CABLE
RANGER
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FIBER-COAXIAL
DOCSIS ANALYZER
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Страница 1: ...CABLE RANGER FIBER COAXIAL DOCSIS ANALYZER 0 MI2177 CABLE RANGER 3 1...
Страница 2: ...UAL ELECTRONIC VERSION You can access instantly to any chapter by clicking on the title of the chapter in the table of contents lick on the arrow at the top right page to return to the table of conten...
Страница 3: ...on and Pollution Degree 1 environments When using some of the following accessories use only the specified ones to ensure safety Rechargeable battery External DC charger Car lighter charger cable Powe...
Страница 4: ...ted from the mains Cat II Portable domestic installations Cat III Fixed domestic installations Cat IV Industrial installations CAUTION The battery used can present danger of fire or chemical burn if i...
Страница 5: ...0 3 4 SATELLITE cable FO 23 3 5 CABLE MODEM 26 3 6 External CM Upstream Spectrum cable 41 3 7 Upstream Test cable 43 3 8 Input Voltage cable 45 3 9 Optical Power Meter FO 46 4 TOOLS 49 4 1 Edit Channe...
Страница 6: ...ork The CABLE RANGER features a 7 professional grade resistive type touch screen with excellent brightness and superior image sharpness that can also be used wearing gloves The instrument is powered b...
Страница 7: ...Satellite function performs an analysis of satellite channels between 950 and 2150 MHz and shows their power When a channel is demodulated it shows MER BER and constellation If necessary it also allow...
Страница 8: ...The Optical Power Meter function measures the optical power and other RFoG Radiofrequency over Glass measurements In addition it includes other tools such as datalogger screenshot channel plan editor...
Страница 9: ...long operation time This equipment can operate on battery or connected to the mains using a DC adapter An adapter is also supplied to use with the power connector car cigarette lighter The equipment c...
Страница 10: ...be slower depending on the type of work you are doing When connecting the equipment to the mains the mains connected symbol appears inside the battery icon The CHARGER led indicator shows the battery...
Страница 11: ...ROMAX distributor when necessary to replace the battery To prolong battery life the user should follow these tips In case of providing a long inactivity period of the equipment it is advisable to make...
Страница 12: ...Chapter 2 SETTING UP 7 March 2020 Figure 3 Front View 2 3 Equipment Details...
Страница 13: ...March 2020 8 Chapter 2 SETTING UP Figure 4 Side View...
Страница 14: ...options Option 1 Press the on off button located on the side of the equipment A gray screen with a red power off icon will appear Click on this icon to turn off the equipment or outside the icon to c...
Страница 15: ...e equipment keeps its last status which is recovered when power on Figure 6 Main Screen 1 Main menu 2 Date and hour 3 Indicative icon Connected to ethernet network 4 Indicative icon Charging 5 Access...
Страница 16: ...o 11 Power energy for RF 12 Access to measurement options for RF On the screen it may appear some icons which give extra information about the meter status or functions Figure 7 The equipment can be f...
Страница 17: ...d set time Sound It allows you to set sound level and enable or disable beep Auto power off It allows you to enable disable the auto power off It switches off the meter after 5 minuts with no interact...
Страница 18: ...Chapter 2 SETTING UP 13 March 2020 To update your meter firmware please contact PROMAX https www promaxelectronics com ing contact promax...
Страница 19: ...al connector for F F or F BNC adapter Fiber Optics SC APC connector 2 Access the home screen by pressing the HOME key 3 Select SPECTRUM ANALYZER function according to input signal cable or fiber Press...
Страница 20: ...cy Docsis Bonding Group selection DBG If the selected channel belongs to a DBG then it appears on this box When pressing on it shows a list of DBG available for the current channel plan 2 Measurement...
Страница 21: ...cription of Signal Demodulation Screen Figura 9 1 Demodulated Signal 2 Measurement obtained from signal demodulation for more details refer to Demodulator on page 56 Options Menu There are some option...
Страница 22: ...minimum CTB CSO It allows you to set parameters to measure intermodulation distortion CTB CSO Composite Triple Beat Composite Second Order that has a big influence on the net quality Filter It allows...
Страница 23: ...frequency DBG The selected tune mode is highlighted From left to right are Channel tuning It shows the selected channel channel plan and signal type digital analogue When pressing on it deploys a list...
Страница 24: ...measurements for analogue signals 4 Marker for selected channel frequency Bandwidth of the selected channel is delimited by two continuous and vertical lines 5 Span upper frequency 6 Bandwidth resolu...
Страница 25: ...uickly accept or refuse channels levels Threshold It allows you to define the power for the signal to appear on screen 60 dBmV 70 dBmV Only channels above this level will show on screen CTB CSO It all...
Страница 26: ...Access home screen by pressing the HOME key 3 Select the SCAN function according to input signal cable or fiber Press function on the left side of the screen for FIBER OPTICS or on the right side for...
Страница 27: ...er difference between P1 and P4 3 Bar graph showing signal level for each pilot signal and TILT 4 Arrows to change reference level Options Menu There are some options at the bottom of the screen Scree...
Страница 28: ...t detector type maximum minimum peak measurement units and other parameters Operation 1 Connect signal to input connector Cable universal connector for F F or F BNC adapter Fiber Optics SC APC connect...
Страница 29: ...frequency and signal type digital analogue When pressing on it pops up a virtual numeric keypad to edit frequency 2 Measurement of the selected channel Channel power and MER 3 System measurement It sh...
Страница 30: ...emodulator on page 56 Options Menu There are some options at the bottom of the screen Screenshot CLEAR It clears spectrum trace this options is available if trace was hold previously CLR IQ It clears...
Страница 31: ...t the modulation type DVB S S2 and symbol rate or check the Auto box to detect it automatically LNB It allows the user to enable and select voltage and frequency to feed the LNB To enable it uncheck t...
Страница 32: ...LE 4 The first time the user enters the DOCSIS CABLE MODEM function the CABLE MODEM is initialized An indicator with the letters CM will appear in the upper right corner This indicator appears with a...
Страница 33: ...logue When pressing on it deploys a list of available channels Frequency tuning It shows the selected frequency and signal type digital analogue When pressing on it pops up a virtual numeric keypad to...
Страница 34: ...DBG SCAN function see next section SCAN CM It opens the CABLE MODEM SCAN function see next section RANGING only for CABLE It enables the RANGING function see next section Settings Menu Click on the ME...
Страница 35: ...continous wave and other related parameters according to signal Att CM It enables disables the CableModem attenuation CM information Information about cable modem software and MAC address Description...
Страница 36: ...t clears Constellation Diagram Settings Click on the MENU at the upper right corner to access the Settings menu The DOCSIS BONDING GROUP function has these options Edit channel plan It allows you to e...
Страница 37: ...y Docsis Bonding Group selection DBG If the selected channel belongs to a DBG then it appears on this box When pressing on it it shows a list of DBG available for the current channel plan 2 Measuremen...
Страница 38: ...MODEM emulation connects internal CABLEMODEM of the equipment to CMTS and generates an UPSTREAM signal Tune a carrier from SPECTRUM or DBG then press RANGING to connect to CMTS Equipment shows frequen...
Страница 39: ...Carriers Active carriers NCP Modulation Codeword NCP modulation Time Interleave Improvement of error correction performance Spacing Spacing between subcarriers Upstream UCD Upstream Channel Descriptor...
Страница 40: ...gistering Bonding Downstream OFDM Downstream and Upstream features are shown on screen and also some info about the network Screen Description Figure 19 Downstream DS Downstream channel F Frequency MH...
Страница 41: ...bottom of the screen Screenshot DATALOGGER It creates a datalogger with measurement data BACK It comes back to DS SPECTRUM screen IPTV It opens TEST IPTV function see next section VoIP It opens TEST V...
Страница 42: ...problems Screen Description Figure 20 1 It allows you to enter the IP address where sending the test signal 2 Node id It shows the selected node 3 It shows some parameters obtained from test IP addres...
Страница 43: ...he upper right corner to access the Settings menu The IPTV function has these options Enable RTPS Real Time Polling Service It enables disables RTPS service Nominal Polling Interval Time interval ms b...
Страница 44: ...range from 1 worst to 100 best MOS Mean Opinion Score It is a numerical indication of the perceived quality of received media after compression and or transmission The MOS is expressed as a single num...
Страница 45: ...ccess the Settings menu The VoIP function has these options PING Settings PING data length PINGS number Quality of Service UGS settings Unsolicited Grant Size Grants per interval Nominal Grant Interva...
Страница 46: ...m on the screen Connect the CABLEMODEM to the EXT CM input and the cable from the CMTS to the RF input The equipment works as a bypass and the display shows the transmission signal bursts from the CAB...
Страница 47: ...equency 3 Span upper frequency 4 Bandwidth resolution 5 Arrows to increase decrease span Current span 6 Span lower frequency 7 Arrows to change reference level Options Menu There are some options at t...
Страница 48: ...ncy step 0 25 MHz 1 MHz 8 MHz other value Trace It allows you to select holding type of trace maximal minimum Filter It allows you to define the frequency filter 230 kHz 2 MHz or Auto Description The...
Страница 49: ...lect power level for signal Modulation Select modulation type for signal QAM 8 16 32 UP 64 Symbol Rate Select symbol rate for test signal 640 1280 2560 5120 RF OUTPUT It enables green indicator or dis...
Страница 50: ...se of alternating current Operation 1 Connect signal to the input connector Cable universal connector for F F or F BNC adapter 2 Access home screen by pressing the HOME key 3 Select INPUT VOLTAGE func...
Страница 51: ...tion The OPTICAL POWER METER function measures power for each wavelength by means of a meter calibrated to four wavelengths Operation 1 Connect signal to the input connector Cable universal connector...
Страница 52: ...value of RF power 4 Relative Power Graphical bar and value of power signal loses It is equal to Relative Power Reference value Attenuation Options Menu There are some options at the bottom of the scr...
Страница 53: ...h 2020 48 Chapter 3 MEASUREMENT Define optical thresholds It allows you to define select and save sets of threshold values up to 8 sets The selected set is shown at the lower screen next to the refere...
Страница 54: ...LAN screen opens 5 Press on any parameter value to edit To scroll down use the scrolling bar on the right side Channel selected is in blue background color 6 Press on a parameter to edit If the parame...
Страница 55: ...channel table are CH Channel F MHz Channel frequency MHz F MHz Offset of tuned frequency for channel MHz BW MHz Bandwidth of channel A D It indicates if channel is analogue A or digital D System It in...
Страница 56: ...DIT CHANNEL PLAN function has these options Add new channel It adds a new channel for a channel plan for standard channel plans it is not allowed Remove channel It removes selected channel New channel...
Страница 57: ...DBG to edit Add channel to DBG Press on arrows or on the box to select one channel and then press on ADD to add to DBG Remove channel to DBG Press on arrows or on the box to select one channel and the...
Страница 58: ...S 53 March 2020 Create a Channel Plan from an existing one Figure 29 Figure 30 1 Press on box Model to select a channel plan as a model to create a new one 2 Press on box Name to give a name to the ne...
Страница 59: ...hannel plan or Cancel to exit 4 At the next screen press on Add Channel Remove Channel to edit channel plan When finish press on Save channel plan to save changes or Cancel to exit without saving Crea...
Страница 60: ...e HFC network 2 Press on box Model to select a channel plan as a model to create a new one 3 Press on Start measuring 4 When finish press on Name box to edit the channel plan name Press on Save channe...
Страница 61: ...most important measurements technicians need to assess digital QAM channel quality Constellation diagram is a simple and graphical way to identify signal impairments which impact MER and ultimately B...
Страница 62: ...requency and tune it 2 Press on SYSTEM option Screen Description Figure 34 1 Demodulated Signal Data MER for tuned channel pre BER BER before correction post BER BER after correction Transmission stan...
Страница 63: ...ide the screen together with the spectrum analyzer graphic The HUM is buzz at low frequency modulation that affects video analogue carriers producing a distinctive hum The HUM value up to 2 is conside...
Страница 64: ...ier Audio c LVL Level of audio carrier V A Video Audio ratio C N Carrier Noise ratio HUM Audio carrier CTB CSO Intermodulation product measurement Audio OFF ON It enables disables audio and to set aud...
Страница 65: ...option 3 To access the photo gallery with all the screenshots from home screen press on icon at the lower left corner 4 Inside Photo Gallery screenshots are classified by function 5 Press on the corre...
Страница 66: ...all channels in a specific channel band Operation Figure 37 1 To start datalogger press on DATALOGGER at the left lower corner inside the tool You can also press on Test Go green button at the home s...
Страница 67: ...older with dataloggers or a single datalogger press on the menu option and then on Remove It shows a window where to select a folder or datalogger to remove Select and accept 9 To copy a folder with d...
Страница 68: ...to a network with a router or server with DHCP or Bridge protocol enabled then the network will set automatically the parameters in the meter If not follow the next steps to set the meter 4 On IP Add...
Страница 69: ...rd by default is Password Password Recovery If after changing the webControl password you forget it click on forgot password It opens a window with some instructions to reset the password Follow these...
Страница 70: ...Installations Management allows you to access the File Manager and the Create Channel Plan tool At the top of the screen there is some data about the meter connected model name serial number release...
Страница 71: ...der or file to your PC When it is a folder or multiple files it downloads a zipped file in TGZ format Delete It deletes the folder or file selected Options Menu mouse right button Open It opens a fold...
Страница 72: ...It selects all the files Invert selection It reverts the current selection Get info It shows some info about the selected file File and Installations Management Screen Figure 39 File Manager 1 Selecte...
Страница 73: ...e for each channel 4 Edit each parameter by clicking on it 5 Once finished press on Download Channel Plan to download it on your PC By default the channel plan file is downloaded inside the folder Dow...
Страница 74: ...it will appear From here you can edit any value by clicking on the box 3 Channels can be modified by clicking on each parameter 4 Once the channel plan is finished click on Download Channel Plan to do...
Страница 75: ...range 50 dBmV to 60 dBmV Screen range 50 dB Max Input level 70 dBmV Resolution 0 1 dB Accuracy 2 dB Input impedance 75 Ohms Units dBmV dBuV dBm Parameter Value Additional Data Level 50 dBmV to 60 dBm...
Страница 76: ...over audio carrier 1 15 1 accuracy CTB CSO 60 dB dynamic range In channel with removed carrier or out of channel selecting a not used channel 3 dB accuracy Sound Broadcast FM demodulation from intern...
Страница 77: ...ility DVB C ITUJ83 Annex B and C SR 1000 7000 ksym s MER From 24 dB to 43 dB for QAM16 32 64 128 256 and QPSK Accuracy 2 dB BER Pre BER Before RS From 10 E 2 to 10 E 10 Post BER After FEC From 10 E 2...
Страница 78: ...quencies pilots from 45 MHz to 1700 MHz Bandwidth resolution 230 kHz Tuning resolution 10 kHz Dynamic range 50 dBmV to 60 dBmV Screen range 50 dB Max Input level 70 dBmV Resolution 0 1 dB Measurements...
Страница 79: ...tep 10 KHz Bandwidth resolution 230 kHz 2 MHz Accuracy 20 ppm Sweep time 600 ms full band Parameter Value Additional Data Dynamic range 50 dBmV to 60 dBmV Screen range 50 dB Max Input level 70 dBmV Re...
Страница 80: ...r and Frequency REGISTERING PROCESS 8 Downstream channels x 4 upstream channel table representation Full IP address SPEED Upload and download test speed IPTV VOIP test Packet transmission for PLR latt...
Страница 81: ...step dB Accuracy level 3 dB Parameter Value Additional Data Units dBmV dBuV dBm CM information SW MODEM MAC ADDRESS 6 6 External Cable Modem Upstream Spectrum Parameter Value Additional Data Tuning R...
Страница 82: ...MHz or selectable 6 7 Input Voltage and RF Power Meter Parameter Value Additional Data Frequency band 5 1700 MHz Power accuracy 3 dB Parameter Value Additional Data VDC 1 90 V VAC 1 30 V Frequency me...
Страница 83: ...TILT and DOWN stream DOCSIS analyzer 6 9 General Specifications Parameter Value Additional Data Coax 1 Yes Coax 2 Yes Optical Yes USB 1 Yes USB 2 Yes Ethernet Yes VDC Yes Touch Monitor Display Yes Pa...
Страница 84: ...Equipment specifications are set in these environmental operating conditions Operation outside these specifications are also possible Please check with us if you have specific requirements Parameter V...
Страница 85: ...ater than 35 cm with a viewing angle of 90 between the eye and the screen should not be considered manufacturing defects either It is advisable a viewing angle of 15 in the 6 00 o clock direction in o...
Страница 86: ...fore cleaning the case The case must be cleaned with a solution of neutral soap and water using a soft cloth dampened with this solution Before use the equipment has to be completely dry Never clean w...
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