User Manual RFM210 DVB-T Measurement Receiver 071-1098-00 This document applies to firmware version FW0722 Rev04 and above. Warning The servicing instructions are for use by qualified personnel only. To avoid personal injury, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so. Refer to all safety summaries prior to performing service. www.tektronix.com Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supercedes that in all previously published material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved. Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97077 TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. WARRANTY Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If a product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations. This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; c) to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies; or d) to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product. THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEKTRONIX' RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Table of Contents List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Service Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v vi vii ix Contacting Tektronix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii General Information General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1- 1 1- 1 1- 3 1- 3 - Installation Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the Environment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powering On the RFM210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2- 1 2- 2 - Introduction DVB-T Transmission Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RFM210 DVB-T Measurement Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functional Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the RFM210 in the Measurement and Monitoring of DVB-T Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application A - Direct Measurement and Monitoring of Transmitters for Performance and Fault Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application B - Provision of Standby Transport Stream (TS) at Transmitter Site Through the Reception of Secondary Transmitted DVB-T Service . . . . . . Application C - Reception Field Trials for the Collating of Measurement and Coverage Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application Solutions for the RFM210 in Off-air Measurement and Monitoring 3-1 3-3 3- 3 - 3-5 3- 5 3- 5 3- 6 3- 7 3- 8 - RFM210 DVB-T Measurement Receiver User Manual i Table of Contents Measurement COFDM IQ Signal Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modulation Error Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signal to Noise Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Target Error (Mean and Deviation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amplitude Imbalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quadrature Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrier Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phase Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre-Viterbi Bit Error Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Post-Viterbi Bit Error Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCE Error Rate (Post Reed Solomon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncorrectable Errors (UCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote BER logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 4- 1 4- 1 4- 2 4- 2 4- 2 4- 2 4- 2 4- 3 4- 3 4- 3 4- 3 4- 3 - Bit Error Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Operation Initial Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menu Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVB Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input/Output Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alarm Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DSP Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fault History Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Status Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output to VGA Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 5- 1 5- 1 5- 2 5- 2 5- 2 5- 3 5- 3 5- 3 5- 4 5- 4 5- 4 5- 5 - Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure to Lock or Unlock the Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 9 5- 10 - 5-7 5-9 DVB Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to DVB Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to System Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 5- 13 - 5-17 5- 17 - Input/Output Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to Input/Output Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to Monitoring Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 5- 21 - 5-25 5- 31 5- 33 5- 35 - 5- 25 - Alarm Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DSP Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to Alarm Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up Relays, Open Collector Alarms and Logging Parameters . . . . . . . . Main Screen to DSP Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31 5-35 ii RFM210 DVB-T Measurement Receiver User Manual Table of Contents System Status Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Screen to System Status Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39 5- 39 - Constellation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel State Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing on a VGA Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing on an Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing on VGA Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing on an Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 5- 43 5- 44 - 5-45 5- 45 5- 45 - Enabling Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the END Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47 5-49 5-51 5- 51 5- 51 - Specifications Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RF Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baseband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- D Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hierarchical Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...