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Summary of UNITY 550
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Unity 550 v ersion 1 enterprise media receiver unity 550 v ersion 1 enterprise media receiver user’s manual 800072-01 rev. A.
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Unity 550 user’s manual ii 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com a proven world leader in digital video, audio & broadcast data systems, wegener's management system is certified to iso 9001:2000 . Data, drawings, and other material contained herein are proprietary to wegener communications, inc ., and ma...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 1 unity 550 user’s manual t able of c ontents c hapter 1 g eneral i nformation 1.1 manual overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 unity 550 product overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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2 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com osd menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 navigating osd menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.7 customizing and viewing se...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 1 unity 550 user’s manual l ist of t ables table 1.1: unity 550 technical specifications ............................................................4 table 2.1: unity 550 interconnect descriptions .......................................................11 table 2.2: ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 1 unity 550 user’s manual l ist of f igures figure 2.1: unity 550 rear panel ...............................................................................11 figure 3.1: unity 550 front panel .............................................................................
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 3 unity 550 user’s manual c hapter 1 g eneral i nformation 1.1 manual overview this manual provides instructions and reference information for the proper installation and operation of the wegener unity 550 . The manual is divided into the following chapters: 1. Gener...
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Chapter 1: general information 4 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com unity 550 features and options the unity 550 utilizes and supports the following standards: mpeg-2/dvb compliant 2.5 - 30 msps symbol rate scpc and mcpc rs-232 asynch data up to 384 kbps line 21 closed captioning and extended data wor...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 5 unity 550 user’s manual analog output formats ntsc or pal supported digital video resolutions ntsc: 720hx480v, 544hx480v, 480hx480v, 352hx480v, 352hx240v pal: 704hx576v, 544hx576v, 480hx576v, 352hx576v, 352hx288v supported chrominance sampling 4:2:0 video output al...
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Chapter 1: general information 6 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com 1.4 safety summary the unity 550 is designed for safe use with few special precautions required of the user. The following items are basic precautions to use when installing and working with the unity 550 unit: input power rating 115/...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 7 unity 550 user’s manual do not open the unity 550 's chassis cover. The unity 550 incorporates security labels over some of the screws. There are no user serviceable components within the ird. Tampering with the security labels, or opening the unit, will void your ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 9 unity 550 user’s manual c hapter 2 i nstallation this chapter provides instructions on unpacking, mounting, and connecting your unity 550 as well as connector information including detailed pinouts. 2.1 unpacking and inspection carefully unpack the unit and its ac ...
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Chapter 2: installation 10 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com circuit overloading consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of circuits could have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring. Ensure that the total rack or bre...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 11 unity 550 user’s manual 2.3 rear panel connections the unity 550 rear panel connections are shown in figure 2.1 and described in table 2.1 below. Figure 2.1: unity 550 rear panel connection descriptions table 2.1 and table 2.2 list the interconnect descriptions an...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 13 unity 550 user’s manual c hapter 3 o peration this chapter provides information and procedures for powering up and operating the unit. The ird can be controlled via compel , local terminal, modem (remote terminal), and osd (on-screen-display) push buttons. Normall...
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Chapter 3: operation 14 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com front panel functions programming setup 1. Use the right or left arrow buttons to navigate to prgm:prog n . Note: n represents the available program. 2. To edit, press enter.The program begins flashing. 3. Use the up or down arrows to cycle th...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 15 unity 550 user’s manual by blinking 5 times, etc. The led blinking red indicates an alarm, while amber indicates a warning. Note: ms = 1/1000 second. Led behavior within approximately 15 seconds of power up, the ird gives an indication of stable operation. It init...
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Chapter 3: operation 16 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com figure 3.2: unity 550 osd welcome banner screen your banner may be different from this example depending on the options purchased. Note: the " type h… " text at the bottom of the screen is shown only if the serial device is set to terminal mod...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 17 unity 550 user’s manual 3.6 on-screen display (osd) although the unity 550 is set up at the factory, you can customize its settings to fit your system using the osd and front-panel buttons. You may also view the existing settings and the various status and version...
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Chapter 3: operation 18 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com note: once a field is updated, you must select activate and exit on the submenu and then press enter to update the value of the field. Before pressing enter , you may go back to any field and correct it prior to acceptance. Table 3.3: unity 55...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 19 unity 550 user’s manual carrier status refer to table 3.3: unity 550 types of osd action fields on page 18 for updating specific fields carrier status is a read-only screen. (no changes can be made here.) while on the main menu page: 1. Press the down arrow button...
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Chapter 3: operation 20 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com figure 3.5: unity 550 osd carrier select screen signal strength the signal strength screen ( figure 3.6 ) displays the relative received signal level while the ird is locked onto a carrier. This is useful for fine-tuning antenna pointing. Beca...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 21 unity 550 user’s manual 3. Press the enter button to move to the available device options for the serial port (terminal, modem, printer, or aux data). 4. Press the right arrow button to move through the options until the desired one is highlighted. 5. Press enter ...
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Chapter 3: operation 22 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com figure 3.8: unity 550 osd audio settings screen software versions refer to table 3.3: unity 550 types of osd action fields on page 18 for updating specific fields from the main menu screen: 1. 1.Press the down arrow button until software versi...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 23 unity 550 user’s manual 6. After completing all changes, press enter to select activate settings. 7. Press enter to place the new settings in memory. This activates any changes you have made. Note: if you exit without moving to the activate settings option and pre...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 25 unity 550 user’s manual c hapter 4 s earch f unctions 4.1 perms/temps/searching & settings the term "settings" is used throughout this document and includes the following set of parameters: table 4.1: settings parameters for the unity 550 the ird is acting on one ...
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Chapter 4: search functions 26 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table 4.2: unity 550 settings groups 4.2 settings table (or search table) this is an internal database retained in non-volatile memory (unaffected by loss of power). It contains a list of alternate carrier settings. Each valid entry is ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 27 unity 550 user’s manual figure 4.1: acquisition modes table 4.3 describes the ird's behavior for each of the acquisition modes and the defined timeouts. (see the settimeout terminal command.).
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Chapter 4: search functions 28 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table 4.3: acquisition mode behavior 4.4 acquisition sub-modes the state diagram in figure 4.2 shows the transitions for each of the acquisition sub-modes within the acquisition modes. Note: [! Means "not"]. Note: "satellite searching" ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 29 unity 550 user’s manual figure 4.2: acquisition sub-modes 4.5 signal quality monitoring the ird provides the following signal quality information while tracking a carrier only:.
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Chapter 4: search functions 30 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table 4.4: signal quality information 4.6 frequency tagging general rules under normal operation, the ird can only acquire carriers that contain frequency tags. These tags are inserted in the compel control stream at the uplink and iden...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 31 unity 550 user’s manual c hapter 5 c ustomer s ervice 5.1 warranty he following warranty applies to all wegener communications products including the unity 550 : all wegener communications products are warranted against defective materials and workmanship for a pe...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 33 unity 550 user’s manual a ppendix a: t erminal /m odem m ode terminal/modem commands commands listed in this section detail command syntax and action taken. Commands consist of a command field and a parameter field. Each command field and parameter field is separa...
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34 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com source: if no source is specified then video and all audio outputs are selected. Source can be any of the following: v indicates video. A[/string] indicates audio. An a alone indicates all audio outputs. L mutes the left channel and r mutes the right. Mutes the sp...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 35 unity 550 user’s manual local control commands local control commands that are always functional at the unity 550 terminal are listed in table a.2 . Commands allowed only if local control is enabled by the compel network and are listed in table a.1 above. Source: ...
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36 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table a.2: unity 550 local control commands h [command] command: any of the terminal command names (h, r, temp, etc.). If an h or any invalid command beginning with an h is entered and the command parameter is omitted, the whole help screen will be displayed, disp...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 37 unity 550 user’s manual reports this section lists the reports generated by the terminal commands, shows the options or origins of the reports, and gives examples of each report. Carrier status (tracking) figure a.1: sample unity 550 carrier status (tracking) repo...
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38 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table a.3: terms used in unity 550 carrier status (tracking) reports term definition/description acquisition mode always shows tracking. Carrier freq_string (active_settings.Carrier) data rate data_rate_string (active_settings.Data_rate) fec rate active_settings.F...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 39 unity 550 user’s manual carrier status (not tracking) figure a.2: sample unity 550 carrier status (not tracking) report table a.4: terms used in unity 550 carrier status (not tracking) reports carrier status acquisition mode fade rf in: (shown if rf switch is inst...
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40 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com note: * these counters are cleared each time the unit enters tracking mode. Parameters figure a.3: sample unity 550 parameters report acquisition difficulties none is shown if all of the following four counters are zero. If the counters are not zero, they provide ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 41 unity 550 user’s manual table a.5: terms used in unity 550 parameters reports note: see section 3.2 led status and alarm/warning conditions on page 14 for further explanation. Term possible output or register source lnb lo freq_string (lnb_lo_freq[0]) {blank if rf...
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42 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com group status figure a.4: sample unity 550 group status report table a.6: terms used in u550 group status reports note: this report may require up to 40 pages. Group status group page: 2847 group table: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0 x x 1 2 x . . F x . . . 0 1 ...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 43 unity 550 user’s manual network controller status figure a.5: sample unity 550 parameters report table a.7: terms used in unity 550 network control status reports network controller status delaying 00:00:32 fixed . Serial # 000101 . Compel control required variabl...
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44 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com mpeg status figure a.6: sample unity 550 mpeg status report last addr header time_string (timer.Last_addr_header) amount of history time_string (timer.Powered_up) total processed compel_stats.Processed. Invalid headers compel_stats.Headers. {if non-zero and techni...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 45 unity 550 user’s manual table a.8: terms used in unity 550 mpeg status reports settings status figure a.7: sample unity 550 settings status report term description aggregate mpeg if mpeg stream is present, shows transport stream at data_rate in mbps, obtained from...
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46 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com table a.9: terms used in unity 550 settings status reports settings table screen breaks are supplied to break this report into three separate screens. If unit is not configured for search table labels it will appear as shown in figure a.8 . If the unit is configur...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 47 unity 550 user’s manual 14) - - - - - 15) - - - - - 16) 12000.00 1.536 1/2 1 * 17) 12000.11 4.608 7/8 2 2 18) 10111.10 3.072 2/3 1 2 19) - - - - - 20) - - - - - 21) - - - - - 22) - - - - - 23) - - - - - 24) - - - - - 25) 13100.00 9.800 5/6 0 5 26) 13200.00 5.940 7...
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48 800072-01 rev. A www.Wegener.Com figure a.9: sample unity 550 settings table report (with labels) table a.10: terms used in unity 550 settings table reports 48) - - - - - acq. 13200.00 20.000 7/8 9 * settings table perm label 1 data carrier fec rate tag rate site program 1) label 1 12000.00 1.536...
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Www.Wegener.Com 800072-01 rev. A 49 unity 550 user’s manual a ppendix b: rma r equest f orm return materials authorization request form figure b.1: rma request form http://www.Wegener.Com/custservrma.Htm e-mail: service@wegener.Com fax: (678) 624-0294 company name: bill-to address: ship-to address: ...
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