Central Electronics Ltd.

Single Section Digital Axle Counter

DACF-710P
(Approved by RDSO in Part-I)

Phase reversal type axle detectors with trackside

electronic axle counting equipment
Designed as per RDSO Specification No.
RDSO/SPN/177/2012 Ver 3.0 or latest
Meets CENELEC SIL-4 standards
Fail safe, reliable and easy to install and maintain.

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What is SSDAC...?
Single Section Digital Axle Counter(SSDAC) is a microporcessor based embedded system which counts the
axles of trains when they pass over the detection point. This axle counting system is used for proving of a section
of railway track, i.e. SSDAC provides the status of railway track section wheather it is clear or occupied.

Principle of Operation:

Features of SSDAC:

The basic principle of system is based on counting

the number of axles passing at each detection point.

These stored counts are transmitted to the second

unit of the system and vice versa by means of

modem communication.

If counts registered at both detection points are

equal then section is cleared. Otherwise the section

is shown as occupied.

No trolley protection circuit required.

Web mounted type Axle Detectors.

In built event logger.

Compatible with 90R, 52 Kg & 60Kg rail profiles.
Unaffected by 4 or 8 spokes push trolley wheel
with flange height <22mm, width <10mm and
wheel base <100mm..
Monitors section length up to 20 Kms.
Low power consumption ( <2.0A at 24VDC for
complete system ).

SSDAC System Design:

21KHz & 23KHz High frequency axle detectors.
Pulse detection and counting through

Microcontroller.

Requires only
communication.

Quad Cable for system

Q type 24V, 1000 Ohm Vital Relays.

2 out of 2 decision making.

Immune to traction return currents, magnetic

V.21 FSK Modem communication between two

distant units (2 independent channels).

disturbances and other

signaling relays.

interference

Reliable operation for short detection times.

Opto isolated Dual Vital Relay drive.

Protected against the effects of lightning.

Fail safe operation.

Function Block Diagram of SSDAC Unit:

Tx1
Rx1

SCC1
CARD

Pulse 1
MLB1

AXLE
DETECTORS (21KHz)

Tx2
Rx2
AXLE
DETECTORS (23KHz)

MODEM
V.21

To 2nd Unit of SSDAC

At other end

Relay Read Back

SCC2
CARD

from

MLB2
Pulse 2
DC-DC
CONVERTER

BATTERY
24V

RELAY
DRIVER
24V

VITAL RELAY BOX

Q Type, 24V, 1000 Ohm
VR

PR

SCC1&2: Signal Conditioner Card

MLB1&2: Microcontroller Logic Board
Tx1&2: Transmitter Coils
Rx1&2: Receiver Coils

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System Description:
The SSDAC System consist of several components. The description of these components is as follows:

Axle Detector:
An Axle Detector consist of 2 transmitter(Tx) and 2 receiver(Rx) coils. One pair
of Tx & Rx coil works on 21KHz frequency and other on 23 Khz. SSDAC unit
feeds the Tx coils and receives signals from Rx coils. The phase type axle
detectors remains unaffected by passing of push trolley i.e. there is no need of
trolley protection circuit for working of SSDAC.

SSDAC Unit:
The system comprises of trackside SSDAC units, which are
installed near the detection points of railway track. The SSDAC
unit performs functions like: generation of carrier signal,
demodulation of received signal, pulse shaping and validation,
pulse counting, transmission and reception of counts between
two units of SSDAC, generating output for Vital Relay, read
back of Vital Relay etc. On the basis of comparision of wheel
counts of both side Clear or Occupied status of section is given.
SSDAC unit keeps track of its health and logs the status of each
event in event logger to record event statistics.

Vital Relay Box:

The Vital Relay Box (VR Box) encases one Vital Relay and one Preparatory
Relay. The Preparatory Relay is used to remove the danger associated with
system becoming clear on direct traditional reset. So one pilot train has to be
moved in the section for system to become clear. The final output of the system
is taken from the contacts of Vital Relay to make the section Clear or Occupied
this output is also extended for railway interlocking.

Reset Box:
Reset Box of SSDAC sends reset command to trackside unit
to normalize the system on system failure. It provides the status
of system and error information to station master. The Reset
Box also logs the last ten errors of system which makes the
tracking of the system easy form the SMs room

Filter and Surge Voltage Protection Device:

To protect the system from noise all the modem signals and 24V input power
line are passed through a specially designed noise filter and to overcome the
effect of surge voltage the 24V input power line and 48V resetting signal are
passed through surge voltage portection device (SVPD).

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Uses of SSDAC:
SSDAC can be used in :

Block Working
Track Circuiting
Intermediate Block Signalling
Auto Block Signalling
CEL make DAC-E1 or DAC-RS232 can be used with SSDAC for other media & redundancy in
communication channel. For more details kindly refer to the individual product brochure of
DAC-E1 / DAC-RS232.
Block Section

Station 2

Station 1

To Reset Box
in SM s Room

To Reset Box
in SM s Room
SSDAC 1

SSDAC 2
Communication Channel

To Block
Interlocking
(VPR & PPR )

VR Box

VR Box

SSDAC in a single line Block Section

To Block
Interlocking
(VPR & PPR )

Specification of SSDAC:
Model No.
Communication

DACF710P
ITU-T V.21, 300bps, Full Duplex

Power Consumption
Reset Voltage
Casing

<50W @ +24VDC
+48VDC
Mild Steel (CRCA)

Dimension SSDAC DACF-710P (L*B*H)

Dimension Vital Reset Box VR-721 (L*B*H)
Dimension Reset Box RB-259 (L*B*H)

360mm*330mm*138mm
320mm*250mm*160mm
280mm*255mm*168mm

Ordering Information:
S. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Item
SSDAC
Axle Detectors

Model No.
DACF-710P
AD-711

Vital Relay Box with PR & Reset Relay

Reset Box
Surge Voltage Protection Device

VR-721
RB-259
SV-121

Central Electronics Ltd.

4 - Industrial Area, Saur Urja Marg Sahibabad 201010, Uttar Pradesh

Email: spdmktg@celsolar.com, Website: www.celindia.co.in