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Gsertel Hexylon User Manual

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HIGH PERFORMANCE PORTABLE METER INTENDED FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS
ADVANCED FEATURES AND HIGH MEASUREMENT ACCURACY
Refs. 901620, 901621
User manual
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w w w . g s e r t e l . c o m

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  • Page 1 HIGH PERFORMANCE PORTABLE METER INTENDED FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS ADVANCED FEATURES AND HIGH MEASUREMENT ACCURACY Refs. 901620, 901621 User manual w w w . g s e r t e l . c o m...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Index 2.- TS Files Safety requirements 3.- RF Files Symbols and safety labels 4.- Plans Overview 5. SCR Introducing the Hexylon 6. Qualilty profiles Key features 7. User profiles General Specifications 8. Clone Technical Specifications 9. Remote control Description of equipment components...

  • Page 4: Safety Requirements

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter Safety requirements Servicing - There are no user serviceable parts except the battery pack. Do not attempt to service this Product inspection product or remove covers. Remita todas las - Inspect the equipment for shipping damage.

  • Page 5: Overview

    Powerful digital spectrum analyser (scanning With Hexylon, technicians have a tool to measure, < 10ms.) 5MHz - 3.3GHz range analyse and diagnose radio y TV signals in any Easily updateable scenario, no matter how complex.

  • Page 6: General Specifications

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter General Specifications Display 8” Touch Screen TFT 1024x768 Full Color Weight 2150g Dimensions 250x210x60 mm  (H x W x D) Input: 100-240V~ 50-60Hz Power supply Output: 12VDC, 4A Battery Li-ion (7,2VDC, 9000mAh). Field replaceable Operating time >...

  • Page 7: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Digital measurements QAM (Anex A/B/C) Modulations 4QAM, 16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM Frequency Power 20 - 128dBuV Range 5 - 3300 MHz 1.2E-3 - 1.0E-8 Accuracy 1 kHz Up to 40dB Tuning Freuqncy or channel Up to 52dB Input Impedance Constellation...

  • Page 8: Description Of Equipment Components

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter Description of equipment TILT components Attenuation Multi TS Connectors and controls FM Measurements Level Up to 52dB DAB/DAB+ Measurements (option 901629) Power De 20 - 128 dBµV Up to 20 dB Up to 30 dB Shoulders Up to 52dBµV...

  • Page 9: Keyboard

    From a fully discharged state, a full charge takes powering an external load approximately between 3 and 4 hours if the HEXYLON is turned off. When the meter is turned on, the charge takes more time. When the meter is off while the battery is charging, the ON/OFF button red led blinks.

  • Page 10: About The Battery

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter About the battery The battery pack is placed in the botton-back side Important: If the equipment is going to be stored for a while, it is recommended to take the battery off and store them both separately.

  • Page 11: Separately Battery Charge

    8” multi-touch meter usin the DC adaptor supplied with the display. Hexylon. Plug the adapter into a properly grounded electrical supply and the power connector on the To do this, Hexylon uses some gestural commands side of the unit.

  • Page 12: Before Starting

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter Before starting Tap to select The first time you turn your Hexylon on, please follow the next steps for a proper registration. To do that, you must be registered on our website (www.gsertel.com) In addition, you need internet connection (Ethernet or Wi-Fi).
  • Page 13 3.2.- If you select Wi-Fi, a list with all the Wi-Fi 6.- The last step is to enter an alias for your Hexylon, networks will appear on the screen. You must this name will be saved in our database: select one of them to access the internet.

  • Page 14: Icons In The Screen

    Band If the selected service is in a channel Delete a service different from the tuned, the from the list HEXYLON will tune the new channel Tap to change Tap to create and select the service automatically channel-tuning frequency tuning MACROLOG •...

  • Page 15: Top Bar:

    See when he wants to stop recording. section Settings-GPS in Top menu. To perform You can display the TS Recordings in your HEXYLON a Drive-Test the GPS must be active, and then (see paragraph Inputs/Ouputs in the section Top...

  • Page 16: Menus

    Inputs are green and Tap to selecto options outputs are blue If your HEXYLON has the option 901628 (TS Recording), you can select the TS player feature. So you can see your TS recording in your HEXYLON:...
  • Page 17 Tap on TS Player Select the file you want to play and tap on Start Then the TS Recording will be displayed (it may take a few seconds to be locked): Then turn it ON Then close the Top Menu window, and you will the a window like this: Tap on TS Player to select the file...

  • Page 18: Powering

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter Powering: • Volume: increases/decreases the volume Allows setup the preamplifiers powering. Select parameter doing “tap” Increases/Decreases Consumption Tap to select doing “drag” information • Touch: increases/decreases the sensitivity of the Settings: touch control The user can set the following parameter from this...
  • Page 19 • GPS: Enables/disables the GPS feature. When it is enabled, the corresponding icon appears on the top bar of the screen. While the Hexylon does not receive the satellite signal, the GPS icon will blink. • Wi-Fi: enables/disbles the equipment Wi-Fi connection.

  • Page 20: Main Menu

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter Main menu Dropdown tapping All the Hexylon features are contained in this menu, and they will be explained in the following sections. 1. Settings Allows set all the global parameters of the meter. This feature has several tabs that will be explained below: 1.1.- Regional...

  • Page 21: User Profiles

    (via Ethernet or Wi-Fi) it is automatically detected both hardware and software. if a new firmware version is available. If so, tap on the Update button and your Hexylon will be automatically updated. Be aware that the meter must be connected to the external powering to be updated.
  • Page 22 Hexylon High-performance portable meter Tap to select/deselect Type the new profile Profiles list Selected profile the band name Tap to select configuration Tap to dropdown the lists and Tap to cancel Tap to select the action select the parameters Tap to continue with the next band 2.1.- Set...

  • Page 23: Optical Attenuation

    Tap to select/deselect Select the number of the band satellites 3. Optical attenuation This feature allows measure the optical attenuation in the fiber network in three wavelengths: 1310nm, 1490nm and 1550nm. When the user selectes this features, the optical fiber input is automatically enabled. 3.1.- Main window: Bar graph that represents the attenuation of each...

  • Page 24: Satellite Identification

    • Units: mW/uW, dBm. This feature is able to detect automatically the satellite the input signal belongs to. 4.1.- Main window The Hexylon adjusts automatically all the paramenters of the spectrum Once the satellite is identified, the name is shown in the display 4.2.- Options context menu...
  • Page 25 is necessary to increase the reference level Positioner (only satellite band): makes it to get a more accurate adjustment. This is possible to control the DiSEqC motors a useful feature to point antennas without used to move mobile parabolic antennas. having to look at the display This function is available in satellite mode and when the equipment is powering the...

  • Page 26: Lte Check

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter select various filters Televés LTE and display the simulation of how the system would respond with a LTE filter inserted on its input (white graphic). Use 5. LTE check the selector to choice each one of the available filters.

  • Page 27: Tv Analyser

    Change tapping on the bar Band graph or on the channel Tap to select This is the main function of the Hexylon. The user table can reach this funtion by tapping the icon Thanks to this feature it is possible to have in one screen all the information of the tuned signal.
  • Page 28 ON. The Hexylon will measure the levels of all the channels comparing them with the reference ones. When this option is ON, the bars of the graphic don’t represent the level or the power of the...
  • Page 29 6.2.2.- Options context menu: slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC. In addition, a SCR icon will be shown in the bar at the top (SCR3) to indicate thar the slot is enabled.
  • Page 30 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.3.2.- Options context menu parameters (multiswitch, standard and slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC.
  • Page 31 SCR (only satellite band): Selects the SCR Tapping on the screen, it appears a popup window parameters (multiswitch, standard and with the list of the channel’s services: slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC.
  • Page 32 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.1.2.- Options context menu parameters (multiswitch, standard and slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC.
  • Page 33 6.4.2.2.- Options context menu stored SCR (only satellite band): Selects the SCR parameters (multiswitch, standard and slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC.
  • Page 34 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.3.2.- Options context menu parameters (multiswitch, standard and slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq. 1210MHz), the meter will tune into the slof frequency (1210MHz) and will set the slot with the meter parameters: frequency, band (powering), and DiSEqC.
  • Page 35 6.4.4.2.- Options context menu antenna will be stored. Goto: recovers one of the 8 positions for the antenna that has been previously stored SCR (only satellite band): Selects the SCR parameters (multiswitch, standard and slots) When a slot is enabled (for example slot 3, freq.
  • Page 36 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.5.- Spectrum 6.4.5.2.- Options context menu This feature shows the spectrum of the signal. 6.4.5.1.-Main window Swipe to tune next/previous channel Spectrum Drag to tune any channel parameters Spread/Pinch to change span • Span: 100KHz, 1MHz, 5MHz, 10 MHz, 20 MHz, 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 200 MHz, 500 MHz, 1.0GHz, 2.0GHz,...
  • Page 37 6.4.6.- Constellation EAST direction. Each click corresponds to one step in the movement of the motor This feature shows the constellation diagram of the (pitch motors). By holding the key down, tuned channel. successive movement sequences will be 6.4.6.1.- Main window executed until the key is released.
  • Page 38 Hexylon High-performance portable meter • Quality profile: allows to select the quality profile minimize them as much as possible for optimal signal reception. • Powering: In addition, this feature shows PDP diagram too. VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering. The Path Delay Profile does not need channel...
  • Page 39 When PDP is on, the chart looks like this: • Powering: VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering. DiSEqC (only satellite band): selects the The blue mark indicates Light blue mark indicates DiSEqC parameter (Sat A, Sat B, Sat C, Sat the delay and the level of the minimun level of the the signal echoes...
  • Page 40 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.8.2.- Options context menu makes the quality signal to get worse and that is invisible for a traditional spectral analysis. 6.4.8.1.- Main window The blue mark indicates the The light blue mark MER of the carrier where...
  • Page 41 intervals analysed. used to move mobile parabolic antennas. This function is available in satellite mode • Current interval: Start and end time of the current and when the equipment is powering the interval, and number of uncorrected packets. LNB. • Previous interval: Start and end time of the Halt: This command stops the motor previous interval and number of uncorrected movement.
  • Page 42 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.10.- Advanced info EAST direction. Each click corresponds to This feature shows exhaustive information about one step in the movement of the motor the modulation parameters. (pitch motors). By holding the key down, successive movement sequences will be 6.4.10.1.- Main window...

  • Page 43: 6.4.11.1.- Main Window

    (SCR3). 6.4.12.- Alarms This feature shows all the priority 1, 2, and 3 TS alarms generated by the Hexylon in a period of time selected by the user. • Powering: VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering.

  • Page 44: Goto: Recovers One Of The 8 Positions For The Antenna That Has Been Previously Stored

    Hexylon High-performance portable meter 6.4.12.2.- Options context menu command allows one of 8 positions to be chosen where the current position of the antenna will be stored. Goto: recovers one of the 8 positions for the antenna that has been previously...

  • Page 45: Spectrum Analyser

    If you tap to enable the marks: 7. Spectrum analyser Drag to move the active mark These feature has two screens: spectrum analyser and waterfall. Long swipe to switch between them. 7.1.- Spectrum analyser This feature shows the spectrum of the input signal.
  • Page 46 Hexylon High-performance portable meter • Advanced: Access to spectrum advanced features: In addition, a SCR icon will be shown in the bar at the top (SCR3) to indicate thar the Hold: enables/disables max. hold y min. slot is enabled. While the slot is enabled, hold features.

  • Page 47: Radio Analyser

    Every spectrum trace in the top half generates a new waterfall line in the bottom half. 8. Radio Analyser 7.2.2.- Options context menu: This feature is similar to TV Analysis in the radio band. So it has two screens: scan and mosaiq 3+1. Long swipe toswitch between them.
  • Page 48 • Attenuation: ON/OFF. When the attenuation If the channel is selected (orange colored), when option is ON, the Hexylon measures the attenuation you tap on it it will be deselected. Otherwise, if the of the installation relative to a reference point, channel is unselected (grey colored), when you tap usually the head-end ouput.
  • Page 49 ON. The Hexylon will measure the levels of all the channels comparing them with the reference ones. When this option is ON, the bars of the graphic don’t represent the level or the power of the...
  • Page 50 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 8.3.1.- Main window 8.4.- Radio features Tap on the title bar of the This section explains all the features available to Swipe on the spectrum widget to change the visualize in the widgets of the Mosaiq 3+1 and...
  • Page 51 • Quality profile: allows to select the quality profile . 8.4.3.- Services (only for DAB channels) • Powering: This feature shows a graph representing the VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering. services distribution. Tapping on a section, you can see the name of the corresponding service. 8.4.2.- Parameters 8.4.3.1.- Main Window This feature shows the parameters of the locked...
  • Page 52 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 8.4.4.- Measurements • Last: 5 min, ½ hour, ½ day, 1 day, 1 week. Allows select the time interval shown in the graph This feature shows the measurements of the • Quality profile: allows to select the quality profile selected channel.
  • Page 53 8.4.5.2.- Options context menu a useful feature to point antennas without having to look at the display 8.4.6.- FM Deviation (only for FM channels) This feature shows the difference between an FM modulated frequency and the nominal carrier frequency. 8.4.6.1.- Main Window The grey shadow indicates the Chart represents the maximum deviation value to...
  • Page 54 Hexylon High-performance portable meter • Powering: When PDP is on, the chart looks like this: VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering. The blue mark indicates Light blue mark indicates the delay and the level of the minimun level of the the signal...
  • Page 55 • Powering: 8.4.8.2.- Options context menu VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering. 8.4.8.- PRS+Null Symbol (only for DAB channels) This feature shows two charts: one is the representation of the phase reference symbol (PRS), and the other one is the representation of the null symbol.
  • Page 56 Hexylon High-performance portable meter 8.4.9.2.- Options context menu • MER RMS: Average MER of theDAB signal. • MER max: Maximum MER value of the DAB signal. In parentheses the number of carrier with this maximum valuer of MER. If you tap on this...
  • Page 57 8.4.11.1.- Main window 8.4.11.2.- Options context menu: Data of the errored FIB analysis • Restart: restart the uncorrected packets analysis • Interval: Change the analysis interval time. The interval is configurable between 1 minute and 1 hour. • Powering: Data about unlockings VDC: Selects the preamplifier powering.

  • Page 58: Wi-Fi Analyser

    The HEXYLON is able to perform a full analysis of the Wi-Fi band in both 2,4GHz, and 5GHz 8.4.12.1.- Main window bands.
  • Page 59 This feature shows a list with all the Wi-Fi networks 9.2.1- Wi-Fi measurements detected by the HEXYLON. This feature shows all the measurements of the Wi-Fi network wich the HEXYLON in currently 10.2.2.1.- Main window connected to. Wi-Fi networks list with its main 10.2.1.1.- Main window...

  • Page 60: Logs

    9.2.4- Channel map This feature shows a graph with the distribution of all the Wi-Fi networks detected byt the HEXYLON. 9.2.4.1.- Main window Graph with the distribution of all the Wi-Fi networks and the levels of the carriers...
  • Page 61 • Screenshot: shows a screenshot of the meter exactly as it is at the measurement time. Tap on Stop to stop the If you select a MacroLOG, you can also select the MacroLOG measurement iteration: Drag to see the scheduled measurement iteration The LOGs feature allow us see all the LOGs and MacroLOGs stored in the meter.

  • Page 62: Web Application

    Change display LOGs mode To access you Hexylon web application, you must type the IP of you meter in the address bar of your web browser (Chrome recommended). To know the IP of your meter, you mus access to the top menu and select Network feature (see section Settings in Top menu).

  • Page 63: Ts Files

    4.- Plans This feature allows to download the transport In this window, you can see all the channel plans stream files saved in the Hexylon. of your Hexylon. They are grouped in three categories: Terrestrial, You can delete the selected TS file using the Delete Satellite and Customer.
  • Page 64 Delete plan Duplicate plan considering the language selected in your meter, the Display channel plan Hexylon will select automatically the channel plans both in terrestrial and satellite bands. Click on the area where you will use your meter Customer channel plans can be edited:...

  • Page 65: Qualilty Profiles

    Using the web application you can add new quality Display to see the channel parameters profiles. The Hexylon has two pre-defined quality profiles (head-end and outlet) that can not be edited, but they can be duplicated. The duplicated...
  • Page 66 Then you will see the screen of the Hexylon in your computer: Duplicate profile Delete profile Using the mouse you can control the Hexylon as Save changes in profile with the hands, except the pinch/spread gestures. 8. Clone Using this feature it is very easy to have the same configuration in all your Hexylon meters.

  • Page 67: Error Messages

    It is recommended to turn off the powering feature of the Hexylon. DC AT RF INPUT Check installation This message appears when the meter detects DC at the RF input that is not generated by the Hexylon. It is recommended to check the installation.

  • Page 68: Technical Support

    Servicios de Telecontrol S.L. assumes any defect Gsertel Technical Support. in materials or workmanship. If the unit needs to be returned, Gsertel will This warranty excludes any inoperability resulting arrange for free shipping. The unit will need to be appropriately packed for shipping.
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