Lumistar LS-18-P User manual

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LS-18-P/LS-18-R1
Multi-Mode Multi-Band RF Test Modulator
User’s Manual
Lumistar Inc.
3186 Lionshead Ave.
Suite 100
Carlsbad, California 92010
[phone]
www.lumistar.net

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Table of Contents
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1INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................10
1.1 GENERAL ...................................................................................................................................10
1.2 DOCUMENT OUTLINE....................................................................................................................10
1.3 DEVICE BRIEF..............................................................................................................................11
2HARDWARE INTERFACE ..............................................................................................................13
2.1 MECHANICAL OUTLINE:BASIC RF MODULATOR .................................................................................14
2.2 INTERFACE SIGNALS:MICRO-D SUB PIN-OUTS....................................................................................16
2.3 INTERFACE SIGNALS:ELECTRICAL DEFINITIONS/CHARACTERISTICS............................................................17
2.4 DESKTOP CHASSIS CABLING INTERFACES ............................................................................................18
2.5 CHASSIS/CASE OPTIONS ................................................................................................................21
2.5.1 DESKTOP CHASSIS................................................................................................................................21
2.5.2 1U 12” LS-18-R1 CHASSIS ..................................................................................................................24
2.5.3 PORTABLE RUGGEDIZED CASE (PELICAN 1450 CASE) ................................................................................25
2.6 COOLING AND THERMAL CONDITIONING ...........................................................................................33
3COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE ..................................................................................................34
3.1 TCP/IP CONNECTIVITY .................................................................................................................34
3.1.1 INITIAL SETUP OF A HOST WINDOWS PC WITH A STATIC IP ADDRESS. ...........................................................36
3.1.1.1 Modification of a Windows Host controller to Static IP mode....................................................36
3.1.1.2 Modification of a Windows Host controller to DHCP Mode........................................................39
4SOFTWARE APPLICATION: LS18_APP...........................................................................................41
4.1 APPLICATION OPERATION..............................................................................................................41
4.1.1 WINDOWS FIREWALL HOLE FOR THE LS18_APP.......................................................................................41
4.1.2 COMMUNICATIONS SETUP LAUNCH WINDOWS ........................................................................................43
4.1.3 APPLICATION LAYOUT ..........................................................................................................................44
4.1.4 FUNCTION SELECT TAB –HOME.............................................................................................................56
4.1.5 FUNCTION SELECT TAB –TEST ...............................................................................................................64
4.1.5.1 Function Select Test - BERT..........................................................................................................64
4.1.5.2 Function Select Test –PCM ENC..................................................................................................68
4.1.5.3 Function Select Test –SIM: Standard Mode................................................................................71
4.1.5.4 Function Select Test –SIM: Playback Mode ................................................................................74

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4.1.5.5 Function Select Test –WdAttr.....................................................................................................76
4.1.5.6 Function Select Test –FrmAttr ....................................................................................................78
4.1.5.7 Function Select Test –Dyn...........................................................................................................81
4.1.5.8 Function Select Test –REC UL (Recording Upload) .....................................................................83
4.1.6 FUNCTION SELECT TAB –INFO...............................................................................................................85
4.1.6.1 Info Sub-function Select Tab - ENV..............................................................................................85
4.1.6.2 Info Sub-function Select Tab - Configuration...............................................................................86
5OPERATIONAL EXAMPLES:..........................................................................................................88
5.1 STANDARD MODE OF OPERATION ...................................................................................................88
5.2 STREAMING DATA MODE OF OPERATION ..........................................................................................93
5.3 INTERNAL RECORDING PLAYBACK MODE OF OPERATION .......................................................................99
5.3.1 PLAYBACK DATA FILE SOURCES ..............................................................................................................99
5.3.2 UPLOADING PLAYBACK FILES .................................................................................................................99
5.3.3 SELECTING AND PLAYING RECORDED FILES .............................................................................................100

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Document Flag Formats.......................................................................................................................................... 10
Figure 1-2 General Block Diagram of the LS-18 Configurations (Revision 2 HW) ................................................. 12
Figure 2-1 Representative Top View of the LS-18-M brick assembly ......................................................................... 14
Figure 2-2 Front-View of the LS-18-M brick assembly ..................................................................................................... 15
Figure 2-3 LS-18-M J11 and J12 Connector Pin-out Details (Revision 1 and Revision 2)................................... 16
Figure 2-4 P11 User Interface Cable (Rev 2 HW)................................................................................................................. 19
Figure 2-5 P12 User Interface Cable (Rev 2 HW)................................................................................................................ 20
Figure 2-6 LS-18-M Desktop chassis –ISO view ................................................................................................................. 21
Figure 2-7 LS-18-M Desktop chassis –Overall Dimensions ........................................................................................... 22
Figure 2-8 LS-18-M Desktop chassis –Lower Housing Mounting Points ................................................................. 23
Figure 2-9 LS-18-R1 12” Chassis Frant and Rear Panels................................................................................................... 24
Figure 2-10 LS-18-R1 AUX Connector Pinouts..................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 2-11 LS-18-P “Pelican” Portable System................................................................................................................... 29
Figure 2-12 LS-18-P AUX 1 Cable Pinouts ............................................................................................................................. 30
Figure 2-13 LS-18-P AUX 2 Cable Pinouts ............................................................................................................................. 31
Figure 2-14 LS-18-P AUX3 Cable Pinouts .............................................................................................................................. 32
Figure 3-1 LumistarDevice.exe SYSTEM Tab for LS18 network configuration values. .......................................... 35
Figure 3-2 Web Browser INFORMATION tab for DPE unit.............................................................................................. 35
Figure 3-3 Web Browser NETWORK tab for DPE unit. ...................................................................................................... 36
Figure 3-4 Windows Network and Sharing Page ................................................................................................................ 37
Figure 3-5 Windows Network Connections Page ............................................................................................................... 37
Figure 3-6 Windows Network Connections properties page ......................................................................................... 38
Figure 3-7 Windows Network Connections IPv4 properties page –Static IP ........................................................... 38
Figure 3-8 Windows Network Connections IPv4 properties page - DHCP............................................................... 39
Figure 4-1 Network User Application –Supported Operating Systems .................................................................... 41
Figure 4-2 Windows Defender Control Window (Win10 Pro)........................................................................................ 42
Figure 4-3 Windows Defender Select Application Window (Win10 Pro) .................................................................. 42
Figure 4-4 Communications Setup Windows ....................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 4-5 Network User Application –General Screen Layout.................................................................................... 45
Figure 4-6 Menu Bar –File Drop-Down List.......................................................................................................................... 47
Figure 4-7 System –Networking Tab....................................................................................................................................... 49
Figure 4-8 System –ACI Log ....................................................................................................................................................... 50
Figure 4-9 Conversion Utility - Converting Lumistar Recording files to Binary Playback Files ......................... 51
Figure 4-10 Conversion Utility - Converting CH10 files to Binary Playback Files................................................... 53
Figure 4-11 Status Window Contents...................................................................................................................................... 54
Figure 4-12 LS18_App –Home Tab for Configuration 2B ............................................................................................... 56
Figure 4-13 LS18_App –Home Tab for Configuration 2A ............................................................................................... 57
Figure 4-14 LS18_App –Test BERT Function Select Tab ................................................................................................ 64
Figure 4-15 RX BERT Input PCM Decoder Selections....................................................................................................... 66
Figure 4-16 LS18_App –Test PCM Encoding Function Select Tab ............................................................................ 68

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Figure 4-17 PCM Output Encoder Selections ....................................................................................................................... 69
Figure 4-18 LS18_App –Test SIM-Standard Simulation Mode Function Select Tab ........................................... 71
Figure 4-19 LS18_App –Test SIM NAND Playback Function Select Tab ................................................................... 74
Figure 4-20 LS18_App –Test Word Attribute Function Select Tab............................................................................. 76
Figure 4-21 LS18_App –Test Frame Attribute Function Select Tab ........................................................................... 78
Figure 4-22 FrmAttr Array - Controls ........................................................................................................................................ 79
Figure 4-23 LS18_App –Dynamic Word Function Select Tab....................................................................................... 81
Figure 4-24 LS18_App –Test NAND Function Select Tab .............................................................................................. 83
Figure 4-25 LS18_App –Info Sub-function Select: ENV ................................................................................................... 85
Figure 4-26 LS18_App –Info Sub-function Select: Configuration ................................................................................. 86
Figure 5-1 Test –SIM tab for Standard Telemetry Frame Setup.................................................................................... 89
Figure 5-2 Test –WdAttr tab for Standard Telemetry Frame Setup ............................................................................. 90
Figure 5-3 HOME tab for Standard Telemetry Frame Setup............................................................................................ 91
Figure 5-4 BER tab operations for Standard Telemetry Frame Setup .......................................................................... 92
Figure 5-5 TDynaSim Initiation –Hardware selections ...................................................................................................... 94
Figure 5-6 TDynaSim ACI Network Configuration Tab ...................................................................................................... 95
Figure 5-7 TDynaSim Initial Setup Steps.................................................................................................................................. 96
Figure 5-8 TDynaSim FrameWdAlgo Editor Steps ............................................................................................................... 97
Figure 5-7 TDynaSim Final Streaming Data Steps................................................................................................................ 98
Figure 5-9 Playback Upload Controls......................................................................................................................................100
Figure 5-10 File Playback Controls ...........................................................................................................................................101

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List of Tables
Table 1-1 General LS-18-M Device Specifications Table.................................................................................................. 13
Table 2-1 Primary IO Signal Electrical Definitions............................................................................................................... 17
Table 4-1 PCM Encoding Methods ........................................................................................................................................... 60
Table 5-1 Example PCM Frame Setup –Standard Mode................................................................................................. 88

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Acronyms
AM - Amplitude Modulation
ACI –Alternate Control Interface
BER - Bit Error Rate
BERT - Bit Error Rate Test
BNC - Bayonet Neill–Concelman (connector)
BPSK –Binary Phase Shift Keying
BW –Bandwdith
dB –Decibel
dBm –Decibel milliwatts
CH10 –Chapter 10 (Streaming and recording IRIG format)
CLK –Clock
DAT –Data
DPE –Real-time Data Processing Engine
DHCP –Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSP - Digital Signal Processor or Digtial Signal Processing
Eb/No - Energy per bit/Noise Energy
EOF –End-of-File
FEC –Forward Error Correction
FM - Frequency Modulation
GHz - Giga Hertz
GUI –Graphical User Interface
Hz - Hertz
INV - Invert
IP - Internet Protocol
IRIG - Inter-Range Instrumentation Group
KB –Kilobyte
kHz - KiloHertz
LBW - Loop Bandwidth
LDPC - Low Density Parity Coding
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LSB - Least Significant Bit
Mbps - Mega Bits Per Second
MH-CPM - Multi-H Constant Phase Modulation
MHz - Mega Hertz
MSB - Most Significant Bit
NAND –Not-AND (serial Non-volitale Flash Memory Style)
NIC –Network Interface Card
PCMFM - Pulse Code Modulation Frequency Modulation
OQPSK - Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
OS - Operating System

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Acronyms (continued)
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
PLL - Phase Lock Loop
PM - Phase Modulation
PSK –Phase Shift Keying
QPSK - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RF - Radio Frequency
SE - Single-Ended
SMA - Subminature Version A
SOQPSK-TG - Shapped Offset Quadrature Shift Keying - Task Group
TCP - Transmisson Control Protocol
USB - Universial Serial Bus

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1Introduction
1.1 General
The following document contains information on the Lumistar LS-18-R1 and LS-18-P multi-mode, multi-
band RF Test modulator product designed and manufactured by Lumistar Inc. The intent is to familiarize
the user with the device’s mechanical, electrical, and interconnection aspects as well as introduce and train
the user in the operations of the supplied software control applications provided as part of the device
delivery.
This document is not intended to define and illustrate the detailed communications protocol of the LS-18
necessary for independent software development. This information has not been released to date but will
be released in the device Interface Control Document (ICD). When published, the document number will
be DOC-18P-R1-ICD-xx where the –xx is the documentation revision number.
Consult the web site for the most recent release of all related product documentation.
1.2 Document Outline
This document contains the following sections:
▪Section 1 provides a document overview as well as a brief on the LS-18 design
▪Section 2 provides information on the hardware interfaces of the device
▪Section 3 provides information related to the device communications interface setup
▪Section 4 provides documentation of the LS18_App User Application
The document will occasionally utilize document flags to highlight important factors. These flags can
appear in any location and relate to any topic. A document flag will always be placed near pertinent
information. Document flag examples appear in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1 Document Flag Formats