PUSH Button Usage and Manual Mode on Z-Balun UNV

The UNV series of baluns have a recessed push button labeled A located on the same face as that of LEDs on the chassis.  Depending on how long the duration of the button press is, this button has three use cases which are outlined below.

1. Momentary press of the push button labeled A will result in the balun to overwrite its automated estimation distance measurement and puts the UNV balun in MANUAL mode of operation. This will also turn ON the onboard BLUE LED to visually indicate that the balun in MANUAL mode. The overwritten distance is an increment of its previously calculated distance. This 'new' distance is saved on balun's non-volatile memory and this setting is retained if there is a power loss on the balun. 

            There are a total of five possible distance settings the balun can set as its approximate distance to a Z-Band Hub: 

                  • under 20 Meters; 

                  • >=20 to <40 meters; >=40 to <60 meters; >=60  to < 80 meters and > 80 meters. Every consecutive momentary button press will cycle the balun between all five distance measurements. Every distance measurement will change the RF signal conditioning path  internally inside the balun.

            Example: If the balun estimated its distance from a distribution unit to be < 40 meters then a momentary press of this button will result in the balun to go into MANUAL mode and change its distance measurement to >= 40 meters and < 60 meters. 

1. Pressing the button and holding it for more than 5 seconds will take the balun out of the MANUAL mode and put it back into AUTO mode of operation where it calculates the distance from the Z-Distribution unit its connected to. The blue LED will also be turned off after releasing the button.
2. If the button is pressed for duration of 15 seconds or more then the balun is put in its LEGACY RETURN PATH mode of operation and the BLUE LED will flash to confirm this operation. This is only applicable if the customer has a legacy Z-Distribution unit like GIGABUD 860 or a GIGABUD HD1000 or Z-REG and wishes to use the UNV/X or UNV/XS balun for return path communications in-addition to the standard RF downstream signals.

WARNING: DO NOT USE THE LEGACY RETURN PATH FEATURE UNLESS RECOMMENDED BY Z-BAND SUPPORT

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