TVU Transceiver & Receiver Set Up and Operating Guide
v5.5
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Label
Live Mode: Controls and Functions Description
G
Audio level light display
: The two light displays provide visual monitoring of your
audio levels. This displays dBFS audio input level at the Receiver.
See Figure 2
H
Mode selection button and mode indicator lights:
Use this button to toggle through
the receiver operational modes.
See Mode Selection (page 11) for more information
I
Operational mode selection buttons:
Use the operational mode buttons to choose an
appropriate capture quality. Each mode has a default bit rate and delay.
See Figure 4
J
Bitrate and delay controls:
Sliding bars allow you to manually set the target bit rate
and delay levels.
See Figure 4
K
Datacard monitor panel:
This monitor panel displays the current status of each data
card.
See Figure 5
L
Monitor Histogram:
Displays throughput and IP address on each modem (mb/s). By
right clicking on the histogram scale, you can configure the datacards of a particular
transmitter.
See “Configuring Modem Cards from the Receiver Interface” on page 16.
M
Connection mode and Connection strength indication:
The connection mode is
displayed when available in the dark gray box between the carrier name as well as the
connection strength.
See Connection Mode and Connection Strength (page 14) for
more information
N
Reset
: Provides a full power reset for a particular modem (TM8200 only). Use this
feature when the modem is no longer able to connect or is having problems. On the
TM8100, pressing “RESET” will force the modem to reconnect.
See
F
on Figure 5
O
Scale:
This drop down menu allows you to set the scale for the histogram graph. Once
the scale has been changed, it will affect all of the histogram graphs displayed.
Available selections are 1.2Mb/s, 2.4 Mb/s, 6Mb/s, and 12 Mb/s.
P
Thumbnail of current video feed from TVUPack:
The left-hand column of the
TVUPack monitor features an icon of the current feed. If a transmitter is live, a red
box will appear around the thumbnail image.
Q
GPS information:
If a TVUPack transmitter is used with modems that support GPS, a
display of the transmitter’s location can be retrieved.
See GPS Locator (page 14) for
more information
R
IFB Indicator:
The IFB indicator is
displayed below the transmitter’s thumbnail picture.
See Figure 8
S
Stop buttons (x2):
Clicking on either Stop button stops the live transmission.
T
Dynamic Sorting:
Sort all of the TVU transmitters alphabetically or based on their live
status.
See Figure 9
Table 3
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Status Panel
Arranged vertically on the right hand side of the receiver panel are a number of
indicators designed to help an operator make quality and troubleshooting decisions.
Information such as error rate and line quality is displayed as well as a quality histogram
that depicts the total transmission encoding bit-rate over a period of time
(A)
(Figure 2).
The histogram’s scale can be change by selecting a different display option on the drop
down menu
(B)
. The status of the transmitter’s batteries (TM8200 only)
(C)
is also
displayed. See troubleshooting section for more information on interpreting these
numbers.
