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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 
 
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Section 2. The left portion of the window contains a series of buttons, which become highlighted when they are 
selected; the main panel (3) then displays the group’s set of parameters. Each of the groups is described in detail 
below. 
 
Section 3. The main panel contains all the parameters specific to the group selected. It may contain several tabs to 
help manage the different parameters. 
 
Each of the panels associated with the groups accessed from the buttons in Section 2, and shown in Section 3, is 
described individually in the following sections. 
 
 
5.2 Status and Input panel
 
Input – Channel 
 
Use the radio buttons to select the signal source: 
• Electrical – IN 1, via BNC connector on the rear
panel
• Optical – IN 2, via the fiber input connector on the
rear panel.
This is only available with a –F rear panel and an 
appropriate SFP module installed. 
 
Input – Status 
 
This section of the panel shows the status of the two inputs, 
and also the video format detected on the selected input 
 
Input – Reclocker 
 
Use the radio buttons to select whether the reclocker is ON 
or bypassed. 
 
Input – Electrical Bitrate 
 
The icons in this area show the detected input bitrate, which 
will be one of three known values for specific video formats, 
or unknown if none of these matches. 
 
[Unknown, 270 Mb/s, 1485 Mb/s, 2970 Mb/s]
 
SFP Info 
 
The table of values identifies the SFP module installed in the rear panel, if supported and installed: 
 
Type 
Part Number 
Serial Number 
Date Code: 
Temperature (C) 
Voltage (V) 
Optical Power (dBm) 
Wavelength (mm) 
 
Note that if the user installs an SFP module with two channels, a warning will appear at the bottom of the panel to 
advise that only channel 1 is supported. 
Figure 5-2 Status and Input panel