User's Manual

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ITCR Wayside User’s Manual

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1. Overview

This document provides information required for the operation and verification of

the Meteorcomm Interoperable Train Control Radio Network (ITCR) Wayside radios.

1.1 Applicable Radio Models and Identifiers

This document applies to the Wayside radio model listed below along with its

regulatory identifiers.

Model: 63010

FCC ID: BIB63010

IC: 1300A-63010

1.2 General Description

The Wayside radio is designed to satisfy the industry standard Positive Train Control

(PTC) requirements as part of an integrated 220 MHz radio network. The Base radio,

Locomotive radio, and Wayside radio form the transportation backbone on which a

messaging application provides communication capabilities between railroad assets

and their back offices. The ITCR is designed to provide communication in an inter-

operable fashion enabling messaging to occur across railroad boundaries.

When applied as a mobile station, this radio will be mounted in mobile maintenance

vehicles such as pickup trucks. It will actively join the ITC network only when

maintenance vehicles are driven on the rails.

The Wayside radio is normally positioned on railroad property in an equipment box

or bungalow close to the active rails. When used as a wayside station, its mission is

to provide wireless transmission of local track and trackside equipment where it is

mounted. Its radio messages are actively monitored by locomotives in the vicinity

that may be headed in its direction. It also normally associates with a nearby base

station. The base station backhauls the wayside transmission for various monitoring

and control purposes at the railroad central office. It is normally interfaced to a

Wayside Interface Unit (WIU) via its LAN ethernet port. The WIU terminates all local

wayside equipment such as switches, signals, track continuity circuits and several