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MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 DTV Monitors Specifications and Performance Verification Technical Reference *P077017602* 077-0176-02...
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MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 DTV Monitors Specifications and Performance Verification Technical Reference This document applies to firmware versions 4.0 and above. www.tektronix.com 077-0176-02...
Table of Contents General Safety Summary ..................Preface ......................Product Documentation ..................Specifications ....................... Electrical, Hardware, and Signal Specifications............Power Source Characteristics................Environmental Characteristics ................Mechanical (Physical) Characteristics..............Performance Verification ..................Requirements....................Procedure ...................... MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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Table of Contents List of Figures Figure 1: DTV monitor RUI display ................MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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Table 27: GigE interface card - SMPTE310M input (loopthrough to ASI output)......Table 28: AC power source characteristics ..............Table 29: Transport stream card batteries............... Table 30: Environmental characteristics ................ Table 31: Mechanical characteristics................MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere. Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry. Provide Proper Ventilation. Refer to the manual’s installation instructions for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation. MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking. CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. The following symbol(s) may appear on the product: MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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General Safety Summary MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Preface This manual contains the following information about the MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 DTV Monitors: Specifications lists the electrical, physical, and environmental specifications of the DTV monitors. Performance Verification contains a procedure to verify that the DTV monitors is operating normally.
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Provides instructions for upgrading the (075-0973-xx) MTM400A DTV Monitor IPM4UP Upgrade Instructions Provides instructions for upgrading the (075-0997-xx) IPM400A DTV Monitor RFM3UP Upgrade Instructions Provides instructions for upgrading the (075-0993-xx) RFM300 DTV Monitor viii MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Accepts both Burst and Packet mode ASI format Signal Amplitude 2.0 V maximum; 200 mV minimum Termination 75 Ω nominal, transformer coupled Return Loss 10 dB min, 5 MHz to 270 MHz Link Rate 270 Mbaud ± 100 ppm MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Same as the SMPTE310M input Signal Amplitude 600 mV min, 1.0 V max, into a 75 Ω load Output Impedance 75 Ω , transformer coupled Return Loss 10 dB min at 20 MHz MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Linear time code, SMPTE standard to ANSI/SMPTE 12M - 1995 Input Voltage 2.0 V p-p differentially minimum Table 8: TS processor card - Ethernet RJ-45 connector Characteristic Description Connector 10/100 Base-T; RJ-45 Use only good quality screened cable; Cat 6 MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
RF lock is indicated by LED and Status Input Level (Signal Strength) Range: -64 dBm to -19 dBm (45 dBuV to 90 dBuV relative to 75 Ωs) (Typical) Resolution: 1 dB Accuracy: ± 3 dB MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
-60 dBm to -30 dBm for a CBER of <1e Modulation Format QPSK in accordance with ETSI EN 300 421 Modulated Baud Rate 1 MBaud min, 30 MBaud max Turbo Viterbi Values Supported 2/3, 3/4 (2.05), 3/4 (2.1), 5/6, 8/9 MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Display Range: -72 dBm to -2 dBm relative to 75 Ω (-23 dBmV to +47 dBmV) (Typical) Resolution: 1 dB Accuracy: ± 3 dB EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) Display Range: ≤ 3.0% to ≥ 12.5% rms (Typical) Resolution: 0.1% Accuracy: ± 20% of reading MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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Echo Profile (Typical) Equalizer filter tap information is displayed. Display Echo Level range: Normalized real tap values over the range of -1 to 1 Display Delay range: -6.7 µs to 45.5 µs MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
- QPSK/16, QAM/64, QAM encoding - 2K/8K Transmission mode - Hierarchy status (hierarchy on/off, alpha value) - Viterbi puncture rate - Guard Interval Value - Gross bit rate in the channel - Spectrum polarity (inverted/non inverted) MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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Pre-Viterbi BER and Pre Reed-Solomon BER values are displayed. Post RS BER and TEF (Transport Post Reed Solomon BER (uncorrectable error count) and number of Transport Error Flags Error Flag) are displayed. MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Smoothing mechanism for the TS packets before retransmitting packets out on ASI port Signal Amplitude 600 mV min, 1.0 V max into a 75 Ω load Return Loss 10 dB min at 270 MHz MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
2 (In single carrier) Voltage 210 mAh Capacity Continuous Discharge (Maximum) 3 mA Overall Dimensions (Single cell) Height 3.2 mm (0.13 in) Width (Diameter) 20 mm (0.79 in) Battery Type Tektronix part number: 146-0096-xx MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
Top and bottom: 0 mm; Sides: Standard 19 in rack mount Weight 6.0 kg (13.3 lbs); fully loaded Packaged Dimensions Height 241 mm (9.5 in) Width 590 mm (23.1 in) Depth 760 mm (30 in) Weight (Packaged) 9 kg (19.7 lbs) MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
The DTV monitor must be connected to a network and have a valid IP address as described in the MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Quick Start User Manuals. The client PC must satisfy the minimum requirements. (See Table 1 on page 1.) Procedure 1.
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12. If the DTV monitor connects and presents the RUI, and displays the correct application firmware version in the Device Information window, then the instrument is operating normally. Figure 1: DTV monitor RUI display MTM400A, IPM400A, and RFM300 Specifications and Performance Verification...
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