Technical specifications

VAROS 107 and
VAROS 107 Optik

You can download the detailed technical specifications in the current operating instructions.

TV: 868–1,214 MHz (Version Optic) – Frequency input / channel input
FM (VHF): 87.4–108.2MHz
RC (Return channel): 5–65 MHz
EMI: 45–868 MHz
Resolution in all measuring ranges 50 kHz

Silicone keyboard with switchable illumination (10er keyboard)
Monitor: 5.7″ TFT, VGA resolution (640 × 480)
User Prompting: via OSD (On Screen Display) in German and English
Audio reproduction: built-in loudspeaker for stereo

IEC socket: 75 Ω (DIN 45325)
Return loss: >12 dB (5–1,214 MHz)
RF sumpower: max. 500 mW (5–1,214 MHz)
External voltage: max. 70 V_eff (DC / 50 Hz)

0–60 dB in 2 dB increment

Measuring ranges
TV: 20-120 dBµV
FM :20-120 dBµV
RK: 25-120 dBµV
Resolution: 0.1 dB
Measuring accuracy: ± 1.5 dB (at 20 °C) warm-up time > 5 min. / ± 2.0 dB (0 °C–40 °C) warm-up time > 5 min.

Measuring bandwidth
TV analog: Video carrier 200 kHz / Audio carrier 200 kHz
DVB-C: 4 MHz, 1 MHz or 200 kHz dependent on bandwidth symbol rate
FM: 200 kHz
RC: 1 MHz, 200 kHz or 90 kHz dependent on bandwidth symbol rate setting
EMI: 200 kHz (EMI=Electro Magnetic Interference Measurement)

Acoustic level trend indicator can beswitched on / off

Measuring bandwidth (RBW(−3 dB))
TV: 4 MHz, 1 MHz, 200 kHz, 90 kHz
FM: 200 kHz, 90 kHz
RC: 200 kHz, 90 kHz

Span (frequency segment)
TV: total range 250 MHz, 100 MHz, 50 MHz, 25 MHz
FM: total range 10 MHz
RK: total range 20 MHz

MAX hold function
Switch directly between analyzer mode and receiver mode

Television standards: B/G, D/K, L, I, M/N
Color standards: PAL, NTSC, SECAM
Sound demodulator: Soundcarrier 1 and 2 / Decoding of MONO, STEREO and dual sound broadcasts
Sound carrier measurement: Sound carrier 1 and 2 relative to the video carrier ,in dB
Resolution 0.1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB

QAM demodulator (per ETS 300163)
Symbolrates: 0.5–7.2 MSym/s
Modulation scheme: 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 QAM

Measuring parameters (per ETR 290)
BER: 1,00 × 10^-8 or 1,00 × 10^-9
MER: up to 40 dB / Resolution 0.1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB
PE (Packet Errors): to 4 × 10⁹ / counts packet errors from the beginning of the measurement
Noise Margin, NM up to 29 dB (depends on modulation)

QAM demodulator (per ITU-T J83B)
Symbol rates: 5.057, 5.361 MSym/s
Modulation scheme: 64, 256 QAM
Deinterleaver depths: I=8 J=16, 16/8, 32/4, 64/2, 128/1

Mearuring parameters (per ETR 290)
VBER (per Viterbi): 1,00 × 10^-8
MER: up to 40 dB / Resolution 0.1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB
PE (Packet Errors): to 4 × 10⁹ – counts packet errors from the beginning of the measurement

Noise Margin, NM up to 17 dB (depends on modulation)
Scanfunction

Downstream demodulator
US-DOCSIS see J83B
Euro-DOCSIS see DVB-C

Upstream modulator (DOCSIS 3.0)
Modulation scheme: QPSK, 16 QAM, 32 QAM, 64 QAM, 128 QAM (only S-CDMA)
Symbol rates: 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2,560, 5,120 kSym/s
Access method: TDMA, A-TDMA, S-CDMA
Frequency: 5–65 MHz
Encryption: BPI/BPI+

Level
Receive level: minimum 50 dBµV
Transmission: maximum 114 dBµV
Measuring accuracy: ± 1.5 dB (at 20 °C) / ± 2.0 dB (0 °C–40 °C)

Continuous ranging (synchronisation with CMTS)
Continuous analysis of downstream/upstream level

Evaluation of the upstream equalizer parameters
Downstream channel utilization (DF = dutyfactor)
IP synchronisation
Skalable PING test
Time slice analysis
Graphical representation of channel bundling for downstream and upstream

Channel Bonding
8 × Downstream (must be within 64 MHz)
4 × Upstream

Scanfunction

Downstream demodulator
US-DOCSIS see J83B
Euro-DOCSIS see DVB-C
OFDM: 4k oder 8k FFT, Bandwidth bis 192 MHz
Frequency: 108 MHz / 258 MHz—1,218 MHz (switchable diplexer)

Upstream modulator
Frequency range: 5 MHz—85 MHz / 204 MHz
Modulation: OFDM (2 K and 4 K FFT)
QPSK, 8QAM, 16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM, 128QAM, 256QAM (only S-CDMA)
Symbol rates: 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, 5120 kSym/s
Acces method: TDMA, A-TDMA, S-CDMA, OFDMA
Channel Bandwidth: up to 96 MHz
Encryption: BPI/BPI+

Level
Receive level: minimum 50 dBµV
Transmission: maximum 114 dBµV
Measuring accuracy: ± 1.5 dB (at 20 °C) / ± 2.0 dB (0 °C—40 °C)

Continuous ranging (synchronisation with CMTS)
Continuous analysis of downstream/upstream level

Evaluation of the upstream equalizer parameters
Downstream channel utilization (DF = dutyfactor)
IP synchronisation
Skalable PING test
Speedtest with FTP Server at CMTS
Time slice analysis
Graphical representation of channel bundling for downstream and upstream

Channel Bonding
32 × QAM downstream and 2 × OFDM downstream
8 × QAM upstream and 2 × OFDM upstream (5—85MHz / 204MHz)
MER(f) at OFDM downstreams
Level(f) at OFDM downstreams
Evaluation of PLC parameters (OFDM downstreams)

Scanfunction

COFDM demodulator (per ETS 300744)
Bandwidth: 6, 7, 8 MHz
FFT : 2k, 8k
Modulation scheme: QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM
Guard intervals: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

Measuring parameters (per ETR 290)
CBER (before Viterbi): 1.00 × 10^-6
VBER (after Viterbi): 1.00 × 10^-8
MER: up to 35 dB

PE (Packet Errors): to 4 × 10⁹ – counts packet errors from the beginning of the measurement
Impulse response: attenuation relative to the primary impulse 0–40 dB / Delay relative to the primary impulse in μs or km

Noise Margin (NM) up to 10 dB
Scan function

COFDM demodulator (per ETS 302755)
Bandwidth: 6, 7, 8 MHz
FFT: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k
Modulation scheme: QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM
Guard intervals: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128
Pilot pattern: PP1…PP8

Measuring parameters (per ETR 290)
CBER (before LDPC): 1.00 × 10^-6
VBER (after LDPC): 1.00 × 10^-8
MER: up to 35 dB

PE (Packet Errors): to 4 × 10⁹ – counts packet errors from the beginning of the measurement
Impulse response: Attenuation relative to the primary impulse 0–40 dB / Delay relative to the primary impulse in μs or km

Noise Margin (NM) up to 10 dB
Scan function

Demodulator (per GB20600-2006)
Bandwidth: 8 MHz
Carrier mode: Single carrier modulation (C1) / Multiple carrier modulation OFDM (C3780)
Modulation scheme: 4 QAM, 4 QAM_NR, 16 QAM, 32 QAM, 64 QAM
Guard intervals: PN420v, PN595c, PN945v, PN420c, PN945c
FEC: 0,4 / 0,6 / 0,8
Time interleave: M_240, M_720

Measuring parameters (per ETR 290)
CBER (before DPC): 1.00 × 10^-6
VBER (after DPC): 1.00 × 10^-8
MER: up to 35 dB / Resolution 0.1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB

PE (Packet Errors): to 4 × 10⁹ – counts packet errors from the beginning of the measurement
Impulse response: attenuation relative to the primary impulse 0–40 dB / Delay relative to the primary impulse in μs or km

Scan function

On analogue video signals: Evaluated measurement according to CCIR 569
Source: TV analogue
Measuring range: 40–55 dB / Resolution 0.1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB

MONO / STEREO indicator
RDS (Radio Data System): Station name
Scanfunction

NIT evaluation
Display of MPEG video parameters
Video bit rate measurement in Mbit/s

Video decoding
MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-2)
MPEG-4 AVC (ISO/IEC 14496-10)
H.264
H.265
AVS/AVS+

Audio decoding
MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-3)
MPEG-2 AAC (ISO/IEC 13818-7)
MPEG-4 AAC (ISO/IEC 14496-3)
Dolby Digital: AC-3, Dolby Digital Plus
DAB/DAB+: audio decoding

Chinese character set GB2312

1 × CI slot
Presentation of card menu

DVI
Digital video output for connecting a TV device with a DVI / HDMI input.
Output impedance: 100 Ω
Difference outputlevel: typ. 1 V_pp

USB-A
USB-A socket for datalogger and software update USB 2.0

Evaluation of the 13-digit identifier for the KFG 242 frequency identification generator and measurement of the interference field strength in connection with the Peilset, consisting of the EMI 240 / Y Yagi antenna,EMI 240 / V pre-amplifier and EMI 240 / K adapter cable, or with the EMI 241 antenna.
Other antenna sets can be userde fined.

Measuring range
3–103 dBµV/m (with EMI 241)
5–105 dBµV/m (with EMI 240)
Resolution: 0.1 dB
Measuring accuracy: ± 1.5 dB (at 20 °C) / ± 2.0 dB (0 °C–40 °C)

Connector: SC/APC (with protective cap)
Wavelength (Lambda): 1,260–1,620 nm (no optical filter)
Max. optical input power: +8 dBm (continous power)
Return loss: > 40 dB
Equivalent Input Noise (ON): < 8 pA/√Hz
RF frequency range: 5–2,150 MHz
Input power, nominal: −7 dBm…+3 dBm

Measuring parameters
Optical power: -35 dBm to +9 dBm
Wavelength (calibrated): 1,310 nm, 1,490 nm, 1,550 nm
Resolution: 0.1 dB
Measuring accuracy: ± 0.35 dB

Optical modulation index (OMI): individual OMI and total OMI
Resolution: 0.1%
Measuring accuracy: ± 10 % (of displayed value)

Memory locations: 200
Memory protection function

Generating test signals to feed, into the reverse channel for evaluation of reverse channel performance.

Number of carriers
1 or 4 (all CW or all modulated)

Upstream modulator
Modulation scheme OFF: (CW), QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM
Symbol rates: 320, 640, 1,280, 2,560, 5,120 kSymb/s
Data content: PRBS
Transmission: 65–115 dBµV / Resolution 1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1.5 dB
Transmitting frequency: 5–65 MHz / Resolution 100 kHz

MER: ≥ 43 dB

Generating test signals feed in the return path to assess the quality of the return channel performance

Number of carriers
1 to 8 QAM modulated or 1 OFDM (up to 96 MHz, free scaleable)

Upstream-Modulator
Modulation scheme: OFF (CW), QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM, OFDM
Symbol rates: 320, 640, 1.280, 2.560, 5.120 kSymb/s
Encryption: PRBS
Transmission: 70–112 dBμV / Resolution 1 dB / Measuring accuracy ± 1 dB
Transmitting frequency: 5–85 / 204 MHz, Resolution 100 kHz

MER: ≥ 43 dB

via RF input

Voltage: 5 V—only at EMI measurement
Current up to 100 mA (short circuit-proof)

External 12 V—11–15 V DC max. 3.0 A
or external primary power supply 12 V / 3 A (included in delivery) via extra-low voltage jack according to DIN 45323
Power consumption: max. 36 W

Storage battery—Li-Ion batterypack 7.2 V / 10.1 Ah
Operating time: approx. 4.5 hours (dependant up on the LNB load), automatic cutout as protection against exhaustive discharge
Charging time: approx. 4.5 hours
Battery management
Battery via 12 V external supply

Operating temperature: 0 °C to +45 °C
Storage temperature: −10 °C to +55 °C
Battery charging temperature: +15 °C to +35 °C

Per EN 61000-6-2 and EN 61000-6-3

Per EN 61010-1

Widht: 206 mm
Height: 297 mm
Depth: 84 mm

Approx. 2.5 kg with battery pack