RADIO REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. RADIO REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM Distributed Power Wireless Control System RRCS DPWCS USER MANUAL RELEASE V 1 0 September 2015 advanced rail controls ADVANCED RAIL CONTROLS PRIVATE LIMITED 59 1 2 2nd FLOOR ABOVE BANK OF INDIA G BLOCK SAHAKARANAGAR BANGALORE 560092 CONTENTS Introduction DPWCS Equipment Disposition Driver Interface Unit Step by Step Procedure for Inauguration and Operation Modes Neutral Section Negotiation Panto Lowering Negotiation Menu Options Troubleshooting Directory 5 14 15 15 16 18 1 INTRODUCTION This document explains the special operating procedure needed for the working of Locomotives WAG9 31525 amp WAG 31526 fitted with prototype Distributed Power Wireless Control System DPWCS developed by Indian Railways IR through Advanced Rail Controls Private Limited Bangalore ARC Using DPWCS Distributed Power DP operation is possible through wireless In DP operation two or more locomotives are attached in one train but dispersed at different locations The operation command of the train is achieved from the lead loco known as the Master using a single set of crew Other locomotives are Slaves which receives the command from the Master and do not normally have crew DP operation enables heavy haul and other benefits like increased throughput 2 DPWCS Equipment Disposition Following additional equipments are provided in DPWCS equipped locomoti2. AVE SLAVE 1 31596 31526 SLAVE 2 SLAVE 3 SLAVE 4 PRESS OK TO CONFIRM Slave loco no is appeared on square box Select slave loco no By pressing square box Selected number will appear on right side of the screen as shown above If selected loco no is wrong in which case before entering OK press CANCEL and re select the loco number and press OK After selecting slave loco number wagon entry screen will appear Select any one type of wagon attached in the train eg BOXN BOB Netc and enter the no of wagons of this type and press p Ifwagons are more than one type follow above procedure again Press ENTER after entering all data Press NO iftrain has more slave Press OK for confirmation if entered wagon is wrong in which case Press CANCEL and re enter All procedures are shown in below screen RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO Wagons No Of Selected Wagons Wagon Entry Screen 1 i i Press Enter after entering all the data RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO Type of Wagon Wagons No Of No of Wagons 55 Selected Wagons i Master to Slave 1 eon Ee E Eza TRAIN HAS ONE MORE SLAVE gt Below screen displays total no of wagons and total length between master and slave and between each slave If the entered data is wrong Press BACK key to go to wagon entry screen and re enter gt Press ENTER inauguration s
3. Driver The DIU is designed in such a way that the same equipment can be used either in DPWCS fitted locomotives or in normal locomotives by suitably selecting the mode of operation by the driver at the time of starting The front view of the DIU is given below METAL BODY MEMBRANE KEYBOARD T H SCREEN 10 4 LCD TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY The DIU has four sets of menu buttons positioned on left and right side of the panel The buttons under DDU and PXY are used and active when the locomotive is not under DPWCS operation When the locomotive is selected for DPWCS operation the clusters RRC on both left and right side becomes active The DIU is made of 10 4 LCD panel with intensity variable LED backlight 4 Step by Step procedure for Inauguration and Operation The step by step procedure to be followed starting from Energization Inauguration and Operation is given in the following section which is primarily done through the DIU 4 1 Slave Step 1 Switch OFF control Electronics Switch ON RRC MCB from both SB1 and SB2 panel Remove A9 handle Release SAQ from both CAB 1 amp 2 Make E70 same as leading LOCO Put BL key in D position When the locomotive is powered ON Screen 1 appears This is the first screen in DIU of DPWCS This screen provides an option to select two modes viz RRC Mode and DDU Mode After node 504 press RRC MODE and then
4. Once the data transfer option is selected the status of data transfer is shown as a status message Brightness Control amp Data Transfer Menu Screen RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MENU MASTER LOCO Press Aor Vto vary Brightness Press DATA TR to transfer fault logs to PC Eee OK to confirm data transfer Data Transfer Status Message RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO Press Or V to Vary Brightness MASTER LOCO Press AorY to vary Brightness DATA TRANSFERING COMPLETED Once the key DATA TR is pressed the status of the data transfer can be seen with the status message DATATRANSFERING By pressing HOME key you can go to the HOME screen of the DIU and if there is no action on the screen for 10 secs automatically HOME screen will appear Once the data transfer is completed it will show the status message DATA TRANSFER COMPLETED Cab Failure Mode When the CAB Computer fails in VCU RRC mode can be operated using the DIU by invoking CAB FAILURE MODE as shown below RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO CAB FAILURE MODE EI REVERSE RADIO REMO ONTR 9 Troubleshooting Directory Expected Problem Suggested Action Radio Loss while stopping st signal Manual Intervention by SLAVE Loco on gradient Single Loco unable to staff over wakie takie start communication Release of BC1 BC 2 advancing throttle etc Radio loss while on run Nosction
5. Press Enter 6 NEUTRAL SECTION NEGOTIATION 1 Press NEUTRAL SEC OFF key on display DIU 2 NEUTRAL SECTION OFF message will appear 3 Switch off the VCB After passing NEUTRAL SECTION 4 Press NEUTRAL SEC ON key on display 5 NEUTRAL SECTION ON message will appear 6 Switch on the VCB 7 PANTO LOWERING NEGOTIATION 1 Press PANTO DOWN key on display 2 PANTO DOWN message will appear 3 VCB OFF and Panto Down After passing Panto lowering section 4 Press PANTO UP key 5 PANTO UP message will appear Special Modes There is a provision to re start the slave locomotive s and the RRC of the slave locomotive s from the master locomotive itself as can be seen from the screen above For this purpose from the master screen the REBOOT button can be pressed Both the options will appear on the right side of the menu bar System Reboot If the option System Reboot is selected from master loco the RRC of the Slave locomotive will be restarted Such situations may arise in case the desired handshaking does not happen between master and slave There is no need for a re inauguration as the system remembers the previous configuration Loco Reboot If the option Loco Reboot is selected from master loco the slave loco will get restarted Such a situation would arise for clearing any incipient faults in the slave loco 8 MENU OPTIONS In MENU brightness variation and fault log transfer options are given
6. creen Wagon Entry Confirmation RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO No Of we 55 between each consist ED HE Cross Verify the data you have entered If correct press Back Emisi ENTER else press BACK to re f enter the data j gt Once completed wagon entry BP DROP checking screen appear same as below screen this will appear in both MASTER and SLAVE gt After appearing below screen then press PANTO UP Node 550 gt Then press VCB ON Node 570 gt Waitfor BP become 5Kg in both master and slave gt After 5Kg BP continuity tested by droping BP from slave automatically ADVANCED RAIL CONTROLS PRIVATE LIMITED BENGALURU Inauguration Screen 2 RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED Initializing BP Drop CHECK Below screen shows the continuity status Inauguration Screen 3 RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO BP CONTINUITY CHECKING Master BP BP Continuity OK y Slave 1 BP BP Continuity OK Es Slave 2 BP 34 BP Continuity OK Slave 3 BP EQ BP Continuity OK Slave 4 BP B4 Dropping BP from Last Slave Monitor BP Status for Verification If BP continuity OK then below screen will be appear Inauguration Screen 6 RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER LOCO BP CONTINUITY CHECKED LOCO 31525 is in MASTER Mode gt After inauguaration RRC home screen appears same as shown below ster Loc
7. expected by driver System will bring the throttl to ZERO and close the BP Valve Train brake contolle by master only BP Continuity Check taking more Check leakage in Train pipe time DIU Touchscreen not responding Use Hotel Load switch Keypad for while negotiating neut al section opa stion Park ing brake status of Slave Check manually the solenoid valve Applied Released in conflict with on Slave Problem in Slave Loco Ike Bogie tl RRC Isolate Harmonic Filter Isolate s n Auxiliary Convertor Isolate etc 5 EE ve Loco using The Locos will again pair in RRC mode Need to restart the Loco sfter z Do notreinagurate Inauguration Restart the required Loco using RRC Res Loco Harmonic Filter current Acknowledge the fault from too high message in Master with Slave node jumping to 715 master Slave node will then jump to 550 Lower the Panto in Slave in independent mode Rase the Panto in Slave in independent mode Clase the VCB There is no need to isolate the CONTACT DETAILS Mr Srinivasan P C Dy Manager T ADVANCED RAIL CONTROLS PRIVATE LIMITED 59 1 2 2nd FLOOR ABOVE BANK OF INDIA G BLOCK SAHAKARANAGAR BENGALURU 560092 E mail mail arc net in Phone 0080 42401223 Mobile 09845920790
8. o Home Screen 1 Slave 2 Slave 3 Slave 4 Loco No BC1 BC2 Parking B Airflow This is the Home screen for Master Loco as well as Slave Loco which displays the status of all the slave locos connected and also the status of master Other than this it also displays the fault message of slave locos Master Home screen has other options viz MODES REBOOT NEUTRAL SECTION PANTO LOW MENU And an enter key to confirm the selected option SIGNAL STRENGTH alll This indicates the FULL radio signal strength al This indicates the MEDIUM radio signal strength wll This indicates the LOW radio signal strength FAULT INDICATOR Slave loco fault and RRC system fault will appear on message status bar by pressing BPFA slave fault will be acknowledged 5 MODES Various modes available are shown in this screen Please note that SYNC amp IND modes only are activated in Loco 31525 amp 31526 Other modes are futuristic provisions In SYNC mode the slave follows all the commands of master and the loco state will be in synchronism with master Whereas in IND mode the slave loco can be independently controlled through the DIU with respect to PANTO VCB amp Throttle Independent Mode 1 Select MODES 2 SelectIND 3 Select Slave 1 and press Enter Now four keys appear ie PANTO UP PANTO DOWN ON OFF By pressing suitable key slave loco can be controlled independently For SYN mode selects SYN Key and
9. press OK After pressing RRC MODE password screen will appear Screen 1 DRIVER INTERFACE UNIT Select Mode Advanced Rail Controls Pvt Ltd Bangalore Press password 14488 and then press lt key In case if entered password is wrong Press C and re enter Master Slave Selection Screen RADIO REMOTE CONTROL INAUGURATION PROCESS After selecting SLAVE inauguration progress screen will appear as shown below gt PutBL OFFpositionandremove Inaguaration Screen 2 Slave Logo RADIO REMOTE CONTROL SLAVE LOCO 4 2 MASTER Step 2 gt Switch OFF control Electronics gt Switch ON RRC MCB from both SB1 and SB2 panel gt Put BL kev in D position Screen 1 DRIVER INTERFACE UNIT Gee Select Mode Advanced Rail Controls Pvt Ltd Bangalore When the locomotive is powered ON Screen 1 appears This is the first screen in DIU of DPWCS This screen provides an option to select two modes viz RRC Mode and DDU Mode gt After node 504 press RRC MODE and then OK gt After pressing RRC MODE password screen will appear Password Entry Screen gt Press password 14488 and then press key In case if entered password is wrong Press and REL vo selection screen RADIO REMOTE CONTROL INAUGURATION PROCESS Master starts searching slave loco no Master Opening Screen RADIO REMOTE CONTROL MASTER 31525 Searching Slave Loco SELECTED SL
10. ves and the functions are given against each per Loci n Control amp Communication Unit a DPWCS logic CCU Connected to Radio VCU through DIU and BIU Brake Interface Unit BIU Machine Provides Loco Brake and Auto Brake functions through E70 in the slave locomotives Connected to ccu andFav eley s Ero Brake system amp Auto Brake controller in cab 3 Drivers Interface Unit DIU Implements Driver s Commands amp Status Indication Connected 4 GPS Provides the GPS coordinates of the current location of the locomotve Connected to DIU 5 Dipole Antenna Tran smission of telemetry amp tel e command data master to slaves viceversa Connected to R adio through co cable Transducer Box having 6 Measures MR BC1 BC2 BP i an sdu cer s FP Pressures and AF connected to AU NWB Star Coupler PCB inserted in Slot V of VCU1 amp VCU2 ON OFF control of 1 10V DC power to the DPWCS TOPVIEW SIDEVIEW DISCRETE ANALOG amp DIGITAL 110V DC MVBELEC DISCRETE ANALOG amp DIGITAL 110V DC ASYNCH OFC MVB ELECTRICAL MVB ELECTRICAL ASYNCH OFC MVB ELEC MASTER CU1 VCU1 DATA INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN PARTICIPANT MODULES ADVANCED RAIL CONTROLS PRIVATE LIMITED BENGALURU 2 Driver Interface Unit DIU The DIU is one of the key elements of DPWCS as most of the operations can be carried out through DIU by the
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