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Unity4600 Digital Media Receiver/Decoder Unity4600 Professional Digital Media Receiver/Decoder User’ s Manual 800032-01 R ev . G.
Unity 4600 User’s Manual ii 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Data, dr awings, and other material containe d he rein are proprietary to Wegen er Communications, Inc., an d may not be reproduc ed or duplicated in any form without the prior written permission of Wege ner Communications, Inc.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G iii Unity 4600 User’s Manual T ABLE OF C ONTENT S C HAPTER 1 G ENERAL I NF ORMATION 1.1 Manual Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Unity 4600 Overview .
iv 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com RF input check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Audio/video check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 1 C HAPTER 1 G ENERAL I NFORMATION 1.1 Manual Overview This manual pr ovides instructions a nd refere nce inform ation for th e proper in sta llation and operation of the W egener Unity 4600 Digital Media Receiver /Decoder .
General Information 2 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com 1.2 Unity 4600 Overview Functional Description The Wegener Model Unity 4600 Digital Media Receiver/Decod er is a fully DVB-compliant satellite video IRD.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 3 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 1.3 Unity 4600 S pecifications T a ble 1.1: T echnical S pecifications Characteristic Specification POWER V oltage 90-132 or 175-264 V AC .
General Information 4 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Multiburst NTSC: From 0.5 to 4.2 MHz: ≤ ±0.8 dB P AL-B: From 0.5 to 4.8 MHz: ≤ ±1.2 dB Differential Gain ≤ 4 IRE Differential Phase ≤ 1.5° L/C Gain Inequality ≤ ±4 IRE L/C Delay Inequality ≤ ±26 ns Line T ime W-form D ist or tion ≤ 1.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 5 Unity 4600 User’s Manual SERIAL PORTS S tandard RS232, DCE Handshaking None Selectable Services T erminal monitoring an d control Modem dial-in Auxiliary async data output (Re lease 2 or later) COMPEL ® E-mail character- based async output Local COMPEL control input (testing only) Baud Rates Up to 38.
General Information 6 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com T able 1.2: T ransport In O pt io n s Cooling Fan-cooled with left-side inlet and right-side exha ust (viewed from front).
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 7 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Max E b /N 0 @ Quasi-error-free threshold (less than one uncorrected error-e vent per hour) Per EN300 421: QPSK R=1/2: 4.5 dB, QPSK R=2/3: 5.0 dB, QPSK R=3/4: 5.5 dB, QPSK R=5/6: 6.0 dB, QPSK R=7/8: 6.
General Information 8 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Surge Resistance Guaranteed survival from up to 10 direct-coupled 8kV discharges (per IEC 801-2) whether port is selected or not RF TUNI NG Same as QPSK option described above DEMODULA TOR/FEC Same as QPSK option described above LNB DC POWER Supplied on separate 2-pin header .
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 9 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Max E b /N 0 @ Quasi-error-free threshold (less than one uncorrected error-e vent per hour) 1. DVB-QPSK QPSK R=1/2: 4.5 dB, QPSK R=2/3: 5.0 dB, QPSK R=3/4: 5.5 dB, QPSK R=5/6: 6.0 dB, QPSK R=7/8: 6.
General Information 10 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com TURBO PSK RECEIVER WITH 4-POR T SWITCH OPTION RF SWITCH INPUT 4-port, single-th row sw itch Input Impedance 75 Ω unbalanced Isolation, port-to-port > 45 dB, 950-1450 MHz > 40 dB, 1450-2150 MH z Input VSWR, 75- Ω system, selected port < 1.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 11 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 1.4 Safety Summary The Unity 4600 is designed for safe use with few spec ial precautions required of the user . The following items are basic precautions to use when installing and working with your Unity 4600 : Do not open the Unity 4600 chassis cover .
General Information 12 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com 1.5 Glossary of T erms and Abbreviations Te r m Definition Ad avail, digital The opportunity for a lo cal program splicer to insert loca l content in the MPEG PES streams in substitution for “regular” network-distri buted programming.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 13 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Ethernet The widely-u se d LAN te chnology specified by IEEE standard 802.3 IRD Integrated Receiver-Decoder .
General Information 14 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com PMT Program Map T able. A PSI table withi n an MPEG transport stream which cross-references a program (or programs) agai nst all the PIDs th at bear its component streams (such as audios, video, DPI, PCR, etc.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 15 Unity 4600 User’s Manual T MRA Maximum Recommended Ambient T emperature, the highest operating tempe rature for which the unit is rated T ransport S tream (or MPE.
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wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 17 C HAPTER 2 I NST ALLATION This chapter provides instru ctions on unp acking, m ounting, a nd connecting your Uni ty 4600 as well as connector information including det ailed pinouts.
Installation 18 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equi pment in a rack should be such that a hazardou s condition is not produced by uneven load ing. This unit is not very heavy , but total rack loadin g must be considered.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 19 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 2.3 Unity 4600 Connections Rear panel views Figure 2.1 and Figur e 2.3 illustrate the rear panel views for the Unity 4600 connections. Note: DTMF is not available for units manufactured af ter 10/22/2007 .
Installation 20 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com T able 2.1: Rear p anel Connectors Connector Designation Ty p e Pin Signal Name ALARM/CUEING 10-pin male header (mates to removable terminal-strip) 1 (.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 21 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 7 RTS (internally pulled to +5V , may be upgraded for handshaki ng) 8 CTS (not used presently , may be upgrade d for handshaking) 9 RI (i.
Installation 22 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com T a ble 2.2 below lists the Unity 4600 front-p anel connectors, their types and pinout information. T able 2.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 23 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Device handling T erminal I/O - The T erminal device is used for com mand and contro l of the Unity 4600 . This I/O is a basic VT100-like emulation. All I/O is prompted by user-input text strings terminated in carriage -returns.
Installation 24 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com 2.5 Inst allation T esting The Unity 4600 has a num ber of installation tests that may be perform ed from the front panel. From th e Home screen, press the right ar row until the Installatio n T esting screen is displayed.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 25 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 4. Press ESC to return to the DTMF Setup screen or ESC to return to th e Inst allation T esting screen. Relay Pulse Check This test may be used to verify conn ections to the al arm or cue relays.
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wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 27 C HAPTER 3 O PERATION This chapter pr ov ide s an ove rvie w of Unity 4600 operation, details of controls and indicators, the alarm/warning system, and user interface de tails.
Operation 28 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Several user- or netw or k-pr og r am m ab le obje cts control the Aut om a te d Rec ov er y . In addition to the contents of the Preset T able, these objects include th e Services Recovery T imeout, the Network Recovery Timeo ut, the Recovery Iteration T ime, and the Local Control Re-enable T imeout.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 29 Unity 4600 User’s Manual 3.2 Operation from Front Panel Front-p anel layout The Unity 4600 front panel (3.2) includes the followi ng four main part s: a liquid crystal display (LCD), six pus hb u tto ns , eig ht LE D indicators, and th e fro n t-panel au d io an d vid eo monitor ports.
Operation 30 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Figure 3. 3: LCD Screen Relationships LCD screen content Availa ble top-level screens are shown in order in Figure 3.4: Unity 4600 T op-level Screens on page 30 . Some screens are only available under cert ain unit conditions or when cert ain optional hard ware is installed.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 31 Unity 4600 User’s Manual T op-Level LCD Screens T a ble 3.1 lists the top-le vel scr eens and their functions. T able 3.
Operation 32 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Home and default screens The home scree n appears on the L CD by default at boot up. During operation, the user may return to the home screen at an y time, from any location in the menu hie rarchy , by pressing the Escape ( ESC ) button repeated ly (or pressing and holding it).
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 33 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Audio FP Monitor Selection Screen as default For two minutes, or until ESC is pressed, th e Level 2 Audio FP Monitor Selection screen is the default if the un it featu re s a fro n t-panel au d io mo n itor jack an d the us er plug s in a ¼” stereo phone plug.
Operation 34 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Rear pa nel LEDs The Unity 4600 also has two LED (light-e mitting diode) indicators on the rear panel. They provide the following indications: LAN – Green LED: On if ac tive LAN connection detected. OFF otherwise.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 35 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Front-p anel audio mo ni tor T o monitor audio output from the front p anel, insert a 1/4-inch stereo pho ne plug into the audio monitor port. The Unity 4600 will detect the phone plug a nd immediately display the Audio FP (front-p ane l) Monitor Selection scre en.
Operation 36 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com COMPEL-req : Values are REQ , NR , or GL . Forces COMPEL ® to be temporarily required, not requir ed , or left as normal global unit setting (resp ectively) when attempting th is Preset duri ng Recovery. tags-req : Value s are REQ , NR , or GL .
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 37 Unity 4600 User’s Manual This command sets audio attenuation, where 0 g ives 0dB attenuation (maximum level). A Local Control Command (available from the terminal regardless of "Local Con tr ol Enable/Disable" commands f rom the ne twork).
Operation 38 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com tone : Tone code ( 0 - 15 signifying digits 1- 9,0,*,#,A-C). Volatile test command for DTMF output, if supplie d. Tones will be output at the percentage of full-scale voltage indicated by level. If tone is supplied, th en that tone is output continuously.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 39 Unity 4600 User’s Manual PID : Hex number betwe en 1 an d 1F FE (except 11 , reserved for SDT ). Command to add or delete entries in the list of ghost PIDs to pass to the ASI transport output (while Program Mapping is enable d).
Operation 40 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com LAN MODE mode mode : DHCP , WEG , or STATIC . Command sets the IP configuration to e ither dynamic DHCP, "Wegener" mode, or static IP addresses. If static, see LAN IP , LAN GATEWAY , and LAN SUBNET commands.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 41 Unity 4600 User’s Manual LOADNV source source : B for Ba ckup (by user), C for Original Customer-configuration, or P fo r Production-default settings. Key security param eters (e.g., se r ial n umber ) a re not a ffected by the C or P loads.
Operation 42 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com PARTPID pid pid : Hex value between 20 and 1FFE to set a value, and 0 to disable. Command sets the borderline (o r “partition”) PID at , and above which, the IRD may expect compatible scrambling against which it may apply the proper descr amb ler.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 43 Unity 4600 User’s Manual value : Either the value of a settings table e ntry number OR the Channel Label of an entry, priority given to Label if any a mbiguity. If an entry number, legal values range from 1 up to N (where N is number of Preset support this product).
Operation 44 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com type : Indicates the type of report as follows: C - Carrier Status P - Parameters G - Group Stat us GL - Genlock sy stem (if installed and applicable) M -.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 45 Unity 4600 User’s Manual This non-volatile command sets the user (or expansion) rela y addressed by number to the ON/OFF or "Follow-Warn" (if ' W ) state specified. Note: The W value for the state parameter is only accepted for the native relays ( 1 or 2 ).
Operation 46 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com addr: IP address formatted as n1:n2:n3:n4 where n n1 , n2 , n3 , and n4 are integers between 0 and 255 . IP address of local Mail Relay server, if any. A Local Co ntrol Command (available from the terminal regardless of "Local Control Enab le/Disable" commands from the network).
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 47 Unity 4600 User’s Manual SERVICE video_pid [pcr_pid] [audio1_ pid] [audio2_pid] video_pid : Hex value between 20 and 1FFE . audio1_pid : Hex va lue between 20 and 1FFE . audio2_pid : Hex va lue between 20 and 1FFE .
Operation 48 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com atten : Must be a nu meric value for attenuation in dB. Legal value s are given in T able 1.1 on page 3. This programs the n et audio at tenuation, where ‘0’ gives 0dB attenuation (ma ximum level). If field omitted, attenuation remains unchang ed on that audio port.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 49 Unity 4600 User’s Manual source: 1 - Not used. (In legacy I RDs, this was Fade timeout.) 2 - Services Recovery Timeout. (In lega cy IRDs, this was Installation timeout.) 3 - Network Recovery Timeout. (I n legacy IRDs, this was No COMPEL ® timeout.
Operation 50 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com TEST group valu e group : Mnemonic for a test group: Either RF , AV , DTMF , or REL . value : Parametric value w hich has me aning depe nding on the test group selected. Command to activate Installation Test Modes.
wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 51 C HAPTER 4 M AINTENANCE AND T ROUBLESHOOTING 4.1 Maintenance Maintenance of the Unity 4600 is limited to keeping the chassis clea n an d en su rin g that cables remain firmly connecte d.
Maintenance and Troubleshooti n g 52 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com frequency (for domestic C-band satellites, this is 5150 minus the downlink frequency in MHz). T o rule out (2), try connecting the RF cable to another RF port and select that port (or use RF Switch Bypas s to force that other port).
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 53 Unity 4600 User’s Manual T able 4.1: Alarm and W arning Descriptions LCD Alarm or W arning Message Meaning / Possible Caus e App Self-testing New application software was recentl y promoted from the backup to primary executing position and is now performing its initial self-test.
Maintenance and Troubleshooti n g 54 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com Bad V ide o da t a Video PES stream appears to be invalid. Check if other IRDs see similar problem on the same program. Bad Video PTS Excessive jumps or jitter in video PTS values. There may be a defective uplink encoder or mux.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 55 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Low RF level There is carrier lock, but the RF signal level is too low . New P A T with changes The version number on the Prog ram Allocation table has changed and a n ew program lineup h as been submitted.
Maintenance and Troubleshooti n g 56 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com N o PAT No Program Allocat ion T able detected i n input carrier (or terrestrial interface). Check that legal ISO transport is available from uplink mu x. Often, this indication may appear when the connection between the uplink tra nsport mu x and the DVB modulator is lost.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 57 Unity 4600 User’s Manual Program not found Program selected for local decompression (to local audio/ video outputs) not available-invalid Progra m number for this T ransport. Reverted to b-up app User-requested application failed self-test and Unit reverted to Backup application.
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wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 59 C HAPTER 5 C USTOMER S ERVICE 5.1 W arranty The following warrant y applies to all Wegen er Communications products in cluding the Unity 4600 Professional Media Server .
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wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 61 A PPENDIX A M ONITORING AND C ONTROL D ET AI LS A.1 Basic Navigation Monitoring and control of th e Unity 4600 from t he front panel is accomplished by first navigating.
62 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com A.3 Menu Screens Menu screens are also read-on ly and display the menu name for a group of screens. For example, the Miscellaneous Setup s screen is a menu screen. The child screens "beneath" a menu screen (rea ch e d by pr es sin g ENT ) may be any of the scre en types (i.
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 63 Unity 4600 User’s Manual A.4 Parame ter Screens Parameter screens display a specific parameter that can be edited (if the correct authority has been established). Such scree ns cont ain an alphanumeric or list-select field.
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www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 65 Unity 4600 User’s Manual I NDEX A ac power connector . . . . . . . . . . 21 ad avail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 address customer service . . . . . . . . . . 59 return materials . . . . . . . . . . . 59 agency approvals .
66 800032-01 Rev. G www.wegener.com connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 operation from . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 front-pane l audio monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 functional description .
www.wegener.com 800032-01 Rev. G 67 Unity 4600 User’s Manual screen default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 screws, anchor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SDT .
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© 2007 Wegene r Communications, Inc. All right s reserved. 800032-01 Rev . G Seventh Editio n: December 2007 Wegene r Communications, Inc. T echnology Park/Johns Creek 1 1350 T echnology Circle Dulut.
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