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
Navigating the LCD Display Screens LCD Display Flow Chart
Page: 3-6 888-2604-001 03/08/07
WARNING: Disconnect primary power prior to servicing.
Figure 3-3 APEX Exciter LCD Display Flow Chart, Status Screens
Fault
ASI INPUT Ok (or FAULT)
ADAPTIVE
IF and RF
Ok (or FAULT)
Ok (or FAULT)
Selecting any choice in the Exciter
Status Screen Opens that status screen
Note: Selecting Home from any screen
Selecting Fault from any screen
Status
PROCESSING
PROCESSING
Modulator
FLO FPG Registers
DIGITAL
Ok (or FAULT)
PROCESSING
SYSTEM
Ok (or FAULT)
CONTROL
Screen 1 of 4
UDC Interface Board
Screen 2 of 4
PLL Board
Screen 3 of 4
Up Converter Board
Screen 4 of 4
Down Converter Board
Screen 1 of 5
Controller Board
Screen 2 of 5
External I/O Board
Screen 3 of 5
CAN Status
returns to the Main Screen.
returns to the Exciter Status Screen.
Selecting Status in any Status Screen
returns to the Exciter Status Screen.
Screen 4 of 5
Front Panel Revisions
Screen 5 of 5
GPS Status
Screen 1 of 2
FPGA Modulation Board
Screen 2 of 2
ADC & DAC Boards
Screen 1 of 5
FPGA Summary
Screen 2 of 5
GPS and Clock
Screen 3 of 5
Transport Stream
Screen 4 of 5
SFN FIFO Status
Screen 5 of 5
MTI Status
System Status Screen
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Transport Stream Status Screen
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Adaptive Processing Status Screen
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From Figure 3-2, on page 3-5