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Satlook Micro 

G2 / HD

  

User Manual

 

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Summary of Contents for Satlook Micro G2

Page 1: ...Satlook Micro G2 HD User Manual ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ...

Page 2: ...B Universal LNB Primer page 27 Appendix C DiSEqC Primer page 28 Appendix D DVB S and DVB S2 Primer page 30 Appendix E UniCable Primer page 31 Appendix F Satlook G2 and HD smd File Structure page 33 Appendix G Satlook G2 Specifications page 34 Appendix H Satlook HD Specifications page 35 Glossary page 36 This manual is applicable for the Satlook G2 with firmware level above smG2HD 106 For earlier f...

Page 3: ...D can be used to measure satellite signals from two LNBs at the same time Signal strength is presented graphically on the LCD display in form of thermometer scales They can also sound a tone which increases in pitch with signal level on an internal loudspeaker They can store 100 positions of Satellite transponder information The instruments can easily scan through the memory positions and identify...

Page 4: ... unit off when there is no activity This can be set using the Setup Menu Navigation The Menu Button and Menu Knob are the two controls used for navigation through the menus and selection of functions When the menu is off pressing the Menu Button shows the Menu It is shown at the active mode so if the Satlook G2 HD is in Digital mode the menu is shown with the Digital entry at the top Using the kno...

Page 5: ...ghter Plug and then plug the external power supply into the DC Input connector The charging process will begin and the blue LED lights will cycle indicating charging The charging mode and time of charging are displayed on the screen A full charge can take up to 14 hours but depending on the battery state can be completed sooner When charging is complete the bottom LED will be lit indicating that t...

Page 6: ... indicated on the display and by a tone with increasing frequency as the RF signal increases Turn the knob to select one of the five transponders in the Profile Point the dish in the approximate position and move it slowly until the Satellite is found as in the right picture above There is an audible indication of the correct satellite and a different audible indication if the wrong satellite is f...

Page 7: ...ing For the Satlook G2 from left to right these are QPSK Lock Descrambler Lock Byte Align Lock Viterbi Lock For the Satlook HD from left to right these are Tuner Mixer Lock Tuner DAC Lock FEC Lock Demod Lock In Automatic Search the Satlook G2 HD checks the signal power at each 3 MHz interval and if the signal is a peak it will attempt to lock using the current Modulation settings defined in the Se...

Page 8: ...se thermometer bars has the recent maximum displayed as a single bar This maximum decays over time and so automatically allows for peaking adjustments The four thermometer bars are SIG SNR BER and MER SIG SIG SIG SIG This is the power level of the signal signal signal signal at the current frequency It is always displayed whether the signal is locked or unlocked This is not the same as the display...

Page 9: ...sation and band from the permanent memory The knob is used to select the desired memory and the knob button loads this memory Once a memory location has been loaded Load Mode is active In Load Mode turning the knob turning the knob selects the next memory location loads the memory and displays the memory number and name To exit the load mode the user presses the button once again and then the knob...

Page 10: ...22kHz 22kHz 22kHz The 22kHz signal can be switched from the Digital Menu DiSEqC Command DiSEqC Command DiSEqC Command DiSEqC Command This is the same as the function available on the Analog menu Constellat Constellat Constellat Constellation ion ion ion This function shows a larger version of the constellation presentation for a more detailed view The current frequency is displayed at the top and ...

Page 11: ...rs for some satellites The satellites that are testable with this function are Astra 28 2E Astra 23 5E Astra 19E Hotbird 13E Sirius 4 8E and Thor 0 8W When the function is started the satellite to be tested is shown on the screen Turning the knob selects a different satellite to be tested Pressing the button starts the test Each transponder on the satellite is checked and if locked then an upward ...

Page 12: ...when the menu button is pressed to select the memory position number If the memory location name is already correct then press the menu button again to save the frequency data in this memory position If the name needs to be changed use the knob to make the changes Characters can be added by selecting the character with the knob and then pressing the menu button Characters can be deleted by selecti...

Page 13: ...Polarity If the cursor frequency is adjusted to a position that would be offscreen the screen is cleared and the spectrum plotted with the cursor at the new frequency in the centre The current frequency is used for other modes so the Spectrum Mode can be used to find a signal of interest and then the Digital Mode can be used for more complete examination The user can exit Spectrum Mode by pressing...

Page 14: ...t to 10 MHz per increment The user setting for the Spectrum Sweep increment is then saved and restored on power up 13V 18V and 2 13V 18V and 2 13V 18V and 2 13V 18V and 22kHz 2kHz 2kHz 2kHz From the Spectrum Menu the Polarity and Band can be changed with the 13 18V and the 22kHz signal ...

Page 15: ...sition The LNB Current is displayed Typical LNB current will range from 90 to 175 mA If there is a short in the satellite cable to the LNB the screen will show an overcurrent condition When both LNB A and LNB B are connected you will see the combined LNB Current If the LNB Current exceeds about 450mA then the LNB Voltage of 13V 18V will be turned off Power Display The battery charge level is shown...

Page 16: ... the RF signal beeper to one of three modes The frequency of the beeper increases with RF signal strength if off it is set to use the RF signal from LNB A if currently LNB A then it is set to use the RF signal from LNB B if LNB B it is set to off Attenuate Attenuate Attenuate Attenuate This function toggles the RF attenuator on or off This inserts about 3dB into the RF path It attenuates both LNB ...

Page 17: ...MHz to 2150 MHz The Exit position returns to the Analog Mode The DiSEqC commands that are sent are detailed in Appendix C DiSEqC Primer Go East Go East Go East Go East This sends the DiSEqC command to move the positioner to the East As long as the button is pressed the movement continues When the button is released a DiSEqC Halt command stops the motion Go Home Go Home Go Home Go Home This sends t...

Page 18: ...e Angle that will be used and pressing the knob button sends the command To move the positioner to HotBird for example the command to send would be Goto X 13 0 E The Goto X function calculates the amount to move the positioner from the Satellite Angle and the user Latitude and Longitude In order for the command sent to be correct the Latitude and Longitude must be set for the user location MyLat M...

Page 19: ...ert Knob Pressing the Knob button for the Invert Knob function changes the way the knob rotation is interpreted At default rotating the knob clockwise means that frequency will increase and the menu selection will move down to the next selection This is saved as a power on parameter Invert Scrn Pressing the knob button for the Invert Scrn function will invert the screen black to white and vice ver...

Page 20: ...z and 10600MHz are used for conversion These are switched using the 22kHz signal to select the 9750MHz local oscillator when the 22kHz is off and the 10600MHz local oscillator when the 22kHz is on The LNB downconverts the satellite signal to the Intermediate Frequency as IF FrequencySatellite FrequencyLO The 10 7 Univ entry is similar except that the two local oscillator frequencies are 9750MHz an...

Page 21: ...ions are still used for Polarisation and Band selection but they are not actually imposed on the LNB cable Modulation This function is only available with the Satlook HD It sets the modulation type that will be tried when in the Digital Mode This can be used with the search function to find only transponders that are DVB S or DVB S2 The BlindTune algorithms used will search for Symbol Rates from 1...

Page 22: ...memory position in EasyFind Mode When the Profile is defined the five Satellites in the profile can be selected from the memory positions UniCable Band The UniCable User Band used for tuning can be selected to be other than the default of User Band 1 At the start of this function the four User Bands are verified After this test any of the four bands can be selected as the User Band to be used for ...

Page 23: ...can be set to other languages than English Supported are Swedish French German Polish Dutch Spanish Italian and Turkish Version The Version menu shows the software and hardware versions and related information Satlook G2 Satlook HD ...

Page 24: ...use some other port If desirable this USB to RS232 conversion device can be made to always use COM1 by clicking Control Panel Device Manager Ports and in the Advanced settings for the adapter set to COM1 Select Send Firmware and the display with be Searching Connect the Satlook G2 HD to the external charger and the display will change to Found To verify this check the Blue LEDs to see if they are ...

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