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Digital Services Activation Meter (DSAM)
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Applications
Sweepless Sweep® Mode
The JDSU Sweepless Sweep mode provides an economical solution
for service technicians to check forward path alignment and identify
frequency response issues. This mode scans the entire forward
spectrum, displaying all levels across all frequencies (as dened by
meter conguration). Technicians can adjust the reception of the node
amplier with this scan and then normalize the display by saving a
reference. The resultant display is a at zero level trace. Moving the
probe to the output test point of the RF amplier displays any changes
due to the amplier as a deviation (delta) from the reference display.
The same reference is used as technicians move down the cascade,
thus providing a simple tool to align succeeding ampliers and
compensating for the eects of each cable segment. The Forward
Sweep option lets users isolate the eects of headend level changes
and provides a more accurate continually referenced sweep. Sweepless
Sweep is also useful for aligning portions of the spectrum where there
are no active carriers to reference.
Sweepless Sweep provides a quick method to check cable system integrity
using active channels to sweep the forward path. The method does not use
inserted sweep points and no forward path headend gear is required.
Forward Sweep Option
During a forward sweep, existing video carriers (digital or analog) are
continuously referenced at the headend or hub site source, eliminating
any possibility of unintended and irrelevant variation in the response
due to change in any individual signal level at the source.
The DSAM-6300 oers fast forward sweep capabilities, especially in
systems with numerous digital channels. In spectrum areas that are
densely populated with QAM signals, these signals are referenced in
the headend with the SDA-5500 and measured in the eld with the
DSAM-6300, which eliminates the need for injected sweep signals
and avoids any possible interference to subscribers. Continuously
referenced sweep provides a more stable and accurate measurement
by minimizing the eects of headend level drift.
In unoccupied spectrum areas, the SDA-5500 headend transceiver
inserts sweep points at designated frequencies. This is extremely useful
for construction and plant extensions up to 1 GHz.
Forward sweep uses a unique referencing method to reveal accurately prob-
lems in the system without interfering with any of the analog or digital carriers.
Reverse Sweep Option
The return path can be problematic and needs maintenance at least
as often as the forward path. One of the best practices for preserving
a clean return path is to follow an active reverse sweep maintenance
plan. The DSAM-6300 has a built-in reverse sweep transmitter,
removing the need for a separate instrument to generate test signals. A
reverse sweep can uncover mismatch problems, revealed as standing
waves, or diplex lter roll-os that can severely degrade reverse band
service quality.
Tight reverse sweep points in the sweep plan display the entire return path
with better resolution, and help to nd mismatches or other problems in the
upstream transmission path.
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