Summary of Contents for Franconia FC 02
- Page 1 USER MANUAL FC 02 Controller for turntable and antenna mast 1 / 24 MA_FC02_(Rev2_1) - 9/06 / Version 1 / Rev:2.1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
4.0 Configuration............................7 Optic connections to devices........................ 7 Connections to computer........................7 5.0 Software installation..........................9 Hardware- and Software Requirements....................9 Installation of FC 02 application software....................9 6.0 Software operation..........................10 Overview............................10 Turntable controls..........................11 Antenna mast controls........................13 Program functions..........................15 7.0 IEEE 488.2 commands...........................17... -
Page 3: Safety Summary
1.0 Safety Summary The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this instrument. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of this instrument. We assume no liability for the customer´s failure to comply with these requirements. -
Page 4: Introduction
This controller allows any user to control in the meantime several devices as turntables, antenna mast, slide clamp bar, etc … The FC 02 offers different ways of control by providing serial RS-232 as well as GPIB (IEEE488.2) interfaces. The connection to the different devices is made using optic fibers duplex cables in order to avoid any RF interferences, which could be conducted along wire cables. -
Page 5: General Description
3.0 General description The FC 02 is delivered in a 1U – 19” rack size in order to win a lot of space into the system units rack. Also the depth is half size and doesn’t need any additional fixation kit. - Page 6 [4]: IEEE-488 (GPIB) 24 pin Centronics connector. The GPIB interface Bus complies with the IEEE 488.2 standards. The FC 02 use the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) and the IEEE 488.2 protocol on which SCPI is based. [5]: Serial connector (RS-232) The RS 232 port is a standard serial port (Baud rate 9600) used for the manual mode or used for upgrading the flash memory.
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Page 7: Configuration
Several possibilities are offered for connecting the FC 02 to the Computer in charge of the instrumentation control. The FC 02 can be used in manual mode using the RS232 or the GPIB interface using a computer connected to one of these 2 interfaces. - Page 8 The FC 02 can be connected in parallel into the GPIB chain and can receive orders as the whole instrumentation in automatic mode. Our software will display the operation in course in the meantime (several windows could be open on the computer PC1).
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Page 9: Software Installation
• then you need to install the software delivered with the controller. Hardware- and Software Requirements You should have the following hardware and software to work with your FC 02: PC with Windows NT/2000/XP operating system • compatible mouse and VGA graphics (min. 800 x 600 pts.). -
Page 10: Software Operation
➔ The following main menu is displayed: The FC 02 software checks automatically the status of the network connected on the optic fiber link, and shows 2 main parts in its standard version. The upper part concerns the FTM (Frankonia Turntable), and the lower part concerns the FAM (Frankonia antenna mast). -
Page 11: Turntable Controls
Only when the init is made, all the commands will be available.The menu bar contains the main commands. The following table explains each menu item on the menu bar in order from left to right: Menu Item Shortcut Function Turntable Limits Enter limits of movement of the turntable in degrees Offset... - Page 12 Click on Turntable/start init to start the initialisation run of the turntable ➔ The accuracy of our turntables is +/- 0,2°. Our controller FC 02 is a high resolution, and it can control the turntables with a resolution of 0,1°.
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Page 13: Antenna Mast Controls
When the software limit is or will be reached within the next moving the turntable will refuse to start. In that case you must reduce your requirement, or go in the other direction. If you use automatic commands via GPIB interface, this software will serve you also as a display. Antenna mast controls The software limits of the antenna mast can be changed if needed. - Page 14 Antenna/start init to start the initialisation run of the antenna mast ➔ The accuracy of our antenna mast is +/- 3mm. Our controller FC 02 is a high resolution, and can control the antenna mast with a unit of 1mm.
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Page 15: Program Functions
Program functions Each time you start the software, the file default.set is loaded. The default settings of this file are explained in the table below: 15 / 24 MA_FC02_(Rev2_1) - 9/06 / Version 1 / Rev:2.1... - Page 16 Variable Default setting Description offset 0,0 deg Turntable offset limit_max 200,0 deg Turntable limit + limit_min -200,0 deg Turntable limit - speed_ttab Turntable speed step_ttab 10 deg Turntable step offset_h 0,000 m Antenna mast horizontal offset offset_v 0,000 m Antenna mast vertical offset limit_h_max 4,000 m Antenna mast hor.
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Page 17: Ieee 488.2 Commands
7.0 IEEE 488.2 commands Commands *CAL: Conducts a calibration (initialization run) if the device is not calibrated. During initialization • run, the logical device cannot be changed! *CAL?: Query of calibration status of the selected logical device. • Answers: 0: calibration successful 1: calibration failed 2: calibration in course *CLS: Clear Status sets the status registers ESR, STB, OPER and QUEST at zero. -
Page 18: Scpi Commands
8.0 SCPI commands Instrument subsystem: Command Parameter Unit Result INST[:SEL]{?} ANT / TTAB / ACL / Selection of the logical equipment by keyword or ANT2 number. On ? output of the selected logical device. INST:NSEL{?} 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 System subsystem: Command Parameter... - Page 19 Command Parameter Unit Result POS[:X][:DIST]:OFFS[1/2]{ Offset with horizontal [1] and vertical [2] polarization. <NRf / ±1> / MIN / POS[:X][:DIST]:VEL{?} <NRf / 1...30> / MIN / Velocity in steps. POS[:X][:DIST]:DIR{?} UP / DOWN Determination of direction, however no automatic movement. [POS:]POL{?} Turns antenna into the programmed position.
- Page 20 {?} Command is valid as command (without “?”) and valid as query (with “?”). Commands in brackets [ ] are optional. All position commands may be preceded optionally by the commands [INP:] or [OUTP:] (i.e. INP:POS ≙ OUTP:POS ≙ POS)! This applies also for the Input/Output Subsystems for the turntable (TTAB) and the clamp line (ACL).
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Page 21: Ieee 488.2 Status Registers
IEEE 488.2 Status Registers There are four status registers with the associated enabled registers. The positive transmission and negative transmission registers (PTR/NTR) as defined in IEEE488.2, are not variable and definitely fixed with PTR=255 and NTR=0. The sum bits in the STB are switched via the enable registers and linked via „or“. -
Page 22: Scpi Error Code
SCPI Error Code Command error Error code Error Description No error -100 Command error -101 Invalid character -102 Syntax error -103 Invalid separator -104 Data type error -108 Parameter not allowed -109 Missing parameter -110 Command header error -120 Numeric data error -130 Suffix error -140... -
Page 23: Specifications
9.0 Specifications FC 02 Power Supply 115/230 V Power Line Frequency 50 / 60 Hz Power Consumption 5 W average Width x Depth x Hight 482,6 x 172 x 44,3 mm (19 x 6,77 x 1,74 inches) Weight 2,5 Kg... - Page 24 FRANKONIA GmbH Industriestraße 16 91180 Heideck / Germany TEL: ++49-(0)9177-98500 FAX: ++49-(0)9177-98520 info@Frankonia-EMC.com www.Frankonia-EMC.com 24 / 24 MA_FC02_(Rev2_1) - 9/06 / Version 1 / Rev:2.1...
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