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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Novra A75 ATSC Receiver User Manual Subject to change without notification Confidential and Proprietary 1 of 32 Version: 1.02...
  • Page 2 CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Confidential and Proprietary 2 of 32 Version: 1.02...
  • Page 3 ________________________________ Disclaimer While reasonable effort has been made in the preparation of this document to ensure its accuracy, Novra Technologies Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. Novra reserves the right to change the contents of this manual at any time without notice.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    INDEX Page Conventions ......................5 Text Conventions .....................5 Applicable Models ....................5 Introduction......................6 Principles of Operation..................6 Getting Started......................7 What your configuration may look like ..............7 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration? ..........8 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 2000, or XP..........9 A75 Startup and Main Screen................9 Configuring the A75 ....................12 Configure.......................12 4.1.1...

  • Page 5: Conventions

    B indicates a button that must be clicked. UTTON 1.2 Applicable Models This manual is applicable to the following A75 Models: • Novra A75 Confidential and Proprietary 5 of 32 Version: 1.02...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Your ATSC antenna receives these signals and sends the to the A75 ATSC receiver. The A75 sifts through all the signals sent by the broadcast tower looking for your signal (an ATSC stream) and forwards to your computer the portion containing the data you want.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    3 Getting Started 3.1 What your configuration may look like Power Supply A75 Receiver Received Signals 6 Vdc (Center +ve) (Cat 5 Installation Crossover Disk Cable) The A75 PC Management Receiver Station Ethernet Package Packets to/from Mgmt Station Figure 1: Typical Configuration Confidential and Proprietary 7 of 32 Version: 1.02...

  • Page 8: What Information Do I Need - Basic Configuration

    3.2 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration? 1. The IP Address to be assigned to your Novra A75 Receiver a. Example: 192.168.170.125 2. The IP Address Subnet Mask 3.

  • Page 9: Software Installation On Windows 2000, Or Xp

    3.3 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 2000, or XP The A75 Console software is supplied as a single executable. Therefore, it is easy to install on different systems. All you need to do is copy the executable to your working directory. NOTE: You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator.
  • Page 10 settings, which include the receiver IP address and subnet mask, and gateway IP address. Change these address parameters to match you management PC LAN subnet. For example, if your PC NIC is set to 192.168.5.1, you may wish to change your A75 IP address to 192.168.5.2.
  • Page 11 5. Data – Turns green when the A75 is forwarding data. This means that the receiver is able to receive the selected PID and pass the data onto the LAN. 6. Status Box – This status box shows details of the A75 being configured, including the A75 type, the A75 MAC address, the A75 IP address, and the device status Confidential and Proprietary 11 of 32...

  • Page 12: Configuring The A75

    4 Configuring the A75 This chapter discussed how to configure the A75. NOTE: When configuring the A75, mousing over different parts of the Console screens will provide pop-up of context-sensitive help information. 4.1 Configure Selecting the Configure button brings up the following four sub-menu items that enable the operator to: •...
  • Page 13 Figure 4: Network Configuration Dialog B ox 1. Receiver Address - This is the IP address to be assigned to the receiver 2. Subnet Mask - This is the subnet mask that the receiver should use to determine whether an IP address belongs to the same network or not.
  • Page 14 NOTE: The Device status can be sent to a remote management station by configuring the status destination IP. However these settings don’t affect the broadcast status messages. To turn off the unicast status, set the destination IP address to 255.255.255.255. Selecting the Check icon will send the network changes to the A75 receiver Selecting the X icon cancels the changes and exits back to the main screen Confidential and Proprietary...

  • Page 15: Channel Button

    4.1.2 Channel Button The next step in the configuration is to ensure you have the correct ATSC channel number setting. This can be accomplished by clicking on the Channel button and bringing up the channel screen as shown in the figure below.

  • Page 16: Content Button

    4.1.3 Content Button The Content button screen (shown below) is to be used when the A75 is to be configured to receive MPE or video data from the ATSC broadcast stream and forward this data to the appropriate IP address on the LAN. This screen is used to add (or delete) MPE Data Program IDs (PIDs) or elementary stream PIDs that enable the A75 to receive the IP or MPEG content.

  • Page 17: Adding Video Pids

    Selecting the PID Delete All icon will empty the PID list Selecting the Check icon will send the PID changes to the A75 receiver Selecting the X icon cancels the changes and exits back to the main screen NOTE: Older builds of the A75 (Build A0100) do not support the addition of video PID’s and therefore the Video PID box is not displayed in the Content screen 4.1.3.1 Adding Video PIDs Any of the PID’s added in the section above (Section 4.1.3) may be configured and received as an ATSC...
  • Page 18 Figure 7 - Video PID Content Screen 1. Destinations Address and Destination UDP Port: The destination IP Address and port may be added to the individual PIDs in the PID list. In this way, received packets are mapped to different IP Addresses locations (note: this is typically a multicast IP address). NOTE: The IP address/port specified here indicates where the PID traffic is to be sent to.

  • Page 19: Reset Button

    4.1.4 Res e t Button Selecting this button will bring up the A75 Reset screen as shown below. Figure 8 - A75 Reset Screen Selecting the Check icon will reset the A75 receiver Selecting the X icon cancels the reset request and exits back to the main screen NOTE: Selecting Reset will not reset the A75 back to factory default settings.

  • Page 20: Load/Save Button

    4.2 Load/Save Button The Load/Save button enables the operator to create, save and load A75 configuration files. When selected, the Load/Save submenu screen is presented as shown below. . The Load/Save screen provides the operator with the 4 options shown above. Selecting any one of the 4 options will bring up a further screen as described below.

  • Page 21: Create A Configuration File From The Current Device

    Selecting the Check icon will save the configuration to the destination configuration file Selecting the X icon cancels the changes and exits back to the Load/Save screen 4.2.2 Create a Configuration File from the Current Device Figure 10 - Create a Configuration File from Current Device Screen 1.

  • Page 22: Load A Configuration File And Apply All

    4.2.3 Load a Configuration File and Apply All Figure 11 - Load Config and Apply Screen 1. Browse – Browse to the configuration file to be loaded Selecting the Check icon will load and apply the configuration Selecting the X icon cancels the changes and exits back to the Load/Save screen Confidential and Proprietary 22 of 32 Version: 1.02...

  • Page 23: Load A Configuration File

    4.2.4 Load a Configuration File Figure 12 - Load a Configuration File Screen 1. Browse – Browse to the configuration file to be loaded Selecting the Check icon will load the configuration Selecting the X icon cancels the changes and exits back to the Load/Save screen Confidential and Proprietary 23 of 32 Version: 1.02...

  • Page 24: Status Button

    4.3 Status Button Selecting the Status button will bring up the status panel as shown below. Included in the status panel is: 1. A listing of the Selected PIDs 2. The current ATSC channel number 3. The Signal to Noise Ratio of the received signal 4.
  • Page 25 1. Configure the Novra software. a. Determine the IP address of the box by clicking on the device list pointer. Set host PC up on the same IP address class for configuration. This can be changed back after Novra is configured.
  • Page 26 6. Set up VLC player to render the stream by a. Select File, Open Network Stream b. Enter the multicast address and port you specified in step 4 in the UDP/RTP multicast section c. VLC will then start playing the television programming Confidential and Proprietary 26 of 32 Version: 1.02...

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    6 Troubleshooting This section can help you resolve most of the common problems when installing the A75. 1) I connected the receiver and when I start the Console, it says it can’t detect any A75 Receivers? Make sure the unit is physically connected to the same LAN that your computer (running A75 Console) is connected to.

  • Page 28: Specifications

    7 Specifications 7.1 Receiver Characteristics Receiver Receiving Frequency: 55 to 806 Mhz ATSC Channels: 2 to 69 Input Signal Level: -80 dBm to 0 dBm Channel Bandwidth: 6 Mhz Phase Noise: -89 dBc/Hz @ 10 KHz Demodulation: 8VSB Channel Bitrate: 19.38 Mbps FEC: Reed Soliman and Viterbi...

  • Page 29: Minimum System Requirements

    Novra A75 Receiver • Cross-over cable or Ethernet cable • Power supply (120 Vac to 6 Vdc) • A75 Receiver Software CD • Novra A75 Receiver User Manual (Soft Copy on CD) Confidential and Proprietary 29 of 32 Version: 1.02...
  • Page 30 8 ATSC Channel vs Frequency Channel Frequency Channel Frequency Channel Frequency (MHz) (MHz) (MHz) Confidential and Proprietary 30 of 32 Version: 1.02...
  • Page 31 The Media Access Control (MAC) address is the unique hardware address for any piece of electronic equipment attached to a network. The MAC Address for your Novra A75 Receiver is displayed on a sticker on the bottom of the receiver.
  • Page 32 This means that if the signals we are interested in consist of 1.0 Msps (That's 1 Million symbols per second), and each symbol represents two bits of data, then our signal has a data rate of 2.0 million bits per second (2.0 Mbps). The important point to remember is that satellite systems send and receive symbols which are then converted into data.

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