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- Page 1 RP-110 SIX RF - TONE GENERATOR - 0 MI1856 -...
- Page 2 SAFETY NOTES Read the user’s manual before using the equipment, mainly “SAFETY RULES” paragraph. The symbol on the equipment means "SEE USER’S MANUAL". In this manual may also appear as a Caution or Warning symbol. Warning and Caution statements may appear in this manual to avoid injury hazard or damage to this product or other property USER’S MANUAL VERSION Version...
- Page 3 SAFETY RULES Safety can not be assured if instructions are not closely followed. The external DC chareger is a Class I equipment, for safety reasons plug it to a supply line with the corresponding ground terminal. Use the mains adapter in Overvoltage Category II and Pollution Degree 1 installations.
- Page 4 Symbols related with safety: Descriptive Examples of Over-Voltage Categories Cat I Low voltage installations isolated from the mains. Cat II Portable domestic installations. Cat III Fixed domestic installations. Cat IV Industrial installations. September 2016...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
4.3 Installation ................12 4.3.1 Installation of the software............ 12 4.4 Legal conditions ..............13 4.4.1 Connection between RP-110 and PC ........14 5 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ..............16 5.1 General considerations ............. 16 5.2 Installation Guide ..............16 5.2.1 Starting................16 5.3 Menu Bar ................ -
Page 6: Introduction
1 INTRODUCTION Description The RP-110 pilot generator is an instrument designed to certificate sections of coaxial cable and related devices in all bands where coaxial cable works: CATV and SMATV. It generates six continuous wave (CW) signals in a band from 5 to 2150 MHz. -
Page 7: Installation
Press the key ON / OFF to start the instrument powered by the battery. The instrument works powered by a Li-Ion battery of 7.4 V and 2.2 Ah. When the battery is full loaded, the RP-110 has an autonomy aprox. of 5 hours of continuous work. -
Page 8: Recommendations Using The Battery
2.1.4 Recommendations using the battery If anticipating a long period of inactivity for your instrument, it is advisable to store it with the battery fully charged and at temperatures below 25 °C. It is also advisable in these cases to carry out a cycle of charging / discharging and a subsequent half charge (i.e. -
Page 9: Operating Instructions
3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Description of Controls and Elements Front Panel Figure 1 Front view. ON / OFF It turns ON or OFF the instrument. CONFIGURATION It access or exits the configuration menu. SELECTION It allows you to scroll down the configuration options and move between the active fields than define the signal parameters. - Page 10 Side Panels Figure 2 Side Panels. DC power adapter input. USB connector for data transfering and to control the DATA instrument via PC. F Connector to connect F-F adapter (F-BNC or F-IEC), for output signals that have been activated. September 2016...
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Page 11: Operating Instructions
Operating instructions The RP-110 has the following operating modes: FUNCTION CONFIG: It allows you to set several parameters of the instrument, such language, backlight, contrast, etc. FUNCTION GENERATOR: It sets characteristics signals generated by the instrument. It can active or... - Page 12 The configuration menu has the following options: a. LANGUAGE This field allows you to select the language between Spanish, English, French and German. b. BEEP This field allows you to activate (ON) or deactivate (OFF) the acustic indicator. This indicator sounds when pressing any key. c.
- Page 13 Press UP or DOWN to move between parameters or to change the value of a parameter. Press SEL to enter, go next and exit an editable field. To activate a memory, first select on the field MEM the memory number, select the ACTIVATE field and press SEL Once selected, signals are loaded into the instrument and on the right bottom appears a label [MEM XX] with the number of memory used (See Figure 5.).
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Page 14: Signals Generator
Through this function the user defines the parameters of the pilot signal that the RP-110 emits in the working frequency band (from 5 to 2150 MHz) in order to characterize the transmission channel. It is possible to select the following parameters: pilot signal, frequency, level and enable or disable the signal. - Page 15 Parameters are: a. PILOT It allows you to select the pilot signal from 1 to 6. This arrow at the top of the graph indicates what is the selected signal. Each pilot signal works in a specific frequency range. They are the following ones: P1: 5.00 MHz to 10.00 MHz.
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Page 16: Connecting To The Computer
Connecting to the computer The instrument can be connected to a computer through the USB connector in order to configure frequencies and levels and to update the firmware. For more information see chapter 4 about the control program for the RP-110. September 2016... -
Page 17: Control Software Rp-110
95/ 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP/Vista/7 operating system. Installation 4.3.1 Installation of the software VERY IMPORTANT REMARK If a previous version of RP-110 Control has been installed, it will be necessary to completely remove it before installing present version. September 2016... -
Page 18: Legal Conditions
The installation file for the RP-110 software is contained in a CD-ROM supplied with the instrument. Before proceeding to install the program, read the following instructions. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Double click on the file “Setup.exe” which is into the folder “SOTWARE” of the CD-ROM. -
Page 19: Connection Between Rp-110 And Pc
The connection between RP-110 and PC is done via the data transmission cable USB (mini – USB) supplied with the instrument. Firstly turn off the instrument RP-110. Then connect the USB connector to a free USB port of your PC. Finally connect the cable to the mini-USB port of the PROMAX instrument. - Page 20 When the instrument connects to the PC, the instrument shows the message "Synchronizing USB with PC" (Figure 9.). Figure 9. If the instrument detects the control program is not running, it will give the message "PC software is not detected" (Figure 10.). The program must be started before connecting the instrument.
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Page 21: Instructions For Use
5 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE General considerations The software provided on the programming package RP-110, works only under Windows, so is assumed to experience handling of applications under Windows. Anyway, there is certain terminology to explain, so that this manual may be as clear as possible. - Page 22 Check the instrument is ON. Check the connection cable between the instrument and the computer. Run the program by clicking twice on the RP-110 Control icon, which should be on the desk of the computer. It appears the main window of the program (see figure below).
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Page 23: Menu Bar
LEGAL NOTICE Under no circumstances PROMAX ELECTRONICA, S.A. is liable for data loss or any damages that may be caused directly or indirectly by this program. Although we have done our outmost to develop a program that is both useful and reliable, it is understood that the use of the program and of the data and information that are generated with it are the sole responsibility of the user. -
Page 24: Languaje
5.3.5 Update The Update menu allows you to update the firmware of the instrument RP-110 by means of upgrading files that can be obtained from the PROMAX website. This menu contains the following options: The option Firmware opens an explorer window in order to select the upgrading file (with rp110b extension) which is necessary to update the instrument. -
Page 25: Main Screen
Main screen The main screen, as you see on the figure below, has two separate areas: at the left there are six test signals and their parameters and at the right there are these six signals represented on a graph, where X axis represents frequency and Y axis represents power. - Page 26 At the upper right corner there is a box with information about the connection. If there is not connection with the RP-110, that box will be disabled. If there is connection, that box will show data about the model, serial number and firmware version.
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Page 27: Specifications
6 SPECIFICATIONS FREQUENCY Carriers frequency P1: 5.00 MHz to 10.00 MHz. range P2: 55.00 MHz to 100.00 MHz. P3: 460.00 MHz to 540.00 MHz. P4: 800.00 MHz to 1000.00 MHz. P5: 1450.00 MHz to 1750.00 MHz. P6: 1850.00 MHz to 2150.00 MHz. Resolution 25 kHz. - Page 28 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Equipment specifications are set in these environmental operating conditions. Operation outside these specifications are also possible. Please check with us if you have specific requirements. Altitude Up to 2000 metres. Temperature range From 5 °C to 40 °C. Maximum relative 80 % (up to 31 °C), decreasing lineally up to 50% at 40 °C.
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Page 29: Maintenance
7 MAINTENANCE This part of the manual describes the maintenance procedures and the location of faults. Instructions for returning by mail Instruments returned to repair or calibrate, either within or out of the guarantee period, should be send with the following information: Name of the Company, name of the contact person, address, phone number, receipt (in the case of coverage under guarantee) and a description of the problem or the service required. - Page 30 PROMAX ELECTRONICA, S. L. Francesc Moragas, 71-75 08907 L’HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT (Barcelona) SPAIN Tel. : 93 184 77 00 * Tel. Intl. : (+34) 93 184 77 02 Fax : 93 338 11 26 * Fax Intl. : (+34) 93 338 11 26 http://www.promaxelectronics.com...
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