Base Station With Auxiliary Antenna - Tait TB8100 User Manual

Base Station with Auxiliary Antenna

Base Station Regularly Emails its Status
Base Station that Controls Landing Lights
TB8100 Service Kit User's Manual
IF Battery voltage high THEN End of Charging
IF Timer #1 expired THEN End of Charging
These two tasks stop the generator when the battery voltage gets too high
or when the Generator On time expires.
You can set up a base station with an auxiliary antenna and use Task Manager
actions to automatically switch to that antenna when there is an antenna
mismatch. The service person can use a radio to send CTCSS tone 2 to switch
the antenna back.
IF Base station in Run mode THEN Deactivate Digital Output 2
This sets the antenna relay at power up.
IF VSWR fault THEN Activate Digital Output 5
IF VSWR fault THEN Email status now
If a VSWR fault occurs, Task Manager automatically swaps the antenna over
and emails the alarm log.
IF Tone 02 detected THEN Deactivate Digital Output 5
To switch the antenna back, the technician transmits a signal with CTCSS
tone 2.
It is straightforward to use Task Manager tasks to have the base station email its
status to the maintenance technician, for example, once a week.
To do this, you define a timer with a one week duration. When the timer
expires, the status is emailed and the timer re-started.
IF Base station in Run mode THEN Start timer (1 week timer)
IF Timer expired (1 week timer) THEN Email status
IF Timer expired (1 week timer) THEN Start timer (1 week timer)
This combination of tasks emails the status of the base station once a week.
A small private airport does not have full time air traffic control. When landing
at night, the pilot needs to switch on the runway lights. Pilots have VHF radios
without CTCSS, Selcall, or any other signalling. The pilot presses PTT three
times within two seconds to switch on the lights.
1. Wire Digital Output #6 to control the lights.
2. Give Counter #1 a maximum of 3.
3. Give Timer #1 a maximum of 2 seconds.
4. Give Timer #2 a maximum of 30 minutes
5. Set up the following Task Manager tasks:
IF Receiving valid signal THEN Start timer (Timer 1)
IF Receiving valid signal THEN Increment counter (Counter 1)
IF Timer expired (Timer 1) THEN Reset counter (Counter 1)
This set of tasks detects three presses of PTT, provided they occur before
Timer #1 expires.
Task Manager Examples 195