Real Freedom | Receiver Product Manual
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Access the receiver menus and status screens remotely
After fully configuring a Real Freedom system, you can access receiver menus and status screens via a
web-based graphical user interface (GUI) using a computer with an Ethernet port connected to the
receiver/RCP network switch.
To remotely access the receiver, follow these steps:
1. Connect a CAT5 network cable from the computer to a port on the Ethernet switch.
2.
Navigate to computer’s network settings and choose the wired connection.
3.
Enter an ‘available’ IP address and the same
assigned to the Real Freedom Receiver.
4. Open a Chrome or Firefox browser window and enter the IP address of the receiver you wish to monitor
or control.
If you are viewing more than one Real Freedom Receiver, you must open a tab/window for each receiver
and enter the IP address of the receiver you wish to control/monitor.
5.
Use the arrow and Enter keys on your computer’s keyboard to navigate through the receiver menus. This
navigation mirrors the control pad on the receiver.
Monitor the status of the system
The Real Freedom Receiver provides on-screen status reports. With no menus or status displayed on the
receiver screen, press
OK
. Navigate through the receiver’s status pages using the left and right arrow keys.
As each status page is displayed, the top row icons enlarge to indicate the status you are monitoring. An
orange icon indicates that the item is currently inactive, and a green icon indicates it is active and functioning
properly. A grey icon indicates the function is either not connected or not in use.
Figure 9: Receive Status is selected, fiber is not connected, and audio is inactive.
Receive status
Select the down arrow icon
to view
Receive Status
.
Use the information on the
Receive Status
page to check which video channels are active and to monitor
signal strength and CNR. A strong signal strength, shown in the RSSI section, and a high CNR provide good
quality of reception.
Green and blue are good channels; green indicates the channel that is being used to decode the video. The
‘Lock’ column indicates which channels have RF lock. RF lock is required on at least one channel; this is
demodulated and passed to the video decoder.
If the RSSI is low, you should increase the transmit output power. Change the transmit output power using
the
configuration options. However, if the power is set too high, you will see a reduction in
CNR as the downconverters become overloaded. Optimal receive strength is between -50 dB and -20 dB.
Connection map
Select the up-arrow icon
to view the
Connection Map
.
Use the
Connection Map
page to check which components you have in the system and how they are
connected. In the following example, the system includes fiber components, four downconverters, and a data
transmitter attached to the downconverter on RF1. The downconverters are installed in pairs and are of the
same frequency band.
