LED Indications after Power-Up

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Within approximately 15 seconds of power up, the IRD gives an indication of stable operation. It initializes all system components and supplies an operational status. A steady Green LED indicates that it is locked on a carrier and is capable of producing output (Audio/Video/Data).

If there is some problem with the IRD or the signal it is receiving the LED flashes Red for alarm conditions or Amber for warning conditions. In general, alarms indicate that the unit cannot produce output, while Warnings indicate that, although output is being produced, there is a problem that could require attention. The most common conditions that produce alarms or warnings are listed in Table 3.

Table 3: Unity 550 Front Panel Status LED Alarm and Warning Indications

Mode	Condition	Status LED

Alarm	Installation Mode	Red Blink = 3

	Carrier Table Search	Red Blink = 4

	Header Search Mode	Red Blink = 5

	Eb/NO Alarm	Red Blink = 7

	Not Authorized	Red Blink = 11

	Alarm Selected Program not available	Red Blink = 12

Warning	Selected Audio not available at Port 1	Amber Blink = 1

	Marginal Eb/NO	Amber Blink = 2

	COMPEL Required but No COMPEL in the last 2 minutes	Amber Blink = 3

	Selected Audio not available at Port 2	Amber Blink = 4

	RF Level Low	Amber Blink = 5

	RF Level High	Amber Blink = 6

OSD (On-Screen Display)

Although the Unity 550 is set up at the factory, you can customize its settings to fit your system using the OSD and front-panel buttons. You may also view the existing settings and the various status and version fields by using the push buttons to navigate through the menus displayed on an attached monitor.

The OSD menus allow you to set up or change settings for these functions:

Carrier Status,

Carrier Select

Software Version information

Signal Strength Monitoring,

Serial Port device selection,

Audio Settings

Data PID settings

OSD Setup

The OSD information is contained in a 14-line x 40-character display in the video output from the Unity 550 receiver. View the OSD from a monitor connected to the video monitor output of the Unity 550 receiver.

1.From the front panel, use the right or left arrow buttons to navigate to OSD.

2.To display the OSD on the monitor, press Enter.

NOTE: To exit the OSD, select EXIT from the Main Menu on the monitor. When a menu is first shown, the cursor is always placed on its first field.

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550 specifications

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