Receiver-exciter controller design
Abstract
A description of the general design of both the block 3 and block 4 receiver-exciter controllers for the Deep Space Network (DSN) Mark IV-A System is presented along with the design approach. The controllers are designed to enable the receiver-exciter subsystem (RCV) to be configured, calibrated, initialized and operated from a central location via high level instructions. The RECs are designed to be operated under the control of the DMC subsystem. The instructions are in the form of standard subsystem blocks (SSBs) received via the local area network (LAN). The centralized control provided by RECs and other DSCC controllers in Mark IV-A is intended to reduce DSN operations costs from the Mark III era.
- Publication:
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The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982tdar.nasa..117J
- Keywords:
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- Computer Programming;
- Computer Systems Design;
- Controllers;
- Deep Space Network;
- Excitons;
- Instrument Receivers;
- Computers;
- Data Transmission;
- Design Analysis;
- Electronic Modules;
- Hardware;
- Mark 4 Reentry Body;
- Semiconductors (Materials);
- Communications and Radar