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Wegener UNITY4000 Instruction Manual

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Manual is about: AUDIO INTEGRATED RECEIVER DECODER

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    Instruction manual unity4000™ mpeg video integrated receiver decoder data, drawings, and other material contained herein are proprietary to wegener communications, inc., and may not be reproduced or duplicated in any form without the prior permission of wegener communications, inc. When ordering par...

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  • Page 3: Caution

    Iii uty4000-003 caution risk of electric shock do not open caution: to reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. Caution as this unit is intended to interface with other electrical/electronic sy...

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  • Page 5: Table of Contents

    V uty4000-003 table of contents section 1 - general information paragraph title page # 1.1 general........................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 introduction..................................................................................... 1-1 ...

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    Uty4000-003 vi table of contents (continued) paragraph title page # 2.4.2 rear panel.......................................................................... 2-8 2.4.2.1 mode control dip-switches ................................. 2-8 2.4.2.2 standard dvb synchronous interface ................... 2-...

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    Vii uty4000-003 table of contents (continued) paragraph title page # 3.7.2 aux data device................................................................ 3-7 3.8 receiver functions......................................................................... 3-7 3.8.1 perms, temps, searching & settings....

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    Uty4000-003 viii table of contents (continued) paragraph title page # b1.2.1 current settings ............................................................... B-2 b1.2.2 channel selection ............................................................ B-3 b1.2.3 edit channel ...............................

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    Ix uty4000-003 table of contents (continued) paragraph title page # 3-1 led and alarm conditions ........................................................................ 3-2 3-2 relay operation .......................................................................................... 3-4 3-3 audio h...

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  • Page 11: Section 1

    1-1 uty4000-003 section 1 general information 1.1 general the purpose of this manual is to describe the proper installation and operation of the wegener communications unity4000 mpeg video integrated receiver decoder. 1.2 introduction the unity 4000 ird is an integrated receiver/decoder designed to ...

  • Page 12: * * * Warning * * *

    Uty4000-003 1-2 arranged without empty space between them, as long as enough rack ventilation is provided to prevent severe heat buildup. Please note the maximum per-unit power dissipation of 45 watts. 1.5 security labels the unity4000 uses security labels over some of the screws. There are no user ...

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    1-3 uty4000-003 to return a product for service: 1. Obtain a return material authorization (rma) number by completing and faxing a copy of the rma form (see appendix d) to (678) 624-0294. You may e-mail the same information instead to: service@wegener.Com 2. Plainly write the rma number on the outsi...

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  • Page 15: Section 2

    2-1 uty4000-003 section 2 system configuration 2.1 unit overview the unity 4000 ird features several separate hardware components: the dc switching power supply, the main motherboard, an l-band dvb receiver, front-panel keypad controller card, a front-panel lcd assembly, and the l-band rf switch. Th...

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    Uty4000-003 2-2 figure 2-1. Unity4000 block diagram expansion bus connectors clock 27 mhz audio dec 2 audio dec 1 reg reg reg 20.000 mhz vcxo 27 mhz clock distributions: chclka --> dvb rcvr module 20mhz --> dsp_320c203 chclk (7.5 mhz) distributions: chclkb --> cl9110 eclk --> expm chclkc --> xc5202 ...

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    2-3 uty4000-003 the control system on the main board is run by the main host processor. This processor interfaces with the compel™ network as well as local users and then controls and monitors the unit’s operations. To do its job, this processor accesses the control data streams recovered from the m...

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    Uty4000-003 2-4 table 2-2. Qpsk demodulator requirements inner code rate symbol rate transport rate threshold eb/no 1/2 2.71-30 msps 2.5-27.647 mbps 4.0 2/3 2.04-30 msps 2.5-36.863 mbps 5.0 3/4 1.81-30 msps 2.5-41.471 mbps 5.5 5/6 1.63-30 msps 2.5-46.078 mbps 6.0 7/8 1.55-30 msps 2.5-48.382 mbps 6.4...

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    2-5 uty4000-003 2.3.7 video specifications ntsc video performance is specified below for use with nds system 3000 at a 9 mbps video pes rate, maximum resolution. Table 2-4. Video specifications parameter production specification signal type composite output level 1.0 vp-p, ± 2% output impedance 75 o...

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    Uty4000-003 2-6 2.3.9 serial async data, monitor and control of ird two serial ports (serial 1 and 2) for data to/from the ird have the following characteristics: table 2-6. Serial async port requirements parameter specification signal type serial asynchronous character data levels rs-232 mode alway...

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    2-7 uty4000-003 jumper (j22) is used to enable/disable dc power on rf-in center-pin. (therefore, to get dc power on the rf-in center pin, both j22 and dip switch must be set.) 2.3.15 four input / one output rf switch (optional) 2.3.15.1 description the module is installed into the module 2 option-sl...

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    Uty4000-003 2-8 2.4.1.2 front panel keypad the front-panel includes a keypad for user input. The keys are right, left, up, down arrows and select, and enter. See section 3.9, and appendix b for details on their use. 2.4.1.3 indicator led’s table 2-8. Front panel led’s* label mnemonic meaning (see se...

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    2-9 uty4000-003 there is a db-25 connector on the rear panel labeled “transport out.” it supplies the original mpeg2 transport stream as a synchronous parallel output. The pinout for this connector is shown in table 2-9. 2.5 external inputs and outputs table 2-10. Input and output connectors name de...

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    Uty4000-003 2-10 2.5.1 balanced audio outputs there are two audio channel outputs on the rear panel. Each channel (ch1 & ch2) has a right and left mono pair. Each of these pairs is a balanced, low-impedance audio output, with terminals labeled “+, -, and com.” these are accessed through terminal str...

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    2-11 uty4000-003 figure 2-2. Ferrite bead installation * * * caution * * * to meet fcc requirements, the alarm and contact closures must have a ferrite bead installed on each pair of wires leading from them. See section 2.5.2 and figure 2-2 for instructions on their installation. There are 7 ferrite...

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    Uty4000-003 2-12 figure 2-3. Figure 2-4. Unity4000 front panel unity4000 rear panel (with optional rf switch) un it y4000 m p e g -2 i r d di g ita l th e pl at fo rm br oadc as tin g mp e g c o m pel ca r r ie r ag c w a rni n g cu e al ar m au t h se l e c t se l e c t en t e r en t e r wegener co...

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    2-13 uty4000-003 2.6 expansion card configuration the purpose of this section is to detail the jumper settings and labeling instructions for the unity expansion cards. 2.6.1 balanced audio expansion card 2.6.1.1 audio card jumper configuration jumper settings – dotted and non-dotted. The headers use...

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    Uty4000-003 2-14 2.6.2 sync or asi data card jumper configuration when you install one sync or asi expansion card, set jumper j9 on that card to the “dotted” position. See section 2.6.1 for details on “dotted” and “non-dotted” jumper positions. When installing a second sync or asi expansion card, ju...

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    3-1 uty4000-003 section 3 operation 3.1 modes of operation 3.1.1 power up at power up, the unit does a quick checksum test on the eeprom. If the test passes, the unit then initializes various devices and configures itself according to the eeprom settings. It then waits for the receiver board to comp...

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    Uty4000-003 3-2 table 3-1. Led and alarm conditions blink led is off for 1 second, and then blinks on count times ( on for 250 ms and off for 250 ms). This overall pattern is continued. Flash on for 100ms, off for 100ms, … flutter on for 50 ms, off for 50 ms. Amber red and green turned on at the sam...

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    3-3 uty4000-003 3.2.7 alarm (red) flash if any of following: (see table 3-1, page 3-2) 1. Eeprom boot failure. 2. Receiver board diagnostics boot failure. 3. Receiver board communications boot failure. 4. Secure micro / host id mismatch boot failure. On if any of the following: 1. Receiver board run...

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    Uty4000-003 3-4 7. No mpeg data 8. Compel required and no compel within last 2 minutes. 9. Selected audio not available. 10. Failure of an optional or special output (if allowed by factory preset control mask). Otherwise, off. * * * caution * * * e-mail messages should be read as soon as possible af...

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    3-5 uty4000-003 selected stream is a stereo or dual-mono signal. It may be routed to the l and r connections in a specific relationship to the original audio connections at the uplink mpeg encoder unit: table 3-3. Audio handling stereo original encoder l and r routed to corresponding l and r outputs...

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    Uty4000-003 3-6 3.6.4 dip switches the use of the four dip switches is shown in the following table: table 3-4. Dip switch function dip switch function ( up is the most common state.) 1 ntsc - up. Pal - down 2 reserved 3 test mode. Up:inactive, down:active. While in test mode, the unit pulses 831 hz...

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    3-7 uty4000-003 table 3-5. Serial device settings device serial port behavior printer configured to b, p, 8, 1 (see note 1). All input data is ignored. Aux data configured to b, p, 8, 1 (see note 2). All input data is ignored. Terminal configured to 19200, n, 8, 1. The unit responds to the terminal/...

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    Uty4000-003 3-8 table 3-6. Settings parameters {rf_in} value from 1 - 4, specifying the rf input (if rf switch is installed) carrier the downlink frequency specified in mhz with up to two decimal places. This value’s absolute difference with the lnb lo frequency must be ≥ 950 mhz and ≤ 1450 mhz. Dat...

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    3-9 uty4000-003 3.8.2 settings table (or search table) this is an internal database retained in nonvolatile memory (unaffected by loss of power) which contains a list of alternate carrier settings. Each valid entry is a complete description of a carrier/program setting (as used in a perm command). T...

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    Uty4000-003 3-10 frequency tag protocol functional specification (wci # 16803) for details. An exception to that protocal is that this ird only allows for tag site designations from 0 to 15 inclusive, and ‘15’ is specially reserved (see next). To reduce processing overhead, the unit only looks for t...

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    3-11 uty4000-003 3.9.2 push button functions table 3-10. Push button functions lcd mode push button function select n/a enter shows unit serial number for approximately 10 serconds home ∧ (up) n/a ∨ (down) n/a > (right) enters menu mode. Enters menu mode. Select enters parameter mode enter n/a menu ...

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    Uty4000-003 3-12 table 3-11. Lc display menus note: screens marked by ‘*’ are not shown if local control is disabled (either programmed into non-volatile memory at factory or set by compel command). Exception: “audio settings” screen is shown but only “attenuation” may be changed by local user. Main...

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    3-13 uty4000-003 status reports (continued) carrier status (not tracking) acq. Mode, mode duration rf in, carrier, data rate, fec rate tag, program id acquisition submode no mpeg, no tag wrong tag wrong header mpeg status aggregate mpeg transport rate program presence video muting audio presence (au...

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    Uty4000-003 3-14 (continued) modem, printer setup relay status version application boot code audio demux (dsp) xilinx plds lattice pld secure micro video decoder audio decoder rx card conditional access navigation help left/right scroll select button up/down scroll enter button select cancel return ...

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    3-15 uty4000-003 note: if the “warning” message above is not shown, you may reach the e-mail menu by scrolling through the top level menu until you see the e-mail menu display. If there is no e-mail message, you will see the following display. If there is an e-mail message, the display in step 2 wil...

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    Uty4000-003 3-16 it, scroll through it, or clear (erase) it. You are effectively back at step 2 (top level menu), with the added option of “clearing the message.” this option is not available until you have scrolled through the message once. 7. If you press you can scroll through the message again. ...

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    A-1 uty4000-003 appendix a terminal / modem commands * * * caution * * * terminal / modem commands fall into two categories, status commands and control commands. If local control is disabled, only status commands will be accepted by the unit. No control commands will be accepted until local control...

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    Uty4000-003 a-2 a1.0.2 r type [page] type: indicates the type of report as follows: c - carrier status p - parameters g - group status nc - network controller status m - mpeg r - relay status s - settings status st - settings table sp - serial port configuration [page]: this option can have a value ...

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    A-3 uty4000-003 mutes the specified outputs. Example: mute v a/1l/2/4/6r, mutes the video, audio port 1 left, ports 2 and 4 left and right, and audio port 6 right. A1.1.5 oh (modem control only) when in a terminal control session via a modem, this discontinues user (password-authorized) access. A1.1...

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    Uty4000-003 a-4 the audio program is routed to the audio port port’s audio switch, and is then routed to the left and right outputs according to route. A1.1.12 setlnb lo_freq lo_freq: this value represents the lnb lo frequency in mhz. It can have up to two decimal places and its valid range is from ...

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    A-5 uty4000-003 unit sets it temp_settings to those retrieved from the settings_table according to location. A1.1.17 unmute [source][source] source: same as the mute command. Identical to mute except specified services are unmuted..

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  • Page 51: Appendix B

    B-1 uty4000-003 appendix b front panel display b1.0 home screen if alarm or warning condition is active: a l a r m m s g or w a r n i n g : m s g where msg is a string identifying the condition (see section 3.2 for warning and alarm conditions.). If unit uses optional rf switch: r f i n : x f r e q ...

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    Uty4000-003 b-2 if email has been received and read: e m a i l r e a d : c l e a r : from the screen above, press to clear the e-mail buffer and return to the first (no e- mail) screen. If e-mail is present, then, after pressing at the above second or third screen, the following screen (second level...

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    B-3 uty4000-003 f e c : x / x t a g : y y p r o g : z z z z z where “x/x” is the inner fec code ratio (1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, or 7/8); yy is the tag site. For program designator, zzzzz is a number or wildcard ‘*’. Program designator field is left-justified because length is variable. All edit sessions ...

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    Uty4000-003 b-4 shown for each installed audio channel. Below is shown the nth channel: p o r t # : n r o u t e : x l a n g : y y y a t t e n : z z where n is the audio port, x is the routing, either “s” for normal stereo, “r” for reversed stereo, “1” for original left to both, and “2” for original ...

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    B-5 uty4000-003 where “xx...Xx” is a six alpha-numeric character password for access via phone-modem. Password field is left-justified because length is variable. All edit sessions start on extreme left- hand character. On each character, the up-arrow will scroll through all alpha-numeric characters...

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    Uty4000-003 b-6 p r e s s r e t u r n p r e s s returns to main level screens from “hardware setup.” b1.3 status reports s t a t u s r e p o r t s p r e s s b1.3.1 settings status s e t t i n g s s t a t u s p r e s s if rf switch option is installed: r f i n : n f f f f f . F f a a a a d d . D d d ...

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    B-7 uty4000-003 b1.3.2 carrier status c a r r i e r s t a t u s p r e s s if tracking m o d e : t r a c k i n g d u r a t i o n : h h h : m m : s s mode always shows tracking duration hhh:mm:ss is time since last acquired (the carrier, for whatever reason) in hours, minutes, seconds. R f i n : 1 f f...

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    Uty4000-003 b-8 r f l e v e l : o k e b n o l e v e l : g o o d rf xxxx may be high, low, ok ebno level yy…yy may be good, marginal, alarming (see section 3.8.2) r e t u r n p r e s s if not currently tracking carrier: m o d e : x x x x x x x x x x x x d u r a t i o n : h h h : m m : s s mode xx…xx ...

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    B-9 uty4000-003 where nnn is number times unit timed out in get mpeg sub-mode and receiver card was still tracking. Mmm is the number of times unit timed out in get tag sub-mode and receiver card was still tracking. B a d t a g : n n n / f f 0 f f . F f b a d h d r : m m m a t t e m p t s where nnn ...

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    Uty4000-003 b-10 a u d i o p r e s e n c e > x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x where xxx is audio program identifier (or “language”). Must scroll to end of presence list to exit. There are n screens like the following, where n is total number of audio ports available. P o r t n : x x x y y y y y y y l :...

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    B-11 uty4000-003 b1.3.5 nc status n c s t a t u s p r e s s s e l e c t the following screen shown only if applicable (value non-zero): d e l a y i n g : h h : m m : s s delay time to execution of compel command where hh:mm:ss is hours, minutes, seconds. S / n : s s s s s s x x x x x x x x c o m p e...

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    Uty4000-003 b-12 i n v a l i d l e n g t h : x x x x x b u f f e r o v r f l o w : y y y y y where xx...Xx is the total number of compel packets received whose length did not appear to match the transmitted “length” value (since reset). Where yy...Yy is the total number of times the processing stora...

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    B-13 uty4000-003 s e a r c h : h h h : m m : s s n o c o m p e l : h h h : m m : s s c m p l s e e k : h h h : m m : s s h d r s r c h : h h h : m m : s s a u d d e m u x : x x x x x x x x x a u d i o p o r t s : ( y y y y y ) where xx...Xx indicates the presence of the dsp which allows for multiple...

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    Uty4000-003 b-14 b1.3.7 port status s e r i a l p o r t s t a t u s p r e s s e m a i l : x x x x x x x x x where xx...Xx shows if compel (printer-device) e-mail is enabled or not. M o d e m : b b b b b p d s p r i n t e r : b b b b b p d s rs232 settings for modem and printer devices: bb...Bb is ba...

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    B-15 uty4000-003 where “x.X” is the version number of the boot code. A u d i o d e m u x ( d s p ) v x . X where x.Xx is the version number of the audio demux dsp. X i l i n x p l d s : x x x x x x where xxxxxx is the version string for the xilinx pld code l a t t i c e p l d : x x x x x x where xxx...

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    Uty4000-003 b-16 b1.5 navigation help n a v i g a t i o n h e l p p r e s s p r e s s o r - > t o s c r o l l p r e s s t o s t a r t e d i t m o d e p r e s s t o c h a n g e v a l u e p r e s s t o a c c e p t c h a n g e s p r e s s t o c a n c e l c h a n g e s r e t u r n p r e s s.

  • Page 67: Appendix C

    C-1 uty4000-003 appendix c glossary of terms amber -an led with the red and green both “on.” asic - application-specific integrated circuit: a general term for any highly integrated circuit (in a single package that historically very complex operations solders to a printed- circuit-board) implementi...

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    Uty4000-003 c-2 ntsc - national television standards committee. This is a shorthand description for the standard 525-line, 30-frames-per-second analog baseband television signal format used in the us mpeg, mpeg transport stream - moving picture experts group. This catchall abbreviation is used to de...

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    D-1 uty4000-003 rma request company name: _____________________________________________________ bill-to address: ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________...

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  • Page 71: Record of Revisions

    E-1 uty4000-003 record of revisions (effective from july 23, 1997) date of change rev. Level page no. Description of change 6/98 a first release 1/8/99 b 1-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 3-6, b- 12&3-13, a- 3, b-13, b-15 deleted ref. To expansion port control. Changed expansion ref. To dvb receiv...

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    Uty4000-003 default customer configuration sheet ( when customer supplied, wci must receive this information at least two weeks before delivery to avoid additional processing charges to the customer.) model number:_uty4000________________________________ release: __________ customer:________________...

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    E-3 uty4000-003 7.0 initial serial ports configuration 7.1 serial port 1 device: ( terminal , modem , printer , aux data ) 7.2 serial port 2 device: ( terminal ! , modem , printer , aux data ) 7.3 modem baud/password b=( 9600 , 19.2k ), p-word= ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ( passwd ) 7.4 local terminal/f...

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    Uty4000-003 11.0 initial search table ent ry rf feed * carrier data rate fec rate tag site program * this field only used if rf switch option installed, otherwise not shown. 1 value from 4.2 value from section 4.1 value from 4.3 value from 4.5 value from 4.6 value from 4.4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1...

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    E-5 uty4000-003 ent ry rf feed * carrier data rate fec rate tag site program 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48.