable available in option Configuration of the connection Ethernet connection of your appliance to the PC To change the IP address of your appliance press and The PC software in communication with th...

Page 93: ...sk in the ap pliance 3 Type the same IP address and subnet mask in the PC software you re using Attention If the PC has already been connected to Ethernet network modem it is necessary to reboot the P...

Page 94: ...may display messages while working 23 1 Alert messages Low battery the appliance is about to shut off in a few minutes Confirmation request for an important action Remote power supply issue voltage al...

Page 95: ...ponding message ex plains the issue 23 2 Error messages A message may show up at the bottom of the screen immediately after updating the software Do not take care of as far as it does not show up at a...

Page 96: ...ossible use of the characteristics and the preservation of the product Routine maintenance The basic maintenance is simply cleaning the outside of the appliance Any other operation requires a trained...

Page 97: ...f the screen on your instrument to the respect of the acceptance conditions of the manufacturers Acceptance criteria Zone A central zone total less than 5 defective pixels less than 3 contiguous pixel...

Page 98: ...S2X O O MPEG2 4 SD HD A V analog video input Spectrum analyzer Display TV PID NIT Constellation DVB T T2 Multipath DVB T T2 Terrestrial antenna pointing Satellite dish pointing single and dual LNB Opt...

Page 99: ...full span 1 2 5 step Speed 100 ms mini 1000 ms maxi Filters according to span 1 6kHz 3 2kHz 8kHz 16kHz 32kHz 80kHz 160kHz 320kHz 800kHz 1 6MHz 3 2MHz Attenuator automatic or manual 0 to 55 dB with 5 d...

Page 100: ...4 1 8 1 16 1 32 Spectrum inversion auto HP LP PLP Data Slice HP LP Standards ETS 300 744 DVB T2 T2 Lite Bit Error Rate BER LDPC BERi BCH BERo FER frame error PER Noise margin Modulation Error Rate ME...

Page 101: ...QAM Spectrum inversion auto Standards ETS 300 429 DVB C2 Bit Error Rate BER LDPC BERi BCH BERo FER frame error PER Noise margin Modulation Error Rate MER 25 35dB Sensitivity 55dB V Symbole rate Bandw...

Page 102: ...8 9 9 10 8PSK 2 3 3 4 3 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 16APSK 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 32APSK 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 Roll off 0 20 0 25 0 35 Spectrum inversion auto Standards ETS 302 307 Part 1 DVB S2X Bit Error Rate...

Page 103: ...p 103 Gold code 0 to 999999...

Page 104: ...Connector FC APC Optical power measurement Measurement dynamic 50 0dBm to 10dBm Accuracy 0 5dB Optical to RF converter Conversion dynamics 12dBm to 3dBm Input optical bandwidth 50MHz to 5450MHz Conve...

Page 105: ...s 1Vpp max audio 10 kOhms Interfaces USB A Ethernet 10 100baseT RJ45 DC supply input jack 5 5 mm 15 V max 1 A max Remote supply Terrestrial Satellite Voltage 5V 13V 18 V 24V 500 mA max 300mA for 24V 1...

Page 106: ...61326 2 1 2013 class B basic electromagnetic environment NF EN 61010 1 Dimensions 250 x 165 x 65 mm Weight 1 350 kg 1 The autonomy is set at 25 C with the brightness of the screen decreased with and...

Page 107: ...N 60 dB V N 0 dBmV N 48 75 dBm Ud 1 V N 120 dB V N 60 dBmV N 11 25 dBm 25 9 Typical values for measurements Values given are indicatives minimum and maximum for good signal quality Measurements Level...

Page 108: ...hem Algorithm used to correct errors in transmissions of digital satellite DVB S2 signals BER Bit Error Rate Calculation of the erroneous bits with regard to the number of transmitted bits BER demonst...

Page 109: ...e opposed polarization it should be as high as possible To adjust the counter polarization you have to turn the head of the dish DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting The Digital Audio Broadcasting is a stan...

Page 110: ...Noise Block converter A LNB or universal head is a standard converter for the analogical and digital reception of a satellite The reception is made on 2 low high frequency band and 2 horizontal verti...

Page 111: ...ltiplex enables the diffusion of 6 programs in standard definition NIT Network Information Table Information about the network package Enables the display of a description of the measured transponder...

Page 112: ...tion of a satellite dish Positioners are operated by DiSEqC commands QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation This kind of modulation is used for digital transmissions cable networks and DTT QPSK Quadratur...

Page 113: ...our comparer l informatique un t l viseur cor respond une r solution SVGA 800 x 600 La proportion de l image est de 4 3 rapport largeur hauteur En t l vision HD l image est constitu e de 1080 lignes c...

Page 114: ...nungsanleitungen Informations et modes d emploi Informaci n y manuales Lis tietoja ja oppaita inform ci k s tmutat k Copyright 2020 TRIAX All rights reserved The TRIAX Logo and TRIAX Multimedia are re...

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