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A2524-002/Jan. 11
2024
MC100 series RF MULTI-COUPLER
USER'S GUIDE
Systems Engineering & Management Company
1430 Vantage Court
Vista, California 92081
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
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SEMCO Proprietary Information
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- Page 1 MC100 series RF MULTI-COUPLER 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 SAFETY SUMMARY System Weight and Handling Restrictions - Depending upon the specific system and configuration, each MC110 series multi-coupler chassis weighs approximately 15 pounds. The MC110 series is housed in a 1U rack-mount enclosure designed for installation in Telemetry Ground Station equipment racks. Electrical –...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1 – INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 1.1. Scope .............................. 1 1.2. Purpose and Description ........................ 1 2 – GETTING STARTED…………………………………………………………………………………………... 2 2.1. System Description ........................2 2.2. System Configurations and Options ....................3 2.3. Initial System Hardware Set-up and Operation ................3 3 –... -
Page 5: Introduction
Multi-Coupler, which is used to receive and distribute RF signals from antennas operating in the 200 MHz to 5250 MHz frequency spectrum. The most common use of the MC100 series RF Multi-Coupler is the distribution of these antenna RF signals to telemetry receivers installed in telemetry ground stations in support of aircraft, missile and weapon system flight tests. -
Page 6: Getting Started
2 – GETTING STARTED 2.1. System Description The MC100 series RF Multi-Coupler is a 1U rack mount device designed for receiving antenna RF signals and distributing these signals to multiple telemetry receivers or other desired devices in a telemetry ground station. -
Page 7: System Configurations And Options
The user should read this User’s Guide and become familiar and comfortable with the overall features, options and configuration of the specific MC100 series system that will be used. Figure 2-1 below depicts the MC100 series front panel (with simple ON/OFF power button, front panel gain controls and frequency channel selection), the rear panel (with RF inputs, RF outputs, 115/230 VAC 50/60Hz power input and Ethernet connection) and finally a display of the remote-control software GUI. -
Page 8: Rf Multi-Coupler Operation
3.3. Software Remote Control The MC100 series Software Control panel (Figure 3-2) is used for remote control via Ethernet and SEMCO’s MCCS Network Software. All functional front panel controls are controlled remotely via this software. - Page 9 The steps for connecting and establishing a remote-control capability are as follows: Step 1 – Connect an Ethernet cable to the RJ45 connector on the MC100 series rear panel. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to any commercially available router (network router). Connect the router to the remote PC that will be the remote server for controlling the MC100 series.
- Page 10 Once the device has been configured, click on Config Now to program each device and store all of the settings. Write down these IP addresses for use in the next step. Step 5 – Repeat this step for each MC100 series connected to the network and close the Monitor program. Double Click on IP Address...
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Page 12: Mccs Gui Toolbar Selections
Step 7 – Click on the SEMCO MCCS Icon to launch the remote network software. The software control panel depicted in Figure 3-6 will appear. As shown in Figure 3-6, there are 3 controls per channel: Mode – A pull-down menu for selection of desired frequency (Mode) band Level –... -
Page 13: Calibration Screens
3.3.1.1. Calibration Screens The MC100 series can be more precisely calibrated per frequency band (Mode) as required to optimize balanced output signal levels between all output ports. This is accomplished by the following procedure. Step 1 - Click Calibration on the Toolbar. The Select Port and Mode calibration screen... -
Page 14: Unit Addresses
3.3.1.2. Unit Addresses Selecting Unit Addresses on the Toolbar provides for a display of the information as shown in Figure 3- 8. This information lists all device IP Addresses on the network and also provides the ability to edit this list. Figure 3-8 Unit Addresses Window 3.3.1.3.