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TIMTER

Multi-mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter

Installation and Operation Manual

Quasonix, Inc.

6025 Schumacher Park Dr.

West Chester, OH 45069

04 October 2019

*** Revision 1.4.10 ***

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Page 1: ...Copyright Quasonix Inc All Rights Reserved TIMTERTM Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter Installation and Operation Manual Quasonix Inc 6025 Schumacher Park Dr West Chester OH 45069 04 October 2019 Revision 1 4 10 Specifications subject to change without notice All Quasonix products are under U S Department of Commerce jurisdiction not covered by ITAR ...

Page 2: ...7 Legacy 7 1 3 8 RF Output Power 7 1 3 9 Packages 8 1 3 10 Automatic Carrier Wave Output Option AC 8 1 3 11 Adapter Plate AP 8 1 3 12 Baud Rate Option BRx 8 1 3 13 CP07 Control Protocol Option C7 8 1 3 14 Convolutional Encoder Option CE 9 1 3 15 Clock free Baseband Interface Option CF 10 1 3 16 Clock Generator Output Option CG 10 1 3 17 Dual Power Option DP 10 1 3 18 Digital Switch Box Option DSWB...

Page 3: ...pth Option VF 12 1 3 31 Variable Power Option VP 12 1 3 32 Wide Input Voltage Range Option WV 13 2 Accessories 14 2 1 Fan cooled Heat Sink 14 2 2 Transmitter powered Heat Sink 15 2 3 Adapter Plate 17 2 4 Pre wired MDM 15 for RS 422 Units 18 2 5 Pre wired MDM 15 for TTL Units 18 2 6 MDM 15 Wiring Harness for RS 422 Units 19 2 7 MDM 15 Wiring Harness for TTL Units 19 2 8 Ruggedized Handheld Programm...

Page 4: ...t Command CG 72 4 2 3 1 3 Internal Clock Rate IC 73 4 2 3 1 4 Low Density Parity Check Command LD 73 4 2 3 1 5 LDPC Header Select LHS 74 4 2 3 1 6 Mode MO 75 4 2 3 1 7 System Status Command SY 75 5 RF Output Notes 76 5 1 RF Power 76 5 2 Muting RF Output 76 5 3 Troubleshooting the RF on a Quasonix Transmitter 76 6 Performance Specifications 80 6 1 RF Output 80 6 2 Electrical Current 80 6 3 Environm...

Page 5: ...es Figure 1 Quasonix Part Number Construction Description 1 Figure 2 CCSDS 131 0 B 1 Rendering of Basic Convolutional Encoder Diagram 9 Figure 3 Fan cooled Heat Sink and Power Supply 14 Figure 4 Fan cooled Heat Sink with 6 cubic inch TIMTER 14 Figure 5 Transmitter powered Heat Sink Pigtail Cable SMA Extender and Adapter Plate 15 Figure 6 Transmitter powered Heat Sink Mounted on an 04AB Package 16 ...

Page 6: ... TIMTER Dual Transmitter 24AA Package Male MDM 15 28 Figure 27 MDM 15 Female Pin Numbering RS 422 Interface 07AH Package 30 Figure 28 MDM 15 Male Pin Numbering TTL Interface 09AM Package 30 Figure 29 Baseband Signal Timing 31 Figure 30 TIMTER Welcome Message 33 Figure 31 PCM FM Tier 0 Power Spectral Density with Mask 85 Figure 32 SOQPSK TG Tier I Power Spectral Density with Mask 85 Figure 33 MULTI...

Page 7: ...56 Quasonix Dual Transmitter 104 List of Tables Table 1 Model Configuration Example 3 Table 2 Frequency Band Codes 3 Table 3 Clock and Data Interface Codes 5 Table 4 Serial Control Interface Codes 6 Table 5 ARTM Tier 0 Codes 6 Table 6 ARTM Tier I Codes 7 Table 7 ARTM Tier II Codes 7 Table 8 Legacy Codes 7 Table 9 RF Output Power Codes 7 Table 10 Package Codes 8 Table 11 Standard Bit Rates Compared...

Page 8: ...TM Tier I SOQPSK modulation Although the model line now includes much more than ARTM Tier I and they are in widespread use on many platforms besides missiles the TIMTER name remains Now in its third generation and commonly referred to as TIMTER 3 the transmitter is available in a number of variations depending on the options specified at the time of order The type of features and modes installed i...

Page 9: ...ree mode ID Internal Clock and Data can be saved as a power up default LC Low current in the RF Off state 10 mA hardware option LD LDPC forward error correction encoding LD6 Extended LDPC LR Decreases min bit rate to 50 kbps 25 kbps for PCM FM 50 kbps min for Clock Free mode MS Modulation scaling PS Enable hardware presets specify 2 4 8 or 16 PS2 PS4 PS8 PS16 PW020 RF Output 20 mW 13 dBm RH Recall...

Page 10: ...Part Number Field Codes 1 3 1 Frequency Bands Frequency band codes are listed in Table 2 All frequency bands may be tuned 0 5 MHz above or below the stated frequency For higher power requirements contact Quasonix Table 2 Frequency Band Codes Band ID Code Band Minimum Freq Maximum Freq Default Freq Tuning Steps Max Power A Lower S 2200 5 MHz 2300 5 MHz 2250 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W B Mid C and Euro Mid C...

Page 11: ... 10 W J C Mid C and Euro Mid C 4400 0 MHz and 5091 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 4950 0 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 5250 0 MHz 5120 0 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W K S and C Mid C and with Euro Mid C 2200 5 MHz 4400 0 MHz and 5091 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 2394 5 MHz 4950 0 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 5250 0 MHz 2370 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W L Lower L 1435 5 MHz 1534 5 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W M Lower L Upper L and S 1435 5 MHz 1750 0 MHz and 2200 5 MH...

Page 12: ...5150 0 MHz 5120 0 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W Y L and C 1435 5 MHz 1750 0 MHz and 4400 0 MHz 5091 0 MHz 1534 5 MHz 1855 0 MHz and 4950 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W Z L and Euro Mid C 1435 5 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 1534 5 MHz and 5250 0 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W 1 3 2 Clock and Data Interface Clock and data interface codes are listed in Table 3 Table 3 Clock and Data Interface Codes Clock and Data In...

Page 13: ...ground TTL terminated 10k ohms to ground and RS 422 terminated 120 ohms differential TTL 75 ohms L LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signal LVDS 1 3 3 Serial Control Interface Serial control interface codes are listed in Table 3 Table 4 Serial Control Interface Codes Serial Control Interface Code Serial Control Interface 1 LVTTL 57 600 baud rate 2 RS 232 57 600 baud rate T TTL 57 600 baud rate 4 RS 42...

Page 14: ...r II Codes Part Number Code Multi h CPM ARTM Tier II 0 Absent 1 Present 1 3 7 Legacy Legacy modes include BPSK QPSK and OQPSK Legacy codes are listed in Table 7 Table 8 Legacy Codes Part Number Code Legacy Modes 0 Absent 1 Present 1 3 8 RF Output Power RF output power codes are listed in Table 9 Table 9 RF Output Power Codes Part Number Code RF Output Power 05 5 watts 37 dBm minimum per output 10 ...

Page 15: ...e when the clock input is absent which would normally cause the RF output to be turned off 1 3 11 Adapter Plate AP Use this option to include the 2 5 x 3 5 adapter plate hardware accessory with the order 1 3 12 Baud Rate Option BRx The BR option changes the serial communications default baud rate on the transmitter to the one selected A number from 0 8 follows the BR option request Corresponding v...

Page 16: ... I0 Q0 I1 Q1 Each encoder outputs 2 bits for every input bit so call the output bit stream from the first convolutional encoder I0 1 I0 2 I1 1 I1 2 and call the output bit stream from the second convolutional encoder Q0 1 Q0 2 Q1 1 Q1 2 Combining the outputs of the two encoders then the output symbol stream is I0 1 Q0 1 I0 2 Q0 2 I1 1 Q1 1 I1 2 Q1 2 For modes that do not employ Quadrature modulati...

Page 17: ...l clock and data generators generally used for system test The CG option enables this internal clock out of the unit on the primary MDM 15 connector The assignment of output pins depends on the other features selected 1 3 17 Dual Power Option DP The DP option provides two software programmed hardware actuated settings designated as high power and low power There are 64 choices for high power and 6...

Page 18: ...ption is used to specify low current in the RF Off state Current draw is less than 10 mA when the transmitter is Off This is a hardware option 1 3 23 Forward Error Correction Low Density Parity Check LDPC Option LD This option provides the Low Density Parity Check LDPC encoding which is being considered for use on the iNET program LDPC has been adopted by the Range Commander s Council IRIG 106 17 ...

Page 19: ...ich pins engage the presets depend on the other features specified Due to the limited number of pins available the PS option may require the elimination of the RF On Off pin Due to firmware part number parsing requirements the hardware preset option code must be at the very end of the part number to be valid On units which use the standard MDM 15 connector the ZY command displays the connector pin...

Page 20: ...de Input Voltage Range Option WV The standard TIMTER operates from 28 4 VDC The WV option extends operating input voltage range as shown in following table Voltage Ranges with WV Option 21 to 34 VDC for 5 Watt per output version 21 to 34 VDC for 10 Watt per output version ...

Page 21: ... ruggedized handheld programmer and a USB to serial converter cable Contact Quasonix for pricing and availability of TIMTER accessories 2 1 Fan cooled Heat Sink Part Number QSX AC 32 HS 12V The heat sink assembly includes an integral 12 VDC fan and a power supply transformer shown in Figure 3 The heat sink is shown with a mounted 6 cubic inch TIMTER in Figure 4 Figure 3 Fan cooled Heat Sink and Po...

Page 22: ...ing the need for a separate external power supply An adapter plate is also included with the heat sink Figure 5 Transmitter powered Heat Sink Pigtail Cable SMA Extender and Adapter Plate The heat sink is shown mounted on a standard 04AB TIMTER in Figure 6 and mounted on a larger 07AE TIMTER in Figure 7 The pigtail cable connects to any TIMTER regardless of MDM 15 gender by plugging the pigtail int...

Page 23: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 16 Quasonix Inc Figure 6 Transmitter powered Heat Sink Mounted on an 04AB Package Figure 7 Transmitter powered Heat Sink Mounted on a 07AE Package ...

Page 24: ...s Connected to 4 x 3 Dual Transmitter 24xx Package 2 3 Adapter Plate Part Number QSX AC AP 96 The adapter plate shown in Figure 11 allows for the standard 2 x 3 footprint TIMTER to be mounted to the larger 2 5 x 3 5 mounting surface occupied by other industry transmitters Note this adapter plate is not used with the Transmitter powered Heat Sink The appropriate adapter plate is included in the kit...

Page 25: ...ded pigtail cables for connecting to transmitters with the RS 422 clock and data baseband interface is shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 Pre wired MDM 15 with 36 Pigtails for RS 422 2 5 Pre wired MDM 15 for TTL Units Part Number QSX AC MDM15 36 SOCK Quasonix offers an MDM 15 connector with 36 color coded pigtail cables for connecting to transmitters with the TTL clock and data baseband interface ...

Page 26: ... and ground BNC connectors for clock and data and a DB 9 connector for serial control and is 35 to 36 inches long depending on the connectors Figure 14 MDM 15 Cable Harness for RS 422 2 7 MDM 15 Wiring Harness for TTL Units Part Number QSX AC MDM15 HARNESS SOCK Quasonix offers an MDM 15 wiring harness for connecting to transmitters with TTL clock and data baseband interface It includes banana plug...

Page 27: ...eld Programmer Part Number QSX AC HHPROG 1050N B The 2nd Generation Handheld Programmer is an ultra rugged Pocket PC with custom Quasonix software that allows the user to configure transmitters through its serial interface directly in the field The programmer is shown in Figure 16 Figure 16 Ruggedized Handheld Programmer ...

Page 28: ...to Serial Converter Cable 2 10 2nd Generation Switch Box Part Number QSX AC DSWBX This accessory enables configuration of a TIMTER via an external digital switch box Six LED digits are used to display the mode and frequency A channel selector for channel 1 or channel 2 enables operation with a Quasonix Dual Telemetry Transmitter Standard transmitters default to channel 1 Included with the switch b...

Page 29: ... drop in replacement for common 2 0 inch x 3 0 inch transmitters Quasonix also offers a 9 0 cubic inch C band TIMTER Dual Transmitter This 1 5 inch tall dual transmitter is designed to be mounted by four 4 1 1 2 inch screws through the holes in the four corners Your mounting requirements may be different Contact Quasonix with all mechanical or installation questions Figure 19 7 2 in3 TIMTER Dual T...

Page 30: ...r couplers Connecting to each antenna results in streamlined robust installation and improves Effective Isotropic Radiated Power EIRP Using Space Time Coding link outages caused by the two antenna problem are eliminated with negligible bandwidth expansion Figure 21 Dual Transmitter RF Outputs Connected to Upper and Lower Antenna The following example Figure 22 shows the appropriate dual transmitte...

Page 31: ...n exists for this mode the receiver displays the relative strength of each signal the difference in time of arrival between them and the received strength of the embedded pilot sequences In this example one of the signals is transmitted out the top antenna of a vehicle while the other signal is transmitted from the bottom In this setup the height of the green line above the blue graduated horizont...

Page 32: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 25 Quasonix Inc Figure 23 Outline Drawing TIMTER Dual Transmitter 07AH Package S band Female MDM 15 ...

Page 33: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 26 Quasonix Inc Figure 24 Outline Drawing TIMTER Dual Transmitter 07AN Package S band Male MDM 15 ...

Page 34: ...he center as depicted in Figure 26 Your mounting requirements may be different At 2 0 inches tall the Dual TIMTER the main difference between the side by side 4 00 x 3 00 dual transmitter and the 2 00 by 3 00 dual transmitter is band availability The side by side dual transmitter offers multiple bands L S S C L C or L S C while the 2 00 x 3 00 dual transmitter provides single band options L S or C...

Page 35: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 28 Quasonix Inc Figure 26 Outline Drawing TIMTER Dual Transmitter 24AA Package Male MDM 15 ...

Page 36: ...at sink required for a particular transmitter depends heavily on the installation Factors such as altitude air temperature air flow and mass of the mounting surface all have a substantial impact on the flow of heat away from the transmitter Quasonix offers several types of integrated and add on heat sinks refer to Section 2 Please contact Quasonix for heat sink recommendations for your particular ...

Page 37: ... MDM 15 Female Pin Numbering RS 422 Interface 07AH Package Figure 28 MDM 15 Male Pin Numbering TTL Interface 09AM Package The pin assignments can change depending on the options selected A variety of pinouts are available with the 09AM package Consult Quasonix for details ...

Page 38: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 31 Quasonix Inc The data is sampled on the falling edge of the clock as shown in Figure 29 Figure 29 Baseband Signal Timing ...

Page 39: ...n the low power setting and the high power setting When the pin is left floating or pulled high logical 1 the transmitter enters the high power mode When the pin is grounded logical 0 the transmitter enters the low power mode 4 2 TIMTER Serial Control Protocol When in Serial Control Terminal mode the TIMTER is controlled via a simple three wire serial interface transmit receive and ground The seri...

Page 40: ...al transmitter The 4 x 3 dual transmitter also supports the new 2nd Generation Switch Box for setting frequency and mode 4 2 2 2nd Generation Switch Box Notes If a Quasonix 2nd Generation Digital Switch Box is attached to the dual transmitter and the digital switch box option is present check the part model number of the transmitter for DSWBX all changes made to mode frequency or LDPC selections o...

Page 41: ...rnal clock and or data The ONLY way to restore CS and or DS as 1 from a saved configuration is by executing the RC command or by having the ID option available on the unit Note All user commands do not apply to all transmitters Command availability varies depending on the options ordered and any project specific customization applied Questions Please call Quasonix for assistance Table 12 Standard ...

Page 42: ...equired VP N A N A period Active Channel Step Up Power Incrementally steps up the active channel output power level from 0 up to 31 One step per key press No Enter key required VP N A N A Current Settings Quickly displays the current dual transmitter settings Standard N A N A AC Automatic Carrier Output Report or set automatic carrier output state With automatic carrier ON AC 1 the unit will outpu...

Page 43: ...ardless of channel unless channel 3 AND the two channels have different values Example AT Report the current value of AT 3_SOQPSK AT 3_SOQPSK Atten currently 31 5 dB After VP on chan 1 changed to 5 1_SOQPSK AT 1_SOQPSK Atten currently 26 5 dB 1_SOQPSK CH 3 3_SOQPSK Cmd Channel set to 3 3_SOQPSK AT 3_SOQPSK Chan 1 Atten currently 26 5 dB 3_SOQPSK Chan 2 Atten currently 31 5 dB Standard N A N A BD S...

Page 44: ...etail CF Y BR 5 BT Baseband Interface Type Report or set the clock and data input reference levels Clock and data interfaces are set to either TTL or RS 422 Clock interface and data interface are always the same type Examples BT Report the ref level BT T Set the baseband type to TTL BT R Set the baseband type to RS 422 Clock and Data Interface selection D or M required VR Y BT 3 CC Convolutional E...

Page 45: ...s STC mode Y CDE Channel Delay Enable Enables or disables the use of the channel delay Currently ONLY useful with STC mode where the desire is to adjust the delay on a channel to compensate for antenna length differences Set the channel delay value with the CD command Examples CDE Show the current CDE state CDE 0 Disable channel delay CDE 1 Enable channel delay STC mode Y CDE 0 CF Clock Free Disab...

Page 46: ... 4 2 3 1 1 for additional CG command detail CG Y CG 0 CH Current Channel Selects current channel for commands Valid options are 1 Apply commands to channel 1 2 Apply commands to channel 2 3 Apply commands to both channels Example CH Report current channel CH 1 Set current channel to 1 Standard Y CH 1 CLKS Clock Source Refer to CS command Standard N CS 0 CMNIO Common IO Display Displays common IO e...

Page 47: ...polarity to auto Automatically selects the most reliable clock edge Standard Y CP A CR Current Preset Displays the currently loaded preset CR Display current preset Standard CS Clock Source Report or set the clock source Unit always reverts to CS 0 external at power up Examples CS Display the current clock source CS 0 Set clock source to external CS 1 Set clock source to internal When set to inter...

Page 48: ...0 ctrl T Synth 1 ctrl M Mod 0 ctrl N Mod 1 ctrl value 32 bit data Examples CTRL Displays Help Standard DB Debug Sets the gv debug level Each debug occupies one bit turn on multiple gv debugs ORs the bits Examples DB Displays debug level DB 5 Sets gv debug level to five Standard Y DC Duplicate Channel Copies settings from one channel to another channel 1 to channel 2 or channel 2 to channel 1 An ar...

Page 49: ...entered Examples DE Report the differential encoding setting DE 0 Set differential encoding OFF DE 1 Set differential encoding ON Standard Y DE 1 DG Machine Data Generator Registers This is a read only command Displays Machine Data Generator registers in the format DG blk R value Blk is one or more of four 4 blocks specified by one hex character each bit is one of the blocks DG 0 1 DG 1 2 DG 2 4 D...

Page 50: ...ter Each bit is one block 1 DIN 0 2 DIN 1 R is register C Control F Clock free control R Rate readback S Rate set P KP I KI Value is 32 bit register value Example DIN Displays registers Standard DIOR Display I O Register Addresses Displays I O addresses of machine registers to make it easier to debug with IR and IW commands Example DIOR Displays I O addresses DL DAC Level This is a read only comma...

Page 51: ... is one or more of two 2 dout blocks specified by one hex character each bit is one of the blocks DOUT 0 1 DOUT 1 2 DOUT 3 1 and 2 R Register C Control N Noise I I Gain Q Q Gain Value 32 bit register value Examples DOUT DOUT Help DP Data Polarity Report or set data polarity Examples DP Display the current data polarity DP 0 Set data polarity to normal NOT inverted DP 1 Set data polarity to inverte...

Page 52: ...R value Blk is one or more of four 4 blocks specified by one hex character each bit is one of the blocks ENC 0 1 ENC 1 2 ENC 2 4 ENC 3 8 R Register C Control H Header Words L Lookup Table Value 32 bit register value Examples ENC ENC command Help FO Frequency Offset Offsets the synthesizer X MHz and the FPGA X MHz Example FO 0 0055 offsets 5 5 kHz FO Y FO 0 FP Frequency Plug Read Returns current va...

Page 53: ...ransmitter will tune that frequency and confirm the change for the user If the frequency is outside of the allowed range for the unit the transmitter will NOT retune but will report an error to the user Examples FR Display the current frequency FR Display allowed frequency ranges FR 1436 5 Set frequency to 1436 5 MHz Standard Y FR 1436 5 FS Frequency Step If no argument is passed it reports the cu...

Page 54: ...ommands require a carriage return at the end of the line and may also accept parameters Some commands may not be enabled depending on required options Standard N A N A HP High Power Report or set high power level to use with dual power option Valid range is 0 31 in 1 dB steps or 0 31 5 in 0 5 dB steps depending on the transmitter Examples HP Report the present high power level HP 31 Set high power...

Page 55: ... rate of the internal bit sync which phase locks to the externally applied data if Clock free is enabled If no argument is passed the unit reports the clock frequency If a valid frequency is given the internal clock frequency is set The frequency is in MHz Examples IC Display current internal clock rate IC 4 95 Set internal clock rate to 4 95 MHz Valid range is 0 002 MHz 46 000 MHz Observes same b...

Page 56: ...mal value or USER If USER two or more arguments may be included in format ID USER pattern bitlen Pattern A 32 bit hex or binary pattern Bitlen Number of bits 1 32 in the user pattern Examples ID Report the internal data pattern ID PN15 Set internal data pattern to PN15 ID AA55 Set internal data pattern to 0xAA55 ID 5555 16 Set pattern to 16 bit pattern of 5555h or bin 0101010101010101 In SOQPSK mo...

Page 57: ...ta inputs from 75 ohms to 10k ohms Examples IMP 0 Set impedance to 10k input IMP 1 Set impedance to 75 ohms Clock Data interface code of A IR Read FPGA IO Register Reads and displays any IO register on the FPGA Examples IR List some registers IR addr Display a specific 32 bit register address LC List Configurations Lists the stored configurations on the unit If a configuration number is supplied t...

Page 58: ...w the current encoder state LD 1 Enable the LDPC encoder LD 0 Disable the LDPC encoder Automatically disables differential encoding PSK modes default to DE enabled Automatically re enables DE for SOQPSK mode Refer to section 4 2 3 1 4 for additional LD command detail LD LD6 PSK modes Y LD 0 LHS LDPC Header Selects the header to use with Low Density Parity Check coding on the unit Examples LHS Show...

Page 59: ...llowable value for the unit LP Min Set low power to the minimum allowable value for the unit DP Y LP 0 LPE LDPC Parity Enable Enables the parity calculation with Low Density Parity Check coding Valid options are 0 and 1 Examples LPE Show the current LPE state LPE 1 Enable the parity calculation LPE 0 Disable the parity calculation LD Y LPE 1 LV Digital Board ADC Low Voltages Displays the digital b...

Page 60: ...he part number Example MA Show available modes 0 PCMFM 1 SOQPSK 2 MHCPM 3 BPSK 4 QPSK 5 AQPSK 6 Carrier Only 7 OQPSK 8 UQPSK 9 AUQPSK 13 STC 14 DPM Standard N A N A MJ Modulation Scaling Step Size Sets the current modulation scaling factor used when the single key Power Step Up and Power Step Down functions are used Valid range is 0009 to 10 01 Examples MJ Report the current scaling factor MJ 5 Se...

Page 61: ...M MO 1 Set modulation to SOQPSK TG MO 2 Set modulation to MULTI h CPM MO 3 Set modulation to BPSK MO 4 Set modulation to QPSK MO 6 Carrier only no modulation MO 7 Set modulation to OQPSK MO 8 Set modulation to UQPSK MO 9 Set modulation to AUQPSK MO 13 Set modulation to STC Refer to section 4 2 3 1 6 for additional MO command detail MO 13 requires STC option All other mode availability dependent on...

Page 62: ...ters This is a read only command Displays Machine Modulator Registers in the format MOD blk R value Blk is one or more of four 4 blocks specified by one hex character each bit is one of the blocks MOD 0 1 MOD 1 2 MOD 2 4 MOD 3 8 R Register C Control F FIFO I I Gain Q Q Gain L Look up table O Offset R Rate S Scale Value 32 bit register value Examples MOD MOD command Help ...

Page 63: ...d Flash Displays flash memory as bytes and ASCII in the format MRF address len Address Optional valid FLASH starting address to display Len Number of bytes to read Valid FLASH range is 000000 to 7FFFFF Examples MRF Displays flash memory from wherever it left off the last time it was called MRF 000070 3 MS Modulation Scaling Scales the deviation modulation index of the transmitted signal relative t...

Page 64: ...itter temperature goes above the set limit stored on the device and the current power level is over 25 the transmitter automatically starts to back off power in 2 dB steps to a maximum of 6 dB Standard Y OC 1 OTA Over the Air Rate Displays the current baseband and over the air bit rates on each channel This information is also displayed on the RFS output OTA Display over the air rate Standard PA P...

Page 65: ...reports the current power level setting for the dual power feature Examples PL Report the current power level state Disabled in Parallel Mode DP Y PL 0 PR or RE Restore Defaults Restores factory default parameters for the unit Default is currently the lowest number modulation supported by the transmitter with the selected band and frequency limits Default power level is Full power Standard N A N A...

Page 66: ...ta pattern to either a pseudorandom bit pattern PN 6 11 15 and 23 are currently supported or to a fixed 16 bit word pattern Currently independent mode not available If independent I and Q data is enabled with the IQ command then this sets the Q data pattern Examples QD Report the current internal data pattern QD PN15 Set pattern to PN15 QD USER 5555 16 Set pattern to 16 bit pattern of 5555h or bin...

Page 67: ...d is issued without a configuration number the transmitter is initialized with the default data and saved Valid range is 0 15 Example RC Load configuration 0 default setup RC 3 Load configuration 3 Standard N A 0 RF RF Output Report or set RF output control state Note that there may be no RF output even if the software control is set to ON This can happen if there is no valid clock in use or if th...

Page 68: ...will always be turned off during a retune if the frequency requires a hardware band change Examples RFOR Show current setting RFOR 0 Disable RF Off on Retune RFOR 1 Enable RF Off on Retune Standard Y RFOR 1 RFS RF Output State Displays information used to determine whether RF and modulation are actually On in the format RFS chan Chan An optional channel parameter used to override the current chann...

Page 69: ...polarity to pin low on RZ 1 Set RF On Off polarity to pin high on The default polarity on most Quasonix transmitters is high The RF On Off pin is a hard OFF control No matter what state everything else is in setting this switch input to the inactive state will turn RF Off Standard Y RZ 1 SC Set Configuration Priority Set or show current configuration priority setting Valid settings are 0 Ignore fr...

Page 70: ...3 8 R Register C Control F Frequency L Sweep Limit R Sweep Rate S Sweep Frequency Value 32 bit register value Examples SG SG command Help SI Spectral Inversion Sets modulation scaling to 1 whatever the current scaling is in order to invert the spectrum This is in addition to any changes in modulation scaling factor For example if a negative MS is entered and then SI is enabled the spectrum result ...

Page 71: ...arameter used to override the current channel for display information Valid channels are 1 2 or 3 to display both Example SS 1 Standard N A N A SV or SA Save Configuration Saves the current transmitter configuration to a user selected preset number from 0 to 15 where 0 is the power on default unless hardware presets are enabled The SV command also allows the user to assign an alias to the desired ...

Page 72: ...n Toggles the channel sweep state SW 1 2200 5 2394 5 1 0 Sweep channel 1 between 2200 5 MHz and 2394 5 MHz in 1 0 MHz steps Standard N A N A SY System Status Displays the system status of the transmitter The first argument specifies the period in milliseconds between status updates Zero 0 disables continuous monitoring The second argument specifies the number of status lines between header outputs...

Page 73: ...s or shows the current state of the synthesizer RF output control in the CTRL register of the machine in the format SYN chan enable Chan A channel parameter used to address a specific channel Valid channels are 1 2 or 3 to display both Enable 1 for synthesizer On or 0 for synthesizer Off Examples SYN Show current state SYN 2 0 Channel 2 synthesizer RF out disabled Off Standard ...

Page 74: ...t output Values may include A Clock rate 0 B Clock rate 1 C Clock rate 2 D Clock rate 3 M Mode 1 N Mode 2 F Frequency 1 G Frequency 2 T Temperature 1 U Temperature 2 Examples SZ SZ command Help with up to date list of status values SZ Show current values to be included in status report SZ MFGT Set status to show Mode 1 Frequency 1 Frequency 2 and Temperature 1 TTS Temperature Table State Displays ...

Page 75: ...m baud rate to 200 Standard N N A UN User Notes Sets or displays the user notes for the current setup UN notes notes is up to 80 characters of string data Standard VE Software Version Report the current Firmware software version information for the transmitter Syntax VE Displays current software version of the transmitter VE a Displays ALL version information including models revisions software ve...

Page 76: ...Typically the transmitter defaults to full power VP Max Valid range is 0 31 in 1 dB steps or 0 31 5 in 0 5 dB steps depending on the transmitter Examples VP Report the variable power level VP 31 Set variable power to 31 VP 5 Set variable power to 5 VP Max Set variable power to the highest allowable value for the unit VP Min Set variable power to the minimum allowable value for the unit VP Y VP 0 ...

Page 77: ...ter each bit is one of the blocks XFRM 0 1 XFRM 1 2 XFRM 2 4 XFRM 3 8 R Register C Control D Delay P PM Scale O PM Offset A AM Scale B AM Offset I I Gain Q Q Gain Value 32 bit register value Examples XFRM XFRM command Help ZC Show All Parameters Displays all parameters and global variables mainly for Quasonix factory use Examples ZC Show all configuration parameters ZC 2 C Show current parameters ...

Page 78: ...ers Standard N A N A ZZ Show Options Displays the current hardware configuration and options on the transmitter based on the transmitter part number Standard N A N A All commands generate a response of one or more lines which indicate successful completion of the command or an error After a command s response the transmitter displays the mode name followed by the character as a prompt which may be...

Page 79: ...e detection Do not confuse the BR command with IC which sets the rate of the internally generated clock Syntax BR A rate where A is Automatic where rate is A bit rate in Mbps that matches the input data rate Examples BR Report the bit rate BR 5 Set the bit rate to 5 Mbps BR A Set the bit rate automatically 4 2 3 1 2 Clock Generator Source Select Command CG The CG command allows the user to pick an...

Page 80: ... Hz are equated with units of bps For example 5 000 000 Hz or bps may be rewritten as 5 000 MHz or 5 000 Mbps 4 2 3 1 4 Low Density Parity Check Command LD The LD command enables or disables the Low Density Parity Check coding on a dual transmitter This is only valid in PSK modes and it automatically turns OFF differential encoding When LDPC is disabled the state of DE is determined by the mode eg...

Page 81: ...1 Enable the LDPC encoder and set the block size and code rate to k 1024 r 1 2 LD 1 2 Enable the LDPC encoder and set the block size and code rate to k 4096 r 2 3 LD 1 3 Enable the LDPC encoder and set the block size and code rate to k 1024 r 2 3 LD 1 4 Enable the LDPC encoder and set the block size and code rate to k 4096 r 4 5 LD 1 5 Enable the LDPC encoder and set the block size and code rate t...

Page 82: ...rent mode number such as 0 PCM FM CF Rate Clock free estimated data rate This rate is based on the external data input TTL or RS 422 even if internal data is presently in use CS 1 Freq Tuned frequency Tmp Current temperature CRate Clock filter clock rate This is the actual over the air bit rate regardless of the selected data source and including any increases due to encoding LDPC or convolutional...

Page 83: ...he RF On Off pin is a hard OFF control for the RF output The polarity of this pin is selectable using the RZ command The RF On Off pin in the inactive state forces RF OFF the RF On Off pin can only allow RF to turn on but it cannot force it to turn on If RZ 1 then a high level on the RF On Off pin allows RF On If RZ 0 then a low level ground the RF On Off pin allows RF On The RZ command is describ...

Page 84: ...echnical support Part 2 Verifying modulation output on frequency with internal data 1 Turn on the transmitter 2 Set the mode to one of the available modes on your unit For example MO 0 for PCM FM MO 1 for SOQPSK etc 3 Set transmitter to the desired frequency using the FR command For example FR 2200 5 To see the allowed frequencies on your unit type FR 4 Turn the soft RF control ON with RF 1 5 Enab...

Page 85: ...e desired waveform on the RF output at the desired frequency 11 If the waveform is NOT present check the state of the RF On Off pin Use the RZ command to check the current polarity of the RF On Off pin RZ 1 sets the transmitter output to turn ON when the RF On Off pin is high 3 3 VDC RZ 0 sets the transmitter output to turn ON when the RF On Off pin is low 12 Change either the RF On Off pin or the...

Page 86: ...echnical support it will speed things up if you have the following information handy Model number obtained with the ZZ command Note that this is different from the customer part number Serial number obtained with the SN command Software Version obtained with the VE command It is also helpful if you can call from a phone in your lab so our tech support people can actually walk you through setting c...

Page 87: ... 2 4 amps 1 9 amps L S band 4x3 10 Watts per Output 4 1 amps 3 5 amps C band 5 Watts per Output 2 6 amps 2 1 amps C band 10 Watts per Output 3 8 amps 3 0 amps L S band or S C band 4x3 5 Watts per Output 4 0 amps 3 4 amps L C band or S C band 4x3 10 Watts per Output 5 0 amps 4 5 amps L S C band 4x3 10 Watts per Output 5 0 amps 4 5 amps 6 3 Environmental Specifications TIMTER transmitters meet the e...

Page 88: ...mpulse Excitation CS116 Conducted Susceptibility Damped Sinusoidal Transients Cables and Power Leads RE101 Radiated Emissions Magnetic Field RE102 Radiated Emissions Electric Field RS101 Radiated Susceptibility Magnetic Field RS103 Radiated Susceptibility Electric Field Quasonix transmitters have been tested for compliance with these standards approximately annually since 2004 However such testing...

Page 89: ... MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W H L and C 1435 5 MHz and 4400 0 MHz 1534 5 MHz and 4950 0 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W J C Mid C and Euro Mid C 4400 0 MHz and 5091 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 4950 0 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 5250 0 MHz 5120 0 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W K S and C Mid C and with Euro Mid C 2200 5 MHz 4400 0 MHz and 5091 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 2394 5 MHz 4950 0 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 5250 0 MHz 2370 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W L Lower L 1435 5 ...

Page 90: ...5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W X Mid C band 5091 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 5120 0 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W Y L and C 1435 5 MHz 1750 0 MHz and 4400 0 MHz 5091 0 MHz 1534 5 MHz 1855 0 MHz and 4950 0 MHz 5150 0 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W Z L and Euro Mid C 1435 5 MHz and 5150 0 MHz 1534 5 MHz and 5250 0 MHz 1450 5 MHz 0 5 MHz 10 W 6 5 Carrier Frequency Error The frequency error is less than 20 ppm over all combinations of temp...

Page 91: ...ts of dBc at frequency f MHz f frequency in MHz fc the carrier frequency in MHz R the bit rate in Mb s P the rated power output of the UUT in Watts and the values of K and m are as tabulated in Table 18 Table 18 K and m Values per Waveform K m PCM FM Tier 0 28 2 SOQPSK TG Tier I 61 4 MULTI h CPM Tier II 73 4 As noted in the equation above the mask has a floor at 55 10 log P dBc and the mask impose...

Page 92: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 85 Quasonix Inc Figure 31 PCM FM Tier 0 Power Spectral Density with Mask Figure 32 SOQPSK TG Tier I Power Spectral Density with Mask ...

Page 93: ...IMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 86 Quasonix Inc Figure 33 MULTI h CPM Tier II Power Spectral Density with Mask 6 8 Phase Noise Power Spectrum TIMTER phase noise limits are shown in Figure 34 ...

Page 94: ...nternal heat producing sources and the baseplate The 5 W and 10 W Dual TIMTER versions are rated for operation with baseplate temperatures ranging from 40 C to 85 C 6 10 Vibration and Shock The transmitter is designed and tested to operate normally when subjected to random vibration and shock The shock and vibe test setup employed by Quasonix is shown in the following figures ...

Page 95: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 88 Quasonix Inc Figure 35 Vibration Shock Testing System Figure 36 TIMTER Mounted for Z axis Testing ...

Page 96: ...Figure 37 TIMTER Mounted for X axis Testing Figure 38 TIMTER Mounted for Y axis Testing 6 10 1 Vibration Testing Each transmitter is subjected to the random vibration spectrum depicted in Figure 39 and Table 19 prior to shipment Figure 39 TIMTER Vibration Profile ...

Page 97: ...pectrum Breakpoints Frequency Hz PSD g2 Hz 20 0 04 30 0 17 150 0 17 200 0 2 2000 0 2 G RMS 19 6 During flight qualification testing the unit under test UUT was shaken for 30 minutes in each axis The results are shown in Figure 40 Figure 41 and Figure 42 Figure 40 Z axis Vibration Spectrum ...

Page 98: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 91 Quasonix Inc Figure 41 Y axis Vibration Spectrum Figure 42 X axis Vibration Spectrum ...

Page 99: ...shock pulses as follows Type Half sine Level 60 g Duration 5 milliseconds Application Three 3 shocks in each direction of the three 3 orthogonal axes both positive and negative for 18 shocks total The plots of the positive and negative pulses in each of the three axes are shown in the following figures Figure 43 Shock Pulse Z axis Positive ...

Page 100: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 93 Quasonix Inc Figure 44 Shock Pulse Z axis Negative Figure 45 Shock Pulse Y axis Positive ...

Page 101: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 94 Quasonix Inc Figure 46 Shock Pulse Y axis Negative Figure 47 Shock Pulse X axis Positive ...

Page 102: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 95 Quasonix Inc Figure 48 Shock Pulse X axis Negative ...

Page 103: ...TIMTER Multi mode Dual Telemetry Transmitter 96 Quasonix Inc 7 Maintenance Instructions The TIMTER requires no regular maintenance and there are no user serviceable parts inside ...

Page 104: ...the Products At no time shall requests for changes in the software architecture or visual esthetics be considered a warranty item The Products are manufactured using new materials only Replacement parts may be new or equivalent to new Replacement parts are warranted to be free from defects in material or workmanship for thirty 30 days or for the remainder of the Warranty Period of the Products in ...

Page 105: ...sonix or e by modification or service by anyone other than i Quasonix ii an Quasonix authorized service provider or iii your own installation of end user replaceable Quasonix or Quasonix approved parts if available for the Products in the servicing country THE TERMS OF THE WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN DO NOT IN ANY WAY EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT OR PART THEREOF OR SOFTWARE MATERIALS WHICH WERE NOT MANUF...

Page 106: ... shipment Authorized return shipments must be addressed in the following manner Quasonix Inc ATTN Repair RMA 6025 Schumacher Park Drive West Chester OH 45069 To ensure that your shipment is processed most efficiently please include the following information with your product return Ship To Company name address zip code and internal mail drop if applicable Attention Contact person Name Title Depart...

Page 107: ...s command from a terminal 6 The preset pins are read only at power up Changing the preset pins after power on has no effect 7 The presets are set in your lab from the 0000 state using the SV command Storing a preset is done by configuring the device as you wish it to operate then saving the setup to a particular preset The save is performed by typing the following command SV x name where x is the ...

Page 108: ...ore setting up the transmitter it is important to understand the differences in receiver configuration required A field set up using a Dual Transmitter and Rack Mount Receiver in STC mode is pretty straight forward A transmit antenna connects to each RF output on the transmitter and a receive antenna connects to each RF input on the receiver The rest of the connection occurs through the air This i...

Page 109: ...ts from Channel 1 and Channel 2 of the dual transmitter as shown in Figure 52 Figure 52 Example Bench RF Configuration for Dual Transmitter and Compact Receiver 11 1 2 Rack Mount Receiver A Rack Mount receiver normally requires a splitter to accept the RF input from a transmitter to separate it into Channel 1 and Channel 2 inputs at the receiver as shown in Figure 53 and Figure 54 Quasonix Dual Tr...

Page 110: ...on for Dual Transmitter and Rack Mount Receiver With STC Single RF Signal from Transmitter Sent to Splitter Quasonix Rack Mount RDMS Receiver Quasonix Transmitter RF Signal Split into CH1 and CH2 Signal Splitter Combiner Single RF Signal Sent to Splitter RF Signal Split into CH1 and CH2 Quasonix Rack Mount RDMS Receiver Without STC RF Signal Direct Connect from Transmitter Channel 1 to Splitter Qu...

Page 111: ...nels must be set up identically To facilitate this type the CH 3 command prior to the other commands to automatically set both channels to the same parameters The channels may be set up one at a time but CH 3 prevents duplication of work Table 20 shows the commands required to set up the four possible configurations Table 20 Dual Transmitter Input Commands for Channel 1 and Channel 2 SOQPSK only S...

Page 112: ...ate BNC Bayonet Neill Concelman Connector RF Connector BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying CF Clock Free option CG Clock Generator option CPM Continuous Phase Modulation DB Data Bias Level option DB 9 D subminiature 9 pin Serial Connector DD Debounce Delay DE Differential Encoding DDS Direct Digital Synthesizer DP Data Polarity option DP Dual Power DS Data Source option FPGA Field Programmable Gate Arr...

Page 113: ...requency Modulation PF Parallel Port Frequency PL Power Level PM Parallel Port Mode PM Phase Modulation PSK Phase Shift Keying PW Parameter Write option QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying QT Query Temperature option RC Recall Configuration option RF Radio Frequency RG Reverse Gender option RJ 45 Ethernet Connection Jack RN Randomizer option RS 232 Recommended Standard 232 Serial Communications SC ...

Page 114: ...ng Loop TTL Transistor Transistor Logic UDP User Datagram Protocol UQPSK Unbalanced Quadrature Phase Shift Keying US Upper S band USB Universal Serial Bus UUT Unit Under Test VAC Voltage Alternating Current VDC Voltage Direct Current VP Variable Power option VR Variable Reference Level VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio W Watt WAN Wide Area Network WV Wide Input Voltage Range option ...

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