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Section 1 Introduction
ATLAS Series™
1.2.3.2
Control System Communications
The control system uses a serial communications system called a CAN bus. CAN
stands for Controller Area Network. The CAN bus is a closed loop serial network
operated by the Main Controller Board. Each circuit board and module connected to
the CAN bus is considered a node and therefore has a specific address. This allows
the Main Controller to gather information from all parts of the transmitter and
display it on the GUI. One big advantage of the CAN bus is that it requires only 2
wires of the system control ribbon cable, eliminating a large amount of discrete
wiring which would otherwise be required.
For redundancy, the CAN bus is backed up by parallel, hardwired, control lines that
allow the transmitter to stay on the air even if the CAN bus fails. The parallel
control lines also provide the instantaneous OFF and RF MUTE commands
necessary for transmitter protection.
1.2.3.3
In-System Programming or ISP
The use of the CAN bus for communication between the various Micro Modules in
the transmitter also allows for easy updating of the software used in each transmitter
sub-system via a serial port connection to an external computer. This is referred to
as In-System Programming or ISP.
The real benefit of In-System Programming is that it allows any or all of the
transmitter software to be updated without removing or replacing any firmware ICs.
The Harris ISP program is provided on the CD-ROM accompanying this manual
along with all of the transmitter software as it shipped from the factory. The Harris
ISP program is easy to use and it only takes a few minutes to load or update
software.
NOTE:
Software does not need to be loaded into the transmitter unless new compo-
nents are installed or an update is sent from Harris. The transmitter, as
shipped from the factory, is preloaded and ready to run.
1.2.3.4
Remote Control
The Atlas Series™ transmitter has the basic Discrete wired parallel remote control
with the standard connections for control, status and analogue monitoring. A
network interface will be available by mid year 2002, but this will be an optional
add-on deivce.
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