Radeus 8000 ACS Series Handbuch

Satellite Earth Station Antenna Control Systems

Series 8000™

ACS

Operation &

Maintenance

Model 8200™Antenna Control Unit

Model 8250™Drive Cabinet

26 APRIL 2022

Series 8000™ O&M Manual 1

A N T E N N A C O N T R O L S Y S T E M S F O R

S A T E L L I T E E A R T H S T A T I O N S

Series 8000™ACS

Operation & Maintenance

Model 8200™Antenna Control Unit

Model 8250™Drive Cabinet

Document rev. 20201022-1

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Table of Contents

Important Precautions ......................................................................................... 10

About This Document .......................................................................................... 11

Service and Support............................................................................................. 11

1SERIES 8000™SETUP —OVERVIEW................................................ 12

2MODEL 8250 DRIVE CABINET ........................................................ 13

2.1 Jog Controls at the Cabinet ............................................................... 14

2.2 Power, Breakers, E-Stop.................................................................... 15

2.2.1 Emergency Stop............................................................................................... 16

3SETTING UP THE ANTENNA CONTROL UNIT (ACU)......................... 17

3.1 Retrofitting an existing system?........................................................ 18

3.2 Before installing the system.............................................................. 18

3.3 Connect the ACU............................................................................... 19

3.4 Setup and Configuration ................................................................... 20

3.4.1 Specify the antenna & location....................................................................... 21

3.4.2 Antenna Polarization Settings......................................................................... 22

3.4.3 Options............................................................................................................. 24

3.4.4 Enter the receiver characteristics................................................................... 28

3.4.5 RF Inputs .......................................................................................................... 30

3.4.6 Specify encoder types and positions .............................................................. 32

3.5 Setup Wizard .................................................................................... 34

3.5.1 Requirements, before the Setup Wizard........................................................ 34

3.5.2 How the wizard works..................................................................................... 35

3.5.3 Run the wizard................................................................................................. 36

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3.5.4 Antenna Travel Limits...................................................................................... 37

3.5.5 Motion Faults................................................................................................... 40

3.5.6 Positioner ......................................................................................................... 41

3.5.7 Timing............................................................................................................... 43

4TYPICAL OPERATIONS................................................................... 44

4.1 Touchscreen Display ......................................................................... 45

4.2 Start Up, Quit, Shut Down................................................................. 47

4.2.1 Start the ACU application................................................................................ 47

4.2.2 Quit the ACU application................................................................................. 48

4.2.3 Power down the ACU and Operating System ................................................ 49

4.3 Standby............................................................................................. 49

4.4 Define a New Target Satellite............................................................ 50

4.4.1 “Default” and “Immediate” targets................................................................ 54

4.5 Edit a Target’s Properties.................................................................. 55

4.6 Pointing Modes................................................................................. 56

4.6.1 Look angles mode............................................................................................ 56

4.6.2 Longitude mode............................................................................................... 57

4.6.3 TLE —NORAD two-line element .................................................................... 57

4.6.4 IESS–412 —Intelsat Earth Station Standards ................................................ 60

4.6.5 TLE/Steptrack and IESS/Steptrack................................................................... 66

4.7 Tracking Modes................................................................................. 68

4.7.1 Predictive track ................................................................................................ 68

4.7.2 Steptrack .......................................................................................................... 69

4.7.3 TLE/Steptrack................................................................................................... 71

4.7.4 IESS/Steptrack.................................................................................................. 71

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4.7.5 Manual jog ....................................................................................................... 71

4.7.6 Track Immediate, Manual Peaking, and Bias Angles ..................................... 72

4.8 Update the ACU software ................................................................. 75

5SYSTEM-FAULT CONDITIONS......................................................... 76

5.1 Faults and System Standby ............................................................... 77

5.2 Respond to a Fault Condition............................................................ 79

5.3 Fault Messages & Causes .................................................................. 80

5.3.1 "Azimuth runaway".......................................................................................... 80

5.3.2 "Azimuth immobile" ........................................................................................ 80

5.3.3 "Azimuth reversed" ......................................................................................... 80

5.3.4 "Azimuth encoder fault".................................................................................. 81

5.3.5 "Azimuth CCW soft travel limit"...................................................................... 81

5.3.6 "Azimuth CW soft travel limit"........................................................................ 81

5.3.7 "Azimuth motor controller fault".................................................................... 81

5.3.8 "Azimuth travel limit switch tripped" ............................................................. 81

5.3.9 "Elevation runaway" ........................................................................................ 82

5.3.10 "Elevation immobile"....................................................................................... 82

5.3.11 "Elevation reversed"........................................................................................ 82

5.3.12 "Elevation encoder fault" ................................................................................ 82

5.3.13 "Elevation lower soft travel limit"................................................................... 82

5.3.14 "Elevation upper soft travel limit" .................................................................. 82

5.3.15 "Elevation motor controller fault".................................................................. 82

5.3.16 "Elevation travel limit switch tripped"............................................................ 82

5.3.17 "Polarization runaway".................................................................................... 82

5.3.18 "Polarization immobile" .................................................................................. 83

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5.3.19 "Polarization reversed" ................................................................................... 83

5.3.20 "Polarization encoder fault"............................................................................ 83

5.3.21 "Polarization select in wrong position" .......................................................... 83

5.3.22 "Polarization CCW soft travel limit"................................................................ 83

5.3.23 "Polarization CW soft travel limit".................................................................. 84

5.3.24 "Polarization travel limit switch tripped” ....................................................... 84

5.3.25 "Emergency stop pressed".............................................................................. 84

5.3.26 "Drive disabled at control panel".................................................................... 84

5.3.27 "Maintenance override at drive cabinet"....................................................... 84

5.3.28 "Soft travel limit disabled" .............................................................................. 84

5.3.29 "Travel limit switch tripped" ........................................................................... 84

5.3.30 "No power at drive cabinet" ........................................................................... 85

5.3.31 "Halted at PMCU" ............................................................................................ 85

Touch-panel computer (TPC) faults ...................................................................... 85

5.3.32 "Low tracking signal level" .............................................................................. 85

5.3.33 "Unstable tracking signal level" ...................................................................... 85

5.3.34 "IOC communication failure" .......................................................................... 85

5.3.35 "IOC2 communication failure" ........................................................................ 85

5.3.36 "IOC firmware update failed".......................................................................... 86

5.3.37 "IOC2 firmware update failed"........................................................................ 86

5.3.38 "ENC communication failure" "ENC2 communication failure" ..................... 86

5.3.39 "ENC firmware update failed"......................................................................... 86

5.3.40 "RDC communication failure" "RDC2 communication failure" ..................... 87

5.3.41 "RDC firmware update failed"......................................................................... 87

5.3.42 "JPB communication failure" .......................................................................... 87

5.3.43 "JPB firmware update failed".......................................................................... 88

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5.3.44 "Ephemeris data file needs update” "TLE ephemeris data file needs update”

"IESS ephemeris data file needs update”...................................................................... 88

5.3.45 "Fault condition forced standby".................................................................... 88

5.3.46 "Can't access settings file" .............................................................................. 88

5.3.47 "Can't access tracking history file".................................................................. 89

5.3.48 "Receiver communication failure".................................................................. 89

5.3.49 "Receiver not running".................................................................................... 89

5.3.50 "Receiver not locked"...................................................................................... 89

5.3.51 "Beacon frequency out of range" ................................................................... 89

"USB I/O interface ID 1 not found" "USB I/O interface ID 2 not found"...................... 90

5.3.52 "Drive cabinet network interface misconfigured" ......................................... 90

5.3.53 "Motor controller reset in progress".............................................................. 90

5.3.54 "Orbital tracking limit"..................................................................................... 91

5.3.55 "Sun outage" .................................................................................................... 91

5.3.56 "PMCU firmware update failed"..................................................................... 91

APPENDICES 92

APPENDIX 1: MODEL 8200 ACU SPECIFICATIONS................................. 94

APPENDIX 2: ACU REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS.................................... 96

A-2.1 Pinouts............................................................................................ 100

APPENDIX 3: RS-232 INTERFACE ........................................................105

APPENDIX 4: MODEL 8250 DRIVE CABINET ........................................106

A-4.1 Operating Environment, Power ...................................................... 106

A-4.2 Mechanical ..................................................................................... 106

A-4.3 I/O Controller Location ................................................................... 106

A-4.4 Inter-Facility Link (IFL)..................................................................... 107

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A-4.5 Encoder & Resolver Connections .................................................... 108

A-4.5.1 Encoder side —ships terminated................................................................. 109

A-4.6 Customer Interface Block (CIB) Connections ................................... 110

APPENDIX 5: SETUP: GD MODEL 253..................................................114

APPENDIX 6: SETUP: DTR...................................................................115

APPENDIX 7: SETUP: RADEUS SSC MODEL 3430 .................................116

APPENDIX 8: SETUP: IRIG...................................................................117

APPENDIX 9: SETUP: V1000 MOTOR DRIVES ......................................120

A-9.1 Reset the V1000.............................................................................. 120

A-9.2 Run the Motor Tuning..................................................................... 120

A-9.3 Set the Remaining Parameters........................................................ 121

A-9.4 Wire sizes for motors...................................................................... 122

APPENDIX 10: ADVANCED CONFIGURATION —ACU.INI.......................123

A-10.1 File location .................................................................................... 123

A-10.2 Default acu.ini................................................................................. 123

A-10.3 Example acu.ini............................................................................... 125

A-10.4 Primary Keys................................................................................... 126

Additional Keys.................................................................................................. 131

A-10.4.1 Disable automatic TLE download.................................................................. 132

APPENDIX 11: IESS-412 FILE FORMAT ..................................................134

A-11.1 Example IESS-412 data.................................................................... 137

APPENDIX 12: SERIES 8000 ON-SITE TEST PROCEDURE.........................138

A-12.1 Pre-installation checklist................................................................. 139

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A-12.2 Drive Cabinet Power Checks ........................................................... 140

A-12.3 Motor Checks.................................................................................. 142

A-12.3.1 Drive Cabinet Jog Panel Test......................................................................... 142

A-12.4 Limit Switch Checks......................................................................... 143

A-12.5 ACU Setup and Parameter Record................................................... 145

A-12.6 Steptrack Test................................................................................. 147

APPENDIX 13: PORTABLE MAINTENANCE CONTROL UNIT (PMCU) ......149

A-13.1 Introduction.................................................................................... 149

A-13.2 PMCU in the Series 8000 ACS.......................................................... 150

A-13.3 PMCU Controls................................................................................ 151

A-13.4 Indicators & Displays ...................................................................... 153

APPENDIX 14: ACU REMOTE CONTROL METHODS ...............................154

A-14.1 TeamViewer.................................................................................... 154

A-14.2 TeamViewer Requirements............................................................. 156

A-14.3 SNMP.............................................................................................. 157

A-14.4 SNMP Requirements....................................................................... 158

A-14.5 Commercial M&C software with Radeus Labs ACU support............ 159

A-14.6 Open source M&C software............................................................ 159

A-14.7 SNMP Tools..................................................................................... 159

A-14.8 Serial M&C (7200 Request / Command M&C Protocol)................... 160

A-14.9 Requirements for serial M&C.......................................................... 160

APPENDIX 15: UNITS: HOUR ANGLE AND DECLINATION.......................161

APPENDIX 16: REST API.......................................................................163

A-16.1 Before you start.............................................................................. 163

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