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Unity4600

Digital Media Receiver/Decoder

Unity4600

Professional Digital Media 

Receiver/Decoder

User’s Manual

800032-01 Rev. G

Summary of Contents for UNITY4600

Page 1: ...Unity4600 Digital Media Receiver Decoder Unity4600 Professional Digital Media Receiver Decoder User s Manual 800032 01 Rev G...

Page 2: ...Communications Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2007 Wegener Communications Inc All rights reserved Portions copyright 1992 2001 FairCom Corporation FairCom and c t...

Page 3: ...Abbreviations 12 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection 17 2 2 Location and Mounting 17 Rack Mounting 18 Desktop Installation 18 2 3 Unity 4600 Connections 19 Rear panel views 19 Figure 1...

Page 4: ...30 Table 1 6 Summary of Top Level LCD Screens and Their Functions 31 Home and default screens 32 Interpreting LEDs 33 Figure 1 9 LED Indicators 33 Table 1 7 Front panel LED Indicator Descriptions 33...

Page 5: ...er com 800032 01 Rev G v Unity 4600 User s Manual 5 2 Technical Support 59 Appendix A Monitoring and Control Details 61 A 1 Basic Navigation 61 A 2 Info Screens 61 A 3 Menu Screens 62 A 4 Parameter Sc...

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Page 7: ...nd Troubleshooting information about maintaining your Unity 4600 and resolving possible operating difficulties Chapter 5 Customer Service Our warranty and information on obtaining help An Index of key...

Page 8: ...Mbps with local decompression or up to 86 25 Mbps to program mapped ASI transport only Local decompression of MPEG 2 video and MPEG 2 L1 and L2 and or Dolby AC 3 audio Auto recognition and support of...

Page 9: ...ver card This rate is guaranteed for reception and transmission to ASI port only For local decompression of audio and video the maximum transport rate remains 55 Mbps Number of Programs Unlimited PSI...

Page 10: ...eps from Output Levels above Output Impedance Balanced 60 Frequency Response 20Hz to 20 kHz 0 5 1 5 dB 50 Hz to 15 kHz 0 5 dB Phase Accuracy 50 Hz to 15 kHz 2 from linear phase SNR 80 dB 22 Hz to 20 k...

Page 11: ...for alarm conditions so that power loss to the unit indicates as an alarm The user cue relays may also be placed in a nonvolatile Follow Warning setting such that the relay is ON for unit warning stat...

Page 12: ...cteristic Specification Characteristic Specification DVB QPSK RECEIVER OPTION No RF Switch RF INPUT Input Impedance 75 unbalanced Input VSWR 75 system 2 1 1 9 0 dB R L min 950 1450 MHz 3 0 1 6 0 dB R...

Page 13: ...ER supplied on RF center conductor Activation User or network controlled selectable ON or OFF Voltage 18 7 VDC nominal at no loading 18 0 VDC min at max loading Current full load 350 mA max Short circ...

Page 14: ...o 10 direct coupled 8kV discharges per IEC 801 2 RF TUNING Input Frequency Range 950 to 2150 MHz LO Leakage at Input 60 dBm Symbol rate Range 1 to 30 Msps may be limited by Transport Rate limits Tunin...

Page 15: ...corresponds to input power as follows above 25dBm 25dBm 35dBm 45dBm 55dBm 65dBm below 65dBm no signal Extrapolated from 90 up to 100 90 70 50 30 10 Extrapolate from 10 down to 0 0 Accuracy unit to uni...

Page 16: ...MHz Surge Resistance Guaranteed survival from up to 10 direct coupled 8kV discharges per IEC 801 2 whether or not port is selected RF TUNING Same as Turbo PSK option described above DEMODULATOR FEC Sa...

Page 17: ...ng and working with your Unity 4600 Do not open the Unity 4600 chassis cover The Unity 4600 incorporates security labels over some of the screws There are no user serviceable components within the Uni...

Page 18: ...nvalid control stream or is unable to deliver the required services using its current settings The unit automatically begins attempting operations under backup unit settings stored in the presets tabl...

Page 19: ...ld as part of the COMPEL packet framing A network control stream is considered invalid to the Unity 4600 if the network ID in the stream differs from that of the IRD and if either the network stream o...

Page 20: ...hin transport streams Service settings That part of the Unit Settings which allow for the local detection decompression and output or display of a program s services Setting Last Commanded The most re...

Page 21: ...hich is borne in transport packets 188 byte blocks containing a sync word header information including a PID and payload data This multiplex includes PSI data tables programs padding and floating PIDs...

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Page 23: ...emissions If the Ethernet port has a cable connected to it that cable MUST be properly shielded and grounded This must be done to minimize RF emissions which could interfere with nearby equipment WARN...

Page 24: ...ch wide equipment rack 1 First install angle brackets or cross supports capable of supporting both the unit and its connecting cables Screw or bolt the supports securely to the equipment rack 2 Place...

Page 25: ...4600 rear panel Figure 2 1 Unity 4600 rear panel without DTMF See Figure 2 3 for Transport In Options for this slot Figure 2 2 Unity 4600 rear panel with DTMF Transport In Options Figure 2 3 below sho...

Page 26: ...ntact 9 Cue Relay 2 Common contact 10 Cue Relay 2 N O contact DTMF where available 3 pin male header mates to removable terminal strip 1 on left as viewed from rear of unit DTMF tone non inverted outp...

Page 27: ...k L band RF Input from external LNB with LNB DC on center pin DVB QPSK with 4 way RF Switch Transport In Option RF IN 1 through 4 Type F coax jacks 4 way RF Switch Inputs with DC block LNB PWR 2 pin m...

Page 28: ...1 Terminal 2 Modem modem being remote terminal via modem 3 Local COMPEL 4 Auxiliary Data 5 Printer including COMPEL e mail and reports Device configurations When a serial port configuration command i...

Page 29: ...async data streams to be carried within the transport stream and their raw payload output on an IRD serial port The PID of these streams may or may not be assigned to a program number within a PMT To...

Page 30: ...ve tone also with higher frequency on Right than on Left On each port the audio tones alternately pulse 1 second left then right then repeat Use the following steps to enable or disable this audio vid...

Page 31: ...lays placed in the nonvolatile Follow Warning setting will not respond to the Pulse command used in this test 2 From the DTMF Level Set screen press the right arrow button to display the Relay Pulse C...

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Page 33: ...lock diagram of Unity 4600 operation Available outputs from the Unity 4600 include DVB ASI transport output with program number and descriptor mapping Decompressed MPEG video as composite video output...

Page 34: ...previously disabled by the network are re enabled so that local users may implement more complex recovery plans Monitoring and control Most routine Unity 4600 operations can be performed over Wegener...

Page 35: ...ont panel LEDs 3 provide status information about your Unity 4600 and its processes See Table 3 2 Front panel LED Indicator Descriptions on page 33 for complete details Two additional LEDs are located...

Page 36: ...ilable top level screens are shown in order in Figure 3 4 Unity 4600 Top level Screens on page 30 Some screens are only available under certain unit conditions or when certain optional hardware is ins...

Page 37: ...ows user to acknowledge clear certain warnings Recovery Abort when applicable Allows user to abort a recovery in progress or abort the result of an automated recovery or Allows user to adopt a recover...

Page 38: ...en becomes default Unit Status History Allows user to access unit status and diagnostics Typical items located under this menu include Current unit state Signal Quality Last commanded and last success...

Page 39: ...pressing the right arrow will display the applicable alarm or warning message s Interpreting LEDs Front panel LEDs Figure 3 5 provides the meaning of the color and state of each LED Figure 3 5 LED Ind...

Page 40: ...t alarm RED constant In that case the blink state is defined as quickly cycling OFF ON OFF 100ms each approximately every 2 seconds Off No alarm condition currently exists AUTH GREEN constant Unit has...

Page 41: ...al parameters are indicated by square brackets and conditional parameters are indicated by braces For example COMMAND_NAME parameter1 parameter2 parameter3 indicates that parameter1 must be entered pa...

Page 42: ...ommand augments the ADDS command to populate the extended Preset Entry Note that if this Preset is used to acquire services through Recovery or user command these temporary COMPEL and Tags required pa...

Page 43: ...value is displayed Sets the PID used for Aux Data extraction CLRDIAG Clears all the volatile counts and statistics as if the unit was reset A Local Control Command available from the terminal regardl...

Page 44: ...ed or D for Disabled Command to enable COMPEL printed email A Local Control Command available from the terminal regardless of Local Control Enable Disable commands from the network ERRORS type thresho...

Page 45: ...mand available from the terminal regardless of Local Control Enable Disable commands from the network IPCONFIG Command requests report of all current IP parameters IP address Gateway address subnet ma...

Page 46: ...s again Using the above example if 172 16 90 50 has already been assigned on that LAN then the IRD re attempts with an IP address equal to 172 16 90 150 LAN SUBNET addr addr IP address formatted as n1...

Page 47: ...iginal source entry is deleted and that entry position is now considered unused The setting data at the original destination entry is then moved to the next lower unused Preset position One will alway...

Page 48: ...ed if DVB QPSK For an ASI Transport input specify ASI If this parameter is set to OK then the current setting if a Transient setting becomes the new Permanent setting pol feed If an RF input one of fo...

Page 49: ...n4 where nn1 n2 n3 and n4 are integers between 0 and 255 Traditional Unix PING command with verbatim Unix syntax Response from IRD will indicate success or failure User will be warned if PING cannot...

Page 50: ...ol Command available from the terminal regardless of Local Control Enable Disable commands from the network RD group group Indicates group of status diagnostic information to report as follows AUD Aud...

Page 51: ...RGMP Program mapping at ASI output MSC Miscellaneous diagnostics REC Automated Recovery status RF Carrier Acquisition Tracking diagnostics RPA Return Path diagnostics SW Software download self test st...

Page 52: ...umber or the text PERM If a preset entry must be equal to a number between 1 and N inclusive where N is the highest entry number channel_label Channel Label associated with a unit setting or a Preset...

Page 53: ...s OK to omit on hours OR in number of seconds A one hour TEMP could have a parameters of 1 00 00 or 3600 source PERM CURR number or label of a Preset table entry SET sets the value of individual param...

Page 54: ...legal mnemonics are C for Standard C band 5150 MHz default KU for US Ku band 10750 MHz default EHKU for European Hi Ku band 10600 MHz default or ELKU for European Low Ku band 9750 MHz default 1 If the...

Page 55: ...senting a number or an alphanumeric string representing a name preference being on a number to resolve ambiguity Command changes selected program by Program Number from PAT or SDT descriptor This comm...

Page 56: ...group is REL the legal values are ON and OFF If ON both user cue relays are alternately energized and de energized TESTOFF Command stops all volatile test functions as if unit were reset A Local Contr...

Page 57: ...See Table 3 2 Front panel LED Indicator Descriptions on page 33 for details about the LED indicators Note that during typical operation the green CARRIER TRANSPORT COMPEL SERVICES and AUTH LEDS should...

Page 58: ...al to help debug the problem report the messages to your network provider LEDS ALARM and WARNING OFF If no alarms or warnings are shown suspect a bad connection or mis programming of the Unity 4600 1...

Page 59: ...number No audio PID found in PMT with assigned language descriptor for hard assigned port N Check that the language descriptor requested by the user or network is actually assigned to an existing audi...

Page 60: ...nce High RF level There is carrier lock but the RF signal level is too high ID Tag Mismatch Carrier ID frequency text mismatch User or network has entered carrier frequency text or tag site ID incorre...

Page 61: ...ted during the last two minutes There may be no connection to the network If required to maintain a connection the unit will eventually attempt an automatic recovery to a backup preset To debug check...

Page 62: ...expected contact network TOC PAT disappeared Formerly valid Program Allocation Table ceases to be received or becomes corrupt See No PAT indication PAT version changed Version number in Program Alloca...

Page 63: ...g data constantly with only one stop bit Try changing to 1 5 stop bits Setting out of range Current unit setting combination is illegal for installed receiver card Unit will be unable to acquire a car...

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Page 65: ...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 4600 or for questions ab...

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Page 67: ...screens are read only and display information that cannot be edited The home screen is this type of screen Other screens of this type display Unity 4600 status or navigation helps For info screens li...

Page 68: ...creens etc For menu screens like the Miscellaneous Setups screen below the text on the second row will cycle between the following prompts Press ENTER to move to the child screens Other Screens to mov...

Page 69: ...haracter to be edited Only for editable alphanumeric fields List select fields will not display a cursor Use the arrow buttons to scroll through characters or list selections After making the desired...

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Page 71: ...18 connectors rear panel 19 consumption power 3 contacting Wegener regarding manual 1 controlling the U4600 remotely 35 cross supports 18 CUE LED 34 customer service phone number 59 D damage claims 17...

Page 72: ...6 operation of the U4600 27 output absence of 51 audio 4 composite video 3 DTMF 4 DVB ASI 3 overcurrent protection 18 overloaded circuits 18 overview of U4600 2 P packet ID PID 13 packetized elementa...

Page 73: ...e 6 stream 14 suggestions or comments 1 supply circuit connection to 18 suppressing emissions 17 synchronization 13 syntax terminal command 35 T T MRA 15 17 table presets 14 program map PMT 14 PSI 14...

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Page 75: ...munications Inc All rights reserved 800032 01 Rev G Seventh Edition December 2007 Wegener Communications Inc Technology Park Johns Creek 11350 Technology Circle Duluth GA 30097 1502 Phone 770 814 4000...

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