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The most important thing we build is trust.
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Messenger 2 Transmitter Enhanced – SDI Version
100-M0171X3
GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance
M2TE-S
OPERATIONS MANUAL
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Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance
1916 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 100, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Tel: 760-496-0055
FAX: 760-496-0057
www.cobham.com/tcs

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  • Page 1 Messenger 2 Transmitter Enhanced – SDI Version M2TE-S OPERATIONS MANUAL Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance 1916 Palomar Oaks Way, Suite 100, Carlsbad, CA 92008 100-M0171X3 1 of 95 Tel: 760-496-0055 FAX: 760-496-0057 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

      6.7.2 INPUT ......................................... 32   6.7.3 MIC ........................................32   6.7.4 4k Operation ....................................32   6.7.5 ENCRYPTION (THE “KEY” ) ............................33   100-M0171X3 2 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 3 7.8.2 Optional Features ..................................69   7.9 Help ..........................................71   8. Initial Checkout ....................................72   8.1 Getting Started ....................................... 72   9. Specifications ....................................... 74   100-M0171X3 3 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 4 Figure 34 – Basic M2TE Link Setup ................................72   Figure 35 - Windows Start Button ................................80   Figure 36 - Control Panel ....................................81   100-M0171X3 4 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 5 A.2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) ........................87   Appendix B - Cable, M2T External Breakout Cables ....................... 88   Appendix C - Factory Default Set-up Groups ........................90   100-M0171X3 5 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 6: Revision History

    Add operational description of new FW (DSP 2.201 w Xilinx 6). New video auto detection, frame reduction, 28 Sept 2012 new default groups, new AES-C encryption, update figures with latest GUI pictures. 100-M0171X3 6 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 7: Important Warning And General Safety Information

    OET Bulletin 65, Appendix A Table 1 Limits for MPE http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet65/oet65.pdf OET Bulletin 65, page 9, definitions of types of exposure OET Bulletin 65, page 19, Equations for predicting RF Fields http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet65/oet65.pdf 100-M0171X3 7 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 8 8. Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) precautions should be observed as a safe practice. 9. The transmitter will generate considerable heat and is the responsibility of the end user to properly heat sink the device before using. 100-M0171X3 8 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 9: Acronyms

    Messenger Two Link NTSC National Television System Committee Phase Alternation Line QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Radio Frequency Receiver Signal-to-Noise Ratio Standard Definition Serial Digital Interface Transmitter 100-M0171X3 9 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Please email the support section the airway bill/consignment number for tracking purposes. Depending on the nature of the fault, Cobham endeavor to repair the equipment and return it to the customer within 14 days of the item arriving at our workshops. Obviously it is impossible to cater for all types of faults and to manage 100% replacement part availability, and delays are sometimes inevitable.

  • Page 11: General System Information

    The Messenger 2 Transmitter Enhanced (M2TE) is a second generation AVC HD/SD COFDM transmitter that combines all the features and capabilities of Cobham Surveillance’s (CS’s) Messenger 2 AVC HD/SD Transmitter with the additional features listed in the Key System Features section below. All of this is included in a smaller housing (8.6 cu inches).
  • Page 12 Transport Stream (TS) streaming in and out of the device. The IP address can be assigned automatically via a DHCP server or via manual settings. Control & Status monitoring is accomplished via 100-M0171X3 12 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 13 This manual provides information on how to operate the M2T-E as well as pertinent technical information related to the overall system. Refer to the model identifier (on-line document, 100- MNI0115 - latest revision) at the Cobham website, http://www.cobham.com/tcs, for available frequency and power configurations along with options.
  • Page 14 ASI output port and/or the LAN port for local distribution or recording on external When used in Ultra-Low Latency mode (Intra-Refresh) with Cobham’s Messenger 2 Decoders and Receiver Decoders With 4K High-Throughput Option on M2TE or Encoder Mode...

  • Page 15: Video Quality And 2K Or 4K Transmission

    Convolution Interleaves’ and Reed Solomon encoding along with careful distribution of the data onto the multiple carriers. COBHAM CS has chosen to use 2K carrier in which 1,705 carriers actually carry the payload that are approximately 4KHz apart. DVB-T offers three different modulation schemes (QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM).
  • Page 16 RF bandwidth is also doubled. However, in this mode you will be able to go back to 16-QAM and have high video quality with reasonable link range and robustness. 100-M0171X3 16 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 17: Hardware Overview

    Figure 1 – M2TE-S Connectors 5.1 M2TE-S Connectors There are six connectors located on the M2TE-S unit as shown in Figure 1. They are for interfacing the RF out, HD//SD-SDI Video or ASI in or SD Composite in (Two ports), ASI out, audio, Auxiliary Data, KLV Data, LAN/IP and Control signals.

  • Page 18: Asi Out

    In addition these input connectors can be used as an input for ASI DVB compliant Transport Streams. See section 7, software overview, for details on the Input Modes. This section explains how to switch from SDI IN to ASI IN using the Cobham M2TE Web Configurator. Table 2 – Recommended 1.0/2.3 3G mating connector...

  • Page 19: Table 4 - Recommended Vhdci Mating Connector With Cable

    RS422-B N Port B – For KLV Meta data and other serial data RS422-C P Port C – For KLV Meta data and other serial data 100-M0171X3 19 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 20: Analog Audio Input Configurations

    Program. Table 6 below defines the wiring for all the different possibilities along with the location of Mic Bias connections. 100-M0171X3 20 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 21: Table 6 - Audio Configurations

    #2 Pin 40 #4 Pin 44 Note: If 600 Ohm input impedance is required add a parallel 600 Ohm resistor to the external cable assembly. 100-M0171X3 21 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 22: Local Control Panel Operation

    This section of the manual describes the control panel’s operating modes, how to read and change its settings. 6.2 Local Control Panel Physical layout The control panel has 4 main sections:  5 “MODES” LEDs,  6 “STATUS” LEDs, 100-M0171X3 22 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 23: Power-Up Sequence

    3) The CFG GRPS LED turns on and the M2TE’s current configuration group LED lights up. Any other STATUS LED turns on as it would in normal operation mode. 100-M0171X3 23 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 24: Numbered Leds

    Numbered LED’s shows Alphanumerical and characters that are displayed. The default setting for the numbered LEDs is the active configuration group. All Numbered LEDs are green. Figure 3 - Numbered LEDs 100-M0171X3 24 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 25: Figure 4 - Alphanumeric Characters Displayed On Numbered Led's

      Figure 4 - Alphanumeric Characters Displayed on Numbered LED’s 100-M0171X3 25 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 26: Key Pads

    Pressing the ENTR key pad implements and saves any settings/value changes. If the ENTR key is not pressed then changes do not take place and the M2TE continues to operate without any disruptions. 100-M0171X3 26 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 27: Modes

    (XXXX.XXMHz) scrolls across the Number LEDS one character at a time. 3) Press the Enter “ENTR” key to put the control panel into Default Operating Mode. 100-M0171X3 27 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 28: Rf Level (Green Led)

    2) Use the up and down keys, “↑↓”, to increase/decrease the audio volume. Zero (0) value indicates volume is at lowest power and nine (9) is at maximum. 3) Press the ENTR key to accept the new value. 100-M0171X3 28 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 29: Encryption (The "Key" Green Led)

    ” turns ON if a value other than zero (0) is selected. If zero (0) value is selected then the STATUS LED turns OFF. 100-M0171X3 29 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 30: Report (Green Led)

    Video 1 format does not match configuration Video 2 format does not match configuration Audio Stream 1 missing or invalid Audio Stream 2 missing or invalid Future Use 100-M0171X3 30 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 31: Status Leds

    The status LEDs are an active display of various functions. They continually inform the user of the function, or lack of function, of the M2TE. This section explains the meaning of the STATUS LEDs. 100-M0171X3 31 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 32: Rf On

    ON the M2TE is in 4K mode and transmits data in two different 2K C-OFDM streams. If the LED is OFF then M2TE transmits data in one 2K C-OFDM or other stream. Note that 4K operation (mode) is a purchased option. 100-M0171X3 32 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 33: Encryption (The "Key" )

    LAN GUI from the System Setup/Control Panel menu. 6.8.2 Locked Modes This section describes how the “MODE” key works when the local control panel is locked. “CFG GRPS” 100-M0171X3 33 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 34 3) Press the ENTR key to place the local control panel back in Default Operating Mode. “REPORT” The REPORT mode works the same as in unlock mode. Please refer to 6.6.5 for more information. 100-M0171X3 34 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 35: Software Overview

    7. Software Overview 7.1 Product Control & Status Monitoring Approach Cobham transmitters provide programmable presets or set-up groups that can be configured through a WEB-based control and status interface that launches through the LAN interface from the transmitter. Set-up “Groups” are selected by the user through either the transmitter’s local control panel or remotely through the WEB-based interface.
  • Page 36 It should also be noted that Cobham transmitters are designed to remember the last set of applied settings and will always power-up in the set-up group settings that it had prior to shut down.

  • Page 37: M2Te Web Interface

    Mozilla FireFox. The M2TE is shipped with a default Static IP address of 192.168.1.36. It is beyond the scope of this manual to explain IP addressing details. The user should use caution before changing addressing parameters. 100-M0171X3 37 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 38 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None ASCII Sending/Receiving format: Line Ends with Line Feeds The login information: Name: user Password: user 100-M0171X3 38 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 39: Figure 8 - M2Te Serial Port Connection Configuration

    After login is accepted, the IP address can be retrieved by typing the command “ngc”. After typing the “ngc” command (and pressing the ENTER key) the current network configuration is displayed. 100-M0171X3 39 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 40 When the IP address of the device is known, the user can proceed to type the IP address in the address bar of an Internet web browser. A web interface welcome page will then be displayed as shown in Figure 9. 100-M0171X3 40 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 41: Figure 9 - Web Interface Welcome Page

    A main page then opens up as shown in Figure 11. Figure 10 – Login window 100-M0171X3 41 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 42: Figure 11 - Web Interface Main Page

    Help are accessible with User level, and the rest of the pages are accessible only with Administrator level. These web pages will be discussed in detail in the following sections. 100-M0171X3 42 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 43: Group Configurations

    Click on Setup from the Configuration Groups item on the menu, the individual group configuration page is displayed, as shown in Figure 12. Figure 12 – Individual group configuration page (RF Tab) 100-M0171X3 43 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 44 Or if the M2TE unexpectedly loses power on the next power up after full initialization the user should click on the “Refresh” button to make sure of the current active parameters. 100-M0171X3 44 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 45 Up to two video streams are supported and at least one video stream must be present. In other words if one of the video input modes is selected to be OFF, the other video input mode cannot be turned off. 100-M0171X3 45 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 46: Figure 13 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Video Tab)

    Audio tab (Figure 14) provides four sub-sections to support audio configuration. The analog audio 1-2 or analog audio 3-4 selection is only available when any Audio Input Mode is set to ANALOG 100-M0171X3 46 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 47: Figure 14 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Audio Tab)

    When any Balanced analog audio format is selected, the corresponding second Mic PreAmp and second Audio Volume is automatically synchronized with the first Mic PreAmp and first Audio Volume respectively, and is not adjustable. 100-M0171X3 47 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 48 Note: A little current consumption can be saved by disabling the ASI Out Control if ASI out is not being used. From the pull down box choose “Disabled” and click on the “Apply” button. 100-M0171X3 48 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 49: Figure 15 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Ts Tab)

    AES-C 128/256) and to select a key (up to 5 keys) . The encryption key storage type and the key value can be configured on the Encryption page under System Setup menu. 100-M0171X3 49 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 50: Figure 16 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Encryption Tab)

    PID. Note that with a two stream/program there can be an Auxiliary Data associated with each stream/program. 100-M0171X3 50 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 51: Figure 17 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Auxiliary Data Tab)

     Destination IP Address: Enter destination IP address here… only works with IPv4 addresses, for example 192.168.1.33.  Destination Port Number: Enter destination port number here, 49152-65535 private port numbers are recommended 100-M0171X3 51 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 52  Receiver IP Address: Enter the receiver IP address here…only works with IPv4 addresses  Receiver Port Number: Enter the receiver port number here, 49152-65535 private port numbers are recommended 100-M0171X3 52 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 53: Figure 18 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Streaming-In Tab)

    Figure 18 - Individual group configuration page (Streaming-In Tab) 100-M0171X3 53 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 54: Figure 19 - Individual Group Configuration Page (Streaming-Out Tab)

    (up to 20 groups are allowed) and then load (with the “Load” command) a particular group when the those changes need to be implemented. Specific Constraints 100-M0171X3 54 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 55 Streaming OFF, the Video 1 Input Mode remains OFF, however Video 2 Input Mode is then the active video in the case of a single stream/program. In the case 100-M0171X3 55 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 56: Configuration Groups File Import

    M2TE database. When the file has been imported successfully, the user can use the individual group configuration web page to display and edit information for each group as needed. 100-M0171X3 56 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 57: Configuration Groups File Export

    Click on Restore Default Groups option from the Configuration Groups item on the menu, the default group restoration page is displayed, as shown in Figure 22. 100-M0171X3 57 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 58: Status

    Note that in the Audio-Video Formats table, the video Lock means that the auto detected configured format matches the actual detected format. See Figure 23. 100-M0171X3 58 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 59: System Setup

    24. The allowable value for each RF power level (0-7dB) is shown in the table. The recommended arrangement for the attenuation values is to make it monotonically decrease as RF power level index increases. 100-M0171X3 59 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 60: Encryption

    7.7.2 Encryption The Encryption page lets user to configure the encryption key storage type and the five encryption keys, as shown in Figure 25 . 100-M0171X3 60 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 61: Figure 25 - M2Te Encryption Configuration Page

    The 128-bit key consists of one string of thirty-two hexadecimal characters. The 256-bit key consists of two strings of thirty-two hexadecimal characters each. Keep in mind there are now two supported 100-M0171X3 61 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 62: Control Panel

    Figure 26 – M2TE Control Panel Configuration page 7.7.4 Network Under the System Setup option on the main menu, select Network. A network setup page is displayed as shown in Figure 27. 100-M0171X3 62 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 63: Figure 27 - M2Te Network Configuration Page

    DHCP addressing. With DHCP configuration, the server automatically issues an address to the M2TE. Please note that addressing is limited to Ipv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) only. 100-M0171X3 63 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 64: Serial Port

    Note also if a serial port is configured to accept Binary commands it cannot communicate using the Console commands. Be sure to check the Interface mode it’s set to. 100-M0171X3 64 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 65: Logon Update

    100-M0171X3 65 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 66: System Upgrade

    20 configuration groups or just individual ones (see section 7.5.2 on file importing). In this way you can avoid having to modify the groups again if they were previously modified. 100-M0171X3 66 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 67: Firmware Upgrade

    DSP firmware and Xilinx firmware, whose pages are shown in Figure 30 and Figure 31, respectively. Figure 30 - M2TE DSP firmware upgrade page 100-M0171X3 67 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 68 Xilinx Firmware Upgrade: The Xilinx program file extension is “.bit” and it is stored in the Flash memory of the M2TE and activated at the system start-up. 100-M0171X3 68 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 69: Optional Features

    Current factory enabled options can be viewed by selecting the Optional Features under the Upgrade item on the main menu in the web user interface, as shown in Figure 32. New features can 100-M0171X3 69 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 70: Figure 32 - M2Te Optional Feature Page

    And the bottom section is where the 32-bit Upgrade Code Word can be entered to enable additional optional features that are purchased. The unit should be re-powered 100-M0171X3 70 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 71: Help

    As shown in Figure 33, the Help page provides general information such as the firmware versions, production information, optional feature status, and M2TE online support link. Figure 33 – M2TE Help page 100-M0171X3 71 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 72: Initial Checkout

    NOTE: Based on customer application Cobham may deliver a receiving system, additional cables and antennas. Contact Factory for further information. The M2TE is pre-configured by Cobham prior to shipment (based on customer requirements), thus is ready to work “right out of the box”.
  • Page 73 M2TE’s I/O – Control VHDCI-68 connector using Cobham break out cable, 3. The MSR should be pre-configured from the factory (refer to the Cobham web site for the online manual). In short ensure the MSR is powered, has a cable from the ASI out to the decoder ASI...

  • Page 74: Specifications

    Frequency Band dependent In development, future update With 4K High-Throughput Option on M2TE or Encoder Mode Latency Delay is Decoder dependent In development, future update 100-M0171X3 74 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 75 Crosstalk: >55 dB min S/N: >50 dB RMS Connector: P/O Multipin Connector With 4K High-Throughput Option on M2TE or Encoder Mode Latency Delay is Decoder dependent 100-M0171X3 75 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 76 HD-SDI/SDI input interface. The secondary UTC#2 is also generated using an external 1PPS signal and EIA-232/422 serial configuration commands. Key Length Value (KLV) Metadata In development, future update In development, future update 100-M0171X3 76 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 77 9.14 cm x 7.92 cm x 1.91 cm (13.83 cu cms) Environmental: Operational Temperature: -10˚C to +70˚C (EXTERNAL COOLING REQUIRED) Humidity: Up to 95% non-condensing 100-M0171X3 77 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 78 Mic/Line Level Audio, Encryption ON/OFF, and status of Video In and RF Out. Remote Control & Status – M2TE can be controlled through Control Application. Supported via WEB server provided through the LAN interface. 100-M0171X3 78 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 79: Appendix A - Ip Static Addressing And Interfacing To A Personal Computer

    “Use the following IP address” and set it to a class C address with the same network ID as the M2TE.  From the desktop click on the Windows start button and select the “Control Panel”. See Figure 35 below. 100-M0171X3 79 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 80: Figure 35 - Windows Start Button

    Figure 35 - Windows Start Button 100-M0171X3 80 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 81: Figure 36 - Control Panel

    See Figure 36. You may need to select the Control Panel “Category” view to see the picture similar to the Figure 36. 100-M0171X3 81 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 82: Figure 37 - Network Center

    Figure 37 - Network Center  Click on the “Change adapter settings” on the left side of the screen as shown in Figure 37. 100-M0171X3 82 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 83: Figure 38 - Network Connections

    Figure 38 - Network Connections  Right click on the “Local Area Connection” icon and select properties. 100-M0171X3 83 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 84: Figure 39 - Lan Properties

     Select the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or in the case of an XP system “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click on the “Properties” button as shown in Figure 39. 100-M0171X3 84 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 85: Figure 40 - Tcp/Ipv4 Properties

    Click in the “Subnet mask” text box and the PC should automatically set the subnet mask associated with the class C addressing. See Figure 41. 100-M0171X3 85 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 86: Figure 41 - Static Ip Address

    M2TE. For example instead of using 192.168.1.20, I could use 192.168.1.30 or 192.168.1.5 or 192.168.1.60, etc. 100-M0171X3 86 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 87: Dhcp (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

    Finally remember that through the serial port, see section 7.4 you can view the current IP settings, the current addressing mode and the current IP. In addition you can change the mode and set a static IP address using the serial port. 100-M0171X3 87 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 88: Appendix B - Cable, M2T External Breakout Cables

    Appendix B - Cable, M2T External Breakout Cables 100-M0171X3 88 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...
  • Page 89 100-M0171X3 89 of 95 www.cobham.com/tcs GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance...

  • Page 90: Appendix C - Factory Default Set-Up Groups

    ON_AUTO ENDED LINE 1-2 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s ENDED LINE 3-4 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s TRUE +16 dB +16 dB TRUE +16 dB +16 dB 100-M0171X3 90 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...
  • Page 91 RF ON NORMAL QAM16 8MHz 2 K Carrier 1485 1775 2462 2300 2437 2550 3250 4700 4965 5250 5775 5700 6475 6950 RF ON NORMAL 100-M0171X3 91 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...
  • Page 92 2462.0 MHz, S:SD,RNG-H, QLTY-3 ON_AUTO ENDED LINE 1-2 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s TRUE +16 dB +16 dB TRUE +16 dB +16 dB 100-M0171X3 92 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...
  • Page 93 RF ON NORMAL QPSK 8MHz 2 K Carrier 1485 1775 2462 2300 2437 2550 3250 4700 4965 5250 5775 5700 6475 6950 RF ON NORMAL 100-M0171X3 93 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...
  • Page 94 ON_AUTO ENDED LINE 1-2 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s ENDED LINE 3-4 48 KHZ 256 Kb/s TRUE +16 dB +16 dB TRUE +16 dB +16 dB 100-M0171X3 94 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...
  • Page 95 RF ON NORMAL QPSK 8MHz 4 K Carrier 1485 1775 2462 2300 2437 2550 3250 4700 4965 5250 5775 5700 6475 6950 RF ON NORMAL 100-M0171X3 95 of 95 GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance www.cobham.com/tcs...

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