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RCP8 User Guide Radar Control Processor
RCP8 User Guide Radar Control Processor
  1. Home
  2. Hardware Installation
  3. Installing RCP
  • About This Document
  • Product Overview
  • Functional Description
  • Servo Operation Theory
  • Hardware Installation
    • Installation Overview
    • Powering up before connecting to the radar
    • Installing RCP
      • PCI Card Connections
      • RCP8 Connector Panel
      • Host Computer Serial Interface
      • Configuring Network Connections
  • Antenna Alignment
  • TTY Menu Control and Monitoring
  • TTY Setup Menus
  • Technical Data
  • Communication Formats
  • I/O-62 connector panel pin properties
  • Operating Dual Systems
  • Technical support
  • Warranty and product returns
  • Recycling

Installing RCP

  1. Prepare the cables described in the following sections:
    • PCI Card Connections
    • RCP8 Connector Panel
    • Host Computer Serial Interface
    • Configuring Network Connections
  2. Review the TTY control and monitoring commands in TTY Main Menu and Using TTY Setup Menus

    You use these commands when stabilizing the antenna.

  3. Connect the cables.
  4. Stabilize the antenna. See Stabilizing the Antenna.
  • PCI Card Connections
  • RCP8 Connector Panel
  • Host Computer Serial Interface
  • Configuring Network Connections
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