By means of the MEASURES TPE menu, it is possible to display some information about the bitrate and the
module temperature. The available menus are as follows:
SOFTWARE VERS. – in one reading, it provides the software version installed on the module. Pressing the 4
key at the Vers. software menu, the core module version is displayed.
BER (IN) – in read-only mode, it displays the measurement of the input BER.
S/N (IN) (dB) - in read-only mode, it displays the S/N input measurement.
BITRATE – allows one to know the measurements carried out on the bitrate of the multiplex of output channels.
In particular, it allows one to display:
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BITRATE USED, provides a measurement in bit/s of the bitrate totally used by the channels present in the
output multiplex,
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BITRATE AVAIL., provides a measurement in bit/s of the total available bitrate in the output multiplex with
inserted channels,
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BR. USED PEAK, provides a measurement in bit/s of the peak of maximum bitrate used by the channels
present in the output multiplex,
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BR. AVAIL.PEAK, provides a measurement in bit/s of the total available bitrate peak in the output multi-
plex,
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RESET BR. PEAKS, resets the peaks to the initial values calculated according to the COFDM modulation
settings. This function should be used after a bitrate overflow, after which the peaks have reached their limit
value,
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OVERFLOW ALARM indicates if a bitrate overflow has taken place. In particular, if this flag is ON, an alarm
took place, whilst the flag is OFF in normal functioning operations. By cancelling the overflow alarm, the
module is taken back to the standard operational conditions (the red LED is switched OFF).
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TEMPERATURE ALARM indicates if the temperature increases anomalously.
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