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    ww w.aeg is-inc.net Telecom Eng ineering Service s & Products 8610 W ashingt o n Blvd. Suite 213 Jessup, MD 2 0794 240 .568.90 06 240.56 8.9008 [fax] Networked Receiver C ontroller NRC-2.0.1 Users ’ G uide 11 th October 2005 DUNS: 8267715 08 CAGE: 1RKF1[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 2 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Proprietary Statement All rights reserv e d. No part of this publication m ay be reproduced, sto red in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form by any means, electronic, mechan ical[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 3 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Table of Contents General Infor m ation ..................................................... ................................................................... 5 Channel Arch i tecture ..[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 4 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Connect to NRC Server Dialog............................................ ................................................. 22 The Main Applica tion W indow .................................[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 5 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] R E C E I V E R S CONTRO L DATA CPU NRC Client Networked Receiver Cont roller General Informa tio n The Networked Rece iver Controller (NRC) is a single node network device c apable of simu[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 6 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Channel Architecture A channel de fines a virtual connection be tween a client application a nd a receiver conn ected to the NRC. There ar e two ty pes of channel connec tions which can be [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 7 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Universal Receiver Tra nslation/Abstraction The NRC abstracts the user from each receiver’s proprietary low-level communications protocol by presenting a common receiver translation softw[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 8 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Capabilities Summary Receiver Controlla ble Settings • Frequency • Detection Mode • IF Bandwidth • AGC m ode • BFO • Reset / Reboot • Pass native comm ands to the receiver o B[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 9 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Specifications System Hardware • CPU System : o PC x86 SBC based sys tem • Operating Sys tem o Linux OS, Compact Flash b ased file sys tem Supported Receivers • DRS WJ-8723 HF Receive[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 10 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006][...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 11 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Installation Contents The following is a list of items delivered with the NRC unit. • Networked Re ceiver Controller unit (1) • Power cable (1) • Receiver Contr ol C ables (8) o For [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 12 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Hardware Installation Step 1: Receiv er Aud io Signal Termination Ty pe The NRC supports both diffe rential and single-e nd audio signals, with the factor y sy stem defau lt being co nfigu[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 13 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] NRC Configuration Prerequisites: I n order to successfully config ure the NRC for operationa l use, the installer must have acc ess to: a. a terminal emula ti on progr am i. Before using i[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 14 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] I f this is the first time the NRC has been turne d-on, once the NRC has complete d it s initial sy stem boot-up process, the NRC sy stem L CD graphics files w ill be uploaded int o the L [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 15 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Step 3: Configure Network Settings Before the NRC can be acce ssed from the network, it must be assig ned a network addr ess. Select option 2 to config ure the network options. Below is a [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 16 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] (mmddhhmmyyyy) : 070615292005 Time and Date set to: Wed Jul 6 15:29:00 UTC 2005 Please note the time/da te format - month/day /hour/minute/y ear (MMDDHHMM YYYY). For the ab ove example, if[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 17 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] After the a bove change se quence is complete set the ntp.c onf file contains the following: restrict default ignore restrict 192.168.1.146 nomodi fy noquery notrap server 192.168.1.146 On[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 18 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Restart NRC: Halt or Reboot (h/R)? r Reboot system. Do you wish t o proceed (y/N)? y Proceeding with shutdown proc ess. Terminated ~ # flushing ide devices: hdd Restarting system. Note: No[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 19 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Step 8: Configure the NRC for Rece ivers From a co mputer, start the NRC Java Client. See the section, U si ng the NRC Java Client Application for deta il s on require ments and running th[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 20 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Operation Using the NRC Starting the NRC After pre ssing the power button, the NRC may take up to 6 0 seconds to initialize and be ready for opera tion. Initially the display will show “[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 21 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] The L CD display symbols ar e listed – from highest to lowest prior ity, along with their meaning in the following ta ble. The NRC is not configured for this chan nel; Configure the corr[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 22 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Using the NRC Java Client App li cation Requirements The NRC Java Client application c an be executed on any computer that supp orts the J ava 2 platform and is con nected to the network. [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 23 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] The Main A pplication Window The window is split into sever al functional areas. On the left is the tree, and to the rig ht is the content panel. A toolbar is found at the top, and a statu[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 24 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] • Gray : no receive r is attached to that channe l • Beig e: the channel is free • Green: a primary client is attached to tha t channel with full access pr i vilege s • Red: the ch[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 25 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] • NRC Server’s Per formance information • L ength of time the NRC serve r has been running - uptim e • Current CPU usag e - averag e over the last 5 seconds • Current memory usag[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 26 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Channel Node Most of the functiona li ty of the NRC Java Client is provided in the conte nt panel when a channel node is selected in the tree. This pan el is separated into three a reas: ?[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 27 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006]  Query – This button allows y ou to query the receiver to f ind out which para meters are stored in memor y. Some re ceiver ty pes also support the ability to display what values a[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 28 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] expected from the receiver and it will be de li vered ba ck to the client. I f the box is checked but no r esponse is genera ted by the receiver then the receive r will briefly go offline [...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 29 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Toolbar The icon buttons on the top toolba r provide quick acce ss to common functions. The below table summaries these: “Connect to NRC server” button: w hen clicking this button , th[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 30 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] “Receiver config uration” button: T his button is en ab led when a c onnected channel n o de is selected in the tree. When clicking th is button, the configuration options of that rece[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 31 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Change Receiv er Model Dialog The model of the receiver attache d to a channel may be chang ed from the channel nod e in the tree if the c lient is currently connected to that cha nnel. Ri[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 32 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Change A ntenna Model Dialog The name of the antenna connecte d to a receiver may be cha nged from the cha nnel node in the tree if the c lient is currently connected to that cha nnel. Rig[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 33 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] NRC Properties Dialog Global NRC propertie s can be viewed and modif i ed from the respective NRC node in the tree . Right-click on the desired NRC node, select “Pro perties and the “N[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 34 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Capture Channel Data D ialog The captur e dialog allows the user to sta rt capturing digital a udio samples from the channel a nd forward the samples to a variety of destinations. Clicking[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 35 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Signal Display Dialog This dialog re presents the audio samples g raphically in two possible forms. The first is sig nal mode, where data is graphed a long the time domain. The second is a[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 36 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] I n addition to providing differe nt graph domains, the data can be viewed using various well- known windowing functions: Rectangular, Bartlett, Hanning, Ha mming, Blackman. Switch between[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 37 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Appendix A- Receiver Configuration BAE Systems WJ-8723 • The WJ-8723 must be config ured to operate and c ommunicate with the NRC units. This is achieved by config uring the WJ-8723 DI P[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 38 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] Appendix B - Software Upgrades From time to time Ae gis may release an upg rade the NRC sy stem software. This ca n be integra ted into the NRC by e ither replacing the NRC systems’ inte[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 39 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] UPDATE Com mand I f the UPDATE command file is pr esent in code_changes dire ctory dur ing an NRC sy stem bootup, a chec k will be made to see if there are valid NRC sy stem files in updat[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 40 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] CLEAN Comm and The CL EAN command removes a ll command, command acknowle dgement files and sy stem files from code _changes directory tree. I f the CLEAN c ommand file is present in code_c[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 41 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006] eg. to copy a ll bmp display files into the appropriate NRC directory : # scp *.bmp root@< NRC i p address> :/root/code_changes/upd ates/lcd # password <e nter NRC root password&g[...]

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    Users’ Guide: Netw orked Receiver Controller - NRC- 2.0.1 PA GE 42 11 th October 20 05 Copyrig ht © 2005 Aegi s, Inc ww ww.aeg is -inc.net [ph. 240-568-9 006][...]