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Rover OMNIA-6 User Manual

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OMNIA-6
USER'S GUIDE
PROFESSIONAL ANALOG & DIGITAL
CATV "QAM-DVB-C" PALM-TOP ANALYZER
FREQUENCY: 5/870 MHz – LEVEL/POWER: 15 to 126 dBuV
(-45 to +66 dBmV / -93 to +18 dBm)
DRAFT VERSION
Subject to change without notice

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  • Page 1 OMNIA-6 USER’S GUIDE PROFESSIONAL ANALOG & DIGITAL CATV “QAM-DVB-C” PALM-TOP ANALYZER FREQUENCY: 5/870 MHz – LEVEL/POWER: 15 to 126 dBuV (-45 to +66 dBmV / -93 to +18 dBm) DRAFT VERSION Subject to change without notice...
  • Page 2 Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version Code: UG-OMNIA-6 Title: OMNIA-6 User’s Guide Edition: 1.60-6.0-EN-1.06...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version INDEX SPECIFICATIONS ............................. p. 4 INTRODUCTION ..............................p. 6 Battery Care............................. p. 6 Power On..............................p. 6 Power Off..............................p. 6 General instructions for navigating on-screen selections................. p. 6 INSTRUMENT SETUP ............................p. 8 DEVICE CONFIGURATION..........................p. 9 Contrast ..............................
  • Page 4 25.11 Print ............................... p. 45 SERVICE NOTES & GUARANTEE REGULATIONS....................p. 46 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION ..........................p. 48 FRONT PANEL VIEW (pull-out page)........................p. 49 STANDARD ROVER EQUIPMENT REPAIR and/or SERVICE FORM ..............p. 50 FAULT IDENTIFICATION FORM ..........................p. 51...

  • Page 5: Specifications

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 1.0 SPECIFICATIONS QAM (Anex A–B–C) • QAM frequency band: 47–870 MHz • Frequency resolution: 62.5 KHz • Power measurement resolution: 0.1 dB • Power measure. accuracy at 20°C: 1 dB typ. (2 dB max.) •...

  • Page 6: Optional Accessories

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version • These parameters are automatically set with the following values (in auto mode): – Reference level: at the top and with level/power value indication on the display – Span: 10 MHz – dB/division: 10 dB –...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Draft Version INTRODUCTION 2.1 Battery Care The OMNIA-6 instrument uses a Ni MH rechargeable battery and includes smart charging techniques to maximize battery life. For recharging the internal battery, Ro.Ve.R. Laboratories S.p.A. includes a single-unit battery charger as a standard accessory.
  • Page 8 Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version For graphic screens, the , and keys move the selector tool (*) clockwise and anti-clockwise, respectively, to items with more than one user selection. Note that the selector tool rotation is relative to its original starting position and may sometimes appear to move in the wrong direction.

  • Page 9: Instrument Setup

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version Figure 4: Graphic Enter Key Use. INSTRUMENT SETUP Pressing and holding for 2 seconds takes you to the configuration menu: keys to select the function required. Press to choose the selection.

  • Page 10: Device Configuration

    DEVICE CONFIGURATION Before using your OMNIA-6 for the first time, the unit needs to be configured to the settings required for your cable system. The unit also has some one-time configurations that need to be set. Turn the unit on and then press the Special Key for two seconds.

  • Page 11: Clock

    4.10 Self Test This function allows you to carry out a “health check” on the parts which make up the Omnia-6. Press any key to quit the diagnostic test display. This also allows the visualization of the instrument’s Hardware and...

  • Page 12: Proof Of Performance

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 4.11 Proof of Performance This function allows you to activate the instrument, at a specific time, to carry out measurements in CATV installations. START: Set the start time Intervall: Set the measurement interval (from 15 minutes to 8 hours)

  • Page 13: Selecting Active Plan

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version SELECTING ACTIVE PLAN Before using the OMNIA-6, an ACTIVE PLAN must be selected. Pressing the key gives you a choice between active plans that exist in the system. Press the key when the desired ACTIVE PLAN name is selected (*).

  • Page 14: Modes Of Operation

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version MODES OF OPERATION 6.1 Measure Mode Pressing the key displays detailed measurements for an individual channel. For analogue channels, measurements displayed are Video Level, Audio Level, Video-Audio, CCN, and Hum. For digital channels, multiplex power, MER, Before BER, After BER, Error Count, and Total Errors and peak/Val (ley) measurements are available.

  • Page 15: Analog Channels (Pal)

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version ANALOG CHANNELS (PAL) Figure 9: Analogue Measure Display Pages. On the first page, the device gives real-time updates of the Visual Carrier Level, Audio Carrier Level, and the Visual – Audio difference. The second page performs a Carrier to Composite Noise measurement at the indicated channel.

  • Page 16: Vsb Channels

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version VSB CHANNELS Power Old is the last power measurement carried out on the channel before MER, After BER calculations. Going to Page 2 using standard navigation, provides a real-time update of the average channel power.

  • Page 17: Scramb Channels

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 11.0 SCRAMB CHANNELS The device gives real-time updates of the Video Carrier Level, Audio Carrier Level and the Video-Audio difference. 12.0 FM/CW CHANNELS The device gives real-time updates of the carrier level.

  • Page 18: Bars Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 13.0 BARS MODE Pressing the key takes you to the Sweep Display shown below. The centre of the graph is the current marker channel. Span Reference Level dB/division Marker Channel Level Marker Channel Figure 11: Sweep Display.

  • Page 19: Db/Div

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 13.3 dB/div Four choices exist for changing the dB/div scaling: 1, 5, 10, and 20 dB/div. Use standard navigation to select and adjust the dB/div as shown below. For convenience, level scales for the 10 dB/div and 5 dB/div appear to the left and right of the display on the permanently attached bezel.

  • Page 20: Channel Marker

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 13.4 Channel Marker You can display up-dated levels for any channel selected by the marker. Press at the Marker Channel then use the keys to select a different channel as shown below. Press re-centre the display at the new marker channel.

  • Page 21: Displaying Audio Levels

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 14.0 DISPLAYING AUDIO LEVEL Audio Levels in the Bars Display integrate with the video level bars as hollow tic marks. Press the key to show all audio levels. Press the key again to remove them.

  • Page 22: Tilt Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 15.0 TILT MODE Press the key to display the nine channels selected for the TILT (preferred channel) measurement. You can modify the dB/div level and marker channel as described in BARS. You can also display audio levels using the keys as described in BARS Mode.

  • Page 23: Spectrum Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 16.0 SPECTRUM MODE Pressing provides a detailed snapshot of the cable system for the given frequency span. Reference Level, Marker Channel, Frequency Span, dB/div, and Marker Frequency can be modified using the standard navigation techniques. Use the...

  • Page 24: Db/Div

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 16.2 dB/div Four choices exist for changing the dB/div scaling: 1, 5, 10, and 20 dB/div. Use standard navigation to select and adjust the dB/div. as shown below. For convenience, level scales for the 10 dB/div and 5 dB/div appear to the left and right of the display on the permanently attached bezel.

  • Page 25: Constellation Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 17.0 CONSTELLATION MODE Constellation mode can be activated whenever the marker channel type being displayed is digital (QAM or VSB). Otherwise, this function is not active. The constellation display depends on the digital modulation (64- QAM, 128-QAM, 256-QAM, 8 or 16 VSB).
  • Page 26 Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version …For changing Quadrant, Figure 21: Selecting Quadrant.

  • Page 27: Ingress Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 18.0 INGRESS MODE Pressing provides real-time display of the sweep spectrum from 5-65 MHz. A peak hold provides temporal information about peaks detected in a particular location. The user can set the START and STOP FREQUENCIES, the REFERENCE LEVEL, the SWEEP TIME, and the dB/div.

  • Page 28: Start And Stop Frequencies

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 19.0 START AND STOP FREQUENCIES You can change the START and STOP frequencies of the Ingress display. Press the key and set START FR. To set STOP FR. Press 19.1 Reference Level The REFERENCE LEVEL is initially based on the signal levels present within the current Ingress frequency boundaries.

  • Page 29: Leakage Measurement

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 20.0 LEAKAGE MEASUREMENT If you press the key you reach the Leakage menu for the measurement of losses in coaxial cables. It is possible to set the working frequency. 20.1 Leakage Setup Keep the key pressed for two seconds to reach the “Leakage Setup” menu, where it is possible to...

  • Page 30: Storing Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 21.0 STORING DATA The OMNIA-6 provides storage for four data types: Measure (Data Logger), Ingress data, Spectrum data and leakage data. When active, data may be STORed and RECALLed from each mode. 21.1 Storing Measurement data (Logger)

  • Page 31: Storing Spectrum Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 21.2 Storing Spectrum Data With the device in Spect Mode, press to save data to a selected file name. Use standard navigation to select one of 10 available zoom storage file locations. CAUTION: If a zoom file already exists, no warning will be given for overwriting, so take care in selecting a zoom file.

  • Page 32: Storing Ingress Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 21.3 Storing Ingress Data When the device is in Ingress Mode, press to save to a file name. Use standard navigation to select an ingress file for storage. There are 10 ingress files available. CAUTION: If an ingress file already exists, no warning will be given for overwriting, so take care in selecting an ingress file.

  • Page 33: Storing Leakage Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 21.4 Storing Leakage Data When the device is in Leakage mode, press to save to a file name. Use standard navigation to select an ingress file for storage. There are 10 ingress files available CAUTION: If an ingress file already exists, no warning will be given for overwriting, so take care in selecting an ingress file.

  • Page 34: Recalling Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 22.0 RECALLING DATA As with store, you can recall a Bin file, Zoom file, or Ingress file while in the respective mode (Measure, Zoom, Ingress). 22.1 Recalling Measurement Data (Logger) While in Measurement Mode press to access the Recall Logger Menu.

  • Page 35: Recalling Spectrum Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 22.2 Recalling Spectrum Data While in Spectrum Mode, pressing displays Zoom files available for recall. Using standard navigation, select the desired bin and move the selector tool (*) to the RECALL item. Now press Once you select an appropriate Spectrum file, the device will produce a snapshot of the stored data. Press to return to live data.

  • Page 36: Recalling Leakage Data

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 22.4 Recalling Leakage Data While in Leakage Mode, pressing displays Ingress files available for recall. Using standard navigation, select the desired ingress and move the selector tool (*) to the RECALL item. Now press . Once you select an appropriate Ingress file, the device will produce a snapshot of the stored data.

  • Page 37: Sound Mode

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 23.0 SOUND MODE When in any mode, press to hear the currently selected channel’s audio. Press again to listen to the TV Sync. Figure 32: Sound Carrier Display. While in Sound Carrier Mode, press to activate the audio volume control. Use the keys to increase or lower the volume.

  • Page 38: Voltmeter Mode

    Draft Version 24.0 VOLTMETER MODE The OMNIA-6 automatically senses line frequency AC as well as DC voltages that may be present at the test point. With the instrument connected to the test point in question, press to activate voltmeter mode.

  • Page 39: How To Manually Create A Custom Plan

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.0 HOW TO MANUALLY CREATE A CUSTOM PLAN 25.1 How to copy Source Plan to Destination Plan Press and hold the for 2 seconds until the SELECT FILE PLAN title is displayed. This screen allows the user to copy a SOURCE plan to a DESTINation plan.
  • Page 40 Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version Now select the DESTINATION plan required as shown in the examples below. Figure 36: Select Destination Plan. Pressing when the selector is on CONFIRM? begins the copying process. A WAIT message will be shown with a progress bar at the bottom of the screen. After the copy process is complete, the device will display the Edit Channel Plan’s Menu.

  • Page 41: How To Edit A Channel Plan

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.2 How to edit Channel Plan The user can modify existing channels, delete, or adding channels manually. Use the standard navigation techniques described in the Introduction to select channels, types, frequencies, symbol rates (for digital channels), and level offset (for scrambled channels).

  • Page 42: Selecting Channel Types

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.5 Selecting channel types There are numerous channel types including different digital channel types for various regions of the world. Using standard navigation, select the TYPE to change the channel. Typical types used are described below: •...

  • Page 43: Selecting Frequencies

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.6 Selecting frequencies Use standard navigation to select the FREQ item on the screen. Press and hold to quickly change to the frequency required. As you get closer to the required frequency, press the individual keys one at a time to better control the frequency update.

  • Page 44: Level Offset

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.8 Level Offset When a channel is set as type SCRAMB, the Offset item appears on the screen. This offset will be applied to each video carrier measurement made on the channel. Use standard navigation to select the Offset item and adjust accordingly using .

  • Page 45: Deleting Channels

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.9 Deleting Channels Using standard navigation, select the channel you want to delete. Move the selector tool(*) down to the DELETE item. Press . A WAIT message will appear, then the channel will no longer be on the list.

  • Page 46: Print

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version 25.11 Print Press the key to reach the print menu, where it is possible to choose the type of program required (LIVE/STORED) and the PLANName. To print select and press To print the screen display, press the...

  • Page 47: Service Notes & Guarantee Regulations

    7) Risks and costs for transport to Rover Laboratories S.p.A. must be sustained by the buyer. After repair, if the equipment is under guarantee, Rover Laboratories S.p.A. will pay for the transport returning the goods to the customer.
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  • Page 49: Front Panel Description

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version “OMNIA-6” FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION RF input connector, 75 ohm (easily interchangeable “F” or “IEC”) Model and frequency description RS 232 socket Instrument model Liquid Crystal Display ABS shook-proof and rain-proof housing Keys to activate the various menus on the Display...

  • Page 50: Front Panel View (Pull-Out Page)

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version “OMNIA-6” FRONT PANEL...

  • Page 51: Standard Rover Equipment Repair And/Or Service Form

    Omnia-6 User’s Guide Draft Version...

  • Page 52: Fault Identification Form

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