Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installation
- 3 Navigating the LCD Display Screens
- 3.1 Basic Operating Procedure
- 3.2 Starting Point: The Main LCD Touch Screen
- 3.3 LCD Display Flow Chart
- 3.4 Details of the Exciter Status Screens
- 3.4.1 System Status Screen
- 3.4.2 Transport Stream Status Screen
- 3.4.3 Adaptive Processing Board Status Screen
- 3.4.4 Digital Processing Screens
- 3.4.4.1 Modulator Board Status, Screen 1/2
- 3.4.4.2 ADC and DAC Boards Status, Screen 2/2
- 3.4.4.3 FLO FPGA Status, Summary, Screen 1/5
- 3.4.4.4 FLO FPGA, GPS & Clock Status, Screen 2/5
- 3.4.4.5 FLO FPGA, Transport Stream Status, Screen 3/5
- 3.4.4.6 FLO FPGA, SFN FIFO Status, Screen 4/5
- 3.4.4.7 FLO FPGA, MTI Status, Screen 5/5
- 3.4.5 IF & RF Processing Status Screens
- 3.4.6 System Control Status Screens
- 3.5 Built In Tests
- 3.6 Details of the System Setup Screens
- 3.7 RTAC Operating Procedures, Main Screen.
- 4 Theory of Operation
- 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 5.1 Exciter Maintenance
- 5.2 Loading Software
- 5.3 Default Settings For DIagnostics Screens
- 5.4 Typical Settings for the More Critical Exciter Setups
- 5.5 Exciter Troubleshooting Flow Charts
- 5.6 General Troubleshooting
- 5.7 System Troubleshooting
- 5.8 Exciter Troubleshooting
- 6 Parts List
- Appendix A Exciter GUI Screen Captures

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2.5.3 Atlas Mobile Transmitters
Atlas Mobile transmitters can be configured with one PA cabinet with 2 to 8 PA modules
or two or more PA cabinets and single or dual exciters.
2.5.3.1 Atlas Mobile Transmitter - 1 PA Cabinet, 2 Exciters
The single cabinet Atlas Mobile transmitter system is shown in Figure 2-3. It has dual
exciters with the RF sample feedback connections shown. Samples for each exciter are
provided by two-way, zero-phase splitters in each feedback sample line.
The feedback signals at the exciter inputs should be padded to yield 0 dBm at the highest
expected transmitter output power. The maximum input range is -30 to 0 dBm.
Figure 2-3 Atlas Mobile Transmitter - Single PA Cabinet - Dual Exciters
PA
Output
Coupler
High
Power
PA
Cabinet
Filter
Coupler
Apex FLO
Exciter
Apex FLO
Exciter
2-Way
Splitter
2-Way
Splitter
RFU/
Exciter
Switcher
8-Way
Power
Splitter
8-Way
Power
Splitter