Advantech INTRAC-305 User Manual

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INTRAC-305

FAULT FINDING

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INTRAC-305 MANUAL - Issue 3.2

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If all the angles are changing the fault is on the Interface
PCB.

wrong angle displayed

If the displayed angle changes to be near 0

or 90

it is

probable that one of the two return signal circuits from the
resolver is broken or the resolver itself is faulty.

If the displayed angle changes to any angle other than near
0

or 90

the fault is on the Interface PCB.



angle doesn’t change

If the displayed angle doesn’t change when the antenna is

when antenna is moved

being driven first ensure that the antenna is actually moving in
the relevant plane. Select Manual Mode and drive the
antenna in the appropriate direction and either check that the
beacon level changes or actually look at the antenna.

If the antenna moves but the displayed angle does not
change the problem is the connection of the resolver to the
antenna.



No Antenna Drive

Check that the LEDs in the Manual Control keys illuminate
when antenna drive is commanded. If not the fault is on the
Interface PCB.

The Motor Controls connector (50-way D-type) on INTRAC
rear panel outputs +12v and ground to for each drive signal.
The +12v and ground levels are switched to the approriate
pins of the connector by relays. One relay switches +12v for
all Az drive commands, another does so for all El drive
commands and a third for Pol drive. The ground level is
switched by changeover relays, one does Az West or East,
another Az Fast or Slow, another El Down or Up, another El
Fast or Slow and another for Pol CCW or CW.


The table below indicates across which two pins of the 50
way connector there should be 12v for each drive condition.











example

Elevation Up Fast - there should be 12v across pins 23 & 6
(El Up) and across 24 & 7 (El Fast).


If the drive signals from the INTRAC are correct the fault lies
with the Motor Drive Cabinet, the antenna drive motors or the
intervening wiring.





Direction

& Speed

Az

East

Az

West

Az

Fast

Az

Slow

El

Down

El

Up

El

Fast

El

Slow

Pol

CCw

Pol
Cw

+12 volts

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Ground

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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