Table of Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Conventions ............................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Read the documentation ............................................................................................ 5
1.3 Safety ......................................................................................................................... 6
1.4 General safety requirements ...................................................................................... 6
1.5 Electrical Safety .......................................................................................................... 7
1.6 EMC Protection .......................................................................................................... 8
1.7 Proper Disposal .......................................................................................................... 8
2 What is the DAB-XPlorer and DABXP-HWU? ......................................................... 9
3 What is the DABRF? ............................................................................................... 11
4 How to Read the Manuals ...................................................................................... 12
4.1 Organisation of the manuals ..................................................................................... 12
4.1.1 First reading ......................................................................................................... 12
4.1.2 Further manuals ................................................................................................... 12
4.2 References ............................................................................................................... 13
4.3 Abbreviations used in the manuals ........................................................................... 14
5 Products .................................................................................................................. 15
5.1 Hardware .................................................................................................................. 15
5.1.1 DABXP-HWU ....................................................................................................... 15
5.1.2 DABRF-HWU ....................................................................................................... 18
5.1.3 DABRF-RM .......................................................................................................... 21
5.1.4 CodeMeter – CM-Stick ......................................................................................... 23
5.2 Software ................................................................................................................... 24
5.2.1 DABXP-BASIC – Main Application ....................................................................... 24
5.2.2 DABXP-BASIC – Multiplex Analyser ..................................................................... 26
5.2.3 Option DABXP-OXT – FIC-XTractor ..................................................................... 32
5.2.4 Option DABXP-OPL – DAB-Plus-Decoder, FEC and Streaming ........................... 33
5.2.5 Option DABXP-OCO – RDI-ETI-Converter ........................................................... 34
5.2.6 Option DABXP-OPR – PRBS-Analyser ................................................................ 36
5.2.7 Option DABXP-OCC – GPS-Campaign-Converter ............................................... 37
5.2.8 Option DABXP-OTR – Triggered Recorder .......................................................... 39
5.3 Examples of use cases and configurations ............................................................... 40
5.3.1 ETI analysis for broadcasters ............................................................................... 40
5.3.2 Transmitter setup ................................................................................................. 40
5.3.3 Coverage measuring ............................................................................................ 41
5.3.4 SFN test ............................................................................................................... 41
5.3.5 Receiver test ........................................................................................................ 41
5.3.6 Test of transmitter components ............................................................................ 42
6 Software Installation .............................................................................................. 43
6.1 System Requirements .............................................................................................. 43
6.2 Installation Process .................................................................................................. 44
6.3 Licence Activation .................................................................................................... 51
6.4 DABRF first connection ............................................................................................ 53
6.5 Familiarisation .......................................................................................................... 56
6.5.1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 56
6.5.2 Tips and tricks ...................................................................................................... 57
6.6 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................ 58
6.6.1 Error during start-up ............................................................................................. 58
6.6.2 No audio output .................................................................................................... 58
6.6.3 The decoder does not work in Playback mode ..................................................... 58