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TECHNICAL OPERATION HANDBOOK
ADVENT DCU5000 DRIVE CONTROL UNIT
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- Page 1 TECHNICAL OPERATION HANDBOOK ADVENT DCU5000 DRIVE CONTROL UNIT The Document is supplied on the express terms that it is to be treated as confidential and that it may not be copied, used or disclosed to others for any purpose except as authorised by...
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Page 2: Amendment Record Sheet
Advent Communications AMENDMENT RECORD SHEET DATE PAGE DESCRIPTION 01/03/07 Initial release. 12/08/08 Correction to F20 alarm description. 209297 – DCU5000 Drive Control Unit Page 2 of 42... -
Page 3: Emc Declaration
Advent Communications EMC DECLARATION 209297 – DCU5000 Drive Control Unit Page 3 of 42... -
Page 4: Warnings And Hazards
Advent Communications WARNINGS AND HAZARDS Failure to operate and use the equipment other than instructed in the manual may result in ELECTRIC SHOCK. HAZARDOUS WARNING LABELS Hazardous AC voltages present NON-IONISING RADIATION Possible source of radiation hazard, normally located at waveguide connections, waveguide joints and antennas. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Advent Communications CONTENTS AMENDMENT RECORD SHEET EMC DECLARATION WARNINGS AND HAZARDS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SPECIFICATION 2.1. PHYSICAL 2.2. ANGULAR POSITIONAL DISPLAY 2.3. ANGULAR CONTROL REAR PANEL ... - Page 6 Advent Communications 4.32. F31: HHC OVERIDE ACTIVE 4.33. F33: FIN 1 OVER TEMPERATURE 4.34. F34: FIN 2 OVER TEMPERATURE 4.35. F35: FIN 3 OVER TEMPERATURE 4.36. F36: FIN 4 OVER TEMPERATURE ...
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Page 7: Introduction
Advent Communications INTRODUCTION The DCU5000 is a drive control unit designed to drive any of the current Advent range of motorised antennas. The unit is a 1U high, half width, 360mm deep chassis and is mains powered. (90-264V AC. 47-63 HZ. <100VA). The DCU5000 has a RS485 serial communications interface allowing the unit to be controlled using a SatFinder, ACU4XXX, or ACU5XXX to implement the autoSearch and autoTrack control of an antenna system. -
Page 8: Specification
Advent Communications SPECIFICATION This section is for illustrative purposes only and does not form the basis for any contractual obligation. 2.1. PHYSICAL Dimensions Half width, 1U chassis x 360 mm deep. Weight 2.0 kg approx. Power Connector 3 Pin IEC plug with dual fusing AC Supply 90-264V AC. -
Page 9: Rear Panel
Advent Communications REAR PANEL CAUTION: The side ventilation grills must be kept clear to allow adequate airflow 3.1. AC POWER Power in the range 90 – 264Vac is connected by means of a 3 pin IEC connector at the rear panel. Live &... -
Page 10: Sensors 1
Advent Communications 3.3. SENSORS 1 This interface is designed to interface with any position, limit switches or sensors fitted to the antenna. Detailed descriptions are beyond the scope of this manual. Contact Advent Communications for further guidance and information. Connector: 25-pin male D-type. Pin Number Sensor Signal description... -
Page 11: Sensors
Advent Communications 3.4. SENSORS 2 This interface is designed to interface with any antenna fitted compass, GPS, inclinometer or waveguide switch. Detailed descriptions are beyond the scope of this manual. Contact Advent Communications for further guidance and information. Connector: 25-pin female D-type. Pin Number Sensor Signal description... -
Page 12: Azimuth, Elevation And Polarisation Motor Connectors
Advent Communications 3.5. AZIMUTH, ELEVATION AND POLARISATION MOTOR CONNECTORS This interface is designed to directly drive an Advent standard stepper motor drive. These use 2-phase stepper motors with an MRD (motor rotation detector) PCB and an optional brake. Detailed descriptions are beyond the scope of this manual. Contact Advent Communications for further guidance and information. -
Page 13: Fault Codes
Advent Communications FAULT CODES 4.1. FAULT NUMBER CODING DCU5000 Fault List Fault Code Alarm Latched Brief Description +12V power supply voltage low. +36V DC motor supply failure. Motor drive module inhibited. Inclinometer failure. Inclinometer suspect. Drive stall detected. Drive freewheel detected. Drive end of travel detected. -
Page 14: F1: Dcu Power Supply Voltage Low
Advent Communications The standard Advent antenna controllers decode the DCU alarms to give a text description and a fault code number as shown in the table above. The fault code makes the communication of the faults seen to Advent Customer support less ambiguous. -
Page 15: F7: Freewheel Detected
Advent Communications 4.8. F7: FREEWHEEL DETECTED A drive axis freewheel has been detected. It is possible that a freewheel on a drive display can clear itself and this alarm shows the cause of the axis becoming uncalibrated. Possible causes: Axis hitting physical end stop. Moving antenna under high wind or snow loading. -
Page 16: F16: Fpga Programming Failed
Advent Communications 4.17. F16: FPGA PROGRAMMING FAILED The field programmable gate array IC has failed to be programmed. Possible causes: FPGA IC failure. FPGA IC connection failure. 4.18. F17: MANUAL BRAKE OVERRIDE ON The manual brake override is in use. Possible causes: The manual brake override switch has not been put back into the automatic position. -
Page 17: F25: Mrd Power Failed
Advent Communications 4.26. F25: MRD POWER FAILED The MRD power supply is out of specification. Either the supply has been shorted on the antenna, or an internal DCU5000 supply rail has failed. 4.27. F26: INCLINOMETER POWER FAILED The inclinometer power supply is out of specification. Either the supply has been shorted on the antenna, or an internal DCU5000 supply rail has failed. -
Page 18: F39: Fan Power Supply Alarm
Advent Communications 4.39. F39: FAN POWER SUPPLY ALARM The internal heatsink fan power supply is out of specification. 4.40. F40: BRAKE POWER SUPPLY ALARM The brake power supply is out of specification. Either the supply has been shorted on the antenna, or an internal DCU5000 supply rail has failed. 4.41. -
Page 19: F53: Wooded Area Data Error
Advent Communications 4.53. F53: WOODED AREA DATA ERROR An error has been detected whilst reading the units wooded area settings. The values have been set to their default values. If the system requires restricted wooded area antenna movement, check values and confirm the safe operation of the antenna system. -
Page 20: Remote Control
Advent Communications REMOTE CONTROL 5.1. INTRODUCTION The DCU5000 is designed to be operated remotely by a SatFinder, ACU control system. The unit is controlled using a remote command set, which is documented here. The remote command set enables control of all operational functions of the unit and querying of the current status of the unit. -
Page 21: Commands, Queries And Responses
Advent Communications CHECKSUM The CHECKSUM is one byte in size and is included for error detection. It is the modulo addition of all ADDRESS and DATA bytes. Here is a typical example calculation: [STX][BYTE COUNT][ADDRESS][DATA..…][CHECKSUM][ETX] [97 98 99] [43] The checksum is calculated as follows: CHECKSUM = (5 + 97 + 98 + 99) mod 256 = 43 ETX (end of transmission) ETX is the ASCII character 3. - Page 22 Advent Communications Result – the response indicates that the command was not valid (the command sent should have been GT200 as in the example above). The unit will not action this command. Error 2 – invalid parameters Responds with current settings Example Command to set the transmit gain to -50.0dB.
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Page 23: Remote Commands
Advent Communications 5.5. REMOTE COMMANDS 5.5.1. STANDARD ADVENT REMOTE COMMANDS Query Model ID Command: Response: RMODL<Model Text> <Model Text> DCU5XXX 50YY: NewSwift 52YY: Mantis 53YY: FlyDrive. 54YY: Summit. YY: Antenna dia. in units of 10cm. Query Serial Number Command: Response: Serial No. - Page 24 Advent Communications 5.5.2. CONTROL REMOTE COMMANDS Rate Command Command: Rn±xxx Response: Rn±xxx ± ° ± ° Goto Command Command: Gn±xxxx Response: Gn±xxxx ± ± ° ° Jog Command Command: Jn±xxx Response: Jn±xxx ± ° ± ° Read Jog movement size Command: Response: JM±xxx...
- Page 25 Advent Communications Deploy Command Command: Dxxx Response: Dxxx ° ° Stow command Command: Response: Halt command Command: Response: Set Elevation Angle Command: SEC±xxx Response: SEC±xxx ± ° ° ° ± ° ° ° Clear Alarms Command: Response: Monitoring start Command: Response: Monitoring finish Command:...
- Page 26 Advent Communications Query Monitoring Voltages Command: Response: MV±aaa±bbb±ccc±ddd±eee±fff±ggg±hhh±iii±jjj±kkk±lll ±aaa 36V motor supply. Units 0.1V. ±bbb 12V electronics supply. Units 0.1V. ±ccc 5V MRD supply. Units 0.1V. ±ddd 12V Inclinometer supply. Units 0.1V. ±eee 12V Stow sensors supply. Units 0.1V. ±fff 15V Waveguide switch supply.
- Page 27 Advent Communications Read DCU Compass heading Command: RDCMP Response: RDCMPabbbb[±ccc±ddd] [] :Optional fields Unit Status. a: Not fitted. b: Data valid. c: Data invalid. d: Serial comms. failure. e: Calibration mode. bbbb Magnetic heading. (Units 0.1°, range 0.0° to 359.9°) ±ccc Pitch angle.
- Page 28 Advent Communications Next calibration point Command: WCNCP Response: WCNCP C100 Compass: The calibration responses and final results are output using the QUD responses. Abort calibration procedure Command: WCSCA Response: WCSCA Reset Pitch Angle (HMR3300 only) Command: WCRPA Response: WCRPA Sets the HMR3300 pitch angle to 0°. Reset Roll Angle (HMR3300 only) Command: WCRRA...
- Page 29 Advent Communications Programmed Data Block Command: Response: PDXY<Data Field> X: Antenna Type identifier. Y. Message coding structure identifier. Mantis Antennas. X: ‘a’. <Data Field> ‘0’ Null data field. No programmed data. ‘A’ ±rrr (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET) NewSwift Antennas X: ’b’ <Data Field>...
- Page 30 Advent Communications Pre-programmed data block Command: Response: RDz±aaa±bbb±ccc±ddd±eee±fffggghhhiiijjkkllmnopqrstv Message Version. ‘a’ : Mantis antenna coding. ±aaa Azimuth limit. Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±bbb Azimuth limit. Anti-Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±ccc Elevation up limit.(Units 1°) ±ddd Elevation down limit. (Units 1°) ±eee Polarisation limit. Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±fff Polarisation limit.
- Page 31 Advent Communications Pre-programmed data block Command: Response: RDz±aaa±bbb±ccc±ddd±eee±fff±ggg±hhh±iii±jjjkkklllmmmnnnoooppqqrrsstt uvwxyz±AAA±BBB±CCCD±EEE±FFF±GGGHIJKLM Message Version. ‘b’ : Non Mantis antenna coding. ±aaa Azimuth limit. Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±bbb Azimuth limit. Anti-Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±ccc Elevation up limit.(Units 1°) ±ddd Elevation down limit. (Units 1°) ±eee Polarisation limit. Clockwise.(Units 1°) ±fff Polarisation limit.
- Page 32 Advent Communications 5.5.3. UPDATE STATUS COMMANDS Differential Command: Response: See below. If no update required. Request to stop AutoActions. (The STOP key has been pressed, any controller MUST STOP any action in progress.) Or one of the following update responses. UA……..
- Page 33 Advent Communications Calibration Command: Response: UCabcde Azimuth calibration C : Calibrated. U : Uncalibrated. Elevation calibration Polarization calibration Axis 4 calibration Axis 5 calibration Limit States Command: Response: ULABCDE Azimuth limits Elevation limits Polarisation limits Axis 4 limits Axis 5 limits Limit coding a : OK.
- Page 34 Advent Communications Alarms Command: Response: UEwwwwxxxxyyyyzzzz wwww Alarm1 coded status xxxx Alarm2 coded status yyyy Alarm3 coded status zzzz Alarm4 coded status Alarm coded status: Hexadecimal coding. Fixed length. Alarm 1 Bit 1 LSB +12V Power supply voltage low. Bit 2 +36V Motor supply voltage failure.
- Page 35 Advent Communications Alarm 3 Bit 1 LSB Fin 1 over temperature. Bit 2 Fin 2 over temperature. Bit 3 Fin 3 over temperature. Bit 4 Fin 4 over temperature. Bit 5 Fin 5 over temperature. Bit 6 WGS supply failure. Bit 7 Fan supply failure.
- Page 36 Advent Communications Monitoring data Command: Response: MD±aaa±bbb±cccc±ddd±eeee ±aaa Stow Detectors : Decimal number. Fixed length. Bit 1 LSB Stow 1 Bit 2 Stow 2 Bit 3 Stow 3 Bit 4 Stow 4 Bit 5 Stow 5 Bit 6 Stow 6 Bit 7 Not used.
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Page 37: Maintenance & Fault Finding
Advent Communications MAINTENANCE & FAULT FINDING 6.1. PERIODIC MAINTENANCE Check the rear and side ventilation grills are clear of obstructions to ensure an adequate airflow. 6.2. ELECTROSTATIC SENSITIVE DEVICES (ESD!) OBSERVE Some components are static sensitive and PRECAUTIONS FOR HANDLING certain handling precautions must be taken to ELECTROSTATIC prevent these being permanently damaged... - Page 38 Advent Communications Check, using a radiation hazard meter for RF leakage from all waveguide flanges. These must not exceed currently accepted safe microwave radiated levels. Check for any a typical heating of waveguide components, using a Temperature Probe and Digital Volt Meter (waveguide load will get hot during operation, but interconnections should not).
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Page 39: Warranty
Advent Communications WARRANTY 7.1. WARRANTY INFORMATION Under recommended use and service, all Advent products are warranted against defects in material and workmanship to twelve (12) months from the date of original shipment. Advent's obligation is limited to repairing or replacing, at our plant, products, which prove to be defective during the warranty period. -
Page 40: Transportation And Packaging
Advent Communications 7.6. TRANSPORTATION AND PACKAGING Any Product returned for examination must be sent prepaid via the means of transportation indicated as acceptable by Advent. Advent reserves the right to reject any warranty claim on any item that has been altered or has been shipped by non-acceptable means of transportation. -
Page 41: Figures
Advent Communications FIGURES 209297 – DCU5000 Drive Control Unit Page 41 of 42... - Page 42 Advent Communications FIGURE 1 – DCU5000 LAYOUT 209297 – DCU5000 Drive Control Unit Page 42 of 42...
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