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Installation and Instruction Guide Weatherscan Local by The Weather Channel The Weather Channel® A Landmark Communications, Inc. Network 300 Interstate North Parkway 2nd Edition Atlanta, Georgia 30339 September 2000 COMPANY PRIVATE The information, drawings, and data contained herein are the proprietary information of The Weather Channel Copyright 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. Attention Weather Star XL® technology requires the correct county addresses to ensure proper delivery of weather warnings, watches, and advisories. Address information for your primary viewing county has been pre-installed in your new Weather Star XL based on the data that your system has previously provided to The Weather Channel®. If for any reason your viewership area has shifted or expanded to another county, please notify Star Operations immediately (1-800-554-7354). Do not attempt to go on-air with the Weather Star XL until you have called The Weather Channel at 1-800-554- 7354 to activate your data transports. WARNING: NEVER unplug the Weather Star XL without first powering it off. Failure to power off the Weather Star XL could cause irreparable and permanent damage to the unit. To power off the Weather Star XL, insert a #6 Phillips screwdriver or the end of a pen cap into the Power hole (located on the front panel) and ! gently press one time. Wait 30 seconds for the unit to power off. It is preferable to call The Weather Channel before powering off the Weather Star XL. We welcome your comments concerning this publication. Although every effort has been made to keep it free of errors, some may occur. When reporting a specific problem, please describe it briefly and include the publication title, the paragraph or figure number, and the page number. Send your comments to: Solution Center/Star Operations The Weather Channel 300 Interstate North Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339 Or by Internet E-Mail to: [email protected] Or call: 1-800-554-7354 SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright, 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. All Software resident in this equipment is protected by copyright. Installation and Instruction Guide ® Weatherscan Weather Star XL Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................5 Installation ..............................................................................................8 Mounting the Weather Star XL ...................................................................... 8 Connecting the Weather Star XL.................................................................... 9 Connecting the Weather Star XL Using a Receiver or IRD ............................... 9 Connecting the Weather Star XL Using a VDA ................................................. 9 Connecting the Weather Star XL to a Digital Encoder..................................... 10 Connecting Commercial Insertion Equipment.................................................. 12 Installing Communications........................................................................... 12 Installing the Modem ........................................................................................ 12 Installing a Terminal/Terminal Emulator.......................................................... 13 Powering the Weather Star XL..................................................................... 16 Working with the Advertising Crawl Manager ...................................18 Accessing the Advertising Crawl Manager.................................................. 18 Accessing the Crawl Manager via modem........................................................ 18 Accessing the Crawl Manager via terminal ...................................................... 19 Working with the Crawl Manager Main Menu ............................................ 20 Changing the Crawl Manager Password ...................................................... 20 Adding a Crawl to the Crawl List................................................................. 21 Editing a Crawl in the Crawl List................................................................. 23 Moving a Crawl ............................................................................................ 24 Deleting a Crawl........................................................................................... 24 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................25 Contacting Star Operations........................................................................... 25 Power-on Tests ............................................................................................. 25 Index......................................................................................................40 Page 4 August 2000 COMPANY PRIVATE The information, drawings, and data contained herein are the proprietary information of The Weather Channel Copyright 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. Installation and Instruction Guide ® Weatherscan Weather Star XL Introduction The Weather Channel® transmits its programming including weather data supplied by the National Weather Service for thousands of weather zones from a server in Atlanta, Georgia, to affiliates throughout the U.S. (see Figure 1). At the affiliate site, The Weather Star XL® is installed between your Internet service provider/satellite receive system and the channel modulator. The Weather Star XL captures the data designated for its specified weather zone and displays it automatically at the appropriate time. Local crawl messages may be entered through the supplied modem or with a terminal through the RS-232 port. Watches and Warnings Data Other Than Watches and Warnings GE Satcom C3 Transponder 13 The Internet The Weather Channel T1 or greater Satellite Dish Black Video Distribution Amplifier (VDA) from core Weather For Digital Encoder Only Gateway, Router, Hub, Burst or Channel satellite receiver Cable Modem Weather Channel or separate satellite Video receiver/IRD Video Comp/BB Video Modulator (analog) or Encoder (digital) The Local Broadcast is produced by the Weatherscan Star XL installed at the local cable operator site. Figure 1. Network Overview. Page 5 August 2000 COMPANY PRIVATE The information, drawings, and data contained herein are the proprietary information of The Weather Channel Copyright 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. Installation and Instruction Guide ® Weatherscan Weather Star XL Think of a broadcast on The Weather Channel as a two-way client/server architecture, in which raw data and audio/video (A/V) are sent to the Weather Star XL and the cable operator location, and monitoring data is returned to The Weather Channel. The Weather Star XL then assembles the data for display or passes through the A/V signal depending on the instructions sent by The Weather Channel. The Weather Star XL is connected via Ethernet. It is also either connected using a separate receiver or integrated receiver/descrambler (IRD) (Figure 2) or connected using a video distribution amplifier (VDA) (Figure 3). Page 6 August 2000 COMPANY PRIVATE The information, drawings, and data contained herein are the proprietary information of The Weather Channel Copyright 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. Installation and Instruction Guide ® Weatherscan Weather Star XL Hub, Router, Cable Modem 10 MB Ethernet Out Sat Receiver/IRD Weatherscan Star XL Modulator or Encoder RJ45 Composite/ Ethernet In Video Video Input BB out Baseband In Out Black Burst or Weather Channel Video Audio Out Audio Input Video Out Video Input Figure 2. Connections Using a Separate Receiver or IRD. 10 MB Ethernet Out Video Distribution Modulator or Encoder Amp Weatherscan Star XL From existing RJ45 Weather Ethernet In Video Video Input Channel In Baseband In Out satellite Out 1 receiver/IRD (Composite/ Baseband) Out 2 Audio Out Audio Input To core Weather Channel Weather Star XL or videocipher Black Burst or Weather Channel Video Video Out Figure 3. Connections Using a Video Distribution Amplifier (VDA). Page 7 August 2000 COMPANY PRIVATE The information, drawings, and data contained herein are the proprietary information of The Weather Channel Copyright 2000 The Weather Channel, Inc. Installation and Instruction Guide ® Weatherscan Weather Star XL Installation To install the Weather Star XL, complete the following steps: If damage occurs during delivery, please note this ; Step Instructions on the delivery/packing slip, attain the signature of 1 Unpack the unit. the carrier at the time of the delivery if possible, The Weather Channel has inspected and properly packaged the unit for and notify the Solutions Center at 1-800-554- shipment. It is the carrier’s responsibility to deliver the unit safely. 7354. 2 Mount the unit into the rack (refer to “Mounting the Weather Star XL”). Important: In order to 3 Connect via Ethernet. receive weather warnings and watches, you must 4 perform Steps 3 and 4. Connect Comp/Baseband Video from the satellite (refer to “Connecting the Weather Star XL Using a Receiver or IRD” or “Connecting the Weather Star XL Using a VDA”). 5 Connect either Black Burst or Weather Channel video to Video In on the Weather Star XL. 6 If you are using a digital encoder, refer to "Connecting the Weather Star XL to a Digital Encoder". 7 If you are installing local commercial insertion equipment, refer to “Connecting Commercial Insertion Equipment.” 8 Power on the unit (refer to “Powering the Weather Star XL”). Mounting the Weather Star XL To mount the Weather Star XL into the rack, complete the following steps: