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- Page 1 ‘BATC DTX1’ DVB-S Encoder / Modulator USER GUIDE Issue 1.1 This Guide should be used in connection with firmware 01.00.00 Copyright 2013 Antennair Limited, Neo House, Shaw Road, OLDHAM OL1 4AW...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Table of Contents Foreword..........................4 Hardware Installation – Boxed Version.................4 Bare Board Version......................5 BATC DTX1 – A Quick Guide to Getting Started!..............5 Some words of Caution....................5 Housing the Board......................5 Powering the Board......................6 Controlling the Board.......................6 Keyboard Connector P1....................6 RF Output P3........................7 Audio and Video Inputs....................7... - Page 3 Program Number.......................20 Trans Stream ID......................20 Network..........................20 Network ID.........................20 Orig Network ID......................20 Status..........................20 Program Stream......................20 Table..........................20 Stuffing........................20 Serial port settings......................21 Serial Command Set......................21 Flashing new firmware via the Bootloader................25 Product Support.........................26 Appendix 1.........................27 BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd...
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Page 4: Foreword
Audio Channel LEFT input 10K Ohms Red PHONO Socket Audio Channel RIGHT input 10K Ohms RJ45 Socket Serial Connection to host - reserved. (Table 1) Connectors Main N.B. The group AV1 are the primary input feed. Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 5: Bare Board Version
2.1. BATC DTX1 – A Quick Guide to Getting Started! 2.1.1. Some words of Caution Please note – the DTX1 PCB contains static sensitive devices. You should take appropriate care to make sure you don’t damage it. -
Page 6: Powering The Board
Either a simple keypad, or RS-232 serial commands, may be used. If the cased option is being built up, this comes with an ‘Antennair Quadrant’ front panel membrane (the DTX1 is a derivative of a commercially available unit). Simply plug the membrane ribbon connector into the 6 pin connector on the PCB. -
Page 7: Rf Output P3
(Table 4) Serial Connector For the serial option, make up a cable to your PC, the DTX1 end is wired as follows to an RJ11 connector. Set your terminal to 115K, N,8,1. BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... -
Page 8: Getting On Air
2.2.3. Save to Pre-set If you edit a configuration you may save it to keep the new values. Select P1 / P2 / P3 to save the current configuration to that pre-set location. Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 9: Menu Navigation
The left, right, up and down buttons will be referred to as <, >, ^ & v respectively. The menu structure for the 'BATC DTX1' (and Antennair 'Quadrant', of which it is a derivative) is shown in the next 3 pages. -
Page 10: Menu Structure
AV Input 1 BRIGHTNESS AV Input 2 VIDEO SOURCE VIDEO SIGNAL ASPECT RATIO MODULATOR RF CHANNEL COLOUR RF LEVEL BRIGHTNESS RF MODE SYMBOL RATE SPECTRAL INV Standard Menu If Daughter Board Present Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) - Page 11 AUDIO ES MODE VIDEO FILTER GOP STRUCTURE VID BITRATE MODE VIDEO BITRATE AVG VID BITRATE AUDIO BITRATE AUDIO SAMPLERATE AUDIO ES MODE VIDEO FILTER GOP STRUCTURE Standard Menu If Daughter Board Present BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd...
- Page 12 PROGRAM STREAM AUDIO PID TABLE AUX PID STUFFING TOTAL PROG NUMBER PRESETS SAVE TO PRESET P1 P2 P3 QUIT LOAD FROM PRESET P1 P2 P3 QUIT Standard Menu If Daughter Board Present Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1)
- Page 13 (= down!) button until you get MODULATOR Then press the OK button again which will take you to the menu section dealing with modulator parameters. You should see: MODULATOR 437.0MHz [<21] BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd...
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Page 14: General Notes On Menu Options And Usage
PA and any intermediate MMIC amplifier stage. Note: Outside of the menu structure, the UP key toggles RF ON and RF OFF. Leave all ENCODER settings alone, unless for any reason you have a picture which is Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 15: Led Indicators
This parameter sets the bias voltage, in order to control the contrast of the on-board LCD Display. 4.2. Input (AV Input 1 & AV input 2 [if fitted]) This parameter specifies the characteristics of the video input signal. BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... -
Page 16: Video Source
100Khz steps or as a UHF channel number. 4.3.2. RF Level This parameter control the output level of the modulator between 0 and 100%. Rf-level = 0 : RF level = Rf-level =100 : RF level = 100 % Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 17: Rf Mode
This parameter controls whether the I&Q signals in the baseband constellation should be swapped, this is only required for very special applications. SPECTRAL INV = NO : Output is non inverted spectrum SPECTRAL INV = YES : Output is inverted spectrum BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... -
Page 18: Encoder
This parameter select the spatial video filter mode VIDEO FILTER = SOFT : Soft video filter VIDEO FILTER = NORM : Normal video filter VIDEO FILTER = SHARP : Sharp video filter Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 19: Gop Structure
This parameter defines the PID of the auxiliary stream with the Transport Stream, it is important that this AUX PID is unique and is not set the same as any other PID within this multiplex. AUX PID = (0x0020 → 0x1FFE) BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... -
Page 20: Lcn
SI tables within the current transport stream. 4.8.3. Stuffing This status display show the number of bytes transferred per second and percentage of stuffing packets inserted within the current transport stream. Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) -
Page 21: Serial Port Settings
Video source [0=COMP 1=SVID] vidsig Video signal [0=PAL 1=NTSC] vidasp Video Aspect ratio [0=Auto 1=4:3 2=16:9] vidcont Video contrast [0=Min, 255=MAX] vidcol Video colour [0=Min, 255=MAX] vidbri Video brightness [0=Min, 255=MAX] BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... - Page 22 Channel LCN [Min=1, Max=999] 55 / 56 chname Channel Name [Channel name Max 16 chars] Call sign CH1 / Call sign CH2 Network netname Network Name [Network name max 16 chars] DTX1 Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1)
- Page 23 ** Please Note that all values set & displayed via the serial port are currently in decimal, however some values, such as PID's and NET ID's are displayed in Hexadecimal while using the on-board LCD menu structure.** BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd...
- Page 24 In the single channel unit the main board is AV channel 0, if the extended daughter card is fitted then the extra channel available on this card is AV channel 1. Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1)
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Page 25: Flashing New Firmware Via The Bootloader
The new firmware upload process is complete and control will then be passed back to the main firmware, please confirm new firmware version on the LCD screen or serial output on start-up. BATC DTX1 (Iss 1.1) Copyright 2013 Antennair Ltd... -
Page 26: Product Support
@dtx1.info Please do not email or telephone Antennair Limited directly as we cannot offer this level of support for the DTX1, which is sold at a supported price. -
Page 27: Appendix 1
Appendix 1 BATC DTX1 DVB-S Encoder / Modulator Technical Specification. RF Connector: F type coaxial. Active Circuit Output 50 Ω. Impedance: RF Output Frequency Range: 350MHz to 1350MHz. Full RF Output Power: -5dBm +/-1 dBm into 50 Ω (TBC) (adjustable)
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