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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 How to Access the Web Interface ......................................................................................... 7
1.2 Web Users ............................................................................................................................. 7
1.2.1 Delete User .............................................
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1.2.2 Change User Password ......................................................
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1.2.3 Add User .............................................................................................. ........................... 8
1.3 IP Settings .............................................................................................................................. 9
1.4 Web Page Structure .................................................
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2 Menu Tree ....................................................
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3 The Web Interface ...................................................................................................................... 13
4 Preset Configurations ................................................................................................................. 15
4.1 Load Configuration .............................................................................................................. 15
4.2 Save as Configuration .......................................................................................................... 15
4.3 Rename Configuration
Configurat ion ......................................................
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4.4 Delete Configuration ........................................................................................................... 16
5 Main Menus ................................................................................................................................
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5.1 Background ..................................................................................................................
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5.2 Line Settings ...................................................
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5.3 Channel Settings ..................................................................................................................
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5.4 SW Upgrade ....................................................................................... .................................. 19
5.5 Interface
Interf ace Settings .....................................................
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5.5.1 ASI Settings .............................................
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5.5.2 Test Settings ................................................................................................................. 22
5.5.3 Gb-Ethernet
Gb-Ethe rnet Settings
Set tings ................................................
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6 MCT Calculator .............................................
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6.1 What Is The NovelSat MCT Calculator ................................................................................. 24
6.2 How To Access NovelSat MCT Calculator. ........................................................................... 24
6.3 NovelSat MCT Calculator Structure. .................................................................................... 24
6.4 NovelSat MCT Calculator’s Results ....................................................
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7 ACM Mode
Mod e ..................................................................................................................................
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7.1 What Is The ACM Mode ...................................................................................................... 30
7.2 Flow Control ........................................................................................................................ 30
7.3 Communication Between Transmitter and Receiver .......................................................... 31
7.4 ACM Mode Configuration
Configur ation ................................................
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List of Figures
Figure 1: NS2000 User’s Settings Screen ................................................
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Figure 2: Delete User Option................................................................................................................ 8
Figure 3: Change User Password Option .............................................................................................. 8
Figure 4: Add User Option ......................................................
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Figure 5: NS1000 Line Configuration Menu Path ................................................................................. 9
Figure 6: NS1000 IP Settings Screen .................................................................................................... 9
Figure 7: NS2000 Web
We b Interface General
Gene ral View .................................................................................
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Figure 8: NS2000 Line Settings Screen ............................................................................................... 13
Figure 9: NS2000 IP Settings Screen .................................................................................................. 14
Figure 10: NS2000 Database Settings Screen .................................................................................... 15
Figure 11: Load Configuration Option ................................................................................................ 15
Figure 12: Save Configuration Option ................................................................................................ 16
Figure 13: Rename Configuration Option .......................................................................................... 16
Figure 14: Delete Configuration Option ............................................................................................. 16
Figure 15: NS2000 Line Configuration Menu Path ............................................................................. 17
Figure 16: NS2000 Line Settings Screen ............................................................................................. 18
Figure 17: NS2000 Channel-1 Configuration Menu Path ................................................................... 18
Figure 18: NS2000 Channel-1 Settings Screen ................................................................................... 19
Figure 19: NS2000 Software Upgrade Menu Path ............................................................................. 19
Figure 20: NS2000 Software Upgrade Screen .................................................................................... 20
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List of Tables
Table 1: NS2000 Menu Structure ....................................................................................................... 12
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1 Introduction
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1.3 IP Settings
Device has an IP address that is used to access it. User can change device’s IP address manually or
by using DHCP server.
To edit IP settings:
1. Go to the IP screen under the system-config/management menu.
2. In order to manually set IP address make sure DHCP Client parameter is set to Disable.
Disable.
Set all other parameters as needed: IP address, Default Gateway, Netmask and DNS
and only after all are set as needed, press the Apply button.
3. In order to allow DHCP Server to set IP parameters, make sure DHCP Client parameter
is set to Enable.
Enable. Other parameter will no longer be available for editing. Finally press
the Apply button.
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When changing IP settings, you need to take under consideration the following issues:
of IP Address and Netmask,
Subnet is defined by the combination of IP Netmask, therefor a change in
anyone of them will change it. If the new subnet does not match the configures Default
Gateway,
Gateway, error will occur.
When DNS is set to the value 0.0.0.0, DNS is not configured.
When enabling DHCP Client,
Client , DNS parameter will be configured to the first DNS address
given by the server.
1. Top menu bar: Contains general options. In order to control the device, a user must log
in to the system through the login option in this menu.
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2. Side menu bar: Provides access to device monitoring and controlling menus, including
device specific menus. It is organized according to a menu tree that is described in
Section 2.
3. LED status display: Displays the state of indicative LEDs, presenting information on
alarms and devise status. This menu is identical to the LEDs on the device’s front panel.
4. Login information: Displays login status.
5. Main screen: Displays all options and data.
6. Web title is presented at the top of the browser or browser’s tab, the title displays the
name of the device. The device name can be changed under System General menu.
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2 Menu Tree
Configurable variables in the device can be set using one of the following management tools:
Front Panel, Web, Serial connection, or SNMP Protocol.
The variables are structured in a logical way, in a menu tree.
The following table presents tree description shows the organization of the parameters in the
device. This menu structure is the same when accessing the parameters via the Front Panel, the
Web and the serial connection, except for Events monitoring, User menu and SW download
which are not available through Front Panel.
NS2000
Monitor
Line
Interface
Interfaces Status
Gb Ethernet status
Alarms
Events
System
System
Database
sw download
hw/sw versions
License
General
Users
System Configure
Management
IP settings
SNMP settings
Clock settings
Serial port settings
Date & time settings
Demodulator Configure
line settings
Channel 1 settings
Channel 2 settings
Interface
Test settings
ASI
ASI-1 settings
ASI-2 settings
Gb Ethernet
Gb Ethernet-1 settings
Gb Ethernet-2 settings
Table 1: NS2000 Menu Structure
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One exception is the Management IP menu, in which the Enter key does not apply changes.
Only the Apply button does this. Clicking the Apply button will apply all changes in all IP
settings: DHCP, IP, Gateway, Netmask, and DNS.
In addition, the Save button performs in the same way as in other menus: it appears when
changes have been made in configuration but not yet saved. Clicking the button will save
changes to the boot configuration.
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4 Preset Configurations
The NS2000 Demodulator can store up to 20 different configurations, in addition to the boot
configuration.
Changes are saved to the Boot configuration by clicking Save in each configuration screen.
Other configurations are managed in the Database screen under the System menu.
The Database page includes four buttons for the four available options. When an option is
selected the appropriate fields appear.
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5 Main Menus
5.1 Background
The NS2000 optionally supports Dual channels. Each channel can be connected to any of the
available Input Interfaces, such as 2xASI, ASI&IP, and others. Therefore, its physical parameters
are divided into Line settings and specific Channel settings.
Line settings hold general physical parameters which are related to both channels. Channel
settings hold channel identifier ranges (e.g. ISI).
4. Set parameters by either selecting a value from a drop-down list or typing it in a text
box. Press Enter to apply textual changes (for more details on the Web interface,
please refer Section 3)
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2. Set parameters by selecting a value from a drop-down list or typing it in a text box.
Press Enter button in order to apply textual changes (for more details on web behavior
see section 3)
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5.4 SW Upgrade
Using TFTP (Trivial File Transform Protocol), a software upgrade can be loaded into the device and
activated.
TFTP is a simple protocol to transfer files. It has been implemented on top of the User Datagram
Protocol (UDP) using port number 69.
To upgrade the Software on the Demodulator:
1. Go to the sw-upgrade screen under the system menu.
2. Enter the source IP address from which the file will be downloaded.
3. Enter the SW upgrade file name path, related to the FTP directory in the address you
typed previously.
4. Click Download.
Download.
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5. Click OK in the message box to provide final approval for the upgrade action.
Messages will appear on the screen, updating you about the progress of the process. Please note
that a software upgrade takes a few minutes to complete and must be followed by a system
reboot.
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6 MCT Calculator
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1. Compared Mode Codes section; in this section user can decide which Mode-Codes will be
compared and presented.
Mode: determines the mode of the mode-codes that will be compared. The calculator
currently support the following options: DVB-S2, NS3 and DVB-S2+NS3.
Frames Size: determines the frame size of the mode-codes that will be compared. The
options are: Normal or Short.
Pilot: determines the pilot usage of the mode-codes that will be compared. The options
are: Yes (with pilots) or No (without pilots).
Roll-Off: determined the roll-off of the mode-codes that will be compared. If user has
chosen to compare to multiple Line Modes (e.g. DVB-S2+NS3), a specific roll-off will be
chosen for each mode.
Include Redundant: determined whether to present redundant Mode-Code options.
Redundant Mode-Code is defined as options that at least one other Mode-Code with
same Line-Mode has a higher Info-Rate and lower CNR.
2. Comparison Reference; in this section user can decide what would be the compared
reference for all calculations.
He can decide to perform comparison according to CNR, SNR or Mode-Code. Sub fields will
appaear according to his choise:
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3. Show results button; after filling previous sections’ options, press to start compare Mode -
Code and show results.
4. Results table; displays the results of the comparison, as described in section 6.4.
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Example:
Advised Mode-Code
In addition to present Mode-Codes within the requested range, MCT calculator offers advise
regarding what should be the best Mode-Code to be used.
The advised Mode-Code is as follow:
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- The lowest Mode-Code within the range, that is not redundant and not higher than cnr-
link_margin+0.3, when comparing according to CNR or Mode-Code, or snr-
link_margin+0.3 for SNR comparisons.
- If there is no such Mode-Code, MCT Calculator will advise on the extra Mode-Code that is
lower than the range, meaning lower than cnr-link_margin (or snr-link_margin).
Explenations:
Reference Mode-Code. Will only appear if user chodes Mode-Code as a comparison
method
Advised Mode-Code with NS3 line mode.
Advised Mode-Code with DVB-S2 line mode.
Mode-Codes that are redundant.
All other Mode-Codes.
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Please note that switching between different Line Modes is a long action, therefore applying
Mode-Code with different Line Mode that current, may take some time.
Also, when applying specific Mode Code it will affect both channels.
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7 ACM Mode
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ACM signaling
via IP link
(internet)
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The return channel from receiver(s) to transmitter is an IP link. Receiver signal the transmitter
every few seconds on it status using UDP protocol. These messages are received on transmitter
side in port 3000. The transmitter does not sends ACM messages to receiver(s).
NS1000 configuration
On NS1000 there is only one configuration parameter need to be configured: ACM Mode Status
that can be either enable or disable.
To configure ACM Mode:
1. Go to the Line screen under the modulator-configuration menu.
2. Switch ACM Mode to either enable or disable.
While set to ‘disable’, ACM mode will not work and all receiving messages from receivers will be
ignored.
When set to ‘enable’ the following settings will become read-only fields: Line Mode, Channels
Frame Size, Channels Modulation, Channels FEC Rate and Channels Pilot.
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NS2000 configuration
On NS2000 there are several configuration parameters to configured.
To configure ACM Mode:
1. Go to the Line screen under the demodulator-configuration menu.
2. Switch ACM Mode to either enable or disable.
3. Set ACM Server address (the transmitter).
4. Set ACM Margin.
Margin.
While set to ‘disable’, ACM mode will not work and all no messages will be sent to server.
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ACM Statistics provide user information on which receivers are currently listening to the
transmitter and activated ACM Mode.
For each receiver displayed the reciving information it sent, such as IP address, current SNR and
requested link-margin. The Matching MCT displayes as well, showing the current Mode-Code the
transmitter is using for each channel.
In the example shown in Figure 37, both receivers listem to channel-1, however only one receiver
receives channel-2 as well. The first receiver, on IP address 172.26.20.24, has low SNR that causes
the transmitter to lower modulation for channel-1, affecting second receiver too. Channel-2 does
not received by a lower SNR receiver, thus transmitter chose a high transmission modecode.
Note that receivers can receive either both channels or just one of them. The transmitter will
change modecode according to lowest received SNR, which can be different between its two
channels.
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8 Use Cases
8.1 Introduction
This chapter describes how to configure the NS2000 Demodulator based on practical
configurations for each processing model:
Single Channel Mode (CCM) with ASI source
Dual channel Mode (VCM) with ASI source
8.2.1 Introduction
The NS2000 supports a variety of output interfaces, such as Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI).
ASI is a streaming data format which often carries a MPEG Transport Stream.
This use case explains how to setup the system to transport and receive an ASI stream.
The NS2000 can also receive streams to other modulators, as long as they are configured with
TM
matched settings. However, when transmitting using NovelSat’s NS3 technology, it can only be
received by NovelSat’s Demodulator.
The physical setup is shown in the following illustration.
Figure 40: Use Case 1 Single Channel Mode (CCM) with ASI Source
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Figure 42: Use Case 1 NS1000 Line and Channel-1 Settings Screen
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Figure 43: Use Case 1 NS2000 Line and Channel-1 Settings Screen
2. The upper table presents physical parameters. Confirm that they are as anticipated.
3. Verfiy that the state is Locked.
Locked.
4. The Data rate table presents the data rate in each channel. In single channel mode only
channel-1 has an active value.
5. The FER table displays frame numbers and error information.
6. The Mode code table displays information on all the Modulations and FEC rates that
the receiver has found. Verify the frame number is increasing.
7. In order to erase the table’s content (past information) and only display current setups,
press Clear Counters.
Counters .
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8.3.1 Introduction
The NS2000 supports Dual channels (which enables the use of VCM mode). Each channel can be
connected to any of the available Input Interfaces, such as 2xASI, ASI&IP and others . This use case
explains how to setup a system to transmit and receive two different ASI streams.
A modulator transmits multi-streaming. This stream consists of two different ASI streams, each
with a different ISI. The NS2000 Demodulator receives the streams and filters out the first and
second ASI streams according to the ISI range.
The NS2000 can also receive streams to other modulators, as long as they are configured with
TM
matched settings. However, when transmitting using NovelSat’s NS3 technology, it can only be
received by NovelSat’s Demodulator.
The physical setup is shown in the following i llustration.
Figure 46: Use Case 2 Dual Channel Mode (VCM) with ASI Sources
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Figure 47: Use Case 2 NS1000 ASI-1 and ASI-2 Interface Settings Menu
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Figure 48: Use Case 2 NS1000 Channel-1 and Channel-2 Settings Menu
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Figure 50: Use Case 2 NS2000 ASI-1 and ASI-2 Interfaces Settings Menu
Figure 51: Use Case 2 NS2000 Channel-1 and Channel-2 Settings Menu
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2. The upper table presents physical parameters. Verify that they are as anticipated.
3. Verify that the State is Locked.
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4. The Data rate table presents the data rate in each channel. Both channels should be
active.
5. The FER table displays the frame numbers and error information.
6. The Mode code table displays information on all the Modulations and FEC rates that
the receiver has found. Verify that the frame number is increasing.
In order to erase the table’s content (past information) and only display current setups, press
Clear Counters.
Counters .
When VCM mode is used, the user must note that the total data rate will not exceed the maximal
data rate which is limited by the physical channel (i.e. Symbol Rate).
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