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The TPD-110
is an ETHERNET INTERFACED version of the Bellinger Instruments
TPD-100e Time-Position-Data ENCODER/DECODER.
The TPD-110 is operated from a PC consol using the supplied Graphical
User Interface (GUI) and only requires a standard 1U
19inch Rackmount space.
The TPD-110 is designed to be a drop in replacement for many types
of older timecode generators while providing a myriad of additional
features.
Using an INTERNAL fast acquisition 12 Channel
GPS Receiver the TPD-110 formats user information, time and navigational
information and then presents it for recording as audio tones on
an Auxiliary Voice/Audio track of any tape recorder.
The following information is recorded on tape in 1 Second updates:
- The name of the platform
or vessel the recording is being made on.
- The current GPS Corrected
Time (UTC). (An internal Real Time Clock continues to run while
GPS coverage is “not available”. This clock is synchronized
to the GPS corrected time when available.)
- The current GPS derived
Julian Day, Month & Year.
- The current GPS Latitude
& Longitude. (This data can be overridden by a “Sanitise”
option in the GUI)
- The current GPS Course-Over-Ground.
- The Tape Recorder
and Wideband Source’s Identification Data.
- Automatic interrogation
by RS232 link of the Wideband Source being recorded (e.g. RX741)
to retrieve configuration data such as:
- Current receiver
“Mode of Operation”
- Selected Wideband
Output Signal
- Tuned Frequency
of receiver
- Current Receiver
IF Bandwidth
- Up to 120 characters
of “User Defined Text” to describe Mission, Operator
details or Tape Archival Information. This user text and the Platform/Equipment
ID can be easily entered by the operator via the PC keyboard and
supplied GUI.
Other features include:
- A rear panel connector
gives the user access to the NMEA output data from the internal
GPS receiver allowing the unit to fill 2 functions in the average
installation.
- A 1 Pulse-Per-Second
output accurate to <500nS is available at the rear panel.
- The TPD-110 is 100%
compatible with the original stand-alone TPD-100e.
- RTCM input for differential
GPS accuracy.
For more
information contact
Bellinger Instruments P/L
Dave Hartshorne
Tel 02-9684-1424
Email:
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