Information Sheet

IS13008

Licensing
NV or VSHD
Transmitters for
HD PowerBoost™
(By the customer while in the field)

Issue 1.0 .................... 22 October 2013

Nautel Limited
10089 Peggy's Cove Road,
Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada B3Z 3J4
T.877 6 nautel (628835) or +1.902.823.2233
F.+1.902.823.3183 info@nautel.com

U.S. customers please contact:

Nautel Inc.
201 Target Industrial Circle, Bangor ME 04401
T.877 6 nautel (628835) or +1.207.947.8200
F.+1.207.947.3693 info@nautel.com

e-mail: support@nautel.com
www.nautel.com

© Copyright 2011 NAUTEL. All rights reserved.

IS13008 Licensing NV or VSHD Transmitters for
HD PowerBoost (By the customer while in the field)
INFORMATION SHEET
1 INTRODUCTION
This document describes how Nautel customers can license a Nautel NV or VSHD
transmitter to support HD PowerBoost while the transmitter is in the field.

1.1 Equipment Affected

This procedure applies to NV or VSHD transmitters featuring NAE103, NAE104, or NAE105
exciters that have not yet had HD PowerBoost activated.

1.2 Responsibility for Implementation of Procedure

This procedure should be carried out by qualified station maintenance personnel who are
familiar with NV Series or VSHD transmitters.

1.3 Scheduling
This procedure may be implemented at the nearest convenience of station maintenance
personnel, after an HD PowerBoost activation code has been received from Nautel.

1.4 Manpower Requirements

It is estimated that implementing this modification will require 30 minutes to complete. Note
that it is necessary for the transmitter to be placed in an off-air status for the duration of this
procedure.

1.5 Special Tools/Test Equipment

Along with standard hand tools the following test equipment will be required. Review the
procedure to determine which items apply.

• PC or laptop to connect to the HD exciter.

• Nautel provided HD PowerBoost activation code.
• RS232 Serial Cable (if necessary).
• Terminal emulation program such as Tera Term or PuTTY.
• Nautel IS10001 and IS11002.

NOTE
Nautel recommends that customers intending to license and activate HD PowerBoost also
upgrade the corresponding transmitter software to version 4.x. Upgrading the software will
negate the need to reference IS11002, as HD PowerBoost is user configured within the
transmitter “Presets” menu featured in the 4.x version. This presets configuration is not available
in earlier versions of the transmitter software.

1.6 Publications Affected

This modification does not affect the associated transmitter documentation.

NOTE
It is recommended that customers confirm that an HD PowerBoost activation code has been
received from Nautel prior to undertaking the licensing procedure.

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2.0 LICENSING PROCEDURE
The following procedure should only be performed after an HD PowerBoost activation code
has been received from the Nautel Customer Service department. Activate each applicable
exciter as follows:

(a) Record the HD PowerBoost activation code that was received from Nautel and the
corresponding exciter serial number for possible future reference.

(b) Connect the PC or laptop via serial cable to the exciter CONSOLE port.

(c) Open the terminal emulation program (e.g., Tera Term or PuTTY) and configure the
serial settings as depicted in Figure 1-1.

(d) Click <OK>.

NOTE
Terminal Emulation programs typically are free, open source software that is generally
available for download at tech media websites such as cnet.com or softpedia.com.

Figure 1-1: Terminal Emulator Settings (Tera Term application is shown)

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 (e) Type “serialmenu” from the Tera Term command screen to enter the serial
Main Menu (see Figure 1-2).

NOTE
In some cases “serialmenu” will not appear on screen until entered completely.

Main menu - configured as NV Exciter

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Version 1.3.6.1 built Sep 4 2013 at 13:25:06

F) FPGA menu
I) Peripheral menu
A) Audio menu
R) RF PA menu
W) Power menu
E) Preset menu
G) Signal generation menu
M) Misc. menu
Y) Equalization menu
P) PreD menu
C) Capture menu
S) Spectrum menu
U) UART code menu
O) RTOS status
X) External preset menu
Z) Calibration menu
D) RDS testing menu
B) Powerboost menu
L) Licensing menu

4) Get relevant alarms

5) Get all alarms
6) Get alarms log
Q) Exit menu

Figure 1-2: Serial Main Menu

(f) Select the Licensing menu by pressing <L> from Main Menu (see Figure1-2.).

NOTE
If the option <L> does not appear on your serial main menu, the chosen exciter is not HD
PowerBoost ready.

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 Licensing menu - configured as NV Exciter
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Version 1.3.6.1 built Sep 4 2013 at 13:25:06

Device ID: 4CC090726A59CC55

A: Enter activation code
C: Clear activation code
F: Upload file
V: View activated features
Q: Return to previous menu.
>

Figure 1-3: Licensing Menu

(g) From the Licensing menu, (see Figure 1-3) view activated features by pressing <V> (see
Figure 1-4). “HD PowerBoost Operation” should not appear in the list.

Licensing menu - configured as NV Exciter

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Version 1.3.6.1 built Sep 4 2013 at 13:25:06

Device ID: 4CC090726A59CC55

A: Enter activation code
C: Clear activation code
F: Upload file
V: View activated features
Q: Return to previous menu.
>v
Valid FC file: B1DE79D7 A5BC982D 0BF971AC 36C887CE ADBEAFCB
1: Exciter Basic Operation Activated

Figure 1-4: View Activated Features

(h) Enter the activation code by first pressing <A> from the Licensing Menu (see Figure 1-5).

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 Licensing menu - configured as NV Exciter
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Version 1.3.6.1 built Sep 4 2013 at 13:25:06

Device ID: 4CC090726A59CC55

A: Enter activation code
C: Clear activation code
F: Upload file
V: View activated features
Q: Return to previous menu.
>a
Enter activation code >> xxxx-0101-0002-xxf6-xxxx-90xx
Activation code for feature 2: HD Power Boost Operation added successfully

Figure 1-5: Enter activation code

(i) Type in the activation code that was provided by Nautel and press <Enter>. HD
PowerBoost is now licensed and activated.

(j) Verify that HD PowerBoost Operation is activated by pressing <V>. “HD PowerBoost
Operation” will now appear (see Figure1-6).

Licensing menu - configured as NV Exciter

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Version 1.3.6.1 built Sep 4 2013 at 13:25:06

Device ID: 4CC090726A59CC55

A: Enter activation code
C: Clear activation code
F: Upload file
V: View activated features
Q: Return to previous menu.
>a
Enter activation code >> xxxx-0101-0002-xxf6-xxxx-90xx
Activation code for feature 2: HD Power Boost Operation added successfully

Figure 1-6: Verify HD PowerBoost activation.

(k) Repeat above steps for additional exciter, if applicable. It should be noted that any
additional exciter will have a different activation code.

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5.0 POST LICENSING OPERATION
After all applicable exciters have had HD PowerBoost licensed and activated, it is
recommended that the following procedures be executed in order to maximize the utility of
Nautel’s HD PowerBoost technology:

(a) An AC cycle of the exciter should be performed.

(b) Refer to IS10001 to optimize IBOC performance and IS11002 to configure
PowerBoost presets.

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