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- Page 1 – MCT059 – User manual MCT059 Field Strength Meter Model Item no. TRIAX MCT059 Field Strength Meter 812970 06/2017 Version Date...
- Page 2 1.0 / March 2017 First document created Thank you for purchasing this TRIAX product and therefore trusting our company. Our different teams (research department, production, sales department, after-sales service…) are aiming at satisfying your wishes by designing and updating very advanced appliances.
- Page 3 It shall subscribe, at its own expenses, any insurance required for the transport. The TRIAX company reserves the right to refuse any product wrongly conditioned and not to take in charge any break consecutive to the transport.
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Page 4: Spare Parts
March 1, 2015: Spare parts are not available to the consumer. TRIAX offers the supply of spare parts during repair by its service. Consumable parts are provided according to the legislation applicable to them (case of batteries). -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
– MCT059 – TABLE OF CONTENTS Important information ......................8 Particular precautions ............................. 8 Security instructions ............................8 Symbols and definitions ..........................8 Conformity and restrictions of the appliance ....................9 Quick start-up ........................10 Presentation of the device ..........................10 .................................... - Page 6 – MCT059 – Check Sat ..........................40 Updating satellites ............................41 Check Sat function ............................41 Checking the aligned satellite ........................43 Double Check Sat ............................43 9.4.1 Recall ..............................44 10 TERRESTRIAL check ......................45 11 The Measures-TV-Spectrum page ..................48 12 Measures (MEASURES-TV-SPECTRUM) ................
- Page 7 – MCT059 – 19.2 What you need to know ..........................76 19.2.1 The optical fiber ............................. 76 19.2.2 Connectors ............................77 19.3 Optical power measurement ........................78 19.4 The satellite reception via optical fiber ..................... 79 19.5 Fiber reception after coupler ........................80 20 Configuration ........................
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Page 8: Important Information
In case of failure or for the maintenance of the appliance, only a qualified personal shall be entitled to work on • it. In such a case, it is required to use TRIAX spare parts. Do not open the appliance: risk of electric shock. -
Page 9: Conformity And Restrictions Of The Appliance
– MCT059 – Symbols on the appliance: Attention: Refer to the manual. Shows a risk of damage for the material connected to the in- strument or to the instrument itself. Ground: Grounded accessible parts. Product for recycling. Conformity and restrictions of the appliance... -
Page 10: Quick Start-Up
Important keys: MCT059 is an appliance with a capacitive touchscreen. This requires a soft handling. No glove and no stylus should be used, so that the triggering should be taken into account. You will recognize the « keys » by their dark grey color (example: the home key:... -
Page 11: Signal Spotting
In this case, the Autoset function allows a scan of the channels that the antenna detects. Plug the cable of your antenna to the MCT059 appliance (WARNING: use an adequate adaptor) The antenna shall be previously adjusted to a terrestrial emitter. - Page 12 – MCT059 – Press START. The appliance searches until the end of the scan and turns directly to the Measurement plan mode. If channels were found, the appliance makes measurements continuously (C/N-level, then BER/MER) on the detected channels. If no channel has been found, see the next chapter.
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Page 13: Installation Of A Terrestrial Antenna
• 2.2.2.1 Use of the spectrum Plug the cable of your antenna to the MCT059 (take care to use an adequate adaptor) Turn your appliance on. Press the Measures-TV-Spectrum key Press the Spectrum zone, access to terrestrial mode if needed... - Page 14 – MCT059 – Adjust the antenna to get the most powerful signal possible Press directly the signal you want in the spectrum (the cursor moves to where you press) Press the NIT key , the device find automatically all the parameters of the signal.
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Page 15: Use Of The Antenna Pointing
– MCT059 – 2.2.2.2 Use of the Antenna pointing The appliance gets an “Antenna pointing” mode in order to align quickly and easily your terrestrial antenna. To access to the “Antenna pointing” mode from the HOME page, press The following page appears: Set your emitter name: Enter 4 frequencies of the emitter you want to check. - Page 16 – MCT059 – Slowly orientate the antenna until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality No transmitter found, bad reception quality → red smiley Average reception quality (< 50%) → orange smiley Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley...
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Page 17: Installation Of A Satellite Dish
– MCT059 – 2.2.3 Installation of a satellite dish Connect the satellite dish to the appliance. Activate the remote power supply To access to the Remote power supply page, press To switch on the remote power supply, press then select ON in the page to launch the remote... - Page 18 – MCT059 – Slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality No found transponder → red smiley Average reception quality (< 50%) → orange smiley Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley...
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Page 19: Presentation
– MCT059 – 3 Presentation General -The MCT059 field measurer is a handy appliance designed to qualify and maintain all RF or optical installa- tions RF for broadcasting and receiving analogical and terrestrial digital, satellite or cable network television channels. -
Page 20: Description Of The Appliance
– MCT059 – Description of the appliance 7’’ capacitive touchscreen high resolu- Fastening tion for straps RF socket with F/F adapter Optical FC APC input Remote supply light with protective plug Ethernet socket USB A socket ON/OFF switch RF F output of the opti-... -
Page 21: Power-Up
Battery Attention: Any intervention on the battery requires the disassembly of the appliance and should be made by a TRIAX technician. Use only batteries provided by TRIAX. Security advice: Do not throw into the fire or heat up the battery pack... -
Page 22: External Power Supply
– MCT059 – Charge the device only when the device is off. Charge the device only with the provided power supply block. The battery is 80%-loaded after 1 hour 50 minutes. The total charge is reached after 2 hours 30 minutes. -
Page 23: Man-Machine Interface
You can recognize the« keys » by their dark grey frame, example the Home key: You can also select lines of tables. The MCT059 can work in RF or optical mode. You can switch from one mode to the other at start-up and from the homepage: Gives you access to the using mode (RF or optical) The Home page allows you to navigate among all functions of the appliance. - Page 24 – MCT059 – On all pages is displayed the following information: Display of the Tension and Current values for the selected remote powering or wave- Indication of the position of the Page title switch or of the SatCR (position length...
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Page 25: Changing Name Or Value
– MCT059 – To navigate through a table inside a page or a window, a vertical slide appears with arrows to move up and down the table. To move faster, you can slide a cursor with your fingers. Move up through... -
Page 26: Change With Selection
– MCT059 – 5.2.2 Change with selection When pressing a key, you may have a window with multiple choices. You only have to press the value you want to validate it, the key allows you to cancel and exit this window, like in the example below: In this example, the bandwidth changes from 8 to 6 MHz: 5.2.3... -
Page 27: Lists Of Measurements And Setup Library
– MCT059 – Lists of measurements and setup library In order to make easier the recall of data on field, the appliance uses 20 measurement lists of each 50 lines and 1000 setups. A setup corresponds to a terrestrial, cable or satellite emission. - Page 28 – MCT059 – A list of measurements is made of: a list name in 10 characters • the lowest frequency of the LNB (OL1) • the highest frequency of the LNB (OL2) • the selection mode low band / high band of the LNB •...
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Page 29: Autoset Mode
– MCT059 – 6 AUTOSET mode Attention: The Autoset channel research is only possible when at least one list is empty with enough place in the library This mode allows an automatic research of setups and to provide information about the current place. -
Page 30: Terrestrial Mode
– MCT059 – A green check shows that the parameter is included in the research. If there is no green check, the parameter will not be taken into account for the research. Active research parameter Inactive research parameter Attention: The more you select options, the longer is the research. -
Page 31: Cable Mode
– MCT059 – Cable Mode This mode allows automatic research on the cable frequency band. The table allows the selection of: Standards • Channel widths • The search range of channels • «START » menu key No matter which mode is selected, press the “START” key when the table is filled to launch the research. - Page 32 – MCT059 – Any detected channel will be registered into the first empty list (automatically renamed AUTOSET) and into the fist available setups of the library, starting from the end of the table. The new list is created in the first...
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Page 33: Measurement Lists
– MCT059 – 7 Measurement lists The list page In this page, you can select the list where you will work on measurements. Pressing the Lists-Library key gives you access to the LISTS function: Lists are ranked from 0 to 19. To select the one you want, press the following key. Lists are displayed. Press the one you want: In this example, we selected ST ETIENNE. -
Page 34: Modification Of A List
– MCT059 – Attention: A list may contain a Satellite and a Terrestrial setup. Modification of a list To change the name of the list of ST ETIENNE, you must push on its name, then on the symbol of the key- pad. - Page 35 – MCT059 – The setup is now in the list: You may erase the setup from the list by pressing the check to the left of the setup or to the setups you have to delete. Then click the basket...
- Page 36 – MCT059 – You can also delete the totality of a list by pressing directly on the basket then by selecting In a satellite setup, you can change the switch, the Uncommitted Port and the DCSS by activating any of...
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Page 37: Setup Library
– MCT059 – 8 Setup library The library page Pressing the Lists-Library key gives you access to the LISTS function. From this page, you have access to the Library by pressing Creation or modification of setups in the library To create or change a setup in the library, you have to select a line in the table. A window pops up:... - Page 38 – MCT059 – You may erase the setup from the list by pressing the check to the left of the setup or to the setups you have to delete. Then click the basket and select the deletion of the selected setup: From this window, you can create a terrestrial, satellite KU, L or C setup.
- Page 39 – MCT059 – Setup Satellite KU, L or C: Ku L or C corresponds to the selected band To enter the type of polarity you want for the setup (high or low, vertical or horizontal) To enter the symbol rate you...
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Page 40: Check Sat
– MCT059 – 9 Check Sat Press to access the Check Sat mode. Name and position of the satellite Global quality indi- cation Frequency, po- larization, band, level and quality The appliance has 32 possible orbital positions for satellites. It is provided with near of 10 satellites regis- tered. -
Page 41: Updating Satellites
– MCT059 – Updating satellites You can update frequencies of the checks sat by consulting the file PDF posted on-line on the site web of TRIAX. You have to modify frequencies, following the previous paragraph and using the file updated monthly on the web site of TRIAX. - Page 42 – MCT059 – If the appliance is not synchronized on all four transponders, the quality indication is red. If the appliance is synchronized on all four transponders but the reception quality is aver- age, the quality indication is orange. Good reception quality (> 50%) → green smiley...
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Page 43: Checking The Aligned Satellite
– MCT059 – Checking the aligned satellite To check if you have aimed the right satellite, press the NIT key. The appliance searches the MPEG NIT table on one of the 4 transponders and displays the name of the satellite: Attention: The displayed name depends on the content of the MPEG NIT table. -
Page 44: Recall
– MCT059 – 9.4.1 Recall Azimuth Position of the satellite dish on the horizontal plane with reference to the north. Measured in degrees. Elevation Tilt angle under which the beam from the satellite reaches your antenna. Measured in degrees using what is specified on the stand of the satellite dish. -
Page 45: Terrestrial Check
– MCT059 – 10 TERRESTRIAL check To access to the menu terrestrial check from Home page, press The following page appears: Set up your check:... - Page 46 – MCT059 – Enter 4 frequencies or channels of the transmitter you try to check. Once you informed the 4 transponders, slowly orientate the satellite dish until hearing the locking melody and getting the best quality. No found transponder → red smiley Average reception quality (<...
- Page 47 – MCT059 – Press key permits to list the services distributed on the multiplex:...
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Page 48: The Measures-Tv-Spectrum Page
– MCT059 – 11 The Measures-TV-Spectrum page SPECTRUM mode full screen mode Autolock : Automatic search of setup... -
Page 49: Measures (Measures-Tv-Spectrum)
– MCT059 – 12 Measures (MEASURES-TV-SPECTRUM) Pressing the MEASURE zone gives access to the MEASURES function. In this page, you can either perform measurements on a memorized program in the current list (see chapter « Measurement list »), or change parameters manually, or use the AutoLock function 12.1... -
Page 50: Modification Of Parameters
– MCT059 – 12.2 Modification of parameters The various parameters are: The name of the setup (selection on the active list) • The frequency of the emitter or transponder (and the true frequency of satellite) • The standard and bandwidth for DVB-T/H and DVB-T2 •... -
Page 51: Satellite Band
– MCT059 – Example in terrestrial mode: Reduced spectrum of the Span signal, ca. 10MHz Signal level Signal/noise ratio of the signal The appliance makes different measurements according to the current standard. The other possible measurements are: Average measurement •... -
Page 52: Terrestrial Band
– MCT059 – 12.5 Terrestrial band The appliance automatically makes level measurements on the Video carrier wave. The following table sums up the measurement types and the frequencies of the audio carrier waves for each standard: Standard Video carrier Measure... -
Page 53: Digital Measurements
– MCT059 – min threshold max threshold 12.7 Digital measurements In digital measurement mode, in addition to the RF level and to the C/N here above, the appliance also dis- plays the various BER (Bit Error Rate), the PER (Packet Error Rate) and the MER (Modulation Error Ratio) under DVB-T/T2/T2Lite, DVB-C/C2, DVB-S/S2 or DSS. -
Page 54: Dvb-T/H
– MCT059 – 12.8 DVB-T/H REED DECODAGE VITERBI DEMODULATEUR TUNER SOLOMON MPEG BERi BERo Display of the measures of: BERi: error rate before Viterbi • BERo: error rate after Viterbi • PER: error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet) •... -
Page 55: Dvb-T2 /T2 Lite
– MCT059 – 12.9 DVB-T2 /T2 Lite DECODAGE DEMODULATEUR LDPC TUNER MPEG BERo BERi Display of the measures of: BERi: error rate before LDPC • BERo: error rate after LDPC • PER: error rate after BCH (lost packets) • MER: modulation error rate •... -
Page 56: Dvb-C
– MCT059 – 12.10 DVB-C REED DECODAGE DEMODULATEUR TUNER SOLOMON MPEG BERo Display of the measures of: BERo: error rate before Reed Solomon • PER: error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet) • MER: modulation error rate • LKM: Noise margin (Link Margin) •... -
Page 57: Dvb-C2
– MCT059 – 12.11 DVB-C2 DECODAGE DEMODULATEUR LDPC TUNER MPEG BERo BERi Display of the measures of: BERi: error rate before LDPC • BERo: error rate after LDPC • PER: error rate after BCH (lost packets) • MER: modulation error rate •... -
Page 58: Dvb-S Et Dss
– MCT059 – 12.12 DVB-S et DSS REED DECODAGE VITERBI DEMODULATEUR TUNER SOLOMON MPEG BERi BERo Display of the measures of: BERi : error rate before Viterbi • BERo : error rate after Viterbi • PER : error rate after Reed Solomon (error rate packet) •... -
Page 59: Dvb-S2
– MCT059 – 12.13 DVB-S2 DECODAGE DEMODULATEUR LDPC TUNER MPEG BERo BERi Display of the measures of: BERi : error rate before LDPC • BERo : error rate after LDPC • PER : error rate after BCH (lost packets) •... -
Page 60: Spectrum Analyzer
– MCT059 – 13 Spectrum analyzer Pressing SPECTRUM gives access to the SPECTRUM ANALYSER function. (graphical representation frequency / amplitude of the present signals in the input of the device) Satellite Terrestrial 2 predefined bandwidths are available: terrestrial and satellite. To swap from satellite to terrestrial, press the key, as shown on the bottom side of the screen. -
Page 61: Image And Sound
– MCT059 – 14 Image and Sound Pressing the TV zone gives access to the TV function. 14.1 Digital TV The name of the service and its main characteristics are displayed on top left of the screen. 720x576i: picture resolution 720 pixels / line, 576 lines, interlace •... -
Page 62: Audio
– MCT059 – 14.3 Audio To set the volume, press an adjustment bar shows up: The instrument can decode the following digital sound formats: MPEG-1 L1/L2 Advanced Audio Coding License Via Licensing HE-AAC High Efficiency AAC License Via Licensing ®... -
Page 63: Remote Power Supply / Lnb - Diseqc
– MCT059 – 15 Remote power supply / LNB – DiSEqC key gives you access to the remote power supply / LNB-DiSEqC. To start the remote power supply, press the key after Remote supply: 15.1 Terrestrial band In terrestrial mode, you can select:... -
Page 64: Satellite Band
– MCT059 – 15.2 Satellite band 15.2.1 Power ON Setting the remote power supply to satellite: OFF to turn off the re- mote power supply un- der satellite measure ON to turn on the remote power sup- ply under satellite... -
Page 65: Switches
– MCT059 – 15.2.1 Switches 2-satellite switch 4-satellite switch * 22 kHz * DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted * ToneBurst (MiniDiSEqC) *DiSEqC Committed or Uncommitted Uncommitted 16-satellites switch... -
Page 66: Positioner
– MCT059 – * DiSEqC Committed + Uncommitted Switch line Uncommitted line Satellite Position DiSEqC command Position DiSEqC command Pos A Option A + Position A Pos 1 Input 1 Pos B Option A + Position B Pos 1 Input 1... -
Page 67: Dcss
– MCT059 – 15.2.2 DCSS Description: DCSS Digital Channel Stacking system: signal distribution system using frequency transposition. Used in satellite distribution for multiple or single dwelling, with several set top boxes. To give several receptors access to the whole spectrum and all polarizations, you need one coaxial cable per receptor and a suitable installation (multiple LNB, Quattro and multi-switches). - Page 68 – MCT059 – 2 Modes : SATCR : Satellite Channel Router, standard EN50494 (or SCD, Unicable, …) Distribution of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable to 2, 4 or 8 different receptors. SCD2 : Single Cable Distribution v2, standard EN50607 (or SCD2, Unicable II, JESS) Distribution of the satellite signal with only one coaxial cable to a maximum of 32 different receptors.
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Page 69: Influence Of The Dcss On The Spectrum Analyzer
– MCT059 – SCD2 (EN50607) : SLOT x: active Slot choice • CONFIG: access to each slot configuration • Slots lists, frequencies, switches, PIN codes INITIALISATIONS : 32 predefined slots • ALLOCATION : states of the 32 possible slots •... -
Page 70: Constellation
– MCT059 – 16 Constellation key gives you access to the CONSTELLATION function. These measures are available if one of these standards is running in the LEVEL MEASUREMENT page. DVB-T/H • DVB-T2 • DVB-C • DVB-C2 • DVB-S, DSS, DVB-S2 •... -
Page 71: Echo / Guard Interval
– MCT059 – 17 Echo / Guard interval Available only for DVBT/H, DVB-T2 or DVB-C2 standards. Pressing allows you to access to Echo Guard interval measurement. Signal without echo Signal with echoes and pre-ech- Pressing changes the horizontal scale (distance). - Page 72 – MCT059 – The broadcasting norms DVB-T and DVB-T2 define a modulation parameter called "guard interval" where echoes won't disturb the reception. The transmission of digital data (Symbol) is interrupted during the guard interval. A delayed (or advanced) symbol of any shorter duration than the guard interval will not disturb the reception.
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Page 73: Measurement Map
– MCT059 – 18 Measurement map To access the MEASUREMENT MAP function, press Measurement map: It is an automatic level and error rate measurement of the setups in the measurement list with labeling of the levels beyond tolerance. Measurement result for chan-... -
Page 74: Out Of Tolerance Values
– MCT059 – 18.1 Out of tolerance values The digital values are colored according to the Thresholds before decision for values less than Threshold min • orange for values more than Threshold max •... -
Page 75: Optical Measurement
– MCT059 – 19 Optical measurement 19.1 Presentation of the optic measurement The Optic function allows measurements in various set-up configurations: -cable satellite reception (cable LNB output) -after a cable sat/terrestrial coupler -measurement of optical power Accessories are provided to use this function:... -
Page 76: What You Need To Know
– MCT059 – From the home page: 19.2 What you need to know A few notions are required before considering the use of optical fibers. 19.2.1 The optical fiber Optical fibers are sometimes used for satellite reception. This technology enables makes it possible to trans- mit a signal further with less loss and with a larger bandwidth. -
Page 77: Connectors
– MCT059 – 19.2.2 Connectors Like for RF, connectors are very important and their selection has consequences on the quality of the re- ceived signal. With optical fibers, there are several kinds of connectors according to the type of fiber (single-mode or mul- timode) and to the selected connection. -
Page 78: Optical Power Measurement
– MCT059 – 19.3 Optical power measurement To access the Measurement of Optical Power, press the key “Optical power measurement”. Warning: The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time. If there are several wavelengths, measurements will be wrong. -
Page 79: The Satellite Reception Via Optical Fiber
– MCT059 – 19.4 The satellite reception via optical fiber With optical fibers, the satellite emission is the same as in standard reception mode, but at the output of the head, instead of 4 bands (HH HL VH VL), there are only 2 bands (vertical and horizontal) in optical signal mode (the optical head is powered by an independent external power supply). -
Page 80: Fiber Reception After Coupler
– MCT059 – 19.5 Fiber reception after coupler The optical option makes it possible to make measurements after terrestrial coupler / sat at the output of the fiber. Warning: The appliance can measure only one wavelength at a time. If there are several wavelengths, measurements will be wrong. -
Page 81: Configuration
– MCT059 – 20 Configuration For configuration, go to the Home page, then Configuration 20.1 Language You can select your language by pressing the « flag » (below). Press the flag corresponding to your language: 20.2 Frequency map This key allows you to select the terrestrial frequency map of the appliance:... -
Page 82: Memories
– MCT059 – 20.3 Memories To save a picture or any other feature, see chapter Save The number of saved file and their memory size are displayed. When pressing this key, a pull-down menu lists the previously saved files. The first column contains the order number of the file; the second column contains the name of the file; the last column contains the type of file: Measure, Spectrum, Measurement map…... -
Page 83: View
– MCT059 – 20.3.1 View This key allows the display of the content of the file: 20.3.2 Save Save (BMP -> USB) allows you to export the file to the USB stick under BMP format (non-compressed graph); it is useful to transfer graphs to a report in a PC computer. -
Page 84: Update
– MCT059 – Save (CSV -> USB) allows you to export the file to the USB stick under CSV format (text file by columns separated with semicolons); it is useful to analyze values in a spreadsheet. Here is the spectrum here above with a curve under EXCEL™. -
Page 85: Factory Recovery
– MCT059 – 20.4 Factory recovery A complete set-up of the appliance under its FACTORY configuration, with confirmation Attention: In case of factory recovery, you lose: - the setup library - the measurement lists... -
Page 86: Configuration Import/Export
You can make a backup on a USB stick of your setups/lists of your appliance by pushing « « Configuration Export ». And you can import from a USB stick this configuration with the touch “Configuration import”. You can also update checksat/antenna pointing configuration available on TRIAX’s website. -
Page 87: Software Update
– MCT059 – 21 Software update Attention: Take care that the remaining battery life is sufficient (> 30%), else plug the ap- pliance on the mains with the provided adapter. You can easily update the software to get new functionalities. -
Page 88: Save
– MCT059 – 22 Save Pressing opens a window (here, on the Measurement page): In this window, you can save the current measurement parameters from the active list, make a screen shot to a USB stick under BMP format or make a save into internal memory. -
Page 89: Connection Of The Appliance To A Pc
– MCT059 – 23 Connection of the appliance to a PC The appliance has an ETHERNET interface that makes it possible to connect directly to a PC. For this type of connection, no driver is necessary. Connect your appliance to your PC by using a crossed ETHERNET cable. - Page 90 – MCT059 – Attention: If the PC has already been connected to Ethernet (network, modem…), it is necessary to reboot the PC before connecting your appliance. For the Ethernet connection of your appliance to a computer network, see the following scheme:...
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Page 91: Displayed Messages
– MCT059 – 24 Displayed messages The appliance may display messages while working. 24.1 Alert messages Low battery: the appliance is about to shut off in a few minutes. Confirmation request for an important action. Remote power supply issue: voltage already present or maximum current exceeded. -
Page 92: Error Messages
A message may show up at the bottom of the screen immediately after updating the software. Do not take it into account as far as it does not show up at a second start-up. Else, or for any other problem, contact the TRIAX technical support. -
Page 93: Maintenance
At any measurement, check the cable state and cleanliness of the jumper This "advice" does not engage the responsibility of TRIAX. It guarantees the best possible use of the characteristics and the preservation of the product. Routine maintenance: The basic maintenance is simply cleaning the outside of the appliance. Any other operation requires a trained personal. - Page 94 100% good functioning pixels in the display zone. They specify a number of possible de- fective pixels at the surface of the screen. The TRIAX quality service has preconditioned the mounting of the screen on your instrument to the respect of the acceptance conditions of the manufacturers.
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Page 95: Technical Specifications
– MCT059 – 26 Technical specifications 26.1 Technical specifications Technical specifications Terrestrial band Satellite band Frequencies Range 5-900 MHz 900-2200 MHz Resolution measure 50 kHz, display 1 kHz measure 1MHz, display 1MHz Level measurements Dynamic range 20-120 dBµV (30-120 dBµV for 5-45MHz) 30-110 dBµV... -
Page 96: Digital Measurements
– MCT059 – 26.2 Digital measurements DVB-T/H CBER (before Viterbi BERi) VBER (after Viterbi BERo) Bit Error Rate (BER) UNC (lost packets PER) Noise margin Modulation Error Rate(MER) 5 - 35dB Bandwidth 6MHz, 7 MHz, 8 MHz FFT type 2k, 8k, auto... -
Page 97: Optic Measurement
– MCT059 – Guard interval auto Spectrum inversion auto HP/LP – PLP – Data Slice PLP+Data Slice Standards ETS 302-769 DVB-S, DSS CBER (before Viterbi BERi) VBER (after Viterbi BERo) Bit Error Rate (BER) UNC (lost packets PER) Link margin... -
Page 98: Miscellaneous
– MCT059 – 26.4 Miscellaneous Remote supply Terrestrial Satellite 5V/13V/18 V/24V 13/18 V Voltage 500 mA max (300mA for 24V) 500 mA max DiSEqC 1.2 DiSEqC control of dish motor switches committed & uncommitted Mini DiSEqC (22kHz) 22 kHz, ToneBurst... -
Page 99: General Specifications
(Presentation of the optical measurement) Optional accessories: Car cigar lighter adaptor: • Carrying bag 784X/781X: • Luxury backpack • Sun protector + Rain protector + coat hook • Rain protector • Contact our sales department TRIAX. -
Page 100: V, Dbµv, Dbmv And Dbm Conversion
– MCT059 – 26.7 V, dBµV, dBmV and dBm conversion dBµV (dBmV) is a logarithmic ratio between a measured voltage Ud and a reference voltage Ur. The reference voltage is Ur = 1 μV (1 mV) N = 20 log (Ud/Ur) dBm is a logarithmic ratio between a measured power Pd and a reference power Pr. -
Page 101: Terminology
– MCT059 – 27 Terminology K : The number of carrier waves of the DTT channel The 8K mode (6817 carrier waves in the channel, including 6048 carrying useful data) The 2K mode (1705 carrier waves in the channel, including 1512 carrying useful data) - Page 102 – MCT059 – ONSTELLATION: Control mean for the quality of the signal by a group of points making spots on the screen of the field meter. The more circular and distinct the spots of the constellation, the better the quality of the signal.
- Page 103 – MCT059 – REQUENCY: Parameter that characterizes the radio-electrical wave. It is measured in “Hertz“. We usu- ally use some multiples of this unit: kilohertz (kHz), megahertz (MHz), gigahertz (GHz). ex.: At Saint Etienne (Guizay), the TF1 frequency is 583.25 MHz...
- Page 104 The MPEG 2 option on the TRIAX field meters allows you to view and control TV programs (coded under MPEG) directly on the meters.
- Page 105 – MCT059 – LP : (Physical Layer Pipe) from 1 to 256 channels are available in DVB-T2 to transport inde- pendent multiplexes. OLARIZATION: Polarization of a signal from the satellite. It can be either: linearly polarized, horizontally or vertically: Circularly polarized to the right or the left In ground reception, the polarization is generally horizontal (the stalks of antennas are horizon- tal).
- Page 106 : Decryption systems used in Europe by many operators (TPS, Canal IACCESS EDIAGUARD Satellite…). With the Viaccess and Mediaguard options in a TRIAX field meter and your subscription card, you will be able to view encrypted programs on the meter. : An algorithm used to correct errors in digital transmissions...
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