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- Page 1 ANYWAVE ACT-5X ATSC Exciter/Translator User Manual Version 3.0 ACT-5XU-A -C May 7, 2015...
- Page 2 Copyright © Anywave Communication Technologies, Inc. 2013, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted into any form or by any means, without the express written permission of Anywave Communication Technologies, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Contents 1 Product Appearance ..................4 1.1 Front Panel ..................... 4 1.2 Back Panel ..................... 5 2 Operation Specifications ................... 6 3 Menu ......................... 8 3.1 Initialization ....................8 3.2 Query Mode ....................8 3.3 User Menu ....................10 3.4 Advanced Menu ................... -
Page 4: Product Appearance
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 1 Product Appearance 1.1 Front Panel LCD: 40×2 LCD with power saving backlight 6 Buttons : Left, Right, Up, Down, OK, ESC 6 LEDs: When in Exciter mode: LED_TS1: Green light on indicates TS1 is selected and the input TS signal is OK... -
Page 5: Back Panel
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 1.2 Back Panel RF_IN_A: Feedback signal, sampled after the band-pass filter (-5 to -15dBm) RF_IN_B: Feedback signal, sampled before the band-pass filter (-5 to -15dBm) AGC_IN: Feedback DC voltage for AGC control (0-5VDC) RF_MON: Loop out of [RF_OUT] for monitoring (-25 dB below RF_OUT) -
Page 6: Operation Specifications
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 2 Operation Specifications Environment Operating Temperature: -10 ~ 50 ≤ 95% Operating Humidity: Atmospheric Pressure: 86 kPa ~ 106 kPa Power Supply Voltage: 88 ~ 264 VAC Frequency: 50 / 60 Hz ... - Page 7 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 1PPS (input) Connector: BNC female Impedance: 50 Ω Level: 3.3 V-TTL Input trigger: Positive Transition Location: Back Panel TS_IN_1/ TS_IN_2 Connector: BNC female Impedance: 75 Ω Level: See Table 1 ...
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Page 8: Menu
3 Menu 3.1 Initialization Connect the power supply of the ACT-5X and then turn on the exciter/translator via the power switch located on the rear of the unit. The initialization process takes about 5 seconds to finish while the RF output level gradually increases to the pre-set value. - Page 9 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Note: The "TSNR", "LID" and "UID" in Table 2 are the measurements of feedback signal quality. This feedback signal could be from a transmitter or the exciter/translator itself and its input range is -30 dBm to 0 dBm (Recommended range is -15 dBm to -5 dBm). These measurements are derived from the After-filter Feedback Signal connected to the rear port [RF_IN_A] BNC connector.
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Page 10: User Menu
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 3.3 User Menu In Control mode, the user may modify configuration settings of the exciter/translator. There are two levels of control, the User Menu and the Advanced Menu. To enter the User Menu, press both the "Left"... - Page 11 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual The "ADPC" parameter in the "SYSTEM" sub-menu has options of "UPDATE", "HOLD" and "OFF". If option "OFF" is selected, the ADPC function will be turned off (no correction applied). If option "HOLD" is selected, the exciter will apply the last stored linear and non-linear correction coefficients.
- Page 12 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Table 7 RF Menu POWER Default +0.00 -25.00 000~255 000~255 -24.95 -24.90 Options +4.90 +4.95 +5.00 Note: The RF parameter in the “RF” sub-menu turns the RF output of the exciter/translator ON or OFF. The POWER parameter specifies the RF output power level in dB (in the range of -25 to +5 dBM, note: typical exciter/translator output level is 0 dBm).
- Page 13 Exciter/Translator operates in ATSC Legacy (A/53) mode and as such always displays 8VSB under the MODE menu. There is an optional ACT-5X series platform that operates as an ATSC MH Translator, which presents additional parameters under this MODE sub-menu for MH (A/153) configuration.
- Page 14 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Table 10 CONFIG Menu GATEWAY MASK UPGRADE 192.168.001.1 192.168.001.0 255.255.255.00 Default ID: 80H 19200 ***.***.***.* ***.***.***.* ***.***.***.** ID: 00H 19200 ID: 01H 9600 Options 38400 ID: FEH ID: FFH Note: "IP", "GATEWAY", and "MASK" are used to establish a valid Ethernet connection for remote control via the REMOTE RJ45 located on the rear panel.
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Page 15: Advanced Menu
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 3.4 Advanced Menu To enter the Advanced Menu, first enter the User Menu by pressing the both "Left" and "Right" buttons at the same time to arrive at the menu shown below. Table 11 User Menu... - Page 16 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Note: "PCRL" in Advanced User Menu contains 3 bits. Its default value is 1 which means both PCR function and NULL packet deletion is turned on. It’s only applicable in Legacy mode. In MH mode, all input streams remain untouched.
- Page 17 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Table 15 TX_EX Menu RC_CMD FWD_CAL Default Other Other Options Note: “RC_CMD” determines where the TX On/Off command comes from: “IO” means from Pin 1 of Dry Loop; “Other” means from either Serial or Web interface.
- Page 18 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual "FSSI" is indicator of feedback signal strength and its range is from 0% to 100%. At +5 dB level, FSSI=100%. At -5 dB level, FSSI=75% At -15 dB level, FSSI=50% At -20 dB level, FSSI= 25% *The readings listed above are typical values.
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Page 19: Web Interface
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 3.4 Web Interface The ACT-5X exciter/translator has a built-in web interface accessible via the rear port REMOTE RJ-45 connection, Once networked to your PC, the built-in web interface may be accessed via a web browser (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, etc.) by entering the IPaddress of the exciter (default 192.168.1.143, see Table 10 in section 3 for changing the default IPaddress). - Page 20 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual admin web interface Version 3.0 05/07/2015 Page 20 of 26...
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Page 21: Connection
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 4 Connection 4.1 Connect the Transmitter Don’t turn on or off the exciter/translator when the transmitter is running. The correct order is: First, turn on the exciter/translator and put it in Exciter Mode. Or if Translator Mode is preferred, ensure there is valid RF input connected to the translator, or the function of Muting RF output on loss of missing or invalid input signal is turned off. - Page 22 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Note: Do not change the connection status during the ADPC process otherwise it may affect the performance. If any abnormal situation occurs during the ADPC process, the system will bypass all the pre-correction data immediately and leave the corresponding status on the front panel LCD. Press any key to cancel the ADPC function manually and restart the ADPC function again after the problems are resolved.
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Page 23: Troubleshooting
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 TS Input (Exciter Mode) TS1 ERROR Alarm message LCD: TS1 ERR LED_ TS1: LED_ TSErr: On Dry Loop: 0 V (TS Fault) Cause: Input signal from port [TS_IN_1] is lost or has invalid format. -
Page 24: Gps
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Equalization error Alarm message LCD: None LED_ TS2: LED_ TSErr: Flashing Dry Loop: 0 V (SysErr Fault) Cause: If LED_ TS1 is also off, it means the input RF signal could not pass the prior synchronization step so the equalization step is not started yet. -
Page 25: Other Problems
ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Note: The acceptable range of feedback signal from port [RF_IN_A] or [RF_IN_B] is -30 dBm to 0 dBm, and the recommended range is from -15 dBm to -5 dBm. Feedback Signal Connection Error Alarm message ... - Page 26 ACT-5X Exciter User Manual Solution: First of all, check the mute settings in the advanced menu. If the mute is ON for Translator Mode, then check the signal and connection of port [TUNER_IN] to see if there is a failed reception.
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