Harris RF Communications Division VSR-4201-001 Users Manual

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Document Title: LAAS H ost Simulator Use r Manual

Document Approval

Project Manager
Name:

J. Lundberg

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Date and Si g natur e

Process Approval s

SQA Manager ATC CM Manager ATC SW Manager ATC Dir. Of Ops.
Name:

Date and S ignat ur e Date and S ignat ur e Date and S ig natur e Date and S ignat ur e

D. Kavanagh

Name:

B. Roeder

Name:

R. Gray

Name:

J. Sternows ki

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Change History

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1.0 Initial Releas e 09 June 2000 D. H o p pe

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TABLE O F CONT ENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 4

1.1 P

1.2 S

1.3 S

1.4 D

URPOSE
COPE
YSTEM OVERVIEW
OCUMENT OVERVIEW

2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 6

2.1 G

2.2 NON-G

2.3 H

OVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

OVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

ARRIS CORPORATION

RF C

OMMUNICATI ONS DIVISION DOCUMENTS

3 LAAS HOST SIMULAT OR HARDWARE REQUIREMENT S 8

3.1 PC S

3.2 C

3.3 I

YSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OMPUTERBOARDS

NTERFACE BOX

CIO -CTR05 C

OUNTER

I/O ISA

CARD

4 OPERATION OF THE LAAS HOST SIMULATOR 9

4.1 C

4.2 F

4.3 H

ONNECTING
ILE PLACEMENT
OW TO CO NFIG UR E AND EXECUTE THE

LAAS R

ECEI VER AN D

LAAS T

LAAS H

RANSMITTER TO

OST SIMULATOR

LAAS H

OST SIMULATOR

PC 9

10
10

4.3.1 Installing the Counter I/O ISA card 10

4.3.2 Determini ng i f the Counter I/O ISA card is proper l y i nstal l ed 10

4.3.3 Determi n ing if the LAAS Host Si mula tor c an c ommunicate wi th the L AAS r a dios 11

4.4 C

4.5 E

ALIBRATING COUNTER
XPLANATIO N O F COLLECTING BLOCK FAILURE RATE STATISTICS TO A FILE COMMAND

I/O ISA

CARD

11
12

4
4
4
4

6
6
7

8
8
8

5 ALPHABETICAL LIST ING OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 14

List of Appendices

Appendix A Help File Text ................................................................................................................................. 15

Appendix B HOSTLAAS.CFG f ile / desc r iption of entr ies ..................................................................................... 24

Appendix C Adapter f or LAAS Ext ended Sensitivity Receiver...............................................................................25

Appendix D Connecting LHS to LAAS receiver and LAAS t ransmitter..................................................................... 26

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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

The purpose of this document is to desc r ib e how to set up the Loc al Area Augmentation Syst em ( L AAS) Host Simulator
(LHS). The additional purpose of t his document is to provide a brief description of how to operat e t he LAAS Host
Simulator. The LAAS Host Simulator will also b e r e ferr e d to as LHS.

1.2 Scope

The LAAS Host Simulator User M anual describes the requirements for t he Personal Computer (PC) used to control a
LAAS rec eiver and a LAAS t ransmitter. This document also de sc ribes how t o c onfigure the Computer Bo ards, Inc.
CIO-CTR05 Counter I/O ISA card. In addition this document provides a brief description of how to operat e the LHS.

1.3 System Overview

The LAAS Host Simulator system consists of the following equipment:

Intel compatible PC with monitor, k eyboar d, and tw o ser ial port s

•

A ComputerBoards, Inc. CIO-CTR05 Counter I/O ISA card that plugs into the PC bus

•

Any of the following receiver/transmitter configurations:

•

One LAAS t r a nsmitt e r

•

One LAAS r ec eiver

•

One LAAS r ec eiver and one LAAS transmitter

•

Interf ace Box with power supply

•

Shielded RS-232 cables t o c onnect LHS PC to I nterf ac e Box and shielded RS-232 cables to connect

•

Inter face Box to a L AAS r e c eiver a nd a LAAS t ransmitter

The LHS is used to de monstrate that a LAAS r ec eiver and a LAAS transmitt e r c an be co mmanded by and r eport
sta tus to a c o ntrolling PC. In addition t he LHS is used to demonstrate t hat LAAS messages c an be transmitted in
various time slots and received and report ed t o the cont r olling PC.

1.4 Document Overview

This document is comprised of 5 major sections including: an introduction to the document, a list of r eferenced
documents, a descript ion of the hardware needed for operat ion of the LAAS Host Simulator, a d es c r ip t io n of how to
operate and how to configure the LAAS Host Simulator, and a list of a c r o nyms and abbr eviat ions. The I ntr o duct ion
sect io n provides a ge neral o verview o f this document and the LAAS Ho s t Simulator. The Applicab le Doc uments
section provides a reference list of documents that provide supporting information to the contents of this document.
The Hardware Requirements section lists the system requirements for the PC used in t he LAAS Host Simulator
system, a brief description of t he CIO-CTR05 Counter I/O ISA card, and a brief description of the Interface Box that
connects t he LAAS Host Simulator to the LAAS re c eiver a nd the LAAS t ransmitter. The Ope r a tion section desc r ib es
how to c o nnect t he cable s from t he PC to the Interface Box and fr om t he I nterface Box t o the LAAS receiver a nd the
LAAS tr a nsmitt e r , the files neces sa r y for oper at ion of the LAAS Host Simulator and their p lac ement, and a brief

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explanation of configuration options. The Acronyms and Abbreviation section provides an alphabetized lis t of ac r onyms
and abbreviations used within this document.

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2 Applicable Documents

2.1 Government Documents

The following doc uments form a part of this specification to the extent s pecif ied herein.

SPECIFICA TIONS

Federal

none

STANDARDS

Military

none

OTHER PUBLICATIO NS

Handbook

none

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2.2 Non-Government Documents

The following documents form a part of t his specification to the extent specified herein. In the event of conflict bet w een
the documents referenced herein and the contents of this specification, the contents of this specification shall be
considered a superseding requirement.

SPECIFICA TIONS

none

STANDARDS

none

OTHER PUBLICATIO NS

none

Technical society and technic al association s pecification standards are generally available for r eference fr om libraries.
They are also distributed among t echnical groups and using Federal Agencies.

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2.3 Harris Cor poration RF Communications Division Doc umen ts

The following documents form a part of t his specification to the extent specified herein. In the event of conflict bet w een
the documents referenced herein and the contents of this specification, the contents of this specification shall be
considered a superseding requirement.

SPECIFICA TIONS

none

STANDARDS

none

OTHER PUBLICATIO NS

00-6400A01 LAAS Host Simulator Tes t Plan

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3 LAAS Host Simulator Hardware Requirements

The LAAS Host Simulator needs the following hardware:

An Intel (or equivalent) bas ed PC

•

ComputerBoards, Inc. CIO-CTR05 Counter I/O ISA card

•

An Interf ac e Box with power supply

•

A LAAS VHF Extended Dynamic Range Receiver or a LAAS VHF rec eiver

•

A LAAS VHF Transmitte r

•

A cable to connect the Counter I/O ISA card to the Interface Box

•

Shielded RS-232 cables t o c onnect the PC COM por t s t o the Interf ace Box

•

Shielded RS-232 cables t o c onnect the Interface Box to the LAAS receiver a nd the LAAS t ransmitter

•

The adapter cabling show n in Appendix C may be used to allow the connection of the LAAS Host Simulator

•

to the VDR-2205 hardware platfor m used for t he LAAS Enha nced Sensit ivity Re ce iver

The following sec t ions provide a brief description of the PC System Requirements, a brief description of CIO-CTR05
Counter I/O ISA card and a brief description of the purpose of the Interface Box. The other items listed above will not
be described because these items do not r equire any specific setup or their purpose is self explanatory.

3.1 PC Sys tem Requirements

Windows 95 runni ng in D OS m ode ( not a DOS w indow)

(Note: The LAAS Host Simulator may r un unde r W in98, b ut has not be en te sted. )
16 Megabytes of RAM
One available ISA slot
IRQ7 available
Two serial port s available (COM1, COM 2)
Pentium @ 133 MHz (or equivalent)

3.2 Comp uterB oar ds CIO- CTR05 Count er I/ O ISA card

To meet the control r e quirements of the LAAS re ce iver a nd LAAS t r a nsmitt e r , a Counter I/O ISA card manufactured
by Comput erBoards, I nc. is installed in t he PC. This is a half-length car d, and occupies one ISA slot. The default
location of the card in the PC I/O space is 0x300. This may be changed by r econfiguring jumper s on the card. An
interrupt generated by the Counter I/O card is mapped to IRQ 7. This IRQ is normally associated with the parallel port
of the PC. This Counter I/O ISA card is used to generate the simulated Global Positioning System (G PS) time marks
used by the LAAS r e ce iver a nd the LAAS t ransmitter.

3.3 Interface Box

The LHS communicate s t o the LAAS receiver a nd the LAAS t ransmitter via two s e r ial p orts, COM 1 a nd COM 2 . All
signals from the PC (COM ports and Counter I/O card) are routed through an interface box before going to the LAAS
rece iver a nd the LAAS t ransmitter . This interfa c e b ox serves tw o p urpo se s , it shifts t he RS-2 32 and TTL s ignal levels
to RS-422 signal levels, and it routes the Counter I/O ISA card signals as required by the LAAS Host Simulator.

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