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Redundancy Controller 

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Document Number: 90-005-0030_E 

Installation and Configuration 

Wavestream’s RMC Controller automatically or manually switches to a secondary SSPA (Solid State 
Power Amplifier) when system configuration requires redundancy. The controller can be manually 
configured and controlled from the front panel or remotely configured and controlled with 
Wavestream provided software via the Ethernet console port.  The receive waveguide switch can 
follow the transmit switch on failure (requires external alarm input on J2) or be switched 
independently. The following basic diagram shows one of many possible configurations to achieve 
power amplifier redundancy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for RMC-RRS011-HE01

Page 1: ...y Controller RMC RRS011 HE01 Operation Manual W A V E S T R E A M 545 West Terrace Drive San Dimas CA 91773 Phone 909 599 9080 1 877 214 6294 Fax 909 599 9082 http www wavestream com Copyright 2011 Wavestream Corporation All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ... Wavestream Corporation All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners The information supplied in this operation manual is provided by Wavestream Corporation as a service to customers Although every effort has been made to verify the completeness and accuracy of the information contained in this manual due to the highly technical nature of the material and the dynamic nature of sa...

Page 3: ...l to repair or service the product To repair damage or malfunction caused by the use of non standard ancillary equipment To service a product that has not been previously approved in writing by Wavestream Corporation N o t e Opening or removing any component or sealed area will immediately void the warranty Regulatory Compliance CE Declaration of Conformity We Wavestream Corporation declare under ...

Page 4: ...3 J8 Ethernet Console A Port 14 Installation and Configuration 15 Waveguide Connection Diagram 16 Preparation 17 Installation 17 Operation 20 Menu Map 20 Menu Definitions 21 RMC Front Panel Status and Control 22 Quick Navigation 23 Change the SSPA A B Settings 23 GUI Installation 25 GUI Description 27 Power On 32 Set or Change the Step Attenuation 33 System Faults and Activity 34 Check System Faul...

Page 5: ...configuration Automatic switchover on amplifier failure with support for manual override User selectable switching mode Manual switch operation does not affect automatic fail over switch operation Auto sensing of switch position Receive waveguide switch toggles in response to an alarm condition on pin 1 or pin2 of connector J2 Remote monitor and control interface via Ethernet Console A port Firmwa...

Page 6: ...tenna before applying power Do not apply power until the SSPAs or BUCs are appropriately connected to the feed and antenna system D A N G E R Shock Hazard Do not open the unit High voltages are present inside the unit Service may only be performed by Wavestream There are no user serviceable parts Do not attempt to service this product yourself Any attempt to do so void any and all warranties W A R...

Page 7: ... C Band SSPA BUC Non Wavestream Any SSPA or TWTA with discrete system status line Monitor Control Monitor Control Ethernet Status LEDs Indicates Tx active summary fault serial link 10 MHz lock Display interface Quick status review setup manual control Power Prime power AC 90 264 VAC 50 60 Hz Environmental Ambient temperature Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Non operating 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 15...

Page 8: ...stream CD with computer GUI Customer Provided Interfaces The customer must provide the interface and cables that will be used TX RX 9 pin interface cable SSPA A SSPA B M C cable 15 pin discrete output alarms cable Ethernet cable optional USB optional for firmware upgrade AC power cable Technical Support Technical support is available by email at support wavestream com Part Number Location ...

Page 9: ...VE Green LED on SSPA is Tx Enabled Off SSPA is not Tx Enabled SUM FAULT Red LED on SSPA has incurred a system fault Off no system fault is sensed SERIAL LINK Green LED on a serial link to Wavestream SSPA BUC is established Off the system status is ok or the RMC is connected to a non Wavestream SSPA 10MHz LOCK Green LED on a 10 MHz Reference signal is supplied to the SSPA Red LED on a 10 MHz Refere...

Page 10: ...KPSE07E 12 10S 10 pin circular male ITT Cannon KPT06U12 10P J4 SSPA A SSPA A M C interface M C interface 9 pin female D sub 9 pin male ITT Cannon DEMAM9P J5 Rx Rx waveguide switch controller position sense 10 pin circular ITT Cannon KPSE07E12 10S 10 pin circular male ITT Cannon KPT06U12 10P J6 SSPA B SSPA B M C interface 9 pin female D sub 9 pin male ITT Cannon DEMAM9P J7 Console B USB update cons...

Page 11: ...t 3 General input 3 5 General output 0 RF Inhibit A 6 General output 1 RF Inhibit B 7 General output 2 General output 2 8 General output 3 General output 3 9 Signal ground Signal ground 10 Signal ground Signal ground 11 INHIBIT INHIBIT 12 SUMFAULT SUMFAULT 13 SUMFAULT SUMFAULT 14 N C N C 15 N C N C SUMFAULT SUMFAULT pins 12 13 When the system incurs a fault the states of the pins are as shown belo...

Page 12: ...l Ground F Relay Position Sense 1B Twist with pin F and E G N C H N C J N C K N C J4 Wavestream SSPS A Interface Pin Description Notes 1 N C 2 RS485 Rx Twist with pin 7 3 RS485 Tx Twist with Pin 8 4 Signal Ground 5 N C 6 Signal Ground 7 RS485 Rx Twist with pin 2 8 RS485 Tx Twist with pin 3 9 N C W A R N I N G Wiring Incorrect cable wiring can permanently damage this unit The serial transmit receiv...

Page 13: ...ense 2 A Twist with pin E E Signal Ground Twist with pin D and F F Relay Position Sense 2 B Twist with pin D G N C H N C J N C K N C J6 Wavestream SSPA B Interface Pin Description Notes 1 N C 2 RS485 Rx Twist with pin 7 3 RS485 Tx Twist with pin 8 4 Signal Ground 5 N C 6 Signal Ground 7 RS485 Rx Twist with pin 2 8 RS485 Tx Twist with pin 3 9 N C J7 USB Update Console B Port Use a cable with a USB ...

Page 14: ...Redundancy Controller Page 14 Document Number 90 005 0030_E J8 Ethernet Console A Port Use Standard CAT 5e Cable Pin Description Notes 1 ENET TX 2 ENET TX 3 ENET RX 4 N C 5 N C 6 ENET RX 7 N C 8 N C ...

Page 15: ...s redundancy The controller can be manually configured and controlled from the front panel or remotely configured and controlled with Wavestream provided software via the Ethernet console port The receive waveguide switch can follow the transmit switch on failure requires external alarm input on J2 or be switched independently The following basic diagram shows one of many possible configurations t...

Page 16: ...ancy Controller Page 16 Document Number 90 005 0030_E Waveguide Connection Diagram Use this configuration when a non Wavestream switch is being used in the system The switch must be a 24 VDC drive switch R107 ...

Page 17: ...rced air convection ventilation and air flow Do not block these openings When mounting the unit in a closed area such as a building or radome ensure that proper ventilation is provided The internal operating temperature should not exceed the maximum rated temperature Install the unit according to standard practice The RMC can be mounted in a standard 19 rack mount cabinet Position the RMC in the a...

Page 18: ... Wavestream graphic while the self test runs 4 At the completion of the self test all of the LEDs will flash and stay on for 2 3 seconds then flash again 5 The RMC defaults to displaying FAULT status when serial communications is missing 6 Both of the SUM FAULT red fault LEDs will turn on 7 Press the ENTER button to access MENU CONTROL 8 Press the up and down arrows to exercise the display and ver...

Page 19: ...m SSPAs BUCs and that the waveguide switches are already installed Perform a continuity check on all cables prior to installation Install the cables J2 through J8 into the back of the RMC as applicable Connect Cables 1 Route the cables out of the cabinet Be careful not to strain the connectors on the back of the RMC Use cable ties and strain reliefs to secure the cables 2 Connect the cables to the...

Page 20: ...Redundancy Controller Page 20 Document Number 90 005 0030_E Operation Menu Map 1 MENU CONTROL SSPA A TX SW DISC OUT SSPA B RX SW REDUNDANCY ...

Page 21: ...le disable TX This function is also available through the GUI Set Attenuation Select value to increase or decrease the attenuation on the unit Save Unit Settings After any changes always SAVE the settings Otherwise when the unit is power cycled it will revert to the previously saved settings Unit Information Provides the serial number and model number of the unit TX SW Lists transmit switch select...

Page 22: ...d Control Use the RMC front panel or the GUI to configure and control the RMC Power Up and Status At power on the RMC displays the Monitor or Home display If SSPA unit A is connected correctly the Summary status is displayed Press the right arrow to display the status of unit B Press the right arrow again to display the status of unit A Press the down arrow to step down line by line through the st...

Page 23: ... line indicates which choice will be selected In this example SSPA A will be selected when you press Enter Example Change parameter s For example to decrease the attenuation 1 Press Home select SSPA A and press Enter 2 Select SET ATTENUATION Press Enter 3 Use the arrow keys to select increase decrease the attenuation Press Enter for your selection for this example increase the attenuation by 2 4 P...

Page 24: ...l Output 2 Out3 General Output 3 General Output 3 For non Wavestream SSPAs these pins must be connected and set to mute the unit during transition Wavestream units are automatically muted when the baseball switch transitions from one SSPA to another Go to Transmit Inhibit for information to add a transmit inhibit switch to the RMC Example 1 From the Home position select the SSPA Press Enter 2 Sele...

Page 25: ...t Tools Wavestream software CD Setup exe wavestreamgui exe Lantronix DeviceInstaller exe www lantronix com GUI Installation 1 Copy all of the files from the CD to a directory on the controller 2 Double click Setup exe install controller 3 Click Install The program uses Microsoft net Framework This software will automatically be installed if setup does not detect it GUI Configuration 1 Double click...

Page 26: ...ow Click the dropdown arrow to list all available ports Select Ethernet 3 Click Start to start communication between the unit and the PC r108 4 Confirm connectivity by movement on the progress bar green dots in the lower left of the screen which indicates that there is activity between the unit and GUI After a few seconds status data will be displayed ...

Page 27: ...it enable signal to the unit Transmitting is enabled if there are no faults Tx Disable Press to send a disable signal to the unit which will shut down the amplifier unless the unit has been externally enabled Search Serial Ports From the dropdown box select a communications port between the unit and the controller Start Select to start communications to the specified port Once connected data will ...

Page 28: ...rnal power supply Drain Current Displays the analog output current from the internal power supply Unit Led LED Indicates if the LEDs on the unit have been enabled or disabled via Save Led Settings Save Settings Save Led Settings Unit Status Summary Fault OK Fault Displays the status of the Summary Fault signal If the signal reads Fault one of the following has occurred the unit is over temperature...

Page 29: ...witch is set to side B RF pass through Not connected Rx Mode Manual User has defined switch position system will not switch automatically in case of a signal chain fault Redundant Waveguide switching position is determined by the status of the system The system will attempt to switch when selected Rx chain has incurred a fault and if the redundant Rx chain is present and clear of any faults BB Pos...

Page 30: ...ED disable signal Log Opens a scrollable log field below the main screen Each entry is a time stamped command or status activity including any faults that may have occurred Unit Address GUI Comm Address the address that the unit is communicating with Set Unit Address changes the default address 0x30 to a required address e g if in a chain To change the unit address first connect to the unit via th...

Page 31: ...set a reflected power fault Advanced Calibrated Telemetry returns calibrated telemetry values i e voltages currents RF power Raw Telemetry displays raw telemetry values internal measurement Splash Screen enable disable displaying the splash screen when starting the GUI application ...

Page 32: ...ort the only valid port for the RMC is Ethernet 5 Press Start 6 Communication with the unit is established 7 The units are queried and status information is displayed for the primary unit 8 To view status for the backup secondary unit press Rackmount Thread on the GUI toolbar 9 Select Thread A to view SSPA A or Thread B to view SSPA B Select Power On Setting To configure the power on setting Apply...

Page 33: ...er 90 005 0030_E Set or Change the Step Attenuation r108 Press the up and down arrows in the Step Attenuation field to set the gain to a specific value Click Save Settings Save Attenuator Setting to save the step attenuation setting upon boot up ...

Page 34: ...y faults that may have occurred View the Log Press Log in the toolbar Review the faults listed in the log Check System Faults If a latching fault occurs for example reverse power exceeds the threshold press Reset Fault Mode on the Wavestream GUI to clear the latching fault From the Home menu press Log Maximize Review the faults listed in the log Press Reset Fault Mode With this first press if it i...

Page 35: ...es all units connected to the RMC this configuration may be used to implement a transmit inhibit switch on the system When transmit inhibit is activated the display for all connected amplifiers BUCs will instantly change showing that the connected amplifiers BUCs have been muted To reactivate the units the short must be removed ...

Page 36: ...No LEDs are Lit Fan is Operating Display is displaying information Check the front panel settings for LEDs Enabled Reset and enable LEDs for both A and B Power Amplifiers Problem No LEDs are Lit Fan is Operating Display is not displaying information Possible power supply problem Return RMC to Wavestream Any problems that occur past these simple tests probably indicate internal failures and the RMC...

Page 37: ...sion Verify they are securely connected Service Do not attempt to service this equipment there are no internal replaceable components or assemblies Under all circumstances contact Wavestream or your distributor for service D A N G E R Hazardous Voltage Opening or removing the cover of the unit may expose you to dangerous voltages high power RF energy or other hazards as well as void your warranty ...

Page 38: ...group of slaves NSG378A Each slave device is internally configured to respond to a unique address A master could be a protection switch earth station controller or any microcomputer or minicomputer that is electrically and operationally compatible with the SAbus Since the electrical specifications are very similar to EIA standards RS 422 485 and RS 449 typically any computer that meets these stand...

Page 39: ...mmand message carries out the requested commands and then sends a response message containing its own address and status information relating to its present condition A remote station only sends a response following a command from the master containing its unique address This prevents bus contention caused by more than one remote device communicating over the SAbus at the same time A remote device...

Page 40: ...to 7F hex are allowed Commands may be completely device dependent with the exception of command 30 hex which must cause a device to return its six character device type and command 31 hex which is a status poll Command and Reply Data A command or device reply may contain from 0 to 128 data characters and is restricted only to printable ASCII characters 20 through 7F hex Check Character The last ch...

Page 41: ...d D5 and D6 are two ASCII characters representing a software version number If more than one command is required to obtain status information of device s functions that can cause a change bit to be set Then the device must implement a clear change bit command and this must be the only command which causes the change bit to clear If several commands have to be executed in order to set all the infor...

Page 42: ...e a new message and therefore must complete any previous message reception A device always powers on in State 1 A device will exit State 1 and enter State 2 device addressed state only if STX byte is received 2 Device Addressed state In State 2 a device is waiting to receive the address byte the second byte of the SAbus command message A device will exit State 2 and enter State 3 device data state...

Page 43: ...s of ASCII characters One byte containing the XOR of all previous bytes including STX and ETX Echo Address Echo Command ASCII Encoding of Binary Data All binary data sent and received by the M C is encoded into ASCII characters If a communication protocol allows unrestricted binary data designate a unique start stop ACK or NAK byte However since the data payload of a packet can contain bytes of an...

Page 44: ...ined Status Message The M C responds with the entire status of the amplifier in a single communication Separate messages are not currently available to get individual pieces of information To get the PowerStream 757C i status use the command CMD_GET_STATUS 0x40 Status Message Definition The most convenient way to use the data definitions is to use C or C programming language on an Intel architectu...

Page 45: ... specified 8 bit value Range 0 120 The step increment it relative it changes with each unit it depends on the unit s configuration for example it may have 4 dB 2 dB dB steps etc Successful response is ACK with OK CMD_SAVE_ATTENUATION 0x53 Saves the SET_ATTENUATION value to non volatile memory CMD_SET_LED_OFF 0x54 Follows entry of a command line toggles the LED_OFF bit Requires parameter of 0 or 1 ...

Page 46: ...tDiscrete1 Bit 1 Bit ExtDiscrete2 Bit 2 Bit ExtDiscrete3 Bit 3 Bit 10 RxRedundancyOn Bit 0 Bit RxBaseBallSwitchState Bit 1 Bit RxBaseBallSwitchState Bit 2 Bit RMCSerialLinkA Bit 3 Bit 11 Thread Bit 0 Bit TxRedundancyOn Bit 1 Bit TxBaseBallSwitchState Bit 2 Bit TxBaseBallSwitchState Bit 3 Bit 12 RedundancySetting Bit 0 Bit Inhibit Bit 1 Bit Reserved Bit 2 Bit Reserved Bit 3 Bit 13 RMCSerialLinkB Bi...

Page 47: ...Set Clear Clear Clear 02 Clear Set Clear Clear 03 Set Set Clear Clear 04 Clear Clear Set Clear 05 Set Clear Set Clear 06 Clear Set Set Clear 07 Set Set Set Clear 08 Clear Clear Clear Set 09 Set Clear Clear Set 0A Clear Set Clear Set 0B Set Set Clear Set 0C Clear Clear Set Set 0D Set Clear Set Set 0E Clear Set Set Set 0F Set Set Set Set ...

Page 48: ...estream Graphical User Interface GUI are located in other sections in this manual TCP based Monitor Control The TCP Based protocol is a simple encapsulation of the serial protocol into TCP packets which allows the Wavestream GUI to talk to the unit via Ethernet Instead of using a COM port and running over a serial link the GUI encapsulates commands into TCP packets on port 10001 and receives respo...

Page 49: ... device installer html 2 Run DeviceInstaller exe it will self install 3 Click Search to search for the connected unit The device installer will locate any devices on the network It may ask for the MAC address of the unit The MAC address is located on the unit label Enter the MAC address the unit will be located and the IP address displayed ip1a If the unit is displayed in red with a status of unre...

Page 50: ...r 90 005 0030_E 4 Expand the Xport X Port 03 firmware v1 00 directories 5 Select the unit IP address Click it for details This will display the IP address Subnet Mask and other information for the unit ip2a 6 Click Assign IP on the menu bar ip3a ...

Page 51: ...ber 90 005 0030_E 7 Select Assign a specific IP address click Next By assigning a specific IP address the address will remain fixed and will not change ip4a 8 Enter the appropriate IP address and subnet mask click Next ip5a 9 Click Assign ip6a ...

Page 52: ... 0030_E 10 Click Finish Wait while the unit completes the IP address assignment ip7a 11 If you receive any error messages or the unit does not resume communication and or regain connectivity contact Wavestream Technical Support at support wavestream com ...

Page 53: ...s of the phase to transmit RF Radio Frequency RMA Return Material Authorization RS 422 This standard specifies voltages and impedance levels on balanced line interconnections The data is transmitted on a twisted pair of wires 4 wires on a full duplex system RS 485 RS 485 defines a system for interconnecting several data terminals to a common twisted pair balanced line The interconnection is simila...

Page 54: ..._E Revision History Rev ECO Number Brief Description Requestor Date A Initial release David Nakhla 6 21 10 B 11 043 per ECO Lanis Bell 1 26 11 C 11 535 per ECO Solomon Viveros 11 17 11 D 11 565 per ECO George Sun 12 8 11 E 12 291 per ECO George Sun 7 18 2012 ...

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