User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 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
Details of the System Setup Screens Navigating the LCD Display Screens
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3.6.6 Serial I/O Setup Screens
The Serial I/O entry of the System Setup screen has three sub screens associated with it.
They are as follows:
• Serial Setup 1/3, RS-232
• Serial Setup 2/3, Ethernet
• Serial Setup 3/3. CAN (bus)
3.6.6.1 Serial Setup Screen 1 of 3, RS-232
SerialSetup1.bmp
Figure 3-37 Serial Setup Screen 1 of 3, RS-232
The purpose of the Serial Setup screen is to program the serial ports on the front and rear
panel of the exciter.
Since the setup parameters for the front and rear connectors are the same, only one set will
be described. The following ia a list of entries on the Serial setup screen.
• Baud: Enter the baud rate on the touch screen numeric key pad. Baud rate choices are
300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2k, 28.8k, 38.4k, 57.6k, and 115.2k.
• Parity: Choices are None, Odd, or Even.
• Data Bits: Choices are 7 or 8.
• Stop Bits: Choices are 1 or 2.
• Flow: This entry is fixed at None.
• Protocol: Selections are VT100, Harris.
The Harris protocol is used for software upgrades.
The VT100 protocol is rarely used.