Remote Measurement Equipment (RME) Radar signals on the web for remote analysis and control

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Web Application for Fixed Air Defence Radar: T3 Architecture

3= T

Telemonitoring (equipment and instrumentation) Telecontrol (change operating parameters)

Telediagnosis (remote data processing for maintenance support)

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Web Application for Fixed Air Defence Radar: T3 Architecture

multiclient-multiserver distributed architecture

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Web Application for Fixed Air Defence Radar: T3 Architecture

Radar Head

SERVER T3

RADAR LAN

RME
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RME: System Requirements

Telemonitoring : Monitoring of test points for display the radar reference signals

Telecontrol : Control of configuration and software upgrades

Telediagnosis : Diagnosis through preconfigured measures

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RME: System Requirements

Telemonitoring
and IF and IF and IF Baseband Baseband Baseband
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Chirp COHO TOT TRG NRP ACP

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RME: System Requirements

Telediagnosis
Amplitude RMS Standard Deviation Frequency

Rise Time Fall Time Duty Cycle FFT

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RME: System Requirements

Telecontrol
Data Handling (DH) Plot Buffer (PB) Data Handling TBM (DH-TBM) Antenna Control Computer (ACC) Timing Control (TC) Switch Lan
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RME: System Requirements

RS232

Radar Head

RME

Server T3

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RME: Solution

Hardware:
PXI NI Architecture

Software:
LabVIEW Web Application on the Labview Real Time OS.

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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI CHASSIS
14-SLOT PXI CHASSIS

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

Serial Interfaces X8

BUS PXI
An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2

12 Ch

SP2T RF Matrix 36x8

PXI Controller

RADAR LAN

24 Ch

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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI Controller Module

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

NI PXI-8102

Serial Interfaces X8

BUS PXI
An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2

12 Ch

SP2T RF Matrix 36x8

PXI Controller

RADAR LAN

24 Ch

Intel Celeron T3100 1.9 GHz dual-core 1 GB (1 x 1 GB DIMM) 800 MHz DDR2 RAM standard, Up to 4 GB 10/100/1000BASE-TX (Gigabit) Ethernet 2 Hi-Speed USB Labview RealTime OS Reliance File System
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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI Serial Interface Module

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

NI PXI-8430/4

Serial Interfaces X8

BUS PXI
An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2

8 RS232 Interfaces

12 Ch

SP2T RF Matrix 36x8

PXI Controller

RADAR LAN

24 Ch

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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI 2 Channel Digitizer Module

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

NI PXI-5124

Serial Interfaces X8

PXI digitizer :
2 channels BUS PXI
An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2

200 MS/s 150 MHz Bandwidth

PXI Controller RADAR LAN

12 Ch

SP2T RF Matrix 36x8

200 mV to 20 V
12 bit resolution 32MB of onboard memory per channel

24 Ch

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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI SP2T 6 RF MODULE

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

40-870-006

Serial Interfaces X8

BUS PXI
An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2

12 Ch

SP2T RF Matrix 36x8

PXI Controller

RADAR LAN

24 Ch

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RME: Hardware Implementation

PXI RF Matrix Module

PXI Architecture
SWITCH LAN ACC DH PB TC DH TBM

40-726A-511

Serial Interfaces X8

BUS PXI 40-726A-511-L

12 Ch SP2T RF Matrix 36x8 An1 An2 An3 An4 Digitizer Ext 1 Ext 2 PXI Controller RADAR LAN

24 Ch

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RME: Hardware Implementation

Connections of matrix (36x8)

2 RF Matrix 12x8 Loop Thru

1 RF Matrix 12x8
12 IN 12 IN 12 IN

RF Matrix

8 OUT

RF Matrix LT

8 OUT

RF Matrix LT

8 OUT

8 IN LT

8 IN LT

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RME: Software Implementation

and IF and IF and IF Baseband Baseband Baseband Chirp COHO TOT TRG NRP ACP

Ch1 An1 An2 Ext1 An3 An4

Ext2

Ch36

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RME: Software Architecture

Elements of Real-Time Processing

Low Latency How long does the processor take to respond to events? Guaranteed Processor Access How much processor time can I get? Low Jitter How stable is the timing source?

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RME: Software Architecture

Basic Labview Real-Time Architecture

Basic Real-Time Architecture

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RME: Application : Home Screen

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RME: Application : Serial Handler

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RME: Application : Serial 0

PB

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RME: Application : Acquiring Settings

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RME: Application : Waveform Acquire and Measures

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RME: Application : Spectrum Analysis

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RME: Application : Display panels

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