Drake SCTeci Ethernet Controller Interface - Manual (Page 9)

OPERATION (contnued) 9
MODIFYING TRANSCODER PARAMETERS
To modify parameters of any monitored transcoder, you
must first do one of the following:
1) From the select mode menu, select 'single SCT860',
or 'PS15x Transcoder'. OR
2) Select any of the SCT860 or PS15x entries that have
active transcoders. Then press the 'View/Edit' button
beneath the data for the selected transcoder.
Either of these actions will produce a screen similar to the
one shown below which will contain the changeable
parameters for the selected transcoder.
1) Pressing the down arrow for a selected parameter
will produce a drop down menu which will give the
available choices.
2) Left click on the desired choice to select it.
3) On items which have no down arrow, the desired
parameters can be typed in directly. If an illegal entry is
typed in, an error message will be displayed.
4) Once you have changed all the parameters to your
satisfaction, press the 'APPLY' button. This will perform
the actual transcoder parameter changes.
The top cell of the 'Status' table on the upper right corner of
the display will show one of the following error messages:
Search; Out of Lock; Out of range; QAM Version; Demod
error; or if there are no errors, signal to noise ratio (SNR).
The bottom cell displays the transcoder baud rate.
The selection box in the upper left hand corner of this
window allows selection of the displayed parameters for
any other transcoder attached through PS15x power
supplies. The 'Block of 10' button will produce a table
which will show all 10 transcoders in the group containing
the transcoder displayed in the box.
Note that the exact appearance of the screens shown here
will vary depending upon the web browser used, and to the
PC display resolution selected. In the above window,
Internet Explorer V6 was used with a screen resolution of
800 x 600 pixels.
ENTERING OR CHANGING SCT PASSWORD
If the transcoders being accesssed have been set to
require a password, this SCT password must be entered
into the SCTeci. Do not confuse this with the SCTeci
PASWRD. Proceed as follows.
1) Click on the down arrow on the 'Select Mode:' window,
and choose 'Select SCT Password' from the resulting drop
down menu. This will produce a screen similar to below.
Type desired password here.
2) Type the desired SCT transcoder password into the
box as shown in the above illustration. If the password is
already programmed into the SCT, stop here.
3) If the password in the SCTs needs entered or
changed, someone at the SCT transcoder location must
simultaneously hold down the left, center, and right buttons
on each SCT860 or PS151 for at least two seconds. This
will cause 'LOADING PASSWORD' to appear on the SCT
transcoder's display. Do this on each transcoder or power
supply that needs the new password loaded. If being
remote controlled solely with the SCTeci, a password of 0
should be entered. Factory default setting is 0.
4) Then click on the OK button. This will load the new
password into the transcoder. 'LOADING PASSWORD' will
disappear from the SCT transcoder's display and the new
password will be loaded.
PRESET CHANNELS
The preset channels function allows you to add to, modify,
or delete the selections that are available in the Demod
Mode selection window which appears when programming
individual SCTxxxx transcoders. To access this function,
select 'Preset Channels' from the Select Mode drop down
menu. You will be presented with a screen similar to the
following:
Notice the 'Group' window on the left and the 'Add New
Channel', 'Edit Channel', and 'Delete Channel' buttons at
the bottom of the channels window.