Advantech 120 User's Manual
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1. Down arrow 6 Display Shows User Setup Enter Display Shows Final Pol down arrow 4 Display Shows GPS Output Enter Display Shows 4800 Enter Display Show 19200 Clear Return to main menu This baud rate change is not stored The next time the system is power cycled the baud rate will revert to normal operation The connection is taken from the RJ 11 front panel connector on the i Point User Interface Unit A cable can be supplied but connection details are shown below RJ 11 TO 9 PIN D Type Socket ADAPTER CABLE To connect a PC to the UIU Front Panel M amp C connector use this adapter cable Adapter cables must be individually wired Follow the pin out listed in table below The diagram shows the pin out for the RJ 11 connector looking into the socket on the panel This is a 6 pin version of the RJ 11 connector sometimes known as an RJ 12 D Connector Signal RJ 11 Connector Pin 1 Common Pin 5 Pin 2 Term Data IN Pin 3 Pin 3 Term Data OUT Pin 2 Pin 5 Ground Pin 1 Pin 6 Not Used Pin 4 Do Not Connect 5VDC 100 mA Pin 6 Same table in RJ 11 order ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 11 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless D Connector Signal RJ 11 Connector Pin 5 Ground P2. ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 5 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless Note that if the UIU is to be used for selecting the Reference and Target satellites then those satellites must appear in the first 10 slots of satellite data Ensure that the reference and target satellites are as required and that the final Pol and final LNB settings match the settings required to access the satellite after acquisition Command Deploy from the UIU or GUI For manual or JOG functions Accessing JOG ANTENNA puts the system into manual jog mode and the Az and El axes can be jogged using the v gt and lt keys Pressing enter again will toggle the mode between Az amp El jog and Polarisation axis jog using gt and lt keys If the enter key is pressed while a v gt or lt key is already active then the speed will change to fast This is not a latching function and the speed will revert to slow as soon as the enter key is released Clear will take the system back out of Jog mode 4 Maintenance The antenna should be fully visually inspected at the point of installation and periodically there after at intervals of not more than 1 year As the drives require no maintenance or adjustment this procedur
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4. antenna controller may be operated directly from the front panel of the User Interface Unit UIU a hand held controller or via a remote control link A Graphical User Interface GUI program is provided This runs under Windows 2000 or Windows XP on any standard PC and communicates with the i Point ACU via the remote control port on the front panel of the UIU A serial interface cable which connects from the UIU RJ11 connector to a standard 9 way female serial connector is provided with the UIU This is wired to plug directly into a standard 9 way D type serial port on a PC The UIU only implements direct user commands e lt allows the operator to select the reference and target satellites from the existing list and to command Deploy e It allows the user to define the Final Pol and Final LNB settings following the deploy and also allows direct control commands such as Standby Jog Stow Switch Pol or Switch LNB A complete list is given below The UIU does not allow the user to change parameters or to add or modify data in the satellite database These operations can be performed via the GUI A typical auto pointing usage sequence would be Ensure that satellite channel data exists for a number of locally visible satellites including the required reference and preferably the target satellites Data does not need to exist for the target but if it is available it allows confirmation that the correct satellite has been acquired
5. 0 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 3 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless The antenna should be secured to the vehicle via the welded brackets to the ENTERPRISE120 framework on the sides of the antenna base framework Suitable vehicle roof bars with clamping nuts U Bolts M6 must be used Additional connections must be made connecting coax Tx and Rx control cable to controller and power cables The vehicle roof structure should be stiff enough to prevent no more than a 0 5 dB of TX gain loss in a 30mph gusting to 45mph wind Apply Loctite 242 or similar to all bolts and tighten to a torque of 13 15 Nm Direction of vehicle travel Antenna is to be fitted with the rear facing the direction of travel 3 i Point ACU Controller Installation ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 4 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless Install controller into electronics rack and attach control cable ensuring it is securely and fully pushed into its connector see Addendum 1 User Interface Unit UIU The
6. 1480 8394136 Fax 1480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless 8 Mounting Bracket Positions ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 6 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 9 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 e Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless Specification Mechanical Data Overall dimensions Geometry Reflector material Feed interface Azimuth range Elevation range Operating temperature Weight Electrical Data Receive Polarisation Frequency band 3dB beam width Gain 12 5 GHz G T 30 elevation 12 5 GHz Transmit Polarisation Frequency band 3dB beam width Gain 14 25 GHz VSWR Isolation Rx Tx 13 75 14 5 GHz Isolation Tx Rx 10 75 12 75GHz Antenna approvals Power Requirements 1 66m x 1 25m x 0 450m Gregorian offset dual optic SMC WR 75 185 10 90 30 C 60 C 95 kg Depending on options linear 10 7 12 75 GHz 1 3 41 8 dBi 21 dBK linear orthogonal 13 75 14 5 GHz 1 1 43 dBi 1 3 1 max 40 dB min 75 dB min Eutelsat Intelsat compliant Unit requires a regulated 24vdc supply with a 10amp current rating as a minimum ENTERPRISE120 UK Off
7. Advantech Wireless o Enterprise 720 Operation Manual Issue 2 ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357 600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 1 of 14 US Office Phone 1480 8394136 Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Technical Description Installation and Set up i Point ACU Controller Installation Maintenance Spares and Replacement Parts Manual Over Ride Overall Dimensions ON Oe Se YS YS ON DOD F amp F Ww Ww Mounting Bracket Positions ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 2 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 e Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www Advantech Wireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless 1 Overview Technical Description The ENTERPRISE 720 is an azimuth over elevation positioning mount with motorised polarisation control All axis feature simple and very robust 24V DC motor drives giving reliable low backlash high and low speed motion controlled by either a jog controller or a fully auto pointing controller The optical layout is a dual offset Gregorian antenna which naturally produces cross polarisation patterns which easily meet the 29 25 log the
8. e simply involves ensuring there are no worn or damaged cables that the waveguide is not damaged or perished and that all fasteners are present and tightened to the correct torque level 5 Spares and Replacement Parts Since no maintenance is required only electrical parts are recommended as spares These parts will not fail from activity but may fail from environmental exposure ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 6 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless 6 Manual Over Ride Azimuth Insert hexagon key Elevation Ensure that the DC power to the unit is switched off remove the 4 cover screws indicated remove the cover then insert hexagon key into the shaft end ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 7 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www Advantech Wireless com Canada Office Phone 1514 420 0045 Fax 1 514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 O Advantech Wireless 7 Overall Dimensions 1 SA E E E VM120 GA HHHH OVERALL DIMENSION ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357 600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 8 of 14 US Office Phone
9. he cross scan movements of the antenna can be seen 2 5 Identify reference satellite At the beginning of this step the diagnostic data reports Looking at ww where ww is the longitude of the reference satellite At the end of this stage there is a line of information which starts CTRL first number indicates the satellite longitude being checked The last number is the number of DVB channels checked The second to last number is the number of channels successfully decoded The success number should be more than half of the number of channels checked If less than half of the channels checked failed to be identified then the system will start to check channels from other satellites Once it completes the list of satellites the system will report walking the arc This is an indication that it found an RF signal but was unable to identify it as any known satellite In some cases the system will find a satellite which is not the reference satellite but is one which it recognises when the channels are checked If a satellite is recognised the system calculates a more accurate reading for the platform heading It indicates the correction of the heading before moving on to the next stage 2 6 Goto target satellite No useful data is provided here 2 7 Peak on target satellite No diagnostic data is provided for this stage but again the cross scan movements of the antenna can be seen 2 8 Identify target satellites Repeat of the p
10. ice Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 e Fax 1 480 839 0860 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 10 of 14 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless Addendum 1 i Point Operation Monitoring The i Point Antenna control system is designed to be very simple to operate and is expected to be fully automatic in acquiring the required satellite signals However the system does not provide very much user feedback if the satellite acquisition operation does not complete This document is intended to provide method to gather information on the progress of the satellite acquisition 1 Serial Communication To communicate with the i Point system a PC with a serial port is required The information below described the use of hyper terminal as a terminal emulator but any similar program could be used instead One unusual point about the serial interface is that the UIU front panel will keep trying to take control of the interface When this happens you may see garbage characters generated To reduce the effects of this type an extra carriage return every 10 seconds or so The normal serial parameters are 19200 n 8 1 but mobile systems which connect the UIU to a DVBRCS modem are typically set to 4800 n 8 1 The Baud rate can be changed via the UIU front panel Press the buttons as follows
11. in 1 Pin 3 Term Data OUT Pin 2 Pin 2 Term Data IN Pin 3 Pin 6 Not Used Pin 4 Pin 1 Common Pin 5 Do Not Connect 5VDC 100 mA Pin 6 View of socket This diagram shows the pin order when viewed from plug cable entry 2 Normal Operation The i Point s normal deploy operation is made up of several stages There is information provided at some stages which can be helpful to diagnose a system having problems First start to capture the information on the serial port In hyper terminal use the Transfer Capture text menu and provide a filename If you need assistance interpreting the information then it can be e mailed to support europe AdvantechWireless com Then type the command debugport 0 This will instruct the system to provide additional diagnostic data Then type the command deploy 2 1 Unstow No useful information about this step The antenna is driven from the current position to the unstow position 2 2 Orientation During this step 3 pieces of information are gathered 1 The GPS is read to get the current location on earth 2 The magnetometer is read to get a heading angle for the platform This is the geographical direction that the antenna is pointing at the unstow position 3 Then the antenna is driven to an elevation angle above the geostationary arc to take a noise floor measurement Once this drive has been completed the GPS and the magnetometer readings can be checked To see the gps da
12. revious identify reference satellite step this time for the target At the beginning of this step the diagnostic data reports Looking at ww where ww is the longitude of the target satellite At the end of this stage there is a line of information which starts CTRL first number indicates the satellite longitude being checked The last number is the number of DVB channels checked The second to last number is the number of channels successfully decoded The success number ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 13 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 e Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www Advantech Wireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless should be more than half of the number of channels checked Again if the system peaks up on the wrong satellite but it is recognised as such then the system will attempt to got to the target satellite again If the satellite is recognised then the system will re calculate the platform heading 2 9 Set polarisation to final position At this stage the Feed is moved to the final Pol position 3 GUI Program The ipoint exe program can be used to upload and download whole sets of configuration data and satellite data The program only works when the i Point serial port is set to 19200 See Serial Communication above ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480
13. ta requirement The bearings are sealed for life items that allow for highly accurate motion but require no maintenance A manual over ride is provided for both azimuth and elevation axis to enable stowing the antenna due to power or other failure The RF power amplifier s can be fitted either directly onto the feed of securely fitted to the boom arm System weight without the RF is 80 kg 2 Installation and Set up The ENTERPRISE 120 is fully tested with the controller prior to shipment All position feedback limit switches and motor speeds have been calibrated or set at the factory and require no adjustment Remove the lid and end sections of the shipping crate adjust forklift forks to roughly 1m apart or as wide as they will safely go if this cannot be achieved Once suitable brackets are available see attached drawing these should be fitted to the antenna roughly in the positions shown on the interface drawing with the slide nuts provided Slings or ropes capable of withstanding the weight of the antenna 80kg should then be attached to the brackets looped over the forks of the forklift and clamped onto the forks to prevent them slipping off Raise the antenna to clear the vehicle roof by a minimum of 0 5m and manoeuvre to the rear of the vehicle Whilst ensuring all cables are clear of mounting points lower the positioner onto the vehicle roof and line up all mounting holes ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 148
14. ta type the command gps Check that the last line indicates that the signal is valid ENTERPRISE120 UK Office Phone 44 1480 357600 Fax 44 1480 357 601 E mail Sales UK AdvantechWireless com Page 12 of 14 US Office Phone 1 480 839 4136 e Fax 1 480 839 0860 Website www AdvantechWireless com Canada Office Phone 1 514420 0045 Fax 1514 4200073 Ref PM ENT120 002 11022 Advantech Wireless To check the magnetometer heading information type platform The third number is the heading angle in degrees This number could be as much as 20 degrees from the correct reading without stopping the system working If the error is greater than 20 degrees then this can cause problems If required the correct heading can be provided Type the command platform 0 0 zz where zz is the correct heading in degrees 2 3 Satellite Sweep The start of the satellite sweep is shown in the diagnostic data During this stage the antenna elevation and Pol angles are set to the correct angles for the reference satellite and a range of azimuth movement is swept looking for an RF signal If during this phase a message is seen reporting a horizon scan has been started then this indicates that no RF signal above the noise floor was detected during the sweep This is an indication that there is a problem with the LNB of L band cabling from the LNB to the i Point ACU 2 4 Peak on reference satellite No diagnostic data is provided for this stage but t
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