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DOC-01-TELAS-CRG-4 ASTi ACE Studio Components Reference Guide Rev.M
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15.1. ColocatedBeacon
Summary: The ColocatedBeacon component creates the audio to simulate Co-
located VOR and TACAN transmitters. Morse Identifier tones are generated for
both transmitters.
Description: Co-located VOR and TACAN transmitters present a special case
when simulating navigational aides. Both transmitters will produce a Morse
Identifier that will be constantly broadcast over the air, but the IDs are broadcast in
sequence. As a result, the ColocatedBeacon component can be thought of as two
separate Morse Keyers which are designed to never play at the same time.
The basic timing can be seen in the picture below.
Control Inputs
Enable
Type Default Value
boolean True
Description: When True ColocatedBeacon is enabled.
TACAN ID
VOR_OutSignal
TACAN_OutSignal
VOR_Count = 2 VOR IDVOR ID
Control Inputs
Ident
Type Default Value
ident n/a
Description: The ASCII characters that drive the MorseKeyer. Ident
is a special variable Type which is defined as 4 ASCII characters
concatenated together. A HostIn component must be used to drive
this parameter.
Interval
Type Default Value
float32 1
Description: Used to set the delay between words. Units are in
seconds.
TACAN_
Frequency
Type Default Value
float32 1.0
Description: Provides the frequency (pitch) of the TACAN Morse
tone. Units are in Hertz.
TACAN_
Gain
Type Default Value
float32 1.0
Description: Scales the strength of the generated tone of the
TACAN output signal.