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CHANGEOVER SYSTEM

General description

The automatic N+1 changeover system RVR is composed of three devices:

• Changeover unit (SCM4LCD)
• Interconnections Box (IB)
• Stereo audio switch (SCM-AUD)

It's aimed to be incorporated in a transmission system including N (maximum 4) main transmitters and a reserve
transmitter, plus the coaxial relays to perform the permutation between the transmitters and the dummy load to test
the transmitter in case of fault (see Fig. 2).

The heart of the system is the SCM4LCD, while the SCM-AUD and IB are just actuators of its commands.
The functions performed by the SCM4LCD are:

• Acquisition of the transmitter's status

• Control of the transmitters

• Control of the coaxial relays

• Control of the audio switch

• Automatic changeover policy implementation

• Visualization of the status of the relevant components of the system

• Setting of the parameters related to the automatic changeover policy

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Operation

Trough the SCM4LCD it is possible to set the transmitter in "Automatic" or "Manual" mode: in the first case the
transmitter is managed by the changeover unit, in the second is ignored.
The control software of the SCM4LCD continuously check the operating conditions of the transmitters of the
system. The current status of the system is a conseguence of the configuration, the history of previous events, and
the current signals from the transmitters.
A fault event detected by the SCM4LCD will thus be treated differently depending on the status of the system.

The basic automatic routine performed by the system is to cyclically check the RF Power of the transmitters and to
substitute a faulty principal transmitter using the reserve transmitter. The overal flow-chart of the automatism is
given in figure 1.
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yes TX in automatic
mode?

TXi in fault no no
state?
yes

Tx to manage =
Put OFF TXi
next TX

First fault? yes

no

no Prior(i)>
Prior(j)?
yes
Switches the Relay #i

Put OFF TX R

Switches the Relay #j

Set frequency to do:

TX R=TXi

NO Permutation Put ON TX R

Figure 1: Automatism routine

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OUT1 OUT2 OUT3

COAXIAL COAXIAL COAXIAL

RELAY #1 RELAY #2 RELAY #3

DUMMY TX 1 TX 2 TX 3
LOAD) TX R
POWER POWER POWER
POWER
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
AMPLIFIER

EXCITER EXCITER EXCITER

EXCITER

SCM-AUD
(Stereo Audio Switch)
LEFT 1
RIGHT 1
LEFT 2
RIGHT 2

LEFT 3
RIGHT 3

IB SCM4LCD
(Interconnections (Changeover and
box) telemetry unit)
Figure 2: Block diagram of "3+1" stereo transmitter system
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EXAMPLE OF 5 KW "3+1" STEREO TRASMITTER SYSTEM

(Mod. TX5KSSR3)
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REFERENCE Q.TY DIAM. 42mm - LENGTH DIAM. 17mm - LENGTH

1 1 339 324
2 1 498 474
3 13 38 ///
4 3 131 125
5 3 85 60
6 2 330 305
7 1 864 840
8 1 1460 1442

REFERENCE Q.TY DESCRIPTION

9 15 1-5/8” angle adapter for rigid line

10 20 Flange 1-5/8” + Inner
11 20 Clamp for flange