PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Table of Contents Preliminary Instructions Warranty First Aid Treatment of electrical shocks Treatment of electrical Burns Unpacking General Description Quick guide for installation and use Preparation First power-on and setup Operation Management Firmware Front and Rear Panel Description...
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT To claim your rights under this warranty, you shold follow 1. Preliminary Instructions this procedure: Contact the dealer or distributor where you This manual is written as a general guide for those having previous knowledge and experience with this kind of equipment, well purchased the unit.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT • clear out mouth if necessary and observe for • Treat victim for shock as required. breathing • Arrange transportation to a hospital as quickly • if not breathing, begin artificial breathing as possible. (Figure 2): tilt head, pinch nostrils, make airtight seal, four quick full breaths.
R.V.R. Elettronica SpA featuring adjustable RF power output up to 500W and 1000 W, respectively, under 50 Ohm standard load and less than 20W drive power requirement. PJ500C-LCD and PJ1000-LIGHT have been designed for installation in a 19”x3HE box for rack. These amplifiers incorporates a low-pass filter to keep harmonics below the limits provided for by international standards (CCIR, FCC or ETSI).
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Four LEDs on the front panel provide for machine status indication (ON, FAULT/ LOCK, FOLDBACK, RF MUTE) and two yellow LEDs provide Power Supply fault indication. The amplifier management software is based on a menu system. User has four navigation buttons available to browse submenus: ESC, , and ENTER.
√ FM exciter with adjustable output power up to 20W (as a minimum), like RVR Elettronica PTX30-LCD √ For operating tests only: dummy load with 50 Ohm impedance and adequate capacity (500w for PJ500C-LCD or 1000 W for PJ1000-light as a minimum) √ Connection cable kit including: •...
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 5.1.2 Mains power supply WARNING: Disconnect mains power supply before beginning these procedures. Both power supply units (please see chapter 8.1 for a detailed description) are equipped with fuses and voltage selection blocks: check all fuses and voltage selection blocks to ensure they are properly rated for the power mains and change them as required to match mains voltage.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Figure 5.1: Voltage selection jumper on PFC 5.1.3 Connections Connect the output of a suitable FM exciter (for instance, PTX30-LCD exciter available from R.V.R. Elettronica) to the RF input (see figure 6.2) using a 50-Ohm coaxial cable with suitable connectors. To begin with, set exciter to minimum output power and switch if off.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Figure 5.2: Connection to exciter 5.2 First power-on and setup Follow this procedure upon first power-on and after making changes to the configuration of the transmitter in which the amplifier is integrated. Note : Standard factory settings are RF power output Off (Pwr OFF) and output power set to upper limit (unless otherwise specified by customer).
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5.2.5 Input power check and setup Go to Pwr menu (figure 5.2 - menu 5) and look up forward output power Fwd, reflected power Rfl and input power Inp readings. With drive power set as specified in the Final Test Table, amplifier output power should be 500W (for model PJ500C-LCD) or 1000W (for model PJ1000-light) or higher: if needed, fine tune drive power until achieving rated output power. Never exceed 550W (for model PJ500C-LCD) or 1100W (for model PJ1000-light) output power.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Open the Power setup menu (figure 5.2 - menu 2) pressing the following keys in the order: ESC (opens Default Menu) ⇒ ENTER (hold down for 2 seconds) Use SET menu keys to set the desired amplifier output power; the SET bar at the side provides a graphic display of set power, whereas the forward power...
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 5.3 Operation NOTE: For better clarity, only the typical screens of PJ1000-LIGHT are reported below. PJ500C-LCD screens look the same except that full scale values are different. 1) Power on the amplifier (chap. 6.1) and ensure that the ON light turns on (chap. 6.1). Machine name should appear briefly on the display, quickly followed by forward and reflected power readings (Menu 1), provided that the amplifier is delivering output power.
3) Fine tune power setting from menu 2 (see description of item 1b) until achieving the desired value. WARNING:Equipment is capable of delivering more than rated output power (500W for PJ500C-LCD or 1000 W for PJ1000-LIGHT); however, never exceed the specified power rating. NOTE: Exciter drive power setting should never exceed 20W, or it will trigger an Overdrive Alarm.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT Menu 2 Menu 2 Menu 1 Menu 1 Default Menu Power Setup Menu Menu 3 Menu 3 Selection Screen Menu 4 Menu 4 Operation Menu Menu 5 Menu 5 Power Menu Menu 6 Menu 6 P.A. Menu...
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Modifies Power Good threshold for forward power. The Power Good rate is a percent of equipment rated power (500W for PJ500C-LCD and 1000 W for PJ1000-LIGHT), not of forward output power. This means that this threshold set at 50% will give 250 W and 500 W, respectively, regardless of set power level.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 5.4.2 Power Menu (Pwr) This screen holds all readings related to machine output power: Menu 5 Forward power reading. Reflected power reading. Input power reading. Note that these are readings, rather than settings, and cannot be edited (note the empty arrow). To change power setting, go to the default menu (menu 1) as outlined earlier.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 5.4.4 Alarm Menu (Alm) This menu shows any alarm conditions occurring during machine operation. Alarm thresholds are preset at the factory. Menu 7 Counter of alarm conditions triggered by forward power. Counter of alarm conditions triggered by reflected power. Counter of alarm conditions triggered by input power.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 1. Over Forward Power Forward power threshold exceeded. Alarm 1 2. Over Reflected Power Reflected power threshold exceeded. Alarm 2 3. Over Input Power Input power threshold exceeded. Alarm 3 Monitoring cycle is as follows: • An alarm condition occurs; • Alarm is displayed and device is locked out for 15 sec.;...
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT II. Over Reflected Power Reflected power alarm display. Stop 2 III. Over Input Power Input power alarm display. Stop 3 Once the machine goes into “FAULT” mode, it will no longer attempt to re-start; choose the appropriate reset procedure according to current machine setting: •...
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 5.4.5 Miscellaneous Menu (Mix) This menu lets you set machine address in an I C bus serial connection: Menu 8 C address setting. The I C network address becomes significant when the exciter is connected in an RVR transmission system that uses this protocol.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 6. Front and Rear Panel Description This section describes the components found on the front and rear panel of PJ500C-LCD and PJ1000-LIGHT. 6.1 Front Panel Figure 6.1 [1] ON Green LED - Turns on when amplifier is powered on. [2] FAULT/LOCK Red LED - Turns on when machine is in permanent fault lock-out mode.
Mains power supply fuse [chap. 5.1 - Table 1]. [8] R.F. INPUT “N”-type RF input connector. [9] R.F. OUTPUT RF output connector, N-type for PJ500C-LCD and 7/8” for PJ1000-LIGHT. [10] INTERLOCK OUT Interlock output BNC connector: when the transmitter goes into stand-by mode, the (normally floating) central connector is connected to ground.
Following is a brief description of the different module functions; all diagrams and board layout diagrams are included in the “Technical Schedule” Vol.2. 8.1 Power supply PJ500C-LCD e PJ1000-LIGHT power supply section is made up of a surge protection module and two power supply units: 24 / 32 Rev.
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PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 1. Surge Protection module (see description in chap. 8.1.1): protects the machine from possible voltage surge events and electric discharges in the power mains. 2. Power amplifier supply unit: provides adequate power supply for RF power amplifier modules. It is a switching power supply unit with PFC full range; for details of the PFC and converter modules, please see chapters 8.1.2 and 8.1.3, respectively.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 8.1.3 Switching power supply (PSL2403-03 and PSL5034) The switching power supply incorporated in this amplifier feeds 50 VDC to the RF power modules with 25 A maximum current for PJ500C-LCD and 34 A maximum for PJ1000-LIGHT. This module has a control input that enables output voltage reduction when needed (for instance, in the event of RF output power reduction). Another input signal is...
PJ500C-LCD, three on the PJ1000-LIGHT) coupled through a Wilkinson splitter and combiner using strip-line technology. Each RF module of the PJ500C-LCD (code SL010RF1001) provides 300 W rated power - which rise up to 350 W each for the PJ1000-LIGHT RF modules (code SL010RF2001) - using a single active element built using MOS technology.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 8.7 BIAS board (SLBIAS1K3U-2) The main purpose of this board is to control and correct the bias voltage of the RF amplification section MOSFETs. It also provides a measure of the total current absorbed by the RF modules and incorporates a dedicated circuit for power supply fault reporting.
PJ500C-LCD & PJ1000-LIGHT 9. Identification and Access to the Modules Both PJ500C-LCD and PJ1000-LIGHT are made up of various modules linked to each other through connectors so as to make maintenance and any required module replacement easier. 9.1 Top View (PJ500C-LCD) The figure below shows the equipment top view with the various components pointed out.
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