Wegener Communications DTV742 manual

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 1 of 11 May 24, 2003 DTV742 Installation Quick Start Guide The Wegener Model DTV742 8VSB 4-Channel Multip lexor receives VHF/UHF broadcast HDTV signals and provides ou tput ASI streams for connection to ca ble system QAM m odulators. This guide provid es inform ation for setting up and op erating the DTV742. Additional i nform[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 2 of 11 May 24, 2003 Basic System Setup Diagram Front-panel User Interface Note that from any screen, pressing the ESC ke y twice will return you to the Ho me Screen. Main-level Screens Second-level Screens Home Screen (rotates through data from each of the four RF inputs) The channel num ber, modulati on type (8VSB, 64 QAM, o[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 3 of 11 May 24, 2003 Main-level Screens Second-level Screens 2 nd -level RF Input Where X is the RF port number. Press ENT to go to the third-lev el Input Setup Screens below and use the 5 or 6 keys to select <ON> or <OFF>, adding or removing thi s program t o/from the out put stream . Press ENT again to confirm. P[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 4 of 11 May 24, 2003 Main-level Screens Second-level Screens 2 nd -level Program Status where X is the input port number. Press the ENT key to go to the third-level pro gram status screen. Press the 4 key to go to the next input (1 through 4). Press the ESC key to return to the main-level Program Status screen. Program Status [...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 5 of 11 May 24, 2003 Main-level Screens Second-level Screens IP Address Selection Press the ENT key and then press the arrow keys to change the I P address. Press the ENT key to confirm the selection or ESC to cancel changes. Press the 4 key to go to the Netmask Selection. Press the ESC key to go to IP Setup. Netmask Selection[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 6 of 11 May 24, 2003 Using the Web Browser – Using the web browser of your choice, set the Address to http://nnn.nnn.nn n.nnn where nnn.nn n.nnn.nnn is the IP address of the unit to be controlled. Each unit on t he network m ust have a uni que address. Yo u should see t he pages bel ow when co nnected to the unit. (Be sure t[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 7 of 11 May 24, 2003 The Stream Inform ation tab belo w shows inp ut and out put status. N o user input s are located on t his screen. The Unit Configuration tab below shows the current con figuration in us e and allows storage and loading of 10 se parate configurations . A config uration is the set of all user set table item [...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 8 of 11 May 24, 2003 The Config In tab below provides the interface for sel ecting the RF Input and Program num bers th at will be used in all four of the DTV742’s multiplexors.[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 9 of 11 May 24, 2003 The Config Out tab s ( Config Out 1 illustrated below) provide the interface for sel ecting program s for each of the ASI outputs. A separate tab is u sed for eac h output ( 1, 2, 3, and 4).[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 10 of 11 May 24, 2003 The Q&A/Help tab (s hown below) provides a nswers to com monly asked questions ab out the DTV7 44.[...]

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    800057-02 Rev. A Page 11 of 11 May 24, 2003 Notices Environmental Operating Conditi ons & Physical Specifications Use Indoor Altitude Up to 2000 meters Temperature Range 10 o C to 40 o C Relative Humidity (max.) 80% for temperatures up to 31 o C decreasing linearly to 50% relative humidity as 40 o C. Weight 10.6 pounds or 4.81 kilograms Dimensi[...]