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Series 8000™ O&M Manual

A N T E N N A C O N T R O L S Y S T E M S F O R

S A T E L L I T E E A R T H S T A T I O N S

Series 8000

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ACS

Operation & Maintenance

Model 8200

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Antenna Control Unit

Model 8250

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Drive Cabinet

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2015

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Содержание 8000 ACS Series

Страница 1: ...Satellite Earth Station Antenna Control Systems Series 8000 ACS Operation Maintenance Model 8200 Antenna Control Unit Model 8250 Drive Cabinet 26 APRIL 2022 ...

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Страница 3: ...right 2015 2020 Radeus Labs Inc All rights reserved Subject to licensing terms All contents of this publication are proprietary They are not to be transmitted shared described or conveyed in any way or form in whole or in part without advance written permission from Radeus Labs Inc 12720 Danielson Court Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 858 391 1210 Fax 1 858 391 1448 www RadeusLabs com sales RadeusLabs ...

Страница 4: ...NG UP THE ANTENNA CONTROL UNIT ACU 17 3 1 Retrofitting an existing system 18 3 2 Before installing the system 18 3 3 Connect the ACU 19 3 4 Setup and Configuration 20 3 4 1 Specify the antenna location 21 3 4 2 Antenna Polarization Settings 22 3 4 3 Options 24 3 4 4 Enter the receiver characteristics 28 3 4 5 RF Inputs 30 3 4 6 Specify encoder types and positions 32 3 5 Setup Wizard 34 3 5 1 Requi...

Страница 5: ...2 3 Power down the ACU and Operating System 49 4 3 Standby 49 4 4 Define a New Target Satellite 50 4 4 1 Default and Immediate targets 54 4 5 Edit a Target s Properties 55 4 6 Pointing Modes 56 4 6 1 Look angles mode 56 4 6 2 Longitude mode 57 4 6 3 TLE NORAD two line element 57 4 6 4 IESS 412 Intelsat Earth Station Standards 60 4 6 5 TLE Steptrack and IESS Steptrack 66 4 7 Tracking Modes 68 4 7 1...

Страница 6: ...5 3 4 Azimuth encoder fault 81 5 3 5 Azimuth CCW soft travel limit 81 5 3 6 Azimuth CW soft travel limit 81 5 3 7 Azimuth motor controller fault 81 5 3 8 Azimuth travel limit switch tripped 81 5 3 9 Elevation runaway 82 5 3 10 Elevation immobile 82 5 3 11 Elevation reversed 82 5 3 12 Elevation encoder fault 82 5 3 13 Elevation lower soft travel limit 82 5 3 14 Elevation upper soft travel limit 82 ...

Страница 7: ...t disabled 84 5 3 29 Travel limit switch tripped 84 5 3 30 No power at drive cabinet 85 5 3 31 Halted at PMCU 85 Touch panel computer TPC faults 85 5 3 32 Low tracking signal level 85 5 3 33 Unstable tracking signal level 85 5 3 34 IOC communication failure 85 5 3 35 IOC2 communication failure 85 5 3 36 IOC firmware update failed 86 5 3 37 IOC2 firmware update failed 86 5 3 38 ENC communication fa...

Страница 8: ...equency out of range 89 USB I O interface ID 1 not found USB I O interface ID 2 not found 90 5 3 52 Drive cabinet network interface misconfigured 90 5 3 53 Motor controller reset in progress 90 5 3 54 Orbital tracking limit 91 5 3 55 Sun outage 91 5 3 56 PMCU firmware update failed 91 APPENDICES 92 APPENDIX 1 MODEL 8200 ACU SPECIFICATIONS 94 APPENDIX 2 ACU REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 96 A 2 1 Pinouts 1...

Страница 9: ...000 MOTOR DRIVES 120 A 9 1 Reset the V1000 120 A 9 2 Run the Motor Tuning 120 A 9 3 Set the Remaining Parameters 121 A 9 4 Wire sizes for motors 122 APPENDIX 10 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION ACU INI 123 A 10 1 File location 123 A 10 2 Default acu ini 123 A 10 3 Example acu ini 125 A 10 4 Primary Keys 126 Additional Keys 131 A 10 4 1 Disable automatic TLE download 132 APPENDIX 11 IESS 412 FILE FORMAT 134 ...

Страница 10: ...e Series 8000 ACS 150 A 13 3 PMCU Controls 151 A 13 4 Indicators Displays 153 APPENDIX 14 ACU REMOTE CONTROL METHODS 154 A 14 1 TeamViewer 154 A 14 2 TeamViewer Requirements 156 A 14 3 SNMP 157 A 14 4 SNMP Requirements 158 A 14 5 Commercial M C software with Radeus Labs ACU support 159 A 14 6 Open source M C software 159 A 14 7 SNMP Tools 159 A 14 8 Serial M C 7200 Request Command M C Protocol 160...

Страница 11: ... 3 Testing API operation 164 A 16 4 Get API version 164 A 16 4 1 Postman 164 A 16 4 2 curl 165 A 16 4 3 Invoke RestMethod 165 A 16 4 4 SSL CA certificate 166 A 16 4 5 ACU domain name entry 166 APPENDIX 17 LIST OF FIGURES 167 APPENDIX 18 DESCRIPTION OF CE SYMBOLS 172 ...

Страница 12: ...ying common industry standards best practices and due diligence Radeus Labs Inc shall not be responsible for injury or damage result ing from or associated with improper use of its hardware or software or from its use by improperly trained or inexperienced individuals All applicable building codes fire related regulations and other re quired or advisable safety protocols must be observed at all ti...

Страница 13: ...he Model 8200 antenna control unit ACU and Model 8250 drive cabinet from Radeus Labs Inc Service and Support To inquire about support and service options that are beyond the scope of this document Radeus Labs Inc 1 858 391 1210 sales RadeusLabs com www RadeusLabs com ...

Страница 14: ...I M P O R T A N T P R E C A U T I O N S 12 Series 8000 O M Manual 1 Series 8000 Setup Overview For detailed instructions refer to the following sections ...

Страница 15: ...Also see Appendix 4 Model 8250 Drive Cabinet This drive cabinet from Radeus Labs offers compelling advantages but the Model 8200 ACU can be ordered with support for previous generation GD Vertex 7150 cabinets Figure 2 1 The Model 8250 drive cabinet from Radeus Labs ...

Страница 16: ...cabinet initiated the motion Three additional jog panel buttons allow the 8250 s operator to move the antenna without the ACU Local When local is selected the operator can control the antenna from the drive cabinet s jog panel and this LED will be illuminated green Slew If slew is selected the cabinet s jog controls will move the antenna at its slew speed and this LED will be illuminated green Tog...

Страница 17: ...8000 O M Manual 15 2 2 Power Breakers E Stop In addition to the jog panel above more controls are shown in Figure 2 3 The E Stop switch works by de asserting the drive enable line Figure 2 3 Model 8250 power mains breakers and emergency stop ...

Страница 18: ...tenna motion as quickly as possible push the red e stop switch To release the e stop twist the knob clockwise During an emergency disconnect all power sources The e stop stops the motor and engages brakes if available Activating the e stop does not remove electrical power from the drive cabinet ...

Страница 19: ...Series 8000 O M Manual 17 SECTION 3 3 Setting Up the Antenna Control Unit ACU Figure 3 1 Antenna Control Unit ACU from Radeus Labs Inc ...

Страница 20: ...e proceeding with setup Review the safety information in Important Precautions Ensure all items listed in Appendix A 12 1 Pre installation checklist are true WARNING Do not attempt to operate this equipment if there is evidence of shipping damage or you suspect the unit is damaged Damaged equipment may present additional hazards to you to other persons and to property Contact support for advice be...

Страница 21: ... Cabinet 1 Verify that the unit is connected to power 2 Turn on the ACU via the power switch on the rear panel The touchscreen will illuminate when it is ready Figure 3 2 Power switch and data connections shown here is the standard version of the Model 8200 Specifics vary by system see Appendix 2 ACU Rear Panel Connections for the minimum required connec tions for standard and for legacy compatibl...

Страница 22: ...includes a Setup Wizard It can finish configuring the system after you supply the essential data described in this section The home screen offers access to all system settings and controls Figure 3 3 The home screen of the ACU s display To configure or edit system settings tap the Setup button ...

Страница 23: ...tion is only present if at least one POL axis is under ACU control On the Home Setup Site tab Enter the antenna s latitude degrees north and longitude de grees east using up to six decimal places Enter the antenna s altitude meters Name the antenna to distinguish it from other nearby systems This name will appear on the touchscreen display Enter the dish size in meters to the tenths Continue with ...

Страница 24: ...up Site determines which POL fields appear in the data display and in target configuration screens Note the distinction between the two following settings Figure 3 5 Indicate how many POL axes this ACU controls 3 Specify which antenna axes are under ACU control then 4 use CP LP selection to specify the axes if any for which ACU operators are permitted to switch between linear and cir cular POL Not...

Страница 25: ... M Manual 23 Figure 3 6 Specify which POL axes if any users are allowed to change from linear to circular polarization The period determines the maximum timeout for CP LP switching in milliseconds To continue the setup tap the Options tab ...

Страница 26: ...rts and sun outage protec tion can be enabled here See below to add the field for brake con trol Audible fault alerts Choose whether the ACU will emit audible alert tones in addi tion to the visual alerts on its display when a fault is detected Sun outage protection Prevents steptrack operation if the beam width is pointing with in 0 25 of the sun For HA DEC antennas see note below ...

Страница 27: ...easured in factors of the antenna 3dB receive beamwidth n BW For example o An orbital tracking limit of factor 2 and receive beamwidth of 0 27 would constrain tracking maneuvers to a maximum offset of 0 54 from the target trajectory Orbital tracking limits is a system wide option and applies to all tracking modes These limits are disabled by default factor 0 the maximum value is 9 Figure 3 8 Orbit...

Страница 28: ...ini file See Appendix 10 Advanced Configuration acu ini The options on the brake control drop down menu indicate when the brakes are engaged o None no brakes are controlled by the ACU default o Drive disabled brakes are engaged only when the drives are disabled o Standby brakes are engaged only when the drives are disabled or the ACU is in Standby o Motion complete brakes are engaged while movemen...

Страница 29: ... for antennas that use hour angle and declination This setting determines whether the ACU s real time data is shown in HA DEC or AZ EL units See Appendix 15 Units Hour Angle and Declination Figure 3 10 Real time data can be displayed in the native units of HA DEC an tennas ...

Страница 30: ...ome Setup Receiver tab and refer to the follow ing for the type of receiver being used Resolver Appendix A 4 5 DTR Appendix 6 Setup DTR GD 253 Appendix 5 Setup GD Model 253 Radeus SSC Model 3430 Appendix 7 Setup Radeus SSC Model 3430 Figure 3 11 Setup Receiver Specify the type of receiver being used if any ...

Страница 31: ...eivers The same fields will be shown but specify here if the internal receiver uses the Ku band because there is a block down converter for that Switched inputs is the number of RF inputs see below that can be switched to the receiver The internal receiver has a dynamic range of 60 dB The reference level sets the top end of that range from 40 to 0 dB The analog output voltage for relative power le...

Страница 32: ...cify which axes are used for which in put s and how they are labeled on the touchscreen Figure 3 12 Setup RF Inputs Note BDC LO is only shown if the Internal receiver type is selected on the Setup Receiver tab Use the drop down to assign an axis to each available RF input For each input choose a label to show on the touchscreen LH V left hand vertical RH H right hand horizontal etc ...

Страница 33: ... each input If the receiver type is Internal Ku the default band is Ku If the receiver type is Internal the band must be specified If the receiver type is Internal the BDC LO local oscilla tor can be set separately for each input Figure 3 14 Specify the BDC LO local oscillator frequency for each input ...

Страница 34: ...izon 2 If the angles are unknown and there s no reference measure them with an inclinometer tilt sensor level EL or compass AZ 3 Enter the angles into the Encoders Position deg fields The ACU will populate the offset fields Figure 3 15 Figure 3 15 Setup Encoders The ACU calculates the offset values Position is null if there are no encoders or resolvers Required A position and direc tion must be en...

Страница 35: ...anced Configuration acu ini RATIOS 1 the default is 0 for off not enabled Then you can choose from the drop down menus the number of encoder resolver shaft revolutions for antenna movement along each axis o Default ratio is 1 1 o Maximum ratio is 8 1 Figure 3 16 Setup Encoders See above to enable the encoder axis ratio controls ...

Страница 36: ...up V1000 Motor Drives BE SURE ALL LIMIT SWITCHES ARE TESTED AND WORKING CORRECTLY ON EVERY AXIS The antenna must not be tripping any limit switches Any limit jumpers need to be removed Encoder offsets must be established for each axis see sec tion 3 4 5 about Setup Encoders Warning Do not run the Setup Wizard without work ing limit switches in place on every axis Otherwise the anten na will drive ...

Страница 37: ... from it by two degrees That new position is the default soft limit for that direction on that axis Soft limits can be edited or even disabled on the Setup Limits screen After the Setup Wizard establishes soft limits for each axis it moves back to center to determine the angles and periods of the motion faults and the threshold and deadband for the positioner parameters It also will calibrate the ...

Страница 38: ...ng each axis and more tasks to detect vital characteristics It will report in the blue status bar for example Running setup wizard Seeking AZ CW limit When the Setup Wizard has finished the system will go into Standby The rest of this section describes settings the Setup Wizard can man age Such values can be edited manually with or without running the wizard The wizard might overwrite settings tha...

Страница 39: ...led Hard limit values are determined by the placement of the hard ware limit switches Run the Setup Wizard after any change to the limit switches in order to update the limit settings 3 5 4 1 Antenna Sectors The Model 8200 supports antennas with multiple azimuth sectors parts of the antenna s range of motion that are used frequently Configuring sector parameters in the ACU allows it to operate wit...

Страница 40: ... The default value is 0 which disables this feature o Setting the number of sectors to 1 has no effect o Typical use sets this value to 2 o The maximum number of sectors is 8 Using sectors during normal operation 1 Turn off the drive cabinet 2 Physically move the antenna to new sector 3 Turn on drive cabinet 4 Select new sector in ACU If configuring a new sector for the first time enter the new li...

Страница 41: ...mple as shown in Figure 3 20 below sector A occupies the range 270 to 20 Selecting sector B would change the ACU s soft limits to the range 340 to 90 Figure 3 20 Using sector parameters allows the ACU to operate with the correct travel limits for the current antenna sector without the need to re discover the limit switch positions ...

Страница 42: ...or the two motion faults which are Tolerance If a motion is commanded and the measured angle does not change by at least the number of degrees entered here the axis immobile fault is asserted If motion is detected reverse to the commanded direction by this amount the reversed fault is as serted Runaway If no motion is being commanded but the measured angle changes by this amount or greater the run...

Страница 43: ...en the actual angle is within the deadband of a commanded posi tion the only antenna motions are momentary bump ad justments Eco mode offset To reduce such momentary adjustments and hence the wear on mechanical equipment Eco mode minimizes corrective mo tions when the system is actively holding a position Eco mode does not apply while moving to a new target It has ...

Страница 44: ... If a motor has been operated before the current setup the ACU operator can enter the amount of pre existing in use time The ACU will increment that as the system is used Mo tor time is recorded in milliseconds but is displayed as hours 1 Minimal but not zero effect For that reason the ACU display indicates ECO when this behavior is in effect How it works The system adds the Eco offset to the Dead...

Страница 45: ...of the position transducer encoder or resolver Bump coast time the wait period to allow the antenna to coast to a stop after a bump before initiating another mo tion Track coast time the period to wait after running at track speed before moving again Slew coast time the time to wait after ending a slew motion be fore beginning another motion Brake release the amount of time in milliseconds the bra...

Страница 46: ...ual 44 SECTION 4 4 Typical Operations System configuration and all normal operations are carried out via the ACU s touchscreen and hardware jog buttons Equivalent jog con trols are provided in the Model 8250 drive cabinet ...

Страница 47: ...al time data The blue status bar shows system status messages The real time data display shows o during tracking or pointing the antenna s position com manded position and the difference of those values o if the ACU is not in an active tracking or pointing mode the antenna s position and the mechanical position2 mech of 2 The mechanical coordinate system is defined only by the mechanics of the ant...

Страница 48: ...ency and signal level coming from the receiver The system responds to fault conditions with messages listed in section 5 System Fault Conditions and optional audible alert tones For example Figure 4 2 The Home screen displays fault messages which are listed in sec tion 5 3 Fault Messages Causes To enable or disable audible fault alerts see Figure 3 7 ...

Страница 49: ...art Up Quit Shut Down 4 2 1 Start the ACU application The ACU software starts when the unit powers on If the power is on but the ACU software is not running Launch the ACU application via the desktop shortcut or re launch Windows which will restart the ACU application ...

Страница 50: ...ng the ACU software use the touchscreen s Home Setup About screen and tap Quit to exit the ACU application and display the operating system desktop To minimize the ACU window without quitting the application tap Desktop You ll see the host OS with the ACU in the task bar Figure 4 3 Quit the ACU software or Shut Down both the ACU and the OS ...

Страница 51: ...Home Setup About screen Figure 4 3 2 Tap the Shut Down button 3 Wait for the touchscreen to power off it goes black 4 Then you may power down the ACU via the power switch on its back panel 4 3 Standby Home Standby immediately puts the ACU in Standby mode While on standby the ACU will not command the antenna to move It will remain on standby until an operator s affirmative action takes it out of st...

Страница 52: ...o the list of targets 1 On the Home screen tap the Target button 2 On the resulting Target options screen tap New Figure 4 4 Home Target A screen will appear for entering a new satellite s characteristics Which fields will be shown and whether they occupy one or more screens depends on the Mode selected for this target Tip The process of defin ing a target does not interfere with any tracking in p...

Страница 53: ...for this target Figure 4 5 Which input fields are displayed depends on the selected mode The available modes are described in sections 4 6 and 4 7 Look angles Longitude Predictive Steptrack TLE SGP4 IESS 412 TLE Steptrack IESS Steptrack The marked modes require the system to have a receiver that is enabled ...

Страница 54: ... name to the satellite then tap OK The name can be edited any time Figure 4 6 A satellite s name can be any unambiguous label useful at the earth station except TLE and IESS target names which are pre defined 6 After selecting the Mode discussed in sections 4 6 and 4 7 the other fields requiring operator input change accordingly Enter any parameters required by the new target s mode then tap the S...

Страница 55: ...T Y P I C A L O P E R A T I O N S Series 8000 O M Manual 53 The list at Home Target includes any operator defined targets Figure 4 7 Operator defined targets are in the list at Home Target ...

Страница 56: ...s item and tap Edit Edited defaults do not retroactively apply to targets already in the sys tem You may edit those individually described in section 4 5 Immediate Select this then tap Track to begin tracking at the antenna s current position discussed in section 4 7 6 Track Immediate Manual Peaking and Bias Angles Note Immediate cannot be used with TLE or IESS pointing modes because those associa...

Страница 57: ...ome Target list Figure 4 8 The characteristics of targets can be edited 1 Highlight the target you want to modify 2 Tap the Edit button to display that target s characteristics 3 The specific settings shown depend on the tracking or pointing mode in use for that target Also see section 4 7 6 Track Immediate Manual Peaking and Bias Angles ...

Страница 58: ...acking Modes Any saved bias angles are applied to a target s look angles to produce the commanded position See section 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 and 4 7 6 Track Immediate Manual Peaking and Bi as Angles 4 6 1 Look angles mode Move the antenna to the look angles entered for the target then actively hold See Figure 4 9 Figure 4 9 Settings for pointing by look angles See section ...

Страница 59: ...e 4 10 Settings for pointing by longitude 4 6 3 TLE NORAD two line element The Model 8200 ACU supports the TLE data format for locating a target by using the SPG4 simplified perturbation model See section 4 6 4 1 Requirements for TLE and IESS 412 and 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 To point at a TLE object 1 Choose Target New or edit an existing target and instead of typing a name u...

Страница 60: ...day The names of TLE targets are determined by the TLE data source and cannot be edited Figure 4 11 After choosing a TLE mode a drop down list shows all TLE targets that are within the antenna s range 3 The names of TLE targets are from their data sources and cannot be edited TLE target missing If a desired target is not listed check the ACU s Setup Site Antenna coordinates and Setup Limits to con...

Страница 61: ...cle time enter the interval HH MM SS desired between calculations of the antenna s next position 4 For Bias angles enter any known adjustments for TLE tracking due to site calibration otherwise use defaults of 0 See Figure 4 15 and section 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 5 After saving the target s settings you may track it normally ...

Страница 62: ...for TLE and IESS 412 and 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 To track an object by IESS 412 1 Choose Target New or edit an existing target and instead of typing a name use Mode to select IESS 412 2 In place of the name input text field 4 a drop down list will pre sent all Intelsat objects whose orbits will place them within range of the antenna s soft limits any time in the next siderea...

Страница 63: ...s next position 4 In the Bias angles fields of the pointing modes enter any known adjustments for IESS targeting due to site specific cali bration issues Otherwise use the default 0 for all bias values see Figure 4 15 and section 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 Target missing If a desired target is not shown in the drop down list check the values in Setup Site Antenna coordi nates a...

Страница 64: ...ual Figure 4 15 Settings for TLE SGP4 or IESS 412 mode Bias angles can be saved to more easily re peak any target for which a pointing mode i e not tracking is used see section 4 6 4 2 Default if unknown 0 5 Save any changes then you may Home Track normally ...

Страница 65: ... to copy the data into C Radeus Labs IESS 412 and TLE SGP4 modes are not available for Default or Immediate targets To use either of those modes first choose Target New or edit an existing target Encoder offsets must be non zero values The antenna s coordinates must be set It is recommended to have the system synced to a timing source so the ephemeris calculated movements performed by the antenna ...

Страница 66: ... P I C A L O P E R A T I O N S 64 Series 8000 O M Manual Whenever any limit changes the lists of available TLE and IESS 412 targets will update to include only potential targets within the anten na s range ...

Страница 67: ...reload when the same target is tracked again in the future The general procedure is 1 Acquire a target using a pointing mode section 4 6 2 Do not adjust bias angles while the controller is acquiring the targeted posi tion In the blue status bar verify that the ACU reports Holding Target Position next calculation in hh mm ss 3 Select Home Manual and peak to an optimal signal Such ad justments will ...

Страница 68: ...advantage of steptracking5 periodically to peak the signal and adjust bias angles Figure 4 17 Settings for TLE Steptrack and IESS Steptrack mode 1 of 2 ACU updates and saves the bias angles during steptrack peaking As always Polarization select is only available if enabled in the Home Setup Options See section 3 4 3 Options 5 See the caution about steptrack in Tracking Modes ...

Страница 69: ...ptrack mode 2 of 2 The field for Step below signal dB is used to initiate a steptrack cy cle if the signal strength falls below the specified level relative to the cur rent presumably peaked signal strength For the cycle time enter the interval HH MM SS desired between calculations of the antenna s next position ...

Страница 70: ...ctive track Predictive tracking is preferred for geosynchronous satellites that require periodic re peaking during the day It reduces the frequency of steptrack cycles re quired to keep the antenna satisfactorily peaked at all times Predictive tracking begins by using steptrack to follow the target until one full day s data is stored After that the stored data is used and adjusted periodically wit...

Страница 71: ...k or peaking of the signal level Steptrack cycles may also be initiated by a signal level threshold when the signal drops by a predefined amount a steptrack cycle is ini tiated Both modes may be used simultaneously to achieve longer cycle times backing up a threshold triggered cycle Steptrack determines in which axis and direction to take an initial step based on the major axis of motion and the d...

Страница 72: ...T Y P I C A L O P E R A T I O N S 70 Series 8000 O M Manual Figure 4 21 Settings for steptracking 1 of 2 Figure 4 22 Settings for steptracking 2 of 2 Also see predictive tracking above ...

Страница 73: ...e ACU front panel provides user configurable manual jog controls Figure 4 23 The ACU s hardware jog buttons have LEDs that show what the con troller is doing See Figure 4 24 and section 4 7 6 Track Immedi ate Manual Peaking and Bias Angles to adjust button behaviors The Home Manual button along with the hardware jog buttons al lows the operator to peak the antenna and optionally to save that ad ju...

Страница 74: ...oft limits the drive cabinet and limit switches allow the user to drive back into the permitted range of motion but not further out of it 4 7 6 Track Immediate Manual Peaking and Bias Angles The manual controls enable the user to move the antenna to any arbi trary position within its limits either without selecting a target satellite or while tracking a target in order to peak the antenna After ma...

Страница 75: ...e operator is ac tively depressing a button Toggle pressing a button once starts the antenna moving along that axis until the same button is pressed again Never leave the antenna unattended when it s moving in Toggle mode Tip If using the jog controls to peak the antenna Upon leaving the Manual screen the system will offer to Save target bias angles before return ing to the Home screen If you agre...

Страница 76: ...a mode The selected tracking mode see sections 2 6 and 2 7 will de termine the antenna s behavior while you re using Immediate tracking e g holding a static position or peaking 2 Position the antenna Tap the Home Manual button adjust those settings as de sired via the touchscreen then use the ACU s hardware jog buttons Figure 4 23 3 Commence tracking After a desired position is achieved select Hom...

Страница 77: ... database file acu dbf How to update To update from 2 2 0 or newer 1 Make sure the ACU application is closed If it is running choose Setup About Quit 2 Launch the installer RL8200 base setup X X X exe To update earlier versions to version 2 2 0 or greater first manually back up acu dbf to an alternate location the installer will not create a backup of it Then you may run the installer normally 6 S...

Страница 78: ...ect power in case of any emergency The Model 8200 ACU notifies users visually and with an optional audio tone if it detects a fault condition The audio can be enabled and disabled via the Home Setup Options screen Figure 5 1 A warning and fault description s are displayed and an optional warning tone issued if the ACU detects a fault condition ...

Страница 79: ...gured pg 90 Drive disabled at control panel pg 84 Elevation encoder fault pg 82 Elevation immobile pg 82 Elevation motor controller fault pg 82 Elevation reversed pg 82 Elevation runaway pg 82 Elevation travel limit switch tripped pg 82 Emergency stop pressed pg 84 ENC firmware update failed pg 86 Encoder ENC communication failure pg 86 Encoder ENC2 communication failure pg 86 Fault condition forc...

Страница 80: ...mit pg 91 Polarization immobile pg 83 Polarization reversed pg 83 Polarization runaway pg 82 Polarization select in wrong position pg 83 Polarization travel limit switch tripped pg 84 RDC firmware update failed pg 87 Resolver RDC communication failure pg 87 Resolver RDC2 communication failure pg 87 Soft travel limit disabled pg 84 Sun outage pg 91 Travel limit switch tripped pg 84 ...

Страница 81: ... Home screen tap Fault once to mute the alert 2 Investigate and resolve Resolve any issue indicated by a fault message The meaning of each fault message is discussed in section 5 3 3 Clear the fault s and resume Press the Fault button again to clear the fault status If a fault condition is still detected the system will re assert the alert message ...

Страница 82: ...ndby Common causes Stuck drive command relay Malfunctioning position transducer 5 3 2 Azimuth immobile The axis is being commanded to move but it is not moving May put system in standby Common causes Motor and or motor controller is not producing enough torque to move the axis Position transducer has become decoupled from the structure 5 3 3 Azimuth reversed The axis is reporting movement in the o...

Страница 83: ...5 3 7 Azimuth motor controller fault The motor controller has faulted and must be reset to resume opera tions May put system in standby Common cause Misconfiguration of the motor controller resulting in exceeding its operational limits 5 3 8 Azimuth travel limit switch tripped The travel limit switch has been engaged The drive cabinet interface does not tell which limit was exceeded however that s...

Страница 84: ...r is connected and that the pinouts are correct see Appendix A 4 5 5 3 13 Elevation lower soft travel limit The axis drove past its software defined tracking limits Now it may be driven only in the direction that brings it within its limits 5 3 14 Elevation upper soft travel limit See preceding 5 3 15 Elevation motor controller fault See section 5 3 7 Azimuth motor controller fault May put system ...

Страница 85: ...ct based on POL 3 and POL 4 limits9 CIB 110 112 and CIB 100 102 it will attempt up to five times to move the feed to the correct position after which this fault will be asserted and no further movement will be attempted until an operator clears the fault To restore proper operation the CP LP feed must be repositioned 1 Manually position the feed at the antenna to CP or LP 2 At the ACU select Home ...

Страница 86: ... 3 27 Maintenance override at drive cabinet Someone engaged the maintenance override switch in the drive cabi net The ACU cannot command the antenna until the maintenance override has been de asserted May put system in standby 5 3 28 Soft travel limit disabled The system s soft travel limits are disabled which is normal only dur ing testing and setup This fault will persist until the soft limits a...

Страница 87: ...l is too low to perform steptrack operations Common causes Not beginning tracking on the target signal main lobe Incorrect tracking receiver frequency Incorrect tracking receiver source selected 5 3 33 Unstable tracking signal level The tracking signal is varying too rapidly to steptrack 5 3 34 IOC communication failure The link between the touch panel computer s I O controller and the drive cabin...

Страница 88: ...d 5 3 38 ENC communication failure ENC2 communication failure The ACU cannot communicate with the encoder board Troubleshooting 1 Verify the drive cabinet is turned on 2 Verify power supplies in drive cabinet are turned on check the Ethernet connection s 3 Verify IFL from the drive cabinet is connected to the ACU 4 Verify the appropriate position feedback is selected in Setup Encoders Type 5 3 39 ...

Страница 89: ...5 3 41 RDC firmware update failed Automatic installation of new firmware on the resolver to digital con verter did not complete Troubleshooting 1 Clear the fault and verify system is operating normally 2 If not cycle power at the drive cabinet 3 If issues persist contact support 5 3 42 JPB communication failure The ACU cannot communicate with the jog panel Troubleshooting 1 Verify the drive cabine...

Страница 90: ...s internet connection or if ephemeris data for a target is no longer reliable To clear the fault Restore the network connection which will cause the ACU to update the data Or Double tap the Home Fault button to clear the alert if the issue isn t addressed the system may report the fault again 5 3 45 Fault condition forced standby Standby mode was asserted by the system in response to a detected fa...

Страница 91: ...ll internal connections It might be necessary to restart the receiver with a power cycle 5 3 49 Receiver not running The beacon receiver has not entered run state after being commanded to do so Possible remedy It may be necessary to restart the receiver with a power cycle 5 3 50 Receiver not locked The signal level is too low Move the antenna closer to beam center 5 3 51 Beacon frequency out of ra...

Страница 92: ...rogress The ACU has detected a motor controller fault and is attempting to correct the issue by cycling power to them for three attempts If the attempts are not successful the fault will persist and the drive cabinet will remain in the error state If the fault still remains check the following 1 Manually cycle power at the drive cabinet using the mains breaker 2 On the Yaskawa Inverter display che...

Страница 93: ...ng beamwidth 3 Increase the Setup Positioner Deadband value see sec tion 3 5 6 Positioner 4 Disable orbital track by setting the Setup Options Orbital tracking limit to 0 5 3 55 Sun outage The ACU has detected that a sun outage event will occur or is current ly occurring It will prevent further steptrack cycles until the sun out age event has passed 5 3 56 PMCU firmware update failed Troubleshooti...

Страница 94: ...DEL 253 114 APPENDIX 6 SETUP DTR 115 APPENDIX 7 SETUP RADEUS SSC MODEL 3430 116 APPENDIX 8 SETUP IRIG 117 APPENDIX 9 SETUP V1000 MOTOR DRIVES 120 APPENDIX 10 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION ACU INI 123 APPENDIX 11 IESS 412 FILE FORMAT 134 APPENDIX 12 SERIES 8000 ON SITE TEST PROCEDURE 138 APPENDIX 13 PORTABLE MAINTENANCE CONTROL UNIT PMCU 149 APPENDIX 14 ACU REMOTE CONTROL METHODS 154 APPENDIX 15 UNITS HOU...

Страница 95: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 93 APPENDIX 16 REST API 163 APPENDIX 17 LIST OF FIGURES 167 APPENDIX 18 DESCRIPTION OF CE SYMBOLS 172 ...

Страница 96: ...figuration Controls Interfaces Front panel touch screen and hardware jog buttons Figure 3 2 shows the connectors on the back panel Remote Ethernet SNMP Serial USB RS 232 x2 each Receiver Analog 0 10 VDC interface Serial DTR interface Optional internal L band receiver Ethernet or fiber interface Alarm Summary output Audible tone for fault conditions Tracking Accuracy Better than 10 receive 3dB beam...

Страница 97: ...anual 95 Environmental Temperature 0 50 C Humidity 95 non condensing Electrical Power 100 240 VAC 47 63 Hz 100 W typical Motor size 1 5 HP standard Larger sizes available Mechanical Height 7 four rack units Width 19 Depth 19 Weight 20 lbs ...

Страница 98: ...ped with the unit you are using Figure 5 2 Rear panels may vary Above shows the legacy compatible version of the 8200 designed for drop in replacement of GD s older Ver tex Model 7200 Required connections are shown in red Figure 5 3 The standard Model 8200 shown above needs fewer connections and has simpler cabling Required connections are shown in red ...

Страница 99: ...to internal RF switch system defaults to RF 1 user selectable RF 2 N Type female connector for RF Input 2 horizontal polarization to internal RF switch J1 IRIG BNC female 75 Ω connector for IRIG timekeeping J2 UPC Uplink power control Analog output from internal receiver J3 DRIVE INTERFACE DB25M connector for interfacing with legacy drive cabinets LGCY configuration only J4 RS 232 DB25F connector ...

Страница 100: ...put J7 AZIMUTH DB25F connector for encoder or resolver position feedback on AZ axis J8 ELEVATION DB25F connector for encoder or resolver position feedback on EL axis J9 POLARIZATION 1 DB25F connector for resolver position feedback on POL 1 axis J10 POLARIZATION 2 DB25F connector for resolver position feedback on POL 2 axis ...

Страница 101: ... EL SPEED gray DI 21 AZ SPEED gray DI 19 E STOP gray DI 18 EL FAULT COM gray DI 17 AZ FAULT COM gray DI 16 E STOP RTN gray DI 15 EL FAULT gray DI 14 AZ FAULT gray DI 13 POL2 CCW gray DI 12 POL2 DE gray DI 11 POL2 CW gray DI 10 SUM LIM gray DI 09 POL1 CCW gray DI 08 POL1 DE gray DI 07 POL1 CW gray DI 06 EL DN gray DI 05 EL COM gray DI 04 EL UP gray DI 03 AZ CCW gray DI 02 AZ COM gray DI 01 AZ CW gr...

Страница 102: ...1 Pinouts Also see Appendix 3 RS 232 Interface RF 1 RF 2 J1 IRIG J2 UPC PIN FUNCTION center positive signal shield negative J4 J5 RS 232 Also see Appendix 3 RS 232 Interface PIN FUNCTION 1 N C 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 CTS 5 RTS 6 DTR 7 GND 8 RI 9 N C 10 N C 11 N C ...

Страница 103: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 101 12 N C 13 N C 14 N C 15 N C 16 N C 17 N C 18 N C 19 N C 20 DCD 21 N C 22 RI 23 N C 24 N C 25 N C ...

Страница 104: ...IN 1 N C N C 2 AD1 J14 1 3 AD1 GND N C 4 AD2 J15 2 5 N C N C 6 N C N C 7 AD1 J14 2 8 AD2 J15 1 9 AD2 GND N C J7 AZIMUTH and J8 ELEVATION Present only on 7200 compatible systems PIN FUNCTION 1 N C 2 R R1 3 S S4 4 C S3 5 S S2 6 N C 7 N C 8 R R2 9 C S1 10 N C 11 N C 12 N C 13 N C 14 N C ...

Страница 105: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 103 15 CLK 16 CLK 17 N C 18 N C 19 N C 20 N C 21 DAT 22 DAT 23 N C 24 12V 25 GND ...

Страница 106: ...0 O M Manual J9 POLARIZATION 1 Present only on 7200 compatible systems PIN FUNCTION 1 N C 2 R R1 3 S S4 4 C S3 5 S S2 6 N C 7 N C 8 R R2 9 C S1 J10 POLARIZATION 2 PIN FUNCTION 1 N C 2 R R1 3 S S4 4 C S3 5 S S2 6 N C 7 N C 8 R R2 9 C S1 ...

Страница 107: ...e used to connect equipment such as a DTR The ACU supports RS 232 serial communication via DB25F serial ports J4 and J5 on the rear panel These are direct connections to the touchscreen computer Pinout details See Appendix A 2 1 and Appendix 2 ACU Rear Panel Connections Figure 5 4 RS 232 pin numbering ...

Страница 108: ... motor horsepower A 4 2 Mechanical Height 36 legs 18 H Width 30 Depth 10 Weight 100 lbs Motor size 1 5 HP standard Larger sizes available A 4 3 I O Controller Location Using the Model 8200 with a Radeus Labs Model 8250 drive cabinet The I O controller IOC is mounted in the drive cabinet The only connections to the ACU are an Ethernet cable and the drive enable line Using the Model 8200 with a lega...

Страница 109: ...IFL IFL is standard grounded Ethernet using RJ45 connectors IFL F is dual fiber using LC connectors in multi mode by default and single mode as an option Fiber cable shorter than 600 meters 2 strand Male Male LC LC OM2 50 125UM Fiber cable longer than 600 meters Contact Radeus Labs with questions about fiber connection ...

Страница 110: ... GND white green 220 5 VCC brown green 220 4 DATN pink 220 3 DAT gray 220 2 CLKN yellow 220 1 CLK violet NUM FUNCTION WIRE COLOR AZ RESOLVER POSITION FEEDBACK 220 7 CBL SHLD cable braid 220 6 R red white 220 5 RN yellow white or black white 220 4 S1 or C red 220 3 S3 or CN black 220 2 S2 or S yellow 220 1 S4 or SN blue This organization and the wire colors are the same for all other encod ers and ...

Страница 111: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 109 A 4 5 1 Encoder side ships terminated ...

Страница 112: ...nections See below for the proprietary connections in the Customer Interface Block SECTION NUM FUNCTION E STOP 163 SW1 LEAD 162 SW1 RETURN 161 SW2 LEAD 160 SW2 RETURN AZ LIMIT 152 CW LIM 151 COM 150 CCW LIM EL LIMIT 142 UP LIM 141 COM 140 DN LIM POL1 LIMIT 132 CW LIM 131 COM 130 CCW LIM ...

Страница 113: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 111 POL2 LIMIT 122 CW LIM 121 COM 120 CCW LIM CP LP 1 INDICATOR 112 CP IND 111 Source 110 LP IND CP LP 2 INDICATOR 102 CP IND 101 Source 100 LP IND ...

Страница 114: ...s 8000 O M Manual 63 GND AZ MOTOR 62 L1 61 L2 60 L3 53 GND EL MOTOR 52 L1 51 L2 50 L3 POL1 MOTOR 42 CW or L1 41 RETURN or L2 40 CCW or L3 POL2 MOTOR 32 CW or L1 31 RETURN or L2 30 CCW or L3 CP LP MOTOR SWITCH 22 CP 21 RETURN 20 LP ...

Страница 115: ...IB is shown as item 8 in the preceding illustration of the drive cabinet s interior in section 2 2 Power Breakers E Stop Three phase power color codes follow North American common practice Radeus Labs recommends adding an extra 1 2 feet of length in a service loop outside the drive cabinet in case of future changes CE option only ...

Страница 116: ...ted 4 Set the 253 s SERIAL PORT 1 settings to a BAUD 19200 b PARITY NONE c DATA 8 d STOP 1 5 Connect the Model 253 s port J1 DATA LINK 1 to the 8200 s port J4 RS 232 6 If replacing an existing 7200 unit use the supplied null modem and the existing wiring 7 If installing a new 8200 use a straight through serial cable i e no null modem required 8 On the 8200 ACU ensure that 253 is selected as the Se...

Страница 117: ...C SHELL 3 Select RESET PORT on DTR 4 Connect the DTR s PORT 1 RS 232 to the 8200 s port J4 RS 232 a If replacing an existing 7200 use the supplied null modem and the existing wiring b If installing a new 8200 use a straight through serial cable no null modem 5 On the 8200 ACU ensure that DTR is selected as the Setup Receiver Receiver type Verify that the frequency set at the DTR is shown on the 82...

Страница 118: ...d important safety notes Figure 5 5 The Radeus SSC Model 3430 beacon tracking receiver BTR 1 Connect the BTR s J2 M C port to the 8200 s port J4 RS 232 2 Use the L R button to enter local mode 3 Press the right arrow button 4 Press the button to select RS 232 5 Press the button to select 19200 baud 6 Press the CUR button to exit the menu 7 Use the L R button to enter remote mode ...

Страница 119: ... About Quit or Desktop Note If the time does not update within the first five minutes of using the ACU follow the instructions below 2 Open the IRIG monitoring software MbgMon v3 06 99 13 via the Start menu Figure 5 6 This and the following figures demonstrate changing local time if the Windows time manager is not successful 10 IRIG A is an option but must be configured before shipment Inquire wit...

Страница 120: ... Series 8000 O M Manual 3 Right click on the program and choose to Run as administrator 4 When the program opens o Make sure the signal is 100 o Check that the clock is synchronized o Verify that the Reference time is correct ...

Страница 121: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 119 5 If those three are correct choose Setup Stop time service 6 Then choose Setup Start time service and the system time should update ...

Страница 122: ...t the following Note example values shown in gray probably will not match your specific motors T1 01 00 Set inverters for rotational auto tuning T1 02 19 Motor Rated Power use the rated power from motor nameplate in KW T1 03 230 Motor Rated Voltage use the rated volt age from motor nameplate in Volts T1 04 1 1 Motor Rated Current use the rated cur rent from motor nameplate in Amperes T1 05 60 Moto...

Страница 123: ...perator using D1 01 and D1 02 to determine track and slew fre quencies speeds B1 02 01 Run command selection 1 use 1 digital input terminals S1 S7 This is how the IOC board located in the drive cabinet commands the inverters to run at track and slew speeds C1 01 0 1 Acceleration time 1 0 1 is the default Can be made larger for slower ramp times C1 02 0 1 Deceleration time 1 0 1 is the default Can ...

Страница 124: ...tedly if need ed to return to the top level menu Perform the above procedures for every V1000 in the drive cabinet After all motor drives are configured properly connect the motors to the gearbox and proceed to section 3 5 Setup Wizard A 9 4 Wire sizes for motors Figure 5 7 Wires sizes for motors ...

Страница 125: ... acu ini Caution Use extreme caution when making any change to this file Its default contents when shipped EDIT THIS FILE WITH EXTREME CAUTION Lines beginning with are comments and have no effect Uncomment lines as needed to enable features OPTIONS LOOKANGLES 1 LONGITUDE 1 PREDICTIVE 1 STEPTRACK 1 TLE 1 IESS 1 TLE_STEPTRACK 1 IESS_STEPTRACK 1 11 Requires Radeus Labs ACU application version 2 2 0 o...

Страница 126: ...8000 O M Manual POWER_TIMEOUT 1 K_BEAMWIDTH 70 AZ_SECTORS BRAKE RATIOS START_DRIVE_ENABLE COORDINATE_TRANSFORM EPHEMERIS TLEPATH IESSPATH SNMP READ_COMMUNITY WRITE_COMMUNITY An example of a real acu ini is shown below Appendix A 10 3 ...

Страница 127: ...when making any change to acu ini OPTIONS LOOKANGLES 1 LONGITUDE 1 PREDICTIVE 1 STEPTRACK 1 TLE 1 IESS 1 TLE_STEPTRACK 1 IESS_STEPTRACK 1 K_BEAMWIDTH 70 EPHEMERIS TLEPATH http path to geo txt IESSPATH http path to satlist csv SNMP READ_COMMUNITY WRITE_COMMUNITY Connection must be over HTTP not HTTPS ...

Страница 128: ...y controls whether the modes or options are available Targets previously defined with a certain mode will still be available even if that mode isn t among the current options LOOKANGLES Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 LOOKANGLES 0 LOOKANGLES 1 LONGITUDE Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 LONGITUDE 0 LONGITUDE 1 PREDICTIVE Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 PREDICTIVE 0 PREDICTIVE 1 ...

Страница 129: ...27 STEPTRACK Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 STEPTRACK 0 STEPTRACK 1 TLE Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 TLE 0 TLE 1 IESS Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 IESS 0 IESS 1 TLE STEPTRACK Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 TLE_STEPTRACK 0 TLE_STEPTRACK 1 ...

Страница 130: ...IESS_STEPTRACK 0 IESS_STEPTRACK 1 RATIOS Section 3 4 6 Specify encoder types and posi tions Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 RATIOS 0 default off RATIOS 1 on enabled BRAKE Enable or disable display of brake control See section 3 4 3 Options Type Range Examples Boolean 0 1 BRAKE 0 default BRAKE 1 ...

Страница 131: ...arget if power is restored within 30 minutes if the power loss is longer than 30 minutes the ACU will remain in standby Type Integer Range 1 34560 1 day o 0 specifies that the ACU will not resume tracking after a drive cabinet power loss o 1 specifies that the ACU will always re sume tracking no timeout o Other numbers in the valid range indi cate the number of minutes Examples POWER_TIMEOUT 1 POW...

Страница 132: ...TORS 8 START_DRIVE_ENABLE Always assert drive enable when the ACU starts Type Integer 0 Disable this automatic drive enable 1 Assert the drive enable whenever the ACU starts or restarts Example START_DRIVE_ENABLE 1 COORDINATE_TRANSFORM Allow ACU operators to choose between AZ EL or HA DEC units in the ACU display See Ap pendix 15 Units Hour Angle and Declination Type Integer 0 indicates AZ EL unit...

Страница 133: ...t labeled as E1 NETWORK The web server must not be password pro tected and must be accessible by the ACU over HTTP not HTTPS The file must follow the NORAD Two Line Element Set Format 12 The ACU checks this location every 24 hours for updated ephemeris data making a local copy The ephemeris file served does not need to be named geo txt Type string unquoted Example TLE path Any space characters mus...

Страница 134: ...quest IESS 412 ephemeris data An Ethernet cable must be connected to the rear panel port labeled E1 NETWORK The web server must not be password protected and must be accessible by the ACU over HTTP not HTTPS The file must conform to spec see Appendix 11 IESS 412 file format The ACU will check this location every 24 hours for updated ephemeris data making a local copy The ephemeris file served does...

Страница 135: ...T requests If this is not specified the ACU will ac cept any community string for GET requests Example READ_COMMUNITY public WRITE_COMMUNITY Specify a write community string for SNMP v1 v2c SET requests If this is not specified the ACU will ac cept any community string for SET requests Example WRITE_COMMUNITY private ...

Страница 136: ...ecords sat_name Satellite name Type string unquoted nom_cob Nominal Center of Box position nominal orbital location Type decimal number Range 0 00 360 00 Epoch Epoch expressed as a Julian day number Type decimal number Range 0 1 7E308 lm0 Mean longitude deg east of Greenwich Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 lm1 Drift rate deg day Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 13 https www cele...

Страница 137: ...c rate of change cosine term deg day Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 lons Longitude Oscillation amplitude deg Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 lons1 lons rate of change sine term deg day Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 latc Latitude Oscillation amplitude deg Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 latc1 latc rate of change cosine term deg day Type decimal number Rang...

Страница 138: ...ne term deg day Type decimal number Range 1 7E308 1 7E308 verify_lon Predicated satellite longitude 170 hours after epoch Type decimal number Range 0 00000 360 000 verify_lat Predicated satellite latitude 170 hours after epoch Type decimal number Range 90 000 90 000 norad_num NORAD catalog number NORAD ID satellite catalog number Type integer Range 0 99999 ...

Страница 139: ...name nom_cob epoch lm0 lm1 lm2 lonc lonc1 IS 21 302 00 2458451 50000000 302 0018 0 0034 0 000586 0 0218 0 0007 IS 34 304 50 2458451 50000000 304 4936 0 0025 0 000586 0 0118 0 0007 lons lons1 latc latc1 lats lats1 verify_lon verify_lat norad_num 0 0120 0 0005 0 0265 0 0018 0 0094 0 0010 302 0048 0 0209 38749 0 0299 0 0005 0 0283 0 0018 0 0157 0 0011 304 4721 0 0187 40874 Figure 5 8 Sample data reco...

Страница 140: ...RNING Do not attempt to operate this equipment if there is evidence of shipping damage or you suspect the unit is damaged Dam aged equipment may present additional hazards to you and to property Contact support for advice before attempting to plug in and operate damaged equipment WARNING To avoid electric shock connect the instrument to properly grounded electrical sources that meet all the equipm...

Страница 141: ...lvers wiring o All other control system wiring The receive RF if applicable path has integrity for both hori zontal and vertical or left hand right hand circular All the position feedback devices are installed on axis and are well aligned There is no water ingress present or past in the protective housing of any position feedback devices or mechanically based limit switches Limit switches and emer...

Страница 142: ...anual mode and set to Toggle whether at the ACU or at the drive cabinet the motors will keep driving until the jog button is pressed again Do not run the antenna unsupervised when in toggle mode Damage to property and or persons may result Three phase System 4 lines 1 neutral ground Note early systems may not utilize the neutral if that is the case record n a L1 Phase to L2 Phase VAC L2 Phase to L...

Страница 143: ...up Verify that the motor inverters for both azimuth and eleva tion power on WARNING If any motors begin turning hit the emergency stop button on the right outside of the cabi net to stop them Verify that all power supplies show green on the DC ok power LED WARNING If any power supply shows red on the OVL LED switch its breaker off toward the right and trouble shoot Use the LOCAL button on the driv...

Страница 144: ... moves counterclockwise 5 Jog the Elevation momentarily Up and verify that the anten na moves up 6 Jog the Elevation momentarily Down and verify that anten na moves down 7 Jog the Polarization momentarily CW and verify that the po larization moves clockwise when observed from the rear of the antenna 8 Jog the Polarization momentarily CCW and verify that the polarization moves counterclockwise when...

Страница 145: ...og the Polarization momentarily CCW and verify that the polarization moves counterclockwise when observed from the rear of the antenna at the quicker slew speed 16 If the system has a second POL axis repeat steps 14 and 15 for that axis 17 Press the LOCAL button on the drive cabinet jog panel so the cabinet is in Local mode the button is lit A 12 4 Limit Switch Checks 1 At the ACU go to Home Setup...

Страница 146: ...CW to trip the CW limit switch while the motor is moving Verify that the motor stops Release the limit switch An alarm may sound indicating a hard limit was hit 7 Jog the Azimuth CW and trip the CCW limit switch while the motor is moving Verify that the motor continues to move Re lease the limit switch 8 Jog the Azimuth CCW and trip the CCW limit switch while the motor is moving Verify that the mo...

Страница 147: ...d successfully record its ACU settings in the following tables For systems with one POL axis use the POL1 fields Antenna Parameters Geographical Coordinates Latitude Longitude Altitude Antenna Name Polarization Type Receiver BDC LO Frequencies Low High Analog output 0dB ref Analog output slope Encoders Position deg AZ EL POL1 POL2 Offset deg AZ EL POL1 POL2 Direction AZ EL POL1 POL2 Type AZ EL POL...

Страница 148: ...e one Motion Faults Period ms AZ EL POL1 POL2 Tolerance deg AZ EL POL1 POL2 Runaway deg AZ EL POL1 POL2 Positioner Deadband deg AZ EL POL1 POL2 Slew Threshold deg AZ EL Timing Bump duration ms AZ EL POL1 POL2 Bump coast ms AZ EL POL1 POL2 Track coast ms AZ EL POL1 POL2 Slew coast ms AZ EL Software version __________________________ Date _________________ ...

Страница 149: ...e in steptrack mode and record the settings in the table below Longitude deg E Inclination deg RF Input POL deg Receive level 0dB see 6 3 note above Beacon frequency MHz Low signal dB Receive beamwidth deg Deadband BW Step size BW Max step BW Max steps per cycle Steptrack cycle time Follow model time 3 In manual mode move the antenna off beam center in the direction indicated in the following tabl...

Страница 150: ...na again Record the signal level in the Manual Level column below 5 Repeat these steps 4 6 for each axis direction listed in the following table Direction Steptrack Level Manual Level Delta Azimuth CW Azimuth CCW Elevation UP Elevation DOWN Calculate the RMS tracking accuracy TrackingErrorRMS AZ_CW 2 AZ_CCW 2 EL_UP 2 EL_DOWN 2 1 2 2 Record TrackingErrorRMS _______________ ...

Страница 151: ...dheld Portable Maintenance Control Unit PMCU provides a means for moving an antenna manually by a user who is around or near the antenna or its drive cabinet It can be used to maintain the anten na and associated systems PMCU functions are similar to functions available at the Radeus Labs Model 8250 drive cabinet s jog panel ...

Страница 152: ...operate DC and PMCU are always in the same Local or Remote mode When under Local control the DC and connected PMCU are both active and can move the antenna The last button pressed on either takes precedence The PMCU and DC display the same motion Except The PMCU s toggle and slew buttons do not affect the DC s jog panel An LED indicates when each mode is active on the PMCU Unplugging If the PMCU i...

Страница 153: ...ocal mode is active the word LOCAL at the top of the device is illuminat ed in green Entering Local mode also changes the drive cabinet to Local mode HALT while in HALT mode the drive cabinet s Local LED blinks and no axis movement can happen power is removed from the motors the ACU displays a PMCU fault and a maintenance override fault Halt mode can be canceled by pressing the PMCU s Halt button ...

Страница 154: ...LEDs will blink Press the jog buttons to change the commanded display angles no motion will take place until pressing the toggle button starts the commanded movement Change your mind When in go to mode press and hold toggle for one second then release to cancel and start over If no change has been made to the angles and you tap toggle it exits go to mode Returning to remote mode pressing Local or ...

Страница 155: ...A P P E N D I C E S Series 8000 O M Manual 153 A 13 4 Indicators Displays ...

Страница 156: ...les remote access to the ACU It supports both Internet and private network connection This remote control method provides access to the func tions available on the ACU touch panel Additionally files can be transferred between the ACU and the device running TeamViewer This software is loaded on all Radeus Labs ACUs Figure 5 9 TeamViewer provides remote access to Radeus Labs ACUs ...

Страница 157: ...s Labs Support can connect to an ACU using TeamViewer in order to update software and provide troubleshooting By downloading logs and sys tem parameters Radeus Labs Support can deliver tracking performance and diagnostics For instructions on how to connect to an ACU using TeamViewer refer to TeamViewer Spontaneous Support instructions ...

Страница 158: ... network connection to the ACU rear panel port E1 NETWORK is required for TeamViewer access Figure 5 11 TeamViewer requires the E1 Network port on the ACU s rear panel Use of TeamViewer for commercial purposes requires a TeamViewer license Please refer to TeamViewer com for more information ...

Страница 159: ...egrating the ACU into Monitor and Control M C systems that provide real time system information fault detection target scheduling etc Figure 5 12 The SNMP option for remote control uses GET SET commands Management Information Base MIB files define the SNMP calls that can be issued to the ACU for remote control A copy of these files is located on the ACU Windows Desktop see Figure 5 13 C Users Publ...

Страница 160: ...re showing the MIBS directory Also see section A 14 7 SNMP Tools A 14 4 SNMP Requirements An Ethernet network connection to the ACU rear panel port E1 NETWORK is required for SNMP communication Figure 5 14 Like TeamViewer SNMP control requires the E1 Network port on the rear panel of the ACU ...

Страница 161: ...ns for Radeus Labs ACUs Dataminer Kratos Compass SED Mon A Co A 14 6 Open source M C software The following software is freely available for M C use Cacti Zabbix A 14 7 SNMP Tools The following can help test SNMP communication with an ACU net snmp Unix based command line utility for walking the tree setting and getting values via SNMP SnmpB GUI based utility for SNMP communication ...

Страница 162: ...ful in supporting legacy systems or transition ing from 7200 to Radeus Labs 8000 or 2000 series ACUs For more information refer to CG 6042 Rev L Nov 2005 A 14 9 Requirements for serial M C A straight through serial cable must be connected to the ACU rear panel port J5 RS 232 DB25F If using legacy 7200 serial cables a null modem is required one ships with Radeus Labs 8200 ACU Legacy configurations ...

Страница 163: ...xpressed in its native units Native units are always shown when in Manual mode Target angles are always expressed as azimuth and elevation Configure the ACU to use the desired units 1 To use HA DEC in an antenna s settings edit the acu ini file to set COORDINATE_TRANSFORM 1 Appendix 10 Advanced Configuration acu ini 2 After that operators can use the ACU s Home Setup Op tions tab Figure 5 15 to se...

Страница 164: ...ies 8000 O M Manual Figure 5 15 Change the units used in the ACU s real time data via the Display units drop down Not all options shown here are available on all systems some options must be enabled e g in acu ini see text above ...

Страница 165: ...s contained in the file C Radeus Labs REST api key txt The key is unique to each unit and cannot be reused elsewhere Be familiar with the ACU The REST API provides a subset of the capabilities offered by both the ACU itself and the SNMP management and control interface The full OpenAPI specification for the ACU RESTful API is con tained in the acu_openapi yaml file provided by Radeus Labs A 16 2 A...

Страница 166: ... restmethod A 16 4 Get API version The version command can be used to verify that the REST API has been correctly installed and is accessible in your environment The fol lowing section provides details on how to do this with the most com monly used tools A 16 4 1 Postman Postman is a full GUI desktop application that can be used for explor ing REST APIs Installation and operation is beyond the sco...

Страница 167: ... used to test with the Windows Powershell Invoke RestMethod command Invoke RestMethod https acu radeuslabs com version If the domain name entry has not been created or the CA certificate hasn t been installed you can use the following command15 substitut ing ipaddress with the IP address of your unit Invoke RestMethod SkipCertificateCheck https ipaddress version All commands including the script c...

Страница 168: ...e ACU This certificate can be installed on your local machine to ensure the identity of the ACU It can be requested at the following endpoint https acu radeuslabs com certificate A 16 4 5 ACU domain name entry In order for the certificate to work a local DNS entry is needed in ei ther your etc hosts file or C Windows System32 drivers etc hosts file depending upon your operating system ...

Страница 169: ... the ACU s display 20 Figure 3 4 Setup Site Setup for required settings specific to the antenna Except the first few tabs they may be populated by the Setup Wizard CP LP selection is only present if at least one POL axis is under ACU control 21 Figure 3 5 Indicate how many POL axes this ACU controls 22 Figure 3 6 Specify which POL axes if any users are allowed to change from linear to circular pol...

Страница 170: ...coder axis ratio controls 33 Figure 3 17 An ACU operator must confirm before the Setup Wizard will run 36 Figure 3 18 Setup Limits and the Setup Wizard See below to add the field for setting up sectors 37 Figure 3 19 After enabling sectors in acu ini the Setup Limits tab allows the operator to swap between active Azimuth sectors 38 Figure 3 20 Using sector parameters allows the ACU to operate with...

Страница 171: ... angles See section 4 6 4 2 Using Bias Angles for TLE and IESS 412 56 Figure 4 10 Settings for pointing by longitude 57 Figure 4 11 After choosing a TLE mode a drop down list shows all TLE targets that are within the antenna s range 58 Figure 4 12 Edit a TLE target s settings to make any site specific adjustments 59 Figure 4 13 An operator must confirm before the antenna will change to a different...

Страница 172: ...Manual Touchscreen settings adjust how the hardware jog controls work 73 Figure 5 1 A warning and fault description s are displayed and an optional warning tone issued if the ACU detects a fault condition 76 Figure 5 2 Rear panels may vary Above shows the legacy compatible version of the 8200 designed for drop in replacement of GD s older Vertex Model 7200 Required connections are shown in red 96 ...

Страница 173: ...ure 5 12 The SNMP option for remote control uses GET SET commands 157 Figure 5 13 The desktop of a typical ACU here showing the MIBS directory 158 Figure 5 14 Like TeamViewer SNMP control requires the E1 Network port on the rear panel of the ACU 158 Figure 5 15 Change the units used in the ACU s real time data via the Display units drop down Not all options shown here are available on all systems ...

Страница 174: ...handling could result in irreparable damage to equipment and per sonal injury or death European Union CE Mark The presence of the CE Mark on our equipment indicates it has been designed tested and certified as complying with all applicable European Union CE regulations and recommendations Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Indicates it is the user s responsibility to dispose of waste a...

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