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M7XC

Compact Satellite Modem

Installation and Operation

Manual

Summary of Contents for M7XC

Page 1: ...M7XC Compact Satellite Modem Installation and Operation Manual...

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Page 3: ...figuration 3 59 Data Interface Technical Details 3 67 Modem Control Channels MCC ACM AUPC 3 68 Automatic Uplink Power Control AUPC Operation 3 70 Special Control Mechanisms 3 70 Trial Backup Activatio...

Page 4: ...enu 3 21 Figure 3 5 Web Browser Tab Window 3 21 Figure 3 6 Unit Status Page 3 22 Figure 3 7 Unit Status Page 3 23 Figure 3 8 Unit IP Page 3 24 Figure 3 9 Unit HTTP Page 3 25 Figure 3 10 Unit SNMP Page...

Page 5: ...Figure 3 47 Reference Configuration Web Page 3 64 Figure 3 48 BUC Reference Configuration Web Page 3 64 Figure 3 49 LNB Reference Configuration Web Page 3 65 Figure 3 50 BUC LO Frequency Configuration...

Page 6: ...been safety tested and shown to comply with standard EN 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Machines Never operate the unit with the cover removed Never remo...

Page 7: ...able environment consistent with the equipment specifications Grounding Insure good grounding practices Where a ground lug is provided the modem should be connected to a good earth ground with low imp...

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Page 9: ...tellite Modem The dimensions of the black enclosed M7XC with fan and heatsink are 5 L x 3 W x 1 3 H and weighs 2 lbs The dimensions of the silver enclosed M7XC without fan and heatsink are 5 L x 3 W x...

Page 10: ...on the network type different baseband interface options are available that will maximize the capability for the network The main network types are Point to Point Point to Multipoint Mesh Hybrid In a...

Page 11: ...sites on individual demodulators Within the shared outbound carrier will be all the information destined for each of the remote sites At each of the remote sites the M7XC with an Ethernet IP interface...

Page 12: ...e At some point this becomes unmanageable and cost prohibitive The alternative is to use a Mesh network topology instead of multiple P2P networks At each site in a Mesh network there is a single carri...

Page 13: ...two DVBS2X Independent RX Channels Segmented feature up to Sixteen TX FlexLDPC channels GigE IP Control interface provides remote control via a HTTP S web browser user interface and SNMP protocol Com...

Page 14: ...y C M7XC clamshell metal housing A functional block diagram of the M7XC is shown in Figure 1 7 TX ACM Packet Buffer Data Rate Limiter TX Idle Packet Generator QoS Queues 8 x 16 MB 128 MB DDR3 Memory T...

Page 15: ...l GigE Ethernet interface The interface supports connections between the LAN and the satellite modem WAN as part of a point to point or a point to multipoint network The GigE Ethernet interface port i...

Page 16: ...the reduction in carrier spacing required on the satellite With a filter roll off of 0 4 the carrier spacing would be 1 4 times the carrier symbol rate When the carriers are changed to a 0 05 roll off...

Page 17: ...he carrier Alpha settings from 0 4 Table 1 1 Bandwidth Savings Related to Carrier Alpha Carrier Alpha 0 4 0 35 0 3 0 25 0 2 0 15 0 1 0 05 0 02 of 1Msps Carriers 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 34 35 Improvement...

Page 18: ...h is a 50 increase in the fundamental channel capacity as shown in Figure 1 10 Figure 1 10 Smart Carrier Bandwidth Savings of 50 Figure 1 11 P2MP Hub Carrier Canceling Bandwidth Savings 1 5 7 Modem Co...

Page 19: ...ry and Backup modems must be at the same hardware and firmware versions for redundancy to operate properly More information on the set up and use of the 1 1 redundancy functions and modes is given in...

Page 20: ...tions are available via the Web Browser Mounting Considerations When mounting the unit in an integrated terminal adequate ventilation must be provided The ambient temperature in the enclosure must sta...

Page 21: ...external reference for signals generated by the modem or the modem can provide 10 MHz or 50 MHz output that is based on the internal OCXO 1 x 10 8 Stability 2 4 2 L Band Demodulator L Band RX IF Input...

Page 22: ...of 192 168 0 222 Table 2 1 Multi Function Connector Pinout J4 Pin Name Description Direction 1 Ground Main Power Ground Ground 2 Power Main Power 10 to 36 VDC Input 3 Alarm Form Relay A NO on Alarm 4...

Page 23: ...air B I O 4 BI D3 Bi Data Pair C I O 5 BI D3 Bi Data Pair C I O 6 RX D2 Rx Data Pair B I O 7 BI D4 Bi Data Pair D I O 8 BI D4 Bi Data Pair D I O 2 4 10 Physical Setup This section will describe a simp...

Page 24: ...7 LED indicators Figure 3 1 on the side of the M7XC that give a quick visual indication of the status of the unit These indicators are RCV LOCK Green indicates the demodulator has locked to the incomi...

Page 25: ...ion These include items such as the storing and recalling configuration information AUPC the analog monitor output redundancy and automatic recovery Web Browser Operation Initiate the M7XC Web Browser...

Page 26: ...ge NOTE Login security may be configured in the Web Browser Unit page in the HTTP tab Available configuration items are Full Access Name Full Access Password Read Access Name Read Access Password Once...

Page 27: ...the frequency of the modulator output the designation would be TX Modulator Carrier Frequency GHz or MHz The setting of the parameter would be identified in Quotes The main Window provides the user a...

Page 28: ...ows detailed status and modification of every parameter of the M7XC The Tab Window is divided into sub pages for the desired function The M7XC Web Browser allows the user to make all the desired chang...

Page 29: ...atus window displays the Summary Reference WAN IP Control Port Status Voltage and System information The status window also displays Date Time and Station ID that can be edited accordingly Figure 3 6...

Page 30: ...ort Status Displays current status of the WAN Port IP Control Port Status Displays current status of the IP Control Port Power Input Voltage Displays the current Input Voltage level Date Time UTC Set...

Page 31: ...y Enter the unique Gateway IP Address information DNS1 Enter the unique DNS 1 IP Address information DNS 2 Enter the unique DNS 2 IP Address information M C Server Mode Set the mode access Off Read On...

Page 32: ...ss mode to the Web Browser HTTP HTTPS Activity Set the side panel LED alert action to take when there is HTTP port activity None Flash Online Full Access Name HTTP full access username Factory Default...

Page 33: ...community name for authentication for SNMP traffic default private Trap Client Select the Trap Client number 1 2 3 4 o Community 1 2 3 Set the Trap community name for authentication for SNMP traffic...

Page 34: ...l Remote control mode type M7XC Binary Packet RS 232 Rate Remote port bit rate 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 where default 9600 RS 232 Format Remote control data stop bits and parity N...

Page 35: ...Store Recall Page Storage Location Setting the configuration to use Auto Restore 0 to 99 Empty Factory Default Storage Operation Set operation mode Idle Store Auto Restore Set a configuration defined...

Page 36: ...he parameters for the system reference on J1 Figure 3 13 Unit Reference Page Source Set rear panel source Internal Ref Out Off On External Input Frequency Reference input frequency at rear panel in MH...

Page 37: ...tor The Unit Monitor tab Figure 3 14 provides the ability to set the parameters for the Output Mode Figure 3 14 Unit Monitor Page Output Mode Selects source of analog output Off TX Level TX ACM RX Lev...

Page 38: ...lite Modem 3 30 v0 02 3 3 2 2 8 Unit Interface The Unit Interface tab Figure 3 15 provides the ability to set the parameters for the WAN Offline Mode Figure 3 15 Unit Interface Page WAN Offline Mode S...

Page 39: ...st active event Hardware Alarm Event Selects whether to log the status of the hardware alarm event Reference Alarm Selects whether to log the status of the reference oscillator alarm OCXO Oven Alarm E...

Page 40: ...put sense action taken for the analog input alarm Monitor Input Threshold Enter the input voltage threshold 0 5 V to 50 V Power Input Alarm Selects destination and action taken for the input power DC...

Page 41: ...pload and overwrite the FW in the non running flash partition After reboot this FW will become the current running firmware and be displayed as such in the Unit Status tab The current running FW will...

Page 42: ...ce Page CPU Temperature Displays the current temperature of the CPU TX RF Temperature Displays the current temperature of the TX RF TX FPGA 1 Temperature Displays the current temperature of the TX FPG...

Page 43: ...represent the pages available to the user 3 3 2 3 1 TX Status The TX Status tab Figure 3 20 displays the TX Status of the transmit parameters and remote receive levels Figure 3 20 TX Status Page TX St...

Page 44: ...Sideband Upper Sideband QPSK PN Sequence Mute Set the transmit Mute function Automatic Confirm Manual Manual Power Loss Carrier Frequency Set the transmit frequency Tilt Set the transmit Tilt functio...

Page 45: ...quency setting This is helpful to the operator to confirm the transmit carrier is in the proper transponder location Figure 3 22 TX BUC Page BUC LO Frequency GHz Configuration of the BUC LO frequency...

Page 46: ...23 provides the ability to set the parameters for the Modulator WAN Figure 3 23 TX WAN Page WAN Protocol Set the transmit WAN Protocol GSE DVB GSE Low Overhead GSE CT WAN Idle Packets Set the transmi...

Page 47: ...rameters of the Send and Receive Modem Communications Channel MCC between the local and remote modems Figure 3 24 TX MCC Page Protocol Sets the MCC channel protocol Default M7 Binary Packet Send Rate...

Page 48: ...buffer queue size for non congested and fully congested WAN traffic The proper settings of the QoS queue size are dependent on the variability of the type of traffic i e VoIP Web Streaming Video FTP e...

Page 49: ...y Set the 2nd priority preference for the Drop function using the priority tags None VLAN PCP VLAN ID Using ID 3MSb MPLS EXP MPLS EXP Using IP Only IPv4 DSCP IPv6 TC 3rd Priority Set the 3rd priority...

Page 50: ...report Live Packets Dropped and Full Packets Dropped instead of just Packets Dropped for each Tx QoS Queue Each Tx Queue is 16 MB deep There are 8 Tx QoS Queues each with a different priority level T...

Page 51: ...current statistics of the transmit Idle Bytes Idle Packets Displays current statistics of the transmit Idle Packets MCC Bytes Displays current statistics of the transmit MCC Bytes MCC Packets Display...

Page 52: ...by the M7XC when a TX alarm condition occurs Figure 3 29 TX Alarms Page Data Inactive Alarm Selects destination and action taken for TX active alarm types Off Report Report Mute TX Output Alarm Alarm...

Page 53: ...tor Channel Limit Modulation Limit Display of the modulation maximum capability of any active transmit carrier Bit Rate Limit Display of the bit rate maximum capability of any active transmit carrier...

Page 54: ...ervice The TX Service tab Figure 3 31 displays the temperature of the major modulator system components Figure 3 31 TX Service Page TX RF Temperature Displays the current temperature of the TX RF TX F...

Page 55: ...e statistics Figure 3 32 RX Status Page RX Status Displays current status of the receive section parameters ModCod Displays current ModCod setting QEF Margin Displays current receive QEF Margin Es No...

Page 56: ...Operation M7XC Compact Satellite Modem 3 48 v0 02 By checking the Display Constellation box the receive constellation pattern will be displayed Figure 3 33 RX Status Page with Constellation...

Page 57: ...Demodulator Page Waveform Set the receive waveform RX Off DVB S2X DVB S2X VCM Segmented LDPC ACM Spectrum Analyzer Total Channels Set the number segmented channels 1 to 16 Roll Off Set the transmit R...

Page 58: ...Operation M7XC Compact Satellite Modem 3 50 v0 02 By selecting Spectrum Analyzer the receive carrier s will be displayed Figure 3 35 RX Demodulator Page with Spectrum Analyzer...

Page 59: ...is is helpful to the operator to confirm that the transmit carrier is in the proper transponder location Figure 3 36 RX LNB Page LO Frequency MHz Configuration for the LNB LO frequency to calculate an...

Page 60: ...ity to set the parameters for the WAN parameters Figure 3 37 RX WAN Page WAN Protocol Selects WAN Protocol Mode GSE DVB GSE Low Overhead GSE CT WAN Idle Packets Selects WAN Idle Packets Off On WAN MCC...

Page 61: ...Figure 3 38 RX MCC Page MCC Mode Sets the MCC access mode Read Only Full Access MCC Protocol Sets the MCC channel protocol M7 Binary Packet MCC Address Sets the address of the Send MCC port 0 to 255...

Page 62: ...Bytes Idle Packets Displays current statistics of the receive Idle Packets MCC Bytes Displays current statistics of the receive MCC Bytes MCC Packets Displays current statistics of the receive MCC Pa...

Page 63: ...ow Es No Margin setting Low Es No Margin dB Configuration of the receive channel s Es No margin threshold that will trigger the Low Es No Alarm 0 50 to 5 00 Low Level Alarm Selection of alarm notifica...

Page 64: ...orms Displays the receive waveforms available to the SDR Demodulator Channel Limit Display of the modulator Channel Limit Modulation Limit Display of the modulation maximum capability of any active re...

Page 65: ...displays the temperature of the major demodulator system components Figure 3 42 RX Service Page RX RF Temperature Displays the current temperature of the RX RF RX FPGA 2 Temperature Displays the curr...

Page 66: ...form First are pad and opening flag then the destination and source addresses followed by the command code and read or write mode then necessary data The message packet is closed with a closing flag a...

Page 67: ...etup is to be performed manually at a depot location The modem can also be automatically configured using a central controller command line interface No control application software is provided by Dat...

Page 68: ...not limited to interface compatibility parameter settings automatic link property corrections alarm relay function settings and configuration displays The discussion in the following sections is to be...

Page 69: ...d configuration after the Rx is unlocked for a user specified amount of time Each configuration that is restored can have different auto restore settings allowing them to be chained together or even b...

Page 70: ...ssing the Unit tab Store Recall page Configuration on Start Up parameter from 1 to 99 or Factory Default 3 5 4 Using the Internal or External Reference The modem is designed with an internal Oven Comp...

Page 71: ...Reference Control The M7XC provides an internal high stability 10 50 MHz reference signal to the Block Up Converter BUC via the transmit IF cable The configuration of the reference is done by way of...

Page 72: ...ectrum setting will show Norm To return to using the L Band IF frequency display enter a value of 0 as the TX tab BUC page BUC LO Frequency parameter Figure 3 50 BUC LO Frequency web page configuratio...

Page 73: ...test possible acquisition speed and is set as the default acquisition mode for the modem A second mode called Search also uses the DSP but performs a piece wise sweep of the programmable acquisition r...

Page 74: ...a Low Es No Figure 3 52 Alarm Processing There are many possible alarms depending on the modem options and configuration Each of the individual alarms has a configuration selection parameter under the...

Page 75: ...needed for transmit to the WAN The QoS mode can be configured in the TX page QOS tab QOS Mode parameter to either WRED Waited Random Early Detection or Strict Priority These settings will determine th...

Page 76: ...e MCC Address For normal point to point configurations this address can be set to from 0 to 255 typical value is 1 The same value can be set on both ends For point to multipoint configurations the rem...

Page 77: ...d when the far end demod is unlocked for more than 0 5 seconds and or when the far end Es No data is not being received for more than 1 0 second Once the far end is locked the Tx ACM MODCODs can track...

Page 78: ...is option in the TX tab Modulator page Mute parameter to Manual Power Loss allows such operation In other cases the user may require that the modem always revert to a specific configuration on power u...

Page 79: ...the antenna auto track controller requires a positive slope between 0 and 5 Volts where 5 Volts represents the maximum received signal level set the Unit tab Monitor page Output Full Scale parameter...

Page 80: ...tivation Mode TAM When activating TAM the M7XC activates every software feature available that is supported by the installed hardware in the M7XC TAM may be active for up to 1000 hours 30 days before...

Page 81: ...t TAM code is provided by the factory and includes the serial number of the unit to be utilized Please have this information available when requesting a TAM activation code Built in 1 1 Redundancy Mod...

Page 82: ...dem it is recommended to disconnect the transmit output cable from the satellite ground station equipment This is especially true if the current modem configuration settings are unknown Incorrect sett...

Page 83: ...r 0 All Demod Alarms to Relay Modem Unit Modem Reference Internal 10 MHz Remote Port Address 1 Remote Port RS 232 Remote Mode Binary Packet Remote Rate 9 6 kbps Remote Data Format 8 data bits 1 stop n...

Page 84: ...Maintenance M7XC Compact Satellite Modem 4 76 v0 02 Admin Normal...

Page 85: ...oose File to locate the file that was downloaded from the Datum System FTP site Clicking on the Choose File will open a dialog box to allow navigation to the folder location where the file that was sa...

Page 86: ...4 78 v0 02 Click Upload Firmware to begin the process of updating the firmware Status of the update will be shown in three 3 screens The first status will show the process of uploading the installati...

Page 87: ...installation file that was uploaded into an internal memory location At the end of the Updating FLASH process the M7XC unit will reboot At this point the current browser session will terminate and th...

Page 88: ...ms directly requesting a feature upgrade When requesting an upgrade the information required is Modulator Serial Number Demodulator Serial Number Features desired to be upgraded Upon confirmation of t...

Page 89: ...M7XC Compact Satellite Modem Maintenance v0 02 4 81 Figure 4 1 Unit Feature Page Feature sets can only be upgraded There is no code to downgrade a feature set to a lower one Figure 4 2 TX Feature Page...

Page 90: ...Maintenance M7XC Compact Satellite Modem 4 82 v0 02 Figure 4 3 RX Feature Page...

Page 91: ...tion Recovery AFC Automatic Frequency Control AGC Automatic Gain Control ALC Automatic Level Control Alm Alarm Alt Alternate AUPC Automatic Uplink Power Control AUFC Automatic Uplink Frequency Control...

Page 92: ...nto the Demodulator Redundcy Redundancy Ref Reference Rqst Request RS R S Reed Solomon Type of FEC Sat Satellite SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier SER Symbol Error Rate SnIP Satellite network Interface...

Page 93: ...ct Datum Systems for information on the available M7XC Interface Options Appendix E Smart Carrier Cancelling Contact Datum Systems for information on the M7XC Smart Carrier Cancelling Feature Appendix...

Page 94: ...d LDPC TPC Viterbi OM 73 TRANSEC AES 256 Spread Spectrum x32 Troposcatter Carrier Canceling Hub Canceling Modulator or Demodulator Only Modulator and Demodulator Hub or Remote Contact www datumsystems...

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