o n t e n t s 1 Safety regulations and notes ................ 3 2 General information ..................5 Packing contents ................5 Meaning of the symbols used ............5 Technical data ................5 Description ...................7 Block diagram ................7 General ..................7 3 Assembly ....................8 Installing the device ...............8 Device overview ................9 Potential equalisation (PE) .............10...
a f e t y r e g u l a t i o n s a n d n o t e s • The devices meet the EU directives 2011/65/EU, 2014/30/EU and 2014/35/EU. • This device is subject to the provisions of protection class I. Operate the device only to mains sockets with protective conductor connection! •...
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• Do not place any vessels containing liquids on the head-end station. • Do not place anything on the head-end station which could initiate fires (e.g. candles). • Due to the risk of fires caused by lightning strikes, we recommend that all mechanical parts (e.g.
2.4 d es C r i P t i o n The head-end station converts 16 transponders modulated acc. to DVB-S/ DVB-S2 standard (up to 32 APSK) into 16 DVB-C or DVB-T modulated trans- ponders. lo C k d i ag r a m STC 4-16 CT lite SAT IN 1 Modulator...
s s e m b l y 3.1 i n s ta l l i n g t h e d e v i C e – The device must not be operated lying down, since the function of the heat sink will be severely restricted.
QAM output Test output –25dB IEC connector C14; connector for mains cable Reset IP address /host name / password (hold depressed for more than 5 seconds) to 192.168.0.120 / gss / geheim Without function Configuration interface** (LAN) Mounting support * Use at least CAT6 LAN cables!
3.3 P (Pe) ot e n t i a l e q ua l i sat i o n Equalise the potential (PE) in accordance with IEC/EN/DIN EN 60728. • Connect the PE connection terminal to a PE rail (supplied by customer) using the PE wire (Cu 4 mm - 9 mm 3.4 C...
/ u o n f i g u r a t i o n P d a t e s The configuration of the station is to be done via an HTML user interface via a PC and a standard HTML browser. 4.1 i n i t i a l C o n f i g u r at i o n...
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> Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) > Properties • Activate point "Use the following IP address". • Enter e.g. 192.168.0.2 for the IP address. • Enter for the Subnet mask 255.255.255.0. • Confirm the setting with "OK". - 12 - STC 4-16 CT lite...
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• Start the browser, enter the IP address of the device (factory default is 192.168.0.120) and start the establishment of the connection. • Enter user "admin" and your Password and click on button "Login". The default password is "geheim". —> We recommend that you replace the default password to a pass- word of your choice in order to prevent unauthorized access to the head-end station (menu System >...
4.2 C o n f i g u r at i o n v e rv i e w w i n d ow 53 60 Via the selection System you have access to the menus of the System settings: Logbook (page 23); Notification (page 24); Network (page 26); Se- curity (page 27);...
Via button Logout you can leave the graphical user interface. Via the Help menu you can call up the assembling instructions (PDF) as well as a ZIP file containing a list and all licences of the used Open- Source software. Overview of the transponder set, with input frequency, C/N value, output frequency and data rate.
o n f i g u r at i o n m e n u s n P u t 105 106 107 108 109 —> Via the background colour of column Line you are informed about the quality of the input signals ( good/ bad/ no signal), a...
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In column f , the current frequency offset is displayed. offset —> The frequency offset should not exceed ± 1.5 MHz! IF necessary correct the LNB oscillator frequency (if all transpond- ers of one input are affected) resp. the input frequency (if only one transponder is affected) accordingly.
u t P u t By default QAM modulation is set for the output. If you would like to use COFDM at the output, first you have to select COFDM for the output setting in menu System > Firmware and confirm with button .
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—> Double assignments are indicated by a warning icon —> A output signal is normally transmitted with a bandwidth of 8 MHz. This means that you can only use the channel centre frequency of the existing channel grid in the range of channels C21…C69 (frequency grid 8 MHz).
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For exceptional cases and "older" digital cable receivers, in column Spectrum the spectral position of the user signal can be inverted (invers). Factory default is "normal". In column Level [dB], balance the output levels of the different lines (0…-10dB). Therefore measure and note down the output level of each modulator.
Before leaving the menu, changes must be transferred to the head-end station! • Therefore click on button —> After that is displayed for a short time in the upper right corner. i lt e r In menu Filter you can remove stations/services (with adap- tation of the tables) and PIDs (Drop PIDs;...
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In column Filter you can individually switch on or off the filter. In column Pass Service you select the stations (services) which you would like to play out. —> Only if the filter is enabled, services in which the hook has been removed ( , are suppressed (filtered out)! —>...
ys t e m m e n u s o g b o o k In the logbook different alerts or events are displayed. This helps 300 301 302 at a possible troubleshooting. Herein you can select whether only one line is displayed or all lines are displayed.
ot i f i C at i o n In this menu you use the reaction time to set when entries for input signal or data overflow errors are entered in the logbook (page 23). Enter the access data for the outgoing mail server of your e-mail account here if you want to be informed about error entries in the logbook by e-mail.
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Herein enter the mail address of the recipient. Via button send alarm mail you can send a test mail. —> Before you can send a test mail, changes must be transferred to the head-end station! Therefore click on button —> Example: —>...
IP address. To do this, enter the host name followed by ".local" in the browser (e.g. gss.local). If you operate several head stations in the network, you must enter different names here. —> Write down the IP address and the Host name! Further access to the device is only possible via the IP address or the host name.
e C u r i t y Herein replace the default password geheim by a password of your choice. —> We strongly recommend that you change the default password to prevent unauthorized access to the station. • For authorisation enter the "old" password and after that the "new" pass- word twice.
i r mwa r e Herein select the output modulation QAM or COFDM, time zone, automatic daylight saving time and the number format (hexadecimal/decimal). In ad- dition a firmware update, backup, factory reset as well as a system restart (warm start) can be done. The manager allows you to store different configura- tions in the head end station.
ys t e m s e t t i n gs Herein select the time zone setting dependent on the location of the head- end station. The head-end station receives the Coordinated Universal Time – UTC from the satellite. Enter the corresponding UTC offset. —>...
—> After a successful update, the following message is displayed: The head-end station then restarts. aC k u P Via button Save settings to PC you can download the settings from the head-end station as "*.tar" file for backup. —> Settings including password but without network settings. Via button Load settings from PC you can restore the settings from a prior downloaded backup.
ys t e m r es ta r t Via button Reboot you can restart the head-end station (warm start). i n g e t wo r k i ag n os t i C o o l You can use the Ping button to check whether a device is accessible on the network.
h a n n e l a n d f r e q u e n C y t a b l e s Advice for a frequency grid (8 MHz) in the band I/III 42.00 82.00 146.00 186.00 226.00 266.00 50.00 114.00...
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