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Advanced Telemetry Systems R4500S User Manual

Receiver/datalogger, 12 table version for use with standard transmitters
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  • Page 1 Advanced Telemetry Systems R4500S Receiver/Datalogger, 12 table version for use with Standard Transmitters User Manual...
  • Page 2 Introduction: The R4500S is a receiver - data logger combination with built in GPS. (An optional GPS antenna is required to use the GPS feature) Operationally, the R4500S works by acting as a filter to select a very narrow window in the frequency spectrum.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    30 3.2.2 Starting an Aerial Scan - Variable Pulse Rate Transmitter page 33 3.3 STATIONARY MODE page 37 3.3.1 Starting a Stationary Scan - Fixed Pulse Rate Transmitter page 37 Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...
  • Page 4 11.0 RECORD – Recording Data (Used only in Aerial and Manual Modes) page 53 12.0 PC – Downloading Data page 53 12.1 Establish communication between the R4500S and the Computer page 53 12.2 Com Port (Settings Menu) page 54 12.3 ATSWinRec page 55 12.3.1 First Time Start Up...
  • Page 5 18.0 EXT – External Data Output page 67 18.1 Data Format and Translation page 68 18.1.1 BINARY DATA page 68 18.1.2 GOES Translated Output Format page 69 APPENDIX I – JULIAN DATE CALANDARS page 71,72 Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...
  • Page 6 Intentionally Left Blank Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    R4500S to identify a pulse rate on each frequency. To remain on a specific frequency for a longer period of time to allow the R4500S to identify the pulse rate, Hold will need to be activated. When Hold is activated, the scanning of the frequencies in the frequency table stops and is held for the frequency shown in the screen until Hold is pressed again.

  • Page 8: Receiver Controls

    The SIG LED will light for every valid pulse detected. See specifications for valid pulse detections. Most input and control of the receiver is done through the keypad. The keypad is shown below: Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 9: Navigation Of The Cursor

    ADDFR – Adds a frequency while Aerial Scanning DELFR – Deletes a frequency while Aerial Scanning RECORD – Used to manually record information F1, F2, F3, F4 – Currently not in use Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 10: Frequency Entry Mode

    48.655 MHz will be entered as 48655. From the Main Menu screen, press the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “FREQ” key sequentially. To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”. Screen 1 Table # : Selects the frequency table that you will be storing your transmitters’...

  • Page 11: Frequency Entry Mode - Variable Pulse Rate

    48.655 MHz will be entered as 48655. From the Program menu screen, press the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “FREQ” key sequentially. To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 12 To change the sign for the coefficient use the tune up or the tune down key , a number other than 00000 will need to be first entered before either key can change the sign. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 13: Setup Menu

    For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”. After the Minutes have been entered, the menu will return to the “Setup Menu”. If no changes are needed in the Clock Menu, pressing “ESC”...

  • Page 14: Defaults

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 15 The time stamp, frequency, signal strength and GPS location for each data point recorded will be stored to memory. An optional GPS antenna must be connected to the R4500S for the GPS location option to work.

  • Page 16: Aerial Defaults - Variable Pulse Rate

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.

  • Page 17: Stationary Defaults

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 18 R4500S should accept signals coming in that range from 44ppm (1364ms) to 46ppm (1304ms) +/- 10ms = 1374ms to 1294ms. A tolerance of zero indicates the R4500S should accept only signals that are the specified range +/- 10ms (i.e. PR1:055 should always be 55ppm (1091ms) +/- 10ms = 1081ms to 1101ms).
  • Page 19 The number of antennas the receiver will sample. This feature requires an external antenna switchbox connected to the AUX port of the R4500S if using more than 1 antenna. If using a 2-way switchbox, this would be set to 2.

  • Page 20: Stationary Defaults - Variable Pulse Rate

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.

  • Page 21: Log Period

    Log Period: This defines the time interval between the receiver cycles where the R4500S performs one scan of the frequency table. (Range = 0000 – 1440 minutes). If the scan of the frequency table takes the entire log period, the receiver will never pause between the end of a frequency table scan, and the start of the next one.

  • Page 22: Ext Data Xfer

    The number of antennas the receiver will sample. This feature requires an external antenna switchbox connected to the AUX port of the R4500S if using more than 1 antenna. If using a 2-way switchbox, this would be set to 2.
  • Page 23 A to B to C. To change to the next coefficient, press “ENTER”. To change the sign for the coefficient with the tune up or the tune down key , a number other than 00000 will need to be first entered. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 24: Tx Type

    Aerial Scan or a Stationary Scan. Also the R4500S will check to see if the incoming pulse rates are within the tolerances entered for each pulse rate. If the pulse rates do not match the entered information, the pulse rate will be thrown out.

  • Page 25: Variable Pulserate

    Scan Time during a Stationary Scan. If the user does not exit the “HOLD” mode, the R4500S will automatically resume scanning after the number of seconds has been reached.

  • Page 26: Channel Delay

    = 10 seconds. Number of frequencies used in table scanned = 10. If the noise level is higher than the noise threshold level the R4500S has set, the noise will produce signal pulses and the receiver will think transmitters are present and then cycle through the individual antennas. With no...

  • Page 27: Ext Data

    Screen 2 9600 : Sets the serial communication settings for the R4500S’s data output to “baud: 9600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit”. 57600: Sets the serial communication settings for the R4500S’s data output to “baud: 57600, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit”.
  • Page 28 Data with a certain amount of extra noise pulses would remain in the R4500S for later retrieval but would not be sent to the GOES.

  • Page 29: Main Menu

    If the enter frequency that is not within the receiver’s range, “Out of range” error will be displayed. To exit the Manual mode, press the “ESC” key. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 30: Aerial Mode

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 31 When an Aerial Scan has started, the R4500S will start scanning the frequencies in the table at the entered scan rate time. When a transmitter is heard on a frequency, pressing “HOLD” will stop the scan rate and remain on that frequency until “HOLD”...
  • Page 32 ,frequency and time press “SHIFT” then “RECORD”. Pressing the “HOLD” key again will cause the R4500S to resume scanning. Note: GPS data will only be stored if an optional antenna is connected to the receiver, the GPS functionality is turned on and a valid GPS fix has been acquired.

  • Page 33: Starting An Aerial Scan - Variable Pulse Rate Transmitter

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 34 The time stamp, frequency, signal strength and GPS location for each data point recorded will be stored to memory. An optional GPS antenna must be connected to the R4500S for the GPS location option to work.
  • Page 35 GPS data, frequency and time press “SHIFT” then “RECORD”. Pressing the “HOLD” key again will cause the R4500S to resume scanning. Note: GPS data will only be stored if an optional antenna is connected to the receiver, the GPS functionality is turned on and a valid GPS fix has been acquired.
  • Page 36 Typing a new table number and pressing “ENTER” will resume the last scan using just the frequencies from that specific table. Just pressing “ENTER” without typing in a new table number will resume the last scan with all the tables last used. Twelve tables are available. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 37: Stationary Mode

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.
  • Page 38 R4500S should accept signals coming in that range from 44ppm (1364ms) to 46ppm (1304ms) +/- 10ms = 1374ms to 1294ms. A tolerance of zero indicates the R4500S should accept only signals that are the specified range +/- 10ms (i.e. PR1:055 should always be 55ppm (1091ms) +/- 10ms = 1081ms to 1101ms).
  • Page 39 The number of antennas the receiver will sample. This feature requires an external antenna switchbox connected to the AUX port of the R4500S if using more than 1 antenna. If using a 2-way switchbox, this would be set to 2.
  • Page 40 This is the transmitter pulse rate along with a counter looping from “0” to “9” for each valid pulse rate detected during the scan. SIG: The signal strength of the incoming signal. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 41: Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A

    After the Stat Hold time has expired, the stationary scan will resume. If power is interrupted during a Stationary Scan, the R4500S will remember it was in Stationary Scan mode and will automatically resume the Stationary Scan when power is restored. The values used for the Stationary Setup will still be stored in memory and they will be the values used when resuming the stationary scan.

  • Page 42: Starting A Stationary Scan - Variable Pulse Rate Transmitter

    To change the numeric value, use the numeric digits on the keypad, or you can use the keys to increment the numeric value, up or down or to toggle between YES / NO selections. For the R4500S to accept a value, press “ENTER”.

  • Page 43: The Number Of Antennas The Receiver Will Sample. This Feature Requires An External Antenna Switchbox Connected To The Aux Port Of The R4500S If Using

    The number of antennas the receiver will sample. This feature requires an external antenna switchbox connected to the AUX port of the R4500S if using more than 1 antenna. If using a 2-way switchbox, this would be set to 2.

  • Page 44: Key. These Two Keys Are Used To Toggle

    This defines how frequently the data from the reference transmitter will be stored. A count of the number of detected pulse rates will be stored for the entire store rate. (Range = 0005 – 1440 minutes) Screen 9 Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...
  • Page 45 The signal strength of the incoming signal. If power is interrupted during a Stationary Scan, the R4500S will remember it was in Stationary Scan mode and will automatically resume the Stationary Scan when power is restored. The values used for the Stationary Setup will still be stored in memory and they will be the values used when resuming the stationary scan.
  • Page 46 “ENTER”. The values in the list will show the default values. Change and enter the value you want to use for this one time scan only. If you want the values to be remembered for future scans go back to the default menu and make the changes there. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 47: The Stationary Logging Flowchart

    Timer = Time Any Signal Timer = Scan Out? Timer = 0 Present? Time? Have we scanned all the Store any data individual found antennas? Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 48: Pc Mode

    3.4 PC MODE This Mode is used when communicating with a personal computer (PC). The R4500S needs to be connected to a PC using the supplied cable. The PC must currently be running the ATS supplied ATSWinRec communication software. For more information see the sections of this manual covering “Downloading Data” and “ATSWinRec”.

  • Page 49: Scr - Turning The Screen Backlight On And Off Or Enabling Real Time

    To get to the “Memory Menu” press the “SHIFT” key followed by the “MEM” key sequentially. Again to maneuver through the menu items, use the or the keys to choose Memory Remaining, View Memory, or Delete Memory. This is the view of the “Memory Menu” Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 50: Memory Remaining

    6.1 Memory Remaining This screen displays the number of data blocks the R4500S can still write before the memory is full. It list two numbers, one for Aerial data and one for Stationary data. The number of Aerial data blocks will always be half as much as the number of Stationary data blocks.

  • Page 51: Delete Data

    This sequence of screens will repeat until you have viewed all the data blocks listed in your range or you press the “ESC” key. 6.3 Delete Data This instructs the R4500S to reset the data pointer back to the beginning of memory effectively deleting all the stored data blocks. Screen 1...

  • Page 52: Gps - Viewing / Activating Gps Data

    GPS functionality on or off. The optional GPS antenna needs to be connected to the R4500S to use the GPS feature. Note: The GPS functionality uses a lot of power. Make sure to turn off the GPS when you are not using it in order to extend your battery life.

  • Page 53: Delfr - Deleting Frequencies (Used Only In Aerial Mode)

    Pressing the “SHIFT” key followed by pressing the “RECORD” key sequentially activates the record feature. This forces a save to be preformed when a save would not ordinarily be done. The R4500S will save the data it has currently available.

  • Page 54: Com Port (Settings Menu)

    This is the communications port (Com Port) that you have selected to communicate from your personnel computer to the R4500S. You will need to use a standard nine pin serial offload cable which is provided to you by ATS. The first time you start ATSWinRec after installation you'll be asked to select a Com port from a provided list.

  • Page 55: Atswinrec

    When starting the ATSWinRec program for the first time you will be prompted for a com port with the following dialog box: It is also possible that you may also get the following dialog box: Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 56: Offloading Data

    This is a notification that the software has readjusted to the R4500S receiver model. 12.3.2 Offloading Data If you select Offload Stored Data followed by OK, the following screen then appears: You can select some of the offload parameters. Most are self explanatory.
  • Page 57 Recover Deleted Data allows you to recover deleted data. When deleting data, a data pointer that is used to store memory in the R4500S is reset, and when recovering deleted data, the data pointer can be returned to the previous location.

  • Page 58: View / Edit Default Configuration

    The file is stored in a Data folder. The location will be where the ATSWinRec was installed to. The default location is: C:\Program Files\Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc\ATSWinRec_4500_12\Data After saving the file, a new window will appear displaying the downloaded data. A spreadsheet program can be used to display the downloaded data.

  • Page 59: View / Edit Frequency Tables

    If no configuration was sent to the receiver or saved to a file, selecting Close will not save any changed values. When selecting the Set Receiver Clock to PC Clock button, the PC time is sent to the R4500S and is converted to: Year, Julian Day, and 24 hour time format.

  • Page 60: Delete Data

    When sending a group (12 tables) of frequency tables to the receiver only tables with frequencies will be sent. Also, the option to only send selected tables to the R4500S is available by deselecting any frequency table tabs not wanting to be sent.

  • Page 61: Exit

    45 ppm transmitter will have a period length of 2.66 seconds for two consecutive pulses. Thus, for the 45 ppm transmitter, the minimum Time Out time will need to be set for 3 seconds for the R4500S to detect the presence of a transmitter.

  • Page 62: Setting Stationary Scan Time

    Once a valid signal has been detected during a Time Out period, the Time Out time is overridden by the Scan Time. The Scan Time is the length of time to attempt to detect a valid pulse rate. The R4500S uses a pattern matching algorithm to verify a pulse rate.
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  • Page 64: Offloaded Data Format

    CCC: The calculated measurement taken from variable rate transmitters using entered coefficients. Aerial Data – The data stored while the R4500S was logging in either Aerial or Manual Mode. A number from 0-59 representing the second. (FF)FFFF: A number representing the transmitter’s frequency.
  • Page 65 1, Stationary, Fixed PR - Pattern Matching - PR1: 55 Tol:1 PR2:62 Tol:4 PR3:50 Tol:1 PR4:0 Tol:0, 2 ,12, 1, NA, 0, 1, No, No 2, Stationary, Variable PR - Temperature Period Range (Min-Max): 400-1500, 3, 12, 2 3, NA, 10, 1, Yes, No Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 66: Charging The Batteries

    (discharge – charge – discharge – charge) The charger supplied with the R4500S is a “smart charger”. There is a thermal sensor to detect a full charge, and to shutdown the charge process if the battery pack overheats.

  • Page 67: Ext - External Data Output

    18.0 EXT – External Data Output If the EXT option has been selected the R4500S will send data once an hour out the AUX and the PC/CLONE ports while stationary logging. If using GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) option, the data will be sent to the GOES transmitter’s buffer thru a cable attached via the AUX port.

  • Page 68: Data Format And Translation

    Note: When using the GOES option and as long as the R4500S has not filled up it will not lose the data. It will always try to catch up. In order to save transmission space, the day the data is collected is attached to the transmission and not to the individual data point.

  • Page 69: Goes Translated Output Format

    Hr: A number from 0-23 representing the hour. This appears in the transmission header of the R4500S and it indicates the hour the data was processed for transmission. The data is sent from the R4500S at the top of the hour over to the GOES transmitter. This hour represents the hour previous to the hour the data is sent.
  • Page 70 The ### proceeding the END indicates the number of data blocks skipped over for this transmission. This number can be nonzero only if you choose not to send data that had noise pulses exceeding a preset limit. Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...

  • Page 71: Appendix I - Julian Date Calandars

    JULIAN DATE CALENDAR (PERPETUAL) FOR LEAP YEAR USE OTHER CHART Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...
  • Page 72 JULIAN DATE CALENDAR (FOR LEAP YEARS ONLY) (USE IN 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, ETC.) Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. R4500S Reference User Manual R05-11-A...
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