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
APEX™ Exciter Incorporating FLO™ Technology
Materials Needed Installation
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2.7 Materials Needed
The following list represents the materials that may be used for the various field installs.
Not all materials are required for every installation.
• Coupler, Mini Circuit, ZFDC-10-21, 50 ohm BNC, Harris part number 620-2969-000
This coupler is used when a spare sample is not available. It is place in line at the
measurement point and the coupled port used for the feedback.
The coupled port has a 10 dB attenuation from the input.
• Splitter, two port, Mini Circuits, ZFSC-2-2, zero phase, 50 ohm SMA, Harris part
number 620-2964-000
This splitter is used to split a feedback signal to two exciters.
• The following three splitters are used as needed to split or combine an RF signal.
Splitter, two port, Mini Circuits, ZFSC-2-2, zero phase, 50 ohm BNC, Harris part
number 620-1563-000
Splitter, three port, Mini Circuits, ZFSC-3-4, zero phase, 50 ohm BNC, Harris
part number 620-3038-000
Splitter, four port, Mini Circuits, ZFSC-4-1, zero phase, 50 ohm BNC, Harris
part number 620-2833-000
Used as needed to split or combine an RF signal.
• Adapters, N female to BNC male, Harris part number 620-0128-000
Used to connect a BNC coupler directly to the N connector on the RF system.
• Adapter, BNC female to N male, Harris part number 620-0547-000
Used to connect the original RF system cable to feedback coupler.
• Adapter, BNC male to BNC male, Harris part number 620-0564-000
Used in Platinum transmitters to connect the feedback coupler directly to the RF sam-
ple coupler.
• Adapter TNC female to BNC male, Harris part number 620-2967-000
Used in Sigma to connect the feedback coupler directly to the breakaway couplers.
• Adapter, BNC female to TNC male, Harris part number 620-2821-000
Used in Sigma to connect original breakaway coupler cable to the feedback coupler.
• RF Cables, the number and type of each depends on transmitter type and installation.
Depending on installation, other lengths and connector combinations may be needed.
30 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, BNC male to SMA male
30 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, BNC male to BNC male
30 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, N male to BNC male
30 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, N male to SMA male
30 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, N male to N male
10 ft, RG223, 50 ohm, BNC male to SMA male
3 ft, RG223, 50 ohm BNC to BNC
3 ft, RG223, 50 ohm BNC to SMA male