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Tuning Instructions for ETL600R4 Tx RF Filter on E5TH/C - A 2013-03-15
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PSND 2012-02-28 A. Brantschen 2013-03-15 H.-J. Maag - EN 1/6
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1KHL015570-EN - - 1KHW002585AE Tuning of
ETL600R4 Tx RF Filter on E5TH
and E5TC

Powerline Carrier Equipment: Series ETL600

Tuning Instructions for ETL600R4 Tx RF Filter on E5TH/C

Contents

1 General .................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Filter programming................................................................................................................. 2
2.1 Procedure for setting the required jumpers ................................................................. 2
3 Tuning of the filter circuit ....................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Tuning procedure for ETL600-050-1 and ETL600-050-2 (50 W terminals) ................ 3
3.2 Tuning procedure for ETL600-100-2 (100 W terminals) ............................................. 4
3.3 End stop reached ........................................................................................................ 5
4 Removing and installing the housing of E5TH / E5TC .......................................................... 5
4.1 Removing .................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Installing ...................................................................................................................... 6
5 Test circuit ............................................................................................................................. 6

Test conditions:
• Temperature range: 10 °C to 40 °C.

List of equipment:

PC with Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

HMI600 software Newest version
Cable PC  P4LT/V/X 1:1 Sub-D 9 pole serial RS-232
Level meter, wide band or selective, SPM-33A (Acterna) or equivalent;
10 kHz to 1 MHz, high input impedance featuring both wide band as well as
(e.g. several kOhm) selective measurements
Coaxial cable SSMB to BNC V9MW

Note: Please refer to 1KHW001490 for compatibility between software HMI600,

firmware and hardware of ETL600.

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1 General
The Tx filter located on the modules E5TH and E5TC is tuned using the user interface program
HMI600. Before tuning, the filter programming jumpers must be set according to the programming
tables stored in HMI600. Controlled by HMI600, the DSP module generates the test frequencies
required for tuning of the filter.

2 Filter programming
The filter is programmed with jumpers. With the jumpers, the coils and the required capacitors are
selected. The required jumper settings are generated by the HMI600 program, depending on the
chosen nominal frequency and bandwidth.
It is assumed that the equipment has been configured as required before executing the procedures
described in this document.

2.1 Procedure for setting the required jumpers

1. Switch on the power of the ETL600, start up HMI600 on the PC, log on to the local ETL600
using equipment ID 0 and Read & write access, with Upload configuration as well as
Upload status enabled.
2. On the Equipment menu click Tuning & testing.
A warning message box appears, informing that the normal operation of the link will be
interrupted.
3. Click OK to get the Tuning & testing dialog box.
4. Click Tune Tx RF filter to get the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box. In the frame Tx RF filter
characteristics, deactivate the checkbox Auto-select standard filter if not yet done.

 Note:

5.
Once the filter has been selected, in order not to loose the filter settings, the
checkbox Auto-select standard filter must not be activated anymore.

Check if the correct filter center frequency f0 and bandwidth are shown in the frame Tx RF
filter characteristics. If these values shall be modified, select them from the drop down lists.
6. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TH – and in case of ETL600-100-2 also E5TC –
out of the rack and remove the housing of these modules as described in section 4.1.
7. Place the jumpers on E5TH – and in case of ETL600-100-2 also on E5TC – as indicated in
the frame Jumper settings E5TH/E5TC (Transmit filter): “0” means no jumper, “1” means
jumper placed.
8. In case of ETL600-100-2: Place the jumpers on E5TC as indicated in the frame Jumper
settings E5TC (Combiner).
9. Clicking Ok stores the filter settings in the equipment configuration. Clicking Cancel discards
the filter settings.
10. Install the housing of the module E5TH module – and in case of ETL600-100-2 also of the
E5TC module – as described in section 4.2.
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3 Tuning of the filter circuit

Once the Tx filter is programmed with jumpers for the required frequency band, its coil must be
tuned. The tuning frequency is generated by the DSP module and fed into E5TH / E5TC via the
associated amplifier P1LP. For the tuning, the E5TH / E5TC filter housing must be installed.

3.1 Tuning procedure for ETL600-050-1 and ETL600-050-2 (50 W terminals)

Refer to the test circuit shown in Figure 2, chapter 4.

 Note: Keep the module E5TH and the amplifier P1LP used during the tuning
procedure always together. Exchanging one of those parts requires retuning of
the Tx filter from the beginning!

1. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TH out of the rack and set the board to Tune Tx
filter 1 or 2 mode: Jumpers MH1, MH2, MH4, MH5 inserted, jumper MH3 removed.
Insert E5TH into the rack.
2. Connect the RF Line Monitor socket at the E5TH front panel to the level meter in wideband
mode and set to high input impedance.
3. Switch on the power of the ETL600, start up HMI600 on the PC, log on to the local ETL600
using equipment ID 0 and upload configuration and status of the equipment.
4. Choose the Equipment menu and click Tuning & testing.
A warning message box appears, informing that the normal operation of the link will be
interrupted.
5. Click OK to get the Tuning & testing dialog box.
6. Click Tune Tx RF filter to get the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box.
7. Check if the correct filter center frequency f0 and bandwidth are shown in the frame Tx RF
filter characteristics.
8. Click Activate f1 in the frame Tx RF filter tuning.
9. Turn the adjuster screw of coil L until the voltage at the level meter is minimized. If an end
stop is reached before reaching a minimum, go to section 3.3 “End stop reached”.
10. Click Deactivate frequency and Cancel.
11. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TH out of the rack and set the board to Normal
mode: Jumpers MH3, MH4 inserted and jumpers MH1, MH2, MH5 removed.
Insert E5TH into the rack.
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3.2 Tuning procedure for ETL600-100-2 (100 W terminals)

Refer to the test circuit shown in Figure 2, chapter 4.

 Note: Keep the modules E5TH, E5TC and the amplifiers P1LP used during the
tuning procedure always together. Exchanging one of those parts requires
retuning of the Tx filters from the beginning!

1. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TH out of the rack and set the board to Tune Tx
filter 1 or 2 mode: Jumpers MH1, MH2, MH4, MH5 inserted and jumper MH3 removed.
Insert E5TH into the rack.
2. Pull E5TC out of the rack and set the board to Tune Tx filter 1 mode: Jumpers MC2, MC3
inserted and jumpers MC1, MC4 removed.
Insert E5TC into the rack.
3. Connect the RF Line Monitor socket at the E5TH front panel to the level meter in wideband
mode and set to high input impedance.
4. Switch on the power of the ETL600, start up HMI600 on the PC, log on to the local ETL600
using equipment ID 0 and upload configuration and status of the equipment.
5. Choose the Equipment menu and click Tuning & testing.
A warning message box appears, informing that the normal operation of the link will be
interrupted.
6. Click OK to get the Tuning & testing dialog box.
7. Click Tune Tx RF filter to get the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box.
8. Check if the correct filter center frequency f0 and bandwidth are shown in the frame Tx RF
filter characteristics.
9. Click Activate f1 in the frame Tx RF filter tuning.
10. Turn the adjuster screw of coil L on the E5TH front panel until the voltage at the level meter is
minimized. If an end stop is reached before reaching a minimum, go to section 3.3 “End stop
reached”.
11. Click Deactivate frequency and Cancel.
12. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TC out of the rack and set the board to Tune Tx
filter 2 mode: Jumpers MC2, MC4 inserted and jumpers MC1, MC3 removed.
Insert E5TC into the rack.
13. Switch on the power of the ETL600, start up HMI600 on the PC, log on to the local ETL600
using equipment ID 0 and upload configuration and status of the equipment.
14. Choose the Equipment menu and click Tuning & testing.
A warning message box appears, informing that the normal operation of the link will be
interrupted.
15. Click OK to get the Tuning & testing dialog box.
16. Click Tune Tx RF filter to get the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box.
17. Check if the correct filter center frequency f0 and bandwidth are shown in the frame Tx RF
filter characteristics.
18. Click Activate f1 in the frame Tx RF filter tuning.
19. Turn the adjuster screw of coil L on the E5TC front panel until the voltage at the level meter is
minimized. If an end stop is reached before reaching a minimum, go to section 3.3 “End stop
reached”.
20. Switch off the power of the ETL600, pull E5TH out of the rack and set the board to Normal
mode: Jumpers MH3, MH4 inserted and jumpers MH1, MH2, MH5 removed.
Insert E5TH into the rack.
21. Pull E5TC out of the rack and set the board to Normal mode: Jumpers MC1, MC3, MC4
inserted and jumper MC2 removed.
Insert E5TC into the rack.
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3.3 End stop reached

If a coil has reached its end stop, then one should select an alternative jumper combination for the
capacitors. If the tuning coil is at its left end-stop, then the next larger combination capacity is to be
selected. If the tuning coil is at its right end-stop, then the next smaller combination capacity is to
be selected.
1. If the tuning coil is at its left end-stop, click on the button Left end-stop reached in the frame
Coil L of the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box.
Alternatively, if the tuning coil is at its right end-stop, click on the button Right end-stop
reached in the frame Coil L of the Tuning Tx RF filter dialog box.
A new jumper combination is displayed in the frame Jumper setting E5TH/E5TC (Transmit
filter).
2. Place the jumpers as indicated in the frame Jumper settings E5TH/E5TC (Transmit filter):
“0” means no jumper, “1” means jumper placed.
3. Turn the adjuster screw of coil L until the voltage at the level meter is minimized. If the end
stop is reached before reaching a minimum, repeat steps 1 and 2.
4. Continue the tuning procedure where it was left before entering the end stop reached
procedure.
Clicking the Default button in the frame Coil L restores the original capacitor jumper combination.

4 Removing and installing the housing of E5TH / E5TC

4.1 Removing
To set the required jumpers, the housing of the printed circuit board (PCB) holding the filter
components has to be removed. To do so, remove the two screws indicated in Figure 1 on the front
panel of the E5TH or E5TC module and the four screws in the corners of the rear cover of the filter
housing. Using a pen, mark the slot where the board is inserted into the housing and carefully slide
the PCB with the attached rear cover of the housing out to the rear.

Tx ALARM Tx ALARM

Rx LEVEL

RF LINE MONITOR
-50.0 dB / 75 Ohm
-51.2 dB / 50 Ohm

RF LINE
75 Ohm

L L

Tx FILTER / HYBRID Tx FILTER / COMBINER

E5TH E5TC

Figure 1: Screws to remove and insert on front panel of E5TH / E5TC

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4.2 Installing
Reinsert the PCB with the attached rear cover of the housing from the rear into the marked slot of
the housing and slide it towards the front panel. Caution: The transparent light guide for the Tx
ALARM LED which pops out over the front edge of the PCB must be aligned with the associated
hole in the front panel before completely sliding in the PCB. Otherwise the light guide may break.
Align the PCB with the front panel so that the two screws marked in Figure 1 can be screwed in
from the front side. Do not yet tighten them. Insert the four screws in the corners of the rear cover
and screw them in partly. Finally, tighten the two screws on the front panel and after that the four
screws in the corners of the rear cover.

Caution When reassembling the E5TH / E5TC module, take care not to break the
transparent light guide for the Tx ALARM LED. It must be aligned with the
associated hole in the front panel when sliding the PCB towards the front
panel. This requires inserting the PCB in the correct slot of the housing, i.e.
the one that was marked before removing the housing.

5 Test circuit

RF LINE
MONITOR
E5TH

Level
meter
ETL600
Figure 2: Test circuit for tuning of the Tx filters in ETL600 Rel.4 terminals