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Model Name

Description

6280B

AQT8-IP

8x8VSB/QAM Input and IP Outputs

6281B

AQT8-QAM/IP

8x8VSB/QAM Input and QAM/IP Outputs

AQT8 Series

ISO 9001:2015 Certified

P/N: 651247000A | Rev: 110819

Summary of Contents for AQT8 Series

Page 1: ... 6281B AQT8 QAM IP 8x8VSB QAM Input and QAM IP Outputs All Rights Reserved Specifications subject to change without notice All trademarks are property of their respective owners AQT8 Series AQT8 Series Blonder Tongue Labs Inc ISO 9001 2015 Certified P N 651247000A Rev 110819 ...

Page 2: ...Name or Stock Number in the search field Upon reaching the product page the User Manual download link will be located beneath the product image Firmware Updates are available under Tech Support in the Resources section of the website General instructions for the FTP site as well as updating your firmware are provided on this page We recommend that you write the following information in the spaces ...

Page 3: ...ION 14 SECTION 5 RF INPUT 15 SECTION 6 CHERRY PICKING 16 6 1 TS SELECT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS AND PARAMETERS 16 6 2 TS SELECT ADDING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO CHERRY PICKED TRANSPORTS 18 6 3 TS SELECT REMOVING PROGRAMS FROM CHERRY PICKED TRANSPORTS 18 6 4 TS SELECT SEARCH FUNCTION AND ADDITIONAL CONTROLS 19 6 5 TS CONFIG BASIC CONFIGURATION 19 6 6 TS CONFIG ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 20 6 7 TS CONFIG OUT...

Page 4: ...eries User Manual Table of Contents continued SECTION 10 EAS CONFIG 28 SECTION 11 GENERAL AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 29 11 1 TIME TAB 29 11 2 LOG TAB 30 11 3 UPDATES TAB 31 11 4 SYSTEM TAB 32 11 5 ADMIN SCREEN 34 ...

Page 5: ...This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER FROM THIS UNIT NO USER SERVICEABLE ...

Page 6: ...cepts eight 8VSB off air or QAM sources and simultaneously outputs these SPTS and or MPTS programs in IP and or QAM At the same time the AQT8 QAM IP can be configured in Pass through mode which directly maps the demodulated RF port content in MPTS format to IP output The AQT8 Series can accept encrypted QAM sources and output the encrypted IP transport streams programs in MPTS or SPTS formats whil...

Page 7: ...he following i AC power is not connected or ii AC power is connected but the power supply is defective Unit must be sent to factory for repairs 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 5 4 6 7 11 10 12 NOTE The current EAS behavior is an all or nothing program override When EAS is activated all transports will have their program content replaced with the EAS program content EAS will not activate unless EAS is enabled an...

Page 8: ...ollows IP address 172 16 70 1 Username Admin case sensitive Password pass case sensitive NOTE Resetting or loss of power will revert IP and login credentials back to what was last configured by the user If the values are changed while in the default state they will be available after a power cycle 8VSB QAM Inputs The 8 numbered dedicated 8VSB QAM inputs with the Common RF input labeled located in ...

Page 9: ...dulation Standards DVB Symbol Rate Frequency Range Tuning No of Programs RF Level RF Level Range Frequency Tolerance Frequency Stability Amplitude Flatness Phase Noise Spurious Broadband Noise Impedance QAM Spectrum Carrier Suppression Return Loss Signal to NoiseRatio SNR MER I Q Phase Error I Q Amplitude Imbalance 8x Fully Agile QAM 1x F Female rear panel for combined output QAM 64 and 256 ITU T ...

Page 10: ... 0 Amp 250V 3 3 Setting up Ethernet Access Local or remote communication with the unit is only possible through a GUI based menu via web browser Chrome or Firefox is recommended Before you can communicate with the unit you must configure your computer s IP address to be in the same subnet as the unit s default IP address To do so follow these steps Plug one end of the Ethernet cable to the GigE Co...

Page 11: ... Admin screen through a link alongside the LOG OUT button Each Navigation bar tab is described in the subsequent Sections Monitoring and configuration of the unit is achieved via a series of web pages as described in the Sections below The following read only information is displayed in a Page Header Figure 4 2b at the top of each web page Name displays the user defined name to make identification...

Page 12: ... that may arise Figure 4 Status Tab Full View 4 1 System Status In the section entitled System Status Figure 4 1a the following parameters about the unit s health are displayed Figure 4 1a Status Tab System Status 1 2 3 4 System Status Indicates the current status of the unit Status Levels and colors shown below Ok No issues at the current time Text will appear as black in this state Error One or ...

Page 13: ...xt will say No issues detected and remain black text color When there is an Error the text will change to red and indicate what is causing the error 4 4 IP Output Status In the section entitled IP Output Status the following system information is indicated 4 3 RF Input Status In the section entitled RF Input Status the following system information is indicated 28 Error Warning Normal Range 31 Figu...

Page 14: ...d along with their output QAM RF channel and frequency Serial Number Indicates the serial number of the unit Software Version Indicates the software version of the unit Please see Section 11 3 for instructions on updating the software version Firmware Version Indicates the firmware version for the unit Firmware version is only needed for tech support and software debugging Modulator Version Indica...

Page 15: ...s Modulation Mode Select the appropriate modulation mode to match the input See chart Fig 5b for a list of supported Modulation modes Channel Map Select the appropriate Channel Map Options available are STD HRC IRC and Air Ch Frequency The input channel and frequency as related to the Modulation Mode and Channel Map From the pull down menu select the desired channel frequency center for each input...

Page 16: ...ut Displays programs sourced from all RF inputs within the unit Modulation Mode Displays which modulation mode the RF input is set to See Section 5 for a list of modes Program Displays the program number and may display its source An empty checkbox can be checked to select one or more programs to be added to the Output Transports column If there is no checkbox the program has already been selected...

Page 17: ... Programs Displays the available number of programs that may be added to the selected TSO As each program is added the number decreases accordingly TS Selection Allows the user to select a new or existing transport stream output that they want to add one or more programs or program elements to Figure 6 1b Selection Control 4 5 6 8 7 9 4 7 5 8 6 9 The Cherry Picked Transports Figure 6 1c column sho...

Page 18: ...Add and the program will be added to the Cherry Picked Transports column for the selected Transport Stream NOTE An empty check box will always appear next to available programs This check box will not appear next to a program under the RF Input TS column if a program has already been added to the Cherry Picked Transports column Figure 6 2 TS Select Tab Adding Programs 1 2 3 6 3 TS Select Removing ...

Page 19: ...ation Figure 6 5 the following parameters can be set TS Bitrate The user can use the drop down list to set the bitrate or choose custom bitrate and input the desired bitrate When the Transport Stream has been assigned to a QAM Output the TS is QAM Locked 6 3 TS Select Removing Programs from the Transport Stream Output continued Removing Program s Click Remove and the program will be made available...

Page 20: ...ntinued 6 6 TS Config Advanced Configuration Pgm PID Base The Program PID Base sets the first programs output PID number to this starting base number Next Pgm PID Base The Next Program PID Base sets the next programs starting output PID number by incrementing this value higher than the previous program s output PID number NOTE It is recommended that this value be 16 above the Pgm PID base value Th...

Page 21: ...a TS Config Tab Controls Within the Output Transports Figure 6 7a and 6 7b column the user is able to narrow down the Transport Stream Outputs viewable under the Transport Configuration column in order to isolate one or more specific streams to configure This column is only used to filter and does not affect the configuration in any other way The controls and parameters are as follows The Search f...

Page 22: ...following parameters will then be shown Program Element Displays each program element that a PID gets assigned to Relative Offset from PMT Allows user to instruct the unit to offset the assigned PID relative to the PMT Program Map Table When modifying this setting it is recommended to use values 1 15 WARNING Duplicate numbers are not permitted and the page will reject a save until all entered valu...

Page 23: ...nor channels if desired to change the input VCT information Section 7 2 1 Multiplexing Once the user clicks on the 2 1 Multiplexing tab on the main navigation menu the options within TS Transport Stream Select tab Figure 7 1 are shown The AQT8 s 2 1 Multiplexing is capable of running simultaneously with Cherry Pick NOTE Clicking the small arrow collapsed expanded beside each program will show or h...

Page 24: ...nor Channel as well as additional advanced configurations of the Program PID Base and the Next Program PID Base In addition the Programs Relative PID Map has additional Global configurations that can be set or left as is The user controls in this section are set up in a similar way to those described in Section 6 from Section 6 5 TS Config Basic Configuration to Section 6 8 TS Config Global Progra...

Page 25: ... zero before the packet arrives at its final destination then the packet is discarded The purpose of this field is to avoid an undeliverable packet from circulating on an IP network perpetually The range is 1 to 255 8 2 IP Output Assignment The TS Available for IP Output Assignment Figure 8 2 column allows the user to select programs from the available TS to add to IP Output To select check the bo...

Page 26: ... field and additional controls Figure 8 5 are provided for easier management and setup of the transport streams The list of streams which have been configured and added will show below the configuration area and the following functions are shown above the list 8 5 Transport Stream Search Functions Alternately the user can click to clear out all selected streams 8 4 Remove Configuration The Remove ...

Page 27: ...e STD HRC and IRC Factory Default STD 3 Figure 9a Add Output Streams Configuration 1 2 3 Remember to click on the SAVE button to apply the new values configurations IMPORTANT All channels must be set within a 768 MHz span The following parameters are configurations for each RF Outputs 1 to 8 Figure 9b Output Enable Allows the user to turn the RF Output On or Off OutputCh Freq Allowstheusertosetthe...

Page 28: ...he system s current EAS status The following message types may display Waiting for EAS TS Displays if an EAS source is selected and will not enter EAS until a valid EAS TS is detected Ready for Trigger Displays when a valid EAS TS is detected EAS Active Displays if an EAS is triggered Disabled Displays if no EAS source is present EAS Test Active Displays during a local EAS test using the test butt...

Page 29: ... The time is adjusted for states territories and countries that use time change ie Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Daylight Time 1 2 Figure 11 1a Current Time at Page Load 1 2 Section 11 General and System Configuration Time Settings Time Zone user is able set the time zone shown in UTC format Time Clicking the button will synchronize the unit s time to Client time This requires that the selecte...

Page 30: ...previous settings Click to apply and save the system configuration changes Figure 11 1d Save Settings 9 8 8 9 11 2 Log Tab The Log tab Figure 11 2 allows the user to view the system log messages as well as configure some changeable parameters This includes choosing which event message types to display on the screen Max Lines to Display allows the user to select the maximum number of lines to displ...

Page 31: ...erbose setting Verbose prevents log messages from being stacked and condensed down into one entry For example a loss of multiple inputs within a time window of 60 seconds will result in one to two log lines with verbose disabled The resulting line will indicate that the issue was detected x times With verbose on all entries will populate the log Event Message Types The following message types can ...

Page 32: ...ction and user defined identification data for the platform can be configured here It is a read and write screen and is located on the right side of the main menu Figure 11 4 System Configuration 1 8 11 14 6 2 7 3 9 12 15 4 5 10 13 16 Figure 11 3d Update In Progress 3 3 Update the Firmware version by clicking the button The update status and progress will show under the Status column Below is the ...

Page 33: ...ntrol Port IP Address the static IP address that is assigned to the GbE Control port allowing the user to access the unit via the web interface Factory Default 172 16 70 1 Control Port Subnet Mask the Subnet Mask address assigned to the GbE Control port of the unit allowing the user to determine which subnet the Control Port IP address belongs to Factory Default 255 255 255 0 Control Port Default ...

Page 34: ...n allows the user to make changes to any area of the unit Factory Default Admin New Password is only used when changing the current Administrator s password 16 characters maximum The password will not be displayed Factory Default pass Verify New Password is required when changing the current Administrator s password It MUST match the Password field and will not be displayed Click the button to app...

Page 35: ...y any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 9 Any modification of the product by any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 10 Fire flood war civil disturbance industrial action acts of God or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Blonder Tongue 11 Any defect caused by lightning strike or power surges 12 Shipping costs to return products to Blonder Tongue for...

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