COMMAND RANGING & TELEMETRY UNIT CORTEX
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1.10.
Shipping
Incorrect equipment preparation and/or incorrect packing is a frequent source of problems.
In order to avoid damage to the equipment during shipment, please follow these rules:
1.
For 4U chassis
, secure the keyboard drawer using the supplied screws. A non-secured drawer may
slide out during shipment and may become damaged or even cause damage to the chassis structure.
Please refer to the sticker on the sides of the unit and to the picture below for identification of the
keyboard drawer retaining screws.
2.
For 4U chassis
, disconnect the VGA and Keyboard/Mouse cables at the rear of the unit and secure
them along the rear panel using adhesive tape. Shipping the Cortex CRT unit with the VGA and
Keyboard/Mouse cables connected may result in severe damage to the rear panel connectors, or even to
the CPU board inside the unit.
3. Protect the Cortex CRT unit from humidity by placing it in a sealed bag. The bag used in the original
shipment from Safran Data Systems can be re-used, if it has been cleanly cut during unpacking. Shipping
an unprotected unit may result in damage caused by condensation, especially if the unit in shipped from
a country in a hot and wet climate.
4. Use a shipping container that provides adequate shock protection. The original Safran Data Systems
cardboard and laminated wood container with internal foam lining has been qualified for adequate
protection of the Cortex units under transportation environments per Mil-Std-810-F, and is therefore
ideally suited unless it has suffered damages from a previous shipment. Never use a non-adequate
container such as a cardboard box with chips, or bubble film. Shipping in a non-adequate container will
result in severe damage in most cases.
5. For Cortex CRT models supplied with an external interconnexion panel, if the cables connecting the BNC
panel to the Cortex CRT are being shipped, always use an ESD dissipative bag for packing the cables,
such as the one used by Safran Data Systems in the original shipment. Using a regular plastic bag may
result in accumulating static electricity charges in the cables, which will result in damaging or destroying
the IF input amplifiers when the cables are connected to the unit.
6. For Cortex CRT models with integrated BNC connectors on chassis, add plastic plugs on all BNC
connectors in order to prevent any damages of the shipping container.
