AIS ACU Product line

Product description
The Antenna Control Units (ACU) is a 19’’ rack module
designed in order to handle the VHF antenna signal for
one or two base stations. These units ensure easy, flexible
and a well arranged antenna set-up.
The AIS VHF antennas needed for a physical shore station
(PSS) are often located in existing antenna parks. In order to
utilise the same VHF antenna for more than one Base Station,
an antenna signal combiner is necessary.
In case of splitted RX and TX VHF antennas, a signal cir-
culator is used to direct the VHF signal to the different VHF
antennas.
Combinations of the following different solutions are available:

Frontend AIS ACU 100

AIS ACU 100 AIS ACU 110 AIS ACU 120

Containing Circulator only Containing Combiner only Containing Circulator and Combiner

TX RX VHF RX
TX

AIS ACU 110 AIS ACU 120

AIS ACU 100

AIS BS 410 AIS BS 410

AIS BS 410 AIS BS 410
AIS BS 410

The AIS ACU 100 is utilized when
using separate transmitting and
receiving antenna. The ACU 100
includes a state of the art antenna
circulator.
The AIS ACU 110 is utilized in a
redundant AIS Base Station configu-
ration when a minimum of antennas
should be installed. Only one VHF
antenna is required when utilizing
this unit. The ACU 110 includes a
state of the art antenna combiner.
The ACU 120 is utilized in an
redundant AIS Base Station configu-
ration when a minimum of antennas
should be installed and there should
be separate transmitting and receiv-
ing antennas. The ACU 120 includes
both a antenna circulator and a
antenna combiner.
 Physical Shore Station
Kongsberg Physical Shore Station (PSS)
Kongsberg Maritime can provide the full range of AIS
components to establish a state of the art Physical Shore
Station (PSS) ACU 100
- Fully compliant to A-124: Keyoard
“IALA recommondation for AIS Shore Stations and net- Mouse
working aspects related to the AIS service”
- Modular design BS410 #1
- Autonomus hot-stanby
- Remote configuration and monitoring BS410 #2
- AIS BS with internal display and operation panel, for
easy configuration amd on-site managament. BSC 420
- AIS Control functionality in accordance with A-124
- Channel management APC 100
- Assignement of reporting rate for AIS mobile
stations.
- Slot reservation and more
- Remote restart possibilities (APC)
- Flexible Antenna solutions (ACU)
- BS410 can be utilized both as repeater and
AIS Base station.
- Distribution of differential correction signal (BSC) PSS - AIS Components
- Program for generation of dGPS (BSC)
- Local storage on PSS (BSC)

Technical Specifications
Technical data AIS ACU 100/110/120 AIS ACU 100 principal drawing overview
Physical Dimensions
(W x D x H) 480 x 390 x 45 mm (19’’ - 1U)
TX
Weight: 3,5kg 1 Circulator 2
RX

Colour: Black 3
Ant.

Physical and environmental

Operating temperature: 5 to +55°C
Humidity: <95% relative, non-condensing TX BS 1 RX

AIS ACU 120 principal drawing overview

Ant In

3 3

Circulator Combiner

2 1 1 2
RX TX BS1 BS2

RX TX BS 1 BS2

K O N G S B E R G S E AT E X A S
Pirsenteret N-7462 Trondheim Norway
Telephone +47 73 54 55 00 Telefax +47 73 51 50 20 www.kongsberg.com