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Operation Manual S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Ver 1.00...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Warranty All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual transportation stresses. Make the product inoperative and secure it against any unintended operation. Contact your Deviser Instruments Inc representative for assistance. Explosion Hazard Danger! Do not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Protective ground. Frame or chassis ground. Alternating current Direct current Alternating or direct current Caution! Read the manual STATEMENT OF FCC COMPLIANCE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Unauthorized repair or update, physical damage or improper operational voltage (at the power supply or RF input) will void this warranty. The main lithium battery is covered for a period of 1 year.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Contents 1. Maintenance and Safety Considerations ............1 1.1. Calibrating the Meter ................. 1 1.2. About Battery, Adapter and Firmware upgrade ......... 2 2. General Introduction ..................4 2.1. Basic Information ................4 2.1.1.
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5.3.7. GPS ..................52 5.3.8. Disk Management ..............54 5.3.9. Restoring Factory Settings ............55 5.3.10. Available Option ..............56 5.3.11. S7200 System Upgrade Operation Steps ......... 57 5.4. Measurement Settings ..............60 5.4.1. Level Unit ................60 5.4.2. Test Point Compensation ............61 5.4.3.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.6.1. LNB Power Setup ..............95 5.6.2. DisEqC Control Signal .............. 98 5.6.3. SaTCR Control Signal ............. 101 5.6.4. ASI Input and Output Control ..........105 5.6.5. Transport Stream Input Control ..........106 5.7.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Maintenance and Safety Considerations 1.1. Calibrating the Meter All the instruments have analog circuitry: preamplifiers, filter, etc.-whose performance can change over time. A regular schedule of calibrations will keep your instrument in optimal condition to support you design, troubleshooting, and manufacturing work.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 1.2. About Battery, Adapter and Firmware upgrade Please charge-discharge the battery in every 3 months to extend battery life! Warning: Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same type battery recommended. Do NOT dispose of batteries in a fire.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 3 The charge indicator lights color is red, indicating that the battery is charging. When the battery is fully charged, the charging indicator color is green. The charging time for a fully depleted battery, is approximately four hours.
2.1.2. Manual Abstract Thank you for choosing the S7200 TV Signal Analyzer. This manual will familiarize you with all measurement capabilities of this instrument. The manual is divided into 8 sections:...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Section III: Terminology Section IV: Basic information and introduction to external characteristics Section V: Settings, Introduction of measurement and general settings Section VI: Measurements, detailed steps and operations for all measurement functions...
2.2. Before starting 2.2.1. Overview S7200 is a high performance TV signal analyzer. S7200 has fast spectrum analysis function, support multi cable, terrestrial and satellite digital TV standards: DVB- C/C2, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, ATSC, ISDB-Tb. The TV analyzer also support multi type video encoding format, example MPEG2/4, H.264, VC-1 and HD and SD image...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Key Features: All standards in one: S7200:DVB-C (J.83A/B/C)/C2, DVB-T/H/T2, DVB- S/S2, ATSC, ISDB-T Digital/Analog TV and Digital Satellite TV analysis MPEG2 Transport stream analyzer and monitoring via TS-ASI input &RF input Fast spectrum analysis with 5 ~ 2150 MHz frequency, Max span...
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 2.2.2. Accessories and Options If user want ordering S7200, he must choose a basic model, base on the basic model continue to choose options. S7200 (the basic functions include: DVB-C (J.83 Annex A/C), DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/H,...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Order Type Name/Description Model number S7200 Quick Accessory Operation Guide S7200-003 6110.0600.43 (Deviser English) Accessory Car Charger S7000-007 6110.0500.19 Accessory AC/DC Adapter 6290.0700.01 FSP060-DBAE1 Power Adaptor Plug Accessory AE4000-733 6290.0500.03 Cord (Europe)
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Order Type Name/Description Model number Power Adaptor Plug ■ Option AE4000-736 6290.0500.06 Cord (Australia) 1-Year Product Option S7200-005 4110.7200.00 Warranty Extension Option WiFi Analysis S7200-805 2110.7200.06 □ Serial AT □ Option 6110.0400.02...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 2.3. Recommendations before Using When using S7200 for the first time: (1) Open the package carefully. Check the box and packing material and keep it for future service use. If the packing material is damaged, the instrument was potentially damaged during shipping so please proceed with caution during the following steps.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Terminology 8VSB 8-level Vestigial Side Band Advanced Audio Coding AC-3 Dolby AC-3 audio coding ACPR Adjacent Channel Power Ratio Audio Engineering Society Advanced Encryption Standard Asynchronous Serial Interface ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual CLDI Chrominance-Luminance Delay Inequality CLGI Chrominance-Luminance Gain Inequality Cable Modem CMTS Cable Modem Terminal System Customer Premise Equipment Cycling Redundancy Check Composite Second Order Beat Composite Triple Beat Composite Video Broadcast Signal...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual DVB-S Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite Differential Gain DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Discontinuity Information Table Domain Name System Depth of Modulation DOCSIS Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications Differential Phase Direct To Home...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Error Vector Spectrum Federal Communications Commission Frequency Division Duplex Forward Error Correction Future Extension Frame Fast Fourier Transformation Feed Horn Frequency-Shift Keying Frequency Modulation Fixed Satellite Service File Transport Protocol Ghost Cancellation Reference...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Intermodulation Distortion Internet Protocol IPTV Internet Protocol Television Integrated Receiver Decoder ISDB-T Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting–Terrestria International Organization for Standardization ISMA Internet Streaming Media Alliance International Telecommunication Union International Organization for Standardization...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group MPTS Multi Program Transport Stream Most Significant Bit Minimum Signal Duration NCTA National Cable Television Association Negative peak Network Information Table NTSC National Television Standards Committee NVOD...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Power Spectral Density Program Specific Information PSIP Program and System Information Protocol Phase Shift Keying Pre-Shared Key Physical Transmission Channel Presentation Time Stamp Quadrature Amplitude Modulation...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Sample detector SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier Smart Card SCDMA Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access SC-FDMA Single carrier frequency division multiple access Satellite Channel Router SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers Standard Definition (video)
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Session Initiation Protocol Satellite News Gathering TDMA Time Division Multiple Access Time division duplex Time and Date Table TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol T2-MI T2 Modulator Interface...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual VITS Vertical Interval Test Signal VoIP Voice over Internal Protocol WiFi Wireless Fidelity Wired Equivalent Privacy Wi-Fi Protected Access...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Instrument Basic Information Introduction 4.1. Instrument Introduction 4.1.1. Front Panel Figure 4-1 Picture: S7200 Front Panel 7 inch color LCD, resolution: 800×480 Indicator light ① Battery charging indicator light Front panel buttons ②...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual : Transport stream analysis shortcut key; : Spectrum analysis function shortcut key; : All signals input and output or signals transport path control. ④ Input and output signals’ indicator. DRAIN ⑤Main function button : Channel plan function shortcut key, to enter the channel plan, channel information and editing screens.
(B) Right Side Figure 4-4 Picture: S7200 Left Side and Right Side 4.1.3. Power Supply There are 3 powering methods for the S7200, battery power, DC power adaptor or AC power adaptor. Battery The S7200 uses a 7.4V/13Ah lithium batteries for power. The autonomy is estimated at more than 8 hours, in measurement modes, when fully charged.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual and again pop up the dialog box, indicating low battery status, at which time, the instrument will provide a long audible beep, and shut down automatically after that. The unit can then only operate if connected to an external AC or DC power source.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual When the charging indicator changes to green, the battery is full. It is suggested to keep charging for one hour more which will helps extend the usefuling time of the battery. After charging, unplug the DC connector, and then pull out the AC adaptor from the AC wall outlet.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 4.1.4. Button introduction Battery charging indicator light. The indicator light status: The indicator light status: green means fully charged, red means charging in progress, and red and green flickering indicates no battery or battery abnormal.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Character and number buttons: each button includes 2 to 4 characters. Press once to input the first character, press twice to input the second character, three times to input the third character, and four times to input the fourth character or number.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual type frequency step in spectrum mode. Blue means this soft button status is unactive. Orange means this soft button status is active. The gray means this soft button status is not available.
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 4.1.5. Touch screen operation instruction S7200 uses the capacitive touch screen. Before many operation must use the button to do, now we can directly use finger on the capacitive touch screen to operate. So many operation steps become very simple, the follow contents will introduction the main touch screen operation.
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We often do input letter and number operation. We can use S7200 hard keyboard and soft keyboard. If user tap the input box, the soft keyboard will popup. S7200 provide two types soft keyboard according the input box requirement. The soft keyboard can provide more symbols than hard keyboard.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual multitouch operation. Move marker: User only need put the finger on one marker, then swipe the finger to the left or right. The marker will follow the finger move to different position, till user’s finger stop on one position.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 4-9 Decrease the span frequency range with both hands Figure 4-10 Decrease the span frequency range with one hand Figure 4-11 Increase the span frequency range with both hands...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Modify center frequency: User need put the finger on the blank spectrum analysis measurement zone and swipe the finger to left or right side, the center frequency will change, as show in Figure 4-12.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 4.2. Main Menu Software Function 4.2.1. Main Menu Figure 4-14 Snapshot: Main Menu 4.2.2. Title Bar Figure 4-15 Title Bar The instruction of different devices and service icon in the title bar: : The instrument has recognized a USB disk.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual : 22KHz signal status icon. When user uses the DisEqC protocol, this signal need open. : CA(Condition Access) card icon. Icon means CA module successful recognition, icon means the smart card successful recognition. The related programs can be decoded.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 4.2.3. Function Icon Measurement Scan Spectrum CSO/CTB Tilt Passive Sweep Measurement Spectrum Dish 4.2.4. Status Bar On the Home screen, the status bar will display which measurement mode you have chosen based on your selection. When you enter individual measurement...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Instrument Settings 5.1. Brief Introduction Press to enter the setup interface The system setup screen offers 3 selections, - System information, - General settings - Measurement settings. 5.2. System Information Press > [About] will display such information as: Hardware and Software version, as shown below.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The second page displays information of the loaded options on your unit. Items with check marks confirm the options that have been installed on your device. Figure 5-2 Snapshot: System information-Options 5.3. General Settings...
WiFi icon in the title bar beside the battery icon reminding you that WiFi connection is active. - If both the WiFi box and DHCP box are checked, the S7200 will connect to the WiFi network automatically.
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S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-5 Network Configuration-DHCP How to set your S7200 with an Ethernet connection; with DHCP or a static IP address, - In the network setup page, when the WiFi box is un-checked, the WiFi connection is inactive, the default connection is through the Ethernet connector, and the WiFi icon in the title bar is off.
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An engineer can use this App to allow the S7200 onto a public network when he works in the field. If no good network connectivity is present, the field engineer can use this function to complete the measurement task and upload measurement results.
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Figure 5-7 Setup S7200 as a WiFi hotspot Figure 5-8 WiFi AP SSID and password Setup When S7200 as a WiFi hotspot, the WiFi icon color is blue, Figure 5-9 show the WiFI icons difference. Figure 5-9 WiFi Icon-S7200 as a WiFi Hotspot...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.3.2. Ping PING is practical to quickly verify your network connectivity status and speed as shown in Figure 5-10 below. Figure 5-10 Ping Result Display Input the network address or the desired IP address to be tested in the host address box at the top (for example: www.bing.com), then press the [START]...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.3.3. Display & Power From the general settings page, tap the display & battery option. Users can set the shutdown time-lapse and backlight time-lapse. The internal temperature of the instrument is displayed, both in Farenheit and Celsius.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.3.4. Date & Time Upon initial activation of the unit, the system date & time needs to be set. Figure 5-12 Snapshot: Data & Time Setting There are three ways of displaying the date, YYYY/MM/DD, DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-13 Division of the world's 24 time zones Standard time in the world is GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) plus (+) or minus (-) the number of time zones in the subject of the hour time difference. Instruments need to set the time zone corresponding to the location selection, location and time zone relationship such as shown in Figure 5-13.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.3.5. Language The S7200 supports multiple languages, only Chinese, English and Russian are currently supported. To switch between languages, tap the language setting item. Tap on you needed language option. Once your selection is made, a pop up window will indicate “the system needs to restart for the changes to take effect”...
Press the [LOGIN] soft button to enter the S7200 home page. When you choose different users, all users are independent from one another, however, channel lists and limit files are shared and can be selected by any or all users.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-16 Snapshot: Multi-User Function Edition In Figure 5-15, user can modify the current login user information. User can edit user name (USER1), user ID (0000000001), company name (GROUP). When the user chooses other user's ID, he can not modify other user information in this account.
GPS antenna integrate in one module. GPS module use USB cable connect with S7200. If S7200 not install GPS module, user also can manually input GPS information and user can save the manually input GPS information in test results, as the Figure 5-18 show.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual save test results, user local position latitude and longtitude information can be saved in test result information, as the Figure 5-20 show. Figure 5-19 GPS Location Successful Figure 5-20 The GPS Information Saved in Test Result...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.3.8. Disk Management Disk management function is used to check SATA SSD option or U disk information. When user’s instrument install SATA SSD option, the interface will display a “Format” button, as the Figure 5-21 shows. If user’s instrument no SATA SSD option, user can not find “Format”...
This feature restores all configuration parameters (only) to the original factory settings, however, all saved files in S7200 remain intact, as saved, for each of the users. After a factory reset, if multiple-users are active, the S7200 will revert to the first user on the list by default.
To activate your options, if they haven’t yet been activated following your initial purchase, you need to enter the options list screen on your S7200. To enter this menu, on the numerical keypad, you need to press 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 one after the other.
July 11, 2015 and 9 o'clock 14 minutes and 25 seconds. The program uses this time stamp to confirm which firmware is the latest version. Upgrade instructions: With the instrument powered OFF, insert the USB-disk into the S7200 USB port, then press and hold the button, simultaneously press down on the power on button, until the instrument powers up and enters the upgrade function interface screen.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual you can release the and power buttons. The user can then choose the upgrade option [in this case, upgrade from USB], and enter the user upgrade mode. Figure 5-26 Snapshot: Choose Program Upgrade mode...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-28 Snapshot: Program Upgrade - Update Program [Format Data Memory] This function will only format apps and data partitions, this will not influence other partitions. If the user does not have any special requirements, this function is not typically used.
5.4.1. Level Unit There are different units of measure for different countries and industries, the S7200 supports 3 unit formats: dBmV, dBμV and dBm and will automatically convert values for convenience and better user experience. Figure 5-29 Snapshot: Level Unit Settings...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.4.2. Test Point Compensation Tap the “TP Compensation” item, continue tap the checkbox in the middle window. TP compensation can be edited and applied only if the box is checked. Figure 5-30 Snapshot: Test point compensation screen...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-31 Example of Test Point Compensation Figure 5-32 Screen location of TP Compensation in the Measurement Screen...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.4.3. Adaptive Equalizer The S7200 offers adaptive equalizer setup : The adaptive equalizer setup only for Cable TV take effect. Long Taps and Short Taps. Long Taps can better suppression (Inter Symbol...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Equalizer setup in measurement screen position. Figure 5-35 Equalizer Setup: Long Tap Measurement Figure 5-36 Equalizer Setup: Short Tap Measurement...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.4.4. Transport Stream Setting The TS analysis function supports DVB and ATSC standard. For different country or district, user self choose DVB or ATSC according local standart. DVB option display PSI/SI analysis and ATSC option display PSI/PSIP analysis. Figure 5-38 shows the content.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-39 Transport Stream Parameters Setup Option Data format has two options: Decimalism and hexadecimal. Figure 5-40 shows Decimalism PID value is 850 and hexadecimal PID value is 0x352. Figure 5-40 Decimal and hexadecimal PID Value Contrast...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Closed captions: Only ATSC standard uses the closed captions. Close the closed captions, no captions display on the screen. Open the closed captions, the captions display on the screen again. The closed captions effect as show in the Figure 5-41.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-42 Character Encoding Option List S7200 supports the fellow Character Encoding Options: Auto Detects Romanian (ISO 8859-16) West European (ISO 8859-15) Celtic (ISO 8859-14) Baltic (ISO 8859-13) Thai (ISO 8859-11) North European (ISO 8859-10) West European &...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.4.5. Transport Stream Limit Setting TR 101 290 Priority 1, 2 and 3 tests parameters limit value can be modified and applied in the realtime transport stream analysis. Figure 5-43 TR 101 290 Priority 1, 2 and 3 Tests Parameters Limit The table give some parameters reference value.
The S7200 features an automatic channel plan builder; it will identify peak levels and frequency of analog carriers available as well as identify digital carriers.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-44 Snapshot: Edit Channel Plan-Choose Channel Plan All channels are listed in the middle window. [ENA ALL] / [DIS ALL] for fast edit of channel status. If only a few select channel need to change active status, hit the edit softkey, the appropriate softkey menu will popup.
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The S7200 features an automatic channel plan builder; it will identify peak levels and frequency of analog carriers available as well as identify digital carriers.
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.5.2. Export a Channel Plan Users can insert a USB Disk in the S7200 USB port, the export channel plan softkey will then become active. Tap the soft button [EXPORT], the screen will pop up a EXPORT window, user can choose need exported channel plan from the channel plan list.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Similar operation steps can apply on import channel plan, as show in Figure 5-49. This function can be used to clone channel plan on different units. Figure 5-49 Import Channel Plan...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.5.3. Edit Channel In channel plan screen, tap the [EDIT] button can open the channel edit screen. Cable and terrestrial broadcast channel type include: ANALOG FM, ANALOG TV, DVB-C, DOCSIS, DVB-T/H, DVB-T2, ATSC.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual user want to quit this page, you must press the [SAVE] button, otherwise the change can’t be saved. Figure 5-52 Edit ANALOG FM channel parameters Analog FM channel parameters: Channel serial number: channel use number name display...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-53 Edit Analog TV Channel Parameters Analog TV channel parameters: Channel serial number: channel use number name display Channel name: no option, editable content Channel status: ENABLE、DISABLE Signal type: ANALOG TV...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual CTBCSO mode: GATE OFF, GATE ON CTBCSO field: ODD, EVEN CTBCSO line: 525 lines system: Field 1 (odd), line 1~263; Field 2 (even), line 2~262 625 lines system: Field 1 (odd), line 1~313; Field 2 (even),...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-54 Edit Digital TV Channel Parameters Digital channel parameters option: Channel serial number: channel use number name display Channel name: no option, editable content Channel status: ENABLE、DISABLE Signal type: DVB-C System rate:...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual US and EU Default Symbol Rate for DVB-C: Standard and Modulation Type Symbol Rate Bandwidth ITU-T J.83 Annex A 64QAM 6.952MS/s 8MHz ITU-T J.83 Annex A 256QAM 6.952MS/s 8MHz ITU-T J.83 Annex B 64QAM 5.057MS/s...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Frequency: editable content Measure BW: editable content STD: DOCSIS、EuroDOCSIS Modulation: 64QAM、256QAM SR (System Rate): The symbol rate is auto-configured according to the modulation type and standard. It will set automatically once the modulation type and standard are selected.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-56 Edit DVB-T/H Channel Parameters DVB-T/H channel parameters option: Channel serial number: channel use number name display Channel name: no option, editable content Channel status: ENABLE、DISABLE Signal type: DVB-T/H System rate:...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-57 Edit DVB-T2 Channel Parameters DVB-T2 channel parameters option: Channel serial number: channel use number name display Channel name: no option, editable content Channel status: ENABLE、DISABLE Signal type: DVB-T2 System rate:...
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The user must choose OK to save changes or choose CANCEL to quit this function without saving. More channel plan templates are available in the S7200 Toolbox software. Our company may be able to write customer specific channel plans upon request.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.5.4. Create and Edit Satellite Channel Plan When system switch to satellite mode, press the button, S7200 will open satellite channel plan edit interface. Left side colume is satellite list (include satellite name and satellite longitude). The asterisk (*) identifies to the active satellite.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The following content will provide some create satellite channel plan related basic knowledge. Broadcast satellite is the geostationary orbit satellite. Each satellite in geosynchronous orbit over the equator on a fixed position point, its purpose is to make every broadcast satellite to be able to cover the designated service area.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-61 Sub-satellite point Often used satellite broadcast frequency band is C band (3.4 ~ 4.2GHz) and Ku band (10.7 ~ 12.75GHz).
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual C band satellite transponder frequency allocation table Transponder Number polarization Downlink freqnency (MHz) Bandwidth range (MHz) 3720 3702~3738 3740 3722~3758 3760 3742~3778 3780 3762~3798 3800 3782~3818 3820 3802~3838 3840 3822~3858 3860 3842~3878...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Ku band satellite channel allocation Channel Downlink Channel Downlink Channel Downlink frequency frequench frequency (MHz) (MHz) (MHz) 11727.48 11880.92 12034.36 11746.66 11900.10 12053.54 11765.84 11919.28 12072.72 11785.02 11938.46 12091.90 11804.20 11957.64 12111.02 11823.38...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual user fill content; the band provide two options: DL-C and DL-Ku. After user complete all parameters setup, tap the [ADD] button below the parameters, the program will open satellite transponder list interface, as the Figure 5-63 show.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Satellite transponder parameter Satellite longitude: Come from satellite parameter Low oscillator: User fill content High oscillator: User fill content Transponder name: User fill content Transponder status: Enable, Disable Channel type: ANALOG TV, DVB-S, DVB-S2, DSS...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 950~2150MHz Mixer IF Amplifier Figure 5-65 LNA Block Diagram Satellite signals have two types polarization: circular polarization and linear polarization. The circular polarization include right-hand circular and left-hand circular polarizations. The linear polarization include horizontal and vertical polarizations.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual About LNB local oscillator C band LNB single local oscillator use 5150MHz and 5750MHz. IRD receives signal frequency range is 950~2150MHz, and C band full bandwidth about 500MHz, only about half of the 950~2150MHz. Some new products provide two sets of circuits to respectively handle horizontal polarization and vertical polarization signals.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Some manufactures provide double local oscillator Ku band LNB, it provide two sets of circuits and local oscillator for different polarization, often used LO are 9.75GHz and 10.6GHz. User can use 0/22kHz impulse signal to control low frequency band LO and high frequency band LO work.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.6. External Interface Setup In TV and satellite mode, the external interface setup has different parameters option. In TV mode, include: LNB Power, Optical/RF, TS Input/ASI Output. In satellite mode, include: LNB Power, DiSEqC, SaTCR, Optical/RF, TS Input/ASI Output.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-68 Satellite Mode Power Setup When user have multi satellite receive or multi user receiver requirement, the control signals 13/18V, 0 / 22kHz and DiSEqC are needed. We know, 18V is used to control horizontal polarization, 13V is used to control vertical polarization.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual the frequency is 0kHz, as the Figure 5-69(E) show. If user want to receive Ku band low band vertical polarization signal, the 22kHz square-wave signal is not superimposed on 13V signal, the 0/22kHz status is “Off”, the frequency is 0kHz, as the Figure 5-69(F) show.
DiSEqC has been developed several versions, every version use DiSEqC icon + version to describe. Every new version has backword compatibility. S7200 support 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.x version DiSEqC protocol. If LNB power supply status is disable, when user sent DiSEqC command to LNB, the screen will tips “Please enable the LNB power supply!”.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Version Provide basic DiSEqC instruction set, has Tone Burst function and four LNB control. It can use a series of instructions to send these commands: polarization, high and low bands, DiSEqC1.0 antenna position and other control. But it was a unidirectional system, the receiver send instruction to the system corresponding module.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual RESET ---- General STANDBY ---- POWER ON ---- SAT A/B POSITION A/B OPTION A/B Switch control OPT/POS A-A/A-B/B-A/B-B DiSEqC1.0 SWITCH 1 to 4 DiSEqC1.1 SWITCH 1 to 16 HALT ---- DISABLE LIMITS...
Figure 5-72 show. Figure 5-72 SaTCR Control Signal Configure Interface SaTCR protocol control command transmission need S7200 power supply status enable. When power supply off or other external device power supply, this function doesn’t take effect.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual S7200 max support 8 slots SaTCR LNB。 Command Parameter Description SaTCR status Enable/Disable Enable/Disable the SaTCR Funciton NUM of SLOTS 2 / 4 / 8 Num of SaTCR LNB Slots SELECT SLOT...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual SaTCR principle introduction Legacy output (Option) SaTCR-1 950MHz 2150MHz 4×2 ∑ 1210MHz 1420MHz Probe Unicable 4×3 Output Matrix Choke SaTCR-1 Unicable ST7LNB1 One Cable Figure 5-73 Unicable LNB Block Diagram Unicable LNB receive Ku band satellite signal similar with traditional LNB, the difference is add SCR and MCU chip.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual corresponding to the desired transponder. The polarization is selected by changing the voltage of the LNB supply (13 volts for vertical polarization, 18V for horizontal polarization). The local oscillator is selected by adding or not a 22kHz tone on the LNB supply (when 22kHz in on the highest LO is selected).
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.6.4. ASI Input and Output Control ASI input and output port on the right side of the instrument. Choose the ASI input status valid, the icon display on the title bar. ASI input and output introduction as the Figure 5-74 and Figure 5-75 show.
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.6.5. Transport Stream Input Control S7200 has four types transport stream input types: RF, ASI, DISK, IPTV. RF input : The cable, terrestrial and satellite signal from the RF input port enter instrument. The transport stream is demodulated from the RF signal, then enter TS analysis module.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-78 RF Input Parameters Setup ASI input: The ASI input port on the right side of the instrument. The baseband transport stream signal from the ASI input port enter the TS analysis module. The Figure 5-79 shows setup interface.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-80 ASI Input Transport Stream does TS Analysis DISK input: This option change the internal SATA SSD (Solid State Disk) or USB disk as the transport stream source. When the title bar display the icon...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-82 Choose TS file form SATA SSD or USB Disk Figure 5-83 Disk Input Transport Stream does TS Analysis IPTV input: This option can change the TS input source switch to IPTV signal come from network.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-84 Transport Stream Input Control – IPTV Figure 5-85 IPTV Analysis IPTV Signal Figure 5-86 IPTV Input Transport Stream does TS Analysis...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.7. Reviewing & Exporting Files 5.7.1. File management Tap the button on the front panel below the screen to open the file management menu. The saved files are available in 3 different categories, picture, data and TS.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual one or more files are chosen, and a USB storage disk is inserted, the export button becomes active. Figure 5-88 Screenshot Delete file Figure 5-89 Screenshot Export file (USB stick inserted)
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-90 Screenshot Data File Operation Figure 5-91 Transport Stream File List...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.7.2. Reviewing Files Picture files can be viewed in this menu. Data files show different information based on type, but all will include the basic information of the instrument; system, software/firmware version, machine type, serial number, calibration time, operator name, operator ID, company name, date &...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5.8. File Saving Tap the button to store screen snapshots and test results. If you tap the button in a non-measurement screen, the instrument will ask “Please enter the file name” and offer a suggested file name. This is your opportunity to enter a custom file name, if you just press “enter”, the file name...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 5-95 Snapshot: Picture Add Watermark Option Figure 5-96 Snapshot: Watermark Display Effect...
6.1. Analog TV Measurement 6.1.1. Channel Measurement In this mode, the S7200 measures the basic parameters of a channel. The channel types currently supported all TV standard. For different channel types, the channel measurement screen offers different settings and measurement parameters.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-1 Snapshot: Channel Measurement - Analog TV Analysis Parameter Instruction Channel, can select between all active channels in the active channel plan. Video Frequency input range: 5MHz-1200MHz; Audio Frequency input range: 5MHz-1200MHz;...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.1.2. Analog FM The Analog FM measurement screen, shown below, is primarily used to measure level. If user tap the soft button [LISTEN], the listen FM function work and modify volume button also is actived.
The low frequency interference and interference harmonic will disrupt the analog TV signal, the hightest measurable fourth harmonic of the S7200 are : - 50Hz, 100Hz, 150Hz and 200Hz in 50Hz, - 60Hz, 120Hz, 180Hz and 240Hz in 60Hz.
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.1.4. Channel Scan The S7200 offers a channel scan function to quickly measure the flatness and amplitude of a CATV system. The interface is shown in Figure 6-5 below. By default, the device will scan all active channels in an active channel plan. Video and audio carrier levels will appear at the same bar graph position with a different color, one superimposed over the other.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-5 Channel SCAN Frequency SCAN provide a marker, user can use finger directly operation this marker on touch screen. Move marker: User only need put the finger on one marker, then swipe the finger to the left or right.
S7200 initiate a channel sweep measurement at the optical receiver test port, and store the trace measurement result as reference trace. Then connect the S7200 at the RF output port of optical reciever, and initiate a second channel sweep measurement. Compare the measurement signal with the saved signal. We could see that the differential value is 19.6dB, which indicates that the signal...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual and signal fluctuation. If the user active the test point compensation function, the saved reference trace value also include compensation value. The passive sweep function display compensation value at the lower left corner of the screen, display applied reference value at the lower right corner of the screen.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.1.6. Tilt Measurement To quickly measure the flatness of a CATV system and the gain of the splitters/taps, select the tilt measurement. This feature measures quickly the level and power of up to 16 channels.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-10 Tilt Measurement – Channel Listing Display The below Figure 6-11 is the tilt editing page. Choose 4-16 channels among all active channels in the active channel plan to perform a tilt measurement. All active channels in the channel plan are listed and available in the edit tilt plan page.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Measurement Results Low frequency channels are displayed at the left, high frequency channels are displayed at the right of the graph. No matter what your channel selection is, they will all be placed in order automatically. Tilt results are measured between Marker A &...
6.2. Analog Non-linear distortion measurement 6.2.1. Carrier to Composite Noise Ratio Measurement To measure CCN Ratio with your S7200, you must set-up the video carrier frequency and noise bandwidth correction correctly in the channel plan editor. Noise bandwidth is different depending on the channel bandwidth, which depends on your location.
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12), if you choose a higher VITS line, you may start encountering video modulation, thus visible interference on the television picture… In the gated mode, the S7200 will first measure peak carrier level, then will trigger on the appropriate VITS line # (preset for each channel to be set in the channel plan editor) to measure system noise.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual (setup in the channel plan editor) CCN gated measurement support the fellow TV standard System and Standard Line/Frame Field Color encoding frequency technique NTSC-M 60Hz NTSC PAL-M 60Hz NTSC PAL-B、D、G、H、I、K 50Hz PAL-N 50Hz Per frame 525 lines system: Field 1 (odd field), line 1-263;...
When we measure CSO and CTB, the test results are C/CSO and C/CTB, C meaning carrier level. In the gated mode, the S7200 will first measure absolute carrier level, then will trigger on the appropriate VITS line # to measure system noise. (preset...
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A quiet line is absolutely required when one needs to measure CCN, CSO, CTB, or cross-modulation. The S7200 offers triggering technology that accurately locks on a specific VITS line and provide very accurate measurement results.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.3. Analog TV Video Parameters Measurement Analog TV video measurements required by the FCC include: Depth of Modulation. If you want to make those measurements in the gated mode, you must use a VITS inserter to insert the various test signals needed for specific measurements.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.3.1. Depth of Modulation In analog TV measurement mode, tap the soft button [DOM] to enter Depth of Modulation menu. Depth of modulation is measured as the percentage of the total amplitude change of the carrier, as the signal progresses from sync tip to peak white.
- EVS (Error vector spectrum), - Digital channel CNR - Digital Hum. Parameter Settings Adjustable parameters and range of the DVB-C function of the S7200 are listed below: CH-Channel NO.: ——Value Range: all active channels or active digital channels in the active...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.4.1. DVB-C Measurement The digital channel measurement screen shown below in Figure 6-19, displays the basic digital metrics after demodulation. Figure 6-19 Channel Measurement – QAM Signal Analysis User can use finger directly tap parameter’s position use virtual keyboard enter content or from drop list to choose one item.
Hum modulation is also called power source frequency modulation distortion and comes from a power source frequency interference. HUM modulation generally degrades MER values of a digital carrier. The S7200 supports hum modulation measurements for digital channels. The measurement interface is shown below in Figure 6-20.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Softkey button description: [50Hz] / [60Hz] press this button to switch the power frequency between 50Hz or 60Hz. [Hold] press this button to pause, and press again to continue to refresh the interface You can choose the AC power frequency according to your local region.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.4.3. Constellation Diagram The DVB-C constellation diagram function is shown below in Figure 6-21. Figure 6-21 Constellation display In power measurement function, tap the soft button [CONS>] to open the constellation diagram interface. You can refresh and zoom the constellation. The diagram zoom-in function will only zoom one of the four quadrant of the diagram.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-23 Constellation Zoom – Zoom In & Zoom Out User can use tap the parameter on touch screen to modify parameter value or use arrow key to modify parameters value, or or input the value with the numerical keypad.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.4.4. Error Vector Spectrum (EVS) Function The EVS function is a great tool to help find signal interference under the QAM (DV or DOCSIS), but the greatest benefit is that the test can be performed in- service.
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These types of bandwidth are all close or wider than DVB-C signal bandwidth. Both LTE signals and DVB-C signals are digital signals, all of them are similar with noise. The S7200 uses the EVS time domain function to measure the LTE interference results, shown as the below Figure 6-25.
(high) side of the spectrum. Center frequency : the carrier center frequency Modulation type : 8VSB Symbol rate : 10.762MS/s If all parameters was setup right and the signal no problem, the S7200 can correctly demodulate 8VSB signal. Figure 6-26 8VSB Average Power Measurement...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual In average power measurement interface, the screen display 8VSB signal average power, MER, Pre-BER and Post-BER. The average power use the histogram display. 8VSB constellation diagram include 8 vertical lines. Every line is compoised by many constellation points.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-28 8VSB Diagram Figure 6-29 Decreased signal quality, eye diagram gradually closed In the US, the FCC has specified different emission masks for different types of 8- VSB DTV transmitters. One mask is specified for Full Service digital transmitters.
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Figure 6-30 Simple Emissions Mask requirements for low power 8-VSB LPTV transmitters and translators S7200 only support 8-VSB Simple Emission Limits, as the Figure 6-30 show. The Figure 6-31 shows the 8-VSB spectrum mask test PASS status, the screen display a green text “PASS”, no alarm sound.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual So user can tap the soft button [ATT>] to open attenuator modify sub-menu. User taps the button [INPUT] can directly input attenuator value, tap the button [INC] or [DEC] to increase or decrease the attenuator value. By modify attenuator, some signal can meet the Simple Emissions Mask requirements.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-33 Spectrum Mask Test – List Display...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.6. DVB-C2 measurement S7200 support DVB-C2 signal demodulation, include 1024QAM and 4096QAM signal. User can read L1 and SLICE ID information. Figure 6-34 DVB-C2 Power Measurement Figure 6-35 DVB-C2 4096QAM Constellation...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-36 DVB-C2 1024QAM Constellation A DVB-C2 frame begins with preamble symbols which are repeated every 7.61MHz and have a width of 3408 carriers each. These are followed by the data symbols, a total 448 data symbols. The preamble symbols are used both for time and frequency synchronization and for signaling of the Layer-1 (L1) parameters.
First step need setup the channel type as DVB-T/H in channel plan edit function. Center Frequency editable content For all other parameters, the S7200 auto detect from the pilot and TPS carrier. (S7200 not support DVB-H 4k carriers mode) If all parameters was setup right and the signal no problem, the S7200 can correctly demodulate DVB-T/H signal.
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S7200 DVB-T/H constellation function has multi-type display: All carriers constellation, only one carrier constellation, hierachical modulation constellation. S7200 DVB-T/H function default display all carriers constellation, as the Figure 6-38 show. When user taps the soft button [CARRIER], parameter “CARRIER” can be edit in the parameters list.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-38 DVB-T/H All Carrier Constellation Figure 6-39 DVB-T/H Sub-Carrier Constellation - Data Figure 6-40 DVB-T/H Sub-Carrier Constellation - TPS...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual DVB-T 8k mode has 6817 sub-carriers and 2k mode has 1705 sub-carriers. All sub- carriers can be classified into three types: (1) Data carriers are used to transmit digital TV transport stream MPEG-2 signal.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual DVB-T introduce the hierarchical modulation conception, the adjacent quadrants symbol use nonuniform mapping. DVB-T define a parameter factor α, α=1, 2, 4. The factor α means the distance which a symbol is the closest to the axes X and Y.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Post-echo scenario The transmission scenario and the channel impulse response for post-echos are show in Figure 6-43. In the post-echo scenario, the strongest path (main path) is from the nearest transmitter tower and the other paths are either from transmitters located further away or from reflections which arrive after the main path and have lower power levels.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-44 Pre-echo Scenario and the Associated Channel Impulse Response Pre-echoes and post echoes A pre-echo and post-echo scenario occurs when both a pre-echo and a post-echo exist in the transmission channel. The transmission scenario and channel impulse response are shown in Figure 6-45.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The Figure 6-46 is echo pattern analysis interface. The main path signal at the center of the pattern. At the left side of the main path is pre-echo, at the right side of the main path is the post-echo. The area of not covered by the shadow is area of guard interval.
T2-Lite is specified in an updated version of the DVB-T2 standard – was published by ETSI in 2012 (EN 302 755 v.1.3). S7200 support EN 302 755 V1.1.1, V1.2.1 and V1.3.1 DVB-T2 signal test. S7200 provide the follow test functions: average power, MER, CBER, VBER and constellation test, echo patten, provide L1 and PLP information.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual receiver. A TV receiver is able to identify and correct certain amounts of error in the transmission channel. In the TV receiver, error correction takes place in two distinct stages called Viterbi (or ‘outer’) and Reed Solomon (or ‘inner’) correction.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual a manner that the two components in the imaginary plane, in-phase I and quadrature Q, carry all the binary information. Then, the real and imaginary parts of each symbol are cyclically delayed and end up being transmitted in different subcarriers.
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Figure 6-49 Mapping, rotation and Q delay Figure 6-50 Cyclic Q delay between adjacent cells The S7200 measures DVB-T2 rotated constellation shows in Figure 6-51. The constellation only for PLP content. If DVB-T2 signal only include one PLP, user can not change “PLP ID”...
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T2 signals. The dynamic part signals the position of the PLPs in each frame and changes from frame to frame. The S7200 can provide signaling, the Figure 6-53 shows S7200 can provide all singlings information.
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VCM – Variable Coding and Modulation. The S7200 provides DVB-T2 PLP information show in Figure 6-54. Figure 6-54 DVB-T2 Mode A PLP Information...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The echo principle related content please reference DVB-T/H echo test part. Figure 5-53 shows S7000 does DVB-T2 echo test interface. Figure 6-55 DVB-T2 Echoes Measurement...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.9. ISDB-T Measurement The ISDB system was designed for high-quality audio, video, and associated data. Originally, it was developed by and for Japan. In 2006, Brazil adopted a slightly modified version of the standard, known as ISDB-T , which has been the terrestrial broadcast choice in most countries of South America.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 108 carriers per subband 3.986 kHz subcarrier spacing 1404 carriers within the channel 2048-points IFFT Mode II, with 216 carriers per subband 1.9841kHz subcarrier spacing 2808 carriers within the channel 4196-points IFFT...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual S7200 support ISDB-T measurement. Figure 6-56 ISDB-Tb Measurement Figure 6-57 ISDB-Tb Constellation...
Figure 6-58 show. In satellite mode, press button and connect the satellite antenna RF cable on S7200 RF input port. In Figure 6-59, use choos the right LNB power supply option and receiver right satellite signal.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual support QPSK and 8PSK signal demodulation. Figure 6-60 DVB-S Average Power Measurement Figure 6-61 DVB-S2 Average Power Measurement Parameters Introduction: TP: Transponder name, user can use button switch transponder. SAT-IF: Satellite IF, LNB output frequency, setup range: 950MHz ~ 2150MHz.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Modulation type: transponder parameter setup Code rate: transponder parameter setup Tap the soft button [CONS], enter the constellation test interface, as the Figure 6-62 and Figure 6-63 show. Figure 6-62 DVB-S QPSK Constellation...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual In satellite mode, tap the spectrum icon, user can open satellite IF spectrum analysis function, as the Figure 6-64 show. Figure 6-64 Satellite Signal IF Spectrum...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.11. Antenna Modify Antenna modify interface or satellite find interface is use to quick and dynamic display one one or multi tansponders signal strength and signal quality. This function is convenient for user install or troubleshooting satellite and routine maintenance.
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For antenna installer, he need know the follow parameters: Antenna position GPS information. S7200 provide GPS module option, user can use the GPS module acquire local longitude and latitude or manually input local longitude and latitude, the GPS information as the Figure 6-67 show.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual deflection angle and direction of the satellite antenna, ‘S’ means South Azimuth Angle, ‘N’ means North Elevation Angle (0 ~ 90 degree) LNB polarization angle If user select one satellite and setup local longitude and latitude, the program auto calculate Azimuth Angle, Elevation Angle and LNB polarization angle.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual North West East Elevation angle South South East Figure 6-69 Elevation Angle Definition Figure 6-70 Azimuth Angle Definition Non-sub-satelli te Sub-satellite point point Polarization angle West East Equatorial Figure 6-71 How to generate the polarization angle...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Ground Station Horizontal reference line North Feedhor n por t Ground Station Northern Horizontal reference line Hemisphere 90° Equatorial Electromagnetic wave direction Satellite Position East Figure 6-72 See From the Satellite to the Ground...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Tap the soft button [FIX], program stop doing transponder scan. Tap the soft button [MEASURE], the program enter the mesure interface. When program doing satellite transponder scan, the test failed transponder will active the speaker alarm, tap the soft button [MUTE] can stop alarm.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12. Transport Stream Analysis The TS analysis function supports DVB and ATSC standard RealTime TS analysis. Subfunctions are: Basic Information, TR 101 290 Priority 1, 2 and 3 Tests, PID Viewer, Program Information, PCR Analysis, Program List, PSI/SI, Data Capture and Parameters Setting.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.1. Transport Stream Realtime Analysis Figure 6-75 TS Analysis-Realtime Analysis Display parameters description: SID: the program number in decimal or hexadecimal according to the Setup. Service Name: the service name of the program, ‘---’is displayed if the description doesn’t exist.
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‘No PAT.’ will pop up. S7200 can look at realtime picture, the picture display on the upper left conner of the screen. At the bottom of the picture, a sliding scale is used to modify volume.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-76 Full Screen Display Picture The realtime analysis option offers four submenus: video/audio information and bandwidth. The V/A information option is the same as the Figure 6-75 content. The bandwidth shows the selected program bandwith information in the program list which has been highlighted.
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Figure 6-78 Transport Stream Basic Information This part shows you the basic information of the transport stream. TS RATE: Shows the stream’s transport rate in a second (Mb/s). The S7200 displays; Min, Max, Avg and Current TS rate of the last second interval.
Priority 1 - no decidability Priority 2- partially no decidability Priority 3- errors in the supplementary information/SI Because hardware resource limit, S7200 transport stream analysis function not include buffer test related parameters. Priority 1 parameters include: TS_sync_loss, sync_byte_error, PAT_error, PID_error, continuity_count_error.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual occur either because of severe interference or simply because of a break in the line, is called “TS_sync_loss”. “TS_sync_loss” occurs when the content of the sync bytes of at least 3 successful transport stream packets is not equal to 0x47.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual as do packets with a PID=200. It is the purpose of this counter to enable one to recognize missing or repeated transport stream packets of the same PID in order to draw attention to any multiplexer problems.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual (6) PID_error: The PIDs of all elementary streams of a given program are contained in the associated program map table (PMT). The PIDs are pointers to the elementary streams: they are used to access to the corresponding packets of the elementary stream to be decoded.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual During the transmission, all tables in the MPEG-2 transport stream, whether they are PSI tables or other private tables according to DVB (SI tables) or according to ATSC (PSIP tables), are protected by a CRC checksum. It is 32 bits long and transmitted at the end of each sector.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual indicator. (5) PCR_accuracy_error If the PCR jitter exceeds ±500 ns, a PCR_accuracy_error will be set. (6) PTS_error The spacing between two PTS values must not be greater than 700 ms to avoid a PTS error.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Priority parameters include: NIT_actual_error, NIT_other_error, SI_repetition_error, Unreferenced_PID, SDT_actual_error, SDT_other_error, EIT_actual_error, EIT_other_error. (1) NIT_actual_error Network Information Tables (NITs) as defined by DVB contains information on frequency, code rates, modulation, polarization, etc. of various programs which the decoder can use.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual give the viewer a list of what services are available. It is also possible to transmit a BAT on the same PID, which groups services by type. (6) SDT_other_error This check is only performed if the presence of a SDT for other TSs has been established.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual (11) TDT_error The TDT carries the current UTC time and date information. In addition to the TDT, a TOT can be transmitted which gives information about a local time offset in a given area.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.4. PID Viewer Figure 6-81 PID View Figure 6-82 Pie Chart View Describes the information with section, simplified information, value(%), PID and the CR of every PID of the stream. Section: the PID type, example: PSI/SI, video PID or Audio PID.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.5. PCR Analysis Figure 6-83 PCR Accuracy and PCR Interval Analysis Function description: To display the PCR accuracy and PCR interval of the selected program. Figure 6-83 shows the detailed PCR information. The top half of the screen displays PCR detailed information in one transport stream, including PCR PID, minimum accuracy, maximum accuracy, minimum interval, maximum interval.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.6. Program List Figure 6-84 Program List Function description: To list the programs information in the current selected channel or satellite transponder. The program list includes: program number, frequency, SID, service name, CA, provider, service type. Depending on the...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.7. PSI/SI Table Analysis The “Program Specific Information” (PSI) has exactly the same structure. The PAT has a PID of zero and begins with a table ID of zero. The PMT has the PIDs defined in the PAT as PID and has a table ID of 2.
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S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-85 MPEG-2 PSI and DVB SI S7200 PSI/SI analysis only include PAT, PMT, CAT, NIT Actual, SDT Acutal, EIT Actual, TDT. The following screen snapshots highlight more detailed analysis information. User can directly use finger to choose table and tap the symbol “+” to expensation the multiple level tables.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual PIDs and table IDs of the PSI/SI tables Table Table_ID 0x0000 0x00 0x0020…0x1FFE 0x02 0x0001 0x01 0x0010 0x40…0x41 0x0011 0x4A 0x0011 0x42, 0x46 0x0012 0x4E…0x6F 0x0013 0x71 0x0014 0x70 0x0014 0x73 0x0010…0x0014...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-87 PSI/SI Analysis-PMT Table Figure 6-88 PSI/SI Analysis-CAT Table Figure 6-89 PSI/SI Analysis-NIT Table...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.8. PSI/PSIP Table Analysis Like the SI tables, DVB & ATSC also provide PSIP tables. PSIP stands for "program and system information protocol" and represents very similar information that is given on DVB SI. In ATSC, the following tables are used:...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Table Table ID Value (hex) Program Association Table (PAT) Program Map Table (PMT) per PAT Conditional Access Table (CAT) Master Guide Table (MGT) 0x1FFB 0xC7 Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table (TVCT) 0x1FFB 0xC8...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual parental lock can be implemented in the set-top box. The RRT is recognized by the packet ID = 0x1FFB and the table ID = 0xCA. The PIDs and Table IDs of the PSIP tables are listed in Table: PSIP Table ID Ranges and Value.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual PID-X PID-Y PID-Z PID-V ETT-0 ETT-1 ETT-2 ETT-V text message text message text message text message for EIT-0 for EIT-1 for EIT-2 for VCT Figure 6-95 Extended Text Tables (ETTs) defined to carry text messages for describing virtual channels and events.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-98 PSI/PSIP Analysis-MGT Table Figure 6-99 PSI/PSIP Analysis-VCT Table Figure 6-100 PSI/PSIP Analysis-EIT Table...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.9. Data Capture Figure 6-103 Data Capture Figure 6-103 shows captured transport package data according PID value. This function divided the PID into six types: video, audio, PCR, PSI/SI, ECM/EMM and DATA. If you choose one type, the related PID value will display in PID position.
S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.10. EPG (Electroic Program Guide) Now, S7200 only support ATSC EPG function. In transport stream analysis function, tap the soft button [NEXT], user can look at the soft button [EPG]. The soft button is unavailable in DVB mode, user must set the standard as ATSC can active EPG function, as the Figure 6-105 show.
6.12.11. Record and Replay Transport Stream Record Transport Stream S7200 support record transport stream. If user has SATA SSD option, user can directly record the transport stream on SSD. If user no SATA SSD option, user must insert USB disk on USB port and record transport stream on USB disk. Open transport stream record function operation steps: (or TS measurement) ->...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-107 Transport Steam Record Process Playback Recorded Transport Stream After you finish recording transport stream, you need playback these transport port stream files. Press the button, tap the first soft button multi-times, till the soft button display [TS].
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-109 Change TS Input Setup After user finish TS input configuration, press the button, open transport stream analysis function. Tap the soft button [DISK], the screen popup two TS file lists: SATA SSD TS file list and USB TS file list. If user tap one TS file, the TS analysis program start to analysis this TS file.
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S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.12.12. How to use the CA module S7200 support to decode encrypted program, but this function need the program related decryption card. In Figure 6-112, the place circled in red line on the title bar indicates system program detects the CAM module has been inserted in DVB- CI port.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual S7200 DVB-CI interface as the Figure 6-114 show. Figure 6-114 S7200’s DVB-CI Interface Figure 6-115 Smart Card, CA Module and Common Interface Relationship The Figure 6-115 describes the Smart Card, CA Module and Common Interface Relationship.
6.13. IPTV Measurement Now, S7200 IPTV function only support MPEG-2 TS over IP method. Connect Ethernet cable on S7200 RJ-45 port. In home page, tap the soft button [IPTV], open the IPTV function. The instrument will automatic detect IPTV stream in network, the detected IPTV stream will be listed at the bottom of the screen.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual RTP usually runs on UDP, and uses its multiplexing and checksum features. Note that RTP does not provide any control of the quality of service or reservation of network resources. Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP) RTCP is used in conjunction with RTP.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.14. Optical Power Measurement and Optical Receiver 6.14.1. Fiber Optical Connector and Adapter Introduction Fiber optical connector is the most commonly used passive optical fiber device. It connect two fiber optical’s end faces, realize optical signal continue transmission.
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Common connector illustration Figure 6-120 FC Fiber Optical Connector Figure 6-121 SC Fiber Optical Connector Figure 6-122 ST Fiber Optical Connector S7200 use FC/SC/ST replaceable connector interface, user can replace different appropriate connector interface according to field application environment.
Before user connect fiber to optical port, user must change Optical/RF parameter status to “YES”. The Figure 6-123 shows the setup interface. Now the optical fiber input the signal into optical receiver in S7200 and user can measure demodulated electric signal.
S7200 also provide optical power measurement function. The function also need optical receiver option. Measure optical power doesn’t need setup optical to RF switch. User only need connect optical fiber on FC/APC port. S7200 auto judgement optical signal wavelength, the user doesn’t need to set.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The Coefficient and Offset. If user use the optical power meter for a long time. The test results has offset, user need do a little correction for test results. User need plus or minus a value from the display test result. User need input a value in “Offset”...
The spectrum analysis function is one of the primary, basic and most powerful functions of the S7200. In the spectrum analysis mode, user can directly use finger operate the touch screen, user also can use button to operation the spectrum analyzsis function.
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17. Frequency and level of marker B 18. Delta variation between marker A and B (in frequency and level) 19. Active trace: four traces can be displayed simultaneously by the S7200. Only one trace is controlled at a time. 20. Test Point Compensation. (TP) 21.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.15.1. Frequency Setting Tap the [FREQ>] soft button to enter the frequency menu. Then tap different soft buttons again to access any of the submenu as the Figure 6-128 show. You can input the center frequency through the numerical keypad (available resolution of 1KHz) and adjust the center frequency with the arrow keys or directly tap the parameter’s position, directly use the popup virtual...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual start/stop frequency. 6.15.2. Amplitude Settings Amplitude settings: reference level, attenuator, unit & scale reference and pre- amplifier. Setting up the reference level The setting range of the reference level is from -80dBmV to +70dBmV and is displayed at the top left of the display window.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 5dB. 1dB steps are available only through the numerical keypad. Figure 6-129 Snapshot: Amplitude Setting Menu - Attenuator Setting up, enabling or disabling the pre-amplifier Tap the soft button [AMPL>], then tap the soft button [AMP]. If the pre-amplifier is currently off, tap the soft button [AMP] to highlight, turn on the amplifier.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-130 Snapshot: Amplitude Setting Menu – Unit, Scale & Amplifier Tap the soft button [AMPL>] and then tap the soft button [UNIT>] to open the unit setting sub-menu. Available unit selection, dBμV, dBmV, dBm.
“*” before the RBW parameter at the top of the screen. Tap the soft button [BW/SWP>] to enter the submenu and then tap the soft button [RBW>]. Tap [AUTO] to allow the S7200 to choose a suitable RBW according to sweep speed, span and VBW selections, when manual mode is...
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Tap the soft button [BW/SWP>] to enter the submenu and then tap the soft button [Sweep>]. Tap the [AUTO] to allow the S7200 to choose a suitable sweep time accorting to the active Span, VBW and RBW settings. However, when manual mode is desired and the cursor on the sweep time parameter, use the arrow keys to choose the desired SWP speed, in steps of 10ms.
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S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Control and spectrum calculation mode The S7200 offers two spectrum calculation modes, FFT and DFT. The DFT is the foundation of FFT, and the FFT is the fast algorithm of DFT. Every result calculated with DFT represents a pixel point of the spectrum trace, while every result calculated with FFT represents a segment of the spectrum trace.
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6.15.4. Markers Figure 6-134 Marker Settings Menu Marker function The S7200 offers two markers; A and B. User can use finger directly operation marker on the touch screen, please reference the section 4.1.5 to get the detailed operation steps Peak To automatically find the highest peak level of the signal of the spectrum analyzer curve on the screen, tap the soft button [Peak], as shown in Figure 6-135 below.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Maximum Peak search Minimum Frequency Figure 6-135 Marker - Peak Search Next Peak Tap the soft button [Next Peak], to automatically find the next highest (second highest) peak level of the spectrum analyzer trace on the screen, as shown in Figure 6-136 below.
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S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.15.5. Trace Setting The S7200 can display 4 traces simultaneously. The display settings are: max. hold, min. hold, average and normal. Each trace is actively displayed on the screen, individually or simultaneously, each with a different color, 1, 2, 3 or 4 traces at a time.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-140 Snapshot : Trace Setting Menu Max. hold trace Tap the soft button [TRACE>] to enter the submenu, then tap the soft button [Max. Hold] to activate the max. hold function.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.15.6. Detector Type Setting Tap the soft button [DETECTOR>] to enter the detector mode submenu. Press any one of five soft buttons to choose the desired detector mode. The available detector modes are SAM (Sample detector), POS (Positive peak detector), AVG (Average detector), NEG (Negative peak detector) and RMS (Root mean square detector).
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 6.15.7. Display Mode Setting Figure 6-142 Snapshot: Display mode Setting The spectrum analysis function offers 4 display modes: curve mode, solid mode, spectrogram and combined Curve/Spectrogram mode. Tap the soft button to...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Curve mode The curve mode is the standard default Spectrum Analysis mode Solid mode The solid mode fills the area below the signal with a solid color. (yellow) as per Figure 6-143 below.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual CENT 100kHz FREQ> START 250kHz Spectrum Analysis STOP 1MHz STEP> 10MHz 50MHz SPAN FULL SPAN 100MHz ZERO SPAN [AUTO]/[MANUAL] INPUT AMPL> ATT> dBμV UNIT> 1dB/ dBmV SCALE> 2dB/ 5dB/ 10dB/ 20dB/ AUTO RBW>...
The WiFi analysis mode is primarily used to display the surrounding WiFi channels, their SSID, their designated channel within the WiFi band used, and their relative amplitude level from the S7200 location. (Figure 6-148 below shows the graphical interface) The two display modes of the WiFi mode are graphical and list. The list mode, (as is Figure 6-150 below) shows the name, status, channel, relative signal strength, MAC address and encryption method of the various SSID carriers detected.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 6-149 Snapshot 5G WiFi Channel - Graphical Display Figure 6-150 Snapshot: WiFi Channel - List Display...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Concept 7.1. Unit conversion chart Unit Impedance 50Ω Impedance 75Ω μV 1μV=10 1μV=10 1mV=1000μV 1mV=1000μV dBμV 0dBμV=1μV 0dBμV=1μV dBmV 0dBmV=1mV 0dBmV=1mV 0dBm=107dBμV 0dBm=108.8dBμV 7.2. Analog TV Standard and Color Transmission System Basic Knowledge...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Standard Can be used with these Systems: PAL,SECAM SECAM PAL,SECAM PAL,SECAM SECAM SECAM SECAM NTSC,PAL Up to now, there are 10 types TV standard in use around the world. These standards are: B, D, G, H, I, K, K1, L, M, N. There are three types of color transmission system: PAL, NTSC, SECAM.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 7-1 TV Standard - M、N Figure 7-2 TV Standard - B、G Figure 7-3 TV Standard - D、K...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 7-4 TV Standard - H Figure 7-5 TV Standard - I Figure 7-6 TV Standard - K1、L...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual TV standard and color system parameters setup Number of lines per Field Color Color TV Standard frame frequency encoding subcarrier NTSC-M 60Hz NTSC 3.58MHz PAL-M 60Hz NTSC 3.58MHz 50Hz 4.43MHz PAL-B、D、G、H、I PAL-N 50Hz 4.43MHz...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.3. Analog TV Baseband Signal Basic Knowledge 7.3.1. Understanding Composite Video Signal A composite video signal is a signal in which all the components required to generate a video signal are embedded in a single signal. The three main components that together form a composite signal are as follows: The luminance signal —...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The chrominance signal by itself, which is usually called the C signal, is shown in Figure 7-8 below. Figure 7-8 Color Information Signal for a Color Bar Line (Including the Color Burst) The composite color video signal, often called the Color Video, Blank, and Sync (CVBS) signal, is the sum of Y and C, is shown in below Figure 7-9.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 7-10 The synchronization signals in an analog composite baseband To reproduce an image, both the camera and the video display are scanned horizontally and vertically (see graph in Figure 7-10 above). The horizontal lines on the screen are scanned alternately –...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual pulse which is part of the baseband video signal. The horizontal sync pulse starts a horizontal trace. During the horizontal blanking interval, the beam returns to the left side of the screen and waits for the horizontal sync pulse before tracing another line.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual signals, color bursts, and other format-specific information, like the ITS, which are not part of the active video image. Approximately 90 percent of all the lines and 80 percent of each line can transmit the active image information. The exact values depend on the video format, as shown in above table.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.3.2. Interlaced Scanning Concept All composite video systems display the video image on a TV screen using an interlaced scanning technique. The Figure 7-11 below shows the interlaced scanning concept. Figure 7-11 Video Scanning...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual The analog video signal includes synchronization pulses that control the scanning line by line from left to right and field by field from top to bottom. The pulses that control the line-by-line scanning are called the horizontal synchronization pulses (H-Sync).
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.4. Gated Measurement Basic Concept • Field A television image or frame is composed of 525 (or 625 lines) and delivered in two successive fields of 262.5 (or 312.5 lines) interlaced together on a CRT when displayed.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual in even field. These lines are used to transmit blanking signal for the electron beam at the end of the line scanning and field scanning can come back to the start point of the picture.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Luminance Gain Inequality and Chrominance Luminance Time Delay Inequality. These test signals are combined into some composite test signals meeting the video transmission line signal and insert vertical blanking interval after the field sync pulse.
(at the specified field). The S7200 first measures the video carrier peak level during the sync pulse, then, while the quiet line inserter removes a specified line at the same time in every frame.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual a quiet line inserter should be installed behind each modulator to be tested. The advantage of using a quiet line inserter is that prior to inserting a quiet line, it removes the line to be used for insertion of the quiet line first. Using this method, making C/CTB measurements are “almost”...
The S7200 offers automatic or manual RBW selection depending on frequency/span/sweep time selection and/or what the user is looking for. The S7200 uses digital IF and leverages DSP (Digital Signal Processing) techniques of implementation, so the digital filters won’t drift as analog filters would in older spectrum analyzers.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual VBW: Video BandWidth filter In order to reduce the influence of noise variations in the display of signal amplitude, Spectrum Analyzers typically smooth or average the trace display. The selectable video bandwidth filter in a spectrum analyzer is used for that purpose.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.6. Detector Mode When measuring and analyzing different types of signals with a spectrum analyzer, the detector mode should be set correctly. “Pixel point” is an important concept related to the detector mode of a spectrum analyzer. Divide the spectrum curve into “n”...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Figure 7-15 the number of trace points saved in memory is based on detector type algorithm Average detection: recommended for ACPR and channel power measurement Each pixel point of the analyzer represents multiple sample points and amplitude information.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual RMS detection: recommended for total power measurements or noise-like signals (example: CDMA, QAM, etc…) RMS detection is an effective method for root-mean-square detection. It calculates the value of all sample points allocated to each pixel point, and the result corresponds to the signal power in the selected bandwidth.
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.7. System and Standards by Country Country System Std. Country System Std. Afghanistan El Salvador NTSC Albania Equatorial Guinea Algeria Estonia Argentina Ethiopia Angola Finland Australia France SECAM Antigua & Barbuda NTSC...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.8. USA CATV and DTTB Channel Plan CATV channels North America EIA channel Standard Incremental Harmonic designation Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio none 7.0000 11.5000 none 13.0000 17.5000 none 19.0000 23.5000 none 25.0000...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual EIA channel Standard Incremental Harmonic designation Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio 277.2625 281.7625 277.2625 281.7625 276.0138 280.5138 283.2625 287.7625 283.2625 287.7625 282.0141 286.5141 289.2625 293.7625 289.2625 293.7625 288.0144 292.5144 295.2625 299.7625 295.2625...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual NTSC Air Channel Channel RF (MHz) Band Channel RF (MHz) Band 55.25 603.25 61.25 609.25 67.25 615.25 73.25 621.25 77.25 627.25 83.25 633.25 175.25 639.25 181.25 645.25 187.25 651.25 193.25 657.25 199.25 663.25...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.9. People's Republic of China CATV and DTTB Channel Plan People's Republic of China CATV Channel Plan Channel Bandwidth: 8MHz (PAL; standard D/K) Ch. No. Video Audio Ch. No. Video Audio 49.75 56.25...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Channel Bandwidth: 8MHz (PAL; standard D/K) Ch. No. Video Audio Ch. No. Video Audio 424.25 430.75 DS52 823.25 829.75 432.25 438.75 DS53 831.25 837.75 440.25 446.75 DS54 839.25 845.75 448.25 454.75 DS55 847.25...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual People's Republic of China DTTB Channel Plan Ch. No. BW: 8MHz Unit: MHz Number Frequency Range Center Frequency Video Audio 48.5-56.5 52.5 49.75 56.25 56.5-64.5 60.5 57.75 64.25 64.5-72.5 68.5 65.75 72.25 76-84 77.25...
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual 7.10. Europe CATV and DTTB Channel Plan CATV channels Europe (PAL; standard B/G) Channel Bandwidth: 7 and 8 MHz Ch.No. Video Audio Ch.No Video Audio 7MHz channel spacing 8MHz channel spacing 48.25 53.75...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Channel Bandwidth: 7 and 8 MHz Ch.No. Video Audio Ch.No Video Audio 7MHz channel spacing 8MHz channel spacing 647.25 652.75 783.25 788.75 655.25 660.75 791.25 796.75 663.25 668.75 799.25 804.75 671.25 676.75 807.25...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual CATV channels - United Kingdom (PAL; ITU-R standard I) Channel Bandwidth: 8 MHz Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio 14.0 296.0 302.0 584.0 590.0 16.0 22.0 304.0 310.0 592.0 598.0 24.0 30.0 312.0...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Channel Bandwidth: 8 MHz Video Audio Video Audio Video Audio 192.0 198.0 480.0 486.0 768.0 774.0 200.0 206.0 488.0 494.0 776.0 782.0 208.0 214.0 496.0 502.0 784.0 790.0 216.0 222.0 504.0 510.0 792.0...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Number Frequency Center Video Audio Ranger (MHz) Frequency Frequency Frequency (MHZ) (MHz) (MHz) 76~90 90~96 91.25 95.75 96~102 97.25 101.75 102~108 103.25 107.75 VHF (Cable TV) Number Frequency Center Video Audio Ranger (MHz)
AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Specifications Spectrum Analysis Frequency Range 5 MHz ~ 1220MHz (TV), 950 MHz ~ 2150 MHz (Satellite) Frequency Span 0 MHz ~ 1215MHz (TV), 0MHz ~ 1200 (Satellite) Frequency Step 1 kHz (TV & Satellite)
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Level Resolution 0.1 dB DVB-C Measurement Frequency Range 42~1002MHz Modulation Type 16/32/64/128/256 QAM ITU-T J.83 ANNEX A/C Symbol Rate 1.8 MS/s ~ 7.0 MS/s Power Level Range -30dBmV ~ +50dBmV Level Resolution 0.1 dB...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Modulation Type QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM Power Level Range -35dBmV ~ +50dBmV Level Resolution 0.1 dB Power Level Accuracy ±1.5 dB (C/N >20 dB) MER Measurement > 35 dB MER Accuracy ±2.0 dB...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual MER Measurement > 40dB MER Accuracy ±2.0dB CBER 1E-1~1E-5 VBER 1E-1~1E-7 Constellation √ ATSC Measurement Modulation Type 8 VSB Power Level Range -35dBmV ~ 50dBmV Level Resolution 0.1 dB Power Level Accuracy ±1.5 dB(C/N >20 dB)
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Constellation √ Video/Audio Decoder Video MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1 Video Resolution 1080p, 720p and 576i Audio MPEG1/2/4, AAC CAM Module EN50221 (DVB-CI) PCMCIA interface TS-ASI Input And Output √ TS Record √ TS Analyzer...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual PID List Display all the PIDs in current stream Program Information The detail information about a program if it isn’t be encrypted. The video resolutions and audio compress rate. PCR Monitoring Calculate PCR interval and PCR accuracy PSI/SI List Display the PSI/SI infos by tree view.
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Resolution 0.01dBm Interface FC\SC\ST/APC General Optical Adaptor Optical to RF Converter Dynamic Range <+10dBm Conversion Band Converted From 65MHz ~ 1000MHz (Optical Cable and DTT links) Band Converted From 950MHz ~ 2150MHz...
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AD INSTRUMENTS S7200 TV Signal Analyzer Operation Manual Remote Feeding 5/13/15/18/24 V, Max. 5 W 22 kHz Control Signals DiSEqC 1.2 and SaTCR Dimension (W×H×L) 253 mm × 194 mm × 84mm Weight around 2.4 kg Working Temperature -10 ~ +50 °C...
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