Research Concepts RC2000C User Manual

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RC2000C Az/El Tracking Antenna Controller

Chapter 7

Troubleshooting/Alarm Codes

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AZIM COUNT, ELEV COUNT

The internal position count has been corrupted. Manually find a satellite that has previously

been stored in non-volatile memory, and go into RE-SYNC mode to update positions. See

Section 5.9.

AZIM SLOW SPEED, ELEV SLOW SPEED

The azimuth and elevation slow speed codes have been corrupted. The slow speed codes are

entered via the Azim and Elev Slow Speed CONFIG mode items. See Sections 5.10.4 and 3.5

AUTOPOL CONFIG DATA

Either the AutoPol Enable or AutoPol Vpol Level CONFIG mode items have been corrupted.

See sections 2.6, 3.8, and 5.10.1.

COMM PORT

This error (caused by an incorrect checksum) indicates that the value of at least one of the

following CONFIG mode items has been corrupted: Remote Mode Enable, Comm Port Baud

Rate, or Comm Port Address. Remote Mode Enable is the controlling item for this group of

CONFIG mode items - it must be enabled to allow access to the Comm Port Baud Rate and

Comm Port Address CONFIG mode items. See section 5.10.3.

AZ/EL ANGLE DISPLAY

This error (caused by an incorrect checksum) indicates that the value of at least one of the

following CONFIG mode items has been corrupted: Angle Display Enable, Display Az Gain,

Display Az Offset, Display El Gain, or Display El Offset. The Angle Display Enable item is the

controlling item for this group of CONFIG mode items - it must be enabled to allow access to

the other items. See sections 3.7 and 5.10.5.

POL OPTIONS

This error (caused by an incorrect checksum) indicates that the value of at least one of the

following CONFIG mode items has been corrupted: Rotating Feed Present, Rotating Feed CW

Limit, Rotating Feed CCW Limit, or Rotating Feed Jog Duration. The Rotating Feed Present

item is the controlling item for this group of CONFIG mode items - it must be set to YES to allow

access to the other items. See sections 5.10.6 and 3.3. Note that not all versions of the

software support polarization control.

AZ/EL OPTIONS

This error (caused by an incorrect checksum) indicates that the value of at least one of the

following CONFIG mode items has been corrupted: Az/El Drive Options Enable, Az/El Fast

Slow Threshold, Az/El Retry Attempts, Az/El Fast Deadband, Az/El Slow Deadband, Azim

Coast Threshold, Elev Max Position Error, or Simultaneous Az/El Enable. The Az/El Drive

Options Enable CONFIG mode item is the controlling item for most members of this group of

CONFIG mode items - it must be enabled to allow access to the other items. See sections

5.10.2 and 5.10.7.

TIME/DATE

This alarm code indicates either the Time or Date is corrupt. The time and date are entered via

CONFIG mode. See section 5.10.8.

ANT/RCVR CONFIG

This error codes indicates that at least one of the following CONFIG mode items is corrupt:

AGC Polarity Flag, AGC C Band Threshold, AGC K/L Band Threshold, Antenna Latitude,

Antenna Longitude, Ant Size, Azim Constant, or Elev Constant. See sections 5.10.9 and

5.10.10.

TRACK CONFIG

This error code indicates that at least one of the following CONFIG mode items is corrupt: Max

Track Error, Search Enable, or Search Width. See section 5.10.11. The Search Enable

CONFIG mode item must be set to 1 (enabled) to allow access to the Serach Width CONFIG

mode item.

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