User`s manual

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GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance
www.cobham.com/tcs
7. Software Overview
7.1 Product Control & Status Monitoring Approach
Cobham transmitters provide programmable presets or set-up groups that can be configured through a
WEB-based control and status interface that launches through the LAN interface from the transmitter.
Set-up “Groups” are selected by the user through either the transmitter’s local control panel or remotely
through the WEB-based interface. The M2TE allows 20 set-up groups.
 Note: There is a behind the scene what we call group 0 (zero) active at all times. This group
allows any changes made to the transmitter using the LAN GUI which have not been saved to the
current active group (1-20) to be remembered on the next power cycle (next boot up). Hence it is a
sort of protection of the current transmitter configuration in case the user forgets to Save the
current configuration settings to the current active group. The best way to operate the transmitter is
to save the parameters which have been changed to a group and load that group with the Load
command to bring back the parameters associated with that group.
Administrators define the set-up groups for specific applications. Each set-up group completely defines
most of the transmitter’s set-up parameters including Center Frequency, output RF Power Level,
Modulation Parameters, Video, Audio, TS parameters, Encryption, Aux Data and Streaming.
The M2TE is set up with factory default configuration groups. Appendix B - shows three possible group
loads depending on the options purchased; for example a “Dual Program Versions (2K only)”, a “Single
Program Versions” and a “Dual Program Versions (4K only)”. Hence if a customer has purchased a single
video M2TE then the default group is a “Single Program Versions”, if a dual video program without 4K
has been purchased then the default group is a “Dual Program Versions (2K only)” and finally if a dual
video program with 4K has been purchased then the default group is a “Dual Program Versions (4K
only)”.
The values shown in the default groups should be considered recommended starting suggestions to help
the user get up and running quickly; they can be changed and saved as needed to suit various situations.
The nomenclature for the default pre-set groups is as follows keeping in mind that the user can change
the titles and develop their own jargon for the groups.