Apache Labs ANDROMEDA ANAN-7000DLE MKII User manual

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openHPSDR
ANDROMEDA/
ANAN‐7000DLEMKII
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UserGuide

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ThisdocumentcontainsthewordsApache,ANDROMEDA,ANANinreferencetotheApacheLabs
Transceiverproducts.
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ApacheLabsLLC,Inc.‐DeclarationsofConformity
TheANDROMEDAcomplieswithFCCPart97rulesfortheAmateurRadioService.Ithasbeen
confirmedbytherelevantauthoritiesthattheANDROMEDADOESNOTrequireFCCcertification.
Underrule97Amateurradioequipmentwiththeexceptionofamplifiersandscanningreceiversare
exemptfromcertification,however,mustconformtorule97whichstatesthatharmonicand
spuriousemissionsmustbebelow43dBofthetransmittedoutupto30MHzand60dBbeyondthat.
ApacheLabsProductsCEandRTTECertified
CE&ECRadioandtelecommunicationsterminalequipment[RTTE]Certification.
WearepleasedtoannouncethattheANANseriesHF&6MSDRtransceiversincludingANDROMEDA
isnowCEandRTTEcertifiedasperEUtradedirectives,ANDROMEDAisRoHScompliantaswell,we
ensurethatourproductsareofthehighestqualityandmeetinternationalstandardsofqualityand
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Contents
Contents
1KeyFeatures....................................................................................................................................7
1.1Benefits...................................................................................................................................7
1.2Architecture............................................................................................................................8
1.3WritingStyle............................................................................................................................9
1.4ANDROMEDADesignTeam.....................................................................................................9
2FrontPanelFunctions...................................................................................................................10
2.1Touchscreen..........................................................................................................................10
2.2RotaryEncoders....................................................................................................................11
2.2.1VFO................................................................................................................................11
2.2.2RX1AF/RFGain.............................................................................................................12
2.2.3RX2AF/RFGain.............................................................................................................12
2.2.4Drive/Multifunction......................................................................................................12
2.2.5FilterHigh/LowCut.......................................................................................................13
2.2.6DiversityGain/Phase.....................................................................................................13
2.2.7RIT/Unallocated............................................................................................................13
2.3PushbuttonsandIndicators..................................................................................................13
2.3.1Lefthandbuttons..........................................................................................................13
2.3.2Softkeybuttons.............................................................................................................14
2.3.3BandButtons.................................................................................................................14
2.3.4VFOButtons..................................................................................................................14
2.3.5EditingtheFrontPanelcontrolAssignments................................................................15
2.3.6FrontPanelConnections...............................................................................................15
3RearPanelConnections................................................................................................................16
4Installation....................................................................................................................................17
4.1ImportantOperationtips......................................................................................................17
4.2HeatDissipation....................................................................................................................17
4.3QuickStart.............................................................................................................................17
5GettingStarted..............................................................................................................................19
5.1PoweringUp,RunningThetis................................................................................................19
5.2VFOSelection&Tuning........................................................................................................19
5.3BandSelection......................................................................................................................19
5.4ModeSelection.....................................................................................................................19
5.5AF/RFGain............................................................................................................................19

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5.6Panadapterdisplays..............................................................................................................20
5.7MeterMode..........................................................................................................................20
5.8Changingantennas................................................................................................................20
5.9UsingtheSoftkeyMenus......................................................................................................21
5.9.1QuickMenu...................................................................................................................21
5.9.2RXMenu........................................................................................................................21
5.9.3VFOMenu.....................................................................................................................21
5.9.4TXMenu........................................................................................................................22
5.9.5DisplayMenu................................................................................................................22
5.9.6AudioMenu...................................................................................................................22
5.9.7SetupMenu...................................................................................................................22
5.9.8ExtendedMenu.............................................................................................................23
6DetailedOperations......................................................................................................................24
6.1VoiceTransmission...............................................................................................................24
6.1.1TXSettings.....................................................................................................................24
6.1.2MicrophoneSetup........................................................................................................24
6.1.3EnteringTXMode.........................................................................................................25
6.1.4Transmission.................................................................................................................25
6.1.5MoreTXSettings...........................................................................................................26
6.2CWoperation
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6.2.1ConnectingaKey...........................................................................................................26
6.2.2ReceivingCW.................................................................................................................26
6.2.3TransmittingCW...........................................................................................................27
6.2.4CWModesettings.........................................................................................................27
6.2.5QSK................................................................................................................................27
6.3Othermodes.........................................................................................................................29
6.3.1FMOperation................................................................................................................29
6.3.2DigitalModes................................................................................................................29
6.4AdvancedReceiverOperation..............................................................................................29
6.4.1DualRXOperation.........................................................................................................29
6.4.2Attenuation...................................................................................................................29
6.4.3FilterHigh/LowCut.......................................................................................................29
6.4.4NoiseBlanking&reduction..........................................................................................30
6.4.5Diversity........................................................................................................................30
6.5RIT,XIT..................................................................................................................................30
6.6SplitFrequencyOperation....................................................................................................31

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6.7Puresignal..............................................................................................................................31
6.7.1SettingUpPuresignal....................................................................................................31
6.7.2OperatingwithPuresignal............................................................................................32
6.7.3ExternalLinearAmplifier...............................................................................................32
6.8ATU........................................................................................................................................32
7ConfiguringThetisandANDROMEDA...........................................................................................33
7.1ThetisSetupScreen...............................................................................................................33
7.2ANDROMEDASetupscreen..................................................................................................34
7.3ChangingFrontPanelControlAssignments..........................................................................34
7.3.1EncoderTab..................................................................................................................35
7.3.2PushbuttonTab.............................................................................................................37
7.3.3IndicatorTab.................................................................................................................38
7.3.4MenuTab......................................................................................................................39
8ConnectingAccessories.................................................................................................................41
8.1LinearAmplifier.....................................................................................................................41
8.1.1PTTOut..........................................................................................................................41
8.1.2ALC................................................................................................................................41
8.1.3OpenCollectorBCDkeying............................................................................................41
8.1.4Puresignal
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8.2Transverter............................................................................................................................43
8.3CATcontrol............................................................................................................................44
9Specifications................................................................................................................................45
10Maintenance.............................................................................................................................46
10.1PCMaintenance....................................................................................................................46
10.2PCNetworking......................................................................................................................46
10.3FileLocations.........................................................................................................................47
10.4ThetisInstallation..................................................................................................................47
10.5ThetisUpgrades....................................................................................................................51
10.6DatabaseReset.....................................................................................................................51
10.7Reflashingfirmware..............................................................................................................51
10.7.1HPSDRBootloaderv2.0..................................................................................................52
10.7.2AssignStaticIPAddressusingHPSDRBootloader.........................................................53
10.7.3HPSDRProgrammerforProtocol2................................................................................53
10.8BlockDiagrams......................................................................................................................55
11Support......................................................................................................................................56
11.1Warranty...............................................................................................................................56

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11.2References............................................................................................................................56
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1KeyFeatures
TheANDROMEDA/ANAN‐7000DLEMKIIi5/i7AmateurRadioTransceiverisamoderndirect‐down‐
conversion[DDC]receiver,anddirect‐up‐conversion[DUC]transmitter,SoftwareDefinedHF
transceiverplus6Meters.ANDROMEDAhasaproudheritagefromtheTAPRHermesTransceiver
introducedin2012.Itisbasedupontheestablished7000DLEmk2RF,DSPandPC,plusanintegrated
frontpanelwithradiocontrolsandtouchscreendisplay.
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TheANAN‐7000DLEMKIIi5/i7modeliswithouttheAndromedafrontpanel,itiscapableofbeing
upgradedwiththeAndromedaFrontpanel.ThismodelsupersedesthepreviousIntegratedPC
ANAN‐7000DLEMKIIandincludesanumberofimprovementsandupgradestothehardware.
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ANDROMEDAfirmwareupdatescanbeeasilyinstalledviatheradio’sstandardEthernetconnection,
eliminatingtheneedforspecialmechanicalorprogrammingadapters.Itisnotnecessarytoopen
theANDROMEDAcabinettoupdatethefirmware.A“Bootloader”switchhasbeenaddedtothe
backpaneloftheANDROMEDAforeaseoffutureupdates.
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TheANDROMEDAtransceiverhasbeendesignedfortheTHETISPCSoftwareDefinedRadioprogram.
THETIShasthelatestSDRprocessingfromtheOpenHPSDRlineandisbasedontheprovenWDSP
libraries.Ithasfullsupportfordualreceivers,antennadiversityandPureSignalTXlinearization.
However,otherSDRprogramscouldbeusedincludingthosewrittenforWindows®,Linux,
MacOS/X®,Android,RaspberryPi,andotheroperatingsystems.Thecommandinterfacedtothe
frontpanelusessimplepublishedCATcommandsandotherprogramscouldbeadaptedtosupport
it.
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1.1 Benefits
ANDROMEDA–Secondtonone!
UsingDirectDownConversionwithanultralowphasenoiseclockyieldsanRMDRof116dB
@2KHzseparation,thismeansthatcloseinweaksignalswillnotbemaskedbythe
receiver’sphasenoise.
Thetransmitterspecificationsarealsooffthechart,useofanew16‐bitDACwithanultra
lownoiseclocksourceresultsintransmitphasenoisebetterthananyotherproduct
availableinthemarket.
UseofLDMOSdriversandanoptimizedfinalAmplifierstagewithadaptivePredistortion
Algorithm(PureSignal)yieldstransmitIMDofbetterthan60dB,thisisatleast20dBbetter
thananyClassAtransmitterandover30dBbetterthanthecompetition.
Useoftwo16‐bitphasesynchronousADCsallowforadvancedapplicationssuchasDiversity
receptionforultimatenoisemitigationandeffectsofsignalfading.
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TheANDROMEDAHF&6M100WSDRTransceiverofferstopofthelineperformanceinarugged
package,itisbasedontheworkoftheOpenHPSDRcommunity.
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ThenewPAboardincorporatesthefollowingupdatesovertheprevious100Wgeneration:
PAGainredistributionforbetterIMD
ThermallycompensatedBias
Current/Voltage/TempSensors
Temperaturecontrolledinternalfanandoptionforexternalfan
IndependentBPFsand6MLNAsforeachADC;optiontogroundADC2onTX
ImprovedTXSNRandhigherdutycycleTX
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1.2 Architecture
FPGA
THETISonPC
RF
Filters
Variable
Atten‐
uator
Ant,
T/R
Switch
A‐D
Conver‐
ter
VFO
Tune
Band
Digital
Down‐
Convert
Low
Pass
Filters
Linear
Amplifier
D‐A
Conver‐
ter
VFO
Tune
Band
Digital
Up‐
Convert
VFO
Tune
Digital
Down‐
Convert
2Channel
Receiver
DSP
TXAudio
DSP
Keyer
Puresignal
Linear‐
isation
Ethernet Userinterface
Frontpa nel
1
2
3
RF
Filters
Variable
Atten‐
uator
A‐D
Conver‐
ter
VFO
Tune
Band
Digital
Down‐
Convert
RX2
ant Audio
Codec
Ethernet
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1. Yourradiohardwareprovidesatransmit/receivepath.TherearetwofullyseparateRXpaths
eachwithitsownsignalconditioning,digitisingandprocessing.
2. Receivedsignalsarefiltered,attenuatedthendigitisedusingtwohighperformance
analogue‐to‐digitalconverter.TheA‐DconverterscoverthewholeHFband.Digital
processingintheFieldProgrammableGateArray(FPGA)convertsapartoftheHFbandto
zerocentrefrequency,andtransfersthedatatothePCviaEthernet.Thebandwidth
providedcanbeselected,butisusuallyintherange48KHz–1.536MHz.
3. ThePCrunstheTHETISprogram.THETIShastwohalves:auserinterface,andPCbased
signalprocessing.
4. THETISconnectstothereceiverdatastreamsandprovidesfurthersignalprocessingto
reducenoise,toselectthesignalsofinterestanddemodulatethem.Itsuserinterface
providesaviewofthebandactivityinthedownconvertedsignalisshown,andcontrolsto
tunetotherequiredsignalanddemodulateitsuccessfully.
5. Receivedaudioisroutedtotheinternalspeakers.AdditionalPCconnectedspeakersarealso
possible.
6. Ontransmit,THETISprovidestheinitialsignalprocessingtooptimisethetransmitsignal.
Audioprocessingisavailabletoenhanceavoicesignal.ACWkeyerisprovided.Sampled
dataissenttotheradiohardwareviaEthernet.
7. TheradiohardwareupconvertstheTXsignaltotherequiredfrequency,setsitssignallevel,
amplifiesandfiltersit.Amplifierlinearizationisavailable:asampleofthesignalfromthe
linearamplifierisdownconvertedbackthroughthereceiver,andcomparedwiththe
“intended”TXsignal.ThedifferenceisprocessedbyTHETIStoapplypre‐distortionsothat
thefinaloutputfromthelinearamplifierhasapproximately20dBlowerspurioussignal
contentthata“normal”HFtransmission.

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1.3 WritingStyle
Inthismanual:
Acontrol/settingnameishighlightedbold
Theusersettingforthatcontrolisunderlined.
Menu>Equalizermeansopenthe“Equaliser”settingontheprogram’smenu
Menu>Setup>DSP>RX2meansopenthesetupformusingSetuponthemenu,thenselect
theDSPtab,RX2sub‐tab
Soforexamplethisinstructionwouldindicateagaincontrolsetting:SettheRX1AFencoderto30.
1.4 ANDROMEDADesignTeam
PhilHarman,VK6PH
DougWigley,W5WC
Dr.WarrenC.Pratt,NR0V
KjellKarlsen,LA2NI
AbhishekPrakash
Dr.JoeMartin,K5SO
JohnMelton,G0ORX/N6LYT
AdamFarsonAB4OJ/VA7OJ
LaurenceBarkerG8NJJ
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2FrontPanelFunctions
Thefrontpanelprovidesthefirstportofcalltocontrolyourradio.Atouchscreendisplayprovidesa
PCdisplayfromthePCcontrolapplication;rotaryencodersandpushbuttonsprovideaccesstothe
mostcommonlyusedcontrols.
2.1 Touchscreen
ThetouchscreenisafullfunctionPCdisplaywithcapacitivetouchsensing.Itprovidesthefront
paneldisplayforThetis.AdditionaldisplayscanbeconnectedviaUSB‐Chubdevicesconnectedto
therearpanelconnectors.

TheThetis“ANDROMEDA”displayscreenlayoutisasfollows:
1. AtthetopisanormalPCapplicationtitlebarandmenubar.
2. Atthebottomofthescreenisastatusbar.Isshowsscreensize,CPUload,powersupply
voltageandcurrent,RXandTXantenna,multifunctioncontrolsettingandthecurrentdata
andtime.
3. Abovethestatusbarisasetof8softkeymenubuttons.Theseprovideaccesstomanyofthe
radio’sfeatures.Theseareactivatedbyclickingthescreenbutton,orthepushbuttonbelow
it.
4. Abovethatarecontrolsforthecentralscreenarea.
5. Thecentralscreenareacanbeuserconfiguredbutnormallyprovideswaterfall,panadapter
oracombinedpanadapter&waterfalldisplay.RX1canbeshownalone,orbothreceivers
canbeshown.
6. Thetopareaprovidesvariouscontrolsanddisplays:
a. Attheleft,buttonsshowsthestatusofseveralmajorfunctions.
b. TheVFOAdisplayshowsthemode,frequency&bandsegmentforVFOAtogether
withRX1noisereduction,AGCandattenuationsettings
c. RIT,XIT,VFOtunestep,VFOsyncandbandsplitaretotherightofVFOA