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INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE

MANUAL

Flange Mounted High Power Amplifier

(FMHPA)

82166 Series

Summary of Contents for 82166 Series

Page 1: ...No 00 First Issue Jul 2008 THALES AVIONICS Ltd This document and any information included are the property of Thales Avionics They cannot be reproduced disclosed or utilized without the company s prior written approval INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL Flange Mounted High Power Amplifier FMHPA 82166 Series ...

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Page 3: ... Software 2 2 C General Operation 2 3 1 Functional Modes 2 3 D HPA Module 2 4 E PSM and CM Module 2 4 1 PSM 2 5 2 CM 2 5 F Operating Environment 2 6 1 Normal operating temperature 2 6 2 Cooling 2 6 3 Heat dissipation 2 6 G Environment Conditions 2 7 H Weight and Dimensions 2 7 I FMHPA Performances 2 11 2 2 Interfaces 2 11 A Aircraft Power Utility Service 2 11 B Communication Interface 2 12 2 3 FMH...

Page 4: ...lation Test 4 2 Section 5 FAULT ISOLATION Page 5 1 Bite Function 5 1 5 2 BITE Test 5 1 A Self Test 5 1 B Health Monitor 5 2 5 3 SDU LED 5 2 Section 6 MAINTENANCE Practices Page 6 1 General 6 1 6 2 Equipment and Materials 6 1 6 3 Procedure for the FMHPA 6 2 A Removal and Installation Procedure 6 2 1 Remove the FMHPA as follows 6 2 2 Install the FMHPA as follows 6 2 B Adjustment Procedure 6 4 C Repa...

Page 5: ... This document and any information included are the property of Thales Avionics They cannot be reproduced disclosed or utilized without the company s prior written approval RECORD OF REVISIONS Revision No Revision Date Date Inserted By Revision No Revision Date Date Inserted By ...

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Page 7: ...n and any requirements specific to a particular airframe should be assessed before installation is commenced The Manual covers the following topics a Title Page b Table of Content c Record of Revisions d Introduction e Description f Installation Guidelines g Inspection and System Checkout h Fault Isolation i Maintenance Practices NOTE This manual does not cover aircraft system commissioning test p...

Page 8: ... one or more of the Inmarsat aeronautical services known as Classic Aero Swift 64 and SwiftBroadband This manual provides information specific for the FMHPA 1 3 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS The following publications provide additional useful information Table 1 1 Reference Documents 1 4 COMPLIANCE TO REGULATIONS A Federal Communication Commission The FMHPA is designed to be compliant with part 15 and part...

Page 9: ...uropean Aviation Safety Agency EASA regulations EASA FAR 25 869 Fire protection systems EASA 25X0899 Electrical bonding and protection against lightning and static electricity EASA FAR 25 1301 Equipment general function and installation EASA FAR 25 1309 Equipment systems and installations EASA 25X1316 System lightning protection EASA FAR 25 1353 Electrical equipment and installations EASA FAR 25 1...

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Page 11: ...ent to provide the aircraft with a range of communication services by transmitting and receiving L Band signals to and from the fourth generation of INMARSAT satellites For this purpose the INMARSAT satellite constellation is connected to the ground backbone telecommunication network through Satellite Access Stations SAS operated by service providers A Hardware The FMHPA contains two hardware Shop...

Page 12: ...the SDU and for the power supplies of the FMHPA b Internal connectors are used to Connect the PSM and the CM Connect the RF SRU to the Logic SRU for power supplies and the communication signal Supply a test connector for testing and downloading B Software There is no software in the FMHPA All FMHPA functions shall be allocated to hardware Figure 2 1 FMHPA Internal Organisation HPA Power Supply Con...

Page 13: ...etected and a high temperature protection function 1 Functional Modes The FMHPA operates in the following five modes a Nominal Mode 35W output Nominal Mode NM is defined as the operating condition when power supplies are applied This mode is enabled by default at powerup the power supply is defined at its nominal Voltage around 27V b Low Power mode 9W output Low Power Mode is defined as the operat...

Page 14: ... seconds With carriers Off Mute the main characteristic of the mode is to have a high isolation between FMHPA input and FMHPA output After HPA Power On Self Test POST or at the end of a self test e BITE Monitoring A monitoring Mode is defined in order to check if the FMHPA Status is OK or FAIL A self test is carried out at Start up and on request from the SDU D HPA Module The HPA function is to am...

Page 15: ... ARINC 429 to send control signals to the HPA and the PSM and report FMHPA status Figure 2 2 Power Supply Module J1 Lightening EMC protection Isolated AC DC 350W PFC Hold up capacitors 200ms for Digital part DC DC HPA HL LV voltage 300W DC DC 5 1V 30W HPA CM J9 J5 DC DC 15V 1 5W 15V 1 5W 5V 0 1W 5 1V 2 5W Temperature sensors Voltage supervision Power cut management Output discrets Control signals ...

Page 16: ... Normal operating temperature Between 15o C 5o F and 70o C 158o F 2 Cooling Forced air type requiring Normal airflow rate of 2 6 lb min 72 kg hr Nominal Mode NM inlet temperature 60o C 140o F and Low Power Mode LPM inlet temperature of 70o C 158o F 3 Heat dissipation 265 W assuming 100 duty cycles with HPA operating at 35 W output Figure 2 3 Communiction Module Input LRU Connector Communication Mo...

Page 17: ...onmental Test categories for SDU and SCM H Weight and Dimensions Weight and dimensions of the FMHPA are as follows NOTE Weights and measurements in this manual use both U S inches and S I metric mm values Maximum Weight 8 9 kg 19 8 lb RTCA DO 160 Environmental Categories Section Condition Category 4 0 Temperature Altitude A2 5 0 Temp Var B 6 0 Humidity A 7 0 Shock Crash E 8 0 Vibration R Vibration...

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Page 19: ...159 MAXI 6 26 Drawn Air Flow 284 2 11 189 279 5 MAXI 11 004 19 5 MINI 0 768 59 MAXI 2 323 16 MAXI 0 63 79 3 11 150 5 91 30 1 18 CENTER OF GRAVITY 30 MAXI 1 181 8 MINI 0 315 13 5 MAXI 0 531 36 MAXI 1 417 INTERFACE PC BOARD 120 MAXI 4 724 328 5 MAXI 12 933 299 MAXI 11 772 279 MINI 10 984 HPA POWER SUPPLY 70 2 76 0 5 MINI 0 0197 6 75 1 0 266 0 004 30 MINI 1 181 162 58 6 4 39 10 1 54 0 39 5 10 0 2 0 3...

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Page 21: ...50 VA in LPM 50 VA in STBY mode RF Frequency 1626 5 MHz to 1660 5 MHz RF Power Rating 35W for continuous operation RF Gain adjustable in NM and LPM 0 5 dB increments up to 15 5 dB dynamic 2 2 INTERFACES The FMHPA interfaces are as follows A Aircraft Power Utility Service The FMHPA interfaces with the aircraft primary power generator refer Figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 FMHPA Power Distribution Diagram SDU ...

Page 22: ...iagrams refer to Figure 2 6 illustrate all the necessary connections between the FMHPA and all the other interfaced equipment B FMHPA Connectors The FMHPA has three external connectors and five internal connectors 1 FMHPA Connectors Table 2 3 FMHPA Connectors PARAMETERS ARINC 429 LABELS FMHPA Command word SDU to FMHPA 143 FMHPA Command Summary word SDU to FMHPA 227 FMHPA Status word FMHPA to SDU 1...

Page 23: ... access dooor Type of Power Control connector J1 MIL C 38999 Series III Insert Arrange ment 17 26 Type of RF Input connector J3 TNC Female Type of RF Output connector J3 N Type Female PIN OUT of J1 See Table 2 5 PIN No Signal Description A FMHPA BITE A ARINC 429 from FMHPA B FMHPA BITE B ARINC 429 from FMHPA C RS422 RXD A Not Used Serial data to FMHPA D RS422 RXD B Not Used Serial data to FMHPA E ...

Page 24: ...oval P Antenna control A ARINC 429 to FMHPA R Antenna control B ARINC 429 to FMHPA S Antenna control Shield SHLD for ARINC 429 T FMHPA BITE Shield SHLD for ARINC 429 U RS422 Shield TBC Not Used RS422 Shield V SPARE SPARE W SPARE SPARE X 115Vac Hot Aircraft AC power Y 115Vac Return Aircraft AC power Z SPARE SPARE a Discrete BITE 3 Not Used Discrete BITE 3 Not Used b ATE Pin Not Used Manufacturer sp...

Page 25: ...t Chassis Ground 115V AC 7 5 AMP Circuit Breaker 19 18 E F 115 Vac Cold 115 Vac Hot J 10 DLNA BITE Return 3 5 6 8 MP08C MP08D BITE Input Top Port BSU Ant B BITE Input Top Port BSU Ant A Multi Control Output B Multi Control Output A MP01E MP01F 7 4 Note 1 22 A TX Port FMHPA TX Port HPA RF Output to DLNA Note1 J2 J3 MP02E MP02F J1 Y J1 X J1 J J1 A J1 B J1 P J1 R J1 T J1 S BITE Input from HPA A BITE ...

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Page 27: ...ings 3 2 INTERCHANGEABILITY The FMHPA will only operate when installed with a Thales SDU Therefore the FMHPA are interchangeable only with identical system components as covered in this manual The FMHPA and SDU are a Functional Doublet This means that the interwiring and pin out definitions are interchangeable but due to unique protocol implementations the supply and acquisition of these units are...

Page 28: ...emperature of 70o C 158o F The cooling air will enter the equipment chassis at the front and drawn though from the rear forced air cooling 3 5 POWER REQUIREMENTS It is the responsibility of the installer to select the appropriate gauge of wire for power connections and to ensure that the required safety and voltage drop requirements are complied with For FMHPA power supply specifications refer to ...

Page 29: ... of Thales Avionics They cannot be reproduced disclosed or utilized without the company s prior written approval 3 6 BONDING REQUIREMENTS The bonding of all LRUs to the airframe must not exceed 20 milliohms However some aircraft manufacturers or design installation organisation may require a lower value than the recommended 20 milliohms ...

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Page 31: ...the cables have been damaged and cannot be damaged by components that are installed later c Clean Co axial connections with isopropyl alcohol and torque tighten to connector manufacturers recommendations d Verify that the various RF cables are within their minimum radius of curvature tolerances e Check that the cable runs are spaced away from any moving or hot part that could damage cables when in...

Page 32: ...HAN 3 5M OR 12 FEET SINCE THERE ARE VARIOUS POSSIBLE ANTENNA LOCATIONS IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OPERATOR TO DETERMINE THE AREA OF HAZARD FOR THEIR TFS SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND TO TRAIN PERSONNEL IN GROUND SAFETY PROCEDURES WARNING DURING ANTENNA OPERATION TRANSMISSION MAKE SURE PERSONNEL ARE NOT EXPOSED TO ANY REFLECTED SCATTERED OR DIRECT BEAMS ENSURE PERSONNEL ARE OUTSIDE THE MINIMUM DIST...

Page 33: ...ERATIONS This test requires that all the Satcom system LRUs SDU SCM FMHPA DLNA Antenna and cables be connected and operating properly with a means of displaying any system faults detected by the LRU during the Built In Test Equipment BITE test The results of the test are indicated on the SDU front panel LED If no system faults are indicated by the BITE test then the subsystem installation should b...

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Page 35: ...status is requested from the ARINC 429 serial input bus The FMHPA will continously monitor its internal health and in the event of a detected failure will report this to the SDU through the serial interface Such monitoring does not interrupt normal operations The FMHPA is equipped with an internal power detector able to provide measurement of the following The RF Output power The RF reflected powe...

Page 36: ...be reproduced disclosed or utilized without the company s prior written approval B Health Monitor The FMHPA will continuously monitor its internal serviceability and in the event of a detected failure will report this to the SDU via the ARINC 429 status word 5 3 SDU LED The FMHPA also displays serviceabilty via the SDU front panel Ext HPA LED refer to the SDU SCM IMM ...

Page 37: ...T ENSURE ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN WHILE PERFORMING ANY WORK IF THE ELECTRICAL POWER IS APPLIED TO THE LRU CAUTION TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT TURN AIRCRAFT POWER OFF INCLUDING SDU BEFORE REMOVING OR INSTALLING FMHPA Field lubrication or other maintenance procedures are not required The design of the FMHPA is such that they do not require field maintenance to maintain airworthiness If func...

Page 38: ...rom rear of FMHPA Refer Figure 6 1 item 1 c Disconnect DataBus Power cable from connector J1 5 on front of FMHPA d Disconnect RF IN cable from connector J2 3 on front of FMHPA e Disconnect RF OUT cable from connector J3 4 on front of FMHPA f Assuming that the mounting fixture is equipped with anchor nuts loosen and remove the four fixings screws 2 that retain the FMHPA to its mounting fixture whil...

Page 39: ...e four fixing screws After all four fixing screw have been inserted torque tighten the screws to 5 3Nm with an appropriate tool CAUTION ENSURE THAT THE FIXING SCREWS HAVE BEEN FASTENED AND THAT THE LRU IS SECURELY HELD IN POSITION CAUTION ENSURE THE RF CONNECTORS ARE TORQUE TIGHTENED TO THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS d Inspect connectors and clean e Connect RF OUT cable to connector J3 4 on fro...

Page 40: ...Avionics They cannot be reproduced disclosed or utilized without the company s prior written approval B Adjustment Procedure Not Applicable C Repair Procedure Not Applicable D Return to Service Procedures Do the Post Installation Test Procedures referenced in the Inspection and System Checkout Section of this manual Figure 6 1 FMHPA Remove Install ...

Page 41: ...th a cleaning wipe and isopropyl alcohol exercising care to not damage information labels 6 5 PERIODIC CHECKS See Inspection Check procedure in Para 4 1 6 6 CABLING AND CONNECTIONS CAUTION ENSURE THE RF CONNECTORS ARE TORQUE TIGHTENED TO THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS Periodically check cable connectors recommended and if cable connectors are loose remove connector inspect for damage and cleanl...

Page 42: ...e cables and wiring collar applicable switches and circuit breakers and placard them inoperative Revise equipment list and weight and balance as applicable prior to flight and make a log book entry that the unit was removed refer to section 91 213 of the FAR or the aircraft Minimum Equipment List MEL f FMHPA can be repaired by an Approved Maintenance Organization or an appropriately rated FAA Part...

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