Franconia FC 02 User manual

USER MANUAL
FC 02
Controller for turntable and antenna mast
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Contents
1.0 Safety Summary....................................................................................................................................... 3
2.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................4
3.0 General description.................................................................................................................................. 5
Front Panel Features............................................................................................................................. 5
Rear Panel Features ............................................................................................................................. 5
4.0 Confi uration........................................................................................................................................... 7
Optic connections to devices................................................................................................................ 7
Connections to computer......................................................................................................................7
5.0 Software installation................................................................................................................................ 9
Hardware- and Software Requirements................................................................................................9
Installation of FC 02 application software............................................................................................9
6.0 Software operation................................................................................................................................. 10
Overview............................................................................................................................................ 10
Turntable controls...............................................................................................................................11
Antenna mast controls........................................................................................................................ 13
Pro ram functions...............................................................................................................................15
7.0 IEEE 488.2 commands...........................................................................................................................17
Commands..........................................................................................................................................17
8.0 SCPI commands.....................................................................................................................................18
IEEE 488.2 Status Re isters............................................................................................................... 21
SCPI Error Code.................................................................................................................................22
9.0 Specifications.........................................................................................................................................23
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1.0 Safety Summary
The followin eneral safety precautions must be observed durin all phases of operation, service, and
repair of this instrument. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnin s elsewhere in
this manual violates safety standards of desi n, manufacture, and intended use of this instrument.
We assume no liability for the customer´s failure to comply with these requirements.
Before applyin power:
•Verify that the product is set to match the available line volta e and that the correct fuse is
installed.
Ground the instrument:
•This product is a Safety Class 1 Product (provided with a protective earthin round
incorporated in the power cord). The mains plu shall only be inserted in a socket outlet
provided with a protective earth contact. Any interruption of the protective conductor
inside or outside of the product is likely to make the product dan erous. Intentional
interruption is prohibited.
Do not remove instrument covers:
•Operatin personnel must not remove instrument covers. There are no user serviceable
parts inside. Refer servicin to qualified personnel.
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2.0 Introduction
The FC 02 is a positionin controller developed for usin the different positionin devices developed by
Frankonia.
This controller allows any user to control in the meantime several devices as turntables, antenna mast,
slide clamp bar, etc …
The FC 02 offers different ways of control by providin serial RS-232 as well as GPIB (IEEE488.2)
interfaces.
The connection to the different devices is made usin optic fibers duplex cables in order to avoid any RF
interferences, which could be conducted alon wire cables.
Complete software with an attractive and er onomic desi n is delivered with each controller in order to
control the devices manually and also to have a display of the operations in real time.
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.0 General description
The FC 02 is delivered in a 1U – 19” rack size in order to win a lot of space into the system units rack.
Also the depth is half size and doesn’t need any additional fixation kit.
Only a power switch with li ht is available on the front.
At the rear all the communication ports and optic connections are installed.
The FC 02 inte rates a flash memory. The firmware could be easily up raded via the RS232 port linked to
a PC. The firmware up rade will be available on our website in the download section as well as a detailed
description of this procedure. This offers also the possibility to modify easily our positionin controller in
order to solve some communication problems with some testin software.
Front Panel Features
[1]: Power
Line switch turns the FC 02 on and off
Rear Panel Features
The FC 02 uses only 2 optic fibers channel for controllin up to 16 different devices.
The basic version of this controller is able to control one turntable and two antenna masts.
[2]: Power input
Input for the line power source.
Line Fuse: Replace only with a fuse of the same ratin . See the label on the rear panel.
[3]: Voltage selector - verify that the product is set to match the available line volta e
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[4]: IEEE-488 (GPIB)
24 pin Centronics connector. The GPIB interface Bus complies with the IEEE 488.2
standards. The FC 02 use the Standard Commands for Pro rammable Instruments (SCPI) and
the IEEE 488.2 protocol on which SCPI is based.
[5]: Serial connector (RS-232)
The RS 232 port is a standard serial port (Baud rate 9600) used for the manual mode or used
for up radin the flash memory. The socket is a type Sub 9 pin female.
[6]: Optical in
F-SMA Receiver, 660nm
[7]: Optical out
F-SMA Transmitter, 660nm
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4.0 Configuration
Optic connections to devices
FTM / FTD = Frankonia TurnTable
FAM = Frankonia Antenna Mast
As you can see in order to simplify the fibers optic layout Frankonia had developed an optic bus system in
the chamber. Up to 16 different Frankonia devices can be connected to this bus usin the same controller
hardware. The software must be developed accordin to the different devices.
Only one duplex fiber starts from the FC 02.
Connections to computer
Several possibilities are offered for connectin the FC 02 to the Computer in char e of the
instrumentation control.
The FC 02 can be used in manual mode usin the RS232 or the GPIB interface usin a computer
connected to one of these 2 interfaces.
The software delivered with the controller will be able to control by a few clicks with your mouse the
whole system, and you will visualize the operation in real time on your computer screen display.
Manual Mode and automatic mode without instrumentation
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The FC 02 can be connected in parallel into the GPIB chain and can receive orders as the whole
instrumentation in automatic mode. Our software will display the operation in course in the meantime
(several windows could be open on the computer PC1).
Also orders can be iven manually to the FC 02 usin our software.
Automatic mode with instrumentation
The FC 02 could be connected also to 2 separate computers if needed.
This offers the possibility to et the display on a separate computer usin the RS232 port if needed.
Automatic mode with 2 computers
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5.0 Software installation
•I you send directly SCPI commands on the GPIB inter ace,
you don’t need any driver or so tware.
•I you want a visualization o the operation in course or control manually the devices,
then you need to install the so tware delivered with the controller.
Hardware- and Software Requirements
You should have the followin hardware and software to work with your FC 02:
•PC with Windows NT/2000/XP operatin system
•compatible mouse and VGA raphics (min. 800 x 600 pts.).
Installation of FC 02 application software
•Insert the application software CD and click on setup.exe
•Follow the instructions on your screen.
•The installer creates a directory named FC02 where you can doubleclick on FC02.exe to
start the application.
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6.0 Software operation
Overview
After installation of the software and confi uration of the hardware devices you are ready to
➔Double-click on FC02.exe (Directory FC02/FC02.exe)
The followin main menu is displayed:
The FC 02 software checks automatically the status of the network connected on the optic fiber link, and
shows 2 main parts in its standard version.
The upper part concerns the FTM (Frankonia Turntable), and the lower part concerns the FAM
(Frankonia antenna mast).
When a device is not found, the software indicates it, and the correspondin part is shown in rey.
When you power on the system, it needs to be initialized in order to find its reference point.
The initialisation procedure is performed automatically and described in the FTM and FAM user manuals.
The software indicates automatically if turntable and/or antenna mast have to be initialized.
How to start the initialisation run for turntable and antenna mast is described later in this manual.
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