User`s manual

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GMS Inc. doing business as Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance
www.cobham.com/tcs
2. Acronyms
This section lists and describes the various acronyms used in this document.
Name Meaning
16 QAM 16-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
64 QAM 64-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
A/V Audio/Video
AES Advanced Encryption System (32 bit)
ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface
BDC or BDCC Block down converter
COFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
CVBS/Y Composite video/Luminance with S-video
D/C Down-Converter
FEC Forward Error Correction
GUI Graphical User Interface
HD High Definition
I/O Input/ Output
Kbaud Kilobaud per second
Kbps Kilobits per second
Mbps Megabits per second
MER Modulation Error Rate
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MSR Messenger Smart Receiver
M2D Messenger Two Decoder
M2TE Messenger Two Transmitter Enhanced
M2L Messenger Two Link
NTSC National Television System Committee
PAL Phase Alternation Line
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RF Radio Frequency
RX Receiver
S/N Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SD Standard Definition
SDI Serial Digital Interface
TX Transmitter