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MNT-PTX-150

 SONIK  -  1999

PTX150

DIRECT DIGITAL

PAGING TRANSMITTER

User Manual

Sonik Technologies Corporation

310 Via Vera Cruz, Suite 111
San Marcos, CA 92029 USA

Phone:

 

760-752-1011

FAX: 760-752-1411
Email: [email protected]

Summary of Contents for PTX150

Page 1: ...0 SONIK 1999 PTX150 DIRECT DIGITAL PAGING TRANSMITTER User Manual Sonik Technologies Corporation 310 Via Vera Cruz Suite 111 San Marcos CA 92029 USA Phone 760 752 1011 FAX 760 752 1411 Email techsupport sonik com ...

Page 2: ...ock Diagram of the Paging Transmitter 4 2 SPECIFICATIONS 6 Table 2 0 1 Physical Specifications 6 Table 2 0 2 General Specifications 6 Table 2 0 3 RF Characteristics 6 3 INITIAL INSTALLATION 7 4 CONNECTION TO NETWORK 9 Table 4 0 1 List of the DB37 connector pins 9 5 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE 10 Table 5 0 1 Trouble Shooting 10 6 USING THE RDK REMOTE TX DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM 10 7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 11 Appen...

Page 3: ...lizes advanced cooling technology to maintain very low power transistor junction temperatures This approach means assures ultra reliable power amplifier performance The power amplifier temperature is monitored and if the temperature rises above a preset amount 35 C the diagnostics system is alerted and the fan and cooling system is activated The transmitter is protected by over temperature feedbac...

Page 4: ...tandard RS232 interface for local programming LED FUNCTION POWER Indicates that 24VDC is available from the Power supply TX ON Transmitter is transmitting RF power LOW POWER RF output is below alarm threshold set in software HIGH VSWR Antenna port matching is out of specifications set in software FAULT Global fault condition in the transmitter Refer to Trouble shooting Guide in the handbook FRONT ...

Page 5: ...erface MAINS INPUT 115 220VAC 50 60Hz input voltage DB37 Transmitter Controller unit connection point BNC External reference input 5 15MHz RJ11 Internal link MODEM interface Table 1 2 2 Rear Panel functions Figure 1 2 0 Rear view N TYPE RF Output MAINS INPUT AC Power In Swtch Fuse assembly DB37 LIU Interface DB9 RS232 Dial MODEM System Ground BNC External Frequency Source Input 24V GND RJ11 Link M...

Page 6: ...e The 10 7 MHz modulated signal is processed through a filter before being applied to the first mixer The LO input to the first mixer is a high quality 235 MHz unmodulated signal with very low phase noise The mixing products are filtered and buffered with two stages of SAW filtering and the low side product of 224 3 Mhz is then applied to the second mixer The Second mixer LO frequency is equal to ...

Page 7: ...ter and the two 90 degree out of phase output signals from the power splitter are feed into two 75W power amplifiers The outputs of the two 75W power amplifiers are then combined to produce 100W continuous RF output power The forward and reverse power output is also monitored using a directional coupler The exciter microprocessor computes VSWR from the directional coupler outputs ALC is also effec...

Page 8: ...vided for connection to C net or other network support decoders For POCSAG connection Clock input line is not required and only TX DATA Lbit line is used Diagnostics Auto dial up system with WINDOWS based central station monitoring software Analogs and digital inputs are supported by the diagnostics package Standard alarms are also made available on 37 pin DIN socket for connection to network inte...

Page 9: ... physical damage Pay particular attention to the rear plugs and sockets Verify that the rear cooling fan is free to rotate and does not have packing material in it which may prevent the blades from rotating Connect a good quality 50Ω dummy load rated for at least 150W continuous power at the frequency of operation of the transmitter to the transmitter RF output N connector on the rear panel WARNIN...

Page 10: ...l factory defaults can be saved onto hard disk by selecting the SAVE field and typing in an appropriate file name The power up sequence is as follows 1 A tone is heard after power is applied and all front panel lights should be ON 2 After approximately 5 seconds the LEDs on the front panel will go off in sequence starting with the FAULT and the only remaining LED left ON is POWER 3 The tone then s...

Page 11: ...he transmitter The correct connections will vary depending upon the LIU used and the mode of operation Refer to Table 4 0 1 of pin outs for the DB37 connector PIN No LIU Name FUNCTION 1 In8 Protocol select line 5 In4 Frequency select line 6 In3 Frequency select line 7 In2 Frequency select line 8 In1 Frequency select line 11 TXON Transmitter key 15 TDL TX DATA TTL L Bit 16 TDM TX DATA TTL H Bit 4 l...

Page 12: ... light up or no tone heard Mains power is off Fuse has blown on input connector faulty power supply No RF output power The SONIK PTX150 transmitter will turn off the RF output if any potentially fatal faults develop in the unit Fault can be caused by the LIU selecting a channel that is not configured in software If the fault LED is ON you must find out what fault is causing the problem through the...

Page 13: ... up RED allowing you to immediately identify the problem area 7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS GLOSSARY This section gives an index of how different fonts are used to represent operations between the computer and the radio and the technical terms used in this manual Window This indicates the user should be in a particular window within the RDK control program to perform a particular operation KEY The symbols i...

Page 14: ...o set frequency values for the transmitter The selection of different frequencies is determined by changing the input voltage level 0V or 5V at Pin5 6 7 8 of DB37 for example leaving Pin5 6 7 8 to be floating 5V means the selection of the first frequency value channel 00 III Click Tx Control button to set parameters for the transmitter RF power external frequency source data polarity PTT signal pa...

Page 15: ...ith real time parameters Forward Power VSWR Temperature Power Voltage PA Current and PA driver power monitoring VIII Click Dial Remote button to dial remote transmitter with an internal dialer Before dialing please be sure to set the dial MODEM parameters using the following AT commands ATS0 1 AT D0 AT K0 AT W0 Then select item Modem Setup or Dialer Setup from Local Setup menu to setup local dial ...

Page 16: ...37 15 Tx Data Low Bit TTL Connection between External NIU and GPS Receiver GPS time signal GPS Receiver serial port 9 Pin External NIU option port 9 Pin Pin 1 Connected to Pin 4 Pin 2 Connected to Pin 3 Pin 3 Connected to Pin 2 Pin 4 Connected to Pin 1 Pin 5 Connected to Pin 5 Pin 6 to Pin 1 Pin 6 to Pin 1 Pin 7 Connected to Pin 8 Pin 8 Connected to Pin 7 GPS 1pps Signal connected the 1pps OUT por...

Page 17: ...ected to DB37 16 Tx Data High Bit TTL J4 18 Data Clock Connected to DB37 18 Data Clock J4 7 Freq2 Connected to DB37 6 Freq2 J4 6 Freq1 Connected to DB37 7 Freq1 J4 36 Freq0 Connected to DB37 8 Freq0 When the transmitter needs to obtain the external frequency source from C2000 connect the 10M REF OUT port of C2000 to the External Frequency Input port of SONIK PTX150 transmitter with a BNC cable III...

Page 18: ...rial port settings are COM1 19200bps N 8 1 0 NIU set link Link settings link fm2 9600 from digital_in 0 NIU set align_type Syncronization mode GPS Mode Alignment type is gps No GPS Mode Alignment type is dir_sync 0 NIU config devid Base station device ID 0 NIU config sysid System ID 0 NIU config txd Paging data polarity 0 NIU set maint_polarity Maintenance cycle polarity 0 NIU show gps At GPS mode...

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