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ATB-7300

Avionics Test Bench

Operation Manual

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Summary of Contents for ATB-7300

Page 1: ...ration Regulations EAR 15 CFR 730 774 It cannot be transferred to any foreign third party without the specific prior approval of the U S Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security BIS Viol...

Page 2: ...vision A1 November 04 2011 Revision A2 February 10 2014 Revision B0 May 9 2014 Revision C0 August 03 2015 This document contains controlled technical data under the jurisdiction of the Export Administ...

Page 3: ...d in the performance data This product is not approved for use in hazardous atmospheres or medical applications If the equipment is to be used in a safety related application such as avionics or milit...

Page 4: ...L HAZARDS AC SUPPLY VOLTAGE SIGNAL GENERATORS CAN BE A SOURCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE EMI TO COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS SOME TRANSMITTED SIGNALS CAN CAUSE DISRUPTION AND INTERFERENCE TO COMMUNICA...

Page 5: ...d have knowledge of accepted ESD practices and or be ESD certified SOME OF THE COMPONENTS USED IN THIS EQUIPMENT MAY INCLUDE RESINS AND OTHER MATERIALS WHICH GIVE OFF TOXIC FUMES IF INCINERATED TAKE A...

Page 6: ...nd connectors are also included CHAPTER 2 TEST SET OPERATION Provides Power On and Power Off procedures Provides functional description of Graphic User Interface GUI components Provides instructions f...

Page 7: ...e Cover or Panel Removal 1 1 Safety Identification in Technical Manual 1 2 Safety Symbols in Manuals and on Units 1 2 Equipment Grounding Precaution 1 2 Use of Probes 1 2 Power Cords 1 2 Use Recommend...

Page 8: ...lbar 2 8 Common Generator GUI Operations 2 9 ADF Gen GUI 2 11 ILS Gen GUI s 2 11 VOR Gen GUI 2 14 MKR Gen GUI 2 16 VDB Gen GUI 2 17 VHF Gen GUI 2 21 ATS Virtual Analyzer Instrumentation 2 27 Analyzer...

Page 9: ...utput Amplitude 3 2 Accuracy 3 2 Spurious 3 2 Modulation 3 2 Digitizer Receiver 3 2 Frequency Range 3 2 Frequency Measurement 3 2 RF Input Level 3 2 Sensitivity 3 3 Amplitude Measurement 3 3 Modulatio...

Page 10: ...ntrol see Cover Page for details TOC 4 Appendix A Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix B U S Metric Conversion Table Appendix C Front Rear Connection Pinouts Ethernet C 1 GPIB General Purpose Interface...

Page 11: ...the operator reproduce a copy of the Declaration of Conformity Certificate to be stored with the Operation Manual for future reference 1 5 PRODUCT WARRANTY Refer to http ats aeroflex com about us qua...

Page 12: ...trical shock 1 8 5 Use of Probes Check specifications for maximum voltage current and power ratings of any connector on the Test Set before connecting a probe to a front panel terminal point or port T...

Page 13: ...damaged report the damage to Aeroflex Check the equipment against the packing slip to see if the shipment is complete Report all discrepancies to Aeroflex 1 10 DESCRIPTION The ATB 7300 Test Set is a c...

Page 14: ...recautions Listed are several safety precautions which must be observed during installation and operation Aeroflex assumes no liability for failure to comply with any safety precautions outlined in th...

Page 15: ...RNING labels denote conditions where bodily injury or death may result 1 11 3 Installation and Operating Precautions CAUTION DO NOT APPLY ANY SIGNALS TO THE TEST SET OTHER THAN THOSE DEFINED IN THE OP...

Page 16: ...xternal keyboard or mouse 3 USB Port 2 Port 2 of 2 front panel universal serial bus input output ports for remote program loading external keyboard or mouse NOTE FOR PIN OUT DIAGRAM OF USB PORTS REFER...

Page 17: ...General Information Subject to Export Control see Cover Page for details 1 8 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...

Page 18: ...t Set 2 1 TEST SET POWER UP Ensure power is applied to the Test Set Press the POWER button to power the Test Set On For specified accuracy allow the Test Set to warm up for 10 minutes NOTE AFTER CYCLI...

Page 19: ...Instrumentation Mode has not been registered that particular selection will be visible but disabled Analyzer 1 button when configured with option ATB ANL When selected a dropdown menu appears providi...

Page 20: ...tion as follows Generator Help Documentation on GENERATOR DLL modules structures and examples Analyzer Help Documentation on ANALYZER DLL modules structures and examples GUI Help This button brings up...

Page 21: ...settings of the instrument Selection of either of these buttons pops up a standard Windows Explorer window defaulted to the installation directory of the Avionics Test Studio application program A pr...

Page 22: ...r It is possible to have more than one keypad open at the same time and numeric keypads will have the associated data field name at the bottom The popup keypads should always be utilized for altering...

Page 23: ...or decrement Down arrow the value in the data field by the value shown on the arrow button x10 and 10 button Numeric only Used to increment x10 or decrement 10 the value shown on the arrow button by a...

Page 24: ...ton is used to toggle the GUI between Normal view and Full Screen view In Normal view the BLUE button is solid In Full Screen view the BLUE button has a BLUE outline with a black fill The RED button i...

Page 25: ...cts scenario mode for LOC GS and VOR Enables rapid changes in DDM and Bearing values ADF button Select ADF generator operation mode ILS LOC button Select ILS Localizer generator operation mode ILS GS...

Page 26: ...F Level a warning will be displayed and the setting will revert to the last stored RF Level value 2 3 2 B Generator Control Window Fig 2 13 Common Generator GUI Generator Control window RF OFF button...

Page 27: ...re modulated at on the generator carrier frequency Modulation data field 0 to 99 Displays or sets the percent of Modulation of the Ident Code or Tone Dot data field 50 to 250 mS Displays or sets the t...

Page 28: ...enerator Control Window on page 2 9 Ident Settings button Previously described in Ident Settings Button on page 2 10 2 3 4 ILS Gen GUI s Two tones one at 90 Hz the other at 150 Hz are AM modulated on...

Page 29: ...ct to Export Control see Cover Page for details 2 12 Fig 2 16 ILS LOCalizer generator GUI Fig 2 17 ILS GlideSlope generator GUI 2 3 4 A Generator Settings Window Previously described in Generator Sett...

Page 30: ...ng of the Difference in Depth of Modulation value Changing this value causes proportional changes of the Tone Settings MODulation values with respect to the DDM direction DDM 90 Right Down and 150 Lef...

Page 31: ...modulated on a 9960 Hz subcarrier The 30Hz VAR tone phase angle is user settable through a Bearing data field The phase angle by which the 30Hz VAR tone lags the 30HZ REF tone is equal to the directi...

Page 32: ...30 VAR Freq data field 20 to 40 Hz Displays or sets the Frequency setting of the 30 Hz Variable tone 30 VAR MOD data field 0 to 99 Displays or sets the percent of modulation setting of the 30 Hz Varia...

Page 33: ...2 21 MKR generator GUI 2 3 6 A Generator Settings Window Previously described in Generator Settings Window on page 2 9 2 3 6 B Generator Control Window Previously described in Generator Control Windo...

Page 34: ...ld 150 to 750 mS Displays or sets the tone modulation ON time representing a Morse code like Dash OFF button Disables all modulation Code and Tone TONE button Enables a constant modulated Tone on the...

Page 35: ...file by using the Generate File button The Arb File window Loop Count data field and Add To List button as well as the Play List window View Playlist button are not available Playlist option With thi...

Page 36: ...ws Explorer popup of a path and filename for saving the newly created AIQ file Data field Displays the user selected path and filename in which the generated AIQ file will be saved AIQ File Settings w...

Page 37: ...vionics Test Studio application program and with AIQ file type selected The name of the file selected from this popup will appear in the data field Loop Count data field Playlist option selected Displ...

Page 38: ...option Provides repeated playing of the chosen file or playlist Play is repeated until the Play List window Stop button is selected 2 3 8 VHF Gen GUI 2 3 8 A Generator Settings Window Previously descr...

Page 39: ...dulation data fields 0 to 99 Displays or sets the Modulation level of the associated AM tone Total modulation not to exceed 99 Enable buttons Enables ON or disables OFF modulation of the associated To...

Page 40: ...Test Set Operation Subject to Export Control see Cover Page for details 2 23 Fig 2 27 VHF Gen GUI FM Only view Fig 2 28 VHF Gen GUI Single File Mode view...

Page 41: ...Settings and PlayMode windows to provide for the playing of multiple Aeroflex IQ AIQ files Fig 2 29 VHF Gen GUI Playlist Mode view Playlist Settings window Arb Filewindow All the controls and functio...

Page 42: ...r If an entered frequency does not correspond to a valid Code Character then a dash will be set as the first P1 Code character in the P1 Code data field P1 Tone 2 data field 0 to 10000 Hz Displays or...

Page 43: ...HF Gen SELCAL Tone Settings GUI Timing window P1 Time data field 0 000 to 2 000 Seconds Displays or sets the pulse duration time of the P1 pulse Gap Time data field 0 to 999 mS Displays or sets the ga...

Page 44: ...I Toolbar When the ATS GUI toolbar Analyzer 1 2 etc button is selected a dropdown menu appears Analyzer dropdown menu The Analyzer dropdown menu provides for PXI generator card configuration calibrati...

Page 45: ...n page 2 30 Operation of the VDL Config button on the VHF analyzer GUIs is described in the section Common VHF Analyzer Controls on page 2 33 Inputs button Pops up an Input Settings GUI for controllin...

Page 46: ...34 Common Analyzer GUI Arm window Single button Triggers a single waveform capture and view Cont button Triggers continuous waveform capture and view 2 4 3 DME Analyzer GUI The DME analyzer GUI has T...

Page 47: ...isplays or sets the Start and Stop percentage of the pulse trailing edge from which Fall Time measurements are derived Pulse Width Spacing window Contains the data field parameters applied to Pulse Wi...

Page 48: ...waveform within the grid 2 4 4 B Voltage vs Time Tab Displays the digitized waveform as captured Voltage levels vertical across the Time domain horizontal Fig 2 37 Voltage vs Time Tab view 2 4 4 C Po...

Page 49: ...th Spacing Width Pulse Width time of the captured DME pulse indicated Power dBm data field Displays the derived Pulse Power of the captured DME pulse indicated 2 4 4 F Measurements Window PRF Hz data...

Page 50: ...n the following sub section VDL Config button Pops up a VDL Settings GUI Fig 2 41 VDL Settings GUI VDL Settings GUI Sync Pattern data field Displays or sets when the User defined option is selected th...

Page 51: ...splays or sets the spacing of adjacent channels for determining adjacent channel center frequencies Inputs button Frequency Channel Spacing Adj Chan BW data field 1000 0 to 50000 0 Displays or sets th...

Page 52: ...nd updates the derived measurement values for the current marker position Peak Frequency Hz data field Displays the Frequency measurement of the highest peak Peak Power dBm data field Displays the Pow...

Page 53: ...indow SINAD dB data field Displays the Signal to Noise and Distortion measurement of the indicated Tone frequency signal Distortion data field Displays the amount of distortion measured on the indicat...

Page 54: ...Power levels vertical across the Time domain horizontal Fig 2 45 VHF Analyzer GUI Power vs Time Tab view Time Display Controls window Start time data field Displays or sets the time offset used in di...

Page 55: ...Q points The I Data represents the In phase axis and the Q Data is that of the quadrature axis Fig 2 46 VHF Analyzer GUI IQ Trace Tab view Time Display Controls window Start time data field Displays o...

Page 56: ...he width of the eye while the height opening of the eye is indicative of the amount of distortion or noise in the signal Distortion due to intersymbol interference and noise appears as closure of the...

Page 57: ...les in the data set to determine the relationship between the two variables It can be used to recognize the type of interference and distortion in a signal Error Vector Magnitude EVM is a vector in th...

Page 58: ...Displays the derived data packet in a binary bit ones and zeros format Mode2 frame option Displays the derived data packet in a decoded text format VDL Measurements window EVM data field Displays the...

Page 59: ...r Page for details 2 42 2 5 ELT MANUAL INFORMATION ELT is only provided with option ATES ELT Fig 2 50 ELT Beacon Settings 2 5 1 Beacon Spectrum Screen Fig 2 51 Beacon Spectrum Screen This plot display...

Page 60: ...ta Power The power at the current marker relative to the peak power After a capture pressing the Peak Find button will set the marker to the peak frequency Pressing the Next Peak button will find the...

Page 61: ...the first 160 ms carrier only signal followed by biphase L phase modulated data with a modulation index of 1 1 radians Time controls at the bottom can be used to zoom in on specific parts of the sign...

Page 62: ...tured ELT signal Time controls at the bottom can be used to zoom in on specific parts of the signal Start time Sets the time relative to the start of the captured data when the plot starts Trace lengt...

Page 63: ...e Beacon ID The 15 hex digit beacon identification code This consists of the 60 bits following the first message bit which specifies the long or short beacon format Country The country of origin of th...

Page 64: ...ata fields displayed here will depend on the specific beacon protocol used Possible identification information for an ELT include ELT 24 bit address The 24 bit aircraft address Aircraft Registration M...

Page 65: ...power The measured power 1 ms before the start of the ELT signal Note that measured power levels must be corrected for any external attenuation Power Rise Time The time required for the measured sign...

Page 66: ...e modulation index to 90 of the modulation index on rising edges Modulation Fall Time The measured time for the phase modulation to fall from 90 of the modulation index to 90 of the modulation index o...

Page 67: ...ules i e long and short form and many of the frequently used commands Some of the features included in the Test Set are not defined by the SCPI standard but the Test Set does meet the basic form and f...

Page 68: ...the location of the file is so the user is able to retrieve it Save Errors To File Button Pressing this button will cause the contents of the bottom Errors Warnings window to be saved to a file on th...

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Page 70: ...Accuracy Same as Time base 58 mHz for frequencies 85 MHz Resolution 1 0 Hz Range with Option 1 T R Port 120 0 to 30 0 dBm GEN Port 120 0 to 10 0 dBm without Option 1 GEN Port 120 0 to 13 0 dBm NOTE Su...

Page 71: ...dulation from 10 to 90 Tone Frequency Range 10 Hz to 18 kHz Tone Frequency Accuracy 0 01 20 Hz to 18 kHz Resolution 0 01 Waveform SINE Total Harmonic Distortion 0 4 10 to 30 kHz 10 to 90 depth of modu...

Page 72: ...0 or 150 Hz Dominate 0 000 to 0 800 90 or 150 Hz Dominate Resolution 0 0001 DDM Accuracy LOC 0 001 DDM from 0 000 to 0 045 DDM 2 from 0 046 to 0 200 DDM GS 0 001 DDM from 0 000 to 0 045 DDM 2 from 0 0...

Page 73: ...Filter ALPHA 0 0 to 1 0 Oversample Factor 2 to 16 RF Ramp Filter Adjustable length cosine response File Play Mode Continuous or from 1 to 4095 times List Play Mode Continuous or from 1 to 4095 times L...

Page 74: ...30 dBm T R Port 1 MHz 40 dBm 1 MHz 53 dBm Peak Power T R RF Input Power On Off times are as follows Peak RF Power Max Time ON Min Time OFF 50W Continuous n a 100W 90 seconds 3 minutes 150W 30 seconds...

Page 75: ...Distortion 1 to 10 1 0 Distortion 10 to 20 20 Distortion unspecified Rise Fall Time Accuracy 2 0 from 1 0 to 4 0 s Resolution 10 ns Pulse Width Range 20 to 200 ns Accuracy 2 0 from 2 0 to 5 0 s Resolu...

Page 76: ...lly 0 7 dBm Range C Message Filter 70 to 0 dBm input frequency 900 to 1100 Hz 50 dBm Band Pass Filter 70 to 0 dBm input frequency 30 to 16 kHz 50 dBm Resolution 0 01 dB Accuracy 1 dB Temperature Range...

Page 77: ...Output ATB ANL Optional Ethernet Connector Type RJ 45 Function 100 10 Mbits s 10 100 Base T Reference I O Connector Type BNC Function 10 MHz Ref Input Output GPIB Connector Type IEEE 488 1 1997 Funct...

Page 78: ...etails 4 1 Chapter 4 Software Installed 4 1 SOFTWARE INSTALLED This chapter covers the test set software 4 1 1 General The following software has been pre installed P N Description 138973 Software Pac...

Page 79: ...Software Installed Subject to Export Control see Cover Page for details 4 2 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...

Page 80: ...st Sets must be repackaged in original shipping containers using Aeroflex packing molds If original shipping containers and materials are not available contact Aeroflex Customer Service for shipping i...

Page 81: ...Shipping Subject to Export Control see Cover Page for details 5 2 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...

Page 82: ...TORAGE Whenever the Test Set is stored for an extended period always disconnect the Test Set from any electrical power source If you put the Test Set into storage ensure that the following conditions...

Page 83: ...Storage Subject to Export Control see Cover Page for details 6 2 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...

Page 84: ...ttenuation AUTO Automatic AUX Auxiliary B BAT Battery BCH Bose Chaudhuri and Hocquenghem developers of BCH error correcting codes Bps Bits per Second BRG Bearing C C Celsius or Centigrade CAL Calibrat...

Page 85: ...requency Ft Foot Feet G GAL Galileo GEN Generator or Generate GND Ground GPS Global Positioning System G S Glide slope H Hr Hour Hrs Hours H W Hardware Hz Hertz I ILS Instrument Landing System I O Inp...

Page 86: ...s ns Nanosecond 10 9 Seconds O OUT Output P Para Paragraph PARAM Parameter PC Personal Computer PPM Parts per Million PREV Previous PSI Pounds per Square Inch PWR Power R RAM Random Access Memory RCVR...

Page 87: ...pace Vehicle SWP Sweep SWR Standing Wave Ratio SYNC Synchronous T TX Transmit U UHF Ultra High Frequency USB Upper Sideband UUT Unit Under Test V V Volt VAC Volts Alternating Current VAR Variable VHF...

Page 88: ...8 ft sec2 m sec2 0 3048 grams ounces 0 03527 inches cm 2 54 kg pounds 2 205 kg cm2 psi 0 0703 km feet 3281 km miles 0 6214 km nmi 0 5396 km hr ft sec 0 9113 km hr knots 0 5396 km hr miles hr 0 6214 kn...

Page 89: ...to Export Control see Cover Page for details B 2 TO MULTIPLY CONVERT INTO BY nmi km 1 8532 nmi meters 1853 2 nmi miles 1 1516 ounces grams 28 3495 pounds kg 0 4536 psi kg cm 2 0 0703 100 ft km 3 048...

Page 90: ...nsmit 2 TX Transmit 3 RX Receive 4 NC 5 NC 6 RX Receive 7 NC 8 NC C 2 GPIB GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 DIO1 Data I O Bit 1 2 DIO2 Data I O Bit 2 3 DIO3 Data I O...

Page 91: ...DIO6 Data I O Bit 6 15 DIO7 Data I O Bit 7 16 DIO8 Data I O Bit 8 17 REN Remote Enable 18 Shield Ground DAV 19 Shield Ground NRFD 20 Shield Ground NDAC 21 Shield Ground IFC 22 Shield Ground SRQ 23 Sh...

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