Page 1 RANGER TV & SATELLITE ANALYSER - 0 MI1985 -...
Page 2 User has to click on this icon to watch the video. All videos are in the PROMAX channel on YouTube, which is accessible through the PROMAX website at: www.promaxelectronics.com...
Page 3 What's new in manual version 5.0 IPTV new function: IP Ethernet Frame Viewer. IPTV new measures: IPER, DF, MLR, IPTD, IPDV. New function “Test & Go”. Added 40 kHz, 200 kHz and 1MHz resolution filter. New function "Service Recording". FSM measure is also made with the marker. SCD2/EN50607 (JESS): Added channel bandwidth for every User band.
Page 4 What's new in manual version 3.0 New tool: "Task Planner". Identification of HEVC standard (H.265). New IPTV screen: "Interarrival packet time". TS Analyser: new alarm log with option to export. TS Record: option to copy TS to a USB. Installation manager updated. New option "Marker trace"...
Page 5 What's new in manual version 2.0 Transport Stream Recording. New tool: Field Strength meter. Improvement in importing files tool. New constellation zoom. RTP/UDP protocol automatically detected. New IPTV measurements screen with more information. New PING tool. New DHCP option for proper IP address configuration. New function for controlling JESS devices.
Page 6 SAFETY RULES The safety could not be assured if the instructions for use are not closely followed. Use this equipment connected only to systems with their negative of measurement connected to ground potential. The AL-103 external DC charger is a Class I equipment, for safety reasons plug it to a supply line with the corresponding ground terminal.
Page 7 Symbols related with safety: Descriptive Examples of Over-Voltage Categories Cat I Low voltage installations isolated from the mains. Cat II Portable domestic installations. Cat III Fixed domestic installations. Cat IV Industrial installations. May 2016...
Page 8: Table Of Contents
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S 1 INTRODUCTION ..................1-1 1.1 Description ..................1-1 2 SETTING UP ..................... 2-3 2.1 Package Content ................2-3 2.2 Power ................... 2-4 2.2.1 First charge................2-4 2.2.2 Charging the battery ..............
Page 9 5 TV MODE ..................5-58 5.1 Introduction..................5-58 5.2 Operation ..................5-58 5.3 Screen Description.................5-59 5.3.1 TV MODE: TV views..............5-59 5.3.2 TV MODE: Radio views ...............5-63 5.4 Specific Options................5-65 5.5 IRG Descriptor ................5-65 6 GENERAL MENU OPTIONS .................6-67 6.1 F1: Tuning..................6-67 6.2 F2: Signal Parameters ..............6-71 6.3 F3: Tools ..................6-72 7 TOOLS ....................7-74 7.1 Transport Stream Analyser .............7-74...
Page 10 7.8.2 Operation .................7-98 7.8.3 Menu options ................7-100 7.9 Attenuation Test................7-100 7.9.1 Description ................7-100 7.9.2 Operation ................7-101 7.9.3 Menu options ................7-103 7.10 Signal Monitoring................. 7-104 7.10.1 Description ................7-104 7.10.2 Operation ................7-104 7.10.3 Menu options ................7-106 7.10.4 Settings .................
Page 11 10 CONNECTING TO EXTERNAL DEVICES ............ 10-159 10.1 Mini-USB connector..............10-160 10.1.1 C onnecting the HD RANGER 2 (host) to an USB memory (device) .. 10-160 10.1.2 C onnecting a computer (host) to the HD RANGER 2 (device) ..10-162 10.2 V/A Output Connector ..............
Page 12 ANNEX 1 SIGNALS DESCRIPTION ..............1 ANNEX 2 HOW TO POINT A DISH ANTENNA ...........15 ANNEX 3 DiSEqC COMMANDS ..............23 ANNEX 4 REMOTE CONTROL COMMANDS ............33 ANNEX 5 OP-002-PS: OPTICAL + 5 GHz RF AUXILIARY........56 ANNEX 6 OP-002-GPS: SIGNAL COVERAGE OPTION........70 ANNEX 7 OP-002-DAB: DAB/DAB+ OPTION ...........84 ANNEX 8...
Page 13: Introduction
RANGER 1 INTRODUCTION Description The new is the sixth generation of field meters that PROMAX RANGER launches. As each new generation, it represents an evolution from the previous, since it integrates the latest technological innovations and develops applications for the new demands and needs that have emerged in recent years.
Page 14 Besides the basic functions of TV meter and spectrum analyser for terrestrial and satellite band, it provides additional tools, such as the detection of 4G signal interferences (some of its working frequencies are close to the TV bands), the diagrams constellations or the echoes detection. has an application to manage data generated at each RANGER installation.
Page 15: Setting Up
2 SETTING UP Package Content Check that your package contains the following elements: Analyser. RANGER External DC charger. Mains cord for external DC charger. Car lighter charger. "F" Adapters (3 units). • "F" / H - BNC / H Adapter. •...
Page 16: Power
Power is powered by a 7.2 V built-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery RANGER of high quality and 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).
Page 17: Charge/Discharge Times
When the equipment is connected to the mains, the CHARGER indicator remains on. This indicator changes its colour according to the percentage of battery charge: Less than 80 % of charge. ORANGE Between 80 % and 90 % of charge. GREEN 100% full charge.
Page 18: Smart Control Battery
Usage Tips The battery is losing storage capacity as you go through its life. Contact your PROMAX 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 every 3 months a charge / discharge cycle and a subsequent partial charge (40% aprox.).
Page 19: Equipment Details
Equipment Details Front View Figure 4. May 2016...
Page 20 Side view Figure 5. Top view Figure 6. * Optical Option. Refer to annex. May 2016...
Page 21: Switching On/Off The Equipment
Bottom view Figure 7. Switching On/Off the equipment This analyser is designed for use as a portable equipment and it does not require any previous installation. Switching On: ► Slide for a while (approximately one second) the power slide switch located on the left side of the equipment.
Page 22 Switching Off: ► Use the power slide switch located on the left side of the equipment. There are two options: Short slide down (<1 s): A menu on screen allows the user to select between power off or reboot. Long slide down (>1 s): The equipment turns off directly. When the screen goes off, user should release the switch, which returns to its rest position.
Page 23: Screen Icons And Dialog Boxes
Screen Icons and Dialog boxes On the screen are some icons that provide useful information to the user about the current status of the instrument. Battery charging. Warning. Battery not charging. Yellow level indicates USB flash drive inserted. charge left. Battery not charging, LTE filter enabled.
Page 24: Menu Tree
Menu Tree SPECTRUM ANALYSER MENU Only available for digital channels Only available for analogue channels Option available for terrestrial band Option available for satellite band 2-12 May 2016...
Page 25 TV MENU MEASUREMENT MENU Only available for digital channels Only available for analogue channels Option available for terrestrial band Option available for satellite band 2-13 May 2016...
Page 26 SETTINGS MENU Option available for terrestrial band Option available for satellite band 2-14 May 2016...
Page 27 INSTALLATIONS MANAGEMENT PREFERENCES MENU Figure 8. 2-15 May 2016...
Page 28: Controls
Controls The equipment has been designed to be an easy tool to use. For this reason the number of keys has been reduced and these are grouped by function. The menu navigation includes hints that appear when the cursor is placed on a disabled (greyed) option for a while.
Page 29 Menu Selection ► User can operate on the menus on screen: drop-down menu, select an option, accept or exit a message, and so on, just touching on the option. Figure 9. Figure 10. Figure 11. 2-17 May 2016...
Page 30 Frequency or Channel Selection ► At the Spectrum Analyser mode, user can select a channel or frequency by tapping on the frequency or channel. Figure 12. First screen (channel locked). Figure 13. Tap on the new frequency. Figure 14. The cursor moves to the frequency. 2-18 May 2016...
Page 31 Frequency or Channel Scroll ► At the Spectrum Analyser mode, user can scroll through frequency or channels by dragging and dropping his finger on the screen. Figure 15. Figure 16. 2-19 May 2016...
Page 32 Virtual keyboard/keypad writing. ► User can type directly on the on-screen keyboard or keypad. Figure 17. Figure 18. 2-20 May 2016...
Page 33 Toolbar ► User can access the more important functions through the toolbar by pressing on the right top corner of the screen. Figure 19. Figure 20. Toolbar icons description ● Measurement Mode Settings Video & Audio Settings Spectrum Analyser Mode Terrestrial Band Preferences TV Mode...
Page 34 Mode screens ► User can switch the view of the current mode by pressing on the top center of the screen. Figure 21. Installations Management ► User can access data of the current installation by pressing on the left top corner.
Page 35: Joystick
2.7.2 Joystick Joystick positions are five: Figure 23. The joystick is multifunctional, that is, each time you press its function changes. The user can see the active function according to the icon that is displayed at the upper right corner of the equipment, as shown in the image. In the SPECTRUM ANALYSER mode, the joystick has the following functions: CH or FR: Channel change...
Page 36: Keyboard Shortcuts
2.7.3 Keyboard shortcuts Management Keys ► There are two Management keys. Each one has two different functions according to the pressing time: Short press: It shows the list of installations and the menus to manage them. Long press: It shows the preferences menu. Short press: It shows the menu of terrestrial or satellite settings (according to the selected band).
Page 37 Mode keys ► On the left side there are 3 keys to access the equipment modes. Measurement Mode key. Spectrum Analyser Mode key. TV Mode Key. The active function on screen is indicated by the LED next to the mode key. Pressing a key repeatedly provides access to a different view within the same mode.
Page 38 Measurements Figure 25. FULL MEASUREMENT Figure 26. MEASUREMENT + TV + SPECTRUM Figure 27. MEASUREMENT + PARAMETERS 2-26 May 2016...
Page 39 Spectrum Analyser Figure 28. SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT Figure 29. SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT + TV Figure 30. FULL SPECTRUM 2-27 May 2016...
Page 40 TV Mode Figure 31. FULL TV Figure 32. TV + SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT Figure 33. TV + SERVICE DATA 2-28 May 2016...
Page 41: Softkeys
2.7.4 Softkeys There are four programmable keys, also called softkeys, numbered from Each key provides access to a menu. This menu varies depending on the function the user is working on the meter. The menu is displayed on each softkey at the bottom of the screen. Figure 34.
Page 42: Stealthid Function
To edit the file name user should follow these steps: Place the cursor over the text box where the name appears. Move the cursor to place it next to the letter that user wants to edit. Press on the virtual keyboard to edit. To delete a letter, move the cursor to the right side of the letter and then press the joystick on the Delete key or press...
Page 43 Operation ► The user only has to follow these steps in order to identify a signal: Press the Preferences key for 1 second. In the StealthID tab, select the signal types to auto-identify (see "Menu tree" figure 7). By default all them are selected. Press the key to save the changes made and the key to exit the Preferences screen.
Page 44: Settings And Configuration
Settings and Configuration 2.9.1 Settings Menu Press the Settings key to access the settings menu. Depending on the selected band, the menu may be different. Figure 36. A brief explanation of each option available on the menu: Signal Source ► It allows the user to select the signal coming into the equipment between the RF input for RF signal and the IPTV input for TV over any type of IP packet based distribution network.
Page 45 Band (available for satellite and terrestrial band) ► It allows the user to select between terrestrial or satellite frequency band. Decoder TS Input ► It allows the user to select the transport stream coming into the equipment between the RF Demodulators, IPTV input, ASI input and the transport stream played from the TS Recording tool.
Page 46 IPTV: (This option is available only if IPTV is selected as a Signal Source). The signal through ASI Output is the TS extracted from the IPTV signal. ASI Input: TS-ASI packets coming from ASI input connector go out through the ASI output connector. External power supply (available for terrestrial and satellite band) ►...
Page 47 DiSEqC Mode (only available for satellite band) ► It enables or disables DiSEqC mode. DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a communication protocol between the satellite receiver and accessories of the satellite system (see chapter "CONNECTING TO EXTERNAL DEVICES"). SCD/EN50494 (only available for satellite band) ►...
Page 48: Video & Audio Settings
2.9.2 Video & Audio settings Press the Settings key for one second to access the Video & Audio settings menu. Figure 37. A brief explanation of each option available on the menu: Volume ► It increases or decreases the volume of the speaker audio output by moving the joystick to the right (+ volume) or left (- volume).
Page 49 Measures: It allows the user to choose between several units of measure ► among other parameters. Tools: It allows to edit some parameters for different tools. ► StealthID: It allows the user to select the set of signal types being used ►...
Page 50 Equipment information: ► Provider: Provider's name. Name: Equipment's name. Serial number: Unique identification number for this equipment. NEW! Release: Version of the software and hardware installed on the equipment. Date: Date of the software installed on the equipment. Free memory: Free size of the flash...
Page 51 Battery Time: It hides or shows the remaining battery time. Remaining battery time is displayed on the inside of the battery level icon. TFT Screen: User can select a time after which the TFT screen turns off, but the equipment is still running normally. The screen turns on by pressing any key.
Page 52 Optical Units: It allows the user to select the optical measurement units for the signal level. Available options are: dBm. Satellite Band: It allows the user to select the type of satellite band used between Ku/Ka band and C band. Reference Level: It allows the user to select the type of reference level...
Page 53 Export button: It allows the user to select the data to be exported when pressing the export key among the following options: screen only, data only or both. More info in the "Export key" chapter. LTE Filter F.Min: Select the minimum frequency for the external LTE filter.
Page 54 PIN code, then enter the new PIN. In case the user forgets the PIN, after the third attempt, a 12-digit code will appear on screen. Sending this 12 digit code to the PROMAX customer service, the user will recover the PIN.
Page 55: Measurement Mode
3 MEASUREMENT MODE Introduction On the panel left side, the equipment has three functions keys, which give direct access to the three most important functions. One of them is the key MEASUREMENT that measures the signal received through the RF input connector.
Page 56: Operation
Operation Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Select through the “Settings” menu the frequency band (terrestrial or satellite). Access the MEASUREMENT option by pressing the key. Press again to display the next view. Screen Description Views for digital signals are: MEASUREMENT 1/3: FULL MEASUREMENT Figure 39.
Page 57 Joystick up/down: It changes selected parameter. ► Joystick left/right: It changes channel/frequency. ► MEASUREMENT 2/3: MEASUREMENT + TV + SPECTRUM Figure 40. Selected installation, date and time. Image of the locked signal. Number of view/total views. Selected band, battery level. Spectrum of the locked signal.
Page 58: Generic Signal
MEASUREMENT 3/3: MEASUREMENT + PARAMETERS Figure 41. Selected installation, date and time. Number of view/total views. Selected band, battery level. Demodulation parameters of the locked signal. Measurement values for the type of locked signal. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name). Softkeys menus. Joystick right/left It changes the selected channel/frequency.
Page 59: Spectrum Analyser Mode
4 SPECTRUM ANALYSER MODE Introduction On the left side, the equipment has three function keys, which give direct access to the three most important functions. One of them is the SPECTRUM ANALYSER key that displays the signal spectrum received through the RF input connector.
Page 60: Screen Description
Screen Description Available views are: SPECTRUM 1/3: SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT Figure 42. Selected installation, date and time. Number of view/total views. Joystick active mode, selected band, battery level. Measured values of the signal at the frequency/channel where is pointing the cursor. Spectrum in the band with the selected span.
Page 61 ∗ SPECTRUM 2/3: SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT + TV Figure 43. Selected installation, date and time. Number of view/total views. Joystick active mode, selected band, battery level. Measured values of the signal at the frequency/channel where is pointing the cursor. Image of the tuned signal. Spectrum in the band with the selected span.
Page 62 SPECTRUM 3/3: FULL SPECTRUM Figure 44. Selected installation, date and time. Number of view/total views. Joystick active mode, selected band, battery level. Spectrum in the band with the selected span. Centre frequency and cursor. It also shows the bandwidth of a digital locked signal.
Page 63 Full Spectrum screen description ► Figure 45. Horizontal reference line It indicates the signal level. Vertical axis It indicates the signal level. Vertical reference line It indicates the frequency. SPAN It is the frequency range displayed on the horizontal axis. The current span value appears at the bottom right of the screen.
Page 64: Joystick Operation
Cursor Red vertical line that indicates position during the channel or frequency tuning. When a digital signal is detected, there is a triple cursor that shows the frequency for the signal locked and two vertical lines that shows the bandwidth of the digital carrier. In the case of a GENERIC signal, the bandwidth shown is the one selected by the user on the "Signal Parameters"...
Page 65 The active mode of the joystick appears as an icon at the top right of the screen. Available modes are: Frequency tuning. ► Channel tuning. ► SPAN change. ► Marker moving. ► To change the active mode press the joystick. Figure 46.
Page 66: Specific Options
Specific Options Access by the function key. It allows selecting among several parameters to display the spectrum. The advanced menu consists of the following options: Average: The user can select the amount of signal values to be used ► to set the average signal value to be displayed on screen. The larger the average value, the more stable the displayed signal appears.
Page 67 Max. Hold: (Off/Permanent/Curtain). It allows the user to display the ► current signal with the maximum values measured for each frequency. The OFF option disables this function. The Curtain option displays the maximum values in blue for a moment with the current signal. The Permanent option maintains maximum signal on the screen.
Page 68: Select And Edit Parameters
Select and edit parameters To edit or select any parameters of these described above, follow these instructions: Place over and press on the option. The data field gets into the edit mode, indicated by the yellow background. A menu is displayed at the right with some options or if it is numeric, a number gets a black blackground.
Page 69 Often satellite operators request to look for the "Beacon" signal, as a method of satellite identification. This signal is easily identified by the equipment, because it has high resolution, high sensitivity and short sweep times. Below are two BEACON screenshots signals, with a little span and a bandwidth of 100 kHz resolution, all with a sweep time of 90 ms.
Page 70: Tv Mode
5 TV MODE Introduction On the left side of the front panel there are three functions keys, which give direct access to the three most important functions. One is the TV MODE key which displays the resulting image from decoding received RF signal. TV MODE, thanks to the StealthID function of automatic identification, automatically identifies and demodulates the signal received by the RF input, so the user can check the signal on the screen.
Page 71: Screen Description
Screen Description 5.3.1 TV MODE: TV views Views for TV mode are: TV 1/3: FULL TV Figure 50. Selected installation; date and time. Number of view/total views. Selected band, battery level. Tuned service image. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name) and name of the selected service.
Page 72 TV 2/3: TV + SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENT Figure 51. Selected installation; date and time. Number of view/total views. Selected band, battery level. Tuned service image. Spectrum. Measured values of the signal in the frequency/channel the cursor is pointing. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name) and name of the selected service.
Page 73 TV 3/3: SCREEN TV + SERVICE DATA Figure 52. Selected installation; date and time. Tuned service image. Tuned service information. TYPE: Encoding type and video transmission rate. ► FORMAT: Resolution (horizontal x vertical), aspect ratio and ► frequency. PROFILE: Profile level. ►...
Page 74 FREE/ ► SCRAMBLED: Free/scrambled transmission. DTV/DS: Standard type of transmission. ► Tuned audio information. TYPE: Type of audio encoding and transmission speed ► FORMAT: Service audio format. Bit depth; sampling frequency; ► sound reproduction. LANGUAGE: Broadcasting language. ► PID: ID of the audio program. ►...
Page 75: Tv Mode: Radio Views
5.3.2 TV MODE: Radio views Radio views are: RADIO 1/3: AUDIO RADIO Figure 53. RADIO 2/3: AUDIO RADIO + SPECTRUM + MEASUREMENTS Figure 54. 5-63 May 2016...
Page 76 RADIO 3/3: AUDIO RADIO + RDS DATA Figure 55. It shows the most representative RDS data. RDS data are: Details: It has the following fields: Programme service. ► Programme Identification. ► PTY: Program type. ► UTC Time: Universal time. ► Local: Local time.
Page 77: Specific Options
Specific Options Analogue Signal ► This option is available only if the detected or selected signal is ANALOGUE. Pressing the key it allows selecting the type of analogue input, between antenna (via RF connector) and external (via V/A input connector). To get an external analogue signal use the A/V input (see figure Aspect Ratio...
Page 78 IRG descriptor function is available only for signals containing the carrier identifier. To access this feature: Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Tune the channel that produces interferences. Access to TV mode. Press the Advanced menu Select the TS Data option. If the signal has a carrier identifier, this option is enabled.
Page 79: General Menu Options
6 GENERAL MENU OPTIONS At the bottom of the screen four menus are accessible via the softkeys or programmable keys. It displays the channel where is pointing the cursor and gives access to the tuning menu. It displays the selected transmission standard and gives access to the signal parameters menu.
Page 80 In case of tuning by channel, it allows selecting a channel from the active channel plan: Place over the Channel option and press the joystick. A box appears with all channels of the active channel plan and its frequency. Move the joystick on the box to select a channel. When finished press joystick to save the selected value or any function key to exit without saving.
Page 81 Center Frequency: This option is available only for the Spectrum Analyser ► mode. It allows to edit the center frequency. The center frequency is the frequency at which the screen is centered. To edit: Place over the Frequency option and press the joystick. The option is highlighted in yellow to indicate it is in edit mode.
Page 82 Center tuned ► frequency: This option is only available for the Spectrum Analyser mode. When selecting this option, the frequency tuning (where the main cursor is pointing) is placed at the center of the screen. Even if changing span or mode (TV or MEASURES), frequency will keep at the screen center.
Page 83: F2: Signal Parameters
F2: Signal Parameters Access by the function key. It allows selecting the standard transmission and displays the parameters for signal transmission. This menu allows selecting the transmission standard: Type of signal: It displays the selected standard. It allows selecting another ►...
Page 84: F3: Tools
In case of a Generic signal, the menu shows an option to select the signal bandwidth. F3: Tools Access by the key. It shows the Tools menu. Tools that are not available for the current locked signal are disabled. Tools are: Select Service: It displays the list of services available in the multiplex ►...
Page 85 Attenuation test: This feature allows the user to easily check the response ► of the telecommunications installations before antennas and headers are working. Echoes: It detects the echoes that may appear due to the ► simultaneous reception of the same signal from several transmitters.
Page 86: Tool
7 TOOLS Transport Stream Analyser 7.1.1 Description This tool allows the user to make a comprehensive analysis of the Transport Stream (TS) contained in a tuned signal. The signal can be received through any of the equipment inputs: TS -IN, RF, IP, CAM module and terrestrial and satellite demodulators.
Page 87 A drop down menu appears with three options: Tables, Bitrates, Alarms and PID list. Select your option. While starting, the TS Analyser takes few seconds to detect and identify the TS signal (it shows the table capture process on screen), and then the results appear.
Page 88 Detail Table Tree. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name). Softkey menus. Joystick left/right: It changes between Main menu tree and Detail menu ► tree. Joystick up/down: It moves along the tables in the tree. ► Joystick: Pressing on a node with the symbol it deploys the ►...
Page 89 NIT (Network Information Table): Optional table with information about TS and multiplex of a given network. The content in detail is described in the tables used by the digital standard (DVB in this case). CAT (Conditional Access Table): Table that controls the scrambling of a service.
Page 90: Description
7.1.4 Bitrate Analyser Description: ► This function shows the TS bitrate in a graphical way, and also by numbers and percentage. A pie graph, which is updated in real time, shows the evolution of the bitrate distribution for each one of the services in the tuned multiplex.
Page 91: Alarms
Detail of the Selected Service: Service name and percentage related to the total bitrate (bitrate/total bitrate). Bar graph representing the bitrate percentage for each component (video, audio, data). Video bitrate, audio and data. Softkey menus. Joystick up/down: It moves among detected services. ►...
Page 92 Selected installation; date and time. Selected function. Selected band; Battery level. Priority 1: High level security parameters. These are alarms that make the TS vulnerable and avoid them to be received. The parameters at this level must be correct for the TS to be decoded. If any of these parameters fails the information cannot be recovered and therefore the signal cannot be decoded.
Page 93: Pid List
Alarm Log description: To access the alarm log screen, press on the alarm ► to access its log screen. The "Log" tab shows the alarm log data. The "Description" tab shows a description of the alarm. The "Settings" tab shows the following settings options: Enable this alarm: When this box is checked the alarm is enabled.
Page 94: Transport Stream Recording
Selected installation; date and time. Selected function. Selected band; Battery level. PID, real-time bitrate and description. Transport Stream Recording 7.2.1 Description This tool captures in real-time transport streams received by any input (RF, ASI or IP) such as a DTT channel. The recording is stored in an internal dedicated memory of 1 GB.
Page 95 Only one transport stream can be recorded, regardless of size. When a new transport stream is recorded, the previous one, if any, is deleted. Screen Description ► Figure 61. Selected installation; date and time. Selected band; Battery level. Recording / playback image. Recording / Playback time elapsed.
Page 96: Menu Options
This window reports about available space and total space. Softkey menus. Joystick Left / Right: Navigation through the control keys. ► 7.2.3 Menu options In the bottom of the screen are two options accessible via the softkeys. Exit: It exits the tool. Erase File: It erases the internal memory dedicated to record transport stream, prior a confirmation message.
Page 97: Constellation
Constellation 7.3.1 Description The constellation diagram is a graphic representation of the digital symbols received over a period of time. There are different types of constellation diagrams according to the modulation type. In the case of an ideal transmission channel without noise or interference, all symbols are recognized by the demodulator without errors.
Page 98 Screen description: ► Figure 62. Selected installation; date and time. Constellation window. The colour scale placed at the left side indicates the signal quality in a qualitative way by a gradation of colours proportional to the density of symbols concentrated in a given area. The colour scale ranges from black (no symbols) to red (highest density).
Page 99: Menu Options
7.3.3 Menu options On the bottom of the screen there are four menus accessible via the function keys. It displays the channel / frequency where is pointing the cursor, accesses the tuning menu and allows selecting the channel plan. It displays the selected transmission standard menu and accesses the signal parameters.
Page 100: Lte Ingress Test
LTE Ingress test 7.4.1 Description Long Term Evolution is a new standard for mobile networks. This mobile communication standard uses a frequency band close to the bands used by television. For this reason it can cause interferences. The equipment has a built-in filter to reject the LTE band that can be activated with this tool.
Page 101 Operation with LTE internal filter: ► Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Tune the channel that is possibly affected by a LTE interference. Press the key: Tools. Select the LTE Ingress Test mode. Enable/disable the LTE filter pressing the key: Filter ON/OFF.
Page 102 Screen description ► The following describes the LTE display: Figure 63. Selected installation; date and time. Elapsed time with filter enabled (ON). Measurement with LTE filter enabled: MER: Maximum and minimum MER for the TV channel tuned (the one probably affected by the LTE interference signal).
Page 103: Menu Options
Measurement units/centre frequency/span (span: 10 MHz/division). Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name). Softkeys menus. 7.4.3 Menu options On the bottom of the screen there are four menus accessible via the function keys. It displays channel/frequency and access the tuning menu. It allows selecting the channel plan and the channel where apply the LTE ingress test.
Page 104: Operation
7.5.2 Operation Echoes function is available for DVB-T, DVB-T2 and DVB-C2 signals. Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Tune a DVB-T, DVB-T2 or DVB-C2 digital signal at the terrestrial band. Press the key (Tools). Select ECHOES. The ECHOES function of the tuned signal appears on screen. Screen description ►...
Page 105: Menu Options
Selected installation; date and time. Selected band, battery level. Main signal data: Frequency, Power, C/N and Cell ID (it shows the main signal transmitter, if available). ECHOES Diagram. The display shows a graphical representation of the echoes. The horizontal axis of the graph corresponds to the delay in receiving the echo on the main path (the stronger signal).The vertical axis represents the attenuation of the echo in dB on the main path.
Page 106: Mer By Carrier
MER by carrier 7.6.1 Description This function analyses continuously the measure of the MER value for each one of the carriers forming the selected channel and they are displayed in a graphic on screen. This tool is especially useful for the analysis of systems in which signals of different type and origin interfere with each other, as may occur during the transition from analogue to digital TV.
Page 107: Menu Options
Selected installation; date and time. Joystick active mode; Selected band, battery level. Measurement values for the signal tuned at the frequency/channel selected. Average measurement value and standard deviation value of MER. MER by carrier graphic. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name). Softkeys menus. Axis X: Carriers Axis Y: Power Joystick left/right: Channel/frequency change (according to the tuning...
Page 108: Operation
7.7.2 Operation The MEROGRAM tool is available for signals with carriers: DVB-T, DVB-T2 and DVB-C2. Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Select the terrestrial band and tune a DVB-T, DVB-T2 or DVB-C2 channel or frequency. Press the Tools key Select the MEROGRAM function.
Page 109: Menu Options
Minimum level of MER. Selected band, battery level. Maximum and minimum MER value and MER average over time. Maximum and minimum value of the measure selected by the user in the option "User measure". Elapsed time after starting the MEROGRAM function. Signal status (searching/locked/multiplex name).
Page 110: Spectrogram
Clear measures: ► It cleans the measurement of the MEROGRAM function and it restarts the timer. Spectrogram 7.8.1 Description This function shows a graphical representation of the spectrum superimposed over time of a channel or frequency selected by the user. During the Spectrogram, maximum and minimum of several measures and time are registered.
Page 111 Screen description ► The following describes the SPECTROGRAM screen: Figure 67. Selected installation; date and time. Measurement values for the signal tuned at the frequency/channel selected. Spectrum over time at the selected span. Softkeys menus. Selected band, battery level. Maximum and minimum values of signal power and band power over time.
Page 112: Menu Options
7.8.3 Menu options At the bottom of the screen there are four menus available via the function keys. It displays the channel/frequency where is pointing the cursor and access the tuning menu. It displays the selected transmission standard menu and accesses the signal parameters. It displays the Tools menu.
Page 113: Operation
(see more details in the next section). Then it is necessary to Set References. This requires a signal generator. We recommend to use of one of the PROMAX signal generators: RP-050, RP-080, RP-110 or RP-250 (depending on the frequency band).
Page 114 Note: In both satellite and terrestrial band, the system saves the LNB state every time the user sets a reference and uses this value always that the equipment is working in this mode. Screen Description: ► Figure 68. Installation selected, date and time. Selected band;...
Page 115: Menu Options
7.9.3 Menu options In the bottom of the screen are four menu accessible via the softkeys. Exit: Exits the tool. Set Reference: Pressing this option the current power values are captured and they are assigned as reference values. Tools: It access the Tools main menu. Advanced: It access the Advanced menu.
Page 116: Signal Monitoring
7.10 Signal Monitoring 7.10.1 Description This tool allows the user to monitor a locked signal over time, measuring its power, MER and C/N. All this data can be downloaded to a PC and exported to a file for later analysis. 7.10.2 Operation The Signal Monitoring tool is available for all signals.
Page 117 Access the data by pressing the Installation List key to check that the monitoring data file has been saved. This file is a "Signal monitoring" type. To manage the data, see below the section "Data File Processing". Screen Description: ► The following describes the Signal Monitoring screen: Figure 69.
Page 118: Menu Options
Signal information window 3: Elapsed: Time elapsed since the beginning of the monitoring. Samples: Samples taken since the beginning of the monitoring. Space left: Space left in the memory to save data. 7.10.3 Menu options At the bottom of the screen there are four menus available via the function keys. It displays the channel/frequency where is pointing the cursor and access the tuning menu.
Page 119: Settings
7.10.4 Settings User can adjust some parameters on the Monitoring Configuration: Figure 70. File name: ► User can give a name to the file where data is saved. All measurement that can be seen in the MEASUREMENT 1/3 screen (frequency, power/level, C/N, PLP identifier, MER, CBER, LBER and LM) will be stored on the data file.
Page 120: Data Viewer
7.10.5 Data viewer The data viewer allows the user to browse along the final results. It opens directly after saving the data or by opening the associated data file (that is located in the installation manager). Screen description: ► Figure 71. Selected installation;...
Page 121: Data File Processing
Joystick up/down: It increases / decreases zoom. ► Joystick left/right: In PA mode it moves time span along the total ► time. In MA mode it moves the cursor along the samples of the time span. Joystick pressing: It switches between panoramic (PA) and movement ►...
Page 122 Figure 72. When Excel tries to open the file it will ask you the import method to open the XML data file by this way: Figure 73. You must choose the option in which a stylesheet is asked. It will appear as an option the “COVERAGE.xsl”...
Page 123: Datalogger
Figure 74. Now Excel is opening the XML data file using the format that the XSL file is providing. This step could take few seconds depending on the size of the XML data file. At this point, you should have an excel file with three different sheets. Each sheet corresponds to a different view of the same data: The first one will show you the generic signal information and the different coverage measures for each point acquired.
Page 124: Operation
7.11.2 Operation To create a new datalogger: ► First select one installation of the list of installations and load it pressing the "Load" key . An installation contains the channel plans and DiSEqC commands selected by the user and it stores dataloggers and screenshots made while it is selected (more information in chapter "Installations management").
Page 125 5 5 5 Next, the user can select the terrestrial and/or satellite channel plan to use in the datalogger. The channel plans that are shown depends on the channel plans available for the current installation. Figure 76. Figure 77. In the next window, the user can select an option to capture de service list when performing the datalogger (this option slows down the process but provides more information).
Page 126 5 5 5 Figure 78. At the last step, user can select to open the just created new datalogger (by default, this option is selected). Once a new datalogger is created or selected an already existing one, it shows the datalogger viewer screen and measurements of test points can start.
Page 127 ICT respectively. It is also possible to download Datalogger files to a PC by the NetUpdate software (free download on the PROMAX website). Once downloaded, the program can generate reports with these files. This is not possible with the datalogger files exported directly to a USB (without using NetUpdate).
Page 128 5 5 5 Datalogger screen description ► The following describes the datalogger screen: Figure 80. Selected installation; date and time. Current datalogger name. Selected band; battery level. Exploring the spectrum in real time. Level/Power, C/N ratio, MER, time remaining to identify a channel, elapsed time since the start of the channel identification.
Page 129 5 5 5 Datalogger viewer screen description ► The following describes the display of data acquired: Figure 81. Channel Plan Datalogger viewer. Figure 82. Attenuation test Datalogger viewer. Selected installation; date and time. Tab identifying the displayed test point. Current datalogger name. Selected band;...
Page 130: Menu Options
5 5 5 Data table with measurement data for each channel. In order from left to right: Colour identifying if the channel has been locked (WHITE) or not locked (RED) channel; signal type; power/level; Carrier/Noise (C/N) rate; MER; Link Margin. Move the joystick up or down to navigate along the measurement data.
Page 131: Test & Go
5 5 5 Datalogger menu options ► Cancel It cancels the datalogger. Pause It pauses datalogger until the user resumes by pressing again. 7.11.4 Test & Go NEW! "Test & Go" function inside the "Datalogger" tool allows the user to create a quick datalogger by creating automatically a new datalogger, a new test point and then starting it.
Page 132: Operation
5 5 5 7.12.2 Operation Settings ► Press the "Management Installation" key for one second to enter "Preferences" menu. Go to the label "Tools" and select your option in "Export button". There are three options available: Screen Only, Data Only or Screen+Data.
Page 133: Explore Channel Plan
5 5 5 To see the capture in full screen just press the : Options key and then on the menu press "View in Full Screen". To exit the full screen view press any softkey. To delete or copy the capture to a USB stick, select the capture by pressing the joystick, and then select the appropriate option from the menu : File.
Page 134 5 6 6 Screen description ► Figure 84. The window is divided into three areas: Spectrum and Measurement It shows the cursor scrolling through each of the channels of the channel plan. On the bottom of the screen the channel and frequency appears next to the Power/Level and the C/N ratio.
Page 135: Description
6 6 6 7.13.3 Menu options At the bottom are the function keys. They are detailed below. Cancel (during the process): This option appears only while performing the exploration process. It cancels the exploration before finish. When pressing, a confirmation message appears before cancelling. Save (at the end of the process): This option appears at the end of the exploration process.
Page 136: Description
6 6 6 7.14.2 Operation To scan the FM band: Connect the RF input signal to the equipment. Press the Tools key Select the Discover FM Stations option. The first screen of Channel Plan Exploration appears and the exploration starts. Figure 85.
Page 137 6 6 6 The window is divided into three areas: Spectrum and Measurement It shows the cursor scrolling through each of the channels of the FM band. On the bottom of the screen the channel and frequency appears next to the Power/Level and the C/N ratio. In the spectrum area there is the Minimum FM Level.
Page 138: Menu Options
6 6 6 7.14.3 Menu options At the bottom are the function keys. They are detailed below: Cancel (during the process) This option appears only while performing the exploration process. It cancels the exploration before finish. When pressing, a confirmation message appears before cancelling. Save (at the end of the process) This option appears at the end of the channel plan exploration process.
Page 139: Field Strength
6 6 6 7.15 Field Strength 7.15.1 Description This function allows the equipment to work as a field strength meter, measuring dBµV per meter. To perform this type of measurement is needed to enter the calibration parameters of the antenna being used to receive the signal. 7.15.2 Operation The Field Strength tool is available for all signals received by the RF input.
Page 140: Settings
6 6 6 Figure 87. To save FSM data, go to "Tools", select "Datalogger" and then "New" to create a new datalogger. Keep in mind that the "FSM" tool does not demodulate any signal, it only detects the transmitted energy, so it is identied as a GENERIC signal.
Page 141 6 6 6 Data fields to be filled are: Antenna: ► Type: In this field the user can select the type of antenna between manual and any other type of antenna available. If you select the manual antenna, you must enter the correction factor by hand. If you select an antenna type then the correction factors associated with each frequency are applied.
Page 142: Creating And Importing Calibration Tables
There is a template (available on the download area at PROMAX website) that can be filled and imported into the equipment (this template has been created in an Excel file; the procedure explained below only works from the Excel 2007 version and above).
Page 143 6 6 6 In the drop down menu "Save as type" select the "XML Data" option. Then click "Save." If a warning message shows up, click "Continue". Now the file is already generated with the selected name and the extension "xml". Now just import it to your equipment and load the calibration table of the antenna in the installation.
Page 144: Task Planner
6 6 6 7.16 Task Planner 7.16.1 Description The Task Planner allows the user to set-up a task list, selecting when to start, a repetition rate and other parameters. The equipment can be switched off after setting all parameters and it will wake-up, at the required time, to perform the scheduled tasks.
Page 145 6 6 6 To add a new task press : Tasks and select the "Add" option. It deploys a menu with two options: Capture and Datalogger. Figure 91. The "Capture" option performs the capture task. The user can select the screen and type of capture. The screen options include any view in the three modes: Measurement, Spectrum or TV.
Page 146 6 6 6 When saving the timer for the task, the upper right corner shows an icon of a clock indicating that the equipment has tasks pending to execute. Figure 93. To change any parameter of the task, check the box next to the task and press : Parameters.
Page 147: Timer
6 6 6 NOTE: The equipment can be turned off after task planning as it will automatically turn on when the time to task execution comes. Two tasks cannot be executed simultaneously. It is recommended that the datalogger selected have not enabled the option to pause between channel plans, since in that case the process would stop during the execution of the task.
Page 148: Service Recording
6 6 6 Stop ► Manual: The user finishes the task. On date: The user selects the stop date for the task (day / month / year) and (hour: minute). Repeat a number of times: The task execution ends after the number of times set. Turn off after execution ►...
Page 149 6 6 6 Screen description ► Figure 96. Installation selected; date and time. Icons from left to right: recording; USB connected; selected band; battery level. Recording Service. Window with information about the record file like size and date creation. Bar graph showing free memory space. Size of the recording service.
Page 150 6 6 6 8 IPTV Introduction IPTV stands for TV over IP networks. It actually means TV over any type of IP packet based distribution network. They can be referred to as LAN (Local Area Network), ethernet, computer networks, etc.. With the growth of LAN based TV distribution systems, having an IPTV input in your field strength meter becomes a handy feature.
Page 151: Measurement Mode
Screen Description 8.3.1 Measurement mode IPTV views in MEASUREMENT mode are: Figure 96. IP MEASUREMENTS 1/3. Selected installation; date and time. IPTV mode enabled; battery level. Graphic bar "Buffer Usage" showing the internal multicast stream buffer usage. Graphic bar "TS Bitrate" showing the recovered TS bitrate. Measurements on the data network: NEW! Delay Factor (MDI - Media Delivered Index): Maximum time...
Page 152 Measurement on the multicast reception: received packets, RTP missing packets, FEC fixed packets, buffer usage, stable reception and TS bitrate (if TS input has many variations in packet reception a stable packet rate cannot be established). Measurements over all traffic data in the network: network bitrate, IP NEW! packets with errors and IPER (IP Packet Error Ratio;...
Page 153 6 6 6 6 6 Figure 97. IP MEASUREMENTS 3/3. Selected installation; date and time. IPTV mode enabled; battery level. Internet parameters: Ethernet speed, IGMP protocol version, multicast server address, detected communication protocol (UDP/RTP), forward error correction (FEC) status, FEC rows, FEC columns and TS packets / IP frame. Measurement on the multicast reception: received packets, RTP missing packets, FEC fixed packets, buffer usage, TS locked/unlocked and TS bitrate.
Page 154: Interarrival Packet Time / Packet Rate Over Time
8.3.2 Interarrival Packet Time / Packet Rate Over Time IPTV view in Spectrum Analyser mode shows the "Interarrival packet time" or "Packet Rate Over Time" screen. To change between these two options press Tools and select on IPTV Graph submenu. Figure 98.
Page 155: Tv Mode
Interarrival packet time: It shows the IP packet percentage as a function of time between packets. Its purpose is check for reception packet continuity, for the selected stream. Usually, the graph should concentrate around small time values. Spreading through the time axis may point to a network problem.
Page 156 Figure 101. IP TV 3/3. Selected installation; date and time. Tuned service image. Tuned service information. TYPE: Encoding type and video transmission rate. ► FORMAT: Resolution (horizontal x vertical), aspect ratio and ► frequency. PROFILE: Profile level. ► PID: Video program identifier. ►...
Page 157: Tools
FREE/ ► SCRAMBLED: Free/scrambled transmission. DTV/DS: Standard type of transmission. ► Tuned audio information. TYPE: Type of audio encoding and transmission speed ► FORMAT: Service audio format. Bit depth; sampling frequency; ► sound reproduction. LANGUAGE: Broadcasting language. ► PID: ID of the audio program. ►...
Page 158: View Ip Network Log
6 6 6 If it gets response, on screen appears the message "Reply from" with the response IP address, number of bytes received, time of response, TTL (time-to-live) or average IPTD (average IP Packet Transfer Delay) and IPDV (IP Packet Delay Variation). Figure 102.
Page 159: Ip Ethernet Frame Viewer
8.4.3 IP Ethernet Frame Viewer NEW! This function only works for Multicast streaming. When user presses on F2: Capture the system captures an Ethernet packet that belongs to the multicast stream been received. Information of this packet is shown as a tree that can be deployed to show header data of each protocol available (Ethernet, IPv4, UDP and RTP).
Page 160: Iptv Parameters And Reset Measures
Recent Multicast Addresses: It shows a list of multicast addresses recently used. Discovered Multicast Addresses: It discovers and shows all multicast streams into the network. It shows a complete list including IP addresses and bitrates for each stream. IGMPv3 Server Sources: Multicast IP servers validated by the user to receive multicast streams (only for IGMPv3 protocol;...
Page 161 • IGMPv2: IGMP version 2. Each time user selects a multicast address, meter stops receiving the current stream and asks for receiving the new one. • IGMPv3: IGMP version 3. Each time user selects a multicast address, meter stops receiving the current stream and asks for receiving the new one, from the servers approved by the user.
Page 162: Installations Management
9 INSTALLATIONS MANAGEMENT Description The Installations Management is a program embedded in the equipment that allows the user to easily create a file (installation) to individually store and manage data for each installation. Measurements, channel plans, screenshots and any other data associated with the installation will be stored in the folder corresponding to that installation.
Page 163: Installation Management
There are the following options: Load It loads the selected installation. To select a installation from the list, place the cursor on the installation and press the joystick, then press “Load” to load it. Once loaded, the name of the installation appears on the upper left corner of the screen, accompanied by the symbol , that means that is the current installation.
Page 164 The window is divided into three fields: General data In the first line shows general information about the installation and in the second line shows information about the selected file. Data fields are: Name: ► Name of the current installation file. Created: ►...
Page 165 Menu options ► The installation manager menu has four options linked with the softkeys. They are described below: Filter by type It shows all available file types in the current installation and the amount of them between brackets. User can filter by file type. The selected file type will be the only one available in the list of files.
Page 166 Installation Add Channel Plan: ► It opens a window to add a channel plan, terrestrial or satellite, to the current installation. Add Antenna: ► It allows the user to add an specific antenna between the ones available. To import an antenna refer to "Field Strength" section in chapter "Tools".
Page 167: New Installation
New installation In the list of installations, when selecting the option Create New it runs the installation wizard that helps to create a new installation: During the process, the user has the option to edit the default name assigned or import data from another installation. The user can select the channel plans (terrestrial and satellite) that will be used in that installation.
Page 168: Importing Data From Usb
Delete: ► It deletes the selected installations and all the files associated to them. The DEFAULT installation cannot be deleted. Rename: ► It edits the name of the installation selected in the list of installations. The installation by default DEFAULT cannot be renamed. Export to USB: ►...
Page 169 The Import Files window appears. Select the file and press the key: "Import". Figure 106. If the file import is successful then a window shows a confirmation message. 9-157 May 2016...
Page 170: 10 Connecting To External Devices
10 CONNECTING TO EXTERNAL DEVICES can interact with external devices, sharing information RANGER through its interfaces. Connection types are: Input/output data interface via mini-USB connector to USB memory or Video/Audio analogue output interface via V/A connector output. Video/Audio analogue input interface via V/A connector input. DiSEqC, SCD/EN50494 standard...
Page 171: Mini-Usb Connector
10.1 Mini-USB connector The equipment has a female mini USB port that uses a USB media specific protocol called "On-the-Go" (OTG abbreviated). This type of communication allows the equipment to work in two different ways depending on the device connected to the USB port: as a server (host) or device. More often, the will work as a host when connecting a USB memory and as RANGER device when connecting to a computer.
Page 172 When finish you can remove the cable with the USB stick memory directly from the equipment and connect it to a computer to view the files copied. Default files are copied to the root directory of the USB memory. Screenshots appear with PNG extension and data with XML extension. To export one or more complete installations: ►...
Page 173: Connecting A Computer (Host) To The Hd Ranger 2 (Device)
RANGER This connection allows the communication between the equipment and a computer via an USB cable or using the program NetUpdate of PROMAX. NetUpdate program can be downloaded for free from the PROMAX website. Connect the equipment to your computer using the cable CC-041 (mini USB male –...
Page 174: V/A Input Connector
10.3 V/A Input Connector The V/A input connector allows connecting a video/audio analogue input signal. This connection allows the user to view an image on the equipment screen coming from an external source by following these steps: Connect the supplied jack 4V cable to the video/audio input connector (see Figure 5), ensuring that the plug is fully inserted.
Page 175: Scd/En50494 (Satcr) Commands
If necessary, enable the Supply output and select the supply voltage for the LNB. NOTE: When tuning by channel is selected, polarization, satellite band and supply output cannot be changed, because these parameters are determined by the channel plan. Select the option DiSEqC mode. Two new functions appear on the softkeys: Command Software .
Page 176: Scd2/En50607 (Jess) Commands
Figure 108. SCD/EN50494 command screen. The configuration window shows the options that user can modify: number of slots, slot selected, device address, pilot signal activation (when activating the SatCR device located in the headend, it emits a pilot signal with constant level for each downlink frequency to identificate available channels), selected satellite and frequency step.
Page 177 Press the Settings key and select the satellite band. From the Settings menu, select the polarization (horizontal/vertical) and the satellite band (high/low). If necessary, enable the Supply output and select the supply voltage for the LNB. NOTE: When tuning by channel is selected, polarization, satellite band and supply output cannot be changed, because these parameters are determined by the channel plan.
Page 178 Figure 110. Once is configured, the user, through the key "Tuning" can select the user band. Figure 111. User frequency tuned is stored for each User band (UB) and it is restored each time the multiswitch is being configured. NOTE: When not detecting any SCD2 receiver, the function enters in a more basic mode, allowing sending configuration commands even with nothing connected.
Page 179: Hdmi Output
10.5 HDMI Output HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video; up to 8 channels of digital audio; and a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) connection.
Page 180 SimulCrypt is a process that supports various parallel conditional access systems, together with the encryption algorithms specified by DVB-CSA (Common Scrambling Algorithm) to control access to pay-TV services. The SimulCrypt broadcasts Transport Stream contains keys for various conditional accesses, thereby allowing reception by more than one type of decoder. NOTE: The insertion of a CAM module or a SMART-CARD in a wrong position might produce the instrument malfunction and could generate damages to the...
Page 181: Ts Asi Input / Output
10.7 TS ASI Input / Output It is an asynchronous serial interface. It is the serial standard used for MPEG-2 TS, in multimedia equipment interconnection: Synchronous 270 Mbps data flow (up to 218 Mbps payload). Differential signal over coax interface. It allows intermediate node test in broadcast and distribution infrastructures.
Page 182: Ts-Asi Output
10.7.2 TS-ASI Output It can transmit in packet mode or burst mode. User can use the transport stream received by the equipment to feed the signal to other devices as well through the TS-ASI output. Operation ► Press the Settings key to access the settings.
Page 183: 11 Specifications
11 SPECIFICATIONS 11.1 General Specifications Inputs and Outputs ► Parameter Value Additional data RF Input Connector Input type F male 75 Ω Maximum Signal 130 dBμV Maximum Input Voltage 50 V rms DC to 100 Hz; powered by the AL- 103 power charger 30 V rms DC to 100 Hz;...
Page 184: Power Supply
No EXTERNAL supply active Recharging time 3 hours up to 80% Instrument off External Voltage 12 V DC Using only PROMAX supplied accessories Consumption 50 W Auto Power Off Programmable After the selected amount of minutes without operating on any control.
Page 185 Included Accessories ► Parameter Value Additional data 1x CC-046 Jack 4V/RCA cable 1x CC-041 Connection USB Cable On-the-go (A) Male – Mini USB (B) Male 1x CC-045 USB Cable (A) Female – Mini USB (A) Male 1x AA-103 Car lighter charger 1x AL-103 External DC charger 1x AD-055...
Page 186: Measurement Mode
11.2 Measurement Mode DVB-T ► Parameter Value Additional data Modulation COFDM Margin of power From 35 dBμV to 115 dBμV measurement Measures Power, CBER, VBER, MER, C/N and Link VBER measure down margin <1E-10; CBER measure can go down to <1E-7 Displayed data Numeric and level bar Carriers...
Page 187 DVB-C2 ► Parameter Value Additional data Modulation COFDM Margin of power From 45 dBμV to 115 dBμV measurement Measures Power, CBER, MER, C/N, LBER, BCH ESR, LDP Iterations and wrong packets Displayed data Numeric and level bar Carriers Guard Interval 1/64, 1/128 Bandwidth 6 and 8 MHz...
Page 188 DVB-S2 ► Parameter Value Additional data Modulation QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK Modulation schemes ACM / VCM Margin of power From 35 dBμV to 115 dBμV 8PSK: measurement 24 dBuV@2.15 GHz / 2 MSs; 34 dBuV@2.15 GHz / 27 MSs Measures Power, CBER, LBER, MER, C/N, BCH ESR, Wrong Packets and Link Margin Displayed data...
Page 189: Spectrum Analyser Mode
11.3 Spectrum Analyser Mode Digital Signal ► Parameter Value Additional data General Parameters Resolution filter 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 40 kHz, 100 kHz, 200 kHz, Also 2 kHz only for terrestrial band. 1 MHz Markers displays frequency, level indication, level difference, frequency difference Reference Level 60 dBμV to 135 dBμV...
Page 190 Analogue Signal ► Parameter Value Additional data General Parameters Attenuation scale Auto-range Numerical indication Absolute value according to selected units Graphical indication Analogue bar on screen Audible indicator Pitch sound Tone with pitch proportional to signal strength Terrestrial Tuning range 5 to 1000 MHz Tuning mode Manual...
Page 191: Tv Mode
11.4 TV Mode Video ► Parameter Value Additional data Codecs MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MP@HL (Main profile high level) MPEG-4 AVC H.264 High Profile Level 4.1; maximum bitrate 40 Mbps Maximum Image Size 1920x1080x60i; 1280x720x60p/50p Minimum Image Size 352x240x30p; 352x288x25p Bitrate 40 Mbps Aspect Ratio 16/9;...
Page 192: Tools
11.5 Tools Constellation ► Parameter Value Additional data Type of Signal DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-C, DVB-C2, DSS, DVB-S Type of Signal and DVB-S2 Displayed data I-Q graph Displayed data Echoes ► Parameter Value Additional data Type of Signal DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-C2 Measurement range Depends on the standard, carrier and guard interval...
Page 193: Iptv
11.6 IPTV Streams Multicast ► Parameter Value Additional data 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 Ports 1024 to 65535 Maximum bitrate 80 Mbit/s IPER (ITU Y-1540) Population of interest: all Ethernet frames received on the interface; recommended value < 100 ms MDI (RFC4445) Population of interest: specified multicast stream;...
Page 194: Transport Stream Analyser
11.7 Transport Stream Analyser Tables ► Parameter Value Additional data PSI Tables Program Association Table Program Map Table Network Information Table Conditional Access Table SI Tables Network Information Table Bouquet Association Table Service Description Table Event Information Table Time and Date Table Time and Date Table Bitrate ►...
Page 195: Options
11.8 Options Fibre Optics ► Parameter Value Additional data Selective Optical Power Meter Optical Measure bands 1310 nm ± 50 nm; 1490 nm ± 10 nm; 1550 nm ± 15 nm Connector FC/APC Measurement Dinamic - 49,9 dBm to +10 dBm Accuracy ±...
Page 196 ► Parameter Value Additional data Chipset GSP3F SIRF Start III technology Frequency L1, 1575.42 MHz C/A code 1.023 MHz chip rate Channels Accuracy Position 10 meters, 2D RMS 5 meters 2D RMS, WAAS corrected <5 meters (50%), DGPS corrected Velocity 0.1 meters/second Time 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time...
Page 197: 12 Maintenance
12 MAINTENANCE 12.1 Considerations about the Screen This paragraph offers key considerations regarding the use of the colour screen, taken from the specifications of the manufacturer. In the TFT display, the user may find pixels that do not light up or pixels that are permanently lit.
Page 198 Cleaning the plastic case The equipment has to be disconnected before 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 with...
Page 199: Annex 1 Signals Description
ANNEX 1 SIGNALS DESCRIPTION A1.1 DIGITAL signals Digital TERRESTRIAL Television FIRST Generation A1.1.1 (DVB-T standard/COFDM modulation) DVB-T Parameters Channel Bandwidth ► This parameter affects the frequency separation of the carriers. Its value is 6 MHz, 7 MHz or 8 MHz. Spectral inversion ►...
Page 200 DVB-T Measurements Power Measured power over the entire bandwidth of the channel. Carrier/Noise ratio, where C is the received power of the modulated carrier signal and N is the received noise power. To measure it correctly the channel should be tuned at its centre frequency. Modulation error ratio with link margin (LM).
Page 201 Digital TERRESTRIAL Television SECOND Generation A1.1.2 (DVB-T2 standard/COFDM modulation) The DVB-T2 demodulator version allows working with Base (standard version) and Lite (mobile devices version) profiles. DVB-T2 Parameters Channel Bandwidth ► This parameter affects the frequency separation of the carriers. Its value is 6 MHz, 7 MHz or 8 MHz.
Page 202 DVB-T2 Measurements Power Measured power over the entire bandwidth of the channel. (Carrier/Noise) where C is the received power of the modulated carrier signal and N is the noise power received. To measure it correctly the channel should be tuned at its centre frequency. PLP id It is the PLP identifier.
Page 203 Digital SATELLITE Television FIRST Generation A1.1.3 (DVB-S standard/QPSK modulation) DVB-S Parameters Channel Bandwidth ► It displays the channel bandwidth from 1.3 MHz to 60.75 MHz. Spectral inversion ► It detects if the input signal has been inverted. Symbol Rate NEW! ►...
Page 204 DVB-S Measurements Power Measured power over the entire bandwidth of the channel. Carrier/Noise ratio where C is the received power of the modulated carrier signal and N is the noise power received. To measure it correctly the channel should be tuned at its centre frequency. Modulation Error ratio with indication of Link Margin (LM).
Page 205 Digital SATELLITE television signal of SECOND generation A1.1.4 (DVB-S2 standard/QPSK/8PSK modulation) DVB-S2 Parameters Channel Bandwidth ► It displays the channel bandwidth from 1.3 MHz to 60.75 MHz. Spectral inversion ► It detects if the input signal has been inverted. Symbol Rate NEW! ►...
Page 206 Modulation Error ratio. MER represents the ratio between the average power of the DVB signal and the average noise power of the signal constellation. Next to the MER appears the Link Margin (LM) measurement. The LM is equivalent to the noise margin (NM) and indicates the distance to the QEF (usually defined as a one lost packet per hour).The LM is measured in dB and its value corresponds to the safety margin that separates from the QEF.
Page 207 Digital CABLE television signal of FIRST generation A1.1.5 (DVB-C standard/QAM modulation) DVB-C Parameters Bandwidth channel ► It displays the channel bandwidth up to 9.2 MHz. Spectral inversion ► It detects if the input signal has been inverted. Symbol Rate ► It represents the number of times the signal status changes in a period of time.
Page 208 DVB-C Measurements Power Measured power over the entire bandwidth of the channel. Carrier/Noise ratio where C is the received power of the modulated carrier signal and N is the noise power received. To measure it correctly the channel should be tuned at its centre frequency. Modulation Error ratio with indication of Link Margin(LM).The link margin indicates the safety margin respect to the MER level , measured for the degradation of the signal up to the QEF (Quasi Error Free) value.
Page 209 Digital CABLE television signal of SECOND generation A1.1.6 (DVB-C2 standard/COFDM modulation) DVB-C2 Parameters Channel Bandwidth ► It is the channel bandwidth between 6 MHz, 7 MHz and 8 MHz. Spectral inversion ► It detects if the input signal has been inverted. Guard Interval ►...
Page 210 DVB-C2 Measurements Power Measured power over the entire bandwidth of the channel. Carrier/Noise ratio where C is the received power of the modulated carrier signal and N is the noise power received. To measure it correctly the channel should be tuned at its centre frequency. Modulation Error ratio with indication of Link Margin(LM).The link margin indicates the safety margin respect to the MER level , measured for the degradation of the signal up to the QEF (Quasi Error Free) value.
Page 211 A1.2 ANALOGUE signals Terrestrial band A1.2.1 Analogue TV In the measurement of analogue signals in terrestrial band, measurements available are: LEVEL ► Indication of the carrier level of the tuned video. ► Ratio between the modulated signal power and noise power for the same bandwidth (depending on TV standard).The modulation error ratio (MER), used in digital systems is analogue to the Signal-Noise (S/N) ratio in analogue systems.
Page 212 Satellite band A1.2.2 Analogue TV In the measurement mode of analogue signals in the satellite band, measures available are: Level ► Measurement of the tuned carrier level. ► Ratio between the modulated signal power and noise power equivalent to the same bandwidth (as TV standard).The modulation error ratio (MER), used in digital systems is analogue to the Signal-Noise (S/N) ratio in analogue systems.
Page 213: Annex 2 How To Point A Dish Antenna
ANNEX 2 HOW TO POINT A DISH ANTENNA A2.1 INSTALLING A SATELLITE DISH USING RANGER A bit of history A2.1.1 That's it, a bit of history. First artificial satellite "Sputnik I" was launched 4th of October of 1957 by former Soviet Union. It was about the size of a basketball with a weight below 100 Kgrs but went down in history as the start point for the space age.
Page 214 The antenna used to receive the test transmission from Telstar I was a huge horn inside a bubble radome 48 metres high. Only four decades later we have broken all records and we have high power DBS geostationary satellites carrying a lot of digital transponders on board and we start to worry about space junk having thousands of satellites in orbit, plenty of them beyond its useful life.
Page 215 Figure A2.4. The LNB (Low Noise Block-converter) is an active device fruit of the great evolution of RF circuit manufacturing and includes amplifiers, oscillators and frequency converters in a small low cost package. The first section is made of a device called polarisation shifter that receives one polarisation or the other depending on the supply voltage given to the LNB.
Page 216 Figure A2.5. An example of LNB(Low Noise Block-converter) Coarse dish alignment A2.1.3 We can use different techniques to find out where in the sky the satellite we want is located. They can be anything from a pure guessing game to a sophisticated procedure.
Page 217 With this information in hand we can calculate the elevation and azimuth we should put on the dish to begin our coarse antenna alignment. There are formulas to do that but some websites are again quite useful. There are also free mobile applications, as Dish Aligner, which calculates the elevation and azimuth and also your current location determined by the GPS of the mobile phone.
Page 218 Knowing what satellite we are on A2.1.4 And the comes into action. Our dish is now more ore less RANGER "looking" in the direction where we presume our "bird" is parked. With the connected to the output of the LNB we select satellite frequency RANGER range, antenna alignment mode, span of 200 MHz and set the power supply voltage to one of the possible values.
Page 219 Fine tuning the dish A2.1.5 Once we know for certain that we are on ASTRA 19E it is time to make fine adjustments to the dish to optimise the alignment. There are two goals to achieve. On the one hand we want to receive the maximum amount of power possible and on the other hand we need to make sure we minimise the interference from the crossed polarisation.
Page 220 Look what we’ve got A2.1.7 can also display the free to air programs available in the RANGER satellite. That is very practical not so much for the picture itself but for amount of interesting data related to the transponders we can display as well. This includes: Tuned video information.
Page 221: Annex 3 Diseqc Commands
ANNEX 3 DiSEqC COMMANDS A3.1 DiSEqC introduction The DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is an open protocol created by Eutelsat in 1997 as a communication standard between satellite TV receivers and external peripherals. The DiSEqC communications are based on the control commands, which travel combined with power voltage through the coaxial cable that leads the TV signal.
Page 222 Note: The LNB accept a very wide range of values for these voltages, usually 10-14.5V (for 13V) and 15.5-20V (for 18V). In the , the band and the polarisation selection can be done from RANGER different menus (all the different ways indicate dare equivalent): Menu Line External units power supply...
Page 223 Command Selected input SAT A Satellite 1 SAT B Satellite 2 These switchers are transparent to the LNB's (13V, 18V, 22 kHz) commutation commands. Then, once chosen the satellite with the SAT command, the corresponding LNB can be used in a normal way. (see Universal LNB). Note: There are switchers of 2 inputs and 1 output in which other DiSEqC commands are used, such as POSITION or OPTION, to allow more complex assemblies.
Page 224 DiSEqC Switcher with 4 inputs and 1 output A3.4.3 Figure A3. 3. This switcher allows the signal reception from four independent Universal LNBs (coming from 4 different satellites) on a single receiver. As it is possible to observe in the attached scheme, there are “OPTION” and “POSITION”...
Page 225 A3.5 In the collective facilities The most frequent satellite signal distribution system in the small collective facilities is the “BIS-switched”. This technology implies to use the “Quattro” type LNBs (not to confuse with the “QUAD” type) and also supports specific multiswitches for this type of facilities.
Page 226 Examples of multiswitch ► SAT Inputs TER Inputs Satellites Terminals Multiswitch 9/4 Multiswitch 5/16 Multiswitch 17/16 … … … … … We will not consider the input of terrestrial TV, since this does not take part in the satellite signal. Also the following indicated examples do not show more than a single output.
Page 227 Multiswitch (2 Satellites) A3.5.2 Figure A3. 7. This type of multiswitch is used usually to switch the Astra 19º and Hotbird 13º satellites. As in the previous case, if for a certain satellite it is desired to change of band or polarisation, it is not sufficient with changing the corresponding parameter, but in addition it is necessary to send the command SAT A/B corresponding to cause the switching (even if one does not change of satellite).
Page 228 Multiswitch (4 Satellites) A3.5.3 Figure A3. 8. This type of multiswitch allows to distribute the signal coming from 4 different satellites. It uses a combination of OPTION, POSITION, Polarisation and Band commands. The equipment allows to use easily this type of multiswitch thanks to the «...
Page 229 Band Polarization Command Satellite Horizontal OPT/POS B-A Satellite-3 Vertical OPT/POS B-A Satellite-3 High Horizontal OPT/POS B-A Satellite-3 High Vertical OPT/POS B-A Satellite-3 Horizontal OPT/POS B-B Satellite-4 Vertical OPT/POS B-B Satellite-4 High Horizontal OPT/POS B-B Satellite-4 High Vertical OPT/POS B-B Satellite-4 A3.6 DiSEqC programs and commands in the RANGER...
Page 230 Programs ► There are eight predefined programs that execute basic functions to control an universal switch with two or four inputs. It also has more programs that control installations with 8 or 16 satellite antennas using SPAUN devices or switches Commited/Uncommited.
Page 231: Remote Control Commands
ANNEX 4 REMOTE CONTROL COMMANDS Introduction A4.1 The design of based on a microprocessor, allows data to be RANGER exchanged between the equipment and a remote controller (usually a personal computer) via USB. By this way, data can be obtained from the equipment and also control it remotely.
Page 232 Operation Mode A4.3 accepts remote commands at any time, which the RANGER instrument is on. That is, it is not necessary to put the instrument in special remote control mode; rather, this mode is selected immediately when it detects a complete command during the time necessary for its execution.
Page 233 Commands should always be sent in capital letter and cannot be edited online, i.e., once a character is received it is stored in the buffer and RANGER cannot be rectified by sending an erase code. Commands in remote control are divided into two groups, orders and interrogations.
Page 234 Remote commands table A4.5 Remote Commands Short Description BATTERY It provides information about the battery actual status CAPTURE It makes and read screen captures CAPTURE READ It reads a file with the current screen capture DISEQC It gets a list of available diseqc programs and can send a specific one EQUIPMENT POWER It shutdowns the equipment...
Page 235 9 9 9 Name BATTERY Description: It provides information about the battery current status. Question: *?BATTERY parameter Response: *BATTERY parameter_resp parameter parameter_resp Description parameter_resp <empty LEVEL, It provides a complete set of > PERCENT, TIME, information about the battery SMART current status (see...
Page 236 9 9 9 Name CAPTURE READ Description: It reads a file with the current screen capture (see command CAPTURE) Question: *?CAPTURE BLOCK=bbbb <CR> Response: *CAPTURE SIZE= size bbbb Description bbbb bbbb is the number of bytes sent in each data block.
Page 237 9 9 9 Name EQUIPMENT POWER OFF Description It shutdowns the equipment Order *EQUIPMENT POWEROFF EQUIPMENT SN Name Description It provides the serial number of the equipment Question *?EQUIPMENT SN Response *EQUIPMENT SN = equipment_resp equipment_resp Description equipment_resp Unique numeric code that identifies the equipment INSTALLATION Name...
Page 238 9 9 9 Name INSTALLATION CURRENT Description It provides information about the current installation Question *?INSTALLATION CURRENT current=nn Response *INSTALLATION NAME=current_resp current Description nn Description (decimal value) current_resp <empty> <empty> Available data from the current installation TER-CH Terrest. channel Terrestrial channel plan plan index name with “nn”...
Page 239 9 9 9 Name INSTALLATION CURRENT REMOVE Description It removes the files of the same type in the current installation Order *INSTALLATION CURRENT REMOVE tag=name Description tag SPECTRUM Spectrum capture file TER-CH Terrestrial channel plan file SAT-CH Satellite channel plan file DISEQC_PROGRAM DISEQC program file Print screens file...
Page 240 9 9 9 Name INSTALLATION FILE Description It reads an “xml” file of the current installation and sends it to a Question *?INSTALLATION CURRENT tag=name BLOCK=bbbb Response *INSTALLATION SIZE=size Description tag SPECTRUM It reads spectrum captures in the current installation TER-CH It reads terrestrial channel plans in the current install...
Page 241 9 9 9 Name INSTALLATION FILE ZIP Description It reads an “xml” file of the current installation and sends all the installation files zipped to a PC Question *?INSTALLATION CURRENT ZIP BLOCK=bbbb Response *INSTALLATION SIZE=size bbbb Description bb Byte (nnn decimal) size to which the file will be divided to be send size Description size...
Page 242 9 9 9 Name INSTALLATION PC ZIP Description It sends a file from a PC to the equipment zipped with all files of the installation Order *INSTALLATION ZIP NAME=name SIZE=size BLOCK=bbbb name Description name abcd Name (“abcd”) of the installation size Description size Byte (nnn decimal) size of the file when send...
Page 243 9 9 9 Name Description It provides / configures the LNB output Question *?LNB lnb Response *LNB lnb = lnb_resp Description lnb_resp OUTPUT Current selected output ENABLE LNB enable (ON) or disabled (OFF) VOLTAGE Last measurement of the LNB output voltage CURRENT Last measurement of the LNB output...
Page 244 9 9 9 Name Description It provides/configures the LTE filter status Question *?LTE Response *LTE lte_resp lte_resp Description lte_resp LTE filter enabled LTE filter disabled Configuration *LTE lte_conf lte_conf Description lte_conf It enables the LTE filter It disables the LTE filter Name MEASURE Description...
Page 245 9 9 9 Name MODE Description It provides/sets the operation mode of the equipment Question *?MODE Response *MODE mode_resp mode_resp Description mode_resp TV mode TV+SP+MEASURE TV mode with spectrum and measurements TV+PARAMETERS TV mode with TS parameters Spectrum mode SP+MEASURE Spectrum mode with measurement SP+MEASURE+TV Spectrum mode with TV and...
Page 246 9 9 9 Name PRINT SCREEN Description It makes a screenshot in PNG format Configuration *PRINT SCREEN=printscreen_conf =printscreen_conf Description =printscreen_conf <empty> It gives a name by default =abc It gives the name “abc” Name Description It provides / sets services Question *?PSI Response...
Page 247 9 9 9 Name PSI SERVICE Description It provides / configures services Question *?PSI SERVICE=service service Description service CURRENT Current service Index of service Response *PSI SERVICE=ss NAME=name PROVIDER=provider SID=sid TYPE=type SCRAMBLED=lcn response Description response CURRENT for current service or index of service.
Page 248 9 9 9 Question *?PSI SERVICE=CURRENT VIDEO Response *PSI PID=pid BITRATE=bitrate TYPE=type RESOLUTION=resolution FORMAT=format FRAME=frame PROFILE=profile response Description response PID number bitrate Bitrate in kbps type Type of video (MPEG-2,H264,...). resolution Resolution of video. format Format of video (16:9/4:3...) frame Freq profile Profile level...
Page 249 9 1 1 Name Description It provides/sets date and time Question *?RTC rtc Response *RTC rtc=rtc_resp rtc_resp Description rtc_resp DATE=date It shows current date, time and TIME=time date format FORMAT=format TIME hh:mm:ss Hours:minutes:seconds DATE DD/MM/YYYY day/month/year DD/MM/YY day/month/year (last two digits) MM/DD/YYYY month/day/year YYYY/MM/DD...
Page 250 1 1 1 Name SIGNAL Description It provides/configures the signal type Question *?SIGNAL signal Response *SIGNAL signal=signal_resp signal Description signal_resp TYPE Signal standard type Current code rate BANDWIDTH Signal bandwidth Signal symbol rate Spectral inversion enabled (ON) or disabled (OFF) MODE Measurement of the FFT in a COFDM modulation...
Page 251 1 1 1 Name SPECTRUM Description It configures the span and/or the reference level Configuration *SPECTRUM spectrum=spectrum_config spectrum spectrum_config Description spectrum_config nn.n Value (nn.n) of the reference level in units of the current band nnn= span value number SPAN nnnF F= Order of magnitude for the span.
Page 252 1 1 1 Name TUNE Description It provides/configures the frequency Question *?TUNE Response *TUNE BAND=band_resp FREQ= freq_resp band_resp Description band_resp Terrestrial band Satellite band freq_resp Description freq_resp nnnK nnn=Number value for the frequency; K= (kHz) Configuration *TUNE BAND= band_conf FREQ= freq_conf band_conf Description band_conf Terrestrial band...
Page 253 1 1 1 Name TUNE CH Description It provides/configures the channel Question *?TUNE CH Response *TUNE BAND= band_resp PLAN=plan_ resp CH= ch_ resp band_resp Description band_resp It means that channel belongs to the terrestrial band It means that channel belongs to the satellite band plan_resp Description plan_resp...
Page 254: Op-002-Ps: Optical + 5 Ghz Rf Auxiliary
ANNEX 5 OP-002-PS: OPTICAL + 5 GHz RF AUXILIARY INPUT OPTION A5.1 GENERAL A5.1.1 Description This annex contains operating instructions for the next option: OP-002-PS: Selective Optical Power Meter + Optical to RF Selective Converter + 5 GHz RF Auxiliary Input. The evolution of the telecommunications market, more and more demanding in quality standards, speed, services and so on and also economical and competitiveness...
Page 255 A5.2 DESCRIPTION OF INTERNAL OPERATION The selective meter consists, in first place, of a selective triple filter for 1310, 1490 and 1550 nm signals. The filter separates each wavelength and each one leads to an independent circuit with a photosensor, which obtains the RF signal that it carries.
Page 256 A5.3 Fibre optical test A5.3.1 Description The optical function of this module allows the user to certify a telecommunication installation by calibrating the signals at the installation and then measuring them in each of the user access points. with optical module can measure simultaneously and in a RANGER selective way the three wavelengths used in optical fibre (1310, 1490 and 1550 nm).
Page 257 Next it is shown the screen to perform the fibre optic test: Screen description: ► Figure A5.3. Status message depending on the level of attenuation. Power level of the signal. Wavelength of the signal (nm). Power level of the reference signal, which is used to calibrate and calculate the attenuation level (dBm).
Page 258 A5.3.3 Menu options On the bottom of the screen there are three menus accessible via the function keys. It exits the tool. When pressing this key it uses the current values of power as a reference values. It accesses the Advanced menu. In the Advanced menu there are two parameters to configure the fibre optical test.
Page 259 Stage 1. Capturing reference measurements. ► Connect the SC pigtail end connector to the PROLITE-105 output connector. Connect the FC end of the pigtail to the optical input of the (see figure below). RANGER RANGER Turn on the PROLITE-105 and the Press key to access the Tools menu.
Page 260 Stage 2. Attenuation Test Measurement. ► Connect the PROLITE-105 in a source node of the transmission optical network, example free strip main telecommunications cabinet of the building. Keep the PROLITE-105 in simultaneous mode for generating signals, so it SIMULTANEOUSLY generates all three wavelengths (1310 nm, 1490 nm and 1550 nm).
Page 261 A5.4 Selective optical to RF converter A5.4.1 Description The selective optical to RF converter has a filter that separates each wavelength and directs it to an independent circuit with a photosensor, which obtains the RF signal that carries. The RF signal obtained for each wavelength passes to a band switch.
Page 262 A5.4.2 Operation Signal connection to use this option is as follows: Figure A5.6. Upper panel of (with this option installed). RANGER Pigtail adapter (supplied with the module) with input optical signal. Cable (supplied with this expansion module) with RF signal. FC—APC input connector for optical signal.
Page 263 A5.4.3 Configuration After the connection is made, the user can use the equipment for measurement of optical signals as if they were RF signals. Steps to measure a signal are as follows: Press the Settings key, and in the "Signal Source" option select "Fiber optic"...
Page 264 Attenuator: ► This options allows enabling (ON) or disabling (OFF) the attenuator. When the attenuator is ON is 15 dB RF attenuation. When the attenuator is OFF is 0 dB RF attenuation. The attenuator must be adapted to the installation according to the RF power (modulation index).
Page 265 A5.5.3 Configuration The user can use the equipment for direct connection to optical LNB with 5.4 GHz output. Steps to measure it are as follows: Figure A5.9a. May 2016...
Page 266 Figure A5.9b. ∗ Band 1: 2150 - 3000 MHz; Band 2: 3400 - 4400 MHz; Band 3: 4400 - 5400 MHz. May 2016...
Page 267 A5.5.4 Screen Description Figure A5.10. RF Aux. Input Signal Power. Auxiliary Frequency Input. Input Signal Frequency. LNB Optical Power Level. RF Auxiliary Input Enabled. Center Frequency. May 2016...
Page 268: Annex 6 Op-002-Gps: Signal Coverage Option
ANNEX 6 OP-002-GPS: SIGNAL COVERAGE OPTION GENERAL A6.1 Description A6.1.1 This annex contains operating instructions for the next option: OP-002-GPS: Signal coverage analysis with GPS for RANGER This option allows the user to check signal coverage by measuring its power, MER and C/N.
Page 269 Signal Coverage Analysis A6.2 Operation A6.2.1 The Signal Coverage tool is available for all signals. Connect the GPS receiver to the equipment. In Settings menu select the terrestrial band. Access the SPECTRUM mode and tune the signal for coverage study. In case of tuning a DVB-T2 signal, in the Signal Parameters menu select the Profile (Base or Lite) and the PLP identifier.
Page 270 Settings A6.2.2 User can adjust some parameters on the Signal Coverage analysis: Figure A6.1. File name: ► User can give a name to the file where data is saved. All measurement that can be seen in the MEASUREMENT 1/3 screen (frequency, power/level, C/N, PLP identifier, MER, CBER, LBER and LM) will be stored on the data file.
Page 271 Description of signal coverage screen A6.2.3 The following describes the Signal Coverage screen: Figure A6.2. Selected installation; date and time. The “Current installation” green indicates the system has locked the GPS signal. The “Current installation” in red indicates that the system has not locked the GPS signal. Spectrum.
Page 272 Signal information window 3: Elapsed: Time elapsed since the beginning of the coverage study. Samples: Samples taken since the beginning of the coverage study. Space left: Space left in the memory to save data. GPS status: It shows if the GPS receiver is locked or unlocked. Latitude, Longitude: It shows the latitude and longitude at the current position, if GPS is locked.
Page 273 GPS Status: It shows a list and a graph with satellites detected to locate the ► GPS signal. It is also provided additional data such as longitude, latitude, date and universal time, visible satellites and GPS status (locked or not). Figure A6.3.
Page 274 Selected installation; date and time. Power measurement over time. MER and C/N measurement over time. Joystick mode selected: PA mode (panoramic) or MA mode (cursor movement). LNB, selected band; battery level. Signal information window 1: Measurement of power, C/N, Offset, MER, CBER, VBER and Link Margin where the cursor is.
Page 275: Obtaining An Excel File
Once you got the coverage data, copy the XML data file from the equipment to a USB memory using the Installation Manager. See the equipment’s documentation in how to get files from an Installation. Obtaining an excel file A6.3.2 For this section, you must have at least Excel 2003 or newer version. Excel 2007 (or later) is highly recommended to avoid macro problems.
Page 276 When Excel tries to open the file it will ask you the import method to open the XML data file by this way: Figure A6.6. You must choose the option in which a stylesheet is asked. It will appear as an option the “COVERAGE.xsl” file. Figure A6.7.
Page 277 Now Excel is opening the XML data file using the format that the XSL file is providing. This step could take few seconds depending on the size of the XML data file. At this point, you should have an excel file with three different sheets. Each sheet corresponds to a different view of the same data: The first one will show you the generic signal information and the different coverage measures for each point acquired.
Page 278 Presenting measurements in Google Earth A6.3.3 For this process Google Earth must be installed on the computer and internet connection will be needed. Open a web browser and then search for a converter from Excel file to KML file, for instance, googling “excel to kml” (a kind of XML file used by Google Earth) We propose this one (and this is the one we will explain in detail in the following example explanation).
Page 279 Click on the BROWSE icon: Figure A6.9. A new window will appear in which you will be able to search the Excel file you saved in the step number 9 of the previous section of this document. Figure A6.10. After doing the file selection click on the option VIEW ON GOOGLE EARTH: Figure A6.11.
Page 280 The web page will perform the file conversion and then will ask if you want to save the resulting file or just open it using Google Earth software. Select OPEN WITH Google Earth. Figure A6.12. Google Earth will try to open the three different excel sheet explained before in this document (see step 8 from Excel opening process for XML data file in the previous section of this document).
Page 281 Disable the first and the second sheets for a more comfortable view, and click over the third one. Figure A6.14. The yellow flag symbol mark the first and the last coverage measure point. The other measurement points will be presented as a C symbol. Figure A6.15.
Page 282: Annex 7 Op-002-Dab: Dab/Dab+ Option
ANNEX 7 OP-002-DAB: DAB/DAB+ OPTION A7.1 Description This annex contains instructions for the following option: OP-002-DAB: DAB/DAB+ signal analysis. This option allows the user to detect, measure, analyse and visualise digital radio DAB and DAB+ . The DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is a digital radio standard, designed for both home and portable receivers to broadcast terrestrial and satellite audio and also data.
Page 283 A7.3 MEASUREMENT Mode Views for DAB/DAB+ signal in MEASUREMENT mode are: Figure A7 1. Measurement 1/3 Figure A7 2. Measurement 2/3 Figure A7 3. Measurement 3/3 May 2016...
Page 284 A7.4 SPECTRUM ANALYSER Mode Views for DAB/DAB+ signal in MEASUREMENT mode are: Figure A7 4. Spectrum 1/3 Figure A7 5. Spectrum 1/3 Figure A7 6. Spectrum 1/3 May 2016...
Page 285 A7.5 TV Mode Views for DAB/DAB+ signal in TV mode are: Figure A7 7. DAB 1/3 Figure A7 8. DAB 2/3 Figure A7 9. DAB 3/3 May 2016...
Page 286: Annex 8 Digital Dividend (Lte)
ANNEX 8 DIGITAL DIVIDEND (LTE) Introduction LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a standard for mobile data connection, commonly called 4G, with up to 44 frequency bands assigned. These bands are located in the radio spectrum between the frequencies 698 MHz and 3600 MHz. Although LTE standard is applied virtually worldwide, each country and each operator chooses the bands and the individual technological aspects of its implementation.
Page 287 LTE signals. Detection and correction of LTE interferences Fortunately, all the PROMAX field strength meters in the RANGER series have tools to detect and correct any interference caused by LTE / 4G mobile phone signals.
Page 288 1 1 1 Figure A8.2 Picture of the terrestrial band occupied by LTE frequencies. We will use the Spectrum Analyser mode with the Max Hold and Marker option. Now the step by step explanation. First tune the channel 60 in the 786 MHz frequency. This is the last channel currently available for DTT (or highest frequency channel in the UHF band, in our case).DT (o el canal de frecuencia más alta en la banda de UHF, en nuestro caso).
Page 289 1 1 1 In the Spectrum Analyser mode, drop down the Advanced menu and select the Max Hold option in Permanent mode. Keep in mind that the LTE signal changes continuously its power, according to the instant traffic data. With this option, we can view on screen not only the signals in real time but also the peak values.
Page 290 1 1 1 Figure A8.5 Marker enabled and placed in one of the LTE channels, at the frequency 793.5 MHz. In case of anomalies on the DTT signal, the procedure to follow would be to connect a filter in the RF signal to determine if the presence of LTE signals is the cause of our interferences.
Page 291 1 1 1 LTE filter built-in the HD RANGER+ RANGER meters The most advanced equipment such as the RANGER and the RANGER 2, have a built-in rejection filter for the LTE band. This filter can be enabled to check if the quality of the TV signal reception improves, when much of the LTE band has been attenuated by the filter.
Page 292: Multimedia Content
Next it is the list with all the links of the multimedia content in the user's manual: TITLE LINK Introducing the HD RANGER Series http://youtu.be/XpNxlOSfkf0 Introducing the HD RANGER 2 http://youtu.be/dl11jXoi_FQ Navigating through the menus http://youtu.be/Zm_QT-_qtY4 Switching satellite/terrestrial http://youtu.be/ecv1P0Cf_fI bands Manual input of frequencies http://youtu.be/81l5ezO4cgg...
Page 293 PROMAX ELECTRONICA, S. L. Francesc Moragas, 71-75 08907 L’HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT (Barcelona) SPAIN Tel. : 93 184 77 00 * Tel. Intl. : (+34) 93 184 77 02 Fax : 93 338 11 26 * Fax Intl. : (+34) 93 338 11 26 http://www.promaxelectronics.com...

Promax hd ranger 2 User Manual

1 Introduction

2 Setting up

3 Measurement Mode

4 Spectrum Analyser Mode

5 Tv Mode

6 General Menu Options

7 Tools

9 Installations Management

10 Connecting to External Devices

11 Specifications

12 Maintenance

Annex 1 Signals Description

Annex 2 How to Point a Dish Antenna

ANNEX 3 Diseqc COMMANDS

Annex 3

Annex 4

Annex 6 Op-002-Gps: Signal Coverage Option

Annex 7 Op-002-Dab: Dab/Dab+ Option

Annex 8 Digital Dividend (Lte)

Annex 8

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