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Encoding Monitor

 

Operations Manual

 

 
 
 

 

 

2007 Arbitron Inc

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: 

 

June 2007 

 

 

Document #:     1050-1081 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

      

Revision  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For Arbitron Encoding Monitor Models: 
1000-1135-xx Encoding Monitor 
1000-1162-xx Encoding Monitor, RoHS Compliant

Summary of Contents for 1000-1135 Series

Page 1: ...ding Monitor Operations Manual 2007 Arbitron Inc Date June 2007 Document 1050 1081 Revision J For Arbitron Encoding Monitor Models 1000 1135 xx Encoding Monitor 1000 1162 xx Encoding Monitor RoHS Compliant ...

Page 2: ... THE MONITOR 8 7 OPERATION 9 7 1 USING THE MONITOR 9 7 2 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTIONS 11 7 3 EXECUTING HYPER TERMINAL ON THE PC 14 7 4 HYPER TERMINAL SETTINGS 14 7 5 STATUS MESSAGE FORMATS 15 7 6 NO ENCODING MESSAGES 16 8 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 17 8 1 ANALOG INPUT SPECIFICATIONS 17 8 2 ALARM RELAY SPECIFICATIONS 17 8 3 STATUS RS 232 SPECIFICATIONS 17 8 4 POWER SPECIFICATIONS 18 9 GENERAL SPECIFICATIO...

Page 3: ...TES EncodingOperations arbitron com For any questions regarding this manual please call 410 312 8123 For any URGENT Encoding Equipment Issues please contact our 24 7 Encoding Issues Hotline 866 767 7212 Arbitron Inc 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive Columbia MD 21046 1572 1 2 INTERNATIONAL internationalppm arbitron com Arbitron Inc 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive Columbia MD 21046 1572 ...

Page 4: ...e two audio cables in close proximity to the Neutrik XLR connector close to the connection point at the rear of this Encoding Monitor See Figure 1 To install these devices simply open the core s hinged case and fit the sectioned cores over the cables once the case is snapped closed the cores will be firmly secured see picture on next page The installation of these ferrite cores is not necessary fo...

Page 5: ...STANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AT LAW OR IN EQUITY FOR ARBITRON S AND OR ANY THIRD PARTY S BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ARBITRON S AND OR ANY THIRD PARTY S LIABILITY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LIABI...

Page 6: ...m the power cord since this is a very important safety feature The MONITOR should be mounted securely in a rack The sides must be free of obstructions to provide adequate airflow through the instrument The installation of the ferrite cores is of paramount importance for maintenance of compliance to the FCC part 15 and CISPR 22 Radiated Emission Class B Normative CAUTION FAILURE TO INSTALL THE ENCO...

Page 7: ... the nickname given to the European Union s directive 2002 95 EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment RoHS seeks to reduce the amount of hazardous materials entering electronic products The Arbitron 1000 1162 xx Encoding Monitor RoHS Compliant is designed to meet the requirements of the European Union s directive 2002 95 EC All of the...

Page 8: ...MONITOR and to the same plug strip that supplies power to the instruments that will be connected to the input of the MONITOR The MONITOR has no power switch The POWER indicator LED will be lit green 6 1 5 DO NOT block or otherwise impede airflow through the sides of the instrument 6 1 6 Connect the received program material signals into the connectors marked IN on the MONITOR If the program materi...

Page 9: ...TOR The station engineer has been provided several monitoring options If desired they can monitor the front panel LED When the MONITOR is receiving the correct encoded material the front panel LED will be a CONSTANT GREEN When incorrectly encoded material is presented to the audio inputs the front panel LED will FLASH RED see notes below ...

Page 10: ... current Air Fault Alarm system or similar Provision has also been made for connection to a remote monitor device via RS232 See below for specification of connection to both the ALARM and RS232 connections Note The MONITOR has been configured with a nominal alarm delay of approximately 3 minutes In other words the MONITOR will not assert an alarm condition until it fails to detect the specified co...

Page 11: ...c 11 7 2 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTIONS 7 2 1 Analog Input Connector Description Input connectors on the MONITOR are female thus the mating XLR cable connector is required to be male Balanced XLR pin out for the Arbitron MONITOR is as follows Pin 1 Shell or ground Pin 2 High Pin 3 Low ...

Page 12: ...itself To allow remote monitoring of the MONITOR status the following connections are detailed CODE STATUS Status CODES Status NO CODES Pin 2 Open to pin 3 Shorted to pin 3 Pin 4 Shorted to pin 3 Open to pin 3 OPERATIONAL STATUS Status MONITOR Normal Status MONITOR Failure Pin 7 Open to pin 8 Shorted to pin 8 Pin 9 Shorted to pin 8 Open to pin 8 The pins are connected to an internal relay of the M...

Page 13: ...r software and that has a 9 pin D serial port Other computers software configurations may work but have not been tested RS 232 DB 9 Cable with a Null Modem adapter Plug one end of the RS 232 DB 9 cable with a Null Modem adapter into the STATUS PORT in the rear of the Encoding Monitor and the other end into the COM Port of the PC to allow remote monitoring On the front panel of the MONITOR is a DB9...

Page 14: ...grams Accessories Communications HyperTerminal to start the program It will then ask for a name on the Connection Description window Type Local for the name to begin 7 4 HYPER TERMINAL SETTINGS 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity 9600 baud rate xon xoff flow control Choose the serial port COM1 COM4 where the Encoding Monitor is connected ...

Page 15: ...Main program checksum Valid to indicate self test pass or NOTE P Main program checksum Invalid to indicate self test fail NOTE P Encoding Monitor Main Vx xx 7 5 2 Encoding Present Messages When the Monitor has determined that a valid code is present in the program material the status port sends out the following messages NOTE P 000x station_name where x 0 9 A new output line is displayed every 20 ...

Page 16: ...h line i e 0001 0002 is output to show activity on the line since the first portion of this message may not change If a code is detected in the program material but the detected code is not one of the identification codes programmed into the unit the status port sends out the unknown station message NOTE P 000x Unknown Station where x 0 9 A new output line is displayed every 20 seconds The number ...

Page 17: ...r 12kΩ balanced bridging HI 8 1 2 Analog Input Level Average Minimum 0dBu over 20Hz 20kHz Average Nominal 8dBu over 20Hz 20kHz Absolute Maximum 20dBu over 20Hz 20kHz 8 1 3 Common Mode Rejection Ratio Better than 70dB 60Hz 8 2 ALARM RELAY SPECIFICATIONS 8 2 1 Absolute Maximum Voltage Input 24VDC or 24VAC 8 2 2 Absolute Maximum Current Input 300 mA 8 3 STATUS RS 232 SPECIFICATIONS 8 3 1 Standard TIA...

Page 18: ...utput Voltage into 3kohm load 5V 8 3 3 Baud Rate 9600 8 3 4 Parity None 8 3 5 Number of Data Bits 8 8 3 6 Number of Stop Bits 1 8 3 7 Recommended Flow Control XON XOFF 8 4 POWER SPECIFICATIONS 8 4 1 Voltage 100 240 VAC 8 4 2 Current 1 4 Amps maximum 8 4 3 Frequency 50 60Hz 8 4 4 Connector Type IEC ...

Page 19: ... 1050 1081 Rev J 2007 Arbitron Inc 19 9 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS 9 1 PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS 9 1 1 Dimensions 48 x 16 5 x 4 5 cm L x D x H 9 1 2 Weight 2 7 kg 9 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS 9 2 1 Temperature Range Operating 0 45 C Storage 0 70 C ...

Page 20: ... the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the follow...

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