VeEX VePAL CX380 CATV Tester

• Robust, lightweight chassis packed with powerful features for demanding environments and test conditions
• High resolution color 7” touch-screen with graphical user interface
• Ethernet LAN management port for remote control, back office applications, and workforce management
• Fast and efficient test result transfer to USB memory stick or FTP upload via LAN, DOCSIS, USB WiFi, USB data modem, or USB Bluetooth
  
• aintain instrument software, manage test setups and channel tables, process measurement results and generate customer test reports using included ReVeal™ PC software
• Extend field testing time using interchangeable LiIon battery pack/s
• Ability to lock user interface to prevent unwanted human interference during long-term testing
• Supports Triple Play test applications such as VoIP, IPTV and high speed Internet access via Ethernet management port, DOCSIS test port, or USB WiFi adaptor
• Frequency range from 5MHz to 1GHz
• Comprehensive SLM measurements (single channel, system scan, tilt, and installation check)
• Annex A, B, C support
• Spectrum analysis with 30ms sweep time to capture fast transient and impulse noise
  QAM channel MPEG analysis*
• MPEG ASI output (CX380 only)*
• Upstream Generator* (CW, QPSK, QAM-16/64/128/256 modulation)
• Forward and Return path QAM measurements (MER, Pre/Post BER, Constellation diagram, Histogram, and Equalizer on/off mode)
• Advanced Digital measurements* (HUM, EVM, Phase Jitter, Symbol Rate Error, Frequency Response, Group Delay)
• Dual band DOCSIS 2.0 certified Cable Modem*
• Dual band DOCSIS 3.0 certified Cable Modem (CX380-D3 only)*

General
Input Impedance: 75O
Frequency Range: 5MHz to 1GHzInput Level Range: -50dBmV to +60dBmV
Dynamic Range: 60dBDisplay Range: 70dB
Vertical Scale: 2, 5, 10dB
Attenuation: 0 to 50dB in 5dB steps
Frequency Reference: ± 2ppm typical

Analog Channel Measurement
Level Range: -50dBmV to +60dBmVLevel Accuracy: ± 1.5dB
Level Resolution: 0.1dB
Standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Channels: Video, Audio 1 and Audio 2, and FM V/A1, V/A2 Adjacent
Advanced Analog Measurements (software option)
• C/N, HUM, CSO/CTB

Digital Channel Measurement
Level Range: -50dBmV to +60dBmV
Level Accuracy: ± 1.5dB
Level Resolution: 0.1dB
Modulation: QAM16/64/128/256, Annex A/B/C
Symbol Rate: 1 to 7MHz programmable
Constellation Display: QAM16/64/128/256 with zoom
Minimum QAM Locking Level: -15dBmV

Adaptive Equalizer Display
MER Range: 22dB to >40dB, ± 1.5dB
Adjacent ChannelPre & Post BER Range: 0 to 9 x 10-3 Errored and Severely Errored Seconds
Histogram Analysis: up to 60min per minute and per second
• MER, Pre BER, Post BER, Errored Sec, Severely Errored Sec Advanced Digital Measurements (software option)
• Group Delay, MaxAC, Phase Jitter, Symbol Rate Error, Frequency Error, Frequency Response, HUM, EVM, Carrier to Noise, Carrier to Ingress

Spectrum Analysis
Span: 5MHz to 1GHz, zero span
Resolution Bandwidth: 1MHz, 300kHz, 100kHz, 30kHz, 10kHzVideo Bandwidth: 1MHz, 100kHz, 10kHzMinimum Sweep Time: 30ms

Other Measurements
System Scan: typical 30 secondsTilt: up to 10 channels
Programmable Pass/Fail Threshold: 10 setsProgrammable Channel Table: 20 tablesTest Point Compensation: 10 sets