Satellite Tv Channels Measurement Procedure; General Information - Planar IT-100 Operating Manual

4.4. Satellite TV Channels Measurement Procedure

4.4.1. General Information

You need to specify the LNB configuration settings manually before you start
operating your Analyzer and in process of measurements. The LNB configuration setting
mode is used for this purpose (section 4.4.10). The
corresponds to this mode. This mode enables the LNB configuration setting.
The Analyzer features three measurement modes:
1) Measurement of DVB-S/S2 signal parameters in the Channel mode (single
LNB dish alignment mode).
Additional measurement modes:
− video and sound control (Video);
− MPEG transport stream analysis (MPEG Analyzer);
− MPEG transport stream recording (MPEG Recording);
− Transponder reception quality monitoring (Statistic).
2) Measurement of reception quality parameters of DVB-S/S2 signal in the
MER/BER mode.
Additional measurement modes:
− video and sound control (Video);
− MPEG transport stream analysis (MPEG Analyzer);
− MPEG transport stream recording (MPEG Recording);
− Transponder reception quality monitoring (Statistic).
3) Signal spectrum measurement in the Spectrum mode.
Use the « » and « » keys in the main menu (figure 4.2) to set the desired operating
mode icon in the bottom screen line. The following icons correspond to the measurement
modes:
To select the measurement mode press the corresponding key from the set of
functional keys with the respective icon. To return to the main menu, press the «EXIT»
key.
Figure 4.29
MER/BER Spectrum
Channel
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icon in the main menu