Wegener UNITY 550 User manual

Unity 550
VERSION 1
Enterprise Media Receiver
Unity 550
VERSION 1
Enterprise Media Receiver
User’s Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Manual Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Unity 550 Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Digital Television Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Unity 550 Features and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
COMPEL™ Network Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Unity 550 Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION
2.1 Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 Location and Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FCC-Mandated Suppression of Radio Frequency Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Elevated Ambient Operating Temperatures in Rack-Mounted Units . . . . . . . . 9
Reduced Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mechanical Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reliable Earthing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Desktop Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 Rear Panel Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connection Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CHAPTER 3 OPERATION
3.1 Front Panel Controls And Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LCD Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Programming Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Sub-titling Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2 LED Status and Alarm/Warning Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LED definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LED behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 Power-On Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4 On-Screen Network E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5 IP Repeater Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.6 On-Screen Display (OSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
OSD Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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OSD Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Navigating OSD Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.7 Customizing and Viewing Settings for Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
COMPEL™ System Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
OSD (On-Screen Display) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Carrier Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Carrier Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Serial Port Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Data PIDS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.8 Universal European Single User LNB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CHAPTER 4 SEARCH FUNCTIONS
4.1 Perms/Temps/Searching & Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.2 Settings Table (or Search Table) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.3 Acquisition Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4 Acquisition Sub-Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.5 Signal Quality Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.6 Frequency Tagging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CHAPTER 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE
5.1 Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.2 Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
APPENDIX A: TERMINAL/MODEM MODE
Terminal/Modem Commands .......................................................................... 33
Network-Enabled Local Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Local Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reports .............................................................................................................. 37
Carrier Status (Tracking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Carrier Status (Not Tracking). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Group Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Network Controller Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
MPEG Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Settings Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Settings Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
APPENDIX B: RMA REQUEST FORM
Return Materials Authorization Request Form .............................................. 49

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.1: Unity 550 Technical Specifications ............................................................4
Table 2.1: Unity 550 Interconnect Descriptions .......................................................11
Table 2.2: Unity 550 Serial Cables to Terminal or Printer .........................................11
Table 3.1: Unity 550 Front Panel Controls and Indicators .......................................13
Table 3.2: Unity 550 Status LED Indications ............................................................15
Table 3.3: Unity 550 Types of OSD Action Fields .....................................................18
Table 4.1: Settings Parameters for the Unity 550 .....................................................25
Table 4.2: Unity 550 Settings Groups .......................................................................26
Table 4.3: Acquisition Mode Behavior ......................................................................28
Table 4.4: Signal Quality Information ........................................................................30
Table A.1: Unity 550 Network-Enabled Local Control Commands ............................33
Table A.2: Unity 550 Local Control Commands ........................................................36
Table A.3: Terms Used in Unity 550 Carrier Status (Tracking) Reports ...................38
Table A.4: Terms Used in Unity 550 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) Reports .............39
Table A.5: Terms Used in Unity 550 Parameters Reports ........................................41
Table A.6: Terms Used in U550 Group Status Reports ............................................42
Table A.7: Terms Used in Unity 550 Network Control Status Reports ......................43
Table A.8: Terms Used in Unity 550 MPEG Status Reports .....................................45
Table A.9: Terms Used in Unity 550 Settings Status Reports ..................................46
Table A.10: Terms Used in Unity 550 Settings Table Reports ....................................48

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1: Unity 550 Rear Panel ...............................................................................11
Figure 3.1: Unity 550 Front Panel ..............................................................................13
Figure 3.2: Unity 550 OSD Welcome Banner Screen ................................................16
Figure 3.3: Unity 550 OSD Main Menu ......................................................................17
Figure 3.4: Unity 550 OSD Carrier Status Screen .....................................................19
Figure 3.5: Unity 550 OSD Carrier Select Screen ......................................................20
Figure 3.6: Unity 550 OSD Signal Strength Screen ...................................................20
Figure 3.7: Unity 550 OSD Serial Port Select Screen ................................................21
Figure 3.8: Unity 550 OSD Audio Settings Screen ....................................................22
Figure 3.9: Unity 550 OSD Software Version/Serial No. Screen ...............................22
Figure 3.10: Unity 550 Data PIDS Settings Screen .....................................................23
Figure 4.1: Acquisition Modes ....................................................................................27
Figure 4.2: Acquisition Sub-Modes ............................................................................29
Figure A.1: Sample Unity 550 Carrier Status (Tracking) Report ................................37
Figure A.2: Sample Unity 550 Carrier Status (Not Tracking) Report ..........................39
Figure A.3: Sample Unity 550 Parameters Report .....................................................40
Figure A.4: Sample Unity 550 Group Status Report ...................................................42
Figure A.5: Sample Unity 550 Parameters Report .....................................................43
Figure A.6: Sample Unity 550 MPEG Status Report ..................................................44
Figure A.7: Sample Unity 550 Settings Status Report ...............................................45
Figure A.8: Sample Unity 550 Settings Table Report (Without Labels) .....................46
Figure A.9: Sample Unity 550 Settings Table Report (With Labels) ..........................48
Figure B.1: RMA Request Form .................................................................................49

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
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. General Information - A description of the Unity 550, its functions and specifications,
and a glossary of terms
2. Installation - Procedures and information for the correct and safe installation of the
Unity 550
3. Operation - Instructions on starting and operating the Unity 550
4. Search Functions - Information on settings, pararmeters, modes, and signal
monitoring for the Unity 550.
5. Customer Service - Our warranty and information about obtaining help.
An Index of keywords is also provided to help you quickly locate needed information.
Please E-mail any suggestions or comments concerning this manual to
[e-mail]. If you prefer to post through the mail, please send your comments
to the address below. If you have substantial or complex changes to recommend, our
preference is that you copy the page(s) in question, mark your changes on that copy, and
fax or mail us the copy. We always appreciate constructive criticism.
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1.2 Unity 550 Product Overview
Digital
Television
Receiver
The Unity 550 Digital Television Receiver is a high-performance satellite Integrated
Receiver-Decoder (IRD) designed to meet the needs of the private television market-place.
Supporting both the PAL and NTSC video standards, the Unity 550 is uniquely positioned to
provide high-quality video, audio, and data to demanding customers. The Unity 550
supports DVB World Standard Teletext and Line 21 Closed Captioning and Extended Data
for enhanced video functionality.
Multiple data features are standard to provide additional ways to use spare digital spectrum
for revenue and operational control. A 38.4-kbps asynchronous output provides constant
streaming of control and user information. This data port is used for local and remote
diagnostics, COMPEL™ data delivery services, and auxiliary data. Using COMPEL, the data
output can control external devices, such as collection encoding systems and video
switching equipment. COMPEL is able to command the serial number to be displayed on
screen for asset protection.
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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
 World Standard Teletext
 On-Screen Control
The Unity 550 has integral support for the following COMPEL™ features:
 COMPEL™ Network Control
 COMPEL™ CA and Wegener PIN Scrambling
 COMPEL™ On-Screen E-Mail
COMPEL™
Network
Control
COMPEL gives you the power to manage a network of Unity 550s and other Unity IRDs with
unparalleled functionality. With its unique network management features, such as grouping,
receiver control and scheduling, the operator can command individual groups of receivers to
switch, tune, or "output" video or data targeted specifically for that one receiver or group of
receivers. In addition, COMPEL is able to switch the Unity 550 between satellite
transponders - even to a different satellite - for unequalled disaster recovery.
1.3 Unity 550 Product Specifications
Table 1.1: Unity 550 Technical Specifications
Characteristic Specification
RF Input
Input Frequency Range 950.00 - 2150.00 MHz
Input Level Range -25 dBm total signal power down to -135 dBm/Hz signal
power spectral density (-25 to -65dBm)
Maximum Aggregate Input Power -5 dBm at max input signal
Input Impedance 75 ohms, unbalanced
Input VSWR <2.5:1
L.O. Leakage at Input - 55 dBm
Demodulator/FEC Convert Symbol rate Fs to Transport Rate Ft by:
(2R*Fs)*(188/204)=Ft, where 'R' is the inner FEC code
ratio, either R = 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, or 7/8.
Symbol-rate Range 2.5 - 30 Msps
Note: The lower symbol rates will require a
higher frequency stability on the LNB.
Max Eb/No @ Video Threshold Depends on inner FEC:
 1/2: 4.5 dB
 2/3: 5.0 dB
 5/6: 6.0 dB
 7/8: 6.4 dB
Compression System MPEG-2