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Setting TCP\IP parameters

TRANSAS AIS BASE STATION T214. Technical Manual.

After the input of the aforementioned parameters, the program will prompt you to
confirm the data correctness. If everything is correct, enter “y”.
New parameters will be applied and the program will produce a summary of current
settings.

Summary of Contents for T214

Page 1: ... Transas Ltd April 2007 TRANSAS AIS BASE STATION T214 TECHNICAL MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...is manual are the best that are available at the date of issue but are subject to change without notice Transas Ltd pursues the policy of continuous development This may lead to the product described in this manual being different from the product delivered after its publication The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 3: ...al requirements 29 4 3 2 GPS antenna installation 30 4 3 3 GLONASS GPS antenna installation 31 4 4 VHF antenna installation 32 4 5 VHF and GNSS antenna cable connections 32 4 6 T214 main unit installation 33 4 6 1 T214 main unit drawing 33 4 6 2 Installation procedure 33 4 6 3 External connectors 34 4 6 4 Connections of external equipment 36 4 6 5 Length of cables 36 4 6 6 Power supply connection ...

Page 4: ... 3 Monitoring of synchronization data source 77 6 11 4 Technical information 78 6 11 5 Alarms and Status information 79 Using the AIS Base Station 81 7 1 Power supply connection 83 7 1 1 Connecting main power supply 83 7 1 2 Connecting standby power supply 83 7 1 3 Function for automatic switchover to standby supply 83 7 2 connecting external devices 83 7 2 1 Connection to serial presentation port...

Page 5: ...nced power supply status sentences 104 9 3 3 Fan speed diagnostic sentences 104 9 3 4 Internal temperature diagnostic sentences 104 9 3 5 Digital I O control commands 104 9 4 DGPS corrections input port 105 List of alarms and troubleshooting 107 10 1 List of alarms 109 10 2 Troubleshooting 111 ...

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Page 7: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 PREAMBLE This chapter provides general information for handling this document ...

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Page 9: ...PS Global Positioning System GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System DGNSS Differential Global Navigation Satellite System BER Bit Error Rate VHF Very High Frequency VDL VHF Data Link FATDMA Fixed Access Time Division Multiple Access IALA International Association of Lighthouse Authorities IMO International maritime Organization ITU International Telecommunications Union MAC Medium Access Control ...

Page 10: ... NAVI HARBOUR NAVI TRAFFIC OPERATOR DISPLAY UNIT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION To highlight documents which there are references to System Operation To highlight the current document sections ENTER SETUP To highlight in a printed document menu items mentioned in this document Return To highlight in a printed document names of a window page tab button etc ...

Page 11: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 1 CHAPTER 1 Precautions This chapter contains general safety information and instructions ...

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Page 13: ...al hazards do not install substitute or lower voltage parts to the equipment Return to your authorised distributor Radio Frequency Exposure Warning To meet the current requirements for Radio Frequency Exposure it is necessary to install the antenna mast correctly and operate the equipment according to the instructions The assumptions used in this assessment are full transmit power is used a good a...

Page 14: ...Technical Manual 12 1 3 CE MARKING The product has the CE marking and complies with the following harmonized standards Electrical safety EN 60950 1 EN 60215 equivalent to 73 23 EC Heath 1999 519 EC EMC EN 301 489 1 5 equivalent to 89 336 EC Radio EN 300 113 2 ...

Page 15: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 2 CHAPTER 2 General information This chapter provides technical specification and general description of the system ...

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Page 17: ... Reception of messages on coordinates course speed over the ground heading GNSS antenna position on the ship ship length width and draft via AIS radio data link from other ships and output of this information to be presented on the AIS and VTS displays Reception of data on the rate of turn ship type port of destination and time of arrival in this port route plan availability of dangerous cargo on ...

Page 18: ...ddition to the standard control diagnostic functionality AIS Base Station T214 performs the following extended remote control functions Base Station power ON OFF Power supply status monitoring current power source voltage of primary and backup power sources Internal temperature and fan status Digital Inputs Outputs control Remote upgrade of Base Station firmware 2 3 HARDWARE COMPONENTS AIS Base St...

Page 19: ...Hardware components Chapter 2 17 Figure 2 GPS or GLONASS GPS Antennae Figure 3 AIS Base Station main unit Figure 4 Cavity filter OPTIONAL Figure 5 Surge Protector IS 50UX C0 OPTIONAL ...

Page 20: ...eceiver Rx AIS transponder Tx Rx optional Display MAIN AUX RTCM Sens 2 1PPS Sens 1 BIIT 24 Vdc Fan AC DC converter 100 220V 24V Indication board Power line filter fuse switch GNSS Tx VHF Rx VHF RTCM MAIN AUX SENSOR 1 PPS 24 VDC 100 220 VAC 45 65 Hz DISPLAY Digital I O Ethernet AIS Base Station T214 2 4 FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM Figure 6 Functional diagram of AIS Base Station Т214 ...

Page 21: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 3 CHAPTER 3 Technical specifications This chapter provides technical specifications for AIS Base Station components ...

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Page 23: ...DMA Receivers Number of receivers 2x Sensitivity PER 20 at 107 dBm 25kHz PER 20 at 98 dBm 12 5kHz Co channel rejection Not less 10dB Adjacent channel selectivity Not less 70dB 25kHz Not less 50dB 12 5kHz Intermodulation 74 dB Frequency range 156 025 162 025 MHz Channel spacing 12 5 or 25 kHz Modulation GMSK Data rate 9600 bits s Interfaces Ethernet 10BASE T 1x RJ45 RS 232 or RS 422 5x DB9 VHF Rx a...

Page 24: ...a is a folded Pistolcors dipole Its main advantages are wide band and relatively low susceptibility to technical born interference Collapsible construction allows easy antenna mounting and dismantling and welded dipole eliminates inter modulation Emitting unit directional pattern can be slightly corrected by changing its distance from the mast The antenna has reliable polymeric coating which prote...

Page 25: ...re than 1 5 Gain OMNI dBd OFFSET 0 3 Half power angle 70 Impedance Ohm 50 Max Power input W 100 Adjustable fixed Polarization vertical H plane pattern OMNI 1 2λ from mast G0 0 dBd VSWR Diagram H plane Pattern 3 3 CAVITY FILTER Type Telewave Bandpass Cavity TWPC 1505 2 Specification Electrical data Tuning range 148 174 MHz Insertion loss adjustable 1 0 4 0 dB ...

Page 26: ...uter conductor Inner conductor Tuning rod Contactors fingerstock End plates Coupling loops 6061 T6 aluminium Silver plated copper Invar Beryllium copper 6061 T6 aluminium Silver plated copper Dimensions in cm individual cavity 5 dia x 23 5 L 13 x 60 Max outside dimensions in cm with tuning rods extended 5 25 x 19 x 28 13 x 48 x 71 Connector terminations N or UHF female Finish Acrylic enamel Net we...

Page 27: ... 50 Ohms Insertion Loss 0 1dB Frequency range 1 5 400 MHz Throughput voltage 1100 Vpk Turn on voltage 600 V Throughput energy 10000 0000 µJ Insertion loss 0 1dB VSWR 1 2 1 Mounting Flange RF Power 125 2000 Watts Surge side connector UHF Female Protected side connector UHF Male Sampling port No Weatherized No Protected side isolation No ...

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Page 29: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 4 CHAPTER 4 Installation This chapter provides information on the AIS Base Station installation procedures ...

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Page 31: ...sky as possible can be seen The best reception is given when the antenna has a free view of 5 angular elevation above horizon If this is not possible the antenna should be installed with a largest free view to the equator because of the satellite courses which are located between latitudes of 55 North and 55 South If this is not possible either problems may occur especially when at least four sate...

Page 32: ... TRANSAS AIS BASE STATION T214 Technical Manual 30 4 3 2 GPS antenna installation Two types of mounting kits are used to install GPS antenna Figure 9 Mounting kit N220F Figure 10 Mounting kit N288F Figure 11 Dimensions of N288F ...

Page 33: ...ntenna is connected to T214 unit with 50 5 Ώ RG213 U cable using connector UHF male type on antenna end and TNC male connector on the block end The length of cable shall be less 30 m Other cables may be used taking into account the attenuation of the signal from 5 to 11 5 dB in 1565 1614 MHz bandwidth Figure 12 Mounting kit Figure 13 GLONASS GPS antenna mounting kit dimensions ...

Page 34: ...tors and as effect the high VSWR may cause the transponder to shut down Mounting of VHF antenna mast tube 900 800 min 500 35 20 N connector 2m RG213 57 Figure 14 Mounting of VHF antenna 4 5 VHF AND GNSS ANTENNA CABLE CONNECTIONS The VHF and the GNSS GPS GLONASS GPS antenna cables are connected directly to the T124 unit through UHF and TNC plug respectively Recommended cables to be used for VHF GNS...

Page 35: ...ng Figure 15 Drawing of T214 main unit 4 6 2 Installation procedure AIS Base Station T214 can be installed in 19 equipment rack with a depth of not less than 600 mm Fix two slide rails inside of rack cabinet and install the AIS Base Station on these rails Fix the Base Station from the front side with four screws ...

Page 36: ... 38400 8 N 1 57 600 may be set RTCM RS232 422 DB9F DGPS corrections input port format RTCM SC 104 Input only Default parameters are 4800 8 N 1 9 600 may be set SENSOR RS422 DB9F Input of external navigational dada Default parameters are 4800 8 N 1 9 600 may be set Display RS232 DB9F Service display port Fixed parameters 9600 8 N 1 Digital I O RJ45 female Digital I O data for external equipment ETH...

Page 37: ...D Rx DB9 female RTCM 1 2 4 6 9 Not used RS232 RS422 The table below details the description of Ethernet Digital I O 1PPS connectors Description of pins Connector type Connector name Number Designation Interface type 1 Transmit 2 Transmit 3 Receive 6 Receive 9 10 Shield Ethernet 4 5 7 8 Not used Ethernet 10 Base T 1 24VDC 2 D O 1 3 D O 2 4 D O 3 5 D I 1 6 D I 2 7 D I 3 8 GND RJ45 female Digital I O...

Page 38: ... MAIN COM Х5 AUX COM Х9 Digital I O Х10 RTCM NMEA Х11 Ethernet LAN MAIN presentation interfaces External I O Devices RTCM corrections input output Ethernet LAN interface for MAIN port Х6 Х7 Sensor NMEA Х8 1PPS 1PPS Navigation Data Source Display COM Service port Х2 Rx VHF VHF antenna A3 T214 AIS Base Station External Devices Figure 16 Connections of AIS Base Station to the external equipment 4 6 5...

Page 39: ...5mm2 with connectors like IEC 60320 C13 Continental Europe Number of pin Designation Connector type 1 220 V N 2 220 V L 3 GND IEC 60320 C14 110 240 VAC 45 65 Hz 1 2 3 1 24 V 2 24 V 3 GND 206036 2 AMP 24 VDC Cable to connect back up 24VDC shall have the area depending on the length but not less than indicated in the table Cable length Required area of the wire 0 0 10 0 m 3х1 0 mm2 10 0 20 0 m 3х1 5...

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Page 41: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 5 CHAPTER 5 User configuration This chapter provides information on the AIS Base Station initial user configuration procedures ...

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Page 43: ...scribed below set the desired parameters It is ill advised to reduce the baud rate of the Main or AUX presentation ports as this may result in the overfilling of the Base Station s internal buffers Query of current settings To get current port settings send query Command PTRA IP REQ n CS CR LF Reply PTRA IP STS n Baud Bits Parity Stop Flow CS CR LF where n 2 Main n 3 Aux Set of parameters To set u...

Page 44: ...ly operate in the bidirectional mode until the network connection with the appropriate bidirectional TCP IP port is established EMain or EAux As a network connection with the bidirectional TCP IP port is established the relevant serial port switches automatically to the unidirectional mode and only outputs data to the external users As a network connection with the unidirectional TCP IP ports is e...

Page 45: ...all software installed in the computer The program will search for the T214 AIS Base Station devices included in the local network and will display the list of found devices sorted by MAC addresses Select the device for configuring by the found device number By following the directions displayed on the screen enter the following parameters IP address e g 10 10 56 128 IP ports for Main AUX MainR Au...

Page 46: ...14 Technical Manual 44 After the input of the aforementioned parameters the program will prompt you to confirm the data correctness If everything is correct enter y New parameters will be applied and the program will produce a summary of current settings ...

Page 47: ...Setting TCP IP parameters Chapter 6 Commissioning Internal configuration 45 6 CHAPTER 6 Internal configuration This chapter provides information on the AIS Base Station internal configuration procedures ...

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Page 49: ...s it is advisable to disconnect the VHF antenna The settings entered for the Base Station are applied immediately after the exit from the Setup menu No system restart is required 6 2 SERVICE DISPLAY PROGRAM All the rest settings of AIS Base Station T214 except mentioned above are carried out with use of the program Service Display included in set of delivery 6 2 1 Software versions and requirement...

Page 50: ...ed out by pressing active fields simulating buttons of PC equipped with touch screen PocketPC or by means of mouse if touch screen is absent In some instances the on screen menu is shown in the form of a list rather than as buttons If this is the case to enter a particular menu item you should select the necessary item with the arrow up or arrow down buttons the chosen line is highlighted and pres...

Page 51: ...to delete the previous character Del to delete the next character Enter to confirm the entered information Cancel to exit from the screen without confirming the entered information Nxset to switch to the next list of characters If there is a change in settings as the submenu is exited from the system requests to confirm these changes Press Yes to exit from the submenu saving and applying the enter...

Page 52: ...Service Display program TRANSAS AIS BASE STATION T214 Technical Manual 50 ...

Page 53: ...the Х symbol is used for marking AIS functions available on each level Table 1 Equipment control access levels Function Operator level Administrator level Service engineer level Factory testing level Viewing navigational data X X X X Viewing targets X X X X Sending text telegrams X X X X Changing configuration data of the Base Station X X Viewing alarms and states alarm acknowledgement X X X X Vie...

Page 54: ...ected section and then asks for the password In the case of the correct password input the pertinent level access is opened Access rights are retained all the time the user remains in the protected section and 5 minutes more after the user left the protected section so that there is no need to enter the password each time in navigating the menu 6 3 2 Setting new Administrator Service engineer pass...

Page 55: ...n set an empty Administrator password To combine three levels Operator Administrator and Service engineer you can set empty Administrator and Service engineer passwords The password for accessing the factory testing level is known to the manufacturer and cannot be changed 6 3 3 Recovering forgotten password If the user has forgotten the password and cannot enter the protected part of the menu the ...

Page 56: ...d password 5 The service centre will advise the password enable code Press Yes and enter this code 6 The Service Display will display the password 6 4 SETUP OF CONTROL PORT FUNCTIONS The Main and AUX ports are intended for connection of the external control equipment The standard port assignment is Main main presentation port Aux auxiliary presentation port RTCM reception of differential correctio...

Page 57: ...ence This option allows the AIS Base Station configuring via the BCF DLM CAB and other sentences described in ITU 62320 1 standard Main On Aux On RTCM Off In ABM BBM AIR Out ABK receive text and binary sentences ABM BBM and queries AIR send commands and to return appropriate acknowledgements ABK Main On Aux On RTCM Off In VDO repeater the incoming VDO sentence will be processed as a command to tra...

Page 58: ...O sentences containing messages 1 navigational data regardless of the actual frequency of transmitting reports on the air It may be used for tests Main Off Aux Off RTCM Off Out Copy int GNSS copy data from the Int GNSS port It proves to be useful if it is necessary to receive data direct from the internal GNSS receiver Main Off Aux Off RTCM Off In LRI LRF Out LR1 make functions of long range commu...

Page 59: ...ut 2 output next frame only 2 0 no output 1 output once per frame 2 output next frame only 3 0 off disabled 1 on enabled 6 5 SETUP OF SERIAL PORTS PARAMETERS When external devices are connected to the serial ports it is necessary to make settings of the port status baud rate parity and the stop bit number This is done in the Configuration Setup Serial port setup menu Standard port settings Port na...

Page 60: ...ss the Setup button Notes Main and Aux ports mentioned above are internal Base Station ports Please don t change their parameters To setup Main and AUX external ports parameters please refer to 5 1 Display port used exclusively for the connection of the Service Display does not require any setting up and is not mentioned in the setup menu 6 6 ADJUSTING LIST OF OUTPUT ALARM MESSAGES You can use the...

Page 61: ...s of virtual sources Source of coordinates and time Differential corrections data source Synchronization source PPS The choice of virtual sources is made from the Configuration Setup Sensor setup menu In the course of operation AIS Base Station Т214 tries to use navigational data from the highest priority source A switch to a lower priority source is made in the case of instability of the one with...

Page 62: ...on allows assignment of virtual sources to be changed The Reset button deletes all the user entered assignments and sets standard assignments in compliance with IEC 61993 2 standard The assignment of each virtual source in fact means the determining of a filter for incoming NMEA sentences The filtering criteria include serial port number Port sentence source identifier Talker sentence identifier S...

Page 63: ...nments in compliance with IEC 62320 1 standard Not all external devices can be used as sync source If NMEA sentence with UTC information is delayed more than 0 5 s relevant of 1PPS front edge pulse or is ahead more than 0 1 s then the synchronisation will be incorrect Base Station work with incorrect synchronisation is prohibited because it will garble destroy VDL messages Before connecting extern...

Page 64: ...Station for the specific features of the particular coastal equipment As you exit from the Main Setup menu press Yes when prompted by the device to confirm changes 6 7 4 Setup of differential corrections data sources The definition of virtual sources of differential data requires the setting of serial ports only AIS Base Station T214 can receive differential corrections data from the serial ports ...

Page 65: ...in their incorrect identification If the configuration sets a schedule for the transmission of differential corrections AIS Base Station T214 will be sending on air sentence 17 containing differential corrections received via the serial port 6 8 SETTINGS OF BASE STATION CONFIGURATION The AIS Base Station requires a large number of various settings described in IEC 62320 1 Setup of Base Station par...

Page 66: ...al surveyed customized Surveyed Lon Surveyed Lat set position of the Base Station The position is only applicable to fixed Base Stations Within the Base Station the electronic position fixing device Data Field must be set to a value of 7 indicating a surveyed position Mobile or non fixed Base Stations receive their position information by another means Surveyed position Enabled Disabled The possib...

Page 67: ...ice of slots not occupied by other AIS stations There is certainly a probability of two or more AIS stations colliding if they simultaneously try to find a vacant slot It is used for transmitting single messages SOTDMA algorithm based on announcing its future transmission in order to inform other AIS stations that the slot will be occupied This reduces the probability of collisions It is used by t...

Page 68: ...e station ITU R M 1371 1 A2 3 1 1 3 or the semaphore rules ITU R M 1371 1 A2 3 1 1 4 11 Upon request via the Sentence VER the AIS Base Station shall provide its hardware and software version information 12 Base Station shall use the FATDMA access scheme only Independent operation The default access scheme for a Base Station shall be FATDMA The AIS Base Station may use the FATDMA and RATDMA access ...

Page 69: ...MA epoch in one hour is correlated to an absolute start minute within the hour FATDMA epoch number 6 For example FATDMA epoch 0 is minute 0 through 5 and FATDMA epoch 9 is minute 54 through 59 The AIS Base Station upon receipt of an ECB Query for this information will generate sentences for all message types 4 17 20 22 and 23 providing the current broadcast schedule Even unscheduled messages need ...

Page 70: ...nnel B Slot Interval Note 3 Msg22 Base B Message 22 Channel B Starting Slot Note 2 Msg 22 Inc B Message 22 Channel B Slot Intervals Note 3 NOTES 1 Starting slot ranging from 1 to 749 for ITU R M 1371 Message 4 broadcasts The broadcasts alternate between the channels A and B through the end of the frame The increment may vary see ITU R M 1371 Annex 1 4 2 1 Table 1B and footnote 1 for details Report...

Page 71: ... each GNSS system should be reserved for corrections Caution should be taken for message 17 when defining the increment to ensure that both corrections and integrity warnings are considered 4 For messages other than message 17 this field is null For message 17 the number may range from 1 to 4 consecutive slots A maximum of 3 slots is recommended for each DGNSS service A null field indicates no cha...

Page 72: ... parameter values are equal to 0 press the Clear button These values discontinue broadcasts of message 4 when the ECB sentence is sent to the Base Station and indicates that message 4 has been turned off if the ECB sentence is received from the Base Station 2 For message 4 starting slot ranging from 0 to 749 should be used The increment may vary see ITU R M 1371 1 Annex 1 4 2 1 Table 1B and footno...

Page 73: ...on necessary to broadcast an ITU R M 1371 Message 20 Data link management message which informs mobile AIS units of the reserved FATDMA slots Upon receipt of this sentence the Base Station will reserve the provided FATDMA slot allocations within its frame map and will be ready to generate Message 20 when instructed to do so via the CBM or ECB sentence This is the information that is broadcast on t...

Page 74: ...nership should be subject to be overruled by sentence TBD 2 Rational Utilise a slot pool used by several Base Stations Base Start slot for reservation Starting slot ranging from 0 to 2249 A null field indicates no change to the staring slot for this FATDMA reservation When received from a Base Station a null field indicates that the start slot has not been set i e is unavailable when the DLM sente...

Page 75: ...figuration Setup BS setup BCF Own MMSI menu and in the Configuration Setup System setup menu Such stations should differ in system identifiers used for addressing in connecting single talker multi listeners The system identifier Systemld is also set in the Configuration Setup System setup menu Security func mode Used to enable or disable PI security functions addressing is required for all configu...

Page 76: ...object is approaching the region the AIS mobile equipment receives numbers of TDMA VHF channels in one of the following ways from the coastal AIS equipment from the coastal DSC equipment where the AIS and DSC are used jointly in the area from the AIS administrator by manual input backup method One of the main functions of the AIS Base Station is to transmit information on the channels which the AI...

Page 77: ...width of transition zone Channel A channel number used by the AIS in the region Channel B channel number used by the AIS in the region Rx Tx mode A Rx Tx B Rx Tx transmit on channels A and B receive on channels A and B default A Rx Tx B Rx transmit on channel A receive on channels A and B A Rx B Rx Tx transmit on channel B receive on channels A and B A Rx B Rx receive on channels A and B A Rx B of...

Page 78: ... a Base Station either by msg 22 within the last two hours 6 11 AIS BASE STATION Т214 TEST FUNCTIONS 6 11 1 Serial ports diagnostic The check the correctness of internal serial port parameters e g Int GNSS Sensor or RTCM open Configuration Diagnostics Ports menu Select the port and press Watch button terminal window will display the data coming from the selected port For the detailed viewing of se...

Page 79: ... to Sensor port and operating in the Dead Reckoning Surveyed mode or in the absence of mode indication 6 Coordinates from the internal GNSS operating in Dead Reckoning Surveyed mode or in the absence of mode indication Any external source of coordinates can be marked with the X sign This means that the coordinates output by this source are more than 33 metres different from the coordinates supplie...

Page 80: ...slot counter relevant to minute start RrMode receive channels А В Note 2 TrMode transmit channels А В Note 2 RcCnt Rd J A batch counter on channel A proceeding delay number of slots passed from the beginning of packet to the moment of packet transmission to general proceeding algorithm degree of sync instability of channel A RcCnt Rd J В batch counter on channel В proceeding delay number of slots ...

Page 81: ...r of RATDMA requests in queue number of free FATDMA slots which can be used for transmission of unscheduled messages Rep rate Position Reporting rate Msg4 when SOTDMA or RATDMA are used Bckg RSSI Interference environment RSSI averaged for one minute in slots where messages are absent channel A channel B ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ 1 Synchronization type meanings No no synchronization Lost synchronization is lost D...

Page 82: ...neration of alarms and some states Status messages list To view status messages list press Status menu This screen will display also the messages about current synchronization mode Viewing of internal LOG file The T214 AIS Base Station has an internal LOG file which saves all the events significant from the viewpoint of diagnostics alarms change of status BS turning off firmware upgrade To view in...

Page 83: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 7 CHAPTER 7 Using the AIS Base Station This chapter provides information on using the AIS Base Station T214 ...

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Page 85: ...the value below the voltage permitted for the Base Station operation the standby supply if connected is automatically switched to without any interruption in the Base Station operation After the recovery of the main power supply it is connected automatically for the Base Station energizing 7 2 CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES 7 2 1 Connection to serial presentation ports Connect your computer serial po...

Page 86: ...Where the use of an external synchronising and or position sensor is required connect the respective data signal sources to the SENSOR and 1PPC connectors on the base Station rear panel In making the connection be guided by the I O connector s pin assignment and port specification provided in item 4 6 3 7 2 4 Connecting RTCM differential corrections source If it is necessary to enter GNSS differen...

Page 87: ...r AIS No lighting Received signal from other AIS Green flash Receive Malfunction of one of receivers Continuous red lighting No transmissions No lighting Signal transmitted Green flash VDL ACTIVITY Transmit Malfunction of the transmitter Continuous red lighting No input data via RTCM port No lighting Port input Data of differential corrections received Green flash No transmissions of differential ...

Page 88: ...gram by performing the following procedure Open the BaseStationController_ENG disk01 folder on the distribution disk Run the Setup exe program Follow the installation program directions By default the program will be installed in the C BaseStationController2 20 folder Installation of Base Station Configurator SW For the installation of the Base Station Configurator component you can use any comput...

Page 89: ...d parameters of connection with the Aux port in the ServicePort line Access to the Base Station control configuring via the BSC SW is not provided until after the authorisation and has several levels Guest viewing only of the current settings and diagnostics User viewing of current settings diagnostics and base control Administrator full control configuring and firmware upgrade To set the access p...

Page 90: ...f connection with the base station via the main and if specified service ports If it is not available check the set connection parameters Running Base Station Configurator program Run the Base Station Configurator by selecting the Start Programs Base Station Configurator 2 20 Base Station Configurator menu item The screen will display the main Configurator console window ...

Page 91: ...rrent settings and diagnostics User viewing of current settings diagnostics and base control Administrator full control configuring and firmware upgrade 7 4 5 Establishing connection with BSC Use the Hostname field to enter the network name or IP address of the computer which the BSC SW is running on Also select the necessary access level from the Username pull down list and enter the appropriate ...

Page 92: ... Station status messages TXT messages Besides it is possible to view messages supplied from the Base Station by pressing the BS Traffic button the screen will display a terminal window showing messages received from the BS The BS Statistics group fields show the received message statistics Extended diagnostics IEC 62320 1 To obtain additional diagnostic data specified in the IEC 62320 1 standard s...

Page 93: ...hin the Base Station Three buttons for the control of digital outputs Three light diodes reflecting the status of digital inputs Active Base Station selection buttons in dual configuration Reset button fro restarting the Base Station 7 4 8 Configuring To configure the T214 AIS Base Station T214 switch to the BS Configuration tab Use the Reload button to read off the current Base Station settings a...

Page 94: ... and CAB sentences The purpose of parameters is described in detail in items 6 8 1 and 6 8 2 Transmission schedule setup CBM and ECB The Reporting and Extended sub tabs contain controls for entering the AIS base Station transmission parameters defined by the CBM and ECB sentences respectively For more details on the purpose of fields and principles of configuring the Base Station schedule see unde...

Page 95: ...ssary to use FATDMA epochs and accordingly the parameters defined by the ECB sentence use the Extended tab Data Link Management slot allocations DLM To configure the slots reserved by the Base Station use the Data Link sub tab For more details of the purpose of fields see under 6 8 3 ...

Page 96: ...ng Remote Control software TRANSAS AIS BASE STATION T214 Technical Manual 94 Regional settings To configure regional channels select the Regional Channels tab For more details of the purpose of fields see under 6 10 ...

Page 97: ...Station via both presentation ports Main and Aux as described under 7 4 2 Check that the running Base Station Controller SW component has established connection via the Data Main port and Service Aux port port see the drawing 8 1 2 Upgrade procedure For the firmware upgrade switch to the BS Firmware Upgrade tab of the Base Station Configurator component For accessing the upgrade function you shoul...

Page 98: ... Station will switch to the firmware upgrade mode As this is done the upgrade mode light diode will light up in yellow and all the external Base Station data users will be disconnected Firmware upgrade Press the Check that the field next to the Choose button displays the correct firmware file Press the Upgrade button the upgrade mode light diode will light up in blue and the upgrade process will s...

Page 99: ...After the successful firmware upgrade the program will provide the following message Switch off the programming mode by releasing the Switch button Do not forget to switch off the programming mode by releasing the Switch button Otherwise the Base Station Controller operation will be locked ATTENTION ...

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Page 101: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 9 CHAPTER 8 Communication protocol This chapter provides information on communication protocols applicable to AIS Base Station T214 ...

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Page 103: ... receives transmits messages 1 22 according to ITU R M 1371 1 and messages 23 24 according to IEC 62287 1 Depend on Access Scheme see 6 8 3 I independent D dependent AIS Base Station T214 supports on presentation ports the input output sentences formatters listed in Table 3 Table 3 AIS Base Station T214 Input Output Sentences Formatters Sentence Formatter Input I Input D Output I Output D Descript...

Page 104: ...n Extended BCF X X Q Q General Base Station Configuration CAB X X Q Q Control AIS Base Station CBM X Q Configure Base Station message broadcast rates DLM X Q Data Link Management slot allocations for Base Station VDL message 20 FATDMA reservations ECB X Q Configure Broadcast Rates for Base Station Messages with Epoch planning support FSR X X Frame Summary of AIS Reception SID X X Installation of a...

Page 105: ...tion Q indicates that the sentence may be externally requested using the IEC 61162 1 AIAIQ xxx query sentence method s in order for the identified sentence to be output Note 2 Sentence Formatters shown in shaded rows have previously been adopted See the IEC 61162 1 series The AIS Base Station shall output autonomously and periodically the ADS sentence on the PI indicating the base station status T...

Page 106: ...er Note T214 automatically select available power source When the power source is automatically changed the corresponding notification AIPWR UNIT 0 PWSRC 0 1 CS CR LF will be send without request Power sources voltage request Request EIAIQ UNIT 0 1 PWVLT CS CR LF where 0 means primary AC power supply 1 means backup DC power Answer AIPWR UNIT 0 1 PWVLT XX X CS CR LF where 0 means primary AC power s...

Page 107: ...erface is only used in one direction The differential corrections are transmitted in a not transparent mode ITU 1371 standard requires geographical coordinates of the reference station to be transmitted via AIS channels with every sent message To meet this standard AIS station stores coordinates of up to 4 reference stations Differential corrections coming from reference stations and not found in ...

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Page 109: ...Copyright Transas Ltd 2007 10 CHAPTER 9 List of alarms and troubleshooting This section contains a list of alarms statuses faults and methods to remove them ...

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Page 111: ...lfunction code as in the AISALR sentence output via the presentation interface The tables provide a list of alarms states and malfunctions Table 4 Codes of AIS alarms and states Text of malfunction failure description Threshold exceeded indicator OK indicator Alarm of text message identifier System response Tx malfunction А V 001 Stops the transmission Antenna VSWR exceeds limit А V 002 Continues ...

Page 112: ...ansmission DGNSS input failed А V 038 Continues operation Incorrect FATDMA A V 082 Continues operation It is necessary to set a correct schedule otherwise the coastal AIS equipment may create interference to other AIS stations See under Schedule Setup Conventions А Active V Void Table 5 Text description of states Text description of state Identifier number System state response UTS clock lost 7 In...

Page 113: ...xt pos is dead reckoning 64 Continues operation Ext pos src is inoperative 65 Continues operation Int pos src in normal mode 66 Continues operation Int pos src in diff mode 67 Continues operation Int pos not available 68 Continues operation Int pos is manual entered 69 Continues operation Int pos is dead reckoning 70 Continues operation Int pos src is inoperative 71 Continues operation Direct TDMA...

Page 114: ...ure Contact the service centre 4 In the course of operation the Service Display displays the Fatal error message followed by the diagnostics message text 2 Failure of one of the main unit assemblies Contact the service centre Connection cable broken Restore the cable if the appropriate tools and materials are available 8 The Service Display displays a No link with the main unit message but judging...

Page 115: ... not have navigational data 3 Serial port burned off Contact the service centre Incorrect connection of the internal GNSS antenna Check and connect correctly 11 Output of internal GPS GLONASS receiver malfunction diagnostics 3 If the antenna is connected correctly but the internal GNSS receiver does not start to operate correctly within half an hour required for the almanac loading Contact the ser...

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