mediaMAX MINI HD User’s Manual (English)
INDEX 1 Introduction.............................................................................................. 5 2 Recommendations for best use of mediaMAX MINI ................................... 6 3 Package contents .................................................................................... 7 4 Technical specifications ............................................................................. 8 5 Meter’s power supply .........................................................................
ENGLISH 12 Key “fav” functions ............................................................................... 63 12.1 Configuration .................................................................................. 63 13 Autoscan function ................................................................................ 64 14 Meter Backup ...................................................................................... 65 14.1 Copy all to USB ............................................................
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 1 INTRODUCTION Note: This user’s guide is adapted to software version v.1.20 of mediaMAX MINI HD. The new mediaMAX MINI HD has been designed in order to provide most of the functionallity of the mediaMAX EVO family, in a more compact package. The mediaMAX MINI HD and the mediaMAX EVO share the same user interface, and all the generated files are compatible between both families.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST USE OF mediaMAX MINI HD The aim of this manual is to provide the fundamentals of the operation of the field strength meters in order to make the best of it. The mediaMAX MINI HD field strength meter is a portable devices, conceived for exterior use, with certain limitations: ENGLISH • It is not advisable to use the strength meter under the rain; although it is water proof, it could be damaged if the water penetrates inside.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 3 PACKAGE CONTENTS Please check the contents of your package in the following list: • Field Strength Meter • Bag ENGLISH • Belt and support for the belt • Mains power supply 20V 2,5Amp. • Mains power cable for the power supply • Adapter F-F female. Please note that this is a high quality adapter. Do not replace it by any other, since the frequency response is specific for this system. In case it’s necessary replace it, we advice to use ref.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RF Standards ENGLISH - FM: 88-108 MHz - Terrestrial: B/G (CCIR), B/G DE, S band channels in Germany B/G IT, III band channels in Italy M (PAL) L/L’ (France) I (UK) D/K/K’ (O.I.R.T.) M/N (USA and Japan) B/B (Australia) D/K PAL - Satellite: C and Ku bands Monitor - Type: 6” (15,24cm) TFT color - Color standards: PAL and SECAM - Audio amplifier: 1W inside the speaker Programs - Memories: 1000 programs could be saved in- side the internal memory.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD - Analog signals: Level, Video/Audio level, C/ N, sync pulse - Range: TV: 20 - 130 dBuV SAT: 30 -125 dBuV - Units: dBuV, dBmV o dBm - Precision: ±1.5 dB @ 25ºC of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Monitor - Type: 6” (15,24cm) TFT color - Color standards: PAL and SECAM - Audio amplifier: 1W inside the speaker Programs - Memories: 1000 programs could be saved in- side the internal memory. - Data Logger: 4000 measures could be saved inside the internal memory. - These values could be downloaded through USB port. LNC power supply - Voltage: 0, 5V, 13V, 18V, 24V, 13V+22Khz and 18V+22Khz (shown by OSD). - Max current.: 450 mA short circuit protected - DiSEqC: 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD DVB-T (COFDM) - Measurements: Channel Power, Noise Margin, C/N, BER before and alter Viterbi, MER, Wrong Packets Measures - Analog signals: Level, Video/Audio level, C/ N, sync pulse - Range: TV: 20 - 130 dBuV SAT: 30 -125 dBuV - Units: dBuV, dBmV o dBm - Precision: ±1.5 dB @ 25ºC of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 5 METER’S POWER SUPPLY The field strength meter may receive its power supply via its internal batteries or using the external power supply provided with the meter. In order to charge the battery, please connect the 20V 2,5A power adapter output to the meter after having checked that it is turned off. The LED indicating battery charge will blink during charge. At the end of the charge cycle the LED will stop blinking and will stay continuously ON.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 6 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION The mediaMAX MINI HD front panel presents the following apparearence: ENGLISH The front panel of the test equipment is made of 4 main parts: 1.- Monitor. It displays the OSD menu that allows to navigate through the differents options to display the spectrum, measurements, pictures, etc. 2.- Main keypad. This keypad is composed of several keys with differents functions: on/off key, band key, meny keys,...
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 6.1 Main keypad description fav By default, to switch from an Analogue carrier to a Digital one. It can be configured with other functions. With numeric entry active it is #1. With alphabetic entry active, it is * / # ENGLISH sound Audio menu. The options are the following: • Volume (Level 0-100%) • Buzzer (Level 0-100%) • Audio type (Audio/Buzzer): Selecting the type of audio in “Buzzer”, the speaker will buzz relative to the level of the signal received.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD setup Setup meter menu. The options are the following: 1. System: • Language • Favorite key config • System info • Factory default • Firmware upgrade • Update Autoscan • Sensibility ENGLISH 2.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 6. Wake up: you can configure the alarms so that the meter is powered on automatically With numeric entry active it is #5. With alphabetic entry active, it is j k l programs Programs menu. The options are the following: ENGLISH • • • • • • • Create program Save program Rename program Delete program Load programs from USB Save programs to USB Group management With numeric entry active it is #6.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD tools Tools menu: • Datalogger • Satellite finder • Band Scan • DVB-T • Transmodulator Programming • TS Recording supply ENGLISH With numeric entry active it is #8. With alphabetic entry active, it is t u v Power supply menu: • • • • • • RF IN voltage: (Off, 5V, 12V, 13 V, 18V, 24V( Tono 22 KHz: (Off, On, Auto) DiSEqC switch (Off, A, B, C, D) RF voltage on power up: (Off, On) Motor SatCR )) With numeric entry active it is #9.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD options Signals setup options: 1. Carrier mode: (Analog, digital) 2. Digital modulation (it depends on selected band) ENGLISH COFDM Setup: 1. Mode: (Auto, 8K, 2 K) 2. Spectrum inversion: (Auto, On, Off) 3. Guard interval: (Auto, ¼, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32) 4. Bandwidth: (Auto, 8 MHz, 7 MHz, 6MHz) 5. Priority: (High, low) 6. Offset:(Auto, 0 , +125, -125, +166, -166, +333, -333, +500, -500). The default value for Span is 50 MHz. 7.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Cancel or return to previous action without modifying. enter Confirm the selected option. tv Display the picture of the tuned channel on the TFT monitor. If selected channel is digital, the monitor will represents the picture of the first transponder / multiplex program spectrum Display the frequency spectrum on the monitor. meter Display the measurements values of the selected signal.
Left / right arrow keys In picture mode, these keys allow to modify audio volume. In spectrum mode, they modify the span on / off Meter switch on-off 6.2 Rotary Click wheel The click rotary wheel is one of the main mediaMAX MINI HD controls. It manages in an easy way the navigation through the menu options. The actions of the wheel are the following three: left turn, right turn and click functions. Using them is possible to manage the whole OSD menu.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 7 STATUS BAR The status bar on top of the screen holds important information about meter status. It is always present, exception when in pure TV mode. It offers useful information about selected options, frequency, band, and battery status.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Analog locked Digital locked ENGLISH Power supply mode Information about selected DiSEqC switch Switch A Switch B Switch C Switch D Satellite band and polarity Information about satellite band and selected polarity Vertical low Vertical high Horizontal low Horizontal high rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Audio On Audio Mute Mode Buzzer ENGLISH USB USB device connected rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 8 CONNECTIONS ENGLISH All the meter connections are available in the back panel. The conectors and indicators are: • DC IN. Supply conector for the 20V external power supply • STBY LED. Blinks when the meter is in standby mode and when the firmware is being updated • CHG LED. Blinks when the meter is charging, and stays continuously on when the charge is completed • RF INPUT. This F male conector is the signal input for the meter.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 9 METER OPERATION 9.1 First time operation Before using your meter for the first time, please charge it completely (follow the indications in the chapter “Meter’s Power Supply” (The battery is completely charged at the factory once the meter is finished, but the battery may be low when you purchase it). rev 1.2 Reserved of technical modifications and/or errors 25 ENGLISH 9.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 9.3 Factory default You can find this option in the menu “Set Up --> System --> Default Values”. Once you have selected it, it resets the meter, getting back to the factory default values. ENGLISH After executing the Default Values, the following screen will be shown: In this screen you can select the languages of the menus, the RF Standard, the Date and the Time of the meter. Use the rotary key to change them and select the correct values. 9.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 9.5 TV standard setup It’s important to setup the right TV standard in order to work correctly with the meter. It’s possible also to setup the measurement units. To do it, press “setup” key on the front panel. After this, select “RF” option using the rotary wheel. Finally, select the second option “Terrestrial standard” and accept clicking on the wheel. ENGLISH rev 1.2 Measurement units could be selected pressing “setup” key and selecting “units” option.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 9.6 Sensibility In order to access to this tool, press the 5 key “setup” and select the “System” option. Later, select the “Sensitivity” option. In the sensitivity menu, the next option will appear: In the sensitivity menu, the next option will appear: 9.6.1 Wheel It is used for adjusting the turning speed of the wheel. The value that can be chosen is between 1 and 16. 9.6.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10 MEASUREMENTS Some of the parameters while you are measuring are configured independently in each band (tersat). These parameters are the following ones: Vrf, 22KHz, DiSEqC switch, Carrier Mode, Spectrum Resolution, Spectrum Detector mode, and Spectrum Span. The available measurements of mediaMAX MINI HD are the following: TERRESTRIAL BAND 2.- Digital signal 1. Power 2. BER before Viterbi 3. BER after Viterbi 4. Noise Margin 5. C/N (digital measurement) 6. MER 7.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD The status bar is hidden if only TV mode is selected. To make it appears, press “tv” key. For terrestrial band selection, press one or several times “band” key until the monitor shows the message “Switching to terrestrial band”. The switching sequence is the following: Terrestial band -> Satellite band Terrestial band -> Cable band -> Satellite band 10.1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH With the spectrum on screen, move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal. In order to semplify the navigation through the terrestrial band, press the “nav” key for select channel mode or frequency mode. • Channel mode allows to sweep the frequency band by channel defined in the standard • Frequency mode allows to sweep the band normally by frequency with 50 KHz steps 10.1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH For digital terrestrial television signal, it is necessary setup signal parameters. Select “Digital modulation”. The adviced configuration is setup the following options in automatic mode. 1. Mode: auto 2. Spectrum inversion: auto 3. Guard interval: auto 4. Bandwidth: auto 5. Priority: high 6. Offset: auto 7. Constellation display: In this option you can choose the type of displaying of the constellation.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Press “back” key to turn back the main menu. 10.1.4 Make measurements 1.- Analog signals To get analog terrestrial signal measurements, spot the signal as explained above and press “meter” key. The monitor shows a screen with measures values. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Video Line ENGLISH In analogue signals, you can overlap to the picture of the tuned channel, the oscillograme of one of the lines of the composed video. The activation of this feature is carried out from “Video Line Viewing” in the “IMAGE” menu. The line to be showed is selected in the option “Video Line Number” of the same menu. 2.- Digital signals To get digital terrestrial signal measurements, spot the signal as explained above and press “meter” key.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.1.5 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI HD meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen: “tv”, “spectrum” and “meter”. Representation possibilities are the following: 1.- “tv” key active. Activates the TV monitor mode, showing the image of the selected signal. In case of digital carriers, this mode will represent the first program of FTA (free to air) terrestrial multiplex and satellite transponders.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Note: With digital signals the quality graphic bar is based on the Noise Margin measure. As long as the Noise Margin measure is equal or higher the maximum value that the meter is able to represent, the bar will be shown in 100%. 10.2 Satellite signal measurement 10.2.1 Frequency band selection For satellite band selection, press once the “band” key until the monitor shows the message “Switching to satellite band”.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.2.2 Supply LNB power With satellite band it is important supply power to LNB in order to get the signal from the differents satellite band and polarities. • Polarity. There are two options: 1. Vertical: 13 V 2. Horizontal: 18 V • Bands. There are two options: 1. High: 22 KHz tone 2. Low: Without tone Inside the menu, select “RF IN voltage”. It allows to select the following voltage options: 1. Off 2. 5V 3. 12V 4. 13V 5. 18V 6. 24V rev 1.
In order to select the high band sending 22 KHz tone, select the option “22 KHz tone”, that represents the following options: • Off: Without tone • On: Send 22 KHz to through RF-IN • Auto: Send 22 KHz in automatic mode if the menu “setup>RF>satellite local oscilator” has been selected KU band or satellite band. The default value of this option is KU band. 10.2.3 Use spectrum mode to spot a signal To represent the frequency spectrum on the screen and spot a signal, press the “spectrum” key.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH With the spectrum on screen, move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal. In satellite band, “nav” key selects only frequency mode to sweep the band normally by frequency with 500 KHz steps. 10.2.4 Measurement selection With the target signal identified, it’s necessary to select the signal type (analog or digital).
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD • Symbol rate: This value should be fixed based on broadcaster information • Mode: DVB, DSS. Normally DVB will be used. • Spectrum inversion: auto • Auto symbol rate: You will be able to select if the detection of the Symbol Rate is going to be Automatic (On) or Manual (Off). - In Manual mode (Off), the value of the Symbol Rate should be fixed by the user based on the provider’s information.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Press “back” key to turn back the main menu. 10.2.5 Make measurements rev 1.2 1.- Analog signals To get analog satellite signal measurements, spot the signal as explained above and press “meter” Key. The status bar will show an analog carrier.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD The meter represents the following analog values: • Level • C/N • Audio 2.- Digital signals To get digital satellite signal measurements, spot the signal as explained above and press “meter” Key. The status bar will show a digital carrier. 42 rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.2.6 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI HD meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen: “tv”, “spectrum” and “meter”. Representation possibilities are the following: Status bar is present for a short period of time; after it will be hidden. To makes it appear again, press “tv” key. rev 1.2 2.- “spectrum” key active.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Note: With digital signals the quality graphic bar is based on the Noise Margin measure. As long as the Noise Margin measure is equal or higher the maximum value that the meter is able to represent, the bar will be shown in 100%. 10.2.7 DiSEqC switch When DiSEqC satellite switches are installed, it’s necessary to use commands according this standard to get the signal from satellite LNB.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.2.8 Motor Control Using the DiSEqC 1.2 commands, it is possible to control one motorized positioner. To use it, it is necessary that you select the Satellite Band in the meter, and activate the feeding of the LNB, needed for the motor. ENGLISH The first option of the menu allows the positioning of the antenna at any of the positions fixed in the memory of the motor. When you activate it, the concerning DiSEqC command is sent to the motor. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH The manual mode (option 4 of the MOTOR menu) allows the simple control of the turning of the positioner. The Rotation value indicates the number of motor steps to be turned, towards East if the value is positive, or towards West if it is negative. In our motor DiMo 120, each step of the motor is equivalent to a 1/10 of degree. A Zero value indicates a constant turning to East or West, stopping when you push Enter again. rev 1.2 10.2.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD One device SatCR works shifting the frequency of the input signal to another fixed intermediate frequency, generating a narrow output sub band which will be called “pilot”. Combining different SatCR devices, these pilots, which can belong to different LNB, with different polarizations, can be multiplexed and distributed through one single cable. ENGLISH The option “Pilot number” allows selecting some of the available pilots.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.3 Cable signal measurement 10.3.1 Frequency band selection For cable band selection, press one or several times “band” key until the monitor shows the message “Switching to satellite band”. The switching sequence is the following: Terrestial band -> Satellite band ENGLISH Terrestial band -> Cable band -> Satellite band Once this option has been selected, a cable logo appears on the left top of the status bar.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD To identify a signal, to do it with a span of 50 MHz is advised (default value in cable). For select it, use left and right arrows keys. The span current value is shown at the left bottom part of the monitor. With the spectrum on screen, move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal. If only spectrum is needed on the monitor, press the buttom “spectrum” to active it.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 3. Constellation: This parameter will be fixed according to the modulation of the channel. This data is supplied by the operator of the channel. You can select different constellations (modulations): 16-QAM, 32-QAM, 64-QAM, 128-QAM y 256-QAM. 4. Show the Constellation: In this option you can choose the type of displaying of the constellation. Pushing on the field “Constellation Display” you can select: ENGLISH - Off: Disables the viewing of the constellation.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 2.- Digital signals To get digital cable signal measurements, spot the signal as explained above and press “meter” key. It switches on the led over the key and the monitor and the monitor shows a screen with measures values. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 10.3.5 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen: “tv”, “spectrum” and “meter”. Representation possibilities are the following: ENGLISH 1.- “tv” key active. Activates the TV monitor mode, showing the image of the selected signal. In case of digital carriers, this mode will represent the first program of FTA (free to air) terrestrial multiplex and satellite transponders.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 3.- “meter” key active. The monitor is divided in two parts: status bar and signal measurements information. ENGLISH 10.4 Double marker The double marker option allows making measurements comparing between 2 points of the spectrum, calculating automatically the difference of frequencies and level between them. This utility is available only when the spectrum is shown in full screen mode.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD The selection of “Active” marker will be done in the “OPTIONS” menu. The selected marker is identifi ed by two little triangles in their edges. The main marker “Main”, used as a reference in the calculations, is in red colour; meanwhile the auxiliary one “Aux” is in green colour. In this fi gure, the double marker has been used to measure the separation between the 2 carriers (video and audio), and its difference of level.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Maximum level Current Level The value of the maximum values will be deleted on the screen each time that the marker shift from the current window. Also you can force a deleting of the maximum values on the screen pushing the “Back” key. Note: When the mode “Maximums” is selected, the automatic attenuator will be automatically disabled and it passes from the real time spectrum detection to the Peak mode.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD You will see the carriers in real time (in yellow colour) each certain time. The wrapping of these signals will appear in grey colour, which corresponds to the real signal captured with the meter. The option “Init” forces the starting of the identification of performance of the LNB previously explained. The options 2 and 3 allow selecting the active pilots.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 11 PROGRAMS mediaMAX MINI HD meter allows to create programs of the differents signal that user is analyzing and measuring. One program will store several information as current meter status, frequency, screen mode, spectrum, measurement, image, selected signal mode and supply mode if exists. In order to select program as navigation mode, it’s important that at least one program it’s created before. 11.1.1 Create program This option will allow to create a new program.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH If analog signal is selected, the name of the program should be completely wirtten. To enter letters and numbers, press “abc/123” key for alphanumerics. It’s possible to delete wrong letters using left arrow key. If selected signal is digital, the meter will propose the name of the program based on first current program of digital transponder/multiplex. Anyhow, it’s possible to change it usging left arrow key. rev 1.2 11.1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 11.1.3 Rename a program This option allows changing the name of an existing program. Turn the wheel and select “Rename program” option. A new window with the headline “Rename program” will appear. First press “Choose name”, this option is just below the line “Current name”. A new window with the program list will appear. Turn the wheel until you select the wished program.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 11.1.4 Detele a program This option allow to delete a stored program. To do it, select the option “Delete program” and confirm with “yes” option. rev 1.2 This option will show a program list alphabetically sorted. Select the program and confirm the action.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 11.1.5 Load program from USB This option allows to upload a program from USB device. Before use this option, connect USB device. Otherwise meter will show a message asking for it. ENGLISH 11.1.6 Save program to USB This option allow to create a security copy of programs on USB device. Before to use this option, connect the USB devide. Otherwise the meter will show a message asking for it. 11.1.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD rev 1.2 To navigate through differents program, use click wheel. It’s possible to select diretly the program pressing “abc/123” key. This option shows the complete current program list.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 12 KEY “FAV” FUNCTIONS The key “fav” on main keypad could be configured by the installer in order to select the most frequently used option. In this way, the user could be able to program this key and simplify the quick access to one function among the possible ones. rev 1.2 Once the desired option has been selected, press “enter” to confirm. Reserved of technical modifications and/or errors 63 ENGLISH 12.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 13. AUTOSCAN FUNCTION To execute this functionality it is recommended to place the meter in “spectrum” mode, in order to be able to watch the different carriers. Navigate through the different carriers using the navigation key, or introducing directly the frequency. Once you are placed on the analogue signal carrier or at the centre of the digital channel, please push the blue key “autoscan”.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 14. METER BACKUP This option allows configuring the following options through the configuration menu: ENGLISH 14.1. Copy all to usb Once this option is selected, a dialog box will appear showing the name of the file (in .zip format) with which will be stored into the USB device. The file name has the format /YEAR/MONTH/DAY/ HOUR/MINUES/SECONDS. Note: if the .
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Pushing on the backup, a dialog box opens with the list of available files to be restored: Push on the name to select the file that you want to restore. Then push on the option “All” to see the available options that you want to restore. - Restore all: It imports all the files from the backup. If any file from the USB has the same name that another file from the receiver, it will be replaced by the one from the USB.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD - Restore Datalogger: It imports the Dataloguer options. If any file from the USB has the same name that another file from the receiver, it will be replaced by the one from the USB. Push “Yes” for restoring. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 15. CLOCK ADJUSTMENTS 15.1 Time auto-set In this option you can select the clock in two modes: Auto: The field strength meter will adjust the time of the clock when it tunes any digital • channel and gets this information. Manual: It shows the time that you configure by hand on the section “Time”. • 15.2 GMT Select the different time according to Greenwich time in your local time. rev 1.2 ENGLISH In this menu you can adjust the time of the receiver.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 15.3 Time Selecting this option, a new window that allows introducing by hand the time and date will appear. ENGLISH rev 1.2 In order to move through all the values (day / month /year / hours / minutes), use the horizontal cursors or turn the wheel. In order to modify a value, place yourself over it, press the wheel and introduce the value by the means of the numerical keyboard or turning the wheel. Once it is modified, press again over the wheel to save it.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 16. WAKE UP MENU ENGLISH In this option, you can configure the alarms so that the meter is powered on automatically at one concrete time. In the activation menu, you can find: rev 1.2 1. Add a wake up: In this option, you can create new alarms of activation of the meter. You can select date and time of power on, as well as the action to be carried out when it powers on (Datalogger or no action).
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 2. Next wake date: In this option, the next alarm will be shown, being able to see the day, time and action to do in the activation of the meter. If no alarm is created, one alert will be shown in the screen. ENGLISH 3. Delete a wake: This option allows deleting existing alarms. When this option is selected, you can select the alarm to be deleted. If no alarm is created, an alert will be shown in the screen. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17. TOOLS • Datalogger • Satellite finder • Band Scan • DVB-T • Transmodulators Programming ENGLISH • Recording TS 17.1. Datalogger The Data Logger or data acquire program will allow you to convert your Field Strength Meter MediaMAX MINI HD in a powerful system to acquire, store and processing data. Data Logger allows the creation of groups which contain the programs (signals to measure) as well as the measures related to these programs.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH rev 1.2 To use the data logger it is needed previously to create the programs (see chapter “Programs”). Once the programs are created, we will group them to begin to use the data logger. To access to Data Logger, push the “tools” button, and then go to “Data Logger” option.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD The data logger disposes of the following options: ENGLISH 17.1.1. New measurement This option allows carrying out the measurements of a concrete group. Once it is selected, a dialog box will appear with the text “New measurement”. In the field “Add measurement to the group” select the name of the group where you want to store the measurement. A pre-programmed measurement point is exactly the same to a point of measurement, but it doesn’t have any measurement.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Push “enter” for selecting the name of the folder where all the measurement configurations will be stored. Note: The field “Pre-programmed measures” can be deleted if you do not want to store the measurements into the USB device. In this case the new measurement will be edited in the field “Name of measure” directly. Finally select the name of the measurement to carry out in the field “Name of measurement”. Push on the blue text to edit the name and push “enter”.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.1.2. new measurement step by step This option will allow making the measures of a certain group, stopping at the program while waiting for the confirmation in order to start measuring.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD select different measures as well as show them. ENGLISH Turning the rotary key to right side we can move from one measure to another one without exiting to the previous menu. 17.1.4. Delete measures This option allows deleting the file with all the measures which have been carried out in a specific group.
Push “Yes” to delete completely the measure and to continue deleting. To exit from the application, push “Close”. 17.1.5. Export measures This option allows copying the data stored in the external USB 2.0 storage device. Once this option has been selected, the current group data (we are working with) will be copied directly to the device. 17.1.6. Group Management rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.1.6.1. Creating a group This option allows creating a new group. ENGLISH Once selected, a dialog box with the text “Create a new group” will be displayed, and in blue colour the text “Write the name”. Push the rotating key or the “enter” key to begin the edition. rev 1.2 To name the group, please introduce it with the alphanumeric keys of the keyboard. In case of error, it is possible to delete the last setter by pressing the left arrow of the horizontal cursors.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.1.6.2. Copy a group This option allows copying the information from one group to another one. Once selected the option “Copy Group”, a dialog box is displayed with the text “Copy from” and in blue colour the text “Write the name”. Push the rotating key or the enter key to select the group you select to copy the information from (it only will be copied the group configuration and the contained programs.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Once the group is selected, please push enter button and turn the rotating key to left to select “Yes” and confirm to delete it. A dialog box will appear in order to confirm the deleting. Push “Yes”. 17.1.6.4. Add a program With this option we will configure our groups with the list of programs which will compose the group. Once the option is selected, a dialog box will appear with the text “Add program”.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD In the dialog box there is a last option “Watch programs of the group”. In this mode, we can have a control about the programs that we want to add to the group. In case of duplicated programs, an error message is displayed in order to inform that the current program could not be added. Pressing “Add” the program will be inserted into the group we have selected, and the dialog box will keep opened in order to continue adding new programs.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH In the following message: “Delete group”, please select the name of the program that you want to delete. Pushing the “Delete” button an additional dialog box will be displayed to confirm the deleting of the program. Push “Yes”. To finish, please push “Close” button. rev 1.2 17.1.6.6. Load group from USB This option allows importing from a USB memory to the field strength meter, except for the measurements made.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.1.6.7. Group Options This option allow us to configure all the following options: 17.1.6.7.1.Name of the Group Once this option is selected, a dialog box will appear with the list of groups created. This option allows selecting the group we want to work with, simply pushing over it. rev 1.2 17.1.6.7.2.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Please, push the rotating key to watch the options and to choose “On” / “Off” according to the kind of measure we are going to make. 17.1.6.7.3. Pause in band switching This option allows changing the connector we are using for another one from another band, as Satellite, Terrestrial, etc. The philosophy is the same as in point 14.5.6.2. 17.1.6.7.4. Kind of measure This option allows selecting to make a complete measure or a Basic measure.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH Basic: Only the value of the measures will be stored, independently of the kind of storage memory device. 17.1.6.7.5. Repeating With this option we can select between 1 to 255 values, it is the number of times we want the measure is repeated in order to get more accuracy in the final calculation. rev 1.2 17.1.6.7.6. Period It is the repeating time of the measurement, by default one and it is expressed in minutes. Every time, the measure will be repeated.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.1.6.7.7. Temporize measurements This option allows configuring the time to programme a measurement at one specific time. In case this option is enabled, the option for configuring the time when the new measurement will be carried out will be displayed. ENGLISH 17.1.7. Working disk With this option we have the possibility of choosing if we want to work into the internal disk or in the external storage device USB 2.0.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.2. Satellite finder This tool allows carrying out the following actions: 1) Identify the satellite 2) Search a satellite 3) Configuration of options 17.2.1. Identify the satellite This option searches based in a list of satellites that the meter has configured and it will identify the satellite that is being tuned. It informs if the satellite is or not locked. rev 1.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.2.2 Searching a satellite This option allows searching a specific satellite placed in the list of satellites the meter has, and to know if it is locked or not. Selecting this option, the following dialog box will appear, in order to select the satellite you want to search. rev 1.2 Depending on if the satellite is locked or not, the following configurations will be shown, indicating: the power level, the DiSEqC switch status as well as the RF input voltage.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.2.3. Options Into this menu, you can configure the following options: 1) Add a satellite. 2) Delete a satellite. 3) Import Satellites. 4) Export satellites. 5) Show the satellites. 6) New parameters Satellite rev 1.2 17.2.3.1 Add a new satellite This option allows introducing a new satellite into the list. The following dialog box will be displayed, where a new name for the satellite must be introduced.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD Push on the blue text “Introduce name” to edit the field: ENGLISH Once the field is edited, push the button “Add”. 17.2.3.2. Delete satellites This option allow deleting a satellite previously introduced into the list. Pushing on the blue text, the list of satellites will appear. Select which satellite you want to delete. Push the “Delete” button and then the key “Yes” in the next dialog box for confirming the deleting of the satellite. rev 1.2 17.2.3.3.
ENGLISH User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.2.3.4. Export satellites This option allows saving the configuration of the satellite list into a USB device. Pushing on this option, the last configuration will be saved on this file. rev 1.2 17.2.3.5. Show satellites This option allows showing the list of satellites. Pushing on the blue text, a dialog box will appear with the list of satellites.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.2.3.6. New satellite paremeters This option allows upgrading the parameters from one specific satellite and overwriting them on the previous data. Note: The meter must be locked to a digital satellite signal previously in order to make this option work. ENGLISH Select the satellite to upgrade. rev 1.2 Confirm the upgrading of the data.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.3. Band scan ) Band, and to ENGLISH It allows us to carry out a complete sweep of the Terrestrial and cable ( store the detected TV programs in the band, into a group of measurements. In the Terrestrial and cable ( llowing window: ) Band, go to the tool “Band Scan”. You will see the fo- In the option “2. Autoscan Standard” you can select between “Actual” or “All”.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH The meter asks about the name of the new group. Once it is introduced, the Band Scan will begin. 17.4. DVB-T Tools Before using these tooling you have to tune a digital terrestrial channel. These tools are the frequency response and the impulse response, and can be used to monitor the DVB-T. These two tools are related, and allow to see similar phenomenon but with slightly different approaches.
17.4.1 Monitor mode This menu option is a screen of measures. It shows some additional measures of the digital terrestrial television signal. The additional measures are: Guard interval Mode: bearer number HRCH: Hierarchy Cell Id: Parameter about operators. 17.4.2. Frequency response The frequency response function allows monitoring the digital C/N levels for each DVB-T carrier. In fact the echoes can also be seen with the frequency response, but the interpretation is different.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD the carriers have a similar level, remaining almost hidden. We can also see how the EDM variable keeps at 0% when it does not detect any ECHO in the tuned multiplex. ENGLISH The frequency response is almost flat for all the carriers (6816 carriers for an 8k DVB-T) in the above screenshot. This means that the digital C/N for all the carriers is very good.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD 17.5 Transmodulators programming From this tool it is possible to program the transmodulators modules of 310 series ENGLISH From this menu we can configure the modules, visualize the measurements of the treated signals, read the events log and update the firmware, among other functions In order to program the transmodulators we need a DB9 male - RJ-45 cable (Reference: CPR 1, Code 3002026).
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD ENGLISH 17.6.1. Start Selecting this option the Transport Stream capture will start. You must have an USD 2.0 device connected in order to be able to store the capture. The capture will finish automatically when the time indicated in the field “Time in minutes” has passed 17.6.2. Time in minutes In this option you must select the time that the Transport Stream video capture last in minutes. rev 1.2 Select a value between 1 and 255 minutes.
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User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD EVOSOFT VIEWER The viewer of EVOSOFT shows the measured data into the Test Equipment and it represents them in this programme. You will be able to import the data and to store them for processing them later. Click on the “File” menu and select the “Import” option. A dialog box named “Search Folder” will appear. Select then the folder “log” (generated by MediaMAX MINI when is exporting the data into the USB device), and choose “OK”.
User’s Manual - mediaMAX MINI HD The measured data will be able to be watched and printed out. For printing select the book symbol button to generate the documents. In next window you should select the option “Group of measurement” that you want to print out. ENGLISH The field “information of the report” can be filled out as you prefer with the data that describe the content of the group (information that will be shown in the first page of the generated report).
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