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BX-7300 • 180403
Automatic Antenna Selector
Commissioning
Commissioning and functions
testing
First, for commissioning, a jumper lead is connected to posi-
tion 1 of the two pole connector strip J2 and the FA-AS, by
way of the assembled DC cable and power supply
(13.8V/ 0.2A) is powered up. As long as the working voltage
is attached the microprocessor starts to work. This is con-
firmed by the short relay clicking and the subsequent flash-
ing of the LED’s. We’ll go into this again later.
Where all remains quiet and unlit then we have a wealth of
working voltages to check. 13V and 5V must be found at the
check points on the main board. If not then perhaps the fuse
is defective or not sitting correctly in its holder. Hook up a
transceiver or receiver to the antenna socket 1 and set the
frequency to 18.4320MHz in CW mode and a (faint)
tone should be heard. This is the sign that the microproces-
sor is working. If nothing is heard then it could be a defec-
tive quartz Q1 or one of its connections shorting to earth.
Before the commissioning can continue the aforementioned
“vital signs” of the microprocessor both audible and visible
must be present otherwise there is the task of finding and re-
placing the failed component.
If everything up to this point is in order then the FA-AS can
be disconnected from the power supply and the jumper wire
removed. Picture 30 shows how the connection of the FA-
AS to the transceiver and peripherals should be, for commis-
sioning only the pair of cables shown on the left hand side
are of interest.
Test of control by line voltage
Connect the FA-AS and the (powered down) Icom trans -
ceiver with the prepared control cable. There should be no
jumper leads plugged into the J2 connector strip. The appara-
tus now finds itself in test mode, where it will now check the
band information delivered from the transceiver and pro-
cessed by the microprocessor. This mode can also be useful
in some failure events. In test mode antennas will not be se-
lected or stored. The bi coloured LED’s on the front panel,
having nothing to do with antennas 1 to 4, now serve sepa-
rately as indicators. Immediately after switching on the
transceiver the FA-AS will also be powered up over
the control cable with 13.8V working voltage (see paragraph
‘
assembly of control cables
’). LED 1 briefly lights up and
thereby signals the running through of the initialisation phase
of the programme, after which, in test mode, a precise com-
bination of LED’s light up in accordance with the applied
line voltage. This is set out in table 2.
Switching the transceiver to one of the amateur bands the ap-
propriate LED’s on the FA-AS must light up. At the test point
BSP (near the fuse holder) measure the line voltage delivered
from the transceiver against earth (test point M). This should
be within the range given by Ubsp in table 2. Of note is that
the WARC bands and the neighbouring classic bands are
Table 4. Set specific CI V address of some Icom
transceivers.
Transceiver CIV address
IC-7300 94H
IC-7200 76H
IC-7100 88H
IC-7000 70H
IC-7410 80H
IC-718 5EH
IC-706MKIIG 58H
IC-7400 66H
IC-756ProIII 6EH
IC-761 1EH
IC-765 2CH
IC-735 04H
Table 3. Band dependant LED combinations in test
mode (CI V)
Band
f
[MHz] ANT 1 ANT 2 ANT 3 ANT 4
160m 0,1… 2,0 green
80m 2,1… 4,0 green
60m 4,1… 6,0 green green
40m 6,1… 8,0 green
30m 8,1… 12,0 green green
20m 12,1… 16,0 green green
17m 16,1… 19,0 green green green
15m 19,1… 23,0 green
12m 23,1… 26,0 green green
10m 26,1… 30,0 green green
6m 30,1… 53,0 green green green
4m 53,1… 72,0 green green
Table 2. Band dependant LED combinations in test
mode (line voltage only).
Band
U
BSP
[V] ANT 1 ANT 2 ANT 3 ANT 4
160m 6,7 … 8,3 green
80m 5,8… 6,6 green
60 m 4,7… 5,7 green green
40m 4,7… 5,7 green green
30m 0,0… 1,1* green
20m 3,8… 4,6 green green
17m 2,7… 3,7 green
15m 2,7… 3,7 green
12m 2,0… 2,6 green green
10m 2,0… 2,6 green green
6m 1,2… 1,9* grün green green
4m 1,2… 1,9* grün green green
* unspecified
Table 5.
Configuration of the FA-AS
Position Jumper Result
1 plugged working mode A
2 plugged working mode B
3 open 9600 Baud
3 plugged 1200 Baud
6 open transverter pwr
→
10 %
6 plugged transverter pwr
→
1 %
7 open transverter test routine off
7 plugged transverter test routine on
8 open CAT (S/E)
8 plugged CAT (E)
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