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INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL

HUB-MOUNT

SOLID STATE TRANSCEIVERS

AWMT

PM AWMT REV. 22

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Page 1: ...INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL HUB MOUNT SOLID STATE TRANSCEIVERS AWMT PM AWMT REV 22...

Page 2: ...s in original shipping container box with shipping charges prepaid ADVANTECH AMT 657 Orly Avenue Dorval Quebec H9P 1G1 CANADA Please indicate the RMA number on all shipping documentation Units shipped...

Page 3: ...tor 16 4 3 8 Main Controller Board 17 4 3 9 Power Supply 18 5 INTERFACES 19 5 1 RELAY INTERFACE 19 5 2 RS 232 INTERFACE 23 5 3 RS 485 INTERFACE 23 5 4 REDUNDANT INTERFACE 24 5 5 RF OUTPUT MONITOR INTE...

Page 4: ...NCE 41 9 1 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE 41 9 2 MECHANICAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE 41 9 3 COOLING FAN CHECK 41 10 APPENDIX A RS 485 SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL 42 10 1 FRAME STRUCTURE 42 10 2 COMMANDS 42 10...

Page 5: ...L CONNECTOR LAYOUT KU BAND LOW POWER 54 FIGURE 12 PRODUCT OUTLINE REDUNDANT SYSTEM KU BAND LOW POWER 55 FIGURE 13 PRODUCT OUTLINE SIDE VIEW REDUNDANT SYSTEM KU BAND LOW POWER 56 FIGURE 14 MOUNTING OF...

Page 6: ...28 TABLE 8 LINE J5 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT 28 TABLE 9 RS 232 MENU ITEM DEFINITION 35 TABLE 10 COMPUTER TERMINAL COMMANDS FOR RS 232 INTERFACE 37 TABLE 11 COMMAND TO TRANSCEIVER 43 TABLE 12 CONDITION...

Page 7: ...igh Voltage Therefore even prime power 90 to 264 VAC or 48 V DC is dangerous to handle because the prime power potentials have been known to cause injury or death WARNING The operator cannot repair th...

Page 8: ...500 W delivered by various units The permissible levels are currently being studied by a number of organisations In the past the U S safety Code established a dosage rate of 10 mW cm2 Currently there...

Page 9: ...contacts female straight cable plug shell 12 MS3116J12 10S connector for RELAY Interface 631 311612 003 6 1 roll Moisture sealing insulating tape mastic tape 709 224200 001 ITEMS BELOW ARE FOR RF INP...

Page 10: ...BELOW ARE FOR RF INPUT PORTS TERMINATED WITH CPR 229 FLANGE 15 1 Waveguide Gasket WR 229 705 229000 001 16 10 10 32 x 1 2 Mach screw hex head 18 8 Stainless Steel SS 802 103290 001 17 10 10 Split wash...

Page 11: ...ersatile operation please read the information carefully BEFORE using the equipment ADVANTECH AMT has prepared this manual for use by the customers as a guide for the proper installation operation and...

Page 12: ...utside its normal operating conditions The AWMT also allows the user access to the monitoring and control functions by using a discrete interface the RS 232 serial interface or the RS 485 serial inter...

Page 13: ...AWMT 12 Figure 1 Product Outline C Band...

Page 14: ...AWMT 13 Figure 2 Product Outline Ku Band...

Page 15: ...F RS 485_L RF RS 485_IF L RS 485_L IF ALM_IF L ALM_L RF ALM_PA ALM_L IF REDUND REDUND RS 485 RELAY RS 485 RELAY RS 232 RS 232 LEDS LEDs LINE NEUTRAL B C POWER SUPPLY 0 48V FAN J5 AC LINE or 48 V DC 9...

Page 16: ...d amplifies the incoming L Band carrier into the desired RF Band carrier The synthesiser within the module contains an out of lock protection circuitry that prevents the L Band carrier from shifting i...

Page 17: ...r level respectively The digital signals are sent to the Main Controller Board The circulator provides a VSWR protection at the RF output port The termination load of the isolator is capable of fully...

Page 18: ...the following occurs 1 The local oscillator within the up converter module is out of lock 2 The hotspot temperature exceeds 85 C 3 Any of the GaAs FET devices failed 4 Current of 12 VDC supply is out...

Page 19: ...1 at page 19 2 Sending a mute command in terminal mode through the serial interface 4 3 9 POWER SUPPLY The Power Supply Module provides 12 VDC 5 VDC and 9 VDC outputs to all of the internal modules T...

Page 20: ...d LED s indicating the state of the transmission receive paths If this LED is not lit the unit is not powered or the power supply failed In redundant systems if this LED is not lit it indicates that t...

Page 21: ...ansmit path of the AWMT Pins J and H of the connector are input lines allowing the user to mute or un mute the RF receive path of the AWMT CAUTION If pin G is not connected to pin H the transmission p...

Page 22: ...11 Rx Out IF Output N Type F N Type M J2 RS 232 Serial Interface MS3112E10 6P M MS3116F10 6S F J12 RS 485 Serial Interface MS3112E10 6P M MS3116F10 6S F J3 Relay Discrete Interface MS3112E12 10P M MS3...

Page 23: ...D closed to pin E indicates ALARM in the receive path E Rx AL COM Common contact of the Rx ALARM Form C relay F Rx AL NO Normal open contact of the Rx ALARM Form C relay Pin F open relative to pin E...

Page 24: ...RX Serial receive RX D Output TX Serial transmit TX E DC supply 5V Power supply for hand held terminal F Common GND Serial common 5 3 RS 485 INTERFACE This serial communication interface provides acc...

Page 25: ...21 and in Figure 5 at page 22 A redundant system cable is provided with the redundancy kit that provides the interconnection between the two AWMT units and the waveguide switches 5 5 RF OUTPUT MONITOR...

Page 26: ...ediately contact the carrier that delivered the equipment and file a claim Failure to do so may invalidate future claims Check the AWMT thoroughly for damaged or loose parts 6 3 INSTALLATION Installat...

Page 27: ...eating The cooling subsystem consists of a single fan operating at a variable speed to effectively distribute and remove the air from within the AWMT unit Prior to installing the AWMT verify that 1 En...

Page 28: ...ed by the unit enclosure and to a properly grounded structure 5 To use the Relay interface attach the interconnecting cable fabricated per Section 6 3 1 at page 25 to the Relay connector of the AWMT C...

Page 29: ...roper grounding may cause serious injury or death of the operator 11 Using the AC or DC power cable fabricated per Section 6 3 1 at page 25 connect one end of the power cable to port J5 of the AWMT CA...

Page 30: ...wing conditions are met 7 Verify that the voltage of the station s AC or DC prime power matches with the value marked on the ID label 8 The prime power station is properly grounded 9 All cable and wav...

Page 31: ...thout a load at the output may cause severe bodily harm loss of sight and even death Do not operate the transceiver if the RF output connector is not connected to a load Please note that an AWMT failu...

Page 32: ...Allow the AWMT to warm up for 30 minutes ensuring that all of the electrical specifications are met CAUTION The unit will always start in RF ON NOT MUTE state provided the correct connections are ins...

Page 33: ...er level by increasing or decreasing the attenuation command signal that is sent to the attenuator for gain control An ALC control loop is so created ensuring the maintaining of the output power at th...

Page 34: ...ning the program in the computer and pressing the ENTER key a display similar to Figure 6 below will be shown NOTE The micro controller determines automatically whether the unit is functioning alone o...

Page 35: ...AWMT 34 Figure 6 RS 232 Terminal Mode Display...

Page 36: ...oscillator frequency of the transceiver receive path in MHz Rx Level Indicates the receive path output power level not available for the unit RxGain Indicates the receive gain in dB Rx Stat Indicates...

Page 37: ...AWMT 36 Figure 7 List of commands after pressing h Help in Terminal Mode Display...

Page 38: ...ansmission Mute command The transmission path of the AWMT is muted no RF output power txu Tx Unmute Transmission un mute command The transmission path of the AWMT is enabled tme Time h m s Current tim...

Page 39: ...te the overall Rx Gain stc Tx Start C di i Start condition of Tx on mute or previous state lnr LNB Reference Status of LNB Reference on off lnv LNX Voltage Status of voltage sent to LNX on off ssw Sim...

Page 40: ...From this moment the memory of the unit is cleared It is necessary to download the application 10 Close the terminal mode program 11 Open the new folder and start the dlapp2000 exe program The DLAPP2...

Page 41: ...AWMT 40 8 5 2 USING THE RS 485 INTERFACE In order to use this interface refer to Section 10 APPENDIX A RS 485 SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL at page 42...

Page 42: ...e and improper seating Replace defective connector plugs and reset any that are dislodged 2 Inspect the electrical wiring for signs of discoloured broken or poor insulation Repair or replace if necess...

Page 43: ...er slave command or data request Third forth and fifth bytes master slave value of parameter or expansion of command third byte MS byte forth byte LS byte fifth byte value after decimal point From sec...

Page 44: ...ication 0x07 0xAA 0xAA 0xAA 0xAA See TABLE 13 6 Read serial number 0x08 0xAA 0xAA 0xAA 0xAA 5 ASCII characters 7 Read gain set 0x0A 0x5A for Tx 0xA5 for Rx 2 3 4 bytes real gain 8 Set gain 0x05 0x5A X...

Page 45: ...1 Rx PLL Alarm 2 1 Check sum error in command 1 Unknown command 3 1 Alarm 4 N A 5 N A 6 N A 7 Output level MS byte Output level LS byte Internal Communication Status Power Class for P1dB power in dBW...

Page 46: ...0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 0x00 N A 0x01 70 to L 0x02 70 to C 0x03 70 to Ku 0x04 140 to L 0x05 140 to C 0x06 140 to Ku 0x07 L to C 0x08 L to Ku 0xAA Software version number 0xXX TABLE 14 READ FR...

Page 47: ...itch alarm 1 Tx 1 unmute 0 mute 1 IF L alarm 1 L IF alarm 1 Reflected power alarm 1 Rx W G switch alarm 2 Rx 1 unmute 0 mute 1 L RF alarm 1 RF L alarm 0 1 Tx W G switch not connected 3 Tx 1 on line 0...

Page 48: ...2 1998 A1 2000 Class A EN61000 4 4 Transient burst 0 5kV Signal Lines 1 kV Power Lines EN61000 4 2 Electrostatic discharge 4kV CD 8 kV AD EN61000 4 5 Surge 1kV 0 5 kV EN61000 4 11 AC port dips 70 40 0...

Page 49: ...uning Range 5 850 to 6 425 GHz Tx Frequency Step Adjustment By software 1 MHz Tx Signal Bandwidth 18 MHz Tx Output Power P1dB 53 dBm 250 W saturated power Tx Gain Linear mode 74 dB typ at maximum set...

Page 50: ...x Frequency Adjustment Step 1 MHz Rx Signal Range 18 MHz Rx Gain Linear mode 80 dB typ at maximum set gain Rx Gain Adjustment By software 20 dB Rx Gain Adjustment Step 1 dB Rx input VSWR With TRF Isol...

Page 51: ...Figure 9 Connector Layout C Band 250W at page 52 Approximate Weight 62 lbs 28 kg Mounting Requirements See Figure 8 Product Outline C Band 250W at page 51 and Figure 9 Connector Layout C Band 250W at...

Page 52: ...AWMT 51 Figure 8 Product Outline C Band 250W DC Line 48 V Unit...

Page 53: ...AWMT 52 Figure 9 Connector Layout C Band 250W DC Line 48 V Unit...

Page 54: ...AWMT 53 Figure 10 Product Outline Ku Band Low Power...

Page 55: ...AWMT 54 Figure 11 Typical Connector Layout Ku Band Low Power...

Page 56: ...AWMT 55 Figure 12 Product Outline Redundant System Ku Band Low Power...

Page 57: ...AWMT 56 Figure 13 Product Outline Side View Redundant System Ku Band Low Power...

Page 58: ...AWMT 57 Figure 14 Mounting of a Low Power Transceiver on Feed Support...

Page 59: ...AWMT 58 Figure 15 Outline Drawing of C Band Light Weight 60W C Band Transceiver...

Page 60: ...AWMT 59 Figure 16 Connectors of Light Weight 60W C Band Transceiver...

Page 61: ...AWMT 60 Figure 17 Outline Drawing of C Band 10W C Band Transceiver...

Page 62: ...AWMT 61 Figure 18 Connectors of 10W C Band Transceiver...

Page 63: ...AWMT 62 Figure 19 Proposed GUI for RS 485 Communication transceiver single unit...

Page 64: ...AWMT 63 Figure 20 RS 232 Terminal Mode Display for Redundant System...

Page 65: ...AWMT 64 Figure 21 Proposed GUI for RS 485 Communication transceiver redundant system...

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