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Select the
SETUP
button, and turn
K2 knob
to select “Motors Test”. Press
SELECT
and
the controller will automatically send any of the elements home before doing any of the
test. This will be shown by the amber/green
light flashing. Use the
“
Element
”
button to
select individual elements or all of the elements for the antenna. The amber/green LED
will begin flashing and the controller will feed out about four inches of copper out each
side of the 20 meter element housing and 17 feet on the MonstIR elements.
To test a specific element simply press “
SELECT
” when the desired element is flashing.
Verify that the element is in the right location and the copper tape is extending properly.
To exit the test, press the
SETUP
button.
Note: If the user is not going to connect the control cable and test it on the ground, make
sure element control cables are positively identified and well-marked (DIR2, DVR, REF
etc.). If the elements get mixed up on the terminal block, very confusing results will occur
such as, high SWR, low performance, etc. Mark the cables coming from each element
box with colored electrical tape. Mark them before you tape them along the boom, it is
very easy to get two parallel wires mixed up. When the user is on the tower, it will be easy
to identify each element control cable.
Relays Test
This option will only work with antennas equipped with relays. Test Relays will not change
length of elements. It will only activate relay signals. There are 6 buttons. The
“O”
will
open the relay and the
“C”
buttons will close the relay. Only one relay can be active at a
time. The names correspond to relay names on switch box. This mode is provided to
allow easy testing of relays on the DB series of antennas. Refer to antenna’s User’s
Manual for details on how to perform these model-specific tests. This test must be
performed on a newly built antenna to ensure it is wired correctly.
Exit
will leave the
menu. When exiting this menu, all three relays are opened.
Software Version
This menu item displays the 1) Main Controller Board firmware revision, 2) Xcvr and 3)
Driver board revisions.
Antenna Selection
From the menus, the
K1
or
K2 knobs
will scroll through list of available antennas. Press
Select
button or
K2 knob
to select new antenna. When controller is switched on for first
time, this menu will come up automatically. When selecting antenna, any modified
antenna data will be lost unless data is saved to flash card first. If the newly selected
antenna is not in the current master antenna file, an error message will be generated and
antenna will be set to a very basic mode. To correct problem, reload the correct saved
