IEC 60728-7-3:2003

Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 7-3: Hybrid fibre coax outside plant status monitoring - Power supply to transponder interface bus (PSTIB) specification

specifies requirements for the Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) Outside Plant (OSP) Power Supplies (PS). This standard is part of a series developed to support the design and implementation of interoperable management systems for evolving HFC cable networks. The purpose of the standards is to support the design and implementation of interoperable management systems for evolving HFC cable networks. The Power Supply to Transponder Interface Bus (PSTIB) specification describes the physical (PHY) interface and related messaging and protocols implemented at the Data Link Layer (DLL), layers 1 and 2 respectively in the 7-layer ISO-OSI reference model, that support communications between compliant transponders and the managed OSP power supplies and other related power equipment to which they interface.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 07-Oct-2003
• ICS: 33.040.40 - Data communication networks
• ICS: 33.160.01 - Audio, video and audiovisual systems in general
• Technical Committee: TC 100 - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 13-Oct-2009

Relations

• Revised: IEC 60728-7-3:2009 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 7-3: Hybrid fibre coax outside plant status monitoring - Power supply to transponder interface bus (PSTIB)
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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STANDARD
60728-7-3
First edition
2003-10
Cable networks for television signals,
sound signals and interactive services –
Part 7-3:
Hybrid Fibre Coax Outside Plant
Status Monitoring –
Power supply to Transponder Interface
Bus (PSTIB) Specification
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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
60728-7-3
First edition
2003-10
Cable networks for television signals,
sound signals and interactive services –
Part 7-3:
Hybrid Fibre Coax Outside Plant
Status Monitoring –
Power supply to Transponder Interface
Bus (PSTIB) Specification
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4

INTRODUCTION .6

1 Scope . 7

2 Normative references. 8

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations. 8

3.1 Terms and definitions . 8

3.7 Abbreviations. 8
4 Reference architecture forward and return channel specifications. 9
5 Power supply to transponder interface bus specification overview . 9
5.1 Interface compliance.10
5.2 Implementation compliance .10
5.3 Revision control.10
6 Power supply to transponder interface bus – Physical layer specification.10
6.1 Interface requirements.10
6.2 Interface diagram.12
7 Power supply to transponder interface bus – Data link layer specification .13
7.1 DLL packet structure.13
7.2 DLE sequence .15
7.3 Interface timing.15
7.4 DLL datagrams .17
Figure 1 – Reference architecture diagram. 9
Figure 2 – Sample PSTIB RS-485 interface.13
Figure 3 – DLL packet structure .14
Figure 4 – PSTIB Data and timing diagram.16
Figure 5 – DLL datagram structure.17
Figure 6 – Battery string naming conventions.27
Table 1 – Transponder type classifications. 7
Table 2 – RJ-45 Connector pin assignment .11

Table 3 – Sample PSTIB RS-485 interface – Reference signals .13
Table 4 – Generic DLL packet structure .14
Table 5 – Reserved destination address ranges .14
Table 6 – PSTIB Timing specifications .16
Table 7 – Generic DLL datagram structure .18
Table 8 – DLL datagrams .19
Table 9 – Command: Get_Configuration datagram .20
Table 10 – Response: Get_Configuration datagram .20
Table 11 – Response: Get_Configuration datagram variable binding (General) .20
1,2
Table 12 – Response: Get_Configuration datagram variable binding (Power supply) .21
Table 13 – Response: Get_Configuration Datagram Variable Binding (Generator) .24
Table 14 – Command: Get_Power_Supply_Data datagram .25

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Table 15 – Response: Get_Power_Supply_Data datagram.25

Table 16 – Response: Get_Power_Supply_Data Datagram variable binding.25

Table 17 – Command: Power_Supply_Control datagram .27

Table 18 – Command: Get_Generator_Data datagram .28

Table 19 – Response: Get_Generator_Data datagram .28

Table 20 – Response: Get_Generator_Data Datagram variable binding .28

Table 21 – Command: Generator_Control datagram.29

Table 22 – Response: Invalid_Request datagram.29

Table 23 – Response: Request_Processed datagram.29

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CABLE NETWORKS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS,

SOUND SIGNALS AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES –

Part 7-3: Hybrid Fibre Coax Outside Plant Status Monitoring –

Power Supply to Transponder Interface Bus (PSTIB) specification

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International Standard IEC 60728-7-3 has been prepared by technical area 5: Cable networks
for television signals, sound signals and interactive services, of IEC technical committee 100:
Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment.
This standard was submitted to the national committees for voting under the Fast Track
Procedure as the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
100/578/CDV 100/685/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until

2006. At this date, the publication will be

• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or

• amended.
The following differences exist in some countries:

The Japanese de facto standard (NCTEA S-006) concerning requirements for the HFC
outside plant management, which was published in 1995, has already been available in
Japan. The purpose of this standard is to support the design and implementation of
interoperable management systems for HFC cable networks used in Japan.

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INTRODUCTION
Standards of the IEC 60728 series deal with cable networks for television signals, sound

signals and interactive services including equipment, systems and installations for

• head-end reception, processing and distribution of television and sound signals and their

associated data signals, and
• processing, interfacing and transmitting all kinds of signals for interactive services

using all applicable transmission media.

All kinds of networks like
• CATV-networks,
• MATV-networks and SMATV-networks,
• individual receiving networks
and all kinds of equipment, systems and installations installed in such networks, are within
this scope.
The extent of this standardization work is from the antennas, special signal source inputs to
the head-end or other interface points to the network up to the system outlet or the terminal
input, where no system outlet exists.
The standardization of any user terminals (i.e. tuners,
...