Nautel Exporter Plus Owner's manual

Exporter Plus
Technical Instruction Manual
Document:NHB-XPR-PLUS-TIM-1.0
Issue: 1.0 2020-05-05
Status: Standard

Nautel Limited
10089 Peggy’s Cove Road
Hackett’s Cove, NS Canada B3Z 3J4
Phone: [phone] or
Toll Free: +1.877.6NAUTEL (6628835) (Canada & USA only)
Fax: [phone]
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Nautel Inc. 
201 Target Industrial Circle 
Bangor, Maine USA 04401 
Phone: [phone] 
Fax: [phone] 
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Customer Service (24 hour support) 
+1.877.628.8353 (Canada & USA only)
+1.902.823.5100 (International) 
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Email: [email protected]
Web: www.nautel.com
The comparisons and other information provided in this
document have been prepared in good faith based on publicly
available information. The reader is encouraged to consult the
respective manufacturer's most recent published data for
verification.
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© Copyright 2020 NAUTEL. All rights reserved.

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Contents
Release control record ix
About this manual xi
Description 1-1
Overview 1-1
Location 1-3
Managing network traffic 1-4
Diversity delay 1-8
Physical requirements 1-9
Cooling requirements 1-10
Pre-installation tasks 2-1
Preparing for installation 2-1
Selecting a location for the Exporter Plus 2-2
Parts and tools 3-1
Parts supplied by Nautel 3-1
Parts not supplied by Nautel 3-1
Tools for installation 3-1
Unpacking 4-1
Connecting the Exporter Plus 5-1
Quick setup procedure 6-1
Starting the Exporter Plus 6-2
Verifying operating mode 6-3

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Setting time zone offset 6-4
Configuring the network 6-5
Configuring the exciter 6-7
Checking status and alarms 6-8
Checking audio input levels 6-9
Checking GPS status 6-10
Checking LAN status 6-11
Setting audio diversity delay 6-12
Setting/verifying station information 6-13
Sending the IBOC Data to the Transmitter 6-14
Remote Connection to the Exporter 6-14
Remote interfacing 7-1
Discrete wiring - Station Interface connector 7-1
Network based control - Ethernet interface 7-3
Remote configuration interface 7-5
Operating 8-1
User interface 8-2
Main menu 8-7
Edit settings 8-8
View status 8-82
LCD settings 8-90
Routine maintenance 9-1
Checking the fan 9-1
Troubleshooting 10-1
GPS related alarms 10-2
Network related alarms 10-3
System related alarms 10-7
Importer related alarms 10-7

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LED indications 10-8
Audio related alarms 10-10
Checking cable connections 10-11
Parts information 10-12
List of terms 11-1

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Release control record
Issue Date Reason
0.01 2008-10-15 Initial release of manual
0.02 2008-10-29 Incorporated Engineering review changes
0.03 2008-11-28 Added electrical schematic to Troubleshooting
section
0.04 2009-01-27 Incorporated Customer Service review changes
0.05 2009-02-19 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.2.1
0.06 2009-03-10 Sections 1 - 5: Incorporated various minor changes
0.07 2009-07-02 Page 1-5: changed “route add 10.10.10.2” to “route
add 10.10.10.0”.
0.08 2009-08-10 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.3.0.
0.09 2010-08-05 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.4.0.
0.10 2010-11-16 Corrected change intended for Issue 0.07
0.11 2012-01-27 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.6.0.
0.12 2013-01-10 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.7.0.
0.13 2013-06-26 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.8.0
(affects pages 6-3 and 8-10).
Added optional remote configuration features to
Section 7.
Updated to NAE97G; affects Troubleshooting section
parts information (Table 10.3) and electrical
schematic (Figure 10.10).

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0.14 2014-05-28 Incorporated upgrades for software version 1.9.0:
changes made to sections 6, 7, 8 and 10.
Updated to NAE97H; affectsTroubleshooting section
parts information (Table 10.3) and electrical
schematic (Figure 10.10).
0.15 2014-09-15 Section 7: Added DST Schedule to the remote
configuration list
0.16 2019-05-23 Supports software version 1.10.0.
Updated to NAE97K: affects Troubleshooting section
parts information (Table 10.3) and electrical
schematic (Figure 10.10).
Sections 7 and 8: re-worded Remote Configuration
sections as this feature is now auto-enabled (no
licensing requirement); added NOTES to applicable
screen shots that are still visible.
Section 8: Updated “Software Upgrade Procedure” to
correct the URL and added NOTE re. Windows
firewall; updated “Setting Destination IPAddress”
section with instructions to use ‘broadcast
mode’ for dual exciters
1.0 2020-05-05 Section 8:Added information to the ”Software
Upgrade Procedure” to support SW 1.10.0 release.
Issue Date Reason