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User Manual
Rev. 1.0 - 27/10/06
TEX500-LCD & TEX1000LIGHT
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Measurement and display of transmitter operating parameters.
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Communication with external devices such as programming or telemetry
systems via RS232 serial interface or I2C.
Four LEDs on the front panel provide the following status indications:
ON
,
LOCK
,
FOLDBACK
and
RF MUTE
; two yellow LEDs indicate power supply unit
malfunction.
The exciter management firmware is based on a menu system. User has four
navigation buttons available to browse submenus: ESC (Sect.6.1 - [6]), , ,
and
ENTER
(sect. 6.1 - [9]).
The rear panel features the mains input connectors with a mains voltage switch
(see Sect. 6.2 - [30]) to select the appropriate mains input voltage, as well as audio
input connectors and RF output connector, telemetry connector, protection fuses
and two inputs for signals modulated onto subcarriers by suitable external coders,
such as RDS (Radio Data System) signals commonly used in Europe.
