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  • Page 1 NITY Enterprise Media Receiver User’s Manual 800001-01 Rev. E...
  • Page 2 , and may not be reproduced or duplicated in any form without the prior munications, Inc. written permission of Wegener Communications, Inc. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions may be issued to advise of such changes and/or additions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ENERAL 1.1. Manual Overview ......................1 1.1. Unity 500 Product Overview ..................1 1.1.1. The Unity 500 digital Television Receiver............1 1.1.2. Unity 500 Features and Options ..............2 1.1.3. COMPEL™ Network Control................2 1.2. Unity 500 Product Specifications ................. 2 1.3.
  • Page 4 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) ................. 37 A.2.3 Parameters ....................38 A.2.4 Group Status....................38 A.2.5 Network Controller Status................40 A.2.6 MPEG Status ....................41 A.2.7 Settings Status....................42 A.2.8 Settings Table ....................42 ORM ...................... 45 B: RMA R PPENDIX EQUEST 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...
  • Page 5 Figure 4.2: Acquisition Sub-Modes................. 26 Figure A.1: Sample Unity 500 Carrier Status (Tracking) Report ........35 Figure A.2: Sample Unity 500 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) Report ......37 Figure A.3 Sample Unity 500 Parameters Report ............38 Figure A.4: Sample Unity 500 Group Status Report............38 Figure A.5: Sample Unity 500 Parameters Report ............
  • Page 6 Table 1.1: Unity 500 Technical Specifications ..............2 Table 2.1: UNITY 500 Interconnect Descriptions .............. 9 Table 2.2: UNITY 500 Serial Cables to Terminal or Printer ..........10 Table 3.1: Unity 500 Front Panel Controls and Indicator LED........11 Table 3.2: Unity 500 Status LED Indications ..............12 Table 3.3: Unity 500 On-Screen Display (OSD) Fields ............

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. General Information

    Duluth, GA 30097-1502 Our Fax Number: (770) 497-0411 1.1. Unity 500 Product Overview 1.1.1. The Unity 500 digital Television Receiver is a high-performance satellite Unity 500 Digital Television Receiver Integrated designed to meet the needs of the private television market-place.

  • Page 8: Unity 500 Features And Options

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL 1.1.2. Unity 500 Features and Options utilizes and supports the following standards: Unity 500 • MPEG-2/DVB Compliant. • 1.5Mb – 50 Mbps Transport Rate. • 1.08 – 45 Msps Symbol Rate. • SCPC and MCPC.
  • Page 9 Measured at 256 kbps audio PES rate, dual mono mode Output Level Adjust Range 0 to –14 dB attenuation from above output level. Output Level – MAX PPL +9.0 +/- 0.5 dBu, 0 dB level, RCA Phono Jack Impedance Unbalanced: < 1000 ohms www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...
  • Page 10 Storage Temperature Range -20° to + 60° C Operating Humidity Maximum relative humidity 80% for temperatures up to 31° C, decreasing linearly to 50% relative humidity at 40° C. Maximum Operating Elevation 6560 Ft (2000M) above sea level 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...

  • Page 11: Safety Summary

    NITY ANUAL 1.3. Safety Summary is designed for safe use with few special precautions required of the user. Unity 500 The following items are basic precautions to use when installing and working with the unit: Unity 500 Do not open the 's chassis cover.
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  • Page 13: Chapter 2. Installation

    Rack-mounted equipment should be installed in such a way that a hazardous condition is not produced by uneven loading. The unit is not very heavy, but total rack loading U500 must be considered. Also, do not rest any unsupported equipment on a rack-mounted unit. U500 www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...

  • Page 14: Rack Mounting

    2.2.1.2, Reduced Air Flow Locate the U500 and its cables to avoid impacts, spills, and pulling cables and to ensure sufficient air flow. Failure to locate the U500 in a proper environment may result in damage to the equipment. 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...

  • Page 15: Rear Panel Connections

    2.3. Rear Panel Connections rear panel connections are shown in , and described in UNITY 500 Figures 2.1 below. Table 2.1 Figure 2.1: UNITY 500 Rear Panel AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR 115/230VAC MODULE 0.8/0.5A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK...

  • Page 16: Table 2.2: Unity 500 Serial Cables To Terminal Or Printer

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL Table 2.2: UNITY 500 Serial Cables to Terminal or Printer ASCII Terminal or Serial Unity 500: RJ-12 Computer: DB-9 (Female) Printer: DB-25 (Male) Signal Signal Signal No Connection TX Data RX Data RX Data RX Data...

  • Page 17: Chapter 3. Operation

    The front panel indicators and controls are shown in and described in Figure 3.1 Table 3.1 Figure 3.1: Unity 500 Front Panel Table 3.1: Unity 500 Front Panel Controls and Indicator LED Item Description (Page 12) for a description of the LED.

  • Page 18: Table 3.2: Unity 500 Status Led Indications

    OFF for 1 sec, followed by blinking 5 times, etc. The LED blinking RED indicates an alarm, while AMBER indicates a warning. Note: ms = 1/1000 second Table 3.2: Unity 500 Status LED Indications Mode Condition Status LED Display...

  • Page 19: Power-On Procedure

    The IRD then Terminal enters mode until all of the alarm conditions are cleared. Alarm Figure 3.2: Unity 500 Terminal Welcome Banner Screen Wegener Communications Copyright 2000 Unity 500 Integrated Receiver Decoder Application : V106...

  • Page 20: Customizing And Viewing Settings For Your System

    The cursor can be moved only to the fields listed below. The function of each push button for each field type is described below. Table 3.3: Unity 500 On-Screen Display (OSD) Fields Field Type...

  • Page 21: On-Screen Display (Osd) Settings

    2. Access the by pressing either the or the button on the Main Menu SELECT ENTER front panel. Figure 3.3: Unity 500 Terminal Main Menu Screen Main Menu Carrier Status Carrier Select Software Version/Serial No. Signal Strength Serial Port Select Audio Settings...

  • Page 22: Carrier Status

    Carrier Status 2. Press ENTER 3. You may review the details as shown in , below. Figure 3.4 Figure 3.4: Unity 500 Terminal Carrier Status Screen CARRIER STATUS Acquisition Mode: TRACKING 1 (or 2, 3, or 4) RF Feed Carrier (MHz): 03906.75...

  • Page 23: Signal Strength

    IRD is locked onto a carrier (Because signal lock is a first requirement, coarse antenna pointing must be done using other tools.) Figure 3.6: Unity 500 Terminal Signal Strength Screen SIGNAL STRENGTH Center Zoom Return To Main Menu Two bars are displayed.

  • Page 24: Serial Port Select

    2. Press the button to open the screen ( ENTER Serial Port Select Figure 3.7 Figure 3.7: Unity 500 Terminal Serial Port Select Screen SERIAL PORT SELECT Device: Terminal Activate Settings Return to Main Menu 3. Press the button to move to the available device options for the serial port...

  • Page 25: Software Versions

    ENTER S-WARE VERSIONS/SERIAL # You may review the version identification fields on the simulated screen shown in below. Figure 3.9 Figure 3.9: Unity 500 Terminal Software Version/Serial No. Screen S-WARE VERSIONS/SERIAL # Application V 206 Boot V 1.01 Xilinx...

  • Page 26: Data Pids Settings

    ENTER DATA PIDS SETTINGS below. Figure 3.10 Figure 3.10: Unity 500 Data PIDS Settings Screen DATA PIDS SETTINGS (in Hex) Enter Data PID: 1031 Aux 1 Data PID: 1034 Aux 2 Data PID:...

  • Page 27: Universal European Single User Lnb

    KHz signal is removed from the LNB. For signals the LNB output frequency Low Band range is , while for signals the LNB output frequency range is 950 to 1950 MHz High Band 1100 to 2150 MHz www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...
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  • Page 29: Chapter 4. Search Functions

    These are then considered to be the active settings. See Section 4.2, below. Settings Table (or Search Table) www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...

  • Page 30: Settings Table (Or Search Table)

    Valid Header Signal Fade Install Timeout, !Inserting, and compel IS Tracking required Compel Not Required & Invalid Header Acquisition Request Acquired Acquired Install Timeout, Carrier !Inserting, Installation Search and compel not required Could Not Acquire Carrier 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...

  • Page 31: Table 4.3. Acquisition Mode Behavior

    OR if a local user issues a tuning command. However, after expiration of the in the command), if Header Search Timeout SETTIMEOUT had been previously disabled, then it is re-enabled. Local Control www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...

  • Page 32: Acquisition Sub-Modes

    Good Tag & !(Header OR Satellite Searching) Good Tag & Tracking (Header OR Satellite Searching) Valid Header & Header Seek Timeout Header Searching Header Searching Compel Tune Valid Header Command & Satelite Searching Get Tune Command 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...

  • Page 33: Signal Quality Monitoring

    Tag Site specially reserved to mean “ ". To reduce do not require a valid ID tag to lock on this carrier processing overhead, the unit only looks for tags while it in the sub-mode. Get Tag www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...
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  • Page 35: Chapter 5. Customer Service

    , or for questions about obtaining service for your , contact UMX 5010 UMX 5010 at ( , or e- Wegener Communications Customer Service 814-4057 624-0294 mail service@wegener.com To return a product for service: 1. Obtain a number by completing and faxing a...
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  • Page 37: Appendix A: Terminal/Modem Mode

    Table A.1 below. Commands that are always functional are discussed in , and are Section A.1.2 listed in Table A.2 Table A.1: Unity 500 Network-Enabled Local Control Commands ABORT Insert is terminated. See command. TEMP ADDS location settings Value from...
  • Page 38 500 U ’ NITY ANUAL (Continued) Table A.1: Unity 500 Network-Enabled Local Control Commands MUTE [source][source] If no source is specified then video and all audio outputs are selected. Source can source: be any of the following: Indicates Video Indicates .
  • Page 39 500 U ’ NITY ANUAL (Continued) Table A.1: Unity 500 Network-Enabled Local Control Commands SETTIMEOUT source time source: 1 – Fade 2 - Installation 3 - Carrier Search 4 - No COMPEL 5 – (No COMPEL) Header Seek 6 – (No COMPEL) Header Search value in format.

  • Page 40: Local Control Commands

    Table A.2 only if local control is enabled COMPEL and are listed in above.) Table A.1 Table A.2: Unity 500 Local Control Commands H [command] Any of the terminal command names ( , etc.). command: TEMP If an or any invalid command beginning with an...

  • Page 41: Reports

    This section lists the reports generated by the terminal commands, shows the options or origins of the reports, and gives examples of each report. A.2.1 Carrier Status (Tracking) Figure A.1: Sample Unity 500 Carrier Status (Tracking) Report CARRIER STATUS Acquisition Mode: TRACKING Carrier: 12000.11 MHz...

  • Page 42: Table A.3: Terms Used In U500 Carrier Status (Tracking) Reports

    See Worst Eb/No Eb/No Section 4.5 Status history since tracking mode first entered for Status Since First Acquired active_settings.carrier Time Since First Acquired time_string timer.first_acquired divided by Availability 0.00 % 100.00% timer.tracking_current timer.first_acquired 800001-01 Rev. E www.wegener.com...

  • Page 43: Carrier Status (Not Tracking)

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL A.2.2 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) Figure A.2: Sample Unity 500 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) Report CARRIER STATUS Acquisition Mode FADE RF In: (Shown if RF Switch is installed) Carrier 12000.11 MHz Data Rate 1.536 Mbps...

  • Page 44: Parameters

    48:00:00 Options Encryption: INSTALLED RF Switch: NOT INSTALLED Ethernet NOT INSTALLED Table A.5: Terms Used in Unity 500 Parameters Reports Term Possible Output or Register Source {Blank if RF switch is installed.} LNB LO freq_string (lnb_lo_freq[0]) Value of shown in with one decimal place.

  • Page 45: Table A.6: Terms Used In U500 Group Status Reports

    The last page shows groups . The indicates a bit being set in the 0x2700 - 0x270F table, reflecting membership in the group corresponding to the number of the bit. This report may require up to 40 pages. NOTE: www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...

  • Page 46: Network Controller Status

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL A.2.5 Network Controller Status Figure A.5: Sample Unity 500 Parameters Report NETWORK CONTROLLER STATUS Delaying 00:00:32 Fixed . Serial # 000101 . COMPEL Control REQUIRED Variable . Lock UNLOCKED . Local Control ENABLED . Network Mode PROTECTED .

  • Page 47: Mpeg Status

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL A.2.6 MPEG Status Figure A.6: Sample Unity 500 MPEG Status Report MPEG STATUS Aggregate MPEG: Transport stream at 10.000 Mbps Available Programs: 00001, 00002 Video Presence: NTSC Settings: ALARM MUTED, COMMAND MUTED Audio Presence: A01, ENG, SPA, FRE, .., ITA, SP2,...

  • Page 48: Settings Status

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL A.2.7 Settings Status Figure A.7: Sample Unity 500 Settings Status Report SETTINGS STATUS TEMP PERM SEARCH (00:18:53) Carrier: 12000.11 12000.11 Data Rate: 1.536 10.000 FEC Rate: 3//5 Tag Site: Program: * (EAST) MESSAGE Table A.9: Terms Used in U500 Settings Status Reports...

  • Page 49: Figure A.8: Sample Unity 500 Settings Table Report (Without Labels)

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL Figure A.8: Sample Unity 500 Settings Table Report (Without Labels) SETTINGS TABLE Perm Data Carrier FEC Rate Tag Rate Site Program 12000.00 1.536 12000.11 4.608 13100.00 9.984 13200.00 38.000 4060.00 10.400 12000.00 1.536 12000.11 4.608 10111.10...

  • Page 50: Figure A.9: Sample Unity 500 Settings Table Report (With Labels)

    If the unit IS configured for labels, the table will be limited to 26 entries, and the label will be shown in an additional column. (See the example in Figure A.9 Figure A.9: Sample Unity 500 Settings Table Report (With Labels) SETTINGS TABLE Label 1...

  • Page 51: Appendix B: Rma Request Form

    500 U ’ NITY ANUAL Appendix B: RMA Request Form service@wegener.com E-mail: Fax: (678) 624-0294 Company Name: Bill-To Address: Ship-To Address: Contact Name: Phone # Fax #: Complete Model #: Serial #: In Warranty: Yes Problem: Additional Comments: http://www.wegener.com/custservrma.html www.wegener.com...
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  • Page 53: Record Of Revisions

    Notice statement – Set Carrier Frequency before setting LNB LO frequency. 04/30/05 Many Added Product Overview & Features, Pages 2-3. Added PIDS Settings Screen and description, Page 18. Reformatted Manual cover and chapters to match current Wegener standard. www.wegener.com 800001-01 Rev. E...
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