DTV04 HD TVRO Antenna
Troubleshooting and Maintenance
7-3
The Pedestal Control Unit (PCU) uses inputs from the level cage sensors to calculate the amount of
torque required in each axis to keep the antenna pointed /-0.5 degrees. The primary sensor
input for each loop is the rate sensor mounted in the Level Cage Assembly. This sensor reports all
motion of the antenna to the PCU. The PCU immediately responds by applying a torque in the
opposite direction to the disturbance to bring the antenna back to its desired position. Both the
instantaneous output of the rate sensor (Velocity Error) and the integrated output of the rate
sensor (Position Error) are used to achieve the high pointing accuracy specification.
The calculated torque commands sent to each of three Brush-Less Servo Amplifiers. These
amplifiers provide the proper drive polarities and commutation required to operate the Brush-Less
DC Servo Motors in torque mode. The Torque acting on the mass of the antenna cause it to move,
restoring the rate sensors to their original position, and closing the control loop.
Since the rate sensors only monitor motion and not absolute position, a second input is required in
each axis as a long term reference to keep the antenna from slowly drifting in position. The Level
and Cross Level reference is provided by a two axis tilt sensor in the level cage assembly. The
Azimuth reference is provided by combining the ships gyro compass input and the antenna relative
position.
7.3.2.
A functional operation check can be made on the antenna stabilization system by observing its
behavior during the 4 phases of initialization.
Step 1. Turn on the AC power switch at the ACU front panel. Verify the level platform
motor drives the level cage CCW to the stop and then CW 45 degrees.
Step 2. Verify the antenna moves forward or back to bring the top of the level cage to a
level position in the for/aft direction. This step takes approximately 10 seconds and will
result in the dish being at 45 degrees in elevation. The level cage may still be tilted left or
right at this time.
Step 3. After the level cage is positioned in the for/aft direction, verify the antenna moves
left or right to bring the top of the level cage to a level position in the left/right direction.
This step takes approximately 10 seconds.
Step 4. After the level cage is positioned in the left/right direction, verify the antenna
moves CW (up) in azimuth to the 700.0 degrees, and then down CCW to 630.0 Relative
position. From this point on the Encoder will increment and/or decrement the Relative
position of the antenna. The antenna will report the PCUs’ Model number & Software
version to the DAC-2202 ACU.
If any of these steps fail, or the DAC-2202 reports model number as "xx04", re-configure the PCU as
described in section the Setup section of this manual.
Initialization Sequence
7.3.3.
The ACU provides a means for monitoring the position error of the antenna for diagnostic
purposes. If this error is excessive, it indicates external forces are acting on the antenna. These
forces may be the result of static imbalance, excessive bearing friction, cable binding, or wind
loading.
Antenna Position Error Monitoring
•
To view the position error, select the
REMOTE COMMAND
window on the ACU:
•
Using the
LEFT/RIGHT
and
UP/DOWN
arrow keys set the Remote Command value to
"
x0000
" (the x must be lower case) and press
ENTER
.
•
Press
ENTER
key once more to display the
REMOTE MONITOR
window. The lower
display will show "iv" and three 4 digit hex numbers (
iv FFFF 0001 FFFD
).
The numbers indicate Cross Level, Level and Azimuth errors at a resolution of 1 part in 65536 or
0.0055 degrees. For example a display like "iv FFFF 0001 FFFD" indicates the Cross Level error is -
0.005 degrees, the Level error is + 0.005 degrees and the Azimuth error is -0.016 degrees. The
normal range of these numbers is FFF0 to 000F and they typically will bounce around randomly
within this range.
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