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RCS 100 & RCS 400 Remote monitoring systems
User Manual
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Index Safety Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Specifications .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Table of options ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Description of Equipment Components:..................................................................................................... 10
Start Up ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
RCS Web Application ..................................................................................................................................... 14
1.- RCS Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 15
1.1.- System Configuration .................................................................................................................... 15
1.1.1.- System ......................................................................................................................................... 15
1.1.2- System Users ............................................................................................................................... 17
1.1.3.- System Info .................................................................................................................................. 18
1.2.- Input/Output .................................................................................................................................... 24
1.3.- Channel Plans ................................................................................................................................ 25
1.3.1.- RF Channel Plans ...................................................................................................................... 25
1.3.2.- ASI ................................................................................................................................................ 27
1.3.3.- IP Channel Plans (only for IP inputs - option 902518 for RCS100 and RCS400-) .......... 28
1.4.- Utilities ............................................................................................................................................. 31
1.4.1.- DataBase Management ............................................................................................................. 31
1.4.2.- Import/Export ............................................................................................................................... 31
1.4.3.- Cloning ......................................................................................................................................... 32
1.5.- Profiles ............................................................................................................................................. 33
1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles ............................................................................................................................ 33
1.5.2.- Bitrate Measure Profile .............................................................................................................. 37
1.5.3.- Profiles shortcut .......................................................................................................................... 38
2. All in One ................................................................................................................................................. 39
3.- TS Analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 47
3.1.- Bit Rate ............................................................................................................................................ 47
3.2.- Table Repetition ............................................................................................................................. 48
3.3.- EPG ................................................................................................................................................. 49
3.4.- PCR Jitter -Option 902512- .......................................................................................................... 50
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3.5.- Tree View ........................................................................................................................................ 51
3.6.- Service Monitoring-Option 902558- ............................................................................................ 53
3.7.- RDS Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 53
3.8.- TS Recorder ................................................................................................................................... 54
4.- RF Analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 56
4.1.- Measurements ................................................................................................................................ 56
4.2.- Constellation -Option 902511- ..................................................................................................... 57
5.- Spectrum -Option 902511- .................................................................................................................. 58
6.- Polling ..................................................................................................................................................... 60
6.1.- Polling .............................................................................................................................................. 61
6.2.- Historical Pollings .......................................................................................................................... 63
6.3.- Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 65
7.- Alarms ..................................................................................................................................................... 67
7.1.- View ................................................................................................................................................. 67
8.- Historical ................................................................................................................................................. 68
Local Features ................................................................................................................................................. 71
Maintenance .................................................................................................................................................... 72
Technical Support ........................................................................................................................................... 74
Warranty ........................................................................................................................................................... 75
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Safety Requirements
Product Inspection
Inspect the equipment for shipping damage. Should any damage be discover, immediately
file a claim with the carrier.
Read and follow all instructions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read prior to and follow while operating
this product.
Symbols and safety labels
Symbol Meaning
Warning: General danger point
Shock hazard
Grounding
Cleaning
Follow the cleaning instructions contained in the Maintenance sections of this manual.
Attachments
Do not use attachments that are not approved by the product manufacturer.
Water and Molsture
This product is not water resistant. Do not use in conditions where condensation may exist.
The entry of water increases the risk of electric shock.
Grounding or Polarization
Do not bypass or defeat electrical plug polarization or grounding. Doing so will violate the
warranty and may pose a risk of fire or electrocution.
Wire Protection
Ensure all connected wiring is routed correctly to avoid damage including pinching,
excessive bends, or compression. Never use the product if damaged cable network
connection.
Electrical Supply, Grounding, and Surge Protection
Ensure that all local or national electrical codes are followed. The products of safety class I
with movable power and single plug can only be plugged into sockets with safety pin and
protective conductor connected.
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The interruption of the protective conductor is prohibited in both the plug and the meter. The
disruption may result in the risk that the product is a source of electric shock.
Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords or power strips as this may cause fire or
electric shock.
Power Lines
Always use caution and avoid operating this or any connected equipment near uninsulated
power lines or any other hazards.
Servicing
There are no user serviceable parts in this equipment. Do not attempt to service this product
or remove covers. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Follow the instructions in
this manual when replacing the fuses.
Heat
The product should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers,
stoves, or other products (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
Ventilation
Make sure the fans are not obstructed when placing the equipment in the rack, so that the
air can circulate.
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Specifications
RCS 100 RCS 400
General Specifications
Display Graphic LCD STN. Resolution:256x64
Format 1U 19” rackable unit
Weight 3250 g.
Dimensions 448x380x43.3mm
Operating temperature -5ºC to 45ºC (23ºF to 104ºF)
Storage temperature -20ºC a 70ºC (-4ºF a 158ºF)
Humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
Interfaces Web and keyboard
Data Storage Capacity 1 TB
Power supply 100-240 VAC 50-60Mz 1.4A
Technical Specifications
Frecuency
Range 47-1000MHz (Demodulation mode-Downlink)
47-1000MHz (Spectrum mode-Downlink) 5-85MHz(Spectrum mode-Uplink)
Resolution 100 KHz
Tuning Channel and frequency
Inputs RCS 100-C RCS 400-C
RF Downlink 1 x 75 Ω F female connector
Uplink 1 x 75 Ω F female connector Downlink 4 x 75 Ω F female connector
Uplink 1 x 75 Ω F female connector
ASI 1 x BNC 75Ω connector 4 x BNC 75Ω connector
Synchro 1 x 1pps BNC 50Ω connector
1 x 10MHz BNC 50Ω connector
IP Option 902518
Outputs
ASI 1 x BNC 75Ω connector
A/V 1 x HDMI 1.4
Spectrum Analyzer (Option 902511)
Span 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 MHz
Scale -100 dBm to 20 dBm
Max. and Min. Hold √
Marks 2
Mask √
RF Analysis
Demodulation ITU-T J.83 Annex A/C
Constellation 16, 32, 64, 128, 256QAM
U.A.L. Technology (Universal Auto Lock)
Automatic detection of signal characteristics and modulation parameters
Power -100 dBm to 20 dBm
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C/N Up to 50 dB
MER Up to 43 dB (6.9Msym/s, QAM256, Level>-45dBm)
BER Measurements BER (Annex A/C) BER CBER
1.0E-3 – 1.0E-9 1.0E-3 – 1.0E-8 1.0E-3 – 1.0E-9
Accuracy +- 2dB
Resolution 0.1 dB
Constellation Diagram Option 902511
Polling Feature √
TS Analysis
Service Bitrate √
Table Bitrate √
PID Bitrate √
Captures of all Services √
Tree View √
Scramble Status √
Table Repetition √
PCR Jitter Graphs Option 902512
ETSI TR 101 290 Level 1, 2 and 3 priority errors (Level 3 option 902512)
Live Streaming of the selected service
Option 902520
TS Recording Option 902519
RDS Anaysis √
Electronic Program Guide √ Loudness metering according EBU Tech Doc 3341
Option 902569
IP Measurements (Option 902518)
Maximum arrival interval between packets √
Minimum arrival interval between packets √
IP payload bitrate √
UDP payload bitrate √
Media loss rate √
Loss IP frame √
Corrected IP √
Polling √
Alarms
4 groups: RF, Levell1, Level2, Level3
√ (Level 3 option. 902512)
Configurable type of alarm (Info, Warning, Error) √
System alarms Temperature, Power supply (only for RCS with double power supply) and alarms deletion
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Table of options
Options
902511 Advanced RF Measurements: Constellation, Spectrum analyzer
902512 Advanced TS Measurements: Third priority alarms, PCR Jitter
902518 IP INPUT - Includes 2 flow proccessors
902519 Transport Stream Recording
902520 Live Streaming
902521 Additional IP flow processor (Máx. 4 IP flows processors). Total processing capacity available (RF+ASI+IP) : 300 Mbps
902527 Redundant IP INPUT (backup input). Additional IP flow proccesors are required for simultaneous TS analysis with main IP Input
902564 DVB-CI Slot
902569 Loudness metering according EBU Tech Doc 3341
Technical support options
902525 12 months RCS 100 support (12 months of e-mail technical support and software updates)
902524 12 months RCS 400 support (12 months of e-mail technical support and software updates)
902523 12 months RCS 100 support and warranty (12 months of extended warranty, e-mail technical support and software updates)
902522 12 months RCS 400 support and warranty (12 months of extended warranty, e-mail technical support and software updates)
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Overview
The RCS is a powerful tool to monitor and analyze the Transport Stream traffic that carries information of audio, video and data of the digital television channels.
The RCS 100 is able to analyze one RF, one ASI, and one IP inputs.
The RCS 400 is able to analyze up to four RF, up to four ASI inputs and one IP input.
Description of Equipment Components:
Front:
LCD Display
Menu selection buttons
Navigation buttons within each menu
OK Button. Selects the parameter in the submenu
Back Button. Closes the submenu if open
Home Button. Return the control of the equipment when it is being controlled remotely
Setup Button. Provides Access to the setup options of the menu
LEDs. Power: Indicates whether the equipment is turned on.
Remote: Indicates whether there is someone connected to the equipment through the
web application.
Sync: Indicates that there is signal in some of the synchronism inputs.
Error: The error LED lights up when the equipment detects an operating error.
CI card Slot
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Back:
RF input
ASI output
ASI input
TSoIP
Control
HDMI
USB
Power Supply
Fuses
On/Off Button
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RCS 400
RCS 100
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Start Up
1.- Place the RCS in the rack
2.- Connect the RCS to power supply
3.- Connect the RCS to internet, using the Ethernet connector
4.- Turn the RCS on pressing the button
5.- When the RCS starts, the display will show the Info menu, so you will see the IP assigned to
your RCS . By default, the RCS is shipped in DHCP mode, so the IP will be assigned automatically.
To enter a certain fixed IP, press the Setup button and select the STATIC option. Then you must
enter an IP address within the range of your network, using the buttons , and
6.- Open a web browser (Google Chrome recommended) on your computer, tablet or smartphone.
7.- Copy the IP address showed in the Info screen of your RCS into the address bar of your web
browser:
8.- Then it will be open the remote control application of your RCS.
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To access the application, you must introduce an user name and the corresponding password. For
the first time, you must use the following ones:
User: admin
Password: rcs
Once you have entered in your application, you will be able to change your user name and your
password.
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RCS Web Application
The RCS web application is organized in various sheets. Each sheet groups several features. In this
way, the user has an easy and quick access to any function.
The first time the user open the application, it will appear the “All in One” sheet selected:
All the features of the application will be explained bellow.
Channel tuning: select the cannel from the dropdown list. Frequency tuning: Enter de frequency and click “Set. Freq”
Access the settings by clicking the gear Wheel. To get out, click on the door icon
(*)RCS100: RF1, ASI1 or IP (IP option 902518); RCS400: RF1, RF2, RF3, RF4, ASI1, ASI2, ASI3, ASI4 or IP (IP option
902518)
Select the input by clicking the corresponding button (*)
Click to see all the users connected to the RCS
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1.- RCS Setup
In the top right of the screen, there is a gearwheel icon. When you click on it, you will access the
configuration menu.
Only system administrators and technicians have access to the RCS configuration (see section 1.3.-
System users).
The configuration menu is organized in several sheets, that will be explained bellow:
1.1.- System Configuration
This feature allows to set all the parameters of your equipment.
1.1.1.- System
In this tab you configure the network parameters, the date and the hour, the measure units, SNMP,
etc.
Network: It is possible to set the network parameters manually or using DHCP. If you select manual
mode, you must introduce all the network parameters: IP address, DNS, etc. To save the changes
you must click the “Apply Settings” button. To verify that your RCS is connected to the internet, click
the button “Check Internet”.
Video IP Configuration (Option 902518): As is the case with network configuration parameters,
the parameters of the IP video input must be configured manually. So, you must introduce all the
network parameters: IP address, DNS, etc. This configuration applies to all the inputs and outputs
assigned to that port. You can also see the negotiation status, and you can select to force or select
the auto mode. To save the changes you must click the “Apply Settings” button.
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SNMP: The RCS system incorporates a SNMP server to send packets of the generated alarms to a
server selected by the user. So that the user can receive alarms, he must have an SNMP client
whose IP address must indicate on the "Trap IP Address" field. It is also necessary to indicate the
“Trap Community” and “RW Community”. The user can also select the type of trap that you want to
send:
-Trap: the system sends the trap and doesn’t wait for confirmation.
-Inform: the system sends the trap, but it waits for the receiver to confirm that it has received
the report. In this case, the user must select the number of retries and the time interval
between them.
The mib file can be downloaded clicking on the “Download mib” button. In this way, the user can
check the data structure and the features with explanatory comments, to obtain the data from the
RCS trough SNMP.
IGMP: The IGMP protocol can be set agreement with the network configuration, allowing to select
the protocol version (Auto, V1, V2 or V3). To apply the configuration, click on the “Apply settings”
button.
TS Recording: The files of the TS recordings can be saved in the internal memory of the RCS, or in
a pen drive connected to the RCS. This option is available only when the RCS detects a pen drive.
In addition, the user must indicate the time he wants to record before (between 1 and 15 seconds)
and after (between 15 and 45 seconds) the event.
Date and Time: When you first open the web application, you must set the date, the hour, the
region and the zone of the system, so the data will be saved correctly.
Units: You can choose the units to use in your measurements, dBuV or dBm.
Field Strength: This measurement can be enabled or disabled. When it is enabled, it requires to
characterize the antenna for wich the measurement is done. To do this, you must upload a file that
indicates the K factor and the gain of the antenna for a frequency range. This file must be a .csv file
with the following structure: 3 columns: the first column with the frequency values (in MHz), the
second column with the gain of the antenna for that frequency (in dB), and the third one with the K
factor for that frequency. It is also necessary to indicate the offset, that is a correction factor applied
to all the frequencies to offset the gain or loss that the signal has from the antenna to the RCS input.
So, the offset may be positive (when there are gain) or negative (when there are loss).
PID: You can choose the PIDs view mode (hexadecimal/decimal) as well.
SCTE-65 configuration: Allows to setup the VCT_ID parameter (Virtual Channel Table ID) of the
SCTE-65 regulation (mainly used in USA).
Alarms Defaults: Returns all the alarms settings to the default factory values.
Warning: The setup parameters must be handled by an expert. An arbitrary
change may cause problems in the system.
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System Log: Generates a log with some values of your equipment that may be very useful to our
developers if there is a failure in your equipment. Clicking on the “Download” button, this log will be
automatically downloaded to your computer, so you can send it to us if necessary.
Alarms Report: The RCS automatically generates and sends by e-mail an alarm report. It is also
necessary to select the frequency of the report: None/Weekly/Monthly, as well as the e-mail address
where the user wants to receive the reports. See section 1.2.- Input/Output
SMTP Server Configuration: For the RCS to be able to send the alarm reports correctly to the e-
mail account given by the user, it is necessary to set up the SMTP server parameters.
1.1.2- System Users
The RCS allows access to the system only to registered users.
This screen shows the list of active users in the system. You can also add a new user or delete any
of the existing registered users.
The system comprises 3 types of users: administrator, technician, and viewer. There are no
restrictions on the number of users of each type.
To register a new user, enter the complete name, the user name and the password. You must
repeat the password to verify that there has been no error. The system checks that everything is
correct, and if so, enables the Add button. When you click this button, the new user will be
registered.
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To delete a user, you must click the Delete button (red cross), that is placed at the left of the user
name.
Administrators have full access to all the menus and all the functions of the RCS. Administrators can
lock all the inputs they want (see section 1.2.- Input/Output).
Technicians can check all the inputs, but in those locked ones can not change the function.
Technicians can access to the setup menu, but they can not lock the inputs.
Viewers can only see the RCS in the mode the administrator left it.
Viewers can not access to the setup menu.
1.1.3.- System Info
This feature shows the system versions.
In the Status section, you can see the time since the last reboot.
You can see more information by clicking on “Extended Info” button:
Warning: There may be up to 8 users connected to the same RCS at the same
time. Administrators can disconnect other users from the RCS. You can see
the list of connected users by clicking on the icon placed on the top right part of
the screen
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Then the firmware update process will be explained:
1.- When the user enter the System Info menu, the meter automatically checks for a new version. First of all, the RCS checks if it has an USB flash drive connected. If so, the RCS looks for a new
firmware version in the USB flash drive. So you can download the last version from our web:
www.gsertel.com and save it in the root directory of the USB flash drive and connect it to the RCS
(See section Description of Equipment Components).
If the RCS finds no USB flash drive, then it will try to connect to our server via internet to check the
latest firmware version available. This is possible provided that the RCS is connected to the
Internet.
If the RCS is not connected to the internet, the user can select an update file from his computer (it
must be previously downloaded from our web page
https://www.gsertel.com/documents/RCS/update_files/). The RCS verifies that the file is correct and
that it is a newer version. If not, an information message will be shown.
In any case, if an update is available, the system displays the following message:
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2.- In such a case, click on the “UPDATE” button:
3.- A bar will show the updating progress:
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4.- After the update, system will show the message “UPDATE FINISHED. Update successful. The
system is going to reboot”.
NOTE: Browsers use to store in an own cache the last webs visited. After the
update some browsers could show an old web stored in cache, instead of the
new (updated) RCS web. To avoid this, it is necessary to erase browser cache
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Below it will be explained the steps you must follow to erase the browser cache for Google Chrome
web browser:
1.- Choose “Configuration”:
2.- Click on “Advanced options”:
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3.- Choose “Clear browsing data”:
4.- Select all the checkboxes, and select “beginning of time” on the menu at the top. Then click
“Clear browsing data”:
5.- Close browser and open it again.
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1.2.- Input/Output
This feature allows enable all the inputs/outputs that the user wants to, both RF and ASI or IP
(option 902518).
This Windows depends on the RCS model: RCS100 has 1 RF input, 1 ASI input and up to 8 IP
stream input (option 902518), and the RCS400 has 4 RF inputs, 4 ASI inputs, and up to 8 IP stream
input (option 902518).
To setup the RCS inputs and outputs the web application has an inputs/outputs matrix. The inputs
are placed on the left side of the matrix, and the outputs on the right side.
The grey color indicates that the input is disabled.
The blue color indicates that the input is enabled, the signal is locked and operating in polling mode.
The yellow color indicates that the input is enabled, the signal is locked and operating in spectrum
mode.
The green color indicates that the input is enabled, the signal is locked and operating in a mode
different from polling and spectrum.
The RCS 400 has the capability to operate with 12 signals at the same time, so if it has the option
902518 (IP inputs), the user must select the inputs he wants to operate with. So, if a RCS400 has
12 enabled inputs, the user must disable one of them if he wants to enable a new one.
In the right side of the matrix, you can see a panel with the parameters needed to set up that input
or output.
All the parameters are explained bellow.
Inputs:
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- Alias: is a name that the user can assign to the input and that will appear in the top bar of the
web application, allowing the user identifies the input easily.
- Enable: allows enable/disable the input.
- Admin Lock: all the inputs may be locked by the administrator (Admin Lock). See section
1.3.- System users.
If an input is locked, the users that are not administrator can not change the tab to access to
anothe feature. They can only see that input in the operating mode that the administrator
selected.
- Impedance (only for RF inputs): allows select the input impedance.
- Enable Alarms Report: if you select ON, you indicate to the RCS that you want to receive an
alarm report of this input in your e-mail account. See section 1.1.1.- System.
Outputs:
There are 3 output types: ASI, IP (option 902518 for RCS100 and RCS400) and Stream to local. All
of them have the enable/disable switch.
- ASI outputs: the Source parameter allows select the input signal the user wants to have at
the ASI output.
- Stream to Local output: allows send the stream using the control Ethernet connector. The
stream can be sent to the IP of the computer that is controlling the RCS (Stream to local
mode Auto) or to any other IP (Strem to local Manual), in this case the user must enter the
IP address and the port. In addition there is a button that allows stop the transmission.
- IP outputs: allows send the stream using any Ethernet connector, except the control one
(use the Network interface switch). The stream can be sent to any IP. The user must enter
the IP address and the port. In addition there is a button that allows stop the transmission.
From any sheet of the application, the user can easily select the desired input from all the enabled
ones. Just clicking the corresponding button on the top right of the screen.
1.3.- Channel Plans
1.3.1.- RF Channel Plans
This feature allows to select, delete, export and import RF channel plans. As well as to assign an
alarms profile to each channel (see section 1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles). The RCS allows to choose a
different alarms profile for each channel of the plan.
You can select the channel plan using the dropdown list placed in the left side of the screen. So you
can see all the channels in the right side. The plan that you choose will be used in all the features.
You can delete the selected plan or export it to a .CSV file.
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To edit a RF channel plan you must export it to a .CSV file, make the changes in the .CSV file and
then import it to the RCS. Note: the information about the alarms profile won’t be exported/imported
to the .CSV file.
For each channel of the plan, the user must select a profile for each type of alarm. To do that, click
on the “Edit profile” button, a popup window will be open. This window allows to select the
corresponding profiles to all the types of alarms (RF, ETR290, Services and PID) for each RF input:
If the RCS has “user_selection” profiles (see section 1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles), these are the profiles
assigned by default to all the channels of the plan. If the RCS has not “user_selection” profiles, then
the profiles assigned by default are the “Factory default” ones.
You can also assign the factory default profiles to all the channels. To do that, please press the
“Restore Factory Default Profiles”.
If you want to assign the same profiles to all the channels, please press the “Bulk Configuration”
button, so a popup window will be open:
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1.3.2.- ASI
This feature allows to assign an alarms profile to each ASI input (see section 1.5.1.- Alarms
Profiles).
For each channel of the plan, the user must select a profile for each type of alarm: ASI, ETR290,
Services and PID Blacklist. If the RCS has “user_default” profiles (see section 1.3.1.- Alarms
Profiles), these are the profiles assigned by default to all the channels of the plan. If the RCS has
not “user_selection” profiles, then the profiles assigned by default are the “Factory default” ones.
You can also assign the factory default profiles to all the channels. To do that, please press the
“Restore Factory Default Profiles”.
If you want to assign the same profiles to all the channels, please press the “Bulk Configuration”
button.
Waarning: When the user selects a frequency that doesn’t belong to any of the channels of the plan (so it has not any Alarms profiles assigned to it), the last alarms profiles used will be applied automatically
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1.3.3.- IP Channel Plans (only for IP inputs - option 902518 for RCS100 and RCS400-)
This feature allows to select, create, delete, edit, import and export IP channel plans. As well as to
assign an alarms profile to each channel (see section 1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles). The RCS allows to
choose a different alarms profile for each channel of the plan.
The channel plan list is placed in the left side of the screen.
To select a channel plan, click on the button placed on the right of the plan. The channels of the
selected plan are shown on the right side of the screen.
The channel plans features are explained below:
Active: Chooses the channel plan that will be used in all the functions of the meter. The active
channel plan is marked in blue.
New: Creates a new channel plan.
Copy: Copies the selected channel plan.
Rename: Allows rename the selected channel plan.
Note: When you upgrade your RCS to version 6.00, an IP channel plan (named default) will be added to the list with your IP configuration.
Warning: When IP input is configured in Manual mode at any of the measurements windows (so, it has not any Alarms profile assigned to it), the last alarms profiles used will be applied automatically
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Delete: Deletes the selected channel plan. Note: the active channel plan can not be deleted.
Export: Exports the selected channel plan to a .CSV file. The alarms profiles won’t be exported to
the .CSV file.
Import: Import a channel plan from a previously created file using the Export function. Using the
Export and Import features, you can copy a channel plan from a RCS to another. The alarms
profiles won’t be exported to the file. The alarms profiles won’t be imported from the .CSV file.
All the channels of the selected plan are shown in the right side of the screen. To select a channel,
click on the button placed on the right of the channel.
Each channel has the following fields:
- Channel name: Up to 10 characters
- IP destino: Multicast/Unicast (for example 224.1.1.1)
- Port: Destination port
- Mode: RTP/UDP
- Source IP: Traffic source Unicast IP.
- Check source: If YES option is selected, only will be received the traffic from the source
specified in the Source IP field. If you select YES, Source IP field must be filled.
- VLAN ID: Allows select the VLAN ID. It also allows add/change the VLAN list. This feature
will be explained later in this manual (see section VLAN Table Editor).
- Network IFACE: Selects the physical interface of the input traffic.
- IP: is the IP alarms profile assigned to the channel (*).
- ETR290: is the ETR290 alarms profile assigned to the channel (*).
- SERVICES: is the services alarms profile assigned to the channel (*).
- PID: is the PID Blacklist alarms profile assigned to the channel (*).
(*) For each channel of the plan, the user must select a profile for each type of alarm: IP, ETR290,
Services and PID. If the RCS has “user_selection” profiles (see section 1.3.1.- Alarms Profiles),
these are the profiles assigned by default to all the channels of the plan. If the RCS has not
“user_selection” profiles, then the profiles assigned by default are the “Factory default” ones.
You can also assign the factory default profiles to all the channels. To do that, please press the
“Restore Factory Default Profiles”.
If you want to assign the same profiles to all the channels, please press the “Bulk Configuration”
button.
VLAN Table Editor
You can edit the VLAN table using the VLAN selecting the New/Edit option in the VLAN ID field of
any channel of the list:
Warning: It is not allowed to make changes on the active channel plan if the polling mode is active
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If you select New/Edit option, a new window will be open with the VLAN list:
You must provide an unique unicast IP address to each VLAN. The network interface that you
select in the corresponding field of the channel (TSoIP1/TSoIP2) will use this IP address. So, the
same VLAN can’t be assigned to both network interfaces.
The channel features are explained below:
Save Changes: Saves the changes made to the channel list. If you don’t click this button, the
changes will not be applied to the plan.
New Channel: Adds a new channel to the plan.
Delete Channel: Deletes the selected channel from the plan.
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1.4.- Utilities
1.4.1.- DataBase Management
System alarms are saved in the meter database, grouped by months. The user can delete from the
database the groups he wants to.
To do that, select the months files that you want to delete and the click on the “Delete selected
archives” button:
If you select Auto delete ON, when the database occupies all the memory reserved for it, the oldest
files will be automatically removed to free memory to save the new alarms.
If you select Save Services Information ON, id addition to measurements and alarms, the services
information and the bitrates will be saved.
For meters that have had a firmware version older than 5.00, all the alarms generated by the RCS
before the update date, will be saved in a file named “BEFORE” followed by the the meter update
date.
1.4.2.- Import/Export
To make a backup copy for subsequent cloning, you must click the Export button. Then select the
file to download it.
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The system allows make a total or a partial cloning. This way, an expert user can manage all his
equipments in a flexible way.
To restore a backup copy, you must first select the type of data that the user wants to recover from
the file. You can restore configuration data, measurements quality values, bitrate profiles, and
channel plans. Once you have select the data you want to restore, you must enter the configuration
file name and click the Send button. The data will be loaded and the RCS will be configured
automatically.
1.4.3.- Cloning
This feature allows the user to save in his/her computer a file containing the all the parameters
settings of your RCS. Then you can load this file to another RCS. This is an easy way to have all
your RCS with the same configuration, as well as to have a settings backup.
Warning: This feature must be handled by an expert. A restoration involves the loss of the current values.
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1.5.- Profiles
1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles
Using this window, you can setup the alarms that the system will generate.
There are several types of alarms: RF, ASI, IP, ETR290, Services, PID Blacklist and PID Bitrate.
In fact, the PID Blacklist is not a list of alarms. It is a list of PID that the user wants to ignore, that is,
the alarms generated in the PID included in the Blacklist will not be activated, so the user will not
see them.
You can configure as many alarms profiles of each type as you want (max. 256 profiles). The RCS
allows to assign a different profile of each type to each channel (see section 1.3.1- Channel Plans),
except the PID bitrate ones, that are assigned to services.
The image bellow shows the alarms profile configuration.
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There are four controls that are common to almost all the profile types (RF, ASI, IP and ETR290):
TS Rec., Active, Type and Trap.
TS Rec: Turning on the control corresponding to the “TS Rec.” column, alarm controls can be
individually configured to start recording when the corresponding alarm occurs (the time elapsed
since the TS Rec. is turned ON until it begins to record is 1 minute). These TS recordings are added
to the list of TS recordings (See section 3A.7.- TS Recorder). The name of the recordings
corresponding to alarm events includes the name of the alarm.
Active: User can activate or deactivate each alarm and set the parameters for each alarm as well.
Type: For each alarm you must select what type it is: Info (blue), Warning (yellow), Error (red).
Select the type of the profile alarms
Actions that the user can do with the selected profile
Configuration parameters. Depends on the type of profile
List of profiles of the selected type. To select click on the button placed on the left
NOTE: you must activate the event recording using the feature explained in
section 3.8.- TS Recorder
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Trap: The RCS system incorporates a SNMP server to send traps of the generated alarms selected
using this control to a server selected by the user. To configure it see section 1.1.1.- System
Configuration.
RCS alarms work in a way that the system generates an alarm message each time an alarm
event begins, and an end-alarm message once the alarm situation is ended.
The alarms configuration depends on the profile type and on whether the meter is in polling mode or
not.
If the system is not in polling mode, the alarms configuration is different for transport measurement
alarms and for RF measurements alarms. Explanation below:
ETR290 and Services Alarms Profile types:
As you can see in the image above, there are 3 parameters to configure, in addition to the
measurement threshold: Time ON, Time OFF and N(num).
The system generates an alarm-on message when the alarm is out of the thresholds at least N
times during a set period of time (Time ON). Once the measurement is back into the measurement
thresholds during a set period of time (Time OFF), the system generates an alarm-off message.
These periods of time are taken into account to the measurements stabilization, so the system
avoids that alarm-on and alarm-off messages are continually generated.
NOTE: The colors of the bars of the measurements listed in the several
application windows, correspond with the colors of the alarm thresholds: blue
if it is on the threshold of "Info", yellow if you are on the threshold of "Alert",
red if it is on the threshold of "Error", and green in the case that the
measurement is correct.
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RF measurements
In this case there are not time parameters, but a hysteresis one. The hysteresis allows to provide
the stabilization measurement margin. This parameter is a value added or substracted from the
threshold to generate the alarm-off message. The alarm-on message is generated when the
measurement get out of the threshold.
Ton
N=3
Alarm-on Alarms-off Ton
Measurement threshold
Time axis
Measurement threshold
Time axis
Threshold-Hysteresis
Alarm-on periods of time
Alarm-on Alarm-off
Alarm-on
Alarm-off
Toff
During the Time ON period of time there are at least 3 times when the measurement is out of the thresholds
During the period of Time ON there are only 2 times when the measurement is out of the thresholds, so the system does not generate the alarm-on message
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When the system is in polling mode, the stabilization margin is provided by the number of cycles
during wich a measurement is out of the thresholds (Cycles ON). In the polling mode, the alarms
configuration works in the same way for both transport and RF measurements.
The number of cycles may be between 1 and 120. So, the Cycles ON parameter indicates the
number of polling cycles during wich a measurement must be out of the thresholds for the system to
generate the activated alarm warning.
Once the measurement is back within the thresholds, the alarm-off message is generated
immediately.
The PID bitrates alarms profiles must be explained separately:
The user must indicate for each profile the max and min values of the bitrate range. When the
bitrate is out of this range, the system generates an alarm. See section 3.1.- Bitrate to know how to
assign the profiles.
1.5.2.- Bitrate Measure Profile
Allows to enable the bitrate measure profiles.
In the left-hand column there is a list of the profiles as defined in the ETR290, with their
corresponding parameters: T is the total period of time, N is the number of windows of time and t is
the duration of each window of time.
The size of the elements refers to the bytes taken into account. 188 is the total number of bytes,
and payload are the bytes corresponding to the information. In the case of SI/PSI tables the bytes
taken into account will be all the bytes of the table. In the case of audio and video, the bytes taken
into account will be the P packets.
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The user can choose the profiles that he wants to active for the transport streams, for the tables, for
the Audio/Video services and for other services.
See section 3.- TS Analysis to see how to apply the profile to each service.
1.5.3.- Profiles shortcut
You can easily see the profiles assigned to the selected channel from any measurements window,
clicking on the Profiles button at the top bar of the window:
Then, a popup window will be open showing all the alarms profiles assigned to the selected
channel. You can click on View Profile link to go to the Alarms Profiles window.
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2. All in One
This feature allows the user have a global vision of the status of the selected input in a single
screen.
This feature is available for RF inputs and for ASI inputs, but there are some differences depending
on the type of the selected input (RF or ASI).
The user can select the channel he wants to analyze by clicking the drop down list placed on the top
left corner of the screen.
You can also see a mosaic with the screenshots of all the services of the channel that are refreshed continually. Right-click on a screenshot to see the submenu explained bellow
List of measurements in the selected channel. Bellow you can see the parameters of the signal.
List of alarms generated by the system, grouped by ID. Clicking on an alarm of the list, a window with detailed information will be open
Spectrum of the selected cannel –only available if RF input is selected- Span 20 MHz and reference selected automatically, according to the signal
Distribution of transport services and the bitrate of each one.
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If the services of the channel are encrypted, the images of the screenshot will be a grey square with
a lock and the word “Even” or “Odd”, depending on the scrambling status of the service, as you can
see in the image bellow:
Alarms section
Following you can see the Alarms section in detail:
Alarms summary: in the top part you can see a summary that shows the number of alarms of each
type, as well as a colored circle. The colors of the circles are explained below:
Green : there wasn’t any active alarm since the last time the alarms cache was deleted.
Red : there is one active alarm at least.
Filter alarms
Summary of alarms by type
Clear alarms cache
Alarms cache occupancy
Pause the update of the alarm list
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Purple : there isn’t any active alarm currently, but there was one active alarm at least, since the
last time the alarm cache was deleted.
Filters: by clicking the corresponding buttons, you can filter the alarms you want to see in the list
according to color, type or active/all alarms.
The list of the alarms generated by the system, grouped by ID. The user can select the type of
alarms he wants to see, enabling the corresponding button:
Clear Alarms: there is a limited alarms cache for each RCS input. The cache is deleted when you
click this button, and all the active alarms are deactivated, so a series of deactivation alarms will
appear.
Pause Alarms: the list placed in the bottom is being continuously updated, and to check an alarm
can be difficult if there are many of them. This button allows pause the update of the list, so you can
check a particular alarm.
Services section
Following you can see the Services section in detail:
As you can see, there is a graph representing the distribution of transport services and the bitrate.
Next to each service there are three icons:
Enables and disables the transmission of the selected service or transport to
the IP indicated selected IP. You can select to transmit the stream to the local
IP or to another IP indicated indicated in paragraph Output IP of the setup
menu (see section 1.2 Input / Output). If you select the Transport Stream
instead of a service, the RCS will sen the whole TS to the indicated IP.
Note: In case of the RCS and control PC be in different networks, streaming
problems can happen because of routing protocols. Please, check your
network configuration, specially NAT protocol.
Enables HDMI output to display the image of the selected service (Enable
service) o the images of all the channel services (Enable carreousel). In this
latter case each service will be displayed for a few seconds and the next
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service is displayed.
Shows a popup window with the loudness graph of the selected service,
according to EBU Tech Doc 3341:
The chart at the right shows the loudness short term measurement in the last
2 minutes, while the chart at the left shows the hystogram.
The EBU Tech Doc 3341 stablishes a maximum value, indicated in the charts
with the background color: the mean loudness value must be in the dark blue
zone.
The user can enable the alarm corresponding to the loudness measurement,
included in the type of alarm “Service” (see section 1.5.1.- Alarms profiles).
Screenshots section
A mosaic with the screenshots of all the services of the channel that are refreshed continually.
Right mouse clicking on a capture will display the following submenu:
Momentary and short term measurements, according to EBU Tech Doc 3341
Change Service and Audio PID
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Save ScreenShot: Makes a snapshot of the current image of the selected service.
View Matrix: Select the number of screenshots visible on the grill. Note: If you select the option
of one screenshot on the grill, two buttons are displayed at the top that allow you to change the
service.
If it is selected the RF input, this feature shows:
Spectrum. Fixed span of 20MHz and automatic reference level according to the signal.
RF measurements (Power, C/N, MER, BER -Annex A/C- or PreBER and PostBER -Annex
B-) and the signal parameters.
The colors of the bars are related to the alarms thresholds.
Circles colors match the color of the worst alarm generated during the period of time that has
been measured.
To check the configuration of the alarms, see section 7.- Alarms
If it is selected an ASI input, it does not appear the RF information on the screen, obviously. But
the rest of the information is the same as in the previous case.
If it is selected the IP Video input (option 902518), this feature shows:
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You can also see a mosaic with the screenshots of all the services of the channel that are refreshed continually. Right mouse clicking on a capture will display the same submenu as RF input
Charts with the evolution over time of UDP payload bitrate measurement, and maximum and minimum interval between packets arrival.
List of IP flow measurements. Bellow you can see the parameters of the flow.
List of alarms generated by the system, grouped by ID. . Clicking on an alarm of the list, a window with detailed information will be open
Warning: The yellow triangle in the top of the window indicates that there are
some channels in the plan in more than one input. These channels will be
locked only in the first input.
Distribution of transport services and the bitrate of each one.
Edit button: Goes to IP channel plans feature (see section 1.3.2. IP Channel plans)
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When the IP input is selected, the measurements shown in the “All In One” window are the
following: o Packet arrival maximum: It is the maximum interval of arrival between packets in
one second.
o Packet arrival minimum: It is the minimum interval of arrival between packets
in one second.
o IP payload bitrate: It is the bitrate of the IP packets payload.
o UDP payload bitrate: It is the bitrate of the UDP packets payload.
o Media loss rate: It is the ratio between the number of uncorrected wrong
packets by the total number of packets received per second.
o Loss IP frame: It is the number of uncorrected wrong packets.
o Corrected IP frames: It is the number of corrected wrong packets.
For all the inputs, if your RCS has the option 902564 and the CI card is placed in the slot (see
section Description of Equipment Components), the screenshots will be shown using the card,
so only the images of the services decoded with the card will be shown.
If you click on the CI card icon (see image above), a popup window will be open to show the card
information:
Click on the card icon to see the information about the CI card.
If the services are not unlocked by the CI card or the CI card is not placed in the slot, a grey square with a lock is displayed
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3.- TS Analysis
This feature allows a comprehensive analysis of the content of the input signal.
The display screen is the same, regardless of the selected input (RF or ASI).
The user can select the channel he wants to analyze by clicking the drop down list placed on the top
left corner of the screen.
The TS Analysis window has several sheets, explained bellow:
3.1.- Bit Rate
This function allows us to see in detail bitrate values for the selected channel and all its services
You can see a graph in the upper left side of the screen that shows the evolution of bitrate of each
channel services (each channel correspond to a color) in the time period selected by the user from
the dropdown that appears just below the graph.
Below the chart there is a list of all the channel services with their corresponding bitrates. The colors
of the bars correspond to the colors of the services in the chart above. The maximum and minimum
values of the bitrate the service has reached during the time that has been measured are also
shown in bars
A list of all packages of all channel services and the bitrate of each of these packages appears on
the right side of the screen.
Click to assign a monitoring profile to the selected PID. See section 1.4.2.- PID bitrate profiles to know how to create a new profile
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By selecting one of the services from the list placed on the right, a more detailed information about it
will be shown.
3.2.- Table Repetition
This feature shows a list with all the packets of all the services of the selected channel and the time
elapsed (interval) between two consecutive receptions of the table for each one, as well as the
maximum and minimum values of the measured interval elapsed since it began measuring time.
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3.3.- EPG
This feature shows the electronic program guide of the channel:
Placing the mouse over one of the events, a popup window will be shown displaying the information
about that event:
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You can also click on the event to see further more information about it:
3.4.- PCR Jitter -Option 902512-
This feature shows two graphs that represent the PCR jitter and the PCR interval of a selected
MPEG Video.
On the left side of the screen, there is a list with all the services of the channel. The user must select a MPEG Video to see the PCR jitter and PCR interval graphs on the right side of the screen.
The PCR (Program Clock Reference) is a timestamp included in some particular packets of the
MPEG Transport Stream that is used for the video decoder can reconstruct the clock with which it
was generated the video stream and thus have the right temporal references .
The PCR jitter is a measure of the frequency stability of PCR timestamps. A high jitter may cause the decoder is unable to reconstruct the clock correctly and so, the video does not decode properly. The standard indicates that jitter must be less than + - 500 ns. In graph it is represented the PCR jitter of the selected video, as well as two red lines, the upper and lower limit at which the PCR jitter alarm is set. The PCR interval is a measure of the range of arrival of the packets carrying the PCR seals. The standard indicates that interval must be <40 ms. If it is higher, it is possible that the video decoder is unable to reconstruct the video generation clock correctly. In the graph, it is represented the range of arrival of the PCR packets, and the red line represents the upper limit at which the PCR repetition alarm is set.
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The user can select the time interval to be displayed, as well as the scale of the graphs.
3.5.- Tree View
This feature shows the channel information in tree view format
Each service corresponds to a node of the tree, where the service ID and the name is displayed
besides.
By expanding a node, they are shown all the packets of the service with the ID of each one and the
information about the packet type. And if you click on a packet in the left side of the screen, the
information about that packet will be shown in the right side of the screen.
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When a video or audio service is encrypted, two more icons will be displayed next to the
video/audio icon: a lock indicates that the service is encrypted and an “E” (even) or an “O” (odd)
indicating the scramble status:
Click to to refresh the information
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3.6.- Service Monitoring-Option 902558-
This feature allows to detect changes in the selected services y it activates an alarm when this
occurs.
To do that, the user should create templates for each service he wants to monitor. When you click
on the “Monitor” button, a table with the PIDs of the service will be shown in the right side of the
screen. The user can modify this template adding or removing PIDs, or changing the name of the
service.
You can create up to two different templates for the same service. When the configuration of a
monitored service does not correspond with any of the templates, a “service monitoring” alarm is
activated. If the service name of the template does not correspond with the template, a “service
name” alarm will be activated.
When there are two templates for the same service and the service name is different for each
template, the RCS will choose the template with PIDs match. If the service name does not
correspond with the name of the template, a “service name” alarm will be activated.
3.7.- RDS Analysis
This feature shows the information of the RDS. A list of the available services is shown on the left
part of the window, and on the right you can see all the information about the selected service:
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3.8.- TS Recorder
Allows to record the transport stream of the selected channel in any of its inputs. The file will be
saved in the RCS memory.
There are two ways of operation:
1.- Instant recording: When no event recordings are configured, or when they are disabled. The
“REC” button is enabled. To start recording, press the “REC” button. To stop recording, press the
“STOP” button. While the RCS is recording, a message appears in the upper bar of the window.
2.- Event Recording: When there are recordings configured by alarms (1.5.1.- Alarms Profiles). The
“REC” button is disabled. You can disable this mode of operation pressing the “STOP” button (the
configuration of the alarms will not be deleted). To enable the event recording mode, press the
“EVENT REC” button. When the Event Recording is enabled, a message appears in the upper bar
of the window that indicates that the RCS is recording or waiting for the next event.
The recording duration depends on the bitrate of the transport stream and the available space in the
memory (you can store several recordings). Bellow the buttons, there is a bar graph that shows the
available recording time, depending on the bit rate and available space in memory. Next to the bar
there is a text that indicates whether the RCS is saving the recording to the internal or external disk.
In the case of Event Recording, the user must configure the time interval that he wants to record before and after the event (see section 1.1.1.-System). Both in event recording as in instant recording, the user can choose between recording all the services of the cannel o only one service. To do that drop down the “Select Services” list:
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In the bottom is a list of all recordings stored in the memory. On the right side of the name of the file,
it is shown its size, as well as three buttons: the first one allows delete the file, the second one
allows to download the file to the computer, and the third one allows save the file in a USB memory
connected to the RCS.
NOTE 1: Since the RCS is turned on there is an interval of one minute in
which no events will be recorded.
NOTE 2: No more than one event will be recorded every minute.
NOTE 3: When the input is in polling mode (see section 7.- Polling), the
event recording will be disabled
NOTE 4: If the user changes the selected channel to another with the event
recording selected in the alarms profiles, it is not necessary to enable the
event recording again. But if the alarms profiles of the new channel don’t
have any event recording selected, this feature will be disabled.
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4.- RF Analysis
This feature allows a comprehensive analysis of the RF input.
This feature is not available when the IP input is selected (option 902518).
The user can select the channel he wants to analyze by clicking the drop down list placed on the top
left corner of the screen.
The RF Analysis window has several sheets, explained bellow:
4.1.- Measurements
In this window you can see a graph with the evolution of the measurements in a time interval
selected by the user.
The colors of the bars are related to the alarms thresholds.
Circles colors match the color of the worst alarm generated during the period of time that has been
measured
To check the configuration of the alarms, see section 7.- Alarms
On the right side of the window, measurements are shown in real time.
At the bottom a table of alarms detected by the RF system is shown. Clicking on an alarm of the list,
a window with detailed information will be open.
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4.2.- Constellation -Option 902511-
This feature shows the constellation of the RF signal. Bellow the constellation, the RF
measurements are shown in real time (Power, C/N, MER, BER -Annex A/C- or PreBER and
PostBER -Annex B-)
The colors of the bars are related to the alarms thresholds.
Circles colors match the color of the worst alarm generated during the period of time that has been
measured
To check the configuration of the alarms, see section 7.- Alarms
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5.- Spectrum -Option 902511-
This feature is available only when the input selected is RF.
This feature shows the spectrum of the selected signal.
In the left side of the screen, you can see the signal spectrum. The reference level is automatically
selected according to the signal level.
The measurements of the selected channel (Power and C/N) are shown above the spectrum graph,
as well as the RBW and the span.
The start, centre and end frequency are shown below the graph. The user can enter a numeric
value clicking on them and using the keyboard.
Marks: As you can see in the image above, there are two markers in the spectrum that the user can
move to see the signal level in a particular frequency. The measurements corresponding to the
markers and the level difference between them (Delta function) are shown on the right side of the
screen. The user can also select the frequencies of the markers using the numeric keypad, for that
you must click on the box in the table on the right.
Spectrum options: The spectrum options are shown below the markers measurements:
*Span: The user can select one of the predefined by clicking on the corresponding button.
*Reference Level: Allows select the reference level value.
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*Maximum and minimum: Enables/disables the max. and min. graphs:
As you can see in the image above, when the maximum and/or minimum hold functions are active,
the maximum and minimum levels of the markers will also be shown.
*Channel BW: Allows you to enable/disable the marks corresponding to the bandwidth in the
graph.
*Marks: Allows enable/disable the marks in the graph.
*Export spectrum as PNG: Allows exporting the spectrum image as a PNG file.
Mask options: The user can also define a mask pressing the button “New Mask”, and selecting the
minimum and maximum offset allowed. So, when the signal level gets out of that range, the
corresponding alarm will be generated, that will be shown at the bottom of the screen. To remove
the mask, press the “Disable” button.
If you click on the “Save” button, the mask will be saved. It is necessary to assign a name to the
mask:
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Mask list: All the masks saved in the RCS will be displayed in this list. You can delete a mask by
clicking on the “Delete mask” of the selected mask. Or you can load a mask to the spectrum graph
by clicking on the “Load mask” button of the corresponding mask.
At the bottom of the window all alarms for the tuned channel are shown, as well as those relating to
the selected mask, if one is present. Clicking on an alarm of the list, a window with detailed
information will be open.
6.- Polling
Using this feature, the RCS is able to monitor sequentially all the channels that the user has
selected in the channel plan.
Polling feature is available only for RF and IP inputs (IP inputs only for option 902518 for RCS100
and RCS400).
When the user selects another window of the application, the RCS displays a warning notifying you
that is going to stop polling mode.
The Polling window has three sheets, explained bellow:
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6.1.- Polling
This is the window where measurements are displayed. But there are some differences between RF
input and IP input.
If it is selected a RF input, the polling window looks like this:
On the center of the window, there is a bar graph of power measurement. The colors of the bars
depend on the alarms: if a cannel has an active alarm, the bar shows the color of the alarm (red,
yellow or blue). If the cannel doesn’t have any active alarm, the bar may have two colors:
Green: there wasn’t any active alarm since the last time the alarms cache was deleted.
Purple: there isn’t any active alarm currently, but there was one active alarm at least, since the last
time the alarm cache was deleted.
Bellow the graph, you can see a list of the alarms generated. Clicking on an alarm of the list, a
window with detailed information will be open.
To the right of the graph is the real-time spectrum of the channel that is being monitored, as well as
its measurements.
To the left of the graph is a table with the last measurements made in each channel, as well as the
information of each channel (modulation parameters, network name, etc). There is also a button
“Set POWER Reference Level” that initializes the limit of the power measurement below which the
fading alarm must be trigger. The new power reference level is the current power measure.
If it is selected an IP input, the polling window looks like this:
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In the left side of the screen there is a list of the channels that are being monitored and the IP
measurements obtained in the last measurement of each channel is displayed.
In the right side of the screen there is a list with the IP real-time measurements of the channel that is
being measured, as well as the bitrates of the channel.
In the center of the window, there is a graph of all the channels. The colors of the buttons depend
on the alarms: if a channel has an active alarm, the button shows the color of the alarm (red, yellow
or blue). If the cannel doesn’t have any active alarm, the button may have two colors:
Green: there wasn’t any active alarm since the last time the alarms cache was deleted.
Purple: there isn’t any active alarm currently, but there was one active alarm at least, since the last
time the alarm cache was deleted.
Bellow the graph, you can see a list of the alarms generated. The alarms can be filtered by channel
using the dropdown list “Filter by channel”. Clicking on an alarm of the list, a window with detailed
information will be open.
If you click on the buttons, a new window will be open:
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This window shows the real-time measurements of the channel, the transport stream and services
bitrates, and a pie graph that shows all the services of the channel.
In addition, the alarms will be filtered automatically by channel.
6.2.- Historical Pollings
This feature allows you to visualize all the measurements made by your RCS with the polling
function.
Each list of measurements is identified with the date and time of the start of polling and the date and
time of completion of the same.
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Clicking on the selected button, a .csv file will be generated. You can download to you computer the
file by clicking on the “Download file polling.csv” button.
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6.3.- Configuration
Using this feature, the user can configure all the parameters that take part in the polling mode. The
window of this feature is different depending on the type of input (IP or RF).
If the selected input is RF, the user must set: locking time, stabilizing time and measuring
time, as well as selecting the channels that the user wants to monitor.
The maximum locking time is the maximum time during wich the RCS will try to lock the signal.
The stabilizing time is the time that the RCS must wait for the measurements to stabilize, one the
signal is locked.
The measuring time is the time during wich the RCS makes the measurements and generates the
alarms in each channel. Once the time has elapsed, the RCS tunes the next channel.
In the channel selection table the user can select the channels he wants to include in the monitoring
Polling.
If the selected input is IP, the user must set the maximum locking time and the measuring
time, as well as select the channels that he or she wants to monitor.
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The maximum locking time is the maximum time during wich the RCS will try to lock the signal.
The measuring time is the time during wich the RCS makes the measurements and generates the
alarms in each channel. Once the time has elapsed, the RCS tunes the next channel.
In the channel selection table the user can select the channels he wants to include in the monitoring
Polling. As you can see in the image above, if the same channel is present in more than one input,
the channel is orange and it is not possible to select it.
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7.- Alarms
In this window the user can see all the alarms generated by the RCS.
7.1.- View
In this window the user can see a graph of the generated alarms in a period of time selected by the
user. The data shown in the graph can be filtered by several parameters, using the buttons placed
on the right side of the window. On the bottom of the window there is a table with the latest alarms
generated by the system.
If you RCS has installed the 902512 option, you will have a detailed information about generated
alarms because that option allows the user the access to historical logs (see Section 7.- Historical).
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8.- Historical
This feature allows check all the alarms generated by the RCS in a period of time selected by the
user.
To select the date range, you must select the initial and final date, and click the “Search” button.
As you can see above, the window shows a graph with all the alarms generated in that time frame.
Below the graph, there is a table with a resume of the alarms.
You can download the measures and the alarms to a .xls file with more than 50000 lines, clicking on
the Download Measures and Alarms button. To stop this process, click on Stop Download button.
To see the alarms in more detail, you can select a smaller time frame by selecting a zone in the
graph:
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Once you select the zone, click the “Search” button again. So you can see the alarms generated in
the new time frame. If the number of alarms generated is high, you will see a summary in the table
at the bottom of the window. But if the number of alarms is small, you can see the detailed
information of all the alarms:
At the bottom of the screen, you can see the details of each alarm generated in this period:
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By clicking on one of the lines in this table, a pop-up window will show all the alarms of that type
indicating the channel where it has occurred:
By clicking on “Download data”, a .csv file will be generated with all the information of the table.
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Local Features
Info
Using the keyboard of the RCS, the user can check the information of the equipment, as well as
setup the IP and the language. You can also check the status of the RF inputs, and shut down your
equipment in an orderly manner.
The information relating to the network is shown on the left part of the screen: IP, GW and mask.
The information relating to the equipment is shown on the right: firmware version, serial number and
date and hour.
Pressing the Setup button, the user can setup the IP and the language.
When the RCS starts, the display will show the Info menu. By default, the RCS shipped in DHCP
mode, so the IP will be selected automatically:
To enter a certain fixed IP, press the Setup button and select the STATIC option. Then you must
enter an IP address within the range of your network, using the buttons.
To check the status of the RF inputs, press the button to select the Status menu:
NETWORK
IP: 192.168.010.164
GW: 192.168.010.249
MASK: 255.255.255.000
INFO
System Info Ver. 4.01.00088
S/N 01160216400003
Date
18-05-17 11:06
EXIT
NETWORK
IP: 192.168.010.164
GW: 192.168.010.249
MASK: 255.255.255.000
INFO
System Info Ver. 4.01.00088
S/N 01160216400003
Date
18-05-17 11:06
EXIT
DHCP STATIC
IP: 192.168.010.164
GW: 192.168.010.249
MASK: 255.255.255.000
Language
English
System status T: 50 C
STATUS EXIT INFO
INPUT STATUS
RF1: RF ALARM
RF2: OK
RF3: OK
RF4: DISABLED
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To shut down your equipment in an orderly manner, select “Exit”:
Once you confirm the shut down, the RCS will save all the information before it shuts down
definitively.
Brightness
The user can increase or decrease the brightness of the screen pressing the buttons Home and
or at the same time.
Maintenance
Cleaning
Always disconnect the unit before cleaning. Use only a mild solution of detergent and water applied
with a soft damp cloth. Dry thoroughly before use.
Do not use aromatic hydrocarbons or chlorinated solvents. These products may damage the unit.
Do not use alcohol or alcohol based products on the front panel, especially the display. These
products may damage the unit.
Replacing fuses
The RCS uses two T1AL 250V crystal 5x20mm fuses. The fuses are placed in the back of the
equipment, on the right side (See section Description of the Equipment Components).
Before removing the fuses case, make sure you removed the power connector (See section
Description of the Equipment Components).
NETWORK
IP: 192.168.010.164
GW: 192.168.010.249
MASK: 255.255.255.000
INFO
System Info Ver. 4.01.00088
S/N 01160216400003
Date
18-05-17 11:06
EXIT
Shut down system?
Yes No
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Then, remove the case pressing the tabs placed at the top and bottom of the case using a sharp
object.
Once removed the fuses case, pull the damaged fuses out, then put the new ones and replace the
case. Make sure the tabs are properly positioned.
Then you can now connect the power connector and make sure that you equipment works properly.
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Technical Support
For any questions, contact Technical Support at www.gsertel.com or email at [email protected]
Before contacting Technical Support for any repair, read the manual to ensure proper use and
attempt to RESET the unit to clear any problems.
Repair Service
Do not return the unit without first contacting Gsertel Technical Support.
If the unit needs to be returned, Gsertel will arrange for free shipping. The unit will need to be
appropritely packed for shipping.
In compliance with IATA Regulations, when using our shipping service follow these instructions:
Label the package.
The equipment should fit as snugly as possible in the box. It is recommended to use the
original packing materials.
Failure to comply with these shipping requirements may result in the shipping agent rejecting the
package.
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Warranty
Gsertel offers a one year guarantee, beginning from the date of purchase for countries in the EEC.
For countries that are not part of the EEC, the legal guarantee that is in force at the time of
purchase is applied.
Keep the purchase invoice to determine this date.
During the guarantee period, Gsertel becomes position of the failures produced by defect of the
material or manufacture.
The harm produced by improper usage, wear and tear, manipulation by a third party, catastrophes
or any other cause beyond the control of Gsertel is not included in the guarantee.
Valid data except for typographical errors
Specifications subject to change without notice
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