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SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE

DISEQC™

DiSEqC™ (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a communication system between a satellite receiver

(master) and the peripheral satellite components (slaves), such as LNBs, multi-switches, rotating antenna

systems.

It is a single master/multi-slave system, i.e. there is only ever one master in the satellite system. All activities

start from the master.

DISEQC™ COMPONENTS

If DiSEqC™ switching matrices are cascaded, the master receiver must transmit the DiSEqC™ signal

several times, so that all DiSEqC™ multi-switches in the cascade receive their commands.

These days, DiSEqC™ components (slaves) must be reverse compatible, i.e. respond to the analogue

switching criteria from receivers that are only equipped with H/V and 22 kHz control signals.

A DiSEqC™ switching matrix will work with analogue switching criteria until the DiSEqC™ command from

the master is received. All analogue switching criteria are then ignored.

DVB MPEG-2

DVB is the abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting. DVB-S refers to the transmission method

(S = satellite). MPEG is the abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Group, a working group that

formulates internationally applicable standards for the digital compression of video and audio. MPEG-2 has

established itself as the standard for compression of digital TV signals. MPEG-2 works up to a data rate

of 100 Mbit/s.

EB/NO RATIO

The Eb/No ratio is a measure of the signal to noise ratio of a digital signal. The value is not identical to

the C/N value familiar from analogue reception technology. At Eb/No values below 5 dB, reception is not

normally possible.

FEC

FEC is the abbreviation for “Forward Error Correction”. The FEC error rate corresponds to the Viterbi rate.

CHANNEL PACKAGE

The channel package for a digital transponder normally includes several TV and radio channels. Each

channel package has a ﬁ xed assignment for the transponder transmission frequency, for polarisation

(horizontal or vertical), for the symbol rate and for the Viterbi rate or error rate.

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