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TEST REPORT                     Satellite Meter                                                                                                                                     LEXIUM


                                                                                                                               LEXIUM
                                                                                                                            FastAlign
                                                                                                                                5110Pro
                                                                                                                         Professional
                                                                                                                                 Digital
                                                                                                                        Satellite Meter
                                                                                                                            •	LEXIUM’s Newest Satellite Meter Innovation
                                                                                                                            •	Three-digit azimuth indication
                                                                                                                            •	Quick Sweep Technology Prevents Missing
                                                                                                                            Target Satellite
                                                                                                                            •	QuickRecovery Software Restores Meter to
                                                                                                                            Factory Defaults
                                                                                                                            •	Direct Replacement for the LEXIUM 5100Pro


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TEST REPORT                     Satellite Meter                                                                                                                                    LEXIUM

                                                                                                                                            Handheld
                                                                                                                                            Powerhouse
                                                                                                                                               LEXIUM is quickly becom-            heard about this new meter,
                                                                                                                                            ing a recognized name when             we wanted to find out more
                                                                                                                                            it comes to satellite receivers        about it. If it’s anything like
                                                                                                                                            and test equipment. WS In-             the 7100Pro, then this new
                                                                                                                                            ternational, a global distribu-        meter should be just as excit-
                                                                                                                                            tor of the most up to date &           ing, even more so. Once again
                                                                                                                                            current DTH (Direct to home)           our friends at WS Internation-
                                                                                                                                            satellite equipment includ-            al provided us with a sample
                                                                                                                                            ing MPEG2 & MPEG4, DVB-                of the FastAlign 5110Pro so
                                                                                                                                            S & DVB-S2 equipment has               that we could have a little fun
                                                                                                                                            distribution branches based            with it and see what all the
                                                                                                                                            out of Atlanta, Georgia, Los           fuss is about.
                                                                                                                                            Angeles, California and with              The 5110Pro signal meter
                                                                                                                                            sales & development offices            comes packaged in a nice,
                                                                                                                                            in Zhuhai and Guangzhou                small box along with all of its
                                                                                                                                            China markets the LEXIUM               accessories including two bat-
                                                                                                                                            brand name world-wide. Just            tery chargers – one for a wall
                                                                                                                                            a few months ago, in fact, it          outlet and another one for the
                                                                                                                                            was in the 12-01/2012 issue            car, two female-to-female “F”
                                                                                                                                            of this magazine, TELE-sat-            type adapters, a USB cable
                                                                                                                                            ellite introduced the LEXIUM           and a handy carrying strap.
                                                                                                                                            FastAlign 7100Pro satellite            There’s also a 24-page Eng-
                                                                                                                                            signal analyzer. The 7100Pro           lish-language user manual.
                                                                                                                                            boasted the unique capability             So, let’s look at the me-
                                                                                                                                            of identifying the name of a           ter itself. The 5110Pro is a
                                                                                                                                            satellite as soon as the meter         handheld digital signal ana-
                                                                                                                                            showed a lock. The LEXIUM              lyzer that is small enough to
                                                                                                                                            line of digital satellite sig-         fit in one hand. The internal
                                                                                                                                            nal meters, up until recently,         electronics are enclosed in a
                                                                                                                                            also included the FastAlign            sturdy black plastic case that
                                                                                                                                            5100Pro. With all this going           is 142 x 82 x 35mm in size.
                                                                                                                                            for them, did they feel the            The case itself is encased in
                                                                                                                                            need to sit back and relax af-         a bright yellow rubberized
                                                                                                                                            ter these success stories? Did         cover that acts as a shock ab-
                                                                                                                                            they feel that their job was           sorber; it will help protect the
                                                                                                                                            done? No, not at all. Instead,         analyzer if it should ever fall
                                                                                                                                            the engineers went straight            to the ground. The rubberized
                                                                                                                                            back to work.                          cover can easily be removed
                                                                                                                                               The result of their efforts         if you ever need to access
                                                                                                                                            is the LEXIUM FastAlign                the battery compartment.
                                                                                                                                            5110Pro. The 5110Pro is actu-          At just a hair over 1.0 pound
                                                                                                                                            ally a direct replacement for          in weight, the meter is very
                                                                                                                                            their very popular 5100Pro             easy to carry around with you
                                                                                                                                            model. Of course, when we              wherever you have to go. So,
                                                                                                                                                                                   it’s no trouble to climb that
                                                                                                                                                                                   ladder to the top of that roof
                                                                                                                                                                                   with the 5110Pro hanging on
                                                                                                                                                                                   your shoulder; you won’t even
                                                                                                                                                                      09-10/2012   know it’s there.
                                                                                                                                                                                      The meter sports a pair of
■ TELE-satellite Test Editor Ron Roessel aligning a 76cm                                                                                         LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro
                                                                                                                                                   Digital Satellite Meter
dish using the new LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Professional                                                                                          Helps enormously to install
                                                                                                                                                                                   male “F” type connectors on
Satellite Meter. "It so easy to point the dish with this meter,"                                                                                      any satellite dish           the top side of the unit. The
says Ron Roessel, "and it even makes fun!"                                                                                      www.TELE-satellite.com/12/09/LEXIUM                connector on the right side is


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used to connect to the LNB                and this should be more than               where the second “F” connec-       for just by looking at the type
on the satellite dish. Power              enough time for a typical in-              tor on the left side comes in.     of connector that was being
to the LNB is supplied by the             stallation. However, if you find           Ordinarily, the left connec-       used.
5110Pro itself. The manu-                 that a little more time is need-           tor isn’t needed unless sup-         On the bottom of the ana-
facturer specifies that the               ed at the installation site, the           plemental power is needed.         lyzer you’ll find the charging
meter should last for about               meter can also be powered by               The two female-to-female “F”       port for the two power adapt-
four hours on a single charge             the satellite receiver. That’s             type adapters supplied in the      ers (home and car), a USB
                                                                                     package are used to connect        port to link the meter with a
                                                                                     the meter to any existing coax     PC and a number of slats be-
                                                                                     cables.                            hind which is located the me-
                                                                                       Oddly enough, though, the        ter’s speaker. The front panel
                                                                                     two male “F” connectors on         of the meter consists of an
                                                                                     the meter are not marked in        LCD display and a keyboard.
                                                                                     any way on the casing; we          The display is 6.2 x 4.6mm in
                                                                                     had to refer to the user manu-     size and is divided into five
                                                                                     al in order to figure out which    different sections. We’ll get
                                                                                     connector did what. There are      more into this a little later.
                                                                                     also no markings for the ports     The keyboard is located under
                                                                                     on the bottom of the 5110Pro       the display and is made up of
                                                                                     but in this case it was easy       a numerical keypad as well as
                                                                                     to figure out what they were       a number of additional color-




                                                                                                                        ed function buttons.
                                                                                                                           According to the manufac-
                                                                                                                        turer, the meter should be
                                                                                                                        fully charged before it’s used
                                                                                                                        for the first time. The charg-
                                                                                                                        ing process should take about
                                                                                                                        four hours but no more than
                                                                                                                        six hours to complete. An
                                                                                                                        LED on the front panel of the
                                                                                                                        analyzer lights up red indi-
                                                                                                                        cating that the meter is be-
                                                                                                                        ing charged by the external
                                                                                                                        power supply. This LED turns
                                                                                                                        green when the meter is
                                                                                                                        turned on and the power cord
                                                                                                                        is removed.
                                                                                                                           To turn on the 5110Pro, mo-
                                                                                                                        mentarily push the red POW-
                                                                                                                        ER button on the front panel.
                                                                                                                        If the meter has never been
                                                                                                                        used before, the display will
                                                                                                                        not show any data except for


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zeroes. As mentioned before,              selected channel number ei-                Only whole numbers can be          1. As the antenna was rotated,
                                                                                                                        the signal quality (Q) bar graph
the display is divided into five          ther from the “local channel               entered; a more precise loca-      clearly shows that we were
sections: Positioning, Satellite          list” or from the “user defined            tion for us would have been        closing in on GALAXY 19
Selection, Channel Number,                channel list”. The Latitude                40.7°N 73.3°W but for the          2. Turning the antenna a little
                                                                                                                        more and “Locked” lit up telling
Latitude and Longitude and                and Longitude section high-                purposes of entering in our        us that we had a signal lock on
Measurement. The Position-                lights the location where the              location in this meter, we had     GALAXY 19
ing section runs across the               meter will be used in degrees              to round to the nearest whole      3. Adjusting the dish a little
                                                                                                                        further increased the S/N level
top of the display from one               latitude and longitude. Also               number. Fortunately, this mi-      until we reached a peak S/N
side to the other and shows               found here are a number of                 nor limitation should not ham-     level of 10.1 dB. The dish was
                                                                                                                        now perfectly aligned with
the required azimuth, eleva-              additional function indicators             per us in any way when trying      GALAXY 19.
tion and polarization angle               such as battery level, PC link,            to find a specific satellite.      4. Next we tried for the
                                                                                                                        HISPASAT satellite at 30°W
settings for the target satel-            speaker mute and channel                      Now that our location has       using the same antenna. As
lite. This section will only dis-         list. The Measurement section              been set up, it’s time to see      the dish came within range of
                                                                                                                        the target satellite, the 5110Pro
play data if you already have             displays the signal strength               what this meter can do. The        showed that we were getting
entered in your local position            (S) and quality (Q) levels in              5110Pro comes with a pre-          close; the signal quality bar
                                                                                                                        graph (Q) began to react
and selected the satellite you            bar graph form. Additionally,              programmed “local channel
                                                                                                                        5. And then moving the antenna
want to find. The Satellite               the signal strength (S) is also            list” that includes nearly eve-    just a little bit more…LOCKED!
Selection section on the left             shown in numerical form as is              ry satellite from around the       6. Fine tuning the antenna…
side displays information on              the signal-to-noise level (S/N)            world. The LEXIUM 5110Pro          7. …until a maximum S/N level
the currently selected chan-              and the bit error rate (B).                automatically filters out the      was achieved. The antenna was
                                                                                                                        now peaked on HISPASAT.
nel (satellite position (L),                 In order to get the most out            satellites that are below the
transponder frequency (F),                of this meter it’s clear that              horizon and thus not visible       139.0°W to 4.8°E for a total of
symbolrate (SR), LNB local                the very first step would be to            from your location based on        111 channels to choose from.
oscillator (LO), polarization             enter in the local latitude and            the local coordinates that         If you change the location co-
(LNB) and 22 kHz). The Chan-              longitude position where the               were entered earlier. For          ordinates in the meter, the list
nel Number section in the                 meter will be used. For our                our test location the visible      of visible satellites changes
lower left hand corner of the             location here in Long Island,              satellites (above the hori-        along with it to adapt to the
display shows the currently               New York, it is 41°N 073°W.                zon) included all those from       new location. To give you an


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idea of how this changes,                 and polarization angle) in-                we had to do is start moving       the antenna much faster than
we changed the local coordi-              stantly appears at the top of              the antenna into roughly the       you might otherwise be able
nates in the analyzer to 37°N             the display. This data tells you           correct position. According        to if you were using a differ-
122°W to simulate the use of              exactly where to point the an-             to the 5110Pro, the antenna        ent meter. It’s a time saving
the 5110Pro in San Francisco,             tenna to receive that satellite.           alignment settings yield an        feature that helps to speed up
California. The list of visible              So, with the meter in hand,             azimuth (A) of 214°, an eleva-     the alignment process.
satellites for this west coast            we went outside to align the               tion (E) of 36° and a polariza-      So, with the meter con-
location included everything              dish. Since Galaxy 19 was just             tion angle (P) of -25°.            nected to our 76cm dish
from 160°E to 43°W. As you                entered into the “user defined                With the help of our com-       and turned on, we rotated
can see, the meter automati-              channel list”, it makes sense to           pass, we turned the antenna        the antenna towards 214°
cally adjusts the local channel           begin by aligning our antenna              in the general direction of        while keeping an eye on the
list based on its operational             to this very popular satellite.            214° and elevated it roughly       5110Pro. The analyzer also
location. One thing to keep in            Keep in mind that you can use              36° above the horizon. Since       has an audible tone that
mind though: this visible list            either the “user defined chan-             our 76cm dish was not on           changes pitch with the signal
of satellites represents those            nel list” or the “local channel            a horizon-to-horizon (H-H)         level. This lets you take your
satellites that can be “seen”             list” to start with since Galaxy           mount, the LNBF had to be          eyes off the meter and listen
from your location and does               19 also appears in the pre-                rotated inside its holder so       to changes in signal level if for
not necessarily represent                 programmed list. You’ll also               that its horizontal and vertical   any reason the display is out
a list of those satellites that           need a short piece of coax                 polarization levels matched        of your view.
can actually be received. Only            cable to connect the meter to              the position of the GALAXY 19        As soon as we approached
those satellites that have a              the antenna’s LNB. And don’t               satellite. We adjusted the po-     the 214° position as dictated
beam pointing in your direc-              forget the compass so that                 sition of the LNBF in its mount    by the 5110Pro, the signal
tion can be received.                     you know which way to turn                 to reflect the -25° offset sug-    quality bar graph on the dis-
   In addition to the “local              the antenna! As it turns out,              gested by the meter.               play (Q) began to instantly
channel list” there’s also a              the 5110Pro is not compatible                 Thanks to the 5110Pro’s         react. We had found GALAXY
“user defined channel list”.              with any of the DiSEqC proto-              built-in QuickSweep technol-       19 on the very first pass! As
This list is customizable by              cols so the analyzer needs to              ogy you don’t have to worry        we continued to move the an-
the user so that more popu-               be connected directly to the               about missing the target sat-      tenna the signal quality (Q)
lar satellites can be accessed            LNB; there cannot be any DiS-              ellite if you turn the antenna     bar graph continued to in-
more quickly. The 5110Pro                 EqC switches in between the                too quickly. There is no delay     crease and the “Locked” indi-
comes shipped from the fac-               meter and the LNB.                         from the time the signal is re-    cator on the display illuminat-
tory without any data in this                As luck would have it, we               ceived to when it is displayed     ed. We continued to move the
list. When setting up the “user           had a spare 76cm offset dish               on the meter; it reacts almost     antenna until we reached a
defined channel list”, the first          lying around so we decided                 instantly. This lets you move      maximum point. We then fine
open channel is selected so               to use this antenna to align
that a satellite can be set up.           to GALAXY 19. We installed a
So, let’s say, for example, we            standard Ku-band LNBF (LOF
wanted to add Galaxy 19 at                = 10.750 GHz) on the dish and
97°W into the user defined                connected it to the LEXIUM
list. The meter has to first be           5110Pro meter using a short
placed into the “user defined             10-foot piece of coax cable.
channel list” mode by press-              The meter was turned on and
ing and holding down the Op-              we decided to use the chan-
tion/Local button for about               nel data that was just entered
three seconds.                            into the “user-defined channel
   Once the meter is in the               list”. We could have also used
correct mode, you can then                the preprogrammed data in
enter in all the relevant data            the “local channel list” (chan-
for Galaxy 19 (orbital position           nel 38) that was associated
(L), transponder frequency                with the Ku-band side of GAL-
(F), symbolrate (SR), local               AXY 19 at 97°W. This channel
oscillator frequency (LO), po-            was set for 11.789 GHz, 28125
larization (LNB) and 22 kHz               SR, LOF 10.750 GHz and LNB
on/off). For this purpose we              13 (vertical polarization). Ei-
chose the 12.177V GHz tran-               ther transponder would have
sponder with a symbolrate                 worked for this test.
of 23000. As soon as the en-                 At this point pressing any
tered data is saved into the              one of the number buttons (0


                                                                                                                        LEXIUM
meter’s memory, the correct               to 9) activates the measure-
alignment information for the             ment section of the meter.
antenna (azimuth, elevation               The 5110Pro was set to go; all


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tuned the elevation (E) un-               frequency is not an active fre-            rect transponder frequency         SAT and once again we found         that’s not all that much fun       obtained free of charge by go-
til a maximum S/N level was               quency for North America.                  using the numerical keypad                                             to perform. But thanks to the      ing to www.LEXIUM-dvb.com.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TECHNICAL
                                                                                                                        the target satellite on the first                                                                                                                 DATA
achieved. The dish was then                  Luckily, changing the exist-            and then momentarily press         pass!                               built-in QuickRecovery soft-          The    LEXIUM        FastAlign     Manufacturer	LEXIUM
secured in place; it couldn’t             ing entry in the “local chan-              the Option/Local button once          Clearly,     the     LEXIUM      ware, you don’t have to wor-       5110Pro digital satellite me-         	            California, USA

get any easier than that.                 nel list” to a workable value              again to move the arrow cur-       5110Pro’s QuickSweep tech-          ry about any of this. Simply       ter is an extremely powerful          Home Page	www.LEXIUM-DVB.com

   Was this just beginners                is a snap. At present, the cur-            sor to the next entry (SR). For    nology lives up to its name.        press the “Recovery” button        signal analyzer wrapped up            E-mail	sales@lexium-dvb.com

luck? We wanted to make                   sor arrow indicator should                 our test we used the 12.052H       The meter reacts instantly          to reset the meter back to its     in a nice little package. It’s a      Model	                   FastAlign 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter

sure so we decided to give the            be pointing to the channel                 transponder with a symbol-         when you approach the tar-          original factory settings. How     lightweight handheld device           Input Frequency Range	   950 – 2150 MHz
HISPASAT satellite at 30°W a              number (in this case channel               rate of 27500. Continue this       get satellite as you’re turning     great is that?                     that you can easily hold for          LNB Power	               13V, 18V; 400mA
try with the same dish. From              86). By momentarily push-                  procedure until all the remain-    the antenna. Thanks to this            Earlier we mentioned the        longer periods of time without        C/Ku-band Compatible	yes
the “local channel list” we               ing the Option/Local button                ing parameters are entered         speedy response time, you           USB port located on the bot-       any fatigue. It comes with nu-        Memory	                  300 channels (local channel list);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     	                        100 channels (user defined list)
scrolled through the channels             on the front panel once, the               and then press the Save/C          don’t have to sit there wait-       tom of the meter; this port        merous useful features that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Symbolrate	              2 – 45 Ms/sec
until we found the only entry             cursor arrow should move to                button to store the data. The      ing for the analyzer to do its      allows you to connect the me-      help make satellite installa-
for 30°W located at channel               the frequency position (F) and                                                                                    ter to your PC and gives you       tions a breeze. It comes with         22 kHz Control	yes
                                                                                     LEXIUM 5110Pro is now ready        job every time the antenna
86. The entry at this location            the first digit in the current             for the HISPASAT satellite.        is moved a notch. You can           the ability to add, delete or      a pre-installed list of satellites    USB Interface	yes

was for 11.466 GHz, 3500 SR,              frequency should be blink-                   According to the 5110Pro,        simply rotate the dish on its       modify the satellite list, tran-   from all around the world and         Operating Temperature	   0 - 40° C

9750 LOF. As it turns out, this           ing. Simply enter in the cor-              the proper antenna settings        mount and stop the rotation         sponder specifications and         yet is smart enough to only           AC Power Supply	         Input 100 – 240VAC, 1.6A, 50-60Hz; Output 18.5VDC, 3.5A

                                                                                     for HISPASAT are an azimuth        when the analyzer reacts to         22 kHz settings directly from      show those satellites that are        Dimensions	              142 x 82 x 35mm

                                                                                     (A) of 125°, an elevation (E) of   the target satellite. It’s that     your PC or laptop. In order to     visible from your location. It        Weight	                  1.0 LBS (including battery)

                                                                                     25° and an LNB polarization        simple.                             be able to do this, you’d need     would make the perfect addi-
                                                                                     adjustment (P) of +38°. We            A note to those of you who       to download the necessary in-      tion to any satellite installer’s              More about this company
                                                                                     repositioned the LNBF in the       will be setting up systems that     terface software which can be      toolbox.                                 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1109/eng/wsinternational.pdf

                                                                                     mount to reflect the new po-       use universal Ku-band LNBFs:
                                                                                     larization adjustment angle of     the LEXIUM 5110Pro will work                             Expert Opinion
                                                                                     +38°. Next we loosened the         with these types of LNBFs but
                                                                                                                                                                Lightweight, easy to use handheld digital
                                                                                     mounting bolts on the anten-       not exactly in the way that you
                                                                                                                                                                satellite signal meter for precise alignment
                                                                                     na so that it could be moved.      might expect. When selecting            of antenna to target satellite. Its QuickSweep
                                                                                     The antenna was turned to-         the LOF to be used, you’d un-           technology takes the worry out of accidentally
                                                                                     wards an azimuth setting of        doubtedly expect one of the         +   passing the target satellite while moving the
                                                                                                                                                                antenna in that the meter reacts instantly to
                                                                                     125° and sure enough as we         choices to be “universal” how-                                                              Ron Roessel
                                                                                     approached the 125° position       ever that is not the case here.         any antenna movements. Its three-digit azi-         TELE-satellite
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Test Center
                                                                                                                                                                muth display allows this meter to be used any-              USA
                                                                                     the signal quality bar graph       With this meter you have to
                                                                                                                                                                where in the world.
                                                                                     (Q) on the meter began to re-      enter the correct universal
                                                                                     act.                               LOF (9.750 or 10.600 GHz)               No DiSEqC protocols; meter must be connected directly to
                                                                                       As the antenna was moved         and set the 22 kHz signal to
                                                                                     a little more, the S/N level       ON if needed. The correct set-      –   the LNB without any DiSEqC switches in between. There’s
                                                                                                                                                                also no universal setting for the LOF; universal LNBFs can be
                                                                                     increased and the “Locked”         tings will depend on whether            used with this meter but the LOFs need to be set up manually.
                                                                                     indicator on the display illumi-   the transponder frequency to
                                                                                     nated. We had found HISPA-         be received is in the LNBF’s
                                                                                                                        low band (10.7 to 11.7 GHZ)



                                                                                                                                                            Das Lexium
                                                                                                                        or high band (11.7 to 12.75                                                                                                                            und 48° Nord eingegeben.
                                                                                                                        GHz). Of course, the LEXIUM                                                                                                                            Kaum hatten wir das erle-
                                                                                                                        5110Pro is also C-band com-                                                                                                                            digt, lieferte uns das Fas-



                                                                                                                                                            FastAlign 5110 Pro im
                                                                                                                        patible.                                                                                                                                               tAlign 5110 Pro auch schon
                                                                                                                           And as if all of the above                                                                                                                          eine vorprogrammierte Sa-
                                                                                                                        wasn’t enough, this meter                                                                                                                              tellitenliste die von 58° West
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               bis 92.2° Ost reichte. Damit


                                                                                                                                                            europäischen Einsatz
                                                                                                                        comes with yet another fasci-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               sind wirklich alle Satelliten
                                                                                                                        nating feature: it has Quick-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               abgedeckt, die an unse-
                                                                                                                        Recovery Software built in.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               rem Standort theoretisch
                                                                                                                        This software restores the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               empfangen werden können.
                                                                                                                        5110Pro back to its origi-          Thomas Haring                                                                                                      Auf die Beams der einzel-
                                                                                                                        nal factory settings should a                                                                                                                          nen Satelliten, die z.B. beim
                                                                                                                        problem ever occur during a            Mit dem Lexium FastAlign        Eingabe der Positionsdaten            sind. Deshalb testeten wir                östlichsten Satelliten auf
                                                                                                                        data transfer to the meter. In      5110 Pro hat die US-ameri-         vor dem ersten Verwenden              das Lexium FastAlign 5110                 92.2° Ost, dem CHINASAT
                                                                                                                        the past such a data transfer       kanische Firma WS Interna-         des Messgeräts ist dieses             Pro auch in Europa in un-                 9, nur auf China gerichtet
                                                                                                                        interruption would almost al-       tional ganz eindeutig nicht        in der Lage selbstständig zu          serem Testcenter in Öster-                sind und einen Empfang am
                                                                                                                        ways result in a dead meter.        nur auf den amerikanischen         erkennen, welche Satelliten           reich.                                    Teststandort Wien daher un-
                                                                                                                        Restoring the meter used to         Markt gezielt, sondern alle        am aktuellen Standort über-             Nach der ersten Inbetrieb-              möglich machen, nimmt das
                                                                                                                                                            Voraussetzungen    geschaf-        haupt empfangen werden                nahme des Lexium FastAlign                neue Lexium Messgerät na-
                                                                                                                        involve opening up the case,
                                                                                                                                                            fen, um ihr neuestes Mess-         können und welche durch die           5110 Pro haben wir natürlich              türlich keine Rücksicht. Und
                                                                                                                        locating and then reflashing
                                                                                                                                                            gerät auch weltweit vertrei-       Erdkrümmung bereits hinter            sofort die Koordinaten hier in            das ist auch gut so, denn die
                                                                                                                        the memory. It’s a process
                                                                                                                                                            ben zu können. Dank der            dem Horizont verschwunden             Wien/Österreich mit 16° Ost               Ausstrahlungsgebiete eines


84 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com                                                                                            www.TELE-satellite.com — 09-10/2012 — TELE-satellite International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志             85
LEXIUM
Satelliten lassen sich vom                die     Transpondereinträge
Satellitenbetreiber jederzeit             nicht top aktuell und eben-
verändern und so könnte die               so sorgfältig gewählt sind.
eine oder andere asiatische               Im Test haben wir wahllos
Position in Zukunft auch für              etliche europäische Satelli-
einen Europäer interessant                tenpositionen getestet und
werden. Schade, wenn sie                  versucht, unsere Antenne
dann nicht im Speicher des                mit dem Lexium FastAlign
FastAlign 5110 Pro enthalten              5110 Pro darauf auszurich-
wäre.                                     ten. Dabei fiel uns als erstes
   Sehr gut gefallen hat uns,             auf, dass die vorprogram-
dass Lexium sowohl Trans-                 mierte LOF im High Band
ponder im Ku- als auch im                 auf manchen Satelliten (z.B.
C-Band       vorprogrammiert              ASTRA 4A 4.8° Ost) korrekt
hat, denn auch wenn das C-                mit 10600 vorprogrammiert
Band in Europa nur noch ein               wurde während bei ande-
Schattendasein fristet, so ist            ren Satelliten (z.B. BADR
es in anderen Erdteilen im-               26° Ost) fälschlicherwei-
mer noch der am häufigsten                se 10750 hinterlegt wurde.
zur     Satellitenübertragung             Hinzu kommt, dass bei kei-
verwendete        Frequenzbe-             nem der vorprogrammierten
reich.                                    Einträge, der das High-Band
   Insgesamt haben wir 109                benutzt, das 22 kHz Signal
vorprogrammierte       Satelli-           standardmäßig        aktiviert
teneinträge in unserer Liste              wurde. Der europäische An-
vorgefunden, und bevor Sie                wender muss also präzise
jetzt nachzählen und zum                  darauf achten welche Pa-
Ergebnis kommen, dass es                  rameter    vorprogrammiert
in Europa gar nicht so vie-               wurden und ob diese für den                tuitiven Bedienung sowie           nal, so „übersieht“ man beim
le    empfangbare      Positio-           gewünschten Satelliten und                 der    präzisen  Signalmes-        Ausrichten der Antenne kei-
nen gibt, sei Ihnen gesagt:               das verwendete LNB korrekt                 sung wird das Justieren der        nen Satelliten mehr.
Stimmt, Sie haben recht,                  sind.                                      Antenne zum Kinderspiel.             Zusammenfassend hat es
aber der Hersteller war so                  Für die meisten europä-                  Beim Test mit schwächeren          uns viel Spaß gemacht, das
clever bei Satelliten mit C-              ischen Satelliten hat der                  Signalen des BADR 26° Ost          neue Lexium Messgerät un-
und Ku-Band Transpondern                  Hersteller korrekte Trans-                 oder des ASTRA 2D 28.2°            ter europäischen Bedingun-
- wie z.B. dem INTELSAT 14                ponderdaten im Speicher                    Ost erwies sich der Tuner          gen zu testen. Wenn der Her-
auf 45° West - diese in zwei              des Messgeräts hinterlegt.                 als eingangsempfindlich und        steller die vorprogrammierte
getrennten Einträgen abzu-                Insgesamt hat uns das Lexi-                in den Messergebnissen als         Transponderliste noch einem
legen.                                    um FastAlign 5110 Pro beim                 sehr präzise. Begeistert hat       kleinen Facelift unterzieht,
   Nun ist die gepflegteste               Justieren unserer Antenne                  uns die rasche Reaktion des        dann gibt es nichts mehr
Satellitenliste eines Messge-             sehr gute Dienste geleistet.               Messgeräts auf Veränderun-         an diesem sehr praktischen
räts trotzdem wertlos, wenn               Dank der einfachen und in-                 gen beim empfangenen Sig-          Messgerät auszusetzen.

1                                                       2                                                       3




1. Signalmessung auf dem TURKSAT 42° Ost               4                                                        5
2. Signalmessung auf dem ASTRA4A 4.8° Ost
3. Signalmessung auf dem EUTELSAT 7A 7°
Ost
4. Die vorprogrammierten Transponderdaten
auf dem ABS1 75° Ost müssen erst korrigiert
werden, um ein Signal zu empfangen:die Pola-
risation sollte vertikal sein, die LOF ist nicht
an das in Europa übliche Universal Ku-Band
LNB angepasst (10600) und das 22 kHz Signal
ist auch nicht aktiviert.
5. Nachdem wir alle Einstellungen angepasst
haben, konnte das Lexium FastAlign 5110 Pro
den ABS1 75° Ost perfekt einlesen.


86 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com

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Lexium

  • 1. TEST REPORT Satellite Meter LEXIUM LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Professional Digital Satellite Meter • LEXIUM’s Newest Satellite Meter Innovation • Three-digit azimuth indication • Quick Sweep Technology Prevents Missing Target Satellite • QuickRecovery Software Restores Meter to Factory Defaults • Direct Replacement for the LEXIUM 5100Pro 74 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com — 09-10/2012 — TELE-satellite International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 75
  • 2. TEST REPORT Satellite Meter LEXIUM Handheld Powerhouse LEXIUM is quickly becom- heard about this new meter, ing a recognized name when we wanted to find out more it comes to satellite receivers about it. If it’s anything like and test equipment. WS In- the 7100Pro, then this new ternational, a global distribu- meter should be just as excit- tor of the most up to date & ing, even more so. Once again current DTH (Direct to home) our friends at WS Internation- satellite equipment includ- al provided us with a sample ing MPEG2 & MPEG4, DVB- of the FastAlign 5110Pro so S & DVB-S2 equipment has that we could have a little fun distribution branches based with it and see what all the out of Atlanta, Georgia, Los fuss is about. Angeles, California and with The 5110Pro signal meter sales & development offices comes packaged in a nice, in Zhuhai and Guangzhou small box along with all of its China markets the LEXIUM accessories including two bat- brand name world-wide. Just tery chargers – one for a wall a few months ago, in fact, it outlet and another one for the was in the 12-01/2012 issue car, two female-to-female “F” of this magazine, TELE-sat- type adapters, a USB cable ellite introduced the LEXIUM and a handy carrying strap. FastAlign 7100Pro satellite There’s also a 24-page Eng- signal analyzer. The 7100Pro lish-language user manual. boasted the unique capability So, let’s look at the me- of identifying the name of a ter itself. The 5110Pro is a satellite as soon as the meter handheld digital signal ana- showed a lock. The LEXIUM lyzer that is small enough to line of digital satellite sig- fit in one hand. The internal nal meters, up until recently, electronics are enclosed in a also included the FastAlign sturdy black plastic case that 5100Pro. With all this going is 142 x 82 x 35mm in size. for them, did they feel the The case itself is encased in need to sit back and relax af- a bright yellow rubberized ter these success stories? Did cover that acts as a shock ab- they feel that their job was sorber; it will help protect the done? No, not at all. Instead, analyzer if it should ever fall the engineers went straight to the ground. The rubberized back to work. cover can easily be removed The result of their efforts if you ever need to access is the LEXIUM FastAlign the battery compartment. 5110Pro. The 5110Pro is actu- At just a hair over 1.0 pound ally a direct replacement for in weight, the meter is very their very popular 5100Pro easy to carry around with you model. Of course, when we wherever you have to go. So, it’s no trouble to climb that ladder to the top of that roof with the 5110Pro hanging on your shoulder; you won’t even 09-10/2012 know it’s there. The meter sports a pair of ■ TELE-satellite Test Editor Ron Roessel aligning a 76cm LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter dish using the new LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro Professional Helps enormously to install male “F” type connectors on Satellite Meter. "It so easy to point the dish with this meter," any satellite dish the top side of the unit. The says Ron Roessel, "and it even makes fun!" www.TELE-satellite.com/12/09/LEXIUM connector on the right side is 76 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com — 09-10/2012 — TELE-satellite International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 77
  • 3. LEXIUM used to connect to the LNB and this should be more than where the second “F” connec- for just by looking at the type on the satellite dish. Power enough time for a typical in- tor on the left side comes in. of connector that was being to the LNB is supplied by the stallation. However, if you find Ordinarily, the left connec- used. 5110Pro itself. The manu- that a little more time is need- tor isn’t needed unless sup- On the bottom of the ana- facturer specifies that the ed at the installation site, the plemental power is needed. lyzer you’ll find the charging meter should last for about meter can also be powered by The two female-to-female “F” port for the two power adapt- four hours on a single charge the satellite receiver. That’s type adapters supplied in the ers (home and car), a USB package are used to connect port to link the meter with a the meter to any existing coax PC and a number of slats be- cables. hind which is located the me- Oddly enough, though, the ter’s speaker. The front panel two male “F” connectors on of the meter consists of an the meter are not marked in LCD display and a keyboard. any way on the casing; we The display is 6.2 x 4.6mm in had to refer to the user manu- size and is divided into five al in order to figure out which different sections. We’ll get connector did what. There are more into this a little later. also no markings for the ports The keyboard is located under on the bottom of the 5110Pro the display and is made up of but in this case it was easy a numerical keypad as well as to figure out what they were a number of additional color- ed function buttons. According to the manufac- turer, the meter should be fully charged before it’s used for the first time. The charg- ing process should take about four hours but no more than six hours to complete. An LED on the front panel of the analyzer lights up red indi- cating that the meter is be- ing charged by the external power supply. This LED turns green when the meter is turned on and the power cord is removed. To turn on the 5110Pro, mo- mentarily push the red POW- ER button on the front panel. If the meter has never been used before, the display will not show any data except for 78 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com
  • 4. LEXIUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 zeroes. As mentioned before, selected channel number ei- Only whole numbers can be 1. As the antenna was rotated, the signal quality (Q) bar graph the display is divided into five ther from the “local channel entered; a more precise loca- clearly shows that we were sections: Positioning, Satellite list” or from the “user defined tion for us would have been closing in on GALAXY 19 Selection, Channel Number, channel list”. The Latitude 40.7°N 73.3°W but for the 2. Turning the antenna a little more and “Locked” lit up telling Latitude and Longitude and and Longitude section high- purposes of entering in our us that we had a signal lock on Measurement. The Position- lights the location where the location in this meter, we had GALAXY 19 ing section runs across the meter will be used in degrees to round to the nearest whole 3. Adjusting the dish a little further increased the S/N level top of the display from one latitude and longitude. Also number. Fortunately, this mi- until we reached a peak S/N side to the other and shows found here are a number of nor limitation should not ham- level of 10.1 dB. The dish was now perfectly aligned with the required azimuth, eleva- additional function indicators per us in any way when trying GALAXY 19. tion and polarization angle such as battery level, PC link, to find a specific satellite. 4. Next we tried for the HISPASAT satellite at 30°W settings for the target satel- speaker mute and channel Now that our location has using the same antenna. As lite. This section will only dis- list. The Measurement section been set up, it’s time to see the dish came within range of the target satellite, the 5110Pro play data if you already have displays the signal strength what this meter can do. The showed that we were getting entered in your local position (S) and quality (Q) levels in 5110Pro comes with a pre- close; the signal quality bar graph (Q) began to react and selected the satellite you bar graph form. Additionally, programmed “local channel 5. And then moving the antenna want to find. The Satellite the signal strength (S) is also list” that includes nearly eve- just a little bit more…LOCKED! Selection section on the left shown in numerical form as is ry satellite from around the 6. Fine tuning the antenna… side displays information on the signal-to-noise level (S/N) world. The LEXIUM 5110Pro 7. …until a maximum S/N level the currently selected chan- and the bit error rate (B). automatically filters out the was achieved. The antenna was now peaked on HISPASAT. nel (satellite position (L), In order to get the most out satellites that are below the transponder frequency (F), of this meter it’s clear that horizon and thus not visible 139.0°W to 4.8°E for a total of symbolrate (SR), LNB local the very first step would be to from your location based on 111 channels to choose from. oscillator (LO), polarization enter in the local latitude and the local coordinates that If you change the location co- (LNB) and 22 kHz). The Chan- longitude position where the were entered earlier. For ordinates in the meter, the list nel Number section in the meter will be used. For our our test location the visible of visible satellites changes lower left hand corner of the location here in Long Island, satellites (above the hori- along with it to adapt to the display shows the currently New York, it is 41°N 073°W. zon) included all those from new location. To give you an 80 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com
  • 5. LEXIUM idea of how this changes, and polarization angle) in- we had to do is start moving the antenna much faster than we changed the local coordi- stantly appears at the top of the antenna into roughly the you might otherwise be able nates in the analyzer to 37°N the display. This data tells you correct position. According to if you were using a differ- 122°W to simulate the use of exactly where to point the an- to the 5110Pro, the antenna ent meter. It’s a time saving the 5110Pro in San Francisco, tenna to receive that satellite. alignment settings yield an feature that helps to speed up California. The list of visible So, with the meter in hand, azimuth (A) of 214°, an eleva- the alignment process. satellites for this west coast we went outside to align the tion (E) of 36° and a polariza- So, with the meter con- location included everything dish. Since Galaxy 19 was just tion angle (P) of -25°. nected to our 76cm dish from 160°E to 43°W. As you entered into the “user defined With the help of our com- and turned on, we rotated can see, the meter automati- channel list”, it makes sense to pass, we turned the antenna the antenna towards 214° cally adjusts the local channel begin by aligning our antenna in the general direction of while keeping an eye on the list based on its operational to this very popular satellite. 214° and elevated it roughly 5110Pro. The analyzer also location. One thing to keep in Keep in mind that you can use 36° above the horizon. Since has an audible tone that mind though: this visible list either the “user defined chan- our 76cm dish was not on changes pitch with the signal of satellites represents those nel list” or the “local channel a horizon-to-horizon (H-H) level. This lets you take your satellites that can be “seen” list” to start with since Galaxy mount, the LNBF had to be eyes off the meter and listen from your location and does 19 also appears in the pre- rotated inside its holder so to changes in signal level if for not necessarily represent programmed list. You’ll also that its horizontal and vertical any reason the display is out a list of those satellites that need a short piece of coax polarization levels matched of your view. can actually be received. Only cable to connect the meter to the position of the GALAXY 19 As soon as we approached those satellites that have a the antenna’s LNB. And don’t satellite. We adjusted the po- the 214° position as dictated beam pointing in your direc- forget the compass so that sition of the LNBF in its mount by the 5110Pro, the signal tion can be received. you know which way to turn to reflect the -25° offset sug- quality bar graph on the dis- In addition to the “local the antenna! As it turns out, gested by the meter. play (Q) began to instantly channel list” there’s also a the 5110Pro is not compatible Thanks to the 5110Pro’s react. We had found GALAXY “user defined channel list”. with any of the DiSEqC proto- built-in QuickSweep technol- 19 on the very first pass! As This list is customizable by cols so the analyzer needs to ogy you don’t have to worry we continued to move the an- the user so that more popu- be connected directly to the about missing the target sat- tenna the signal quality (Q) lar satellites can be accessed LNB; there cannot be any DiS- ellite if you turn the antenna bar graph continued to in- more quickly. The 5110Pro EqC switches in between the too quickly. There is no delay crease and the “Locked” indi- comes shipped from the fac- meter and the LNB. from the time the signal is re- cator on the display illuminat- tory without any data in this As luck would have it, we ceived to when it is displayed ed. We continued to move the list. When setting up the “user had a spare 76cm offset dish on the meter; it reacts almost antenna until we reached a defined channel list”, the first lying around so we decided instantly. This lets you move maximum point. We then fine open channel is selected so to use this antenna to align that a satellite can be set up. to GALAXY 19. We installed a So, let’s say, for example, we standard Ku-band LNBF (LOF wanted to add Galaxy 19 at = 10.750 GHz) on the dish and 97°W into the user defined connected it to the LEXIUM list. The meter has to first be 5110Pro meter using a short placed into the “user defined 10-foot piece of coax cable. channel list” mode by press- The meter was turned on and ing and holding down the Op- we decided to use the chan- tion/Local button for about nel data that was just entered three seconds. into the “user-defined channel Once the meter is in the list”. We could have also used correct mode, you can then the preprogrammed data in enter in all the relevant data the “local channel list” (chan- for Galaxy 19 (orbital position nel 38) that was associated (L), transponder frequency with the Ku-band side of GAL- (F), symbolrate (SR), local AXY 19 at 97°W. This channel oscillator frequency (LO), po- was set for 11.789 GHz, 28125 larization (LNB) and 22 kHz SR, LOF 10.750 GHz and LNB on/off). For this purpose we 13 (vertical polarization). Ei- chose the 12.177V GHz tran- ther transponder would have sponder with a symbolrate worked for this test. of 23000. As soon as the en- At this point pressing any tered data is saved into the one of the number buttons (0 LEXIUM meter’s memory, the correct to 9) activates the measure- alignment information for the ment section of the meter. antenna (azimuth, elevation The 5110Pro was set to go; all 82 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com
  • 6. LEXIUM LEXIUM tuned the elevation (E) un- frequency is not an active fre- rect transponder frequency SAT and once again we found that’s not all that much fun obtained free of charge by go- til a maximum S/N level was quency for North America. using the numerical keypad to perform. But thanks to the ing to www.LEXIUM-dvb.com. TECHNICAL the target satellite on the first DATA achieved. The dish was then Luckily, changing the exist- and then momentarily press pass! built-in QuickRecovery soft- The LEXIUM FastAlign Manufacturer LEXIUM secured in place; it couldn’t ing entry in the “local chan- the Option/Local button once Clearly, the LEXIUM ware, you don’t have to wor- 5110Pro digital satellite me- California, USA get any easier than that. nel list” to a workable value again to move the arrow cur- 5110Pro’s QuickSweep tech- ry about any of this. Simply ter is an extremely powerful Home Page www.LEXIUM-DVB.com Was this just beginners is a snap. At present, the cur- sor to the next entry (SR). For nology lives up to its name. press the “Recovery” button signal analyzer wrapped up E-mail sales@lexium-dvb.com luck? We wanted to make sor arrow indicator should our test we used the 12.052H The meter reacts instantly to reset the meter back to its in a nice little package. It’s a Model FastAlign 5110Pro Digital Satellite Meter sure so we decided to give the be pointing to the channel transponder with a symbol- when you approach the tar- original factory settings. How lightweight handheld device Input Frequency Range 950 – 2150 MHz HISPASAT satellite at 30°W a number (in this case channel rate of 27500. Continue this get satellite as you’re turning great is that? that you can easily hold for LNB Power 13V, 18V; 400mA try with the same dish. From 86). By momentarily push- procedure until all the remain- the antenna. Thanks to this Earlier we mentioned the longer periods of time without C/Ku-band Compatible yes the “local channel list” we ing the Option/Local button ing parameters are entered speedy response time, you USB port located on the bot- any fatigue. It comes with nu- Memory 300 channels (local channel list); 100 channels (user defined list) scrolled through the channels on the front panel once, the and then press the Save/C don’t have to sit there wait- tom of the meter; this port merous useful features that Symbolrate 2 – 45 Ms/sec until we found the only entry cursor arrow should move to button to store the data. The ing for the analyzer to do its allows you to connect the me- help make satellite installa- for 30°W located at channel the frequency position (F) and ter to your PC and gives you tions a breeze. It comes with 22 kHz Control yes LEXIUM 5110Pro is now ready job every time the antenna 86. The entry at this location the first digit in the current for the HISPASAT satellite. is moved a notch. You can the ability to add, delete or a pre-installed list of satellites USB Interface yes was for 11.466 GHz, 3500 SR, frequency should be blink- According to the 5110Pro, simply rotate the dish on its modify the satellite list, tran- from all around the world and Operating Temperature 0 - 40° C 9750 LOF. As it turns out, this ing. Simply enter in the cor- the proper antenna settings mount and stop the rotation sponder specifications and yet is smart enough to only AC Power Supply Input 100 – 240VAC, 1.6A, 50-60Hz; Output 18.5VDC, 3.5A for HISPASAT are an azimuth when the analyzer reacts to 22 kHz settings directly from show those satellites that are Dimensions 142 x 82 x 35mm (A) of 125°, an elevation (E) of the target satellite. It’s that your PC or laptop. In order to visible from your location. It Weight 1.0 LBS (including battery) 25° and an LNB polarization simple. be able to do this, you’d need would make the perfect addi- adjustment (P) of +38°. We A note to those of you who to download the necessary in- tion to any satellite installer’s More about this company repositioned the LNBF in the will be setting up systems that terface software which can be toolbox. www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1109/eng/wsinternational.pdf mount to reflect the new po- use universal Ku-band LNBFs: larization adjustment angle of the LEXIUM 5110Pro will work Expert Opinion +38°. Next we loosened the with these types of LNBFs but Lightweight, easy to use handheld digital mounting bolts on the anten- not exactly in the way that you satellite signal meter for precise alignment na so that it could be moved. might expect. When selecting of antenna to target satellite. Its QuickSweep The antenna was turned to- the LOF to be used, you’d un- technology takes the worry out of accidentally wards an azimuth setting of doubtedly expect one of the + passing the target satellite while moving the antenna in that the meter reacts instantly to 125° and sure enough as we choices to be “universal” how- Ron Roessel approached the 125° position ever that is not the case here. any antenna movements. Its three-digit azi- TELE-satellite Test Center muth display allows this meter to be used any- USA the signal quality bar graph With this meter you have to where in the world. (Q) on the meter began to re- enter the correct universal act. LOF (9.750 or 10.600 GHz) No DiSEqC protocols; meter must be connected directly to As the antenna was moved and set the 22 kHz signal to a little more, the S/N level ON if needed. The correct set- – the LNB without any DiSEqC switches in between. There’s also no universal setting for the LOF; universal LNBFs can be increased and the “Locked” tings will depend on whether used with this meter but the LOFs need to be set up manually. indicator on the display illumi- the transponder frequency to nated. We had found HISPA- be received is in the LNBF’s low band (10.7 to 11.7 GHZ) Das Lexium or high band (11.7 to 12.75 und 48° Nord eingegeben. GHz). Of course, the LEXIUM Kaum hatten wir das erle- 5110Pro is also C-band com- digt, lieferte uns das Fas- FastAlign 5110 Pro im patible. tAlign 5110 Pro auch schon And as if all of the above eine vorprogrammierte Sa- wasn’t enough, this meter tellitenliste die von 58° West bis 92.2° Ost reichte. Damit europäischen Einsatz comes with yet another fasci- sind wirklich alle Satelliten nating feature: it has Quick- abgedeckt, die an unse- Recovery Software built in. rem Standort theoretisch This software restores the empfangen werden können. 5110Pro back to its origi- Thomas Haring Auf die Beams der einzel- nal factory settings should a nen Satelliten, die z.B. beim problem ever occur during a Mit dem Lexium FastAlign Eingabe der Positionsdaten sind. Deshalb testeten wir östlichsten Satelliten auf data transfer to the meter. In 5110 Pro hat die US-ameri- vor dem ersten Verwenden das Lexium FastAlign 5110 92.2° Ost, dem CHINASAT the past such a data transfer kanische Firma WS Interna- des Messgeräts ist dieses Pro auch in Europa in un- 9, nur auf China gerichtet interruption would almost al- tional ganz eindeutig nicht in der Lage selbstständig zu serem Testcenter in Öster- sind und einen Empfang am ways result in a dead meter. nur auf den amerikanischen erkennen, welche Satelliten reich. Teststandort Wien daher un- Restoring the meter used to Markt gezielt, sondern alle am aktuellen Standort über- Nach der ersten Inbetrieb- möglich machen, nimmt das Voraussetzungen geschaf- haupt empfangen werden nahme des Lexium FastAlign neue Lexium Messgerät na- involve opening up the case, fen, um ihr neuestes Mess- können und welche durch die 5110 Pro haben wir natürlich türlich keine Rücksicht. Und locating and then reflashing gerät auch weltweit vertrei- Erdkrümmung bereits hinter sofort die Koordinaten hier in das ist auch gut so, denn die the memory. It’s a process ben zu können. Dank der dem Horizont verschwunden Wien/Österreich mit 16° Ost Ausstrahlungsgebiete eines 84 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com — 09-10/2012 — TELE-satellite International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 85
  • 7. LEXIUM Satelliten lassen sich vom die Transpondereinträge Satellitenbetreiber jederzeit nicht top aktuell und eben- verändern und so könnte die so sorgfältig gewählt sind. eine oder andere asiatische Im Test haben wir wahllos Position in Zukunft auch für etliche europäische Satelli- einen Europäer interessant tenpositionen getestet und werden. Schade, wenn sie versucht, unsere Antenne dann nicht im Speicher des mit dem Lexium FastAlign FastAlign 5110 Pro enthalten 5110 Pro darauf auszurich- wäre. ten. Dabei fiel uns als erstes Sehr gut gefallen hat uns, auf, dass die vorprogram- dass Lexium sowohl Trans- mierte LOF im High Band ponder im Ku- als auch im auf manchen Satelliten (z.B. C-Band vorprogrammiert ASTRA 4A 4.8° Ost) korrekt hat, denn auch wenn das C- mit 10600 vorprogrammiert Band in Europa nur noch ein wurde während bei ande- Schattendasein fristet, so ist ren Satelliten (z.B. BADR es in anderen Erdteilen im- 26° Ost) fälschlicherwei- mer noch der am häufigsten se 10750 hinterlegt wurde. zur Satellitenübertragung Hinzu kommt, dass bei kei- verwendete Frequenzbe- nem der vorprogrammierten reich. Einträge, der das High-Band Insgesamt haben wir 109 benutzt, das 22 kHz Signal vorprogrammierte Satelli- standardmäßig aktiviert teneinträge in unserer Liste wurde. Der europäische An- vorgefunden, und bevor Sie wender muss also präzise jetzt nachzählen und zum darauf achten welche Pa- Ergebnis kommen, dass es rameter vorprogrammiert in Europa gar nicht so vie- wurden und ob diese für den tuitiven Bedienung sowie nal, so „übersieht“ man beim le empfangbare Positio- gewünschten Satelliten und der präzisen Signalmes- Ausrichten der Antenne kei- nen gibt, sei Ihnen gesagt: das verwendete LNB korrekt sung wird das Justieren der nen Satelliten mehr. Stimmt, Sie haben recht, sind. Antenne zum Kinderspiel. Zusammenfassend hat es aber der Hersteller war so Für die meisten europä- Beim Test mit schwächeren uns viel Spaß gemacht, das clever bei Satelliten mit C- ischen Satelliten hat der Signalen des BADR 26° Ost neue Lexium Messgerät un- und Ku-Band Transpondern Hersteller korrekte Trans- oder des ASTRA 2D 28.2° ter europäischen Bedingun- - wie z.B. dem INTELSAT 14 ponderdaten im Speicher Ost erwies sich der Tuner gen zu testen. Wenn der Her- auf 45° West - diese in zwei des Messgeräts hinterlegt. als eingangsempfindlich und steller die vorprogrammierte getrennten Einträgen abzu- Insgesamt hat uns das Lexi- in den Messergebnissen als Transponderliste noch einem legen. um FastAlign 5110 Pro beim sehr präzise. Begeistert hat kleinen Facelift unterzieht, Nun ist die gepflegteste Justieren unserer Antenne uns die rasche Reaktion des dann gibt es nichts mehr Satellitenliste eines Messge- sehr gute Dienste geleistet. Messgeräts auf Veränderun- an diesem sehr praktischen räts trotzdem wertlos, wenn Dank der einfachen und in- gen beim empfangenen Sig- Messgerät auszusetzen. 1 2 3 1. Signalmessung auf dem TURKSAT 42° Ost 4 5 2. Signalmessung auf dem ASTRA4A 4.8° Ost 3. Signalmessung auf dem EUTELSAT 7A 7° Ost 4. Die vorprogrammierten Transponderdaten auf dem ABS1 75° Ost müssen erst korrigiert werden, um ein Signal zu empfangen:die Pola- risation sollte vertikal sein, die LOF ist nicht an das in Europa übliche Universal Ku-Band LNB angepasst (10600) und das 22 kHz Signal ist auch nicht aktiviert. 5. Nachdem wir alle Einstellungen angepasst haben, konnte das Lexium FastAlign 5110 Pro den ABS1 75° Ost perfekt einlesen. 86 TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2012 — www.TELE-satellite.com