SRC4 User Manual

SRC4 CONTENTS

Version 4.25 or later

1 Contents 2 Main Screen 2 Signal Monitoring 2 Instant/Normal setting. 2 Memory Stores – Recall 3 Memory Stores – Edit and New 3 Status of Receivers 3 Scan, Frequency Spectrum. 3 Dish, Move dish position. 3 Matrix, ‘L’ band matrix control. 3 Setup - Password 3 Setup - Receivers 4 Setup - Dishes 4 Dish, Initial setup. 5 Setup – Other, Com. ports and ‘L’ band matrix. 6 Using a modem. 6 Starting and Installing SRC4 6 Computer Requirements 7 Updating the Satellite channels database 7 Exporting and Importing the Satellite channels database. 9 Using Microsoft Access to edit the database10 Communications summary and list of products controlled.11 Receiver Notes12 Modification history

Appendix A1 System diagram

RS485 connection details A2 RS485 Multi-drop wiring details A3 Setup of KD485 addressable converter

RS232 connection details A4 MT830IBR, MT930B, Omni Digital SDR422Ci. A5 Tandberg Sys. 3000, Alteia, TT1260 A6 Tandberg TT1200, TT1220. Barco Titan. Thomson DBD4430 A7 Tiernan TDR6, TDR7 A8 Tiernan TDR60 A9 S.A. PowerVu D9223 and D9224A10 Philips DVS382xA11 Philips DVS800, Scopus IRD-2600/2800A12 Andrew APC100A13 Andrew APC300A14 Connecting a modem.

Link Research Ltd. 23 Watford Metro Centre, Dwight Road, Watford, Herts. WD18 9XA, England.Tel: +44 (0) 1923 200 900 Fax: +44 (0) 1923 241 357 E-Mail: Sales@linkres.co.uk Web: www.linkres.co.uk

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MAIN SCREENThis screen is used to control the receivers, to open another control window i.e. Dish, to edit, save and recall the memories. Using the mouse, press any of the buttons on the virtual receiver to change the receiver parameters and then press the take button or press Enter on the keyboard to update the receiver. If the Sat. Frequency display is shown in RED then this means that the receiver is being asked to tune out of range. Check that the correct Dish has been selected or check that the Local Oscillator frequencies are correctly set. See Setup Dishes.

A green line around the Take button means that the receiver is not set up to the screen settings. If the MT830IBR or MT930B analogue receiver controls are changed on the receiver front panel, then this will also cause the green line to appear, press the Take button to update the receiver.

The actual receiver being controlled may be changed by changing the Receiver number (Top Right). As an alternative to using the mouse for some functions, you may use the keyboard as shown on each button like: F1 - Help F2 - Mem F4 or PgUp - Change Receiver Number +1 PgDn - Change Receiver Number -1 Enter - Take ^C - Exit to DOS (Control+C) Esc - Or - Box or R.H. Mouse Button,

Quits from other windows.Note: Receiver Numbers with Address Code 9999 are bypassed when changing the receiver number.

Versions of SRC4 are available to control the Standard MT930B and MT830IBR analogue receivers and a variety of digital receivers. See previous two pages for a current list. The receiver make/model is assigned to a receiver No. in Setup.

Up to 999 pre-stored satellite channels are available from the ‘Mem’ button. The lower Memory stores are allocated to Analogue channels and higher stores are allocated to Digital channels. The place in the memory that changes between Analogue and Digital channels may be changed, see Import.

All the functions operate in a similar way to the Standard MT830IBR/MT930B screen, except for selecting a Service on most of the digital receivers. To select a service click on the 'Down' arrow in the 'Service No.' box. A menu of Services available on the selected transponder transport stream will be shown and can be selected using the mouse. Press Take to update the receiver. Occasionally the receiver does not lock onto the transport stream. If this happen then try pressing 'Take' again. Press the right hand mouse button to exit this window.

For the SA PowerVu receiver the virtual channel, when changed automatically bypasses any invalid channel numbers. Press any key or mouse button to stop.

The receiver alarms are displayed by simulated Red/Green LED's. If the 'Demod' is Green and the 'Video Lock' is Red then this probably indicates that the channel conditional access cannot be de-scrambled. Similarly with the 'Audio Lock' etc.

For digital receivers, the displays at the top left corner are reported by the receiver and indicate the names of the Service Provider and the Selected Service, if available. The Signal Strength is also reported by the Bar Graph, and for the Tiernan a tuning meter is also shown.

The dish that the receiver is connected to can be changed using the buttons below the virtual receiver. This automatically bypasses dish positioners who’s address is greater than 98.

SIGNAL MONITORINGThe Signal Meter and Carrier to Noise Indicator or Alarms and BER are updated every second by polling the receiver. If any of the buttons above are pressed then this polling stops for five seconds to avoid slowing down the screen updating. Polling stops completely if any of the following windows are open, Setup, Save, Save As, Mem, Scan, Help or About. Polling also stops if the Dish window is open and the Dish Controller is on a different COM port to the receiver.

INSTANT / NORMALIf the INSTANT button is pressed, this allows the receiver to be immediately updated if one of the settings on the screen above is changed, the Take button does not need to be pressed. INSTANT is switched off if a Memory is recalled to avoid inadvertently updating the receiver. Pressing the NORMAL button cancels this so that the Take button or the Enter key must be pressed to update the receiver after making a change.

MEMORY STORES - RECALLUsing the mouse click on the Mem button. Click on the up / down arrows, or the memory description, or click on the vertical line with the Green horizontal bar to move rapidly throughout the range of stores 1 - 999. These memories are divided between Digital and Analogue channels. The Digital/Analogue split is normally at memory 500. This may be changed, see Import/Export of Memory Channels. You may also use the keyboard cursor keys, PgUp / PgDn or Home and End keys to move rapidly through the stores. The Receiver No. may also be changed if required while the Mem window is open. The Search facility will search all the Memory Descriptions to facilitate finding a channel. To abandon the Memory recall click on the Exit button or press the Esc key or press the right hand mouse button. When the correct store has been found click on the Recall button to update the settings on the screen. Exit returns to the main screen. To send the new memory settings to the receiver click on the Take button or press the Enter key for EACH receiver changed. To change or create a new memory store, see below.

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MEMORY STORES - EDIT & NEWTo Edit a Memory Store. First press the Mem button with the mouse cursor, and Recall the memory to be edited, this will then load this memory on to the receiver screen display, next, change the settings on the screen as required. To change the memory description, click on the description with the mouse, the background changes to Red, change the description and press Enter to leave the Edit Description mode. Then to save the new settings click on Save with the mouse and click on Save to confirm. To create a new memory store, proceed as above but do not click on Save but click on Save As, chose a new memory location to save the settings to and click on Save.

STATUSClick on Status to show the current receiver settings and other receiver defaults.For the MT830, if the Antenna Polarity switch is not in NOR or the IF Bandwidth switch is not in Auto or the Video Clamp switch is off, then the receiver will not be correctly controlled by this programme. The Video Polarity above is normally set to Reverse for Ku band and to Normal for C band. If you wish to reverse this i.e. Normal for Ku band then the receiver front panel switch should be set to REV.For earlier NDS3000’s the Spectrum is normally sent to Normal for 'Ku' band and Inv for 'C' band. For newer NDS300’s and all other digital receivers the spectrum inversion is automatic and this button is ignored.Status is useful to confirm that the receiver settings have changed after the Take button has been pressed or to see what the receiver settings are before the Take button is pressed.

For the Alteia, System 3000 and Omni Digital an update button is available in the Status window. This allows the current receiver settings to be transferred to the receiver screen. Normally the receiver screen shows the settings from the most recent transponder memory that has been recalled using the ‘Mem’ button. When the update button is used a ‘Mem’ number of 999 is allocated. You may wish to edit the description and then use ‘Save As’ to store these settings to a new ‘Mem’ location.

SCAN, MT830IBR and MT930B Only.Click on Scan to open the Spectrum Scan window. First Take is automatically sent to the receiver to ensure that the setting are correct, the receiver is then tuned from it's lowest to its highest frequency and the signal level plotted on a graph. When the Scan is complete the receiver reverts to its original frequency and a light red cursor shows this frequency on the graph. The mouse may then move a blue cursor across the display. By clicking the mouse the receiver will tune to this new frequency. To quit from Scan click on the - sign (Top Left of Window) or press the ESC key or the Right Hand mouse button. Be careful because the display above will now not show the settings or the description relating to this new frequency. To save this new setting, change the description and press Save As The left and right cursor keys may also be used to tune the receiver up or down in 2MHz steps.

DISHMoves the Dish to a pre-stored satellite position. The Dish positioner model number must be selected in

'Setup Dishes'. Currently the Research Concepts model RC1000A, RC2000A, RC2000C, RC2500, Andrews APC100, APC300 are supported. The AC2E can be controlled in dumb terminal mode only..

For dishes that are not computer controlled, set the Dish Positioner type ‘FIXED’ in 'Setup Dishes'. Even though these Fixed dishes are not controlled the software needs to know what Local Oscillator frequencies are used by the LNB’s in order to control the receivers correctly.

To move the dish, select a satellite from the list on the left of the Dish window, press the move button or press Enter on the keyboard. The Status display on the right of the dish window will show that the dish is moving.

MATRIX16 x 1 matricesUp to 9 ‘L’ band matrices may be controlled. See Setup other for more information on. When the Matrix button is pressed the Matrix window opens. The matrix number may be selected from the arrow keys on the left or by using the Page Up and Page down keys. The name given to the matrix in Setup other is shown on the left with the manufacturers name on the right. These matrices are normally used to select the input from various dishes to a local spectrum analyzer but they may be used for any ‘L’ band switching application. Typical names are Spec. A, for spectrum analyzer A for example.

In use, the matrix is continuously polled, if a physical button on the matrix front panel is manually pressed then the virtual matrix display will change to show the new button that has been pressed. Each of the buttons on the virtual display may be pressed using the mouse or the arrow keys to change the selected input.

The names of each matrix button may be changed. On the keyboard, hold down the Alt key and press E. This will allow the name on the button that has previously been pressed to be edited. Press enter to complete the edit.

Larger MatricesLarger matrices may be cotrolled by adding a plugin, if available, if you wish to control larger matrices please enquire about plugin availability from Link Research.

SETUP – Password.The setup functions may be password protected. To setup a password, press the Setup button. This will open the Receiver Setup window. Hold down the Alt. Key and press E. The Setup password may now be entered. It needs to be entered twice to avoid errors. Next time the Setup button is pressed this password will need to be entered in order to continue.

To remove the password, proceed as above and set the passwords to blank. (Just press enter for each entry.)

SETUP - ReceiversSet the Make/Model, Baud Rate, Address Code and Com Port for each receiver in use to match that as setup on the receivers. To set up these codes within the receivers, see the receiver Manual. For Non-Addressable products like the Tiernan and Philips

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receivers, the APC300 dish controller an external addressable converter may be used to allow these products to be connected via the RS485 network. Click the green button to indicate if this addressable converter is being used and set the address to match the converter. See system diagram at the rear of this manual.

See the page at the end of this manual, Setup of KD485-ADE addressable RS485 to RS232 Converter.

Any receiver numbers may be used. Receiver numbers not used should have their address code set to 9999. This allows these numbers to be automatically bypassed when selecting the receiver number on the main screen. To change the receiver name, click on the name, edit the name and press Enter. The Band buttons may be changed from ‘C’ and ‘Ku’ to ‘Ku Low’ and ‘Ku High’ if appropriate.

The ‘L’ band input select mode may be changed:

‘None’ This does not change the ‘L’ band input from the previous setting when ‘Take’ is pressed.

‘Manual’ Allows the input to be selected by the mouse, click on 1,2,3 or 4 next to the panel on the top left of the display. The selection is highlighted. Press ‘Take’ and the input will change. A green line around the selection shows the current receiver setting.

The selected input may be saved in the ‘Mem’ database click on ‘Save’

‘Band/Pol’ This automatically changes the input depending on the Band (KuHi/KuLo/Ku/C) and the V/H polarization setting and is suitable for dishes with 4 LNB’s For digital receivers with 4 inputs:

1 or A Vertical High Band2 or B Horizontal High Band3 or C Vertical Low Band4 or D Horizontal Low Band

N.B. For the SA PowerVu receivers the ‘L’ band input will only change if the receiver is locked or if the receiver establishes lock on the new input selection.

SETUP - DishesEach dish may have a different LNB with different Local Oscillator frequencies, set the Local Oscillator frequency for each band and Edit the dish name. When the dish is assigned to a receiver the Local Oscillator frequency and Dish name will appear on the main screen. When the receiver is connected to a different dish, the dish can be re-assigned using the buttons below the receiver on the main screen.

The Dish Positioner type, address, baud rate and Comm. port may also be set here. For dishes that are not controlled, select ‘Fixed’ as Positioner Type.

For the AC2E set the controller type to 'Dumb Terminal' - see AC2E manual for full details.

The Band buttons on the main receiver window may be changed to C/Ku or Hi/Lo for dual bank Ku systems.

Dual band LNB’s that have two local oscillator frequencies controlled by a 22KHz tone (Known in Europe as Universal LNB’s) may be used with the Alteia, TT12 series, DVS8000, Scopus, PowerVu 9224, and OmniDigital receivers. Note, the OmniDigital requires an external tone generator. Click to highlight the green LED by the text ‘Use 22KHz tone’. In this mode the band selection is automatic and the band buttons on the screen are disabled. To power the LNB in this way the LNB d.c. output power must be enabled on the receiver front panel. For use with normal LNB’s check that this facility is disabled, click to ensure that the virtual LED is dim by the text ‘Use 22KHz tone’. This facility may be added to other receivers in future updates.

Polorotor, press the green buttons to indicate if the polarization can be rotated using a single LNB for V/H or two LNB’s one for V and one for H, or that there is no polarization control

A 'Dumb Terminal' mode has been added to the selection of Dish Controller types. This is useful for controlling un-supported controllers (like the AC2E) or any other products that can be controlled in terminal mode.

For Non-Addressable products like the Tiernan and Philips receivers, the APC300 dish controller an external addressable converter may be used to allow these products to be connected via the RS485 network. Click the green button to indicate if this addressable converter is being used and set the address to match the converter. See system diagram at the rear of this manual.

INITIAL DISH SETUP Software Version 4+ now uses the satellite positions stored in the controllers memory instead of using the satellite position data stored on the computer hard disk. If you have not stored the satellite positions in the Controller memory then using the original version of SRC2, move the dish to each satellite position and store each position in the Controllers memory. See the Controller manual for more details.

For the APC100 and APC300 the satellite names may be edited using the software supplied by Andrew’s. For any unused Controller stores between the store numbers that you are using, insert a name such as ‘Not in use’ otherwise not all the satellite names will be displayed. The satellite names after the last number in use may be left blank.

When entering a satellite name into a dish controller use the following phrase, for example:

Eutelsat-13E orEut-13EDo not use spaces or phrases like:

Eutelsat 2 Flt 3

This is because satellites are moved in location from time to time and the 2 flt 3 will then need to be changed.Also for the RC1000A the satellite names will be sorted in position order if this recommendation is used.

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SETUP - Other (Comms. and Matrix)This allows the Baud rate of each Comm. port to be set. For best results the Baud rate should set to 9600 or faster. The Receiver and Dish Positioner Baud rates must also match the Computer Baud rates.

Note for direct connection to the APC300 using older APC300’s whose baud rate is not adjustable, set the Baud rate to 1200.

Each comm. port can be assigned to a Modem if required by pressing the Direct/Modem button. When assigned to a modem the Receiver setup will allow a telephone number to be entered for any receivers connected to the comm. port attached to the Modem.

The ‘L’ band matrix control may also be setup here, the address, com. port, the model, and the name of the matrix may be set. Up to 9 matrices are supported and each may be either a Global Communications Ltd. 16x1 or a Quintech Q-Switch SRR 2150 16x 1. Matrix numbers that are not used should have their address set to 9999. The Matrix name will appear on the left of the virtual matrix screen display when the Matrix window is opened. More information on using the matrix is shown elsewhere in this manual.

USING A MODEMA modem will enable the control of a receiver at a remote location. If a modem is connected to Com1. then any receivers in setup Receivers connected to Com1. can be controlled remotely. The telephone number for each receiver is entered in Setup Receivers. The baud rate for the comm. port connected to the modem should be set to 19,200 baud. The baud rate between the remote modem and receiver will be 9600 baud even though the baud rate to the local modem is higher.

The modem connections are shown in the appendix. Because the remote modem is connected directly to a receiver, or a number of receivers, without the use of a computer at the remote end the modems must be setup as shown below before they can be used. The modems can be supplied by us already setup or they can be setup as follows:For the Hayes Accura 56K modem, using a terminal programme such as Windows HyperTerminal, set this up for Direct Connection to Com1. (Or any other Com. Port.) Set the Baud rate to 9,600, no parity, 8 data bits, one stop bit, no handshaking. When the programme is running and the modem is connected to the com. Port, press the connect button. Type on the keyboard AT <press enter>. If all is well the modem should return OK. If not check the wiring and the modem. Next type the following and press enter after each command. The modem should reply OK after each command is entered.

First connect the modem to be connected to the receiver(s) at the remote site and type:

Command NotesAT&F0 Restore factory defaultsAT&G2 Enable guard tonesAT&K0 Disable local flow controlATS37=9 Fixes at 9600 baud max.ATS109=8 Fixes at 9600 min.

AT&D0 DTR IgnoredAT&R1 RTS IgnoredATX3 No dial tone detectATS0=1 Auto answer after 1 ringATS12=254 Escape character delay to 5 sec.AT&W0 Stores into profile memory 0AT&Y0 Use profile 0 on power up.

Next, change the modem for the one to be used on the computer at the local site and type:

Command NotesAT&F0 Restore factory defaultsAT&G2 Enable guard tonesAT&K0 Disable local flow controlATB60 Use V.32 9600 baud only *ATS37=9 Fixes at 9600 baud max.ATS109=8 Fixes at 9600 min.AT&C1 Track Carrier DetectAT&D2 DTR Not IgnoredAT&R0 RTS Not IgnoredATX3 No dial tone detectATS12=254 Escape character delay to 5 sec.AT&W0 Stores into profile memory 0AT&Y0 Use profile 0 on power up.

* Gives an error on later models.The modems are now setup correctly.

STARTING and INSTALLING SRC4To Install or Update SRC4 to this version, put the floppy disk in the drive, from the DOS prompt or from RUN in Windows, type: A:INSTALL <enter>.When updating, INSTALL will not overwrite any existing setup data, memory stores or SRC.BAT

WINDOWSSRC4 runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP.To set up a shortcut, with the mouse cursor on the desktop, right click and select ‘New’ Fill in the values shown below:

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Software Switches

These may be used as shown in the example above /IPWARN

SRC.EXE/? or /H provides on screen help only

If you are using a serial mouse etc:

SRC.EXE /NOCOM1 prevents SRC4 using Com1:SRC.EXE /NOCOM2 prevents SRC4 using Com2:SRC.EXE /NOCOM3 prevents SRC4 using Com3:SRC.EXE /NOCOM4 prevents SRC4 using Com4:

To provide a reminder message when the receiver ‘L’ band input needs to be changed on a patch panel:

SRC.EXE/IPWARNSpecial for MDR Germany: For the Philips DVS382x forces LNB volts on for Vertical pol and Off for Horizontal.

SRC.EXE /VHILOTells SRC4 that you are using an LNB with a local oscillator frequency that is controlled by the LNB voltage.(Alteia, TT1260, Sys3000, OmniDigital SDR422Ci, only)

SRC.EXE/MDRThe SRC4 software is normally located on the hard disk, drive C:, in sub-directory C:\SRC4 although any sub directory may be used.

MS DOSUse the batch file SC.BAT and edit this file if required to include any of the software switches shown below.

COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSMicrosoft DOS operating system. V3 or later,Or Windows 95/98/NT or ME486 or better processor. Memory:640K of basic memory.1M or more expanded. Hard disk drive with at least 1M of free space.2 or 4 Serial Comm. ports. Hard disk drive with at least 1M of free space.3½" Floppy disc drive.VGA Colour Monitor.3½" Floppy disc drive.Hayes Accura modem, if required.

A two or three button Mouse with the DOS Mouse Driver installed. A BUS or PS/2 mouse is recommended to enable all the serial ports to be used for communications.

Microsoft Windows is not required. SRC4 operates under Microsoft DOS or Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME or Microsoft NT, only. Windows 3.1 is not recommended.

UPDATING THE MEMORY STORESThe satellite memory, channel stores my be updated to the current state by ordering the Update Disk from Link Research Ltd. Put the Update disk in drive A:, press the Import button below the Help button, press the Update button in the window.

To get back to the same database that was originally supplied with SRC4 the same operation can be carried out using the original SRC4 install disk instead of the update disk. For additional information see - Importing, below.

EXPORTING IMPORTING THE MEMORY STORESThe database containing all the satellite transponder details may be exported and Imported to and from a .CSV file (Comma separated variable file). Press the Import button below the Help button, options will be shown to Import, Export or Update the Satellite Channels (Mem.) database file. This enables these memory stores to be edited in an external spreadsheet programme and imported back into the SRC4 database. Operation:

Notes:The IMPORT.CSV and EXPORT.CSV files are ASCII files, the first entry in the file where the Transponder Satellite frequency is stored in the rest of the file defines the memory number below which analogue channels are stored and above which digital channels are stored. This number may be changed to change the ratio between analogue and digital transmission stores.

1) Press the Export Button.This will generate the file C:\SRC4\EXPORT.CSV

Quit SRC4 and run a Database EditorProgramme such as Microsoft AccessEdit the contents of the file as required.

3) Save the file as a .CSV file in the SRC4 subdirectory, like Save As:

C:\SRC4\IMPORT.CSV

4) Run SRC4 and press the Import button under the Help button and press the Import button in the window to update the channels from your new Import file.

The original database file will be saved so that you can always get back to the previous database memory by deleting the new database SCMEMORY.DAT and renaming the saved file like SCMEMORY.005 to SCMEMORY.DAT

The contents of the Import/Export .CSV files are shown below:

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The fields of the Import.csv, Export.csv and Update.csv files are shown below:

.CSV Data Files: The first entry is like this:

"The changeover Mem No Analogue/Digital","500","z","z","z"(“z” – any character, ignored when importing)

The following entries for Analogue channels are like this:

“Astra 1E 19E. Granada. Encrypt = Videocrypt,"10847","V","s","f""Astra 1E 19E. . TV. Encrypt = Videocrypt 1","10847","V","s","f""Astra 1E 19E. Sky Box Office 4. Encrypt = Videocrypt 1","10847","V","s","f"

The remaining entries for digital transmissions are like this:

"Orion 1 37W. BET on Jazz International. CA = ","11672","V","6116","3/4""Orion 1 37W. AsiaNet. CA = ","11680","V","3000","5/6""Orion 1 37W. Knowledge TV International. CA = ","11687","H","4400","3/4"

Field definitions, their are 5 fields per entry, on each line.

Field 1. Channel/transponder name.Field 2. Satellite frequency in MHzField 3. Polarization, H for Horizontal, V for Vertical.Field 4. “s” for Analogue transponders

The Symbol rate in KSymbols/secField 5. “f” for Analogue transponders

The FEC ratio for Digital transponders.

Notes:

For the first entry fields 3, 4 and 5 can contain any characters; these are ignored in the import process.

For Analogue transponders, fields 4 and 5 can contain any characters; these are ignored in the import process.

If these unused fields are left blank then some database editors will remove these fields and cause corruption when importing the database.

It is not possible to import any other parameters such as sound channels.

See section 4) on page 6 that shows how to go back to a previously saved database.

It is important to backup all the databases, files ending with .DAT on a regular basis in case of computer problems. These files can also be copied to another computer to duplicate the satellite database and other parameters.

How to edit these files using Microsoft Access>

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EXAMPLE of EDITING THE ‘Mem’ DATABASE USING MICROSOFT ACCESS:

Open Microsoft Access (This opens with a Wizard)Click Create Blank DatabaseClick okChose any file name at this stage Click CreateClick New (Lower right of window)Highlight Import TableClick okChange file type to Text (…CSV…)Chose file in c:\SRC4 sub directory, Export.Csv

(This is the file that you created using the SRC4 Export facility.Click ImportCheck Comma delimitedClick NextClick CommaClick NextCheck In a new tableClick NextClick NextCheck No Primary KeyClick NextClick FinishClick okClick OpenHold down shift and Click on name at top of field to highlight all columnsClick FormatClick Column WidthUn-check Standard WidthClick Best Fit

For the non digital channelsIf the two right cells are blank, put something in the blank fields, a single letter will do,not a number.Later versions of SRC4 put an s and v in these columns

Now Edit the database

When finished editing:

Click on FileClick Save As/ExportCheck External file or databaseClick okSelect directory C:\SRC4Save type as Text …csv…Change file name to IMPORT.CSVClick ExportIf file exists Click Overwrite okCheck Comma DelimitedNextCheck CommaClick NextClick FinishClick okClick exit XClick ‘Save File’ No

You now have a new IMPORT.CSV fileOpen SRC4 and click ‘Import’, ‘Import’ and your modified satellite database is installed.

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COMMUNICATIONS SUMMARY (RS232/485)All receivers and dish positioners may be controlled directly from a RS232 (Comm) Port or via a Hayes compatible PSTN Modem. Addressable products may be controlled via an RS485 multidrop loop. Non-addressable products may also be controlled from the loop using an addressable RS485 to RS232 converter. The exact wiring for each product is shown at the end of this manual.

Receivers

MT830IBR, MT930B Addressable May be connected in an RS232 or RS485 multidrop SDR422Ci loop or one receiver may be connected via RS232

Alteia OSR & P8R Addressable May be connected in an RS232 or RS485 multidrop loop,TT1260 or one receiver may be connected to an RS232 port.

System.3000 Addressable May be connected in RS485 multidrop loop when using an RS485 to RS232 Amplicon adapter on eachreceiver, or one receiver may be connected to a dedicated RS232 port.

TT1200, TT1220 Non Addressable One receiver only allowed per dedicated RS232 port.Titan, DBD4430 or may be connected in an RS485 multidrop loop

by using an addressable converter.

SA PowerVu Auto Address May be connected in a dedicated RS232 loop9223 & 9224 used for these receivers only, or one receiver may be

connected to a dedicated RS232 port.

Philips DVS382x Non Addressable One receiver only allowed per dedicated RS232 port.or may be connected in an RS485 multidrop loopby using an addressable converter.

Philips DVS8000 Addressable RS485. Set Baud rate to 9600 No parity.

Scopus IRD-2600 Addressable RS232 or RS485 addressable. (Change by internal link)& IRD-2800 Set Baud rate to 9600 No parity.

All Tiernan Non Addressable One receiver only allowed per dedicated RS232 port.TDR6, 6+,7, 60 or may be connected in an RS485 multidrop loop

by using an addressable converter.

MatricesGlobal 16x1 Addressable May be connected to an RS485 multidrop loop.

It does not support RS232.

Quintech SRR Addressable May be connected to an RS485 multidrop loop. It does not support RS232.The SRR defaults to RS422, which may not be connected to a multidrop loop. It is important to order the Quintech SRR with the RS485 option. This requires the internal microcontroler to be replaced.

Quintech, other. Newer Quintech matrices support RS232 & RS485

Dish Controllers

RC1000A Addressable May be connected to RS485 loop.

RC2000A Addressable May be connected to RS485 loop.

RC2000C Addressable May be connected to RS485 loop.

APC100 Addressable May be connected to RS485 loop or to a dedicatedRS232 port. (See APC100 manual)

APC300 Non Addressable One controller only per dedicated RS232 port. or may be connected in an RS485 multidrop loopby using an addressable converter.

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RECEIVER NOTES

Scopus IRD-2600 and IRD-2800

Remote Control Format

Using the front panel control ensure that config; system; Control Port -232 Syntaxis set to MASTER-SLAVE PROTOCOLL

Remote Control Serial Port

To change the Scopus receivers from RS232 to RS485:

1. Power off the receiver and remove the upper cover.

2. Change jumper JP3 from 1-2 (RS232) to 2-3 (RS485) .     you will find the jumper on the big SP422 card , below U2 and right to U5 .

3. Replace the cover.

For Receivers with only 1 ‘L’ band input, in Setup set the input to None.

For the DSNG Version, Input selector.

1 Uses the L band input A2 Uses the L band input BA uses the ASI input.

Tandberg TT1260

Ensure that the receivers internal software is version 3.0.1 or later.

Ensure that in the front panel display, System Setup, the operating mode is set to Serial Remote andthe Setup is set to Serial Remote Protocol and RS485 or RS232 Alteia with an appropriate address.

The current version will not provide the LNB 22KHz tone from SRC4, this may be controlled from the front panel.

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SRC2/4 MODIFICATION HISTORYCHANGES IN VERSION 4.25d) Input buttons added to Scopus. About removed.c) TT1220 LNB Tone off error corrected.b) TT1220 Aspect Ratio buttons, and service select error corrected.a) TT1260 added. Requires firmware V.3.0.1 or later.Display aspect ratio buttons and video aspect ration indicator added to Alteia, Sys3000, TT1260, 422Ci.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.24t) LNB Pol Voltage control added to Tiernan receivers.s) Programme names improved on 422Cir) Sort Removed for RC1000 sat names.q) Max Symbol rate set to 50MS/sp) Alarm bug fixed in Alteia/3000 serieso) Matrix Plugin ability added.n) TT1260 partly added, waiting for firmware 2.3.0 to complete.m) Alteia audio select above 10 streams bug fixed.l) Control of BISS mode 1 added to Scopus IRD-2800 and Philips 8000 receivers.k) Software switch added to allow LNB’s with voltage controlled Hi/Lo switching to be used, works on the Omni Digital, Alteaia, System 3000 and Scopus only. See software switches above.j) Improvements added when using the latest Scopus and Philips DVS8000 firmware 1.08.i) Scan changed and countdown timer added.G,h) Scopus IRD-2600/2800 added and XP problem solved.f) RC series dish controllers now support Auto Pol.e) Alteia BISS mode 1 & E support added.TT1200 CA error reporting improved.TT1220 Tuning meter activated.TT1220 FEC setting error corrected. TT1220 CA and Teletext alarm reporting improved.TT1200 & TT1220 Universal LNB with 22KHz tone support added. TDR6 V2.5 Comms improved when used with the KK Systems adapter. a-d) Mem database automatically updated to allow for more fields for Modulation, BISS etc.Reminder message only active when command line is like SRC.EXE/ /IPWARNBISS Mode 1 Control added to AlteiaAlteia Modulation only changed on Take.TDR6 V2.5+ Modulation only changed on Take.Philips DVS8000 receiver added.Sys 3000 audios improved:Audio 1 changes Main Audio, 1st Audio in additional audio module in Slot 2, digital audio in Slot 1. Audio 2 changes 2nd Audio in additional audio module in Slot 2.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.23e-h) Tiernan TRD6 V2.5 receiver addedReset button added to all Tiernan receivers.Reminder message added when a receiver input needs to be patched.d) SA PowerVu D9224 receiver added22KHz tone switching added to PowerVu receivers.c) Alteia P8R receiver added with Bi/Q/8 PSK buttons,22KHz LNB Band tone added to dish setup (Works on Alteia only at present)b) Update button added to Alteia, Sys3000, OmniDigital, Status.a) Omni Digital Receiver added‘L’ band matrices added“Setup” password addedSome code improved, loop timing.

Auto generation of file SC3RXDAT.DAT for new users.Tandberg TT1220, Barco Titan and Thomson DBD4430 receivers added.Modem control improved.Status displays reduce to make more room for the additional receivers etc.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.22m) V/H Selection of RC series dish controllers made the same as the current V/H when ‘Move’ is pressed.For the Alteia and Sys3000,‘Recall’ button in Select Services changed to ‘Refresh’ to avoid confusion.l) Coding of RC1000a sort routine improved to allow for short satellite names. RC1000a and RC2000a/c, for setups with one rotating LNB, the Pol does not change when the dish is moved to a new satellite.k) V and H Pol buttons added to the RC1000, RC200A and RC2000C dish controllers. This is for dishes that rotate a single LNB for V and H polarization. In Setup, Dishes, ensure that the ‘1 LNB for V&H’ button is clicked.j) Audio section improved and Audio 2 control added to Alteia and Sys3000.i) MT930B V/H LNB 13/18V switching added.LNB Voltage on the receiver front panel Config Menu 5, Sub menu 1 must be set for LNBV On, for this to work.Alteia signal level now more readable.h) Setup, Other, now allows baud rates up to 115200 baud. This only works with PC’s with 200MHz or greater clock speed.f) Satellite names stored locally on disk to improve dish access speed. Import/Export of satellite database improved to show correct Ku Band Hi/Lo L.O. and to improve accuracy of Symbal rate. CHANGES IN VERSION 4.22a) Tandberg TT1200 added.Keyboard control improved.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.21a) Tiernan TDR60 added.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.10a) Tiernan TDR6 added.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.02a) The Tiernan receiver has now been updated to provide a similar display to the other digital receivers.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.01a) Non addressable products can now be controlled by the 4 wire RS485 loop by using an Addressable Adapter on each non-addressable unit. I.e. Philips Receivers, Tiernan Receivers, APC300 Dish Controller. The KD-485 address box is available from Link Research Ltd.CHANGES IN VERSION 4.00Version four uses new dish controller drivers that use the satellite positions stored in the dish controllers memory instead of storing the satellite positions on the hard disk. In addition the following changes have been made:Dish select buttons now bypass unused dish numbers, set dish address to 99 to bypass.Fixed dish added to choice of dish types.LNB Pol type selection added to dish setup, 1 for V or H, 2 for V and H, None for no Pol adjustment.Now controls the following dish controllers:RC1000a, RC2000a, RC2000c, RC2500, APC100, APC300.On SCPC transmissions service select for service 1 is now automatic on the NDS3000 and the Alteia.SA PowerVu now only selects valid virtual channels.Alteia and MT930 input selection may now be stored with the channel (Mem) data. In setup the input selection can be set by V/H/Hi/Lo, by manual selection on the src4 screen or fixed to one input only.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.49Dish Select button bypasses unused dishes, set unusedDishes to address 99. Setup Dishes allows disable of V/H and/or Pol when these

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Features are not used. Fixed dish option added to dish controller type, i.e. no controller.On NDS3000 and Alteia, now automatically retries the Service Select (flashes video lock LED) if the demod. Is locked and the Video is not locked. Very useful on SCPC transmissions.On SA PowerVu, up down arrow buttons added by the channel select (service) to automatically scan to the next valid channel. Press any mouse button or any keyboard key to stop scan.MT930B status corrected, RC2500 added.

CHANGES IN VERSION 1.48,a,b,c,f,g,f,e,d,h.i,j,k,l,m,n,oRC1000a code improvementsDish name edit bug fixed.RC2000 coms timing improved.PowerVu Comms Delay increased.Alteia input selection changed525/625 buttons added to Philips422 Alteia LED now works.s and v added to analogue export fields.Analogue Scan range now 900-2000MHzSatellite name editing corrects all dishes.Satellite initial database updated.MT930 added.MT830 now disconnects correctly when changing receiver or opening Dish.PowerVu L.O’s now work correctly for Ku/C or Ku Lo/Hi. Close – on Status now ok.Alteia now ok on RS232 and RS485/485.Lnb voltage switching V On, H Off for Philps receiver if /MDR command line switch is used. Open Com improved when using Win95 etc. Philips Video test Signal 1-9 added. Philips Audio test now 1KHz L and 800Hz R at –9dB. Alteia now working. NDS Alarm LED’s changed.For the NDS3000 and Alteia the virtual channel selection has been changed to allow for up to 400 virtual channels. Later receivers also allow the input transponder frequency to be changed by the virtual channel selection. A current receiver frequency box has been added to show when the receiver changes frequency.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.46,eFor the NDS3000 Receiver.Ability to enter PIDS from the database (PID Manual mode) added.Ability to enter SNGKEY from the database for RAS1/2 CA4:2:2 mode LED added.Status changed to show SNGKEY and PID's etc.Double click now required to Quit.Satellite Memory database Import/Export button added for easy database updating and editing by a Spreadsheet.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.40Philips DVS 382x receiver added.Memory database updated ready for a new import/export option.Dish positioner database increased to cope with multiple controllers of the same type.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.33MT830IBR Scan Continuous button addedConfirm added to MT830IBR Scan button.STATUS Button added to Dumb Terminal.Tiernan Digital receiver option added.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.32Dish 'Dumb Terminal' mode added.Maximum Virtual Channel number for the S.A. PowerVu increased from 99 to 999.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.31V and H buttons added to dish control. This provides unused entry in Sat. database between each previous entry.STOP button added to dish control.CHANGES IN VERSION 1.30Dry Relay contact buttons added to MT830S.A. PowerVu Digital Receiver added.Andrews APC300 Dish Controller added.Now supports COM1 to COM4.Modem telephone connection added.'C' Band buttons added to NDS3000Any Receiver No. can be any receiver model.Major code cleanup.

CHANGES PRIOR TO VERSION 1.12NDS3000 version upgraded for use with NDS Firmware Ver: 1.4 and greater. Multi drop RS232 supported on NDS Ver: 1.7+ with external adapter.RC2000A Dish Controller added.DishSatellite position database added.Editor for the above database added. (Select NONE for positioner and press 'Dish')Remote control for the Research Concepts RC1000A dish positioner added.Switch's button changed to StatusSCIMPORT.EXE added.Ability to change the assigned dish from the main screen added.Memory RecallThe receiver number may now be changed when Mem window is open.Click on the Receiver No. boxes with the mouse or use the F4 key to increase the receiver number by 1, or to the next active receiver.F4 Compatibility with SRC1F4 increases the receiver number on the main screen and in the Memory Recall window.Save AsThe Recall Button and the centre line colours are changed from those used in Memory Recall so that Save As can clearly be differentiated from Memory Recall.All WindowsPressing the Right Hand mouse button now exits any window. (Like pressing the ESC key)C/Ku band buttonsIf Band Switching, Tone or Voltage, is selected in Receiver Setup the 'C' and 'Ku' buttons are replaced by 'Lo' and 'Hi' buttons. Having set the local oscillators up appropriately then this indicates that the band switching LNB is set to High band or to Low band.ScanIn Scan mode, pressing the Left or Right cursor keys moves the received frequency Up or Down 2MHz (1 pixel on the display)Screen DisplayWhen updating the whole screen when selecting a memory or when changing to another receiver number. The 525/625 line standard could be incorrect. Also the Video Clamp Back Porch/Sync Tip could be incorrect. These have been corrected. This did not apply when these buttons were pressed, only when the screen was updated.Memory RecallThis window can now be opened using the 'F2' key. This is to give compatibility with SRC1.Also when in Memory Recall, the memory can be recalled using the Enter key.If 'Instant' is on then it is turned off after recalling a memory.Instant, Receiver is not updated until mouse button is released to allow for multiple changes.Editing Channel, Dish and Receiver Names.Improved to allow character insert etc.

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Notes for the RS485 loop shown on the next page.

For existing systems remove any terminations that may have been fitted.

Amplicon 485F9 or 485HF9 RS232 to RS485 adapters RS485 definitions mean different things to different suppliers; therefore we define our meanings here:

Change link J1 to RTS control.Cut link J2 and replace with a 1nF capacitor.

KK Systems KD485-ADE, addressable RS232 to RS485 adapter.

This allows non-addressable products to be addressed.

Set Switch 1, 2, and 4 to OFF Set switch 3 to ON

Using the KK Systems setup software set the adapter to:

Mode 2

Port 2, RS485Baud rate 96008 Bits dataParity NoneStop Bits 1RX Xon/Xoff DisabledTX Xon/Xoff DisabledConfigureAddress as required, between 001 and 255Lead in byte set to 1Timeout as belowPort 1, RS232 Baud rate, Timeout, Handshake. Philips DVS382x 19200, 180mS, Xon/Xoff disabledTiernan (Not TDR6 V2.5) 38400, 280mS, Xon/Xoff enabled (Set receiver to software handshake)Tiernan TDR6 V2.5 38400, 600mS, Xon/Xoff enabled (Set receiver to software handshake)Tandberg TT12xx 38400, 180mS, Xon/Xoff disabledAndrew APC300 1200, 355mS, Xon/Xoff disabled

Also set the receivers to the above baud rates. Note that APC100 will only operate at 1200 baud.