4 The control panel at a glance ..............15 Menu items .................15 Control panel ................15 5 Programming .................... 16 Preparation .................16 Notes on level setting ..............16 Programming procedure ...............17 Programming the cassette ............20 Selecting the cassette ..............20 - 2 - HDMC 1000 C...
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Saving settings ................37 Operation with a CA module ............38 Setting the PID monitoring ............38 Configuring the CA module .............38 Station filter (descrambling) .............40 6 Final procedures ..................41 7 Channel and frequency tables ..............42 - 3 - HDMC 1000 C...
The transport stream fed via the ASI socket can be inserted into the transport streams of the receiving stages via the TPS module. The signal path is set in the menu items input signal path "INROUTE" and output signal path "OUTROUTE". - 6 - HDMC 1000 C...
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"TS ASI" are split into transport stream 1 and 2. Receiving stage "B" is not used. TS A Receiving stage CA module Transport stream 1 HF input ”A“ "A" TS ASI ASI input Transport stream 2 - 7 - HDMC 1000 C...
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ASI output and the transport stream from the ASI input "TS ASI" via modulator "B" (MB). Modulator Transport stream 1 "A" Combiner HF output TS ASI Modulator ASI input "B" Transport stream 2 ASI output - 8 - HDMC 1000 C...
"V 44" or higher. You can find the current op- erating software for the control unit and the cassette, the software "BE-Flash" and the current assembly instructions on the website "www.gss.de". The cassette is intended for use in the STANDARD LINE head-end stations.
P e r ato r Some network operators transmit an operator ID in the data stream (e.g. visAvision). By changing the CAT the operator ID can be adjusted to the cur- rent demands. - 10 - HDMC 1000 C...
• Insert the cassette in this slot and push it into the housing. • Align the cassette and apply slight pressure to connect it to the connections of the board and the RF bus bar. • Fasten the cassette with the screws 0° ACHTUNG! MESSAUSGANG Vor dem Cassettenwechsel unbedingt Netzstecker ziehen! CAUTION! Before changing cassettes remove mains plug! - 11 - HDMC 1000 C...
19" cabinet. Tighten the nuts on the cable terminals until the teeth on the lock washer have penetrated the exterior coating and a good connection is made between the hous- ing and cable terminals. - 12 - HDMC 1000 C...
C t i n g t h e C a s s e t t e • Connect the RF connections to the inputs (channel strip "A") and (channel strip "B") . • Connect the ASI input and the ASI output to the peripheral ASI devices. - 13 - HDMC 1000 C...
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(top) of the CA module. • Insert the CA module into the guide rails of the CA slot with the top side of the CA module facing the top side of the cassette. • Push the CA module without canting into the guide rails of the CA slot and contact it to the common interface. - 14 - HDMC 1000 C...
The key pad on the head-end station is used to scroll through the menus step- by-step: scrolls forward through the menus. select parameters in the menus. set values, initiate actions. selects sub-menus. scrolls backward through the menus. saves all entries. - 15 - HDMC 1000 C...
64 QAM, and by 4 dB compared to analogue cassettes at 256 QAM. • Measure the output levels of the other cassettes and tune them to a uniform output level using the appropriate level controls or software dependent on the head-end station used. Please regard the assembly instructions of the respective head-end station. - 16 - HDMC 1000 C...
Line A / Line B Line A <= => Line B ◀ 4A/B OUTPUT Freq. Channel / Freq. 4A/B OUTPUT ◀ ▶ 850.00 MHz on / off 4A/B LEVEL -3 dB 0 … -10 dB - 17 - HDMC 1000 C...
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*) Die angezeigte Information ist *) The information displayed is abhängig vom verwendeten dependent on the CA module CA-Modul. used. ◀ ▶ 4A/B normal / inverse 256-QAM normal 4 … 256 - 18 - HDMC 1000 C 4A/B STUFFING ◀ ▶...
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Page 17 auf Werkseinstellung zurücksetzen und Bx 4 FACTORY Bx 4 FACTORY speichern ▶ reset to factory defaults Defaults => STORE => M and store Page 17 Bx 4 RESET RESET => M Page 17 - 19 - HDMC 1000 C...
—> The display shows e.g. the menu : Box 4 T/C-TPM "Box 4" stands for slot 4 "T/C-TPM" Type of cassette "V 23" Software version of the cassette • Press the button. —> The "Input signal path" – "INROUTE" menu is activated. - 20 - HDMC 1000 C...
• If you do not want to do ASI settings, press the button. —> The "Channel strip" – "LINE" menu is activated (page 23). • Press the button. —> The "ASI transfer rate" – "ASI RATE" menu is activated. - 21 - HDMC 1000 C...
"cont." (continuous – standard) and using the set to "burst". —> Setting "cont." The data packets of the user data are collected to a great data packet in the transport stream. - 22 - HDMC 1000 C...
For programming in these channel ranges and in the frequency ranges below them, we recommend starting with channel S21/306 MHz going back in steps of 8 MHz (see frequency table on page 42), or reducing the bandwidth of the QAM output signal by removing stations. - 23 - HDMC 1000 C...
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—> The switched off modulator is indicated by " " in the display. • If the modulator is switched "off" use the to switch it "on". • Press the button. —> The "Output levels of the channel strips" – "LEVEL" menu is activated. - 24 - HDMC 1000 C...
4A/B INPUT COFDM 8MHz • Using the buttons select the corresponding kind of modulation of the transponder (COFDM 7MHz, COFDM 8MHz, QAM16…QAM256). - 25 - HDMC 1000 C...
Check the configuration of the antenna system and the head-end station as well as the preceding settings of the cas- sette. • Press the button. —> The menu "Station filter " – "PROGRAM" is activated. - 26 - HDMC 1000 C...
Channel strip "A" 4A/B PROGRAM Bx 4A TV 01/10 Filter Das Erste ▶ Bx 4B TV 02/19 SWF3 01/10 ..- 27 - HDMC 1000 C...
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—> If a service number (e.g. "131") appears instead of "TV" or "RA", this indicates that an unnamed station or an undefined data stream is being received. - 28 - HDMC 1000 C...
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Bx 4A PROGRAM Bx 4A TV 01/10 Filter Das Erste ▶ 02/19 ORF2 • Set the channel strip "A" or "B". —> The setting of the channel strips "A" and "B" is identical and follows the description above. - 29 - HDMC 1000 C...
"inverse". The factory default is "normal". • Use to place the cursor under "normal". • Use to set the spectral position to "inverse". • Press the button. —> The "Output data rate" – "STUFFING" menu is activated. - 30 - HDMC 1000 C...
Add roughly 10 % to this value. Do not decrease the "Number 1" lower than the value of "Number 2". Is the "Number 1" lower than "Number 2" question marks "??" ap- pear in the display. Bx 4A STUFFING SR=6500 (6650) ?? - 31 - HDMC 1000 C...
• Press to set the respective digit of the hexadecimal number. • Repeat the procedure by the quantity of the digits to be set. • Using the button place the cursor under "off" and switch "on" the trans- mitter identification using the buttons. - 32 - HDMC 1000 C...
NIT is added again. If you have changed parameters in the meantime, you must first select "Make" to generate a new, up-to-date NIT. • Press the button. —> The "Network/Operator identification" – "CAT-ID" menu is activated. - 33 - HDMC 1000 C...
—> If you try to change the network/operator identification (operator ID) of a transponder which cannot be modified, "not modified" ap- pears in the display. • Press the button. —> The "Deleting a PID" – "DROP" menu is activated. - 34 - HDMC 1000 C...
PID ("–> 0000"). • Set the hexadecimal number using • Use the button to set the cursor to "off" and rename the PID using the buttons ("on"). • Press the button. —> The "Factory reset" – "FACTORY Default" menu is activated. - 35 - HDMC 1000 C...
"Factory Default" press the button. —> The "Reset" submenu is activated. o f t r es e t In this submenu you can perform a soft reset (cassette restart). Bx 4 RESET RESET => M - 36 - HDMC 1000 C...
—> If functions of the TPS module are activated, their status is shown in the second line of the menu: "M" Station filter is switched on. "N" NIT is activated. "C" Network/operator identification CAT is activated. —> If necessary set channel strip "B". - 37 - HDMC 1000 C...
CA module. You will be returned to the "Configuring the CA module" – "CA" menu. • Press the button. —> The "Station filter (descrambling)" – "Edit" menu is activated. - 39 - HDMC 1000 C...
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—> The filter is activated. The display shows the "Configuring the CA module" – "CA" menu. Bx 4A Menu <= => Edit • Press the button. —> The "Output parameter" – "QAM" menu is activated (page 30). - 40 - HDMC 1000 C...
—> In order to prevent interference within the head-end station and the cable system, the output levels of the digital cassettes must be set lower by 8 dB compared to analogue cassettes. • Mount the front cover (see assembly instructions of the head-end station). - 41 - HDMC 1000 C...
C 48 690.00 C 58 770.00 C 68 850.00 C 29 538.00 C 39 618.00 C 49 698.00 C 59 778.00 C 69 858.00 C 30 546.00 C 40 626.00 C 50 706.00 C 60 786.00 - 42 - HDMC 1000 C...
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Declaration of CE conformity - 43 - HDMC 1000 C...
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