General Information; Introduction - Planar IT-100 Operating Manual

1.1. Introduction

This Operating Manual is intended for introducing the design, functions, and basic
instructions related to operation, servicing and transportation of the IT-100 Multisystem TV
Analyzer (Analyzer).
The IT-100 Multisystem TV Analyzer is designed for measuring parameters of digital
and analog TV signals and for controlling TV picture and audio channel.
The Analyzer can be used both in laboratory, powered by an external power source,
and in field, powered by batteries.
The reliability of the IT-100 is ensured by fulfillment of regular maintenance
procedures. These procedures and their intervals are described in section 5.
In this manual the following abbreviations are used:
− 8PSK – 8-ary Phase Shift Keying;
− 16APSK – 16-ary Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying;
− 32APSK – 32-ary Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying;
− ADC – Analog To Digital Converter;
− BER – Bit Error Ratio;
− CATV – Cable Television;
− CDL – Channel Data Logger;
− C/N – Carrier-to-noise ratio;
− CP – Channel Plan;
− CSO/CTB – Composite Second Order and Composite Triple Beat;
− DF – Delay Factor;
− DiSEqC – Digital Satellite Equipment Control;
− DL – Data Logger;
− DNS – Domain Name System;
− DVB-C – Digital Video Broadcasting – Cable;
− DVB-S/S2 – Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite;
− DVB-T/T2 – Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial;
− ES – Erroneous Second;
− IAT – Inter-Arrival Time;
− ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol;
− IF – Intermediate Frequency;
− IP – Internet Protocol;
− IPTV – Internet Protocol Television;
− ISI – Input Stream Identifier;
− LCD – Liquid Crystal Display;
− LNB – Low Noise Block;
− LP – Limit Plan;
− MER - Modulation Error Ratio;
− MLT – Media Loss Total;
− MPEG – Moving Picture Expert Group;
− NTSC – National Television System Committee (Color TV broadcasting standard);
− PAL – Phase Alternating Line (Color TV broadcasting standard);
− PC – Personal Computer;
− PCR – Program Clock Reference;
− PER – Packet Error Ratio;
− PLS – Physical Layer Scrambling;
− QAM – Quadrature Amplitude Modulation;

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

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