Yaesu GS-2328 User Manual

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GS-2328

Co1nputer Control Interface

for

Antenna Rotators

YA

ESU

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( POWER)

GS-7328

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VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.

4-8-8 Nakameguro Meguro-Ku Tokyo 153-8644 Japan

VERTEX STANDARD

US Headquarters

10900 Walker Street Cypress

CA

90630

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YAESU EUROPE B.V.

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Sch1phol

The Netherlands

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GS-2328 Computer Control Interface

for Yaes u Antenna Rotators

I

he

GS-

2328

provtdl' digital control

of

most models

of

Yae!>u

antenna rotators• from the serial

port

or

an external

pcr-,onal

cu

mrutcr.

r

he

GS-

2328

contains its o\' n microproces<.or

"ith a lO

-

b it analog-to-digital lA-D)

co

nverter and

r::r

PROM. fhe

a'>ym:

scrinllinc

can

be

confi~urcd

for

serial data

rat

es

from

1

200

to

%00

haud

. The GS-

2328

has a

OA

-9

··ma

le'' co

n-

nl'ctor lhr connection w the ( RS-232C)

COM

port

of your

computer Purcha

se

or

conc:;tntc

t a

"~tr

a

ig.ht" t)

pc

sen

a I cable.

en'>uring it

h.t'>

the correct gend

er

and

numb

er

of

pins

li1r

COnnection

Ill

)'O

Ur

S}\tCil1.

I innv. arc on the

GS-2328

supp

on-.

cit her direct

I..

e. board

control,

or

commands from progranh \Hitten

~

pcciticall)'

to support it (sof!\\a re

i!>

not !>upplicd

b)

Yae

su).

In

addi-

tion to reading and

<,e

tting antenna angle

anti

rotmion

-.peed.

the

limman: mcludc

c:;

clocked positioning

routines

to

auto-

maticall)

:;tcp the

antenna thro

ugh

up

to

3800

nnglcs

at

rro-

grammablc interva

lo;

, s

uch

as

for

tracking band open

ings

or

~atellites

(\' it

h an elevation rotator).

Please read this

manual ear

efull)

to

inc;ta

ll

the GS-

2328

.

lfal

o

in~tallin

g

a G-400. G-

SOOA

or

G-550

wi

th

the GX-

500

Automatic Control Adapter. follow

the

procedures in

the

GX

-500 manual before installing t

he

GS-2328

.

x

G-

SOODXA

/G-1

OOODXA/G-2800DXA

Al

tmuth

Rotat

or.

G-

SOODXC

/G-1

OOODXC

/G-

2800DXC

Awnu

th

Rot

ator

G-400

Azimut

h Ro

tat

or.

G-

SOOA

/G-

550

lle,ation Rot

ator.

G-54008/G-56008/G-

5500

A1-E1 R

otator.

anti

aho1

c ,\;imuth

and F lc1

at

ion

rotator

cnrnbt

nat

inn

.

G-400

Atimuth Rotat

or and

G-SOOA/G-550

t

le1

at

ion Rota

-

wr

rcquin:-.

(1111!

GX-500

Aulllrnatic Control Adapter each

.

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DC

12

V.

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a<,

c

~i.tc.

4

1"

(\\

l

'OS''

(II)''\

-l"

(D)

(110\21 \ l'i8mm)

Weight

(appro\

.)

I

3.4

01.

(380

g)

·

emiconductor

s

\11icroprocc

o;,

or

PICI8C4'\2

(include:'

J(l

b11

A D

COO\cnc.:r)

PRO 1

24LC256

Se

rial Comm'

R ·-232C \olt

age

lc\.1!1'>

.

1200 10

9600

baud. 8 data

bll!).

I

'>lOp

bit. no parit)

0'

crno"

Cont.:

ll

ardwarc

Con

trol

CCTS

pon)

Co~~

E

TOR

PI~

OL

T..,

'-,

cri

ali

10

9-pln

013-Q

connector (

RS-232C

connector)

Pin

2-

I \ Data

Pin

3-

R\

Data

Pin

"-

~ignal

(•murhl

Pin

7-

Rl

~

Ptn

8-

p.,

Rotator u

ntr

ol.

5-prn

connec:tor

(

El

con

nec

tor)

P

rn

I - UP

s"'

itch (open

collector)

Pin

2-

DOWN

..

witch (open colh:ctor)

Pin

3

-analog

output (0.

'\

-4.5 V

fllur

stcr!.l

Pin 4 -analog

rnput

(0-SV

dcvatron)

Pin

5 -

ana

log ground

5-prn connector (

AZ

connet:tor)

Pin I - Rl

.tiT

\\\llch

(open collector)

P

in2-

L

fFf

\\\itch

(opt:n collector)

Pin

3-

analog

output (0.5-

4.5

V.

four

step!->)

Pin

4-

;malog rnpul

(0-5V

urmuth

)

Pm : -

Jn

.rlog grou

nd

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0 Co

ntr

ol cable for the

Azimut

h Rotat

or'

1

...............

I

pc

("'"-pin··

- "

Min-DIN'' ca

ble)

0 Control cable

forth~.:

At Lt Rot

ato

r' ' ................... I

pc

("D

ual 5-pin''

.... "DI

"cnblc)

0 DC cable w coaxial plu

g.

...................................... I

pc

0

llool..

& loop

fa<.,tencrs

(for m

oun

ting) ................. I

pc

xI

. G-800DXA.

G-1000DXA

. G-

2800DXA

.

G-800DXC. G-1

OOODXC

,

anJ

G-2800DXC

X2

. G-5

4008. G-56008

. nnd G-55

00

A AILABLE

OPTIO

N .

GX-500

Control Adapter
(Check

\1 ith

yo

ur dealer)

C-1000 onncction Cable

(for

SOX

series ALuimuth Rotator)

NC-728/C/F/U '

1

AC

Adapter

x~

:

··s··

.wj.fix b for

usc

with

117

VA •

·'C" .

111ffjx

i

~

for

u!>c

wi

th 220-2

40

VA

"F"

sufji~

is t

or

u

c;c

wi

th

120

VAC

or

"U" .111/fi\'

is

for

usc

with

2.30

VAC

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Ouring

in~l~tll:uion.

::t

pcr~onal

comput

er

v.tth a

!>~

rial

port

ant11crminal

~olhHtrc

is

required 10 cal

ibratl"

trimmers

on

1hc

Conlroller

and on the Control Interface.

An)

'>implc in-

lcracth c term

inal

program

can

be

U!>ctl-

it

on

I}

hns

to

tran!>-

mit

ke)

trokcs

ac;

t>pcd,

and

di'>play

characters rccetwd

li

·om

the GS-2328

P OW ER & C

ONT

ROL C

ONNEC

TI

O s

DXA

or·

DX

C' Series Az

imuth Rotat

or

0 Connect

the

~u

ppl

icd

D cable to a ource

of

12

VOl

.

1

he

red

lt:ad

connects

tu

th

e Positi\'c (

1)

1)(.

terminal.

and

the

blad.

lead co

nnecl

s to

the

Ncgal

i'

c

( ) DC terminal. The

GS-2328

requtrcs

70

ml\.

I he

'>llpplictl

cable has a 500-m/\

li.t!>t-blo'~

ru

se. u

...

c

on!~

the

same type

ru

se lor replacement.

0

Plu

g the coaxial pol\cr connector

into the

DC

12V JaC

k.

on the GS-

2328

rear panel.

0 Connect

the.:

\ll

j1plied

Control cable 1"5-pin'' ... "Mini-

LJI

N")

bct\\ccn

the

EXT

CONTROL

connector on

the

rotator·!>

controller and

AZ

connector

011

1hc

rear panel

ol

till'

GS-

2328

(figure I).

Figure 1

DX

A

or

DXC

senes

Azimuth

Rotator

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ER &

co~

rROL

Co~

E 'T

I()"\4..,

G-5-tOOB/

-56QOB Az-Et

Rotator G-WO/G-500

or

G-'00

/G-550 &

_Qair

of

GX-500

'"J

C onncct the supphl'd

tK

t:ablc

to

J 'ource

of

I::!

\ OC.

:J

Connett

tl

c.:

supplied

[)(

~,,,hie

10

"'our~.:e

of

12 \ L)(

I he red lead

ctmnect<.toth~.:

Pmtll\e

( • l

DC

tenninal. The

rcd

lc:.td

connetts

to

thc

f>o<;iti\1:

1 )

OC

tennmal

,tnd

the

hlact.. le ad ClllltH!ct' to thl! C!.!Jihe

C )

IK

terminal l

he

GS-2

328

reqtllre'>

"'(I

rnA

I he

'upphed

cahle has a

S00-1111\

l

iN-h

ln\\ lu'>e

U~t!

unh

the

~amc

I)

pc

luw

l(1r

rcrf,lccmcnt

Plug the coa\.ial

pm,cr tnnnccwr tnto

the

DC

12V

J·""

1lll

the GS-2328 rear p.tncl

0 <.onncd

tht.:

-.upphed C<lntnll CJhlc ("Dual S-ptn

..

-

·ot

")

hct\\cen the mtatt1r\ wntruller .tnd GS-

2328

!k

carclltlto match

the

"AZ. .llld

..

a

..

l.tbc

''

nn

the

cah!c

\\

ith

the \atne

lab

el-.

un

the rear panel

olth~:

GS-2328

cr

tgure

2)

j

Figure

2

!

5

!I

...

~

G-5400B/-5600B

~

....

orG-5500

g

l5

AziEL

Rotator

/!

~15

~

I

nr~vwO

( OOC!I

00&..

rn~,IW'I~

J

"';§;.

l

I

l·

0r!~"-oJt-~

1

..

j

I

t

...

1::

g

/!

and the

hlack

lead

~ounnec.ts

to

the

NegattH

( )

Dl

terminal

The

GS-

2328

rcqutn:s

'"'0

mt\

T

IH.:

<;upplu.:u

tah

lc

has a 'iOO-mA

lu~t-blow

fuse. l

~c onl

~

t

he

-;ame

I)

pc

fuse

lor replacement

Plug

the

coa"al

r<mcr connector imothc

DC

12V

Jt~cl..

on

th~

GS-

2328

rear panel

"J

Cunncc.t

th~.:

'i-pm

to

'i-pm cable

('>upphcd

''

th

th~.:

GX

-

500.

reqUires

'''II

'l'h)

~l\\c~on

the GX-500(

s)

and

GS

-

2328

(I tgurc

I)

.

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PO\\fH

&

SOX

Scrie~

\.limuth

Rotat

or

':I

Pr~:pan:

the optional C-1000 Connection (

,1ole

.

Remme

tht:

rop (

\1\l!r

from

the Cllntrtllh:r

n (

(lllOI!(ttlw 8-pin CUilll

Cl'(\lr

uftht: C-1000 Cunncctlun

t:ablc to t

he

C

\f'

O~cd

H-pin

connccwr loc.lled thc rcar

h.:li

cn1ncr

in

the

controller

0 Ro

ut

e

t

h~.

·

'i-pm connec

t01 olth

e C-

1000

Conn

c:ctio

n

cable through nut

the

1uhha

grummct on

tlw

rear panel

M till' contrutrc

r. and

connect

it

to

the

AZ. conn

ector

un

the re-ar

panc:lut' the

GS-2328

(I igurc

..J

l

"')

Rcpl.lt:C'

the rtlp (O\t:r

i

0

C n'lnell the 'upphed

I>

' cable

tu

a -.ourcc

ol

12

vI

>l

I

hc

r~:d

lead cunncct'

tu

the Po,iun

: ( 1

DC

t

erm111al

and

tiH·

hlac'-

le-ad

connect-.

to

the '\cgatl\e

( l

1><..

terminal I he GS-

2328

rcquin.:~

70 mA. I Ill'

!.

llpplicd cahlc

h.1

~

a

'iOO-mA

rast-b

lo"

l'u

o;c

Ll

~c

onl~

th

t•

...

a

met

~

pc ru,c

for

replacement.

0

Plu

g the coa\ial po\\cr connector

11110

the DC 12V

jact-

on

th~.·

GS-

2328

rc.:ar

panel

" 0

=

0

Optional C-1000 Connection Cable

Ouipul G

romm

el

lor

Figure 4

C I 000

Co

nne

cUon C

able

J

SOX

se

ries

Azimu

th

Rotator

• 0

Expo

..

d I

pon

Con"ector

(IMide

of

the

Controller!