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PHTS108 PORTABLE HANDHELD TELEMETRY SIMULATOR
USER'S GUIDE
Systems Engineering & Management Company
1430 Vantage Court
Vista, California 92081
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT COMPANY (SEMCO). ACCORDINGLY, THE USER(S) OF THIS INFORMATION
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A2538-003/01 March 2020

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  • Page 1 PHTS108 PORTABLE HANDHELD TELEMETRY SIMULATOR USER’S GUIDE Systems Engineering & Management Company 1430 Vantage Court Vista, California 92081 PROPRIETARY INFORMATION THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT COMPANY (SEMCO). ACCORDINGLY, THE USER(S) OF THIS INFORMATION...
  • Page 2 PHTS108 chassis weighs approximately 10 pounds without battery and <15 lbs with battery installed. The PHTS108 is housed in a ruggedized enclosure designed for handling and operation by one person. A ruggedized carrying case for transporting and storage is provided for the PHTS108 and all accessories.
  • Page 3 LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES Page Change Date Page Change Date Initial Release A2538-001 05/01/2018 A2538-002 04/01/2019 AllAll A2538-003 03/01/2020 A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3.2.4 File Playback Control Panel 3.2.4.1 Using a Flat Binary File Directly from USB Media Source 3.2.4.2 Loading and Saving a Flat Binary File to the PHTS108 Hard Drive 3.2.5 Using an External Data Source 3.2.6 Bit Synchronizer Control Panel 3.2.6.1...
  • Page 5 ILLUSTRATIONS (continued) FIGURE TITLE PAGE PHTS108 Portable Handhold Telemetry Signal Simulator PHTS108 Ruggedized Portable Carrying Case PHTS108 Block Diagram PHTS108 Simulator I/O and Battery Interface Earlier D Connector Cable Harness Assembly Current D Connector Cable Harness Assembly Dual RF Output and Dynamic Combiner Test Option...
  • Page 6 ILLUSTRATIONS (continued) TITLE FIGURE PAGE 3-39 Bit Synchronizer Derandomizer Selection 3-40 Bit Synchronizer Loop Bandwidth Selection 3-41 Invalid Loop Bandwidth Selection 3-42 Bit Synchronizer Input Impedance Selection 3-43 BERT Control Panel 3-44 Test Period Selection 3-45 External Data Input and Bit Error Insertion 3-46 Frame Sync Control Panel 3-47...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    This User’s Guide contains detailed information for PHTS108 Portable Handheld Telemetry Simulator operation. Section 2 Getting Started briefly describes and lists the PHTS108 standard and optional hardware and software features and then describes how to install and apply power to the PHTS108 hardware.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    RF output, and an embedded Bit Synchronizer, Frame Synchronizer and Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT) with pseudo-random PCM code generator. Figure 2-2 shows the ruggedized portable carrying case used for transporting and storing the PHTS108 and all accessories. Figure 2-1...

  • Page 9: Phts108 And Accessories

    Table 2-1 lists all equipment and accessories that comprise a PHTS108 Portable Hand-held Telemetry Simulator. Table 2-1 PHTS108 and Accessories Item PHTS108 Portable Hand-held Telemetry Simulator Snap-on Battery Battery Charger and Power Cable 115/230 VAC Power Cable D-Connector-to-BNC Cable Harness...

  • Page 10: Initial Hardware Set-Up And Operation

    The user should read this User’s Guide and become familiar and comfortable with the overall features, options and configuration of the specific PHTS108 system that will be used. Table 2-2 lists and describes the PHTS108 I/O. Figure 2-4 illustrates the PHTS108 I/O of standard configuration with respect to AC and DC battery power, inputs, outputs and Touch Screen controls.

  • Page 11: Phts108 Simulator I/O And Battery Interface

    Playback Mode Data Communications RJ45 Connection for Remote (Network) control via Ethernet Simulator I/O With Slide-On Battery Installed Without Slide-On Battery Installed Front Panel Touch Screen Figure 2-4 PHTS108 Simulator I/O and Battery Interface A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 12: Earlier D Connector Cable Harness Assembly

    Figure 2-5 Earlier D Connector Cable Harness Assembly Figure 2-6 Current D Connector Cable Harness Assembly A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 13: Optional Dual Rf Output And Dynamic Combiner Test

    Figure 2-7 illustrates the Dual RF Output and Dynamic Combiner Test Option. This option is a module designed to attached to the rear of the PHTS108 as shown, with module I/O provided by the “D” connector Cable Harness Assembly. The module provides 2 modulated RF outputs and the capability to select and automatically vary the 2 RF (CH1 and CH2) signal levels (Fade Depth), vary the rate at which these differing levels are changing (Fade Rate) and vary the phase relationship between these 2 RF signals (Phase Shift).

  • Page 14: High Power Options Feature

    High Power Options The PHTS108 provides for +20 dBm, +30 dBm and +37 dBm high power options. These options consist of in- line L, S and C band power amplifiers that are ideal for testing an entire telemetry ground station by providing the ability to radiate a modulated RF signal into the antenna and vary the amplitude of this radiated RF signal from +37, +30 or +20 dBm to -100 dBm.

  • Page 15: Dbm And +37 Dbm High Power Options

    A Lemo connector cable provides RF Amplifier power, cooling fan power, sensing and control line from the PHTS housing (next to RF “N” connector). The PHTS108 “senses” when the Power amplifier is installed and automatically changes the output level readings accordingly. A short RF cable with “N” (M) connectors is used between the PHTS RF Output and the RF Power Amplifier RF Input.

  • Page 16: Telemetry Signal Simulator Operation

    Touch Screen controls and displays described herein are applicable to all delivered PHTS108 systems. Touch Screen Controls Figure 3-1 depicts the front panel Touch Screen display. When the PHTS108 is turned on, the Touch Screen will take approximately 1.5 minutes to boot up and display the required operating controls.

  • Page 17: 3.2.1 Rf Control

    B. Frequency Selection - Touching the blue Frequency window enables a keyboard (Figure 3-3), and the RF Frequency is then typed in and entered by touching the Accept button. The PHTS108 will only accept valid frequencies of installed frequency bands and will accept a 4-digit input (e.g. 2335 for 2335.00 MHz), or inputs in 500 kHz steps (e.g.

  • Page 18: Entering An Invalid Frequency

    Figure 3-5. The desired RF Output Level is then typed in and entered by touching the Accept button. The PHTS108 will only accept valid RF Level Outputs in 0.1 dBm increments, and the entire RF Output Level (for example: -50.0) must be typed in.

  • Page 19: Modulation Control Panel

    Figure 3-6 shows the information window that appears when a selected RF Output Level is outside the RF output level range. In the Figure 3-6 example, the user is informed that the valid RF output level is between 0.0 dBm and -120.0 dBm. Figure 3-6 Entering an Invalid RF Output Level Modulation Control Panel...

  • Page 20: Modulation Mode Selection

    A. Modulation Mode - Touching the blue modulation Mode window produces the selection menu as shown in Figure 3-8. In addition to CW (un-modulated RF Carrier output), standard available modulation modes include PCM/FM, Tier I SOQPSK-TG, Tier II Multi-h CPM, BPSK and QPSK. FM/FM Sub-Carrier is offered as an additional option.

  • Page 21: Entering An Invalid Modulation Data Rate

    Figure 3-10 shows the information window that appears when a selected data rate is outside the modulation format’s range. In the Figure 3-10 example, the user is informed that the valid SOQPSK data rate range is 100 kbps to 40 Mbps (100000.0 to 40000000). Figure 3-10 Entering an Invalid Modulation Data Rate C.

  • Page 22: File Playback As A Data Source

    File Playback as a Data Source 3.2.3 The PHTS108 uses a Flat Binary File as a modulation source in the File Playback mode. A Flat Binary File only contains the data that the user wants to transmit, and no other information. A Flat Binary File can be created in many ways;...

  • Page 23: Chapter 10 File Playback

    Using a Chapter 10 data file as a data source for the PHTS108 requires the use of software to convert the Chapter 10 data file to a Flat Binary File. This conversion can be readily accomplished using software that has been developed by Wideband Systems, a Digital Telemetry Recorder company that provides for recording that data in Chapter 10 format.

  • Page 24: Wsi Chapter 10 File Utilities Gui

    Figure 3-14 WSI Chapter 10 File Utilities GUI Figure 3-15 Opening the WSI Chapter 10 File Utility A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 25: Selecting The Chapter 10 File

    Figure 3-16 Selecting the Chapter 10 File Figure 3-17 Viewing the Chapter 10 File Summary Information Step 4 - The Raw TMATS information provides details on the streams contained in the Chapter 10 file, as shown in Figure 3-18. A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 26: Tmats Data Stream Information

    Figure 3-18 TMATS Data Stream Information Step 5 - Select the DUMP tab (Figure 3-19) to select the stream to convert to a Flat Binary File. Figure 3-19 DUMP Screen Note that this Chapter 10 File contains three streams and that the PCM stream has been selected. Also, note that this is selected under the Generate Raw Binary Dump for Selected Channel heading.

  • Page 27: Creating The Flat Binary File

    Created File Shown in File Explorer Step 7 - Rename the file with a .bin or .out extension. The resulting Flat Binary File can now be used by the PHTS108 in File Playback mode. A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 28: 3.2.4 File Playback Control Panel

    The File Playback Control Panel (Figure 3-22) provides for use of a flat binary file as a modulation source. The file can be loaded directly from any USB media, or copied and saved to the PHTS108 hard drive for use without an external USB media.

  • Page 29: Accessing The File Playback Directory

    Modulation Data Source Playback Selection Step 5 – Referring again to Figure 3-26, touch pn15.out and Open. The file will then load into the PHTS108 hard drive as indicated by the yellow Loading… indicator and blue Status Bar (Figure 3-27).

  • Page 30: Binary File Playback Selection

    Figure 3-26 Binary File Playback Selection Figure 3-27 Loading USB Media File into Playback File Directory Step 6 – Once loaded, the binary file (i.e., the pn15.out example) will appear in the File Playback window as shown in Figure 3-28. A2538-003/01 March 2020 SEMCO Proprietary Information...

  • Page 31: Loaded Binary File Indication

    Figure 3-28 Loaded Binary File Indication Step 7 - Select the Modulation Mode and enter the desired Data Rate on the Modulation Control Panel (see paragraph 3.2.2 A. and B.) for the modulation mode and data rate that will use the selected playback file.

  • Page 32: Loading And Saving A Flat Binary File To The Phts108

    Loading and Saving a Flat Binary File to the PHTS108 Hard Drive The user can also load and save flat binary files to the PHTS108 hard drive. This feature provides the ability to recall binary files as required for file playback without requiring the use of a USB media device.

  • Page 33: Copying A File To The Local - /Ptr108 Directory

    Step 4 - Select the file to be copied (i.e., pn15.out) and touch the Copy--> button to copy and store the file to the Local - /PTR108 Directory (Figure 3-32). Figure 3-32 Copying a File to the Local - /PTR108 Directory Step 5 –...

  • Page 34: 3.2.6 Bit Synchronizer Control Panel

    3.2.5 Using an External Data Source Touching the Modulation Data Source window and External (Figure 3-34) allows the user to provide either an external TTL modulation input via the Data Input BNC or DB Input I/O. Table 3-1 provides the external signal input characteristics per modulation format.

  • Page 35: Decoder And Encoder Code Selection

    Figure 3-35 Bit Synchronizer Control Panel 3.2.6.1 Decoder and Encoder Code Selection Bit Synchronizer Decoder Code and Encoder Code selection uses the same selection window format as shown in Figure 3-36 and include NRZ-L, NRZ-M and NRZ-S. Figure 3-36 Bit Synchronizer Decoder and Encoder Code Selection Encoder Data Polarity selection can be either Normal (NORM) or Inverted (INV) as shown in Figure 3-37.

  • Page 36: Pn Pattern Generation

    Figure 3-37 Bit Synchronizer Encoder Data Polarity Selection 3.2.6.2 PN Pattern Generation Encoder and Decoder Pattern (2^n) selection (Gen Pattern) is PN7F, PN9F, PN11F, PN15F or PN23F (Figure 3-38). Figure 3-38 Bit Synchronizer Encoder/Decoder PN Pattern Selection 3.2.6.3 Derandomizer Derandomizer selection is Off, RNRZ-9, RNRZ-11, RNRZ-15, RNRZ-17 or RNRZ-23 as shown in Figure 3-39.

  • Page 37: Loop Bandwidth

    Figure 3-39 Bit Synchronizer Derandomizer Selection 3.2.6.4 Loop Bandwidth Loop Bandwidth (Loop BW) is selectable in percentages from 0 to 5% (Figure 3-40). Touching the Loop BW button enables a keyboard as shown. The user types in the desired loop bandwidth and touches Accept to enter the Loop Bandwidth value.

  • Page 38: Input Impedance

    Figure 3-41 Invalid Loop Bandwidth Selection 3.2.6.5 Input Impedance Figure 3-42 depicts bit synchronizer input impedance selection (Input Z). Low input impedance (LO Z) is 75 ohms. High input impedance (HI-Z) is 4K ohms. Figure 3-42 Bit Synchronizer Input Impedance Selection 3.2.7 BERT Control Panel Figure 3-43 depicts the BERT Control Panel.

  • Page 39: Bert Control Panel

    Touching the white OFF/ON button in the upper left corner starts and stops the BER tests. Reset resets and re-starts the BER count. Figure 3-43 BERT Control Panel Figure 3-44 shows the Test Period feature. Touching this button provides Test Period selection in 1E3 thru 1E8 seconds or accumulated (free running) time (ACC) as shown.

  • Page 40: Bit Sync, Frame Sync And Bert Control Panel

    3.2.8 External Data Input and Bit Error Insertion Figure 3-45 shows the control panel for selecting external data input connection and inserting bit errors, allowing the user to select the desired external data input (Input). Touching the blue Input box toggles between BNC Data In and D-Sub Ext Interface (D connector harness assembly BNC Data In).

  • Page 41: Frame Sync Word Selection

    Referring to Figure 3-46, touching the white ON/OFF button enables the Frame Sync feature. Frame Sync Lock is indicated by a green Sync indication. Touching the blue Sync Word box enables the keyboard as shown in Figure 3-47. The user enters the desired hexadecimal word, touches Accept, and the word then appears next to the Sync Word box as shown.

  • Page 42: Invalid Frame Sync Word Length Entry

    Figure 3-49 Invalid Frame Sync Word Length Entry Touching the blue Bits per Word box provides a keyboard as shown in Figure 3-50. The user enters a valid bits per word value, touches Accept, and the value then appears next to the blue Bits per Word box as shown.

  • Page 43: Invalid Bits Per Word Entry

    Figure 3-51 Invalid Bits per Word Entry Touching the blue Words per Frame box provides a keyboard as shown in Figure 3-52. The user enters a valid words per frame value, touches Accept, and the value then appears next to the blue Words per Frame box as shown.

  • Page 44: Invalid Words Per Frame Entry

    Figure 3-53 Invalid Words per Frame Entry Touching the blue Frame Sync Threshold box provides a keyboard as shown in Figure 3-54. The user enters a valid frame sync threshold value, touches Accept, and the value then appears next to the blue Frame Sync Threshold box as shown.

  • Page 45: 3.2.10 Additional Supporting Functions

    Figure 3-55 Invalid Frame Sync Threshold Entry 3.2.10 Additional Supporting Functions Additional PHTS108 supporting functions include About, Network and Presets features that are enabled by the controls shown in Figure 3-56. Figure 3-56 Additional Supporting Functions 3.2.10.1 About Touching About displays a window as shown in Figure 3-57.

  • Page 46: Network

    Touching the Network button enables a window as shown in Figure 3-58. This window allows the user to set-up the PHTS108 IP Address, Sub Net Mask and Gateway. The user touches IP Address, Sub Net Mask and Gateway, respectively and enters the information that will be used by a Windows 10 remote client to establish a remote (network) connection via the PHTS108 LAN RJ45 connector.

  • Page 47: Presets

    Figure 3-59 Entering Network Client Information 3.2.10.3 Presets The Presets feature allows the user to save and recall (load) simulator settings. Touching Save under the white Presets label enables a window with 9 Presets (Figure 3-60). Selecting and touching any one of the PRESET buttons saves all settings and labels the current settings (RF Frequency, Modulation Format and Data Rate is used to identify each saved preset).

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