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 Details of the System Setup Screens
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WARNING: Disconnect primary power prior to servicing.
J: The sample of the non linear precorrector output.
FLO w/RTAC: Digital signal taken at output of adaptive precorrector board.
BIT: Sample of the Built In Test FIFO (for future use).
Exciter: RF signal is taken from J4 sample output of exciter PA and connected to
J4 sample input on down converter board.
• LCD Contrast: A 100% setting gives a bright but washed out screen that is still read-
able. A 0% setting gives a dark screen of relatively low contrast that is still readable.
Enter the desired percent on the LCD display numeric key pad.
3.6.5 External I/O Setup Screen
Some functions of the APEX digital exciter must be capable of being controlled (operated)
via a parallel remote control system while other functions must be controllable from the
transmitter logic. The External I/O board is the interface between the APEX exciter and the
transmitter control logic.
The External I/O screen has three programable areas, which are as follows.
• The “Channel Pin I/O Function” represents the parallel interface connections between
the exciter and the transmitter control logic. They are discussed in Section 3.6.5.3,
External I/O Interface to Transmitter Control Logic, on page 3-44
• The three VSWR foldback parameters are discussed in Section 3.6.5.1, VSWR Fold-
back Parameters
• RF Present Cutoff is discussed in Section 3.6.5.2, RF Present Cutoff, on page 3-43
ExternalIOSetup.bmp
Figure 3-36 External I/O Setup Screen