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ODS-1500  Manual, Small System Operation With the desktop receiver chassis, the ODS-1500 can be configured and operated in a small system, stand-alone configuration with 1 or more channels, using the ACU-14PC Optical Controller. The system can be operated manually from the Optical Controller or via remote control from a separate PC, running Customer-specific data acquisition software. The manual interface consists of mouse and keyboard inputs (an optional touch screen interface and/or flat panel configuration is available). The remote control interface is a 10/100BaseT (TCP/IP) interface which uses a basic TCP/IP Socket Interface supported on any Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Operating System. Interface drivers are available which can be integrated with C, Visual Basic, LabVIEW, and MATLAB data acquisition applications software. Production Mode Operation The ODS-1500 is ideally designed to support large-scale, production mode EM testing for test articles containing hundreds to thousands of individual test points. The optical link control and calibration functions can be integrated into a large-scale data acquisition system to support automated instrumentation verification, system calibration, and measurement acquisition using one to 255 optical data channels (each with 8 inputs at the transmitter). The ODS-1500 Controller and Receiver components are specifically designed to support characterization of instrumentation and storage of these profiles for use in automated verification functions, which can be initiated/requested by an external data acquisition application. EG&G can also provide an SQL 2000-compatible database product which supports test planning, and a low level Continuous Wave (using network analyzers), LabVIEW-based data acquisition system which automatically verifies instrumentation, schedules measurement acquisition, automatically removes instrumentation effects, and processes transfer functions from the acquired data. A transient data acquisition system (using high-speed digitizers) is currently under development. Non-Remote Control Applications The ODT-15/15i transmitters support a "non-remote control" mode which allows the transmitter power up default state to be redefined and stored in flash ROM in the transmitter. This supports use of the transmitters for applications where only a single fiber (data) is desired. This alternative power up state can be defined and stored using the Optical Data System controller. Thereafter, when a battery pack is installed onto the transmitter, it will power up in the alternate, pre-defined state and remain in that state until the battery pack goes into cut-off. The receiver chassis controller provides a state-of-health reading to allow monitoring of the optical link status when using the transmitter in this mode. EM Testing Accessories EG&G provides a broad range of standard EM testing instrumentation and accessories for use with the ODS-1500 Optical Data System. These include sensor cabling, electromagnetic sensors (free field and surface effects types), current probes (single wire, bulk current, inline-coaxial), voltage probes (inline pickoff), passive integrators, etc. EG&G can also provide custom instrumentation configurations from individual sensor components to fully-integrated, large scale data acquisition systems (including all system hardware and software design and implementation). Fully integrated EMI testing and data processing software systems are currently available to support both high level pulse and low level CW testing from 100 Hz to 1.8 GHz. These systems include complete planning and acquisition control interfaces along with automated data processing to remove instrumentation effects in real time. Data Specification Sheet |
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