50M Post RS Errors - Page 6

mmm · 14-04-2015, 00:22

Is the only way VM change the power still by physical tap change and attenuators? Mine so good for the last couple of years after new kit fitted in the street cab I assumed they were able to actively control downstream at 0dB?

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Downstream
 	DS-1	DS-2	DS-3	DS-4	DS-5	DS-6	DS-7	DS-8
Frequency (Hz)	442250000 Hz	450250000 Hz	458250000 Hz	466250000 Hz	474250000 Hz	482250000 Hz	490250000 Hz	498250000 Hz
Lock Status(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock)	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
Channel ID	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Modulation	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256
Symbol Rate (Msym/sec)	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000	6.952000
Interleave Depth	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17	I=12
J=17
Power Level (dBmV)	0.1 dBmV	0.5 dBmV	0.7 dBmV	0.6 dBmV	0.2 dBmV	0.2 dBmV	0.5 dBmV	0.3 dBmV
RxMER (dB)	39.9 dB	39.9 dB	39.5 dB	39.4 dB	39.4 dB	39.1 dB	39.0 dB	38.6 dB


Upstream
 	US-1	US-2	US-3	US-4
Channel Type	2.0	2.0	N/A	N/A
Channel ID	20	19	N/A	N/A
Frequency (Hz)	25800000 Hz	32600000 Hz	N/A	N/A
Ranging Status	Success	Success	N/A	N/A
Modulation	QAM16	QAM16	N/A	N/A
Symbol Rate (Sym/sec)	5120000	5120000	N/A	N/A
Mini-Slot Size	128	128	N/A	N/A
Power Level (dBmV)	37.0 dBmV	37.5 dBmV	N/A	N/A
T1 Timeouts	0	0	N/A	N/A
T2 Timeouts	0	0	N/A	N/A
T3 Timeouts	0	0	N/A	N/A
T4 Timeouts	0	0	N/A	N/A

SHUB1 so no rs errors

Hope they can do same to yours Jon22

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 01:45

I've got some FPA's somewhere, not sure if I have a 6dB though. So, I'll stick one of those on once everything is sorted.

Sephiroth · 14-04-2015, 08:29

They should have seen it and be trying to find the source. What's going on in your VM Forum thread on this?

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

They should have seen it and be trying to find the source. What's going on in your VM Forum thread on this?

I've resorted to PMing one of the team, seem to get a faster response that way. The person couldn't see that any fault reference had been raised though but did say it could of been a bit too early for it.

Upstream power level has dropped overnight, downstream SNR is still low.

Upstream
US-1 US-2 US-3 US-4
Channel Type 2.0 N/A N/A 2.0
Channel ID 50 N/A N/A 49
Frequency (Hz) 39400000 N/A N/A 46200000
Ranging Status Success N/A N/A Success
Modulation 16QAM N/A N/A 16QAM
Symbol Rate (Sym/sec) 5120000 N/A N/A 5120000
Mini-Slot Size 4 N/A N/A 4
Power Level (dBmV) 43.75 N/A N/A 43.96
T1 Timeouts 0 0 0 0
T2 Timeouts 0 0 0 0
T3 Timeouts 2 0 0 5
T4 Timeouts 0 0 0 0

Downstream
DS-1 DS-2 DS-3 DS-4 DS-5 DS-6 DS-7 DS-8
Frequency (Hz) 299000000 267000000 275000000 283000000 291000000 307000000 315000000 323000000
Lock Status(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock) Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Channel ID 13 9 10 11 12 14 15 16
Modulation 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM
Symbol Rate (Msym/sec) 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000
Interleave Depth I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17
Power Level (dBmV) 8.29 7.92 7.78 7.92 8.15 8.81 8.88 9.07
RxMER (dB) 33.38 33.16 33.16 33.16 33.60 33.72 33.72 33.72
Pre RS Errors 1220703 9651255 11868496 5900224 1630301 13744573 621134 704209
Post RS Errors 140510 82871 109604 117715

Just had another call from the tech, he reckoned it should be sorted within the next week or so.

qasdfdsaq · 14-04-2015, 13:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmm

Is the only way VM change the power still by physical tap change and attenuators?

For individual customers, yes.

Quote:

Mine so good for the last couple of years after new kit fitted in the street cab I assumed they were able to actively control downstream at 0dB?

It can only be controlled on a per-channel-per-node basis. Changing it would affect every customer connected to that shared channel, which could be thousands.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

They should have seen it and be trying to find the source. What's going on in your VM Forum thread on this?

Given the location of the problem is upstream from his cab, it probably needs second level (Networks?) to look at it. Ordinary techs can't deal with stuff that far up AFAIK.

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Given the location of the problem is upstream from his cab, it probably needs second level (Networks?) to look at it. Ordinary techs can't deal with stuff that far up AFAIK.

Yeah that's what the tech told me yesterday. He deals with problems from the house to the cab, anything else is passed on to networks.

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 19:19

Looks as though some work has been done this afternoon.

DS-1 DS-2 DS-3 DS-4 DS-5 DS-6 DS-7 DS-8
Frequency (Hz) 299000000 267000000 275000000 283000000 291000000 307000000 315000000 323000000
Lock Status(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock) Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Channel ID 13 9 10 11 12 14 15 16
Modulation 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM
Symbol Rate (Msym/sec) 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000 6.952000
Interleave Depth I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17
Power Level (dBmV) 11.25 10.61 10.50 10.78 11.08 11.65 11.68 11.85
RxMER (dB) 35.97 35.78 35.42 35.78 36.17 36.17 36.17 36.17
Pre RS Errors 1364411 9842024 12172551 6105944 1787834 13892642 777371 867447
Post RS Errors 190192 106279 134757 148091 245359 343382 278423 282756

General Maximus · 14-04-2015, 19:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon22

Looks as though some work has been done this afternoon.

not really, it has got worse. You downstream power has gone up and it needs to go way down.

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Maximus

not really, it has got worse. You downstream power has gone up and it needs to go way down.

Well at least the SNR has improved...

heero_yuy · 14-04-2015, 19:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Maximus

not really, it has got worse. You downstream power has gone up and it needs to go way down.

Well the RxMER picked up a bit but the DS power's getting too high. If the OP's got some FPA's now's the time deploy some before he looses connectivity.

qasdfdsaq · 14-04-2015, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Maximus

not really, it has got worse. You downstream power has gone up and it needs to go way down.

At least this time it's gone up without a concomitant increase in noise.

I suppose that's one way to find the source of the noise, if you're lazy. Turn the power up at each accessible point on the line to see which change increases power without increasing noise.

Jon22 · 14-04-2015, 19:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Well the RxMER picked up a bit but the DS power's getting too high. If the OP's got some FPA's now's the time deploy some before he looses connectivity.

10 dB be ok? I've got a 6dB coming if not. Although I don't know if there's any more work being done.

Sephiroth · 14-04-2015, 19:37

Either would be fine. Just keep an eye on the levels and adjust accordingly.

heero_yuy · 14-04-2015, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon22

10 dB be ok? I've got a 6dB coming if not.

10db should do a treat but as they're obviously still mucking about keep an eye on the levels. Once they identify the noisy node the levels could fluctuate as they apply the fix. Whatever that might be.

mmm · 15-04-2015, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

At least this time it's gone up without a concomitant increase in noise.

I suppose that's one way to find the source of the noise, if you're lazy. Turn the power up at each accessible point on the line to see which change increases power without increasing noise.

It could be a box swap? But based on your previous reply to me DS power will have gone up for lots of others too - so I doubt they are finished yet!