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Crystal Spectrum Monitoring & Recording
• Provides auto-anomaly detection and notification (eg. audible, visual,
via email) to draw immediate attention to and resolution of a serious
problem
• Offers a flexible, affordable approach to spectrum monitoring while still
providing the user a full set of monitoring tools.
• Is vendor agnostic: Advantest®, Agilent®, Anritsu®, Dominion
Test Instruments® (DTI), LP Technologies®, Narda®, Rohde and
Schwarz®, and Tektronix® are all supported.
• Provides a common interface overlay to multiple spectrum analyser
types (the user sees the same easy-to-use interface whether controlling an Agilent or an LP Tech SA).
Example of Summary
View of Carriers
Being Monitored
With Crystal Solutions Spectrum Monitoring, users may
• Take the first step to eliminate carrier interference: once one has archived interference data, patterns can be identified - a vital step
along the path to ultimate interference resolution.
• Automatically capture irrefutable evidence of interference. Armed with
this evidence, one can command (from a satellite service provider) the
attention your problem deserves.
• Tailor the user interface (UI) - Crystal understands that systems
need to be customized to give one just the information and operator presentation to best suit the application needs. No longer must operations be shoe-horned into a ‘one-size-fits-all’ application.
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Spectrum Monitoring System Architecture
One Click Cross-Pol
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‘Virtual’ Spectrum Analysers - VSAs
SMR allows installations to multiply
the power of a single (or small
number) of physical Spectrum
Analysers into a large number of
Virtual Spectrum Analysers, or
VSAs. It does this by using a
combination of software and RF
switching hardware. Thus, a user
may continually monitor 6 or 7
distinct carriers, without manual
intervention, all using a single
Spec An.
Virtual remote control interfaces
for command of a VSA can be
accessed simultaneously.
Scenario: an operator at an Atlanta
facility where the Crystal Solutions
Spectrum Monitoring-enabled Spec
An is located.
That operator will operate the Spec
An through the Crystal Solutions
web browser interface.
An operator at a London, UK facility
wishes to operate this same Spec
An. That operator will operate the
Spec An through a VSA web
interface. In similar fashion, that
same Atlanta-located Spec An can
be operated from any location
(provided connectivity, permissions,
and licenses allow).
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Monitor and Priority VSAs
SMR divides VSAs into Monitoring
and Priority.
Up to 10 Monitor VSAs may be
active at one time, and a useful
‘thumbnail’ screen is provided to
allow the status of all of them to
be viewed simultaneously. Priority
VSAs are for conditions that require
dynamic, in depth analysis of a
carrier.
Priority VSAs are given prioritized
‘time slices’ over Monitoring VSAs.
Crystal Solutions Spectrum
Monitoring is enabled with three (3)
Priority VSAs. As an option, more
VSAs may be added to Crystal
Solutions Spectrum Monitoring.
VSA windows can, with a single
mouse-click, show or hide all the
Spec An controls and readings.
Trace windows can be re-sized to
view as a thumbnail or larger (see
example at top right-hand side
of this page for and example of
thumbnail view).
At right is a trace-only view with
controls hidden while the photo
immediately above shows the view
with full Spec An control and
readings.
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User-configured Alarming Limits
Crystal Solutions Spectrum Monitoring
alarm configuration portal is flexible,
full-featured, and intuitive:
• Flexible: Configure carrier limits on a large
number of carriers for both MCPC (Multiple Channels Per Carrier) and, optionally, SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier) applications.
• Full-featured:
• Supports up to eight alarm limits per carrier, limits may be individually designated as major or minor alarms, or even temporarily
masked.
• Each limit can be configured to notify selected users via email.
• Intuitive: Capture a reference for each carrier and describe the limits in
dB of deviation from the reference.
These user-configurable limits yield immediate notification upon limit
breach, via:
• audible operator annunciation
• email of carrier and fault condition
• visually
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Recorded Traces
Monitoring VSAs may be configured to continuously record their traces or
to record only 'On Anomalies'. When recording On Anomaly, SMR includes
a configurable amount of 'pre-incident' traces to allow one to see the
conditions that led up to the anomaly.
Recorded traces are stored until cleared or transferred. Crystal Solutions
Spectrum Monitoring play-out interface includes:
• leap-to-anomaly: Users need not endure the drudgery of viewing
minutes of trace recordings in search of an anomalous blip.
• frame-by-frame advancing: Capture even the most brief of
interference events.
• export of the recording: Export (eg. to avi format) and email to
satellite provider to immediately communicate the evidence they need
to see.
Reports
SMR includes complete, user defined report generating capability. The
VSA (channel) of interest is user selectable, as are the parameters
(carrier Signal to Noise, error incidents, etc.). Beginning and ending
timeframes of interest are also user selectable.
Reports are produced in ready printable form, and may also be exported
to CSV (comma separated value) format for use within spreadsheets.
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