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The HE programming software (
order no. 330 630
) facilitates programming X-5/X-
8/V16 headend systems with a PC or laptop computer. The user can store all head-
end parameters in the office prior to commissioning, for example:
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received satellite
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SAT programs
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output channel
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program video and audio parameters on PC or laptop and save to storage media.
The user also has the option of remotely programming and maintaining headend
devices via modem. These added features save the network operator service costs,
for example when changes occur in transponder assignments. They mean rapid
response in the event of processing card failure (replacement signal switching).
The software supports the replacement signal switching.
To activate replacement
signal switching, the network operator only needs to select the “failed module” and the
“replacement module (redundancy).” Manually reconfiguring the operating parameters
for the redundancy module is not required. The following processes are performed
automatically:
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deactivating (HF) the failed module.
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copying all operating parameters of the failed module to the redundancy module.
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activating (HF) the redundancy module.
With the HE programming software up to twenty X-5/X-8/V16 headend devices can be
saved in a configuration file. From the menu item “Display unit” the user has the option
of accessing the program parameters of an already existing headend and can then easi-
ly edit and modify. Current program satellite assignments are stored in their own ”SAT
program files.” The user can update and change these files when needed. ASTRO
offers updating program assignments of the most common satellites via the Internet.
HE programming software
On - site –
during the commissioning –
the configuration data just have to
be transferred to the headend-sys-
tem via delivered zero-modem
cable and PC-X-5/10-adapter, or
via optional bus-system.
So the configuration of many pro-
grams is perfectly possible during
several seconds.
