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Unity 550

ERSION

Enterprise Media Receiver

Unity 550

ERSION

Enterprise Media Receiver

User’s Manual

800072-01 Rev. A

Summary of Contents for UNITY 550

Page 1: ...Unity 550 VERSION 1 Enterprise Media Receiver Unity 550 VERSION 1 Enterprise Media Receiver User s Manual 800072 01 Rev A...

Page 2: ...e Revisions may be issued to advise of such changes and or additions WEGENER COMPEL CONTROL MEDIAPLAN ENVOY UNITY UNITY IP and iPUMP are trademarks of Wegener Communications Inc All other trademarks a...

Page 3: ...requency Emissions 9 Elevated Ambient Operating Temperatures in Rack Mounted Units 9 Reduced Air Flow 9 Mechanical Loading 9 Circuit Overloading 10 Reliable Earthing 10 Rack Mounting 10 Desktop Instal...

Page 4: ...ings 25 4 2 Settings Table or Search Table 26 4 3 Acquisition Modes 26 4 4 Acquisition Sub Modes 28 4 5 Signal Quality Monitoring 29 4 6 Frequency Tagging 30 General Rules 30 CHAPTER 5 CUSTOMER SERVIC...

Page 5: ...4 3 Acquisition Mode Behavior 28 Table 4 4 Signal Quality Information 30 Table A 1 Unity 550 Network Enabled Local Control Commands 33 Table A 2 Unity 550 Local Control Commands 36 Table A 3 Terms Us...

Page 6: ...Unity 550 User s Manual 2 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 7: ...0 OSD Software Version Serial No Screen 22 Figure 3 10 Unity 550 Data PIDS Settings Screen 23 Figure 4 1 Acquisition Modes 27 Figure 4 2 Acquisition Sub Modes 29 Figure A 1 Sample Unity 550 Carrier St...

Page 8: ...Unity 550 User s Manual 2 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 9: ...your changes on that copy and fax or mail us the copy We always appreciate constructive criticism Address Fax number 770 497 0411 1 2 Unity 550 Product Overview Digital Television Receiver The Unity 5...

Page 10: ...deo or data targeted specifically for that one receiver or group of receivers In addition COMPEL is able to switch the Unity 550 between satellite transponders even to a different satellite for unequa...

Page 11: ...ayer 2 Sample Rates Supported 44 1 and 48 kHz Unbalanced Audio Output Measured at 256 kbps audio PES rate dual mono mode Output Level Adjust Range 0 to 14 dB attenuation from above output level Output...

Page 12: ...13 or 18 VDC for LNB polarity selection 22 kHz tone 22 kHz control tone for LNB selection Current 250 mA max Short circuit protection Foldback regulator AC Power Supply Input 100 240 V 50 60 Hz 1 5A O...

Page 13: ...urity labels over some of the screws There are no user serviceable components within the IRD Tampering with the security labels or opening the unit will void your warranty If you have questions contac...

Page 14: ...Chapter 1 General Information 8 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 15: ...If the Ethernet port has a cable connected to it that cable must be properly shielded and grounded to minimize RF emissions that could interfere with nearby equipment DANGER To avoid damage to the Uni...

Page 16: ...0 unit Parts for the Unity 550 unit include 2 angle rack mount brackets and 4 rubber feet For rack mounting do not attach the rubber feet as they interfere with the rack mounting 1 Remove the 2 screws...

Page 17: ...2150 MHz signal accepted LNB power available RF Switch IN Port 2 3 4 F 950 to 2150 MHz signal accepted NO LNB power available Main Video OUT Phono Jack NTSC or PAL Composite video at 1 Vp p Monitor V...

Page 18: ...Chapter 2 Installation 12 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 19: ...COMPEL Network Control local terminal modem remote terminal and OSD push buttons Normally COMPEL is the primary method of controlling the IRD while the other control methods are supplemental Figure 3...

Page 20: ...LED is Red Green located on the front panel and labeled Status Table 3 2 lists the behavior of the Status LED during Power Up and Normal operation as well as the color and blink flutter pattern shown...

Page 21: ...devices and configures itself according to the EEPROM settings It then waits for the receiver section to complete its power up test which takes about 10 seconds When the receiver section passes its t...

Page 22: ...information 3 5 IP Repeater Mode The Unity 550 IP Repeater mode allows users to send IP data over the satellite using DVB ETSI EN 301 192 Multiprotocol Encapsulation MPE in a DSMCC Section format for...

Page 23: ...itor output of the Unity 550 receiver 1 From the front panel use the right or left arrow buttons to navigate to OSD 2 To display the OSD on the monitor press ENTER Note To exit the OSD select EXIT fro...

Page 24: ...to a frequency it is not authorized to receive If an RF Switch option module is installed COMPEL will control which of the four RF feeds is being processed For more information on this see the COMPEL...

Page 25: ...ed 2 Press ENTER to enter the highlighted menu 3 Navigate using the arrow buttons to place the cursor on the field you wish to edit 4 Press the up arrow to increase the value or the down arrow to decr...

Page 26: ...en 1 Press the down arrow button to scroll through the menu until Serial Port Select is highlighted 2 Press the ENTER button to open the Serial Port Select screen Figure 3 7 CARRIER STATUS From Table...

Page 27: ...on page 18 for updating specific fields While on the Main Menu page 1 Press the down arrow button until Audio 1 Settings or Audio 2 Settings is highlighted 2 Press ENTER to enter the selected Audio Se...

Page 28: ...erial No Screen Data PIDS Settings Refer to Table 3 3 Unity 550 Types of OSD Action Fields on page 18 for updating specific fields From the Main Menu screen 1 Press the down arrow button until Data PI...

Page 29: ...enu item See Carrier Select on page 19 and the screen in Figure 3 4 RF Polarization provides for two modes of operation 1 If you select the Vertical 14 V mode 14 Volts is supplied to the Universal LNB...

Page 30: ...Chapter 3 Operation 24 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 31: ...laces See the main body of the Product Spec for the allowable range Fec_rate The inner FEC code ratio can have one of the values specified in the main body of Product Spec Tag_site The Carrier ID tag...

Page 32: ...state diagram in Figure 4 1 shows the transitions for each of the acquisition modes Note means not Settings Group Description Temp These settings are entered via COMPEL or the TEMP TEMPCH terminal co...

Page 33: ...com 800072 01 Rev A 27 Unity 550 User s Manual Figure 4 1 Acquisition Modes Table 4 3 describes the IRD s behavior for each of the acquisition modes and the defined timeouts See the SETTIMEOUT termin...

Page 34: ...s This mode is generally used at power up and for all user requested acquisitions This mode is vacated for the Carrier Search mode after the Installation Timeout 2 in the SETTIMEOUT command Carrier Se...

Page 35: ...egener com 800072 01 Rev A 29 Unity 550 User s Manual Figure 4 2 Acquisition Sub Modes 4 5 Signal Quality Monitoring The IRD provides the following signal quality information while tracking a carrier...

Page 36: ...Alarm Level A Margin warning is generated when the average Eb No is not yet low enough to be in full alarm but it fails to exceed that alarm threshold by the Margin Offset in dB The accuracy of these...

Page 37: ...warranties express or implied except as stated herein 5 2 Technical Support If the unit should fail to perform as described if you need help resolving problems with your Unity 550 or for questions ab...

Page 38: ...Chapter 5 Customer Service 32 800072 01 Rev A www wegener com...

Page 39: ...ameter Network Enabled Local Control Commands These commands are allowed only if local control is enabled and are listed in Table A 1 below Commands that are always functional are discussed in Local C...

Page 40: ...rch Table on page 26 SETAUDIO port route program atten port Values of 1 to 6 indicating an audio port route program Can be a three character name or an If the 3 character name is specified the unit wi...

Page 41: ...e to difference between 12 0 and alarm_level Note The sum of alarm_level and margin_level cannot exceed 12 0 Sets SNR Alarm Level and Margin Offset accordingly TEMP settings time settings See Section...

Page 42: ...ces ONLY Modem is always N Configures any device other than the Terminal See Serial Port Select on page 20 for details PW password password One to six alpha numeric characters Changes the Modem passwo...

Page 43: ...king Figure A 1 Sample Unity 550 Carrier Status Tracking Report CARRIER STATUS Acquisition Mode TRACKING Carrier 12000 11 MHz Data Rate 1 536 Mbps FEC Rate 1 2 RF Level OK Eb No Level GOOD Status in L...

Page 44: ...ge Margin Average Eb No margin See Section 4 5 Signal Quality Monitoring on page 29 Average Eb No Averageebno_level over last 10 seconds See Section 4 5 Signal Quality Monitoring on page 29 Status Sin...

Page 45: ...n Current Submode 00 00 30 Acquisition Difficulties 2 dB No Tag 12 Wrong Tag 3 12000 00 MHz Wrong Header 23 Bypassing Tag Term Possible Output or Register Source Acquisition Mode FADE INSTALLATION CAR...

Page 46: ...s still tracking Wrong Tag Number of times unit has seen a wrong tag in Get Tag sub mode and the last Tag s value Wrong Header Number of times unit has seen an invalid header in Get COMPEL sub mode By...

Page 47: ...O freq_string lnb_lo_freq 0 Blank if RF switch is installed Margin Offset Value of snr margin_offset shown in dB with one decimal place Alarm Level Value of snr alarm_level shown in dB with one decima...

Page 48: ...roup Table 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 X X 1 2 X F X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 270 X Element Description Group Page group page_number Group Table group table displayed in pages Page 1 show...

Page 49: ...Last Addr Header 00 04 48 COMPEL Processing History Amount of History 383 35 11 Total Processed 79848 Invalid Headers 2 Invalid Checksum 2 Invalid Length 1 Buffer Overflow 1 Syntax Error 2 Term Descri...

Page 50: ...zero and technical version Invalid Length COMPEL_stats length if non zero and technical version Buffer Overflow COMPEL_stats buffer if non zero and technical version Syntax Error COMPEL_stats syntax...

Page 51: ...tates will be shown Audio Presence Shows 3 character designator for each audio program contained within the current program if MPEG stream is present Audio Port Only one audio port is possible in the...

Page 52: ...perm_settings SEARCH The search_settings s are shown if not searching Carrier Downlink carrier frequency in MHz Data Rate Transport data rate in Mbps FEC Rate Any of the supported FEC ratios inner FE...

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Page 54: ...Rate Tag Rate Site Program 1 LABEL 1 12000 00 1 536 1 2 1 2 12000 11 4 608 7 8 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 4 5 Term Description 1 48 Settings Table location PERM Last requested settings which is the current perm s...

Page 55: ...eturn Materials Authorization Request Form Figure B 1 RMA Request Form http www wegener com custservrma htm E mail service wegener com Fax 678 624 0294 Company Name Bill To Address Ship To Address Con...

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Page 58: ...munications Inc All rights reserved 800072 01 Rev A First Edition September 2006 Wegener Communications Inc Technology Park Johns Creek 11350 Technology Circle Duluth GA 30097 1502 Phone 770 814 4000...

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