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Decimator Quick Tour
132825
Revision 3
January 26, 2018
Proprietary Notice: The information contained herein is proprietary to SED Systems, and
may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed to others except as specifically permitted in
writing by SED. The recipient of this information, by its retention and use, agrees to protect
the same and the information contained herein from loss, theft, and compromise.
18 Innovation Boulevard
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CANADA S7N 3R1
Tel: (306) 931-3425 Fax: (306) 933-1486
www.sedsystems.ca

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  • Page 1 Decimator Quick Tour 132825 Revision 3 January 26, 2018 Proprietary Notice: The information contained herein is proprietary to SED Systems, and may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed to others except as specifically permitted in writing by SED. The recipient of this information, by its retention and use, agrees to protect the same and the information contained herein from loss, theft, and compromise.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Overview ..........................7 Carrier Monitoring ......................9 CarrierWatch ........................18 Save and Restore ......................23 Reporting .......................... 24 Cross-Pol Isolation Performance Testing ............... 25 Multiuser Support ......................27 Conclusion and Contact ....................27 SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Decimator. It will take about 20 minutes to read through the document, and 45 minutes if you want to follow along and perform all the operations with an actual Decimator. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 4: Applications

    Monitoring Software both communicate to the Decimator Card and the 4/8-Port Decimator are shown in Figure 2. You can write your own custom Software to communicate with the Decimator Card using an API. Figure 2 Decimator Applications SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 5: Setup

    Open a browser window on a computer on the network and enter the IP Address of the Decimator. ● The main Decimator UI is displayed in the browser as shown in Figure 3 with no need to install any local software! Figure 3 Main Decimator UI Screen SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 6: Getting Started Using The Decimator

    Let’s change the Span to zoom out to a better carrier width by setting the Span to 30 MHz. Click the SPAN button, then the Span menu item, enter 30, keeping the units MHz and click OK. Figure 5 Setting Span SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 7 In this case, the Number of Averages was increased from 5 to 20, to produce a display for the given modulated carrier, like that in Figure 6. Figure 6 Modulated Carrier Total Elapsed Time: 7 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 8: Markers

    This is explained in more detail in the Carrier Monitoring section. Total Elapsed Time: 9 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 9: Overview

    Span in the plot area above. Left clicking anywhere in the Overview Bar specifies a new Center Frequency, or if you like, dragging the blue selection bar, as shown in Figure 9, does the same thing. Figure 9 Overview Bar Drag Selected Span SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 10 Figure 10 Overview Bar Drag Left Edge of Span Spectrum navigation has never been easier. That’s like putting on your Spectrum Analysis glasses when you didn’t know you need them! Total Elapsed Time: 10 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 11: Carrier Monitoring

    Power = -32 dBm and Tolerance Power 10 dB. This provides an operational threshold limit from -22 dBm to -42 dBm. You should see something like shown in Figure 12. Click OK. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 12 Configure these settings using the FREQUENCY and SPAN buttons as before or lock them in using the Overview Bar. Your choice. Table 1 Measurement Settings Center Frequency Span Nominal Power Measurement Name (MHz) (MHz) (dBm) Mod-1400 1400 Mod-1300 1300 Mod-1500 1500 CW-1600 1600 SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 13 ● Single arrow up – Scroll up ● List of selectable measurements ● Single arrow down – Scroll down ● Double arrow down - Scroll to bottom Figure 13 Carrier Monitoring Toolbar SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 14 Toolbar icon. The current measurement is now selected in the Toolbar and Overview Bar. In this case, the current Band Power is -32 dBm, which matches the Marker measurement we made. Figure 14 CM Running SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 15 Carrier Monitoring system is running. In this case one of the Modulated carriers is currently being measured with the callout showing the results of the CW-1600 measurement. Figure 15 CM Measurement Callouts SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 16 Master Switch, and fill it out in a similar manner. You will need unblocked access to a local mail server to send out email notifications. You can also send email with SSL and TLS authentication. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 17 Figure 17 Email Configuration ● Send a test email to verify Email is configured correctly by clicking the Send Test button. ● Verify the test email was received. Figure 18 Test Email Received SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 18 Mod-1400, eliminating the carrier altogether. Notice the alarm condition on the “Mod-1400” measurement as it turns red. The Trace shows noise only, so the alarm makes sense visually. Figure 19 “Mod-1400” Measurement in Alarm Condition SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 19 We have added the “Command Line Wizard” menu button to export all the files you need to a local directory so you can run from the command line. Total Elapsed Time: 25 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 20: Carrierwatch

    This display can be configured effectively to show up to 100 Measurements. Click the Play button on the Carrier Monitoring Toolbar to start Carrier Monitoring again. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 21 User Defined mode above. The Active Alarm mode only shows the Measurements presently in alarm condition with the most recently raised alarm in the top left of the screen as shown in Figure 23. Figure 23 CarrierWatch Dashboard – Active Alarm Mode Toolbar SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 22 “Mod-1400” to display the CarrierWatch Zoom window as shown in Figure Figure 25 CarrierWatch Zoom Window By default the “Live Update” mode is turned on, which shows you the latest trace in the bottom of the screen. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 23 Stop button – Stop the play-back ● Double arrow left – Select the first time in the Band Power plot ● Single arrow left – Select the next time in the Band Power plot SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 24 Zoom in – Zoom in to see half the time range of data ● Zoom extents – Zoom to see all the time range of data loaded Total Elapsed Time: 35 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 25: Save And Restore

    Browse to the project file just saved and click Open. Figure 29 Open a Project The previous Decimator configuration is restored, including the Carrier Monitoring measurements. Total Elapsed Time: 36 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 26: Reporting

    Save and when prompted “Do you want to display the report?”, click OK. The contents of the report are shown in a browser window as shown in Figure 30. Figure 30 HTML Report Total Elapsed Time: 38 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 27: Cross-Pol Isolation Performance Testing

    C / No summary value. Figure 31 shows the result of a recently configured Cross-Pol testing on an 8 Port Decimator with Switch Port 1 and Cross-Pol Switch Port 2 being used. SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)
  • Page 28 Decimator Quick Tour Figure 31 Cross-Pol Mode Total Elapsed Time: 42 minutes SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

  • Page 29: Multiuser Support

    Contact Information Name Jim Shedden (SED Sales Representative) Phone 1 (306) 933-1541 Email shedden@sedsystems.ca Website http://www.sedsystems.ca/decimator_spectrum_analyzer Interactive Online Demo http://www.sedsystems.ca/decimator_live_demo.html Use IE browser, Firefox ESR or older Chrome and Firefox versions SED Systems, a division of Calian Ltd. (Proprietary)

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