COBHAM SOLO4 User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. COBHAM Manuals
  4. Receiver
  5. SOLO4
  6. User manual
COBHAM SOLO4 User Manual

COBHAM SOLO4 User Manual

Central receiver
Hide thumbs Also See for SOLO4:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
Users' Manual
SOLO4 Central Receiver
Users' Manual
Page 1
Version 1.4
17June 2008
domo
2 Manor Court
Barnes Wallis Road
Segensworth
Hampshire
PO15 5TH
UK
Specifications subject to change without notice
T +44 (0) 1489 566750
F +44 (0) 1489 880538
www.domo.co.uk
Cobham Surveillance
Domo Products
11 Manor Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth,
Hampshire, PO15 5TH, England
T: +44 (0)1489 566 750
F: +44 (0)1489 880 538

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the SOLO4 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Related Manuals for COBHAM SOLO4

Summary of Contents for COBHAM SOLO4

  • Page 1 T +44 (0) 1489 566750 Barnes Wallis Road F +44 (0) 1489 880538 Segensworth Hampshire www.domo.co.uk PO15 5TH SOLO4 Central Receiver Users’ Manual Cobham Surveillance Domo Products 11 Manor Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth, Page 1 Specifications subject to change without notice Hampshire, PO15 5TH, England Version 1.4...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................2 Change History ....................4 About this Manual..................5 Introduction....................6 Warranty and Support ................... 8 Warranty Cover ....................8 Safety, Compliance and Approvals .............. 9 Safe Operating Procedures ................9 EMC / Safety and Radio Approvals..............9 CE marking......................
  • Page 3 16.15 Generating a serial number file..............52 16.16 Programming a new license code............... 52...

  • Page 4: Change History

    Change History Version Main Changes from Previous Version Edited By Initial Release Product codes updated Re-licensing section added Updated EMC specification NMcS Added fault finding for PAL / NTSC setup issues...

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    PC control system. • Technical reference This section provides technical specification and control protocol data and will be of interest to those integrating the SOLO4 Central Receive system into larger systems.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    PC platforms deliver poor quality video. The domo SOLO4 system is a digital system that uses the COFDM modulation technique, which effectively eliminates the problems caused by multi-path and reflections.
  • Page 7 Security Services • IMPORTANT NOTE The SOLO4 and SOLO2 product range has been specifically designed for government security and law enforcement users, the equipment will tune across frequencies that are only available to licensed government users. Non-government users should employ the equipment restricted to the license exempt bands only typically 1.389 to 1.399GHz and...

  • Page 8: Warranty And Support

    Warranty and Support 5.1 Warranty Cover domo offers a 12 month standard product warranty. During this period, should the customer encounter a fault with the equipment we recommend the following course of action: • Check the support section of the website for information on that product and any software/firmware upgrades.

  • Page 9: Safety, Compliance And Approvals

    SOL4TX-138139 and SOL4TX-240248) meets the following radio approvals. EN 302 064-1 1.3 CE marking The CE mark is affixed to all SOLO4 and SOLO2 products, and the CE Declaration of Conformity, as well as the technical file are available on request.

  • Page 10: Getting Started And Basic Operation

    Getting Started and Basic Operation 1.4 Which Model do I have? Each SOLO4 Central Receiver unit is marked with a serial number and product code label. The diagram of the label is shown below. Product Code Panel. Give product code and manufacturers •...

  • Page 11: Controls

    PC application, connection from the PC to the CRX can be via IP Ethernet interface or via the RS232 Interface. The domo SOLO4 Central Receiver is fitted with 5 LEDs on the front panel. The position of the LEDs is shown on the diagram below.

  • Page 12: Getting Started With The Central Receiver

    The diagram below shows the front and rear panel connections of the domo Central Receiver. Front Panel Rear Panel The picture below shows the domo SOLO4 Central Receiver. The domo SOLO4 Central Receiver is supplied with the following cables. • Four off Audio cables •...

  • Page 13: Connecting The Central Receiver In A Typical Roof Top Installation

    The receiver is neither splash resistant, nor waterproof, so it should not be exposed to moisture. The domo SOLO4 Central receiver is not self cooling and is fitted with equipment fans. It is essential that sufficient free air space is available on both sides of the Central Receiver to allow and unrestricted flow of air through the equipment.
  • Page 14 It is important that the downconverter be positioned very close to the antenna - long cables should not be used between the antenna and the down converter because this can degrade system performance. The downconverter units should be connected directly to the receive antenna, but where this is not possible a short length of low loss RF cable such RG213C/U should be used.
  • Page 15 Connection of Cables to the Central Receiver The diagram below shows a typical connection diagram of a SOLO4 Central Receiver with 4 antenna inputs and using the ‘Quad Monitoring’ output for local viewing while streaming video and receiving control over a private Ethernet LAN to a remote site.
  • Page 16 Typically the video display device will be a high quality monitor. It should be noted that for ease of use the domo SOLO4 Central Receiver is fitted with a quad screen output, in which all four video outputs are multiplexed into a quad screen and displayed on a single screen.
  • Page 17 Connection to AC Mains The SOLO4 Central Receiver is supplied from an AC Mains supply and has the following characteristics. Fuse: 3.15A Type T Voltage: 100 to 250V, 50-60Hz Auto Sensing Supply Connector: IEC Mains Socket.

  • Page 18: Powering On The System

    1.8 Powering on the System In this section a SOLO4 Central Receiver will be used to receive and decode four SOLO4/2 transmitters. Note: This section assumes the user is confident in the operation of SOLO4/2 transmitters. If in doubt the user should read the SOLO4/2 Transmitter Hand Book.
  • Page 19 RF button briefly until the RF LED lights. This indicates that the RF output is active, and that the unit is transmitting. Note: Ensure that the transmitter is not too close to the SOLO4 Central receiver, or damage may occur. Typically allow at least 10m separation.
  • Page 20 CRX-xx. Diagnostic On Screen Display (OSD) The SOLO4 Central Receiver is equipped with a diagnostic on screen display. This facility will ‘burn’ diagnostic data onto the video output for test and set-up purposes. The OSD function is available individually for each of the receivers within the SOLO4 Central Receiver.

  • Page 21: Advanced Operation

    Advanced Operation 2.1 Central Receiver PC Controller Application Software Advanced control of the Central Receiver system is available by using the dedicated PC control application. The PC Control application allows using to configure parameters such as frequency, scrambling key and streaming parameters on the Central Receiver.

  • Page 22: Introduction To The Central Receiver Controller

    Connection Field Network Parameters Users Connecting with RS232 Should select the RS232 Radio Button, select the appropriate COM Port, and then press the connect button. If connection is achieved the connection status will say Connected if connection fails it will say Connected.
  • Page 23 Parameters that are status information only appear in greyed in the application. The Central Receiver controller has 4 main fields. These are shown below. Advanced Field Connection Field Control Field Status Field Field Meaning Three of the four fields are permanently displayed Advanced Field: This field is permanently displayed, and •...
  • Page 24 Understanding the Status Field This field is permanently displayed and gives the user instant status on the four receivers within the central receiver. The alarms have the following meaning: Alarm Meaning for Receiver X (1 to 4) Demod Lock Green = demodulation is occurring Red = No demodulation (signal too weak, or tuned to incorrect frequency) Reception...
  • Page 25 Unit Status Video Monitor Output Control Software Version Numbers Unit IP Parameters Remultiplexing Parameters Software Version Numbers The software version numbers of the entire central receiver and all the individual receivers within are described here. Unit Status The internal temperature (-10 to +50 deg maximum) of the central receiver and also the internal voltage (should be approximately 12V) can be monitored here.
  • Page 26 Tranmitter 1 – Received on Receiver 1 – Output Service Name = CRX-01 Tranmitter 2 – Received on Receiver 2 – Output Service Name = CRX-11 Tranmitter 3 – Received on Receiver 3 – Output Service Name = CRX-21 Tranmitter 4 – Received on Receiver 4 – Output Service Name = CRX-31 The user can modify the prefix, by changing the default away from ‘CRX-‘...
  • Page 27 The Receiver Tab The Receiver tab describes parameters specific to the entire central receiver. These parameters are shown below. Configuration Spectrum Tabs Display Frequency Parameter RF Status Fields Scrambling Parameters Configuration Tabs Each of the four Receivers within the central receiver contains 8 pre- stored configurations.
  • Page 28 Scambling Parameters If the input signal is scrambled, then the appropriate scrambling parameters should be entered. The user should specify the scrambling type from the ‘Descrambling’ drop down menu, then enter the appropriate key by selecting the key button. RF Status Fields The various RF status fields give useful RF information for each of the 4 antennas.

  • Page 29: Netstream Ip Output Option

    Netstream IP Video Streaming Option When the Netstream option is installed the SOLO4 central Receiver can be connected to a suitable Ethernet IP Network and will stream the received video and audio services. 3.1 What Type of Network is Required for IP Streaming The SOLO4 Central Receiver Netstream option will stream the video and audio services received on its input onto the Ethernet IP output.

  • Page 30: How Do I Decode The Streaming Video Services

    To enable streaming the user should take the following steps. Select which services should be streamed by individually ticking • the boxes in the ‘Channels to be streamed’ field, each channel corresponds to the output of a Receiver. Set a suitable streaming bitrate (this must be an aggregate of •...

  • Page 31: Microwave Relay Output Option

    Microwave Relay Output Option The SOLO4 Central Receiver has a Microwave Relay Output Option that can be selected by purchasing the option below. SOLCRXT-115140 Microwave Relay Downlink Frequency: 1.15 to 1.4GHz option LBand Signal Level: 100mW 20dBm Modulation: DVB-T 8/7/6 MHz and 2.5MHz...

  • Page 32: How Do I Decode The Crx-Relay Video Services

    Channel Selection Modulation Parameters To enable the CRX-Relay option the user should take the following steps. Select the output frequency by entering a suitable frequency in • MHz into the ‘Output Frequency’ tab. Select the desired modulation type by entering suitable values •...

  • Page 33: Video Stream Player

    Video Stream Player 5.1 General Information The domo video stream player application (part number NETSWDR) is delivered on CD. The product is installed by following the prompts offered by a comprehensive Install Shield. The product is licensed, and domo should be contacted to provide a serial number is return for the code offered by the application once installed on the target PC.
  • Page 34 The name of the multicast stream is listed in the window, alongside an expandable crosshair. Clicking the crosshair presents the streams multicast details and a list of any services contained within a stream: In the above example the stream “DVT Streaming” has a multicast address of 239.16.33.253 and is streaming to port number 10000.

  • Page 35: Encrypted Streams

    In this case we see that the service “CRX-001” is unencrypted, uses MPEG2 video encoding, and has single channel (mono) audio encoded with an 8-bit companding scheme with a sampling rate of 16kHz. To start decoding a service the user should “double click” the appropriate service name.

  • Page 36: Main Decoder Window

    Although the player is able to distinguish a service encrypted with AES, it cannot detect whether 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption has been used. Therefore the following window will be presented to the user when AES encryption is detected: By default this window is expecting a 128-bit (to be entered as 32 hexadecimal characters) decryption key.
  • Page 37 The title bar of the window presents the service name and the streams multicast details. Below this is a menu-bar with an Options drop-down menu and a toolbar with some icons on it. Each of the icons corresponds to a selection in the Options menu. The following selections are available in the menu: Record to file This option gives the user the option of recording the file that is being...
  • Page 38 When recording is active, this menu option is changed to “Stop Recording” which can be used to stop writing to disk. Two buttons on the toolbar can be used to control recording: to start recording to stop recording When recording is inactive, the stop recording button will appear greyed out and unselectable.

  • Page 39: Decoding Locally Stored Files

    5.3 Decoding Locally Stored Files If the user wishes to play a file from local storage (regardless of whether multicast streams are available or not) then the “Play from File” button on the main application window should be pressed. This opens a standard Windows “Open File” dialog box to make the selection.
  • Page 40 These options relate to the main application icon, which normally appears as and an optional logo. By default there is no logo presented. The user may select a bitmap to appear as a logo below the “Play from file” button on the main application window. Selecting either the “Set icon source”...

  • Page 41: Fault Finding

    Fault Finding 6.5 Indicated Faults Power LED Meaning Action Condition Flashing Amber Data buffer overflow on Check that the streaming and streaming or rebroadcast settings are suitable rebroadcast. to carry the incoming data rate from the selected channels. Channel Meaning Action Status LED Condition...

  • Page 42: Fault Symptoms

    6.6 Fault Symptoms Symptom Suggested Action No RF Link Check a suitable transmitter RF source is active, on correct frequency. Ensure Downconverters are connected. Ensure antennas are connected to downconverters. Ensure there is no interfering signal. Poor link Poor performance of the link can occur for the following reasons. performance Interference.

  • Page 43: Led Indicators

    LED Indicators LED / Button Colour Meaning / Use Power Solid Green Booting Up Flashing Flashes once per second when operational, flashes faster when Green control messages received Flashing Warning – Typically seen when unit is trying to stream or Amber rebroadcast more data than allocated Power...

  • Page 44: Special Connector Pin Outs

    Special Connector Pin Outs 8.7 Receiver Audio Connectors – 5-pin 0B Lemo Pin No Function Right Left 8.8 Receiver Data – 15 pin D Sub Socket Pin No Function Receiver 1 TX Receiver 1 RX Receiver 1 GND Receiver 2 TX Receiver 2 RX Receiver 2 GND Receiver 3 TX...

  • Page 45: Control Protocols

    Control Protocols The following section describes the control protocol employed on the RS232 link for controlling the SOLO transmitters and receiver equipment. Connection details are detailed in previous sections. Note that only features that are licensed for use in the SOLO units can be controlled. The protocols listed here cover all possible features.

  • Page 46: Packet Structure Reply (From Controlled Device)

    9.11 Packet Structure Reply (from controlled device) ASCII Value Start byte 30h-39h 4 byte unit address. In range 0-9999 20h-7Eh Status BYTE 20h-7Eh Data –Optional, variable length Separator 20h-7Eh Sum Check End byte The Sum check byte is the summation of all bytes in the packet, not including the start and end bytes.

  • Page 47: Crx Unit Addresses

    9.12 CRX Unit addresses Internally the CRX is made up of 5 processing cards. Unit addresses 1-4 are for the Receiver cards. These have a similar command set to the SOL4RX units and D300 / D290 OEM modules. Unit address 5 is for the Multiplexer card that performs the Rebroadcast, Streaming and other functions.
  • Page 48 COFDM 0 = 6MHz list Bandwidth 1 = 7MHz 2 = 8MHz 3 = 2.5MHz 4 = 1.25MHz Output level Default level is 0 float attenuation Value 0 to 32 high 0.25dB steps IP address IP address in dotted string for ETH0 decimal format DHCP...

  • Page 49: Receiver Command List

    9.14 Receiver Command List Type ‘1’ messages for Tuner / Demod Description Type Block Command Data Sent Data Type Input This is the Double Frequency frequency received by the antenna. Decimal point allowed. Down Decimal point Double Converter LO allowed. Down 0=low List...
  • Page 50 Type ‘g’ messages for Unit level commands Description Type Block Command Data Sent Data Type Unit Mode 0 = Narrow List Band 1 = DVBT Input Mode 0 = RF Input List 8 = Chaining Input LNB Power 0 = OFF List 1 = ON Unit RS232...
  • Page 51 Load Config Integer Configuration Address (1 from Memory to 9) into current Restore 0 = No List Default Build 1 = Yes Read Config Integer number of Address last config loaded Type ‘z’ messages for Descrambling commands Description Type Block Command Data Sent Data...

  • Page 52: Re-Licensing The Unit

    10 Re-Licensing the Unit If a new licensable feature is purchased for a unit then new license code has to be programmed into the CRX to enable the function. You may be asked to provide Domo with a serial number file. This can be retrieved from the unit using the following procedure.
  • Page 53 Navigate to the folder containing the .lic file sent to you, select the file and click on Open. This will write the license codes into the unit. You should now be able to enable the features you have purchased.
  • Page 54 Cobham Surveillance Domo Products 11 Manor Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth, Hampshire, PO15 5TH, England T: +44 (0)1489 566 750 F: +44 (0)1489 880 538...

Table of Contents