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GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance
www.cobham.com/tcs
Table of Contents
1. Important Warning and General Safety Information ................................................................................................. 7
1.1 General ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
2. Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1 About the Manual .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.2 Warranty .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Safe Operating Procedures ............................................................................................................................................................... 10
4. General System Information ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 Video Quality and 2K or 4K Transmission.................................................................................................................................. 15
5. Hardware Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.1 M2TE-S Connectors ............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
5.1.1 RF Output, Ant Port ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.1.2 ASI Out .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5.1.3 HD/SD-SDI IN/ASI IN/COMPOSITE ..................................................................................................................................... 18
5.1.4 DC IN .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5.1.5 I/O – CONTROL .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5.2 Analog Audio Input Configurations .............................................................................................................................................. 20
6. Local Control Panel Operation .................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.1 Local Control Panel Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.2 Local Control Panel Physical layout .............................................................................................................................................. 22
6.3 Power-up Sequence .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
6.4 Numbered LEDs ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
6.5 Key Pads ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
6.5.1 “MODE” Key Pad ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26
6.5.2 Arrow Key Pads “
↑↓←→
” ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
6.5.3 Enter Key Pad “
ENTR
“ ................................................................................................................................................................. 26
6.6 Modes.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
6.6.1 Configuration Groups (CFG GRPS LED) Operation ........................................................................................................ 27
6.6.2 RF LEVEL (Green LED) ................................................................................................................................................................. 28
6.6.3 Analog AUDIO (Green LED) ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
6.6.4 ENCRYPTION (THE “KEY”
Green LED) ................................................................................................................... 29
6.6.5 REPORT (Green LED) .................................................................................................................................................................... 30
6.7 Status LEDs ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.7.1 RF ON .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.7.2 INPUT ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.7.3 MIC ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.7.4 4k Operation ................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.7.5 ENCRYPTION (THE “KEY”
) ......................................................................................................................................... 33
