DTC SOL7BNTX, User Manual

Page 1: ...Resource Identifier 100145 Revision 19 0 SOLO7 Transmitter Family User Guide Commercial in Confidence ...

Page 2: ...this document due to hardware or software changes 0 2 Intended Audience This document is meant for anyone interested in how the system can be used but it is of most benefit to Operators who oversee the daily operation of the equipment Installers who are responsible for the pre installation on site installation and configuration of the system in the end user environment Maintainers who are responsi...

Page 3: ...4 Text Conventions Text in bold emphasises a new word or term of significance We call this a protocol and its function is Successive software menu selections are shown using arrows to indicate sub menus This is often shown in bold Select Configuration Global then edit 0 5 Symbols This document uses these symbols to highlight important information WARNING A notice of when a situation may result in ...

Page 4: ... 11 2013 RC First release 8 0 31 10 2014 RC FCC statement 9 0 14 12 2015 IR Recommended video settings 10 0 22 02 2016 IR Temperature control tips 11 0 22 06 2016 IR OBTX and DTC rebrand 12 0 11 08 2016 IR CA2253 assembly cautions 13 0 06 01 2017 IR Upgrade procedures 14 0 11 05 2017 IR Added SOL7TX 15 0 29 08 2017 IR Added SOL7BNTX 16 0 10 10 2017 IR Added remote commands and SOL7NAMP integration...

Page 5: ... Nano Transmitter 1 6 1 7 Approval Notices 1 7 1 8 FCC Certification 1 7 2 Product Package 2 8 2 1 Packaging Overview 2 8 2 2 SOLO7 Nano Transmitter 2 8 2 3 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 2 11 2 4 SOLO7 Transmitter 2 14 2 5 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 2 17 2 6 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 2 21 3 Controls Connections and Indicators 3 24 3 1 SOLO7 Nano Transmitter 3 24 3 2 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 3 26 3 3...

Page 6: ...eration 6 73 6 1 High Linearity and Low Power Modes 6 73 6 2 Domo Device Controller Logging Mode 6 75 6 3 Amplifier Integration 6 77 7 Appendix A Reference Material 7 80 7 1 Temperature Considerations 7 80 7 2 Pinout SOL7NTX 7 81 7 3 Pinout SOL7TX 7 83 7 4 Pinout SOL7OBTX 7 84 7 5 Recommended Manual Video Encoder Settings 7 87 7 6 Install Device Drivers SOL7OBTX 7 90 7 7 Remote Commands 7 94 8 App...

Page 7: ... reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 1 1 1 Product Overview 1 1 Product Family The subject equipment of this user guide is Equipment Title Part Number SOLO7 Nano Transmitter SOL7NTX SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter SOL7HDNTX SOLO7 Transmitter SOL7TX SOLO7 OB Transmitter SOL7OBTX SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter SOL7BNTX ...

Page 8: ...n size weight and power consumption are critical Offering several user selectable modes that trade off image quality against range the SOLO7 Nano Transmitter is ideal for battery powered applications requiring long term deployment small unmanned aerial vehicles body worn use or concealments 1 2 2 Basic Specifications Size 58mm L x 38mm W x 17mm H Weight 51g Operating Temperature 10 C to 50 C Power...

Page 9: ...size and battery run time constraints The small size and ultra low power consumption make the HD Nano TX ideal for a range of applications from Point of View links to UAV drone installations enabling true long range HD broadcasting from these increasingly popular devices for the first time Optional lightweight low power consumption amplifiers are also available for even greater range capability 1 ...

Page 10: ...pplications requiring long term deployment unmanned aerial vehicles body worn use or concealments The SOLO7 Transmitter is highly power efficient drawing typically 3 7W and weighing only 116g making it ideal for indoor or outdoor deployments used as a body worn application or mounted on any kind of vehicle manned or unmanned in any overt or covert application Now even more capable with additional ...

Page 11: ...ons including composite 3G SDI and HDMI plus true balanced audio The transmitter has an integrated control panel with sunlight readable OLED display covering all major functions and has 16 user defined presets A wide range of swappable frequency bands are available from 200MHz to 8 9GHz Integrated UHF band Camera Control is available as an option 1 5 2 Basic Specifications Size L 170mm 142mm exclu...

Page 12: ...viously possible due to equipment size and battery run time constraints The small size and ultra low power consumption make the Broadcast Nano Transmitter ideal for a range of uses from Point of View and body worn applications such as live sports live events on board motor sport applications and UAV drone installations enabling true long range HD broadcasting from these increasingly popular applic...

Page 13: ... frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to ...

Page 14: ...u don t have all the parts or you are not happy with the condition of your delivered product please call DTC and we ll get this solved for you See Section 8 2 2 2 SOLO7 Nano Transmitter 2 2 1 Parts List Part Number Description SOL7NTX xxxxxx SOLO7 Nano Transmitter xxxxxx denotes frequency band AP007377 USB A to micro USB B 1m cable AP007619 BNC f to phono m adaptor CA0002 12VDC power cable Lemo to...

Page 15: ...assembly with bypass xxxxxx denotes frequency band SOL7NAMP1W xxxxxx 1W nano power amplifier xxxxxx denotes frequency band See Section 6 3 for integration details 2 2 3 Variants These are the current product offerings The variant will be indicated on the product label Part Number Description SOL7NTX 020030 SOLO7 Nano Transmitter 200 300MHz SOL7NTX 030047 SOLO7 Nano Transmitter 300 470MHz SOL7NTX 0...

Page 16: ... 264 Dual Pedestal Gold Silver plus MPEG 4 ASP 2 5MHz and 1 25MHz Modulation Platinum Gold plus 625kHz Modulation AES128TX AES 128 Bit Encryption AES256TX AES 256 Bit Encryption 2 2 5 Label Item Description 1 SOLO7 product group 2 Nano Transmitter 3 Frequency range In this example 100150 denotes 1 00GHz to 1 50GHz 4 Disposal mark 5 The CE mark certifies that a product has met EU consumer safety he...

Page 17: ...ating with the Omnetics Nano Circular 6 way receptacle on the NTX however the user must take great care when aligning the connectors and be aware that they are push fit and must not be twisted 2 3 2 Accessory Options If you have purchased these options they will also be in the package Part Number Description CA0001 RS232 control cable Lemo to D type CA2250 Power cable CA2298 9 way breakout cable C...

Page 18: ...OL7HDNTX 198270 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 1 98 2 70GHz SOL7HDNTX 300370 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 3 00 3 70GHz SOL7HDNTX 440500 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 4 40 5 00GHz SOL7HDNTX 550600 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 5 50 6 00GHz SOL7HDNTX 640700 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 6 40 7 00GHz SOL7HDNTX 700750 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 7 00 7 50GHz SOL7HDNTX 810890 SOLO7 HD Nano Transmitter 8 10 8 90GHz 2 3 4 Lic...

Page 19: ...No Description 1 SOLO7 product group 2 Nano Transmitter family of products This will be SOL7HDNTX 3 Frequency range In this example 100150 denotes 1 00GHz to 1 50GHz 4 Disposal mark 5 The CE mark certifies that a product has met EU consumer safety health or environmental requirements 6 Barcoded six digit serial number This may be needed during a support call 7 Manufacturer ...

Page 20: ... 2 4 2 Accessory Options If you have purchased these options they will also be in the package Part Number Description CA0610 Hirose power and control cable CA0611 Hirose power and video cable CA0612 Hirose power video and audio cable CA3148 MCX 75Ω to BNC female cable NTXBAT Li ion battery pack 7 4V 2250mAh 4 pin Lemo NTXBATCH Battery charger for NTXBAT multi region AMP2W xxxxxx OEM 2W PA OEM asse...

Page 21: ...0 1 50GHz SOL7TX 165240 SOLO7 Transmitter 1 65 2 40GHz SOL7TX 198270 SOLO7 Transmitter 1 98 2 70GHz SOL7TX 300370 SOLO7 Transmitter 3 00 3 70GHz SOL7TX 440500 SOLO7 Transmitter 4 40 5 00GHz SOL7TX 550600 SOLO7 Transmitter 5 50 6 00GHz SOL7TX 640700 SOLO7 Transmitter 6 40 7 00GHz SOL7TX 700750 SOLO7 Transmitter 7 00 7 50GHz SOL7TX 810890 SOLO7 Transmitter 8 10 8 90GHz 2 4 4 Licensing Options Part N...

Page 22: ...facturer 2 SOL7TX family of products with frequency range in this example 100150 denotes 1 00GHz to 1 5GHz 3 Barcoded six digit serial number This may be needed during a support call 4 The CE mark certifies that a product has met EU consumer safety health or environmental requirements 5 Disposal marking 6 Power requirement 7 LED sequence which indicates the active configuration See Section 3 3 ...

Page 23: ...art Number Description OBTX V OEM Additional V Mount battery plates OBTX AB OEM Additional Anton Bauer battery plates OBTX PAG OEM Additional PAG battery plates OBTX xxxxxx OEM Additional RF module where xxxxxx is the frequency band OBTX CCCAM RMA OBTX CCCAM ENABLE OBTX CCCAM xUP Factory fit Camera Control RX upgrade Also requires Enable Camera control upgrade At least one control protocol and cab...

Page 24: ... 70GHz SOL7OBTX 440500 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 4 40 5 00GHz SOL7OBTX 550600 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 5 50 6 00GHz SOL7OBTX 640700 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 6 40 7 00GHz SOL7OBTX 700750 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 7 00 7 50GHz SOL7OBTX 810890 SOLO7 OB Transmitter 8 10 8 90GHz 2 5 4 Licensing Options Part Number Description Silver DVB T Ultra Mobile Video Link UMVL MPEG 4 SD H 264 Dual Pedestal Gold Silver plus HD H 2...

Page 25: ...fies the OBTX assembly and has a different serial number to the RF Module No Description 1 Manufacturer 2 SOLO7 OBTX family of products 3 CCCAM expansion option in this example if not fitted this will be blank 4 Barcoded six digit serial number This may be needed during a support call 5 The CE mark certifies that a product has met EU consumer safety health or environmental requirements 6 Disposal ...

Page 26: ...odule label is situated in the left panel of the OBTX It identifies the RF module and has a different serial number to the OBTX No Description 1 Manufacturer 2 OBTX family of products 3 Frequency range In this example 198270 denotes 1 98GHz to 2 70GHz 4 Barcoded six digit serial number This may be needed during a support call 5 Disposal marking 6 Country of manufacture 7 Compatibility ...

Page 27: ...e Lemo to banana plugs CA0579 XLR audio input cable CA2396 BNC female to DIN 1 0 2 3 cable 2 6 2 Accessory Options If you have purchased these options they will also be in the package Part Number Description AP008399 Micro HDMI D male cable SA4194 SOL7BNTX hot shoe mounting NTXBAT NTX 7 4V Battery Pack 2250mAh NTXBATCH NTX Battery Charger multi region AMP2W xxxxxx OEM 2W PA OEM assembly non bypass...

Page 28: ...adcast Nano Transmitter 1 65 2 40GHz SOL7BNTX 198270 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 1 98 2 70GHz SOL7BNTX 300370 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 3 00 3 70GHz SOL7BNTX 440500 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 4 40 5 00GHz SOL7BNTX 550600 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 5 50 6 00GHz SOL7BNTX 640700 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 6 40 7 00GHz SOL7BNTX 700750 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter 7 00...

Page 29: ... Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 2 23 2 6 5 Label No Description 1 SOLO7 family of products 2 Frequency range In this example 100150 denotes 1 00GHz to 1 50GHz 3 Power requirements 4 Barcoded six digit serial number 5 Disposal marking ...

Page 30: ...ct the antenna to the SMA receptacle on the top panel of the transmitter unit CAUTION Do not over tighten the antenna hand tight only 3 1 2 Bottom Panel No Item Used for 1 Omnetics Tri Lobe Latching 9 way jack sockets Video audio left right and data inputs Note Use CA2298 option 9 way breakout cable to access two video inputs Composite video only one at a time Video 1 Composite 1 input Video 2 Com...

Page 31: ...ck pins Power input and serial control port CAUTION Newer revision CA2253 cables will have alignment marks to aid mating with the Omnetics Nano Circular 6 way receptacle on the NTX however the user must take great care when aligning the connectors and be aware that they are push fit and must not be twisted 3 1 3 Side Panel Item Used for USB Micro B 4 way receptacle socket USB control port for conf...

Page 32: ...p Panel No Item Used for 1 SMA receptacle socket Connect the antenna to the SMA receptacle on the top panel of the transmitter unit CAUTION Do not over tighten the antenna hand tight only 3 2 2 Bottom Panel No Item Used for 1 DIN 1 0 2 3 SD SD SDI and ASI Note Video input is configured in Domo Device Controller This can be configured as either SDI or ASI but not both 2 Micro HDMI Type D HDMI Input...

Page 33: ...me Video 1 Composite 1 input Video 2 Composite 2 input S Video Video 1 S Video luma input Video 2 S Video chroma input 4 Omnetics Nano Circular 6 way receptacle pin Power input and serial control port CAUTION Newer revision CA2253 cables will have alignment marks to aid mating with the Omnetics Nano Circular 6 way receptacle on the NTX however the user must take great care when aligning the connec...

Page 34: ...hen you want to confirm the config that the SOL7TX is set to press the config button once The LEDs will flash accordingly When you want to change the config press and hold the config button until the red LED lights The config will change incrementally and the LEDs will flash accordingly Note See the label on the top panel for the LED config sequence refer to Section 2 4 5 3 Red green dual colour L...

Page 35: ...series socket Connect CA3186 here to provide DC power in conjunction with CA0002 composite video and audio inputs Data signals also provided are PA enable RS232 control and chained data Optional cables can be supplied 2 MCX 75Ω socket SD SDI or ASI video input The optional cable CA3148 will adapt the MCX connection to BNC 3 3 3 Right Side Panel On the right side panel there is a USB control port s...

Page 36: ...B Transmitter 3 4 1 Front Panel No Item Used for 1 DIN 1 0 2 3 jack pin ASI Out 2 DIN 1 0 2 3 jack pin ASI In 3 Cancel Back Button User control interface 4 Display Screen User control interface 5 Navigate Confirm Button User control interface 3 4 2 Rear Panel No Item Used for 1 Lemo 4 way jack sockets Power amplifier power and enable 2 HDMI type A receptacle HDMI Video In ...

Page 37: ...ht RF off video locked Green red flash RF on video error Red flash RF off video error 3 SMA jack socket CCCAM only CCCAM telemetry receive 403 474MHz 3 4 4 Right Panel No Item Used for 1 Lemo 6 way jack sockets CTRL RS232 communications to your PC 2 BNC jack socket SDI SDI video in 3 Lemo 4 way jack sockets PWR Power connector 4 Lemo 5 way jack sockets AUDIO Balanced audio connector 5 Lemo 7 way j...

Page 38: ...is for software updates 3 5 SOLO7 Broadcast Nano Transmitter Note The panel aspects are notionally described as front rear left and right 3 5 1 Front Panel On the front panel there is an SMA connector Connect an antenna that matches the frequency bandwidth of the transmitter 3 5 2 Rear Panel No Item Used for 1 DIN 1 0 2 3 SD HD SDI and ASI video input The supplied CA2396 cable will adapt this to B...

Page 39: ...cture Push right or left to go up or down a level in the menu Push up or down to select different menus or to select a new value 2 Display screen The user control interface 3 USB micro B The USB port is for configuring the unit using the Device Controller application Connect the supplied AP007377 cable from the SOL7TX to a PC or laptop 3 5 4 Right Panel On the right panel there is a type D micro H...

Page 40: ...1 Introduction Domo Device Controller provides users with convenient access to the most usual features and functions of the device Domo Device Controller allows you to set up to sixteen presets and have control of all parameters of the unit Note The HD transmitters will have some different options to the SD transmitters 4 1 2 Install the Controller on your PC Domo Device Controller comes as an exe...

Page 41: ...g an OBTX for the first time you may need to install drivers to enable the Com Port See Section 7 6 You will need to establish the Com Port that has been created for the OBTX from your PC s Device Manager Double click Domo Device Controller icon on the computer desktop to open the Domo Device Controller Click the connection button Select USB or Serial Port in the device connection window dependent...

Page 42: ...y User Guide Copyright 2013 Domo Tactical Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 4 36 Click the Connect button Device Controller reads the SOLO7 Transmitter configurations and the primary window opens ...

Page 43: ...tings When you have selected a preset the basic settings for that configuration can be edited from the primary window These can also be configured in the Advanced window 3 Range mode and video quality The modulation and video settings will be automatically selected for optimum performance by using these sliders 4 Unit status Indicators to report things like RF Status Video Lock Audio Lock Temperat...

Page 44: ...ary window Basic Setting Options Description Output frequency A frequency in the range of the unit Type in the frequency that you want this device to use in megahertz MHz Click the green tick to save the setting Video source Off Composite 1 Composite 2 S Video HD Nano TX and OBTX SDI HDMI Select the video source Audio source Off Balanced Unbalanced HD Nano TX and OBTX only Embedded 1 Embedded 2 OB...

Page 45: ... Power up standard in Automatic mode defaults to PAL This can be changed by setting the input to NTSC NP for example and then back to Automatic Note 1080p50 59 60 equates to 3G SDI Level A and 1080dl50 59 60 is 3G SDI Level B DL Encryption mode Off ABS AES128 AES256 All Transmitters have ABS but the AES modes are all license dependent Encryption key Dialog entry Enter the encryption key ABS 8 char...

Page 46: ...ell you how to connect your PC to the Nano Transmitter and then use your Domo Device Controller to configure the unit If the Device Controller menu shows a lock symbol next to a feature this means that it is not available for your device variant or that it is missing a license Note SOL7OBTX can also be controlled from the front panel control interface This is explained in detail in Section 5 13 5 ...

Page 47: ... changes to red switch the unit off and allow it to cool 95 C some video encoder functionality is disabled to try and reduce temperature video quality will be affected 99 C the unit will shut down and restart to avoid permanent FPGA damage 5 Logging Greyed unavailable White logging Logging is normally off by default Logging is enabled by using a command line switch which is fully described in Sect...

Page 48: ...icenses etc Modulation Frequency power FEC etc Audio Audio source sample rate etc Video Video source format etc Misc Data settings etc 2 Engineer Open the Engineer window to send and receive engineering commands or load configuration files The current command list is given in Section 7 7 2 3 Upload Open the Upload window to upgrade firmware or license files Note This upgrade method does not apply ...

Page 49: ...Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 43 5 4 Advanced Unit Window 5 4 1 Open the Advanced Unit Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the Unit window 3 Click and drag the scrollbar on the right of the screen to see the whole display ...

Page 50: ... to turn the status LEDs on the front panel Off ASI output OBTX only Blue Off Orange On Swipe to the right to enable ASI video output On ASI input HDNTX OBTX and SOL7TX Off On Relay When ASI input is On this will add the service to the RF link Note You will have to divide the video bit rates so that they don t exceed the transmit mux bit rate In Relay mode the remote service will be transmitted tu...

Page 51: ...s a matching ESN Note This is different to the serial number on the device label FPGA Version The version of FPGA firmware currently running on the D1500 board We may ask for this number during a support call Temperature 0C to 59C shown in green 60C to 84C shown in yellow 85C or above shown in red An indication of the temperature of the FPGA Attempt to keep it green CAUTION If it changes to red sw...

Page 52: ...f sixteen Some options are stored on a global or configuration basis dependent on the number of configurations used 3 Reset Device This performs a power cycle on the device 5 4 5 Licensed Unlicensed Features No Name Notes 1 Licensed Features Licenses are given letter codes in square brackets and a note of what that license does Codes shown in the Licensed Features group box are enabled on your dev...

Page 53: ...ll rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 47 5 5 Advanced Modulation Window 5 5 1 Open the Advanced Modulation Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the Modulation window 3 Click and drag the scrollbar on the right of the screen to see the whole display ...

Page 54: ...transmission Power levels above 100mW require the addition of an amplifier See Additional PA setting Lower power outputs will run cooler which may be important for enclosed body worn applications CAUTION The combination of 100mW output power and high linearity must only be used with additional cooling either extra heat sinking or a fan Output Attenuation 0 to 31 75dB 0 to 31 75dB of attenuation ca...

Page 55: ... be configured Name Options Notes Bandwidth Narrowband 2 5MHz 1 25MHz 625kHz UMVL 6MHz 7MHz 8MHz DTC Narrowband modes provide excellent range and efficient use of available channel bandwidth DTC Ultra Mobile Video Link modes provide higher data throughput than Narrowband by using the same bandwidths as DVB T UMVL will provide an advantage over DVB T at C X band in short range mobile environments C...

Page 56: ...tion i e DVB T 8MHz in dual pedestal mode will give a total bandwidth of 17 5MHz See Figure 5 1 Bandwidth 6MHz 7MHz 8MHz DVB T modes provide excellent data throughput but shorter range than DTC Narrowband modes Typically bandwidth requirements for DVB T depend on location and channel licensing User data rates and range also vary slight between bandwidths Constellation QPSK 16QAM 64QAM QPSK less us...

Page 57: ...mercial in Confidence Page 5 51 Name Options Notes Guard Interval 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 The guard interval is an extension of the RF symbol period to give immunity to reflections 1 32 deals with fast reflections More data less range 1 4 deals with slower reflections Less data more range Figure 5 1 Dual Pedestal Spectrum Analyser Plot ...

Page 58: ...mited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 52 5 6 Advanced Audio Window 5 6 1 Open the Advanced Audio Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the Audio window 3 Click and drag the scrollbar on the right of the screen to see the whole display ...

Page 59: ...ncoder MPEG Layer I MPEG Layer II LPCM 16 bit The higher the audio quality used the less the video bandwidth available Audio sync Yes Early Yes is where the audio is synched to the video Early is where the audio needs to be earlier than the video Audio sample rate 8 000kHz to 48 000kHz Generally the higher the number the better the audio quality MPEG audio bitrate Dependent on audio encoder Genera...

Page 60: ...l point to the applicable gain value Name Options Notes Level gain 0 to 66dB You can apply different levels of gain to each channel as required Click on the box to edit the value Microphone power Off 2 0V 12 0V 48 0V This provides phantom power to the microphone if applicable Note 12 0V and 48 0V are only available for the OBTX 5 6 4 SDI Audio SDI provides 16 channels of embedded audio in eight pa...

Page 61: ...ited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 5 55 5 7 Advanced Video Window 5 7 1 Open the Advanced Video Settings 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the Video window 3 Click and drag the scrollbar on the right of the screen to see the whole display ...

Page 62: ...ere is one yellow RCA Phono plug for Composite 1 video With the optional CA2298 breakout cable you can connect two video inputs or S Video Video Source Format Automatic PAL NTSC NTSC NP HD Nano TX and OBTX 720p50 720p59 720p60 1080i50 1080i59 1080i60 1080p23 1080p24 1080p25 1080p29 1080p30 1080p50 1080p59 1080p60 1080psf23 1080psf24 1080psf25 1080psf29 1080psf30 1080dl50 1080dl59 1080dl60 Select t...

Page 63: ...onally low delay at the expense of picture quality Short range modulation parameters will generally be required De interlace Option Button Blue OFF Orange ON When on the de interlace option converts interlaced fields to a progressive frame This improves picture quality on PC monitor type devices Having a progressive type of image is also easier to encode so you save bit rate too Don t use it if yo...

Page 64: ...rame rate Full 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 24 If full frame rate is giving poor quality you can step this down until you get an acceptable picture Note Using a sub frame rate will force the Encoding mode to Standard delay progressive Manual video bitrate Auto or User defined Normally left in automatic Press the Pencil button to manually set the video bit rate you want to use H 264 encoder profile Baseline Main ...

Page 65: ... per frame can be set to Yes as a compatibility requirement for some video management systems VMS This should be left at No unless an advanced user 5 8 Advanced Misc Window 5 8 1 Open the Advanced Misc Window 1 On the primary window in the switch panel click the Advanced button 2 Click the Misc window 3 Click and drag the scrollbar on the right of the screen to see the whole display ...

Page 66: ...a or 7b 7 bit data must match the data source as must the parity 5 8 3 Pattern Generator Name Options Notes Generator control Disabled Force on Auto video audio Auto video Auto audio AV sync Off Permanently on overrides all other video Will display pattern or emit tone if video or audio signal is missing Will display pattern if video signal is missing Will emit tone if audio signal is missing Will...

Page 67: ...plies to the transport stream TS Inside that TS there may be many Services each with a Service Name Click in the box to edit Service name Default Solo 01 This is an identifier for the service within the transport stream TS This must match the name at the receiver for the service to be decoded Click in the box to edit Program number 1 to 16 The Program Number uniquely identifies the channel in a tr...

Page 68: ...hich can be found in the Device Controller Advanced Unit window The license file format is serial_number ESN license_number lic e g AK000143 8e417fdb 133444 lic On the primary window in the switch panel click the Upload button to open the Upload window Click the blue folder button under Upload License File to browse any mapped drives you have on your PC Navigate to where you saved your license fil...

Page 69: ... file for the SOL7HDNTX and SOL7BNTX will be in the format d1600_vx x all Note From software v2 0 onwards a bespoke 64x32 pixel customer logo may be applied The logo file can be provided by DTC and will look like d1600_logo_dtc all To remove the logo DTC will provide a blank file On the primary window in the switch panel click the Upload button to open the Upload window Click the blue folder butto...

Page 70: ...TC will provide a blank file 5 11 1 Before you Begin Connect your PC to the OBTX using the serial control cable CA0343 Install Tera Term Pro on your PC Note Tera Term v3 1 3 is the recommended version which is available on DTC s Watchdox facility if other versions are found to have issues 5 11 2 Upgrade the OBTX Note You will need to find out the Com Port that your OBTX is using by powering up and...

Page 71: ...6 The erase could take a couple of minutes to complete Progress is shown by an increasing number of characters Once complete Download code will be shown in Tera Term 7 Select File Send File and ensure the Binary checkbox is checked as shown below Select the upgrade file and click Open 8 A progress box will appear as shown below This will disappear once the file transfer is complete Progress is als...

Page 72: ...u Begin Connect your PC to the OBTX using the serial control cable CA0343 Install Tera Term Pro on your PC Note Tera Term v3 1 3 is the recommended version which is available on DTC s Watchdox facility if other versions are found to have issues 5 12 2 Upgrade the Interface Note Find the Com Port that your OBTX is using by powering up and looking in your PC s Device Manager 1 Ensure the OBTX is not...

Page 73: ...ecting Setup Serial Port with the settings shown below with the appropriate COM port 5 Select File Send File and ensure the Binary checkbox is checked as shown below Navigate to the full code file labelled D588_vX_X all and click Open 6 A progress box will appear as shown below This will disappear once the file transfer is complete 7 If the code has been accepted the front panel interface will reb...

Page 74: ...A Command window will open and cycle through COM ports to find the D588 Once found it should take around 20 seconds to upload the menus and produce an output similar to that shown below 5 Once completed the menu structure will have been updated and the command window will close 5 12 4 Configure the Front Panel Interface Settings 1 Power up the up the OBTX 2 Using the front panel interface navigate...

Page 75: ...by pushing the button up down left or right and to Confirm a selection by pushing the button in the centre It can also be used to change the value of a property 5 13 2 Unit Status Menu Structure Top Menu Second Level Function Unit Status Range desc Shows current range setting Vid desc Shows current video quality setting Vid lock Shows video lock status ASI status Shows current ASI lock status Mux ...

Page 76: ...al DVB T Bandwidth Set DVB T bandwidth Const Set the constellation FEC Set the FEC rate Guard Set the guard interval Video Source Set the video source Format Set the video source format Mode Set the encoder mode Deinterlace Set de interlace video No or Yes Horz res Set sub horiz resolution Vert res Set sub vert resolution Sub f rate Set sub frame rate Profile Set H 264 encoder profile Encoder Set ...

Page 77: ...r Set the pattern generator control Pattern Set the pattern generator mode Network Set the network name Service Set the service name Prog Num Set the program number Scram Scram Set the encryption mode ABS key Set the ABS encryption key AES key 1 Set AES key 1 AES key 2 Set AES key 2 Unit ASI out Set ASI output On or Off ASI in Set ASI input Off On or Relay Config Set one of the sixteen available c...

Page 78: ...n or Off LEDs Sets the internal FCON LEDs On or Off Voltage Disp Shows voltage input on FCON screen On or Off Low Batt Disp Shows Low battery warning On or Off Low Batt Set voltage at which Low battery waning appears 0 16V Brightness Sets FCON display brightness a number between 0 and 255 Disp Mode Set FCON display power save mode On Auto Dim Auto Off Boot Logo Show DTC boot logo on start up On or...

Page 79: ...Power VHF UHF L Band S Band 10mW 10dBm 3 1W 3 3W 3 4W 50mW 17dBm 3 4W 3 6W 3 7W 100mW 20dBm 3 7W 3 9W 4W 6 1 2 High Linearity Mode CAUTION The combination of 100mW output power and High Linearity Mode must only be used with additional cooling either extra heat sinking or a fan High Linearity Mode optimises the quality of the COFDM waveform shoulders but to do this it must increase DC power consump...

Page 80: ... 40 Table 6 2 Typical Power Consumption 200 to 300MHz VHF 6 1 3 About DC Power Use SOLO7 Transmitter is very power efficient In earlier models of transmitter if you switched from high to low RF power the same DC power level would be used although the RF signal was attenuated In these newer transmitters when you select lower RF powers the DC power level is dropped too using just the power needed to...

Page 81: ...gging Mode Right click the Domo Device Controller shortcut on your desktop and click on Properties Select the Shortcut tab and in the Target box add l log txt to the end of the line Note In the target box you must leave the quote marks on the original target line leave a space then forward slash lowercase L quote mark log txt close quote Click the OK button Open Domo Device Controller and observe ...

Page 82: ...Device Controller shortcut on your desktop and click on Properties Select the Shortcut tab and click Open File Location button Windows Explorer opens where your Log file and Domo Device Controller application is located Double click the log txt file The log txt file opens and displays your logged events Note You may have to close the Domo Device Controller application to force all log contents to ...

Page 83: ...alibrate the RF power output for optimum performance 1W 2W and 5W amplifiers are available from DTC Ensure the amplifier is in the same frequency band as the transmitter 6 3 2 Connections The example above shows a SOLO7 Nano Transmitter connected to a SOLO7 Nano Amplifier An interface cable is required to provide power to the SOLO7 Transmitter and the amplifier The principle of connection is the s...

Page 84: ...to prevent damage to the power meter PC or laptop with Tera Term terminal emulation program 1 Connect the SOLO7 transmitter to a PC via an RS232 serial connection 2 Connect the RF output from the amplifier to the power meter sensor 3 Open Tera Term on the PC 4 Apply power to the SOLO7 transmitter and amplifier pair and almost immediately press a to setup PA calibration 5 Select the number correspo...

Page 85: ...dence Page 6 79 10 Complete this process through all calibration set frequencies External PA calibration complete will be displayed at the end of the calibration process 11 You can now power down the SOLO7 transmitter and amplifier pair Note If the amplifier is paired with a different transmitter the calibration process will need to be repeated ...

Page 86: ...er Family User Guide Copyright 2013 Domo Tactical Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 80 7 Appendix A Reference Material 7 1 Temperature Considerations 7 1 1 SOL7NTX Body Mount Precautions ...

Page 87: ...roller primary window or from the Advanced Unit tab to monitor the actual temperature in C of the on board FPGA device see section 5 4 2 1 Use a heatsinking plate thermal conductivity will help draw heat from the SOLO7 Nano Transmitter case 2 Lower the Output power if operational conditions allow see Section 5 5 2 3 Switch Linearity mode to Low power if operational conditions allow see Section 5 5...

Page 88: ... Cable Assembly This cable assembly has a 9 way plug at one end and a 3 way Molex plug at the other for you to connect to the cameras supplied in the kit version of SOL7NTX Nano Transmitter There are five bare wires which you can use to make cables to suit your own application Of course you can remove the Molex plug to get at those cables too The diagram shows the signal power on the Molex and bar...

Page 89: ...l rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 83 7 3 Pinout SOL7TX 7 3 1 16 Way Hirose Pin Signal Name 1 12V In 2 GND 3 RS232 Ctrl Tx 4 RS232 Ctrl Rx 5 1V8 GPIO 6 RS232 Data Rx 7 Ext PA Enable 8 Chain Clk I O 9 GND 10 Chain Data I O 11 Audio In R 12 GND 13 Audio In L 14 GND 15 Comp Video 1 16 Comp Video 2 ...

Page 90: ...4 Pinout SOL7OBTX 7 4 1 Data CVBS 0B Lemo 7 way EEG 0B 307 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 Composite 1 3 GND 4 Composite 2 5 GND 6 RS232 RX 7 VBATT Out 7 4 2 PA Power Ctrl 00 Lemo 4 way EEG 00 304 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 VBATT Out 2 VBATT Out 3 GND 4 PA Enable 7 4 3 Balanced Audio 0B Lemo 5 way EEA 0B 305 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 Left H 2 Left C 3 GND 4 Right H 5 Right C ...

Page 91: ...tions DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 85 7 4 4 Power 0B Lemo 4 way EEG 0B 304 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 VBATT In 2 VBATT In 3 GND 4 GND 7 4 5 USB Ctrl 0B Lemo 6 way EEF 0B 306 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 RS232 TX 2 RS232 RX 3 GND 4 USB 5V In 5 USB Data H 6 USB Data C ...

Page 92: ...s reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 86 7 4 6 Camera Control Circular HIROSE 10 way HR10A 10R 10P 73 Pin Signal Name 1 RS422 TX H 2 RS422 TX C 3 RS422 RX H 4 RS422 RX C 5 GND 6 RS232 TX 7 RS232 RX 8 N C 9 N C 10 GND 7 4 7 Tally 0B Lemo 5 way EGG 0B 305 CLL Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 VBATT Out 3 Red 4 Green 5 N C ...

Page 93: ...h Standard Delay and Low Delay settings Standard Delay provides between 0 5 to 1 second delay for bitrates above 1Mbps and slightly longer delays as the bitrate is reduced Low Delay typically reduces the end to end delay by a factor of 4 to 8 When operating with COFDM links below 600kbps of bitrate it is recommended to only use Standard Delay mode 7 5 1 Recommended Single SD Video Settings Table 7...

Page 94: ...rame Full Res H Full Res V Full Frame 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame DVB T 8MHz QPSK 1 2 Guard 1 32 6 Mbps 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 2 3 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 2 3 Res H Full Res V Full Frame Narrowband 2 5MHz 16QAM 2 3 4 8Mbps 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 3 4 Res H Full Res V Full Frame 2 3 Res H Full Res V Full Frame ...

Page 95: ... DVB T 8MHz QPSK 1 2 Guard 1 32 6 Mbps Full Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame Full Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame Narrowband 2 5MHz 16QAM 2 3 4 8Mbps Full Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame Full Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame Narrowband 2 5MHz QPSK 2 3 2 4Mbps 2 3 Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame 2 3 Res H Full Res V 1 2 Frame Narrowband 2 5MHz QPSK 1 3 1 2Mbps 1 2 Res H Full Res V 1 4 Frame 1 2 Res H Full Res V 1 4 Frame Nar...

Page 96: ...he installation of a driver on the PC before communications can be established The driver can be found on the Field Controller files on the USB Flash Stick but the installation will differ dependent on the Windows Operating System version 7 6 1 Windows 7 XP and Vista When you plug the OBTX into a PC USB port for the first time the windows hardware update wizard will initialise Select No not this t...

Page 97: ...ll from a list or specific location and click Next Select Include this location in the search and Browse to the USB stick where the USB_DRIVER directory is located Click Next Windows will pop up a message declaring that the driver has not been verified Click Continue Anyway Finally click Finish to end the driver installation The Field Controller and PC are now ready to go ...

Page 98: ... PC To disable driver signature verification we re going to need to get into the Troubleshooting options from the boot manager Simply hold down the SHIFT key while you click Restart from the power options menu on Windows 8 that s under Charms or on the login screen and in Windows 10 it s on the Start Menu You can use this trick on any of the power menus in Windows 8 or 10 Once your computer has re...

Page 99: ...e are modifying boot time configuration settings you will need to Restart your Computer again Finally you will be given a list of Startup Settings that you can change The one we are looking for is Disable driver signature enforcement To choose the setting you will need to press the F7 key a Your PC will then reboot and you will be able to install the OBTX drivers without any error message ...

Page 100: ...mit the accepted range of some commands either reverting to default value or turning the option off Control packet structure to device ASCII Value Description STX 02h Start byte 0123 30h 39h 4 byte unit address In range 0001 9999 T 20h 7Eh 1 byte command type r 72h read status or from current configuration w 77h write to current configuration ABCD 20h 7Eh 4 byte command mnemonic 3Bh 1 byte separat...

Page 101: ...d up a remote command packet for reading the board type 1 Packet content based on address and required command Address of 0001 30h 30h 30h 31h Command rgbty 72h 67h 62h 74h 79h Separators no data 3Bh 3Bh 2 Sum above bytes then AND OR operation to generate checksum 30h 30h 30h 31h 72h 67h 62h 74h 79h 3Bh 3Bh 35Fh 35Fh AND FFh 5Fh 5Fh OR 80h DFh 3 Combine start and end bytes with content and checksu...

Page 102: ...ly always contains decimal point and 4 decimal places Can have 1 to 5 digits before decimal and optional negative sign 7 7 2 Command List Note The command listings that follow are for the SOLO7 family of transmitters that are based off the D1500 and D1600 internal PCB which are for standard definition and high definition video respectively Most commands are shared between the two different variant...

Page 103: ...ps 9 288kbps 10 320kbps 11 352kbps 12 384kbps 13 416kbps 14 448kbps Layer 2 1 32kbps 2 48kbps 3 56kbps 4 64kbps 5 80kbps 6 96kbps 7 112kbps 8 128kbps 9 160kbps 10 192kbps 11 224kbps 12 256kbps 13 320kbps 14 384kbps a1mb Microphone power intList Config 0 Off 1 2 0V 2 12 0V 3 48 0V a1sr Audio sample rate intList Config 0 8 000kHz 1 11 025kHz 2 12 000kHz 3 16 000kHz 4 22 050kHz 5 24 000kHz 6 32 000kH...

Page 104: ...bal MHz bpiq Base card IQ calibration points integer Global bppw Base card power calibration points integer Global btmp Base card calibration temperature integer Read Only Global C Group Camera Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options tcam Videosys camera type intList Global 0 Sony 1 Panasonic 2 Grass Valley LDK 3 Ikegami 4 Hitachi 5 Grass Valley LDX 6 Grass Val Bi Dir 7 Nac Hi Motion 8 Videosy...

Page 105: ...tond Videosys options Hitachi ND intList Global 0 5 Position Cap 1 4 Position tosc Videosys options Sony colours intList Global 0 Absolute 1 Relative AWB totm Videosys options tally mode intList Global 0 Standard 1 Force Record tlic Videosys license key string Global String length 25 Group Data Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options d1ba Data baud intList Config 0 1200 1 2400 2 4800 3 9600 4 ...

Page 106: ...rate intList Config 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 7 8 o1gu DVB T guard interval intList Config 0 1 32 1 1 16 2 1 8 3 1 4 o14k DVB T 4k offset intList Config 0 None 1 4kHz 2 4kHz o1dp DVB T dual pedestal intList Config 0 No 1 Yes o1sp DVB T spectrum polarity intList Config 0 Norm 1 Inv Group Misc Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options mpat Pattern generator control intList Config 0 Disabled 1 Forc...

Page 107: ...ern 9 Moving pattern mspl SDI 3G B payload select intList Config 0 Automatic 1 Force payload 1 2 Force payload 2 msid Miscellaneous stream ID integer Config Group Narrowband Mod Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options onba NB UMVL bandwidth intList Config 0 6MHz 1 7MHz 2 8MHz 3 2 5MHz 4 1 25MHz 5 625kHz onco NB UMVL constellation intList Config 0 QPSK 1 16 QAM 2 BPSK 3 8PSK onfe NB UMVL FEC ra...

Page 108: ...st Config 0 None 1 500mW 2 1W 3 2W 4 5W osch Modulation scheme intList Config 0 NB UMVL 1 DVB T olev Output attenuation double Config dB olin Linearity mode intList Config 0 Low power 1 High linearity oprd Range mode description string Read Only Global String length 21 oprm Range mode integer Config oprc Range mode count integer Global Group Scram Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options zscr E...

Page 109: ... audio 2 PID integer Read Only Global pscr Current PCR PID integer Read Only Global psd1 Current data PID integer Read Only Global psmd Current metadata PID integer Read Only Global psmt Current PMT PID integer Read Only Global psv1 Current video PID integer Read Only Global psva Current ANC 1 PID integer Read Only Global pchi Chaining input intList Config 0 Off 1 On 2 Relay pcho Chaining output i...

Page 110: ...ing length 8 glod Current config intList Memory 0 Current 1 16 1 16 gser Electronic serial number string Read Only Global String length 8 gtmp Board temperature integer Read Only Global C gvba Battery voltage double Read Only Global V gver Software version number string Read Only Global String length 10 gdlc Initiate code download integer Write Only Global gdsl Disable status LEDs intList Global 0...

Page 111: ...reading 2 double Read Only Global V gadd Control address integer Global gbty Board type string Read Only Global String length 5 gety Expansion card type integer Read Only Global glic License code string Write Only Global String length 72 gstd Set unit time and date string Write Only Global String length 19 guty Unit type intList Global 1 OEM 2 SOL7NTX 2 SOL7HDNTX 3 SOL7DCAM 3 SOL7HDDCAM 4 NETWorke...

Page 112: ...ist Config 1 MPEG4 ASP 2 MPEG4 H 264 v1fo Video source format intList Config 0 Automatic 1 PAL 2 NTSC 3 NTSC NP 4 720p50 5 720p59 6 720p60 7 1080i50 8 1080i59 9 1080i60 10 1080p23 11 1080p24 12 1080p25 13 1080p29 14 1080p30 15 1080psf23 16 1080psf24 17 1080psf25 18 1080psf29 19 1080psf30 20 1080p50 21 1080p59 22 1080p60 23 1080dl50 24 1080dl59 25 1080dl60 v1in Video source intList Config 0 Off 1 C...

Page 113: ...Top Centre 3 Top Right 4 Centred 5 Bottom Left 6 Bottom Centre 7 Bottom Right v1pe Video PES per frame intList Config 0 No 1 Yes v1pr H 264 encoder profile intList Config 0 Baseline 1 Main 2 High 4 2 0 3 High 4 0 0 4 High 4 2 2 v1qd Video quality description string Read Only Global String length 21 v1qm Video quality mode integer Config v1rp GOP length integer Config frames v1sf Sub frame rate int...

Page 114: ...User Guide Copyright 2013 Domo Tactical Communications DTC Limited All rights reserved Commercial in Confidence Page 7 108 Command Command Name Type R W Scope Options v1of Video PTS offset integer Config ms v1qp Video fixed QP integer Global ...

Page 115: ...iness Park Whiteley Hampshire PO15 7AB England Phone 44 1489 884 550 Office hours 0900 1700 UK time excluding holidays Email solent support domotactical com no restricted content 8 3 Using the DTC RMA Service If there is a problem and all troubleshooting steps have been unsuccessful you may need to contact DTC for Return Material Authorisation RMA service 8 3 1 Contact DTC Please call our Technica...

Page 116: ... and packing materials if possible If the original packing materials are not available wrap the equipment with soft material e g PU PE form then put the wrapped equipment into a hard cardboard shipping box 8 3 4 Put the RMA Number on the Box Clearly mark the outside of the shipping box with the RMA number If an RMA number is not present on the shipping box receiving will be unable to identify it a...

Page 117: ...ere are no functions that required the user to gain access to the interior of the product There are no user serviceable parts inside Environment The equipment should not be used in hazardous or corrosive atmospheres Users are reminded of the necessity of complying with restrictions regarding the use of radio devices in fuel depots chemical plants and locations where explosives are stored and or us...

Page 118: ...bject the unit to physical abuse excessive shock or vibration Do not drop jar or throw the unit Do not carry the unit by the antenna Avoid exposure to excessive moisture or liquids Do not submerse the unit unless it is designed to be submersible Do not expose the unit to corrosives solvents cleaners or mineral spirits Avoid exposure to excessive cold and heat Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sun...

Page 119: ...y recharge the battery after any storage period greater than one month before use Do not store the battery with the charge depleted as this can cause failure of the battery and invalidate warranty Do not short circuit Do not immerse in water Do not incinerate Cells are likely to explode if placed in a fire Dispose of batteries in accordance with the regulations in place for the country of use Batt...

Page 120: ...a measure of how well an antenna converts power into radio waves or radio waves into power depending on whether it is fitted to a transmitter or receiver device Antenna gain is expressed in dB decibels B Definition Bandwidth RF the width of a band of frequencies used for a particular purpose Computing the rate of data transfer measured in bit s C Definition COFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Divisio...

Page 121: ...ystem of error control for data transmission whereby the sender adds redundant data to its messages This allows the receiver to detect and correct errors without the need to ask the sender for additional data FPGA A Field Programmable Gate Array is an integrated circuit that can be programmed to perform complex logic functions G Definition Gain An increase in signal strength typically by an amplif...

Page 122: ...receive the data N Definition NLOS Non line of sight propagation refers to RF transmissions that travel in a path obstructed by physical objects NTSC National Television Systems Committee is the analogue television system used mainly but not exclusively in the Americas Noise Unwanted disturbance in an electrical signal O Definition Omnidirectional antenna An antenna whose radiation pattern shows e...

Page 123: ...Streaming is the transmission of digital media over an IP network T Definition Transport Stream A standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio video and Program and System Information Protocol PSIP data Channels are multiplexed together allowing the receiver to choose which to play back U Definition UDP User Datagram Protocol is a core of the Internet Protocol suite UDP ...