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TEST SYSTEM

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2. CONTROLS, CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS
Ref er t o 1- 1- 2, Fi gur e 1 t o l ocat e al l
SI - 1404 cont r ol s, connect or s and
i ndi cat or s. Ref er t o 1- 1- 2, Fi gur e 50 t o
l ocat e al l ATC- 1400A cont r ol s, connect or s
and i ndi cat or s.

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ANT B
UUT VIDEO
I
PPMG EX MOD
ON/CAL CL/ESC C MENU
SEQ AD P PULS EX SYN
+/- 0 S MENU
ANT B SAVE RECALL
3 2 1 BURST
7/D
2ND
8/E 9/F
P3 P2 FUNC#
ARF LVL 4/A 5/B 6/C
SPR P4/P6 HEX
CURSOR
SLEW
POWER
BRIGHTNESS
BRF LVL
PRTSCR
U MENU
T MENU HELP
A B C D E F
G H I
ENTER
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TYPE F
TYPE F
VOLTAGE SELECT
F E
F3
ESUF
3A @
110/230
FUS E
SU
VAC
F1
F4
115
US F E
. 230
ESUF
FUS E
.
163 WATTS MAX
F2
ESUF
FUS E
1400A POWER
1.0A @ 110VAC
0.5A @ 230VAC J3
SYNC IN
EXT
PULSE/PROCESSOR
MECH ASSY,
EXT
SYNC OUT TRIG OUT
SCOPE
J7
MOD IN
EXT
DPSK ADJ
RS-232
J12
PPMG
R28
RF LVL
J13 J14 J15
DPSK OUT
J17
J23
VIDEO OUT
GEN OUT
PREPULSE
OUT
J8 J9
OUT
ATCRBS
J4 J5
J22
ANT B DISPARTY
OUT
J6
ANT B EXT
PRF OUT TRIG IN
REPLY GRP
REPLY
(TTL) OUT
ENABLE
TRIG IN
J24
MODE GRP
TRIG IN
J18
REPLY
(3-27V) OUT
J25 J26
VIDEO IN
DECODED
J19 J20
IFR BUS J11
AUX BUS J10
GPIB J21
24
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AA Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J AB AC
AD
AE
AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL
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SI - 1404 Fr ont and Rear Panel s
Fi gure 1
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SI - 1404 I t em Let t er Locat i on Li st ( Front
Panel ) :
A. BRI GHTNESS Cont r ol
B. MENU Di spl ay
C. CURSOR Keys
D. Keyboar d
E. UUT VI DEO Connect or ( J10001)
F. UUT VI DEO I ndi cat or
G. ANT B Connect or ( J10002)
H. SLEW Cont r ol
I . POWER Swi t ch

SI - 1404 I t em Let t er Locat i on Li st ( Rear
Panel ) :
J. SCOPE TRI G OUT Connect or ( J7)
K. EXT MOD I N Connect or ( J3)
L. EXT SYNC OUT Connect or ( J8)
M. EXT SYNC I N Connect or ( J4)
N. PREPULSE OUT Connect or ( J9)
O. ATCRBS OUT Connect or ( J5)
P. ANT B GEN OUT Connect or ( J22)
Q. ANT B VI DEO OUT Connect or ( J6)
R. EXT PRF OUT Connect or ( J17)
S. DI SPARI TY OUT Connect or ( J23)
T. MODE GRP TRI G I N Connect or ( J18)
U. ENABLE TRI G I N Connect or ( J24)
V. REPLY GRP TRI G I N Connect or ( J19)
W. REPLY ( TTL) OUT Connect or ( J25)
X. DECODED VI DEO I N Connect or ( J20)
Y. REPLY ( 3- 27 V) OUT Connect or ( J26)
Z. GPI B Connect or ( J21)
AA. I FR BUS Connect or ( J11)
AB. F2 and F4 Fuses
AC. 1400A POWER Connect or
AD. AC I N Connect or
AE. VOLTAGE SELECT Swi t ch
AF. F1 and F3 Fuses
AG. AUX BUS Connect or ( J10)
AH. RF LVL Connect or ( J13)
AI . PPMG Connect or ( J14)
AJ. DPSK OUT Connect or ( J15)
AK. DPSK ADJ ( R28)
AL. RS- 232 Connect or ( J12)

SI - 1404 Al phabet i cal Locat i on Li st ( Front
Panel ) :
ANT B Connect or ( J10002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
BRI GHTNESS Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
CURSOR Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
Keyboar d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D
MENU Di spl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
POWER Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
SLEW Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H
UUT VI DEO Connect or ( J10001) . . . . . . . . . . . E
UUT VI DEO I ndi cat or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

SI - 1404 Al phabet i cal Locat i on Li st ( Rear
Panel ) :
1400A POWER Connect or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC
AC I N Connect or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AD
ANT B GEN OUT Connect or ( J22) . . . . . . . . . P
ANT B VI DEO OUT Connect or ( J6) . . . . . . . . Q
ATCRBS OUT Connect or ( J5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O
AUX BUS Connect or ( J10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AG
DECODED VI DEO I N Connect or ( J20) . . . X
DI SPARI TY OUT Connect or ( J23) . . . . . . . . . S
DPSK ADJ ( R28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AK
DPSK OUT Connect or ( J15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJ
ENABLE TRI G I N Connect or ( J24) . . . . . . . . U
EXT MOD I N Connect or ( J3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K
EXT PRF OUT Connect or ( J17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . R
EXT SYNC I N Connect or ( J4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M
EXT SYNC OUT Connect or ( J8) . . . . . . . . . . . . L
F1 and F3 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AF
F2 and F4 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AB
GPI B Connect or ( J21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z
I FR BUS Connect or ( J11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
MODE GRP TRI G I N Connect or ( J18) . . . . T
PPMG Connect or ( J14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AI
PREPULSE OUT Connect or ( J9) . . . . . . . . . . . N
REPLY ( 3- 27 V) OUT Connect or ( J26) . . . Y
REPLY ( TTL) OUT Connect or ( J25) . . . . . . . W
REPLY GRP TRI G I N Connect or ( J19) . . . V
RF LVL Connect or ( J13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AH
RS- 232 Connect or ( J12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AL
SCOPE TRI G OUT Connect or ( J7) . . . . . . . . . J
VOLTAGE SELECT Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AE
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2. 1 SI - 1404 FRONT PANEL
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
A. BRI GHTNESS Cont rol
Cont rol s bri ght ness of t he SI-1404
MENU Di spl ay backl i ght . Rot at i ng cw
i ncreases bri ght ness. Rot at i ng ccw
decreases bri ght ness.
B. MENU Di spl ay
Di spl ays menus as sel ect ed on t he
SI -1404 Keyboard. Ref er t o 2. 4 of
1-1-2 f or menu descri pt i ons.
C. CURSOR Keys (, , , )
Sel ect dat a or cont rol f i el ds f or
edi t i ng. Cursor i s shown as an
underl i ne bel ow t he sel ect ed f i el d.
Af t er posi t i oni ng t he cursor under t he
desi red f i el d, t he Keyboard or SLEW
Cont rol edi t s t he f i el d.
D. Keyboard
Cont rol s t he mi croprocessor and i s
used f or dat a ent ry. A Keyboard ent ry
changes t he charact er at t he cursor
posi t i on and advances t he cursor t o
t he next charact er i n t hat f i el d. Ref er
t o 2. 3 of 1-1-2 f or Keyboard key
def i ni t i ons.
E. UUT VI DEO Connect or (J10001)
Provi des det ect ed UUT t ransmi ssi on
vi deo recei ved through the SI-1404
ANT B Connect or.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
F. UUT VI DEO I ndi cat or
Green LED i l l umi nat es when recei vi ng
t ransmi t t er repl i es t hrough t he
SI -1404 ANT B Connect or.
G. ANT B Connect or (J10002)
CAUTI ON: MAXI MUM I NPUT
POWER MUST NOT
EXCEED 1 kW PEAK OR
10 W AVERAGE.
Provi des access t o a second RF
channel f or di versi t y t est i ng. The
SI -1404 t ransmi t s i nt errogat i on
si gnal s t hrough t he ANT B Connect or
at a l evel sel ect ed i n t he C20
Funct i on B Screens.
H. SLEW Cont rol
Sel ect s dat a by rot at i ng i n ei t her a cw
or ccw di rect i on. Enti re command and
deci mal dat a f i el ds are edi t ed wi t h
one SLEW Cont rol ent ry. Oct al dat a
f i el ds are changed one charact er at a
t i me. SLEW Cont rol i nput al l ows rapi d
advance t o desi red f unct i on or dat a.
I . POWER Swi t ch or
Connect s (I) or di sconnect s (O)
ext ernal ac power t o SI -1404 and
1400A POWER Connect or.
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ANT B
UUT VIDEO
I
PPMG EX MOD
ON/CAL CL/ESC C MENU
SEQ AD P PULS EX SYN
+/- 0 S MENU
ANT B SAVE RECALL
3 2 1 BURST
7/D
2ND
8/E 9/F
P3 P2 FUNC#
ARF LVL 4/A 5/B 6/C
SPR P4/P6 HEX
CURSOR
SLEW
POWER
BRIGHTNESS
BRF LVL
PRTSCR
U MENU
T MENU HELP
A B C D E F
G H I
ENTER
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2. 2 SI - 1404 REAR PANEL
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
J. SCOPE TRI G OUT Connect or (J7)
Provi des a scope t ri gger f or t he
i nt errogat i on or repl y. The
ATC-1400A TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch and
SI -1404 C72 Set up Screen cont rol t he
si gnal out put . Ref er to Appendi x A f or
t ri gger pul se posi t i on.
K. EXT MOD I N Connect or (J3)
Provi des t he i nput f or an ext ernal
modul at i on source appl i ed t o t he
ANT A and/ or ANT B out put si gnal s,
cont rol l ed i n t he SI -1404 C75 Set up
Screen.
L. EXT SYNC OUT Connect or (J8)
Provi des a sync pul se cont rol l ed i n
t he SI -1404 C73 Set up Screen.
M. EXT SYNC I N Connect or (J4)
Provi des t he i nput f or an ext ernal
sync source cont rol l ed i n t he
SI -1404 C71 Set up Screen.
N. PREPULSE OUT Connect or (J9)
Provi des a 1. 0 s l ong TTL Prepul se
Screen.

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
O. ATCRBS OUT Connector (J5)
Provi des an act i ve l ow 3. 0 s l ong
ATCRBS Di scret e pul se. The l eadi ng
edge of t he pul se occurs 1. 0 s pri or
t o t he l eadi ng edge of P1 i n an
Ant enna A (ATC-1400A RF I / O
Connect or) ATCRBS i nt errogat i on.
P. ANT B GEN OUT Connect or (J22)
Provi des a di gi t al versi on of t he
Ant enna B out put si gnal .
Q. ANT B VI DEO OUT Connect or (J6)
Provi des a di gi t al versi on of t he
Ant enna B repl y si gnal vi ewed at t he
SI -1404 UUT VI DEO Connect or.
R. EXT PRF OUT Connect or (J17)
Provi des a sync pul se when t he
SI -1404 i s t ri ggered. The t ri gger
source sel ect ed i n t he C71 Set up
Screen al so provi des t he source f or
t he EXT PRF OUT sync pul se.
S. DI SPARI TY OUT Connect or (J23)
Provi des Di spari t y, I nt errogat or Si de
Lobe Suppressi on (I SLS) or Gai n
Ti me Cont rol (GTC) t ri gger pul se i n
l i eu of an encrypt i on devi ce f or t he
Mode 4 UUT Di spari t y I nput .
SYNC IN
EXT
EXT
SYNC OUT TRIG OUT
SCOPE
J7
MOD IN
EXT
J3 J17
J23
VIDEO OUT
GEN OUT
PREPULSE
OUT
J8 J9
OUT
ATCRBS
J4 J5
J22
ANT B DISPARTY
OUT
J6
ANT B EXT
PRF OUT
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
T. MODE GRP TRI G I N Connect or (J18)
Reserved f or f ut ure use.
U. ENABLE TRI G I N Connect or (J24)
Recei ves t he Enabl e Tri gger f rom a
Mode 4 UUT when t he Mode 4/ Mode S
Test Syst em operat es wi t hout ext ernal
encrypt i on devi ces (XPDR Mode 4
[ i nt ernal ] f unct i on).
V. REPLY GRP TRI G I N Connect or (J19)
Reserved f or f ut ure use.
W. REPLY (TTL) OUT Connect or (J25)
Provi des ext ernal pul se modul at i on
(di gi t al ) t o t he UUT, si mul at i ng an
encrypt i on devi ce i n Mode 4 or f or
ATCRBS t ransponders requi ri ng
ext ernal encodi ng.
X. DECODED VI DEO I N Connect or (J20)
Recei ves t he Ti me Decoded Vi deo
(TDV) i nput f rom an ext ernal
encrypt i on devi ce f or det ermi ni ng
Mode 4 repl y j i t t er.
Y. REPLY (3-27 V) OUT Connect or (J26)
Provi des ext ernal pul se modul at i on
(anal og) t o t he UUT, si mul at i ng an
encrypt i on devi ce i n Mode 4 or f or
ATCRBS t ransponders requi ri ng
ext ernal encodi ng.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
Z. GPI B Connect or (J21)
Provi des a paral l el i nt erf ace f or
general purpose programmabl e
i nst rument at i on. El ect ri cal
charact eri st i cs conf orm t o I EEE-488. 2
speci f i cat i ons. Ref er t o Appendi x A
f or pi n-out t abl e.
AA. I FR BUS Connect or (J11)
Provi des communi cat i on and cont rol
dat a bet ween t he ATC-1400A and t he
SI -1404 t hrough t he ATC-1400A I FR
BUS Connect or. Ref er t o Appendi x A
f or pi n-out t abl e.
TRIG IN
REPLY GRP
REPLY
(TTL) OUT
ENABLE
TRIG IN
J24
MODE GRP
TRIG IN
J18
REPLY
(3-27V) OUT
J25 J26
VIDEO IN
DECODED
J19 J20
IFR BUS J11
GPIB J21
24
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
AB. F2 and F4 Fuses
Fuses power t o t he SI -1404 VOLTAGE
SELECT Swi t ch. Ref er t o 1. 3 of 1-2-1
f or correct f use si ze and t ype.
AC. 1400A POWER Connect or
CAUTI ON: FOR CONNECTI ON TO
ATC-1400A ONLY.
Provi des ac power t o t he ATC-1400A.
AD. AC I N Connect or
Provi des t he i nput f or 115 or 230 VAC
si ngl e phase power to the SI-1404.
The SI -1404 VOLTAGE SELECT
Swi t ch must be set t o correct posi t i on
bef ore appl yi ng power.
AE. VOLTAGE SELECT Swi t ch
Sel ect s t he l i ne vol t age appl i ed t o t he
SI -1404: 115 f or 100 t o 120 VAC or
230 f or 220 t o 240 VAC.
AF. F1 and F3 Fuses
Fuses i nput power t o t he SI -1404 and
1400A POWER Connect or. Ref er t o
1. 3 of 1-2-1 f or correct f use si ze and
t ype.
TYPE F
TYPE F
VOLTAGE SELECT
F E
F3
ESUF
3A @
110/230
FUS E
SU
VAC
F1
F4
115
US
F
E
. 230
ESUF
FUS E
.
163 WATTS MAX
F2
ESUF
FUS E
1400A POWER
1.0A @ 110VAC
0.5A @ 230VAC
02407005
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AC
AD
AE
AF

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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
AG. AUX BUS Connect or (J10)
Provi des t i mi ng and pul se si gnal s
bet ween t he ATC-1400A and t he
SI -1404 t hrough t he ATC-1400A
AUXI LI ARY Connect or. Ref er t o
Appendi x A f or pi n-out t abl e.
AH. RF LVL Connect or (J13)
Provi des an anal og out put si gnal f or
verni er cont rol over t he ATC-1400A
RF out put l evel .
AI . PPMG Connect or (J14)
Provi des a Pul se Power Measurement
Gat e (PPMG) pul se t o t he ATC-1400A,
Screen. The PPMG pul se sel ect s a
speci f i c ATCRBS or Mode S Repl y
pul se f or UUT power and f requency
measurement s. The ATC-1400A
di spl ays power measurement s on t he
XMTR PWR WATTS Di spl ay and
f requency measurement s on t he
XMTR FREQ MHz Di spl ay.
AJ. DPSK OUT Connect or (J15)
Provi des t he DPSK modul at i on used
i n Mode S i nt errogat i ons. The bi pol ar
l evel si gnal dri ves t he phase
modul at or i n t he ATC-1400A.
AK. DPSK ADJ (R28)
Set s a consi st ent ampl i t ude l evel f or
t he Mode S i nt errogat i on phase
reversal s.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
AL. RS-232 Connect or (J12)
Provi des a seri al i nt erf ace f or remot e
cont rol of t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em. The SI -1404 GPI B and
RS-232 Connect ors support
si mul t aneous operat i on al ong wi t h or
wi t hout ATC-1400A GPI B. The
SI -1404 C81 and C82 Set up Screens
provi de cont rol over remot e set t i ngs.
Ref er t o Appendi x A f or pi n-out t abl e.
AL
J12
RS-232
AI AK AJ AH AG
DPSK OUT
J13
RF LVL
DPSK ADJ
R28
J14
PPMG
J15
AUX BUS J10
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2. 3 KEYBOARD DEFI NI TI ON

2ND
7/D

FUNC#
8/E

P2
9/F

P3
ARF LVL

BRF LVL
4/A

HEX
5/B

P4/P6
6/C

SPR
BURST

PRTSCR
1

ANT B
2

SAVE
3

RECALL
S MENU

U MENU
0

SEQ AD

P PULS
+/-

EX SYN
C MENU

T MENU
CL/ESC

PPMG
ON/CAL

EX MOD
ENTER

HELP
SI -1404 Keyboard
Fi gure 2
The SI -1404 Keyboard consi st s of
20 keys (24 keys mechani cal l y i ncl udi ng
t he CURSOR Keys). The keys al l ow dat a
ent ry f or sel ect i ng f unct i ons, menu f ormat s
and f i el d dat a. Al l keys have at l east t wo
f unct i ons and some have t hree. Pressi ng a
si ngl e key act i vat es t he sel ect ed f i rst order
f unct i on (shown above each key i n bl ack).
The 2ND Key al l ows act i vat i on of second or
t hi rd order f unct i ons. CURSOR Keys are
l ocat ed next t o t he Keyboard t o expedi t e
ent eri ng dat a.
2ND Key
The 2ND Key sel ect s second order
f unct i ons (shown bel ow each key i n bl ue) or
t hi rd order f unct i ons (hexadeci mal numbers
>9) wi t h t he HEX Key. Pressi ng t he 2ND
Key and desi red second order f unct i on key
act i vat es t he sel ect ed second order
f unct i on. The cursor box changes t o an
underl i ne t o i ndi cat e t he 2ND Key has been
pressed.
7 or FUNC# or D Key
The 7 Key ent ers t he number 7 i n cont rol or
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND, FUNC# and bot h number
Keys f or sel ect ed f unct i on i n sequence
di spl ays t he correspondi ng f unct i on screen
accordi ng t o t he l ast used Cont rol Menu
C10 (f or Ant enna A) or C20 (f or Ant enna B)
f uncti on. Ref er to 1-1-2, Tabl e 1 f or
Funct i on Sel ect i ons.

FUNCTI ON
NUMBER
C10/ C20
FUNCTI ON
SCREEN

I NTERROGATI ON
FUNCTI ON
01 f 01: ATC ATCRBS Onl y
02 f 02: SEQ Mode S Onl y
03 f 03: ACS ATCRBS Onl y Al l
Cal l
04 f 04: ACL ATCRBS/ Mode S
Al l Cal l
05 f 05: I NTLCE I nt erl ace (Mi xed)
06 f 06: DI Doubl e
I nt errogat i on (Two
i n one peri od)
07 f 07: BURST Burst (Set number
of one t ype)
08 f 08: ATC Mon ATCRBS Moni t or
10 f 10: Mode4 Mode 4 Onl y
11 f 11: Mode4 Mon Mode 4 Moni t or
Funct i on Sel ect i ons
Tabl e 1
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and D Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number D (13) i n
hexadeci mal dat a f i el ds.
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8 or P2 or E Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and P2 Keys i n sequence
moves t he cursor t o t he P2 f i el d f or edi t , i f
val i d f or t he current f unct i on. The P2 Key
f unct i on operat es f rom any menu and
causes t he SI -1404 t o di spl ay t he l ast
ent ered appl i cabl e C10 f unct i on screen.
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and E Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number E (14) i n
9 or P3 or F Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and P3 Keys i n sequence
moves t he cursor t o t he P3 f i el d f or edi t , i f
val i d f or t he current f unct i on. The P3 Key
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and F Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number F (15) i n
ARF LVL or BRF LVL Key
Pressi ng t he ARF LVL Key moves t he
cursor t o t he Arf f i el d f or edi t . The ARF
LVL (RF Si gnal Level f or Ant enna A) Key
ent ered C10 f unct i on screen.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and BRF LVL Keys i n
sequence moves t he cursor t o t he Brf f i el d
f or edi t . The BRF LVL (RF Si gnal Level f or
Ant enna B) Key f unct i on operat es f rom any
menu and causes t he SI -1404 t o di spl ay
t he C20 f unct i on screen.
4 or HEX or A Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and HEX Keys i n
sequence al l ows sel ect i on of a si ngl e di gi t
number great er t han ni ne (A, B, C, D, E
and F) f or hexadeci mal dat a f i el ds. The
Keyboard i ndi cat es hexadeci mal numbers
great er t han ni ne i n red above t he
correspondi ng keys.
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and A Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number A (10) i n
5 or P4/ P6 or B Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and P4/ P6 Keys i n
sequence moves t he cursor t o t he P4 or P6
f i el d f or edi t , i f val i d f or t he current
f unct i on. The P4/ P6 Key f unct i on operat es
f rom any menu and causes t he SI -1404 t o
di spl ay t he l ast ent ered appl i cabl e C10
f unct i on screen.
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and B Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number B (11) i n
6 or SPR or C Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and SPR Keys i n
sequence moves t he cursor t o t he SPR
f i el d f or edi t , i f val i d f or t he current
f unct i on. The SPR (Synchronous Phase
Reversal ) Key f unct i on operat es f rom any
t he l ast ent ered appl i cabl e C10 f unct i on
screen.
Pressi ng t he 2ND, HEX and C Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he number C (12) i n
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BURST or PRTSCR Key
The BURST Key act i vat es t he BURST
Funct i on when operat i ng i n t he Burst
Screen. When act i vat ed, t he BURST
Funct i on t ransmi t s t he number of
i nt errogat i ons speci f i ed i n t he C10/ C20 f 07
f unct i on screen. I f enabl ed i n t he C71
Set up Screen as t he t ri gger source, t he
BURST Key i ni t i at es si ngl e i nt errogat i ons
i n ot her f unct i ons.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and PRTSCR Keys i n
sequence perf orms a current screen dump
out t he RS-232 Connect or (J12) i f enabl ed
i n t he C81 RS232 Cont rol Syst em Screen.
1 or ANT B Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and ANT B Keys i n
sequence moves t he cursor t o t he Ant B
f i el d f or edi t . The ANT B (Ant enna B) Key
2 or SAVE Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and SAVE Keys i n
sequence di spl ays t he Save Conf i gurat i on
Screen f or savi ng screen conf i gurat i ons i n
up t o f i ve non-vol at i l e memory Sl ot s. Ref er
t o 2. 12. 1 i n 1-2-2 f or Save operat i on.
3 or RECALL Key
dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and RECALL Keys i n
sequence di spl ays t he Recal l Conf i gurat i on
Screen f or recal l i ng saved screen and
f act ory def aul t conf i gurat i ons. Ref er t o
2. 12. 2 i n 1-2-2 f or Recal l operat i on.
S MENU or U MENU Key
Pressi ng t he S MENU and Sequence Menu
number (000 t o 999) Keys i n sequence
di spl ays t he correspondi ng sequence menu.
Pressi ng t he S MENU Key wi t hout a
sequence number di spl ays t he l ast
accessed sequence menu or t he def aul t
S001 Sequence Menu on power-up.
The U MENU Key i s reserved f or f ut ure
use.
MS SAVE CONFIGURATION
Slot 5: -- Empty -- Press ENTER
to save.

MR RECALL CONFIGURATION
Slot 2: Yearly Cal Test Press ENTER
27jul99,10:05:15 to recall.
Exampl e Save and Recal l Conf i gurat i on Screens
Fi gure 3
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0 or SEQ AD Key
cont rol or dat a f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and SEQ AD Keys i n
sequence moves cursor t o t he ADDR f i el d
(upl i nk f ormat address) f or edi t i n t he
sequence menu. The SEQ AD (Sequent i al
Address) Key f unct i on operat es f rom any
t he l ast di spl ayed sequence menu or S001
Sequence Menu (def aul t ).
or P PULS Key
The Key ent ers t he deci mal poi nt i n dat a
f i el ds.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and P PULS Keys i n
sequence moves t he cursor t o t he C75
Setup Screen PrePul seOut f i el d f or edi t.
The P PULS (Prepul se) Key f unct i on
operat es f rom any menu and causes t he
SI -1404 t o di spl ay t he C75 Set up Screen.
+/ - or EX SYN Key
The +/ - Key changes a deci mal dat a f i el d
val ue f rom posi t i ve (+ ) t o negat i ve (-) or
vi ce versa wi t hout havi ng t o press t he
ENTER Key. The +/ - Key f unct i on, used
af t er edi t i ng t he deci mal dat a f i el d,
di spl ays t he pl us (+) or mi nus (-) si gn
bef ore t he dat a. The +/ - Key al so cycl es
t hrough act i ve sequence menus when
pressed wi t h t he cursor i n t he sequence
menu S### f i el d.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and EX SYN Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he C73 Set up Screen and
moves the cursor to the ATC Enabl e f i el d.
The EX SYN (External Sync output) Key
f unct i on operat es f rom any menu.
C MENU or T MENU Key
Pressi ng t he C MENU and Cont rol Menu
Number (0-9) Keys i n sequence ent ers t he
correspondi ng Cont rol Menu. The 0 Key
ent ers t he Mai n Cont rol Menu. Pressi ng
t he C MENU Key wi t hout a number ent ers
t he l ast accessed Cont rol Menu.

Pressi ng t he 2ND and T MENU Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he l ast accessed Test
Screen. Pressi ng t he 2nd, T MENU and
Test Menu Number (0-6) Keys i n sequence
ent ers t he correspondi ng Test Screen. The
0 Key ent ers t he Mai n Test Menu.
CL/ ESC or PPMG Key
Pressi ng t he CL/ ESC Key duri ng an edi t
(bef ore pressi ng t he ENTER Key) cl ears
i nput dat a and rest ores previ ous dat a. The
CL/ ESC Key f unct i on reset s ent i re oct al
and hexadeci mal dat a f i el ds t o zero.
Pressi ng t he CL/ ESC Key duri ng UUT
measurement s cl ears repl y i nf ormat i on and
reset s t o current repl y i nput .
Pressi ng t he 2ND and PPMG Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he C74 Set up Screen.
The PPMG (Pul se Power Measurement
Gat e) Key f unct i on operat es f rom any
screen and al l ows adj ust ment t o measure
t he power of sel ect ed t ransponder pul ses.
ON/ CAL or EX MOD Key
The ON/CAL Key steps through the di f f erent
states or val ues of control f i el ds havi ng
more than one state or val ue, changes
i nt errogat i on addresses i n address dat a
f i el ds and st art s or st ops appl i cabl e Test
Menu operat i ons.
Pressi ng t he 2ND and EX MOD Keys i n
sequence ent ers t he C75 Set up Screen.
The EX MOD (Ext ernal Modul at i on i nput )
Key f unct i on operat es f rom any screen and
al l ows sel ect i on of t he modul at i on sources.
ENTER or HELP Key
The ENTER Key ent ers t he current dat a or
ret urns t o t he previ ous screen f rom Hel p
screen. Pressi ng t he ENTER Key af t er
edi t i ng a dat a f i el d saves t he changes t o
any and al l f i el ds i n t he current screen.
The HELP Key i s reserved f or f ut ure use.
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2. 4 DI SPLAY MENU DEFI NI TI ON
The SI -1404 di spl ays f our menu t ypes;
Cont rol , Sequence, Test and User. Cont rol
Menus i ncl ude t he f unct i on screens, Set up
Menus, Syst em Menus and Cal i brat i on
Menus. Sequence menus (up t o 1000
preset menus) l oad Mode S i nt errogat i on
i nf ormat i on and di spl ay repl y cont ent . Test
Menus i ncl ude t he t ransponder capabi l i t y
t est , Ext ra Lengt h Message (ELM) t est s
and ot her speci al i nf ormat i on t est s. The
User Menu al l ows up t o ni ne user def i nabl e
screens (l oaded remot el y).
Al l screens have a screen ref erence
desi gnat or i n t he upper l ef t corner of t he
MENU Di spl ay. The screen ref erence
desi gnat or i ndi cat es t he screen t ype wi t h a
l et t er (C f or Cont rol Menu, S f or Sequence
Menu, T f or Test Menu, MS f or Memory
Save or MR f or Memory Recal l ). The
numbers f or a menu screen i ndi cat es a
part i cul ar subscreen.
Screens cont ai n cont rol and/ or dat a f i el ds.
Cont rol f i el ds set t est paramet ers and can
be numeri c (set t i ng a val ue), sel ect
(sel ect i ng a mode or st at e), numeri c/ sel ect
(sel ect i ng a st at e and set t i ng a val ue i f
requi red by t he sel ect ed st at e) or st ri ng
(ent eri ng t ext ) t ype. Dat a f i el ds cont ai n
numbers represent i ng val ues or
i nf ormat i on. Fi el ds not current l y bei ng
updat ed or out of range di spl ay dashes.
Fi el ds i mmedi at el y f ol l owi ng a col on (: )
general l y speci f y val ues or set t i ngs
sel ect ed by t he operat or. Fi el ds
i mmedi at el y f ol l owi ng an equal si gn (=)
general l y speci f y val ues or i nf ormat i on
ret urned t o t he operat or by t he SI -1404.
The sequence menus are an except i on i n
t hat def i ned dat a f i el ds, recei ved or set ,
f ol l ow an equal si gn.
NOTE: The SI -1404 provi des t he onl y val i d
percent repl y i nf ormat i on.
Count i ng UUT Mode S squi t t er
(unsol i ci t ed) t ransmi ssi ons makes
t he ATC-1400A DME-PRF
Hz/ XPDR-%REPLY Di spl ay i nval i d.

An error occurs when set t i ng onl y one t est
set (SI -1404 or ATC-1400A) f or Doubl e
I nt errogat i ons. The SI -1404 moni t ors t he
ATC-1400A DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s sel ect i ons. The DOUBLE
posi t i on i s onl y val i d wi t h t he SI -1404 DI
Funct i on act i ve. The SI -1404 i ndi cat es t hi s
error by f l ashi ng t he message, * DI/INTF
ERROR * i n t he t op l i ne of t he MENU
Di spl ay i n al l screens.

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2. 4. 1 Control Menus (CMENU)
C00 MAIN CMENU
1)FUNC A 4)REPLY DELAY 7)SETUP MENU
2)FUNC B 5)SQTR 1of2 8)SYSTEM MENU
3)%REPLY 6)SQTR 2of2 9)CAL MENU
Mai n Cont rol Menu
Fi gure 4
Pressi ng C MENU and a number key (1-9)
i n sequence ent ers t he appl i cabl e Cont rol
Menu subscreen or l ast accessed screen of
a part i cul ar f unct i on or subscreen group.
C10 FUNCTI ON A
Funct i on A consi st s of screens f or cont rol
and moni t or of Ant enna A (ATC-1400A RF
I / O Connect or). Pul se set t i ngs al so appl y
to the SI-1404 ANT B Connector output.

f 01 ATC
C10 f01:ATC (ATCRBS) Arf:+1.2
P3:CAL
Altitude:+105000 Dly= 3.0250 Sqtr= 0.85
AntA%:ATC=100,S= 0 AntB%=100 AntB:+.95

C10 f01:ATC (ATCRBS) Arf:+1.2
P3:CAL
Code=ID7777X Dly= 3.0125 Sqtr=02.10
AntA%:ATC=100,S= 0 AntB%=100 AntB:+.95
Exampl e Funct i on A ATC Screens
Fi gure 5
Funct i on 01 di spl ays t he ATC Screen t o
operat e t he ATC Funct i on. The ATC
Screen al l ows adj ust ment of t he ATCRBS
P3 pul se l evel i n addi t i on t o moni t ori ng
repl y i nf ormat i on and hel pi ng set t he
Ant enna A RF l evel .
NOTE: The ATC-1400A provi des most of
t he ATCRBS cont rol .
FI ELD DESCRI PTI ON
C10 Edi t abl e menu f i el d (t o ent er ot her
Cont rol Menu screens) i ndi cat es
Cont rol Menu 10.
f 01 Edi t abl e f unct i on f i el d (t o ent er
ot her Funct i on A screens) i ndi cat es
Funct i on 01 ATC (ATCRBS).
Arf Edi t abl e RF Level verni er cont rol
combi nes wi t h t he ATC-1400A RF
LEVEL Cont rol t o set t he Ant enna A
out put l evel t hrough t he ATC-1400A
RF I / O Connect or. The f i el d ranges
f rom -3. 0 t o +3. 0 dB i n 0. 1 dB
st eps. The ATC-1400A RF LEVEL -
dBm Di spl ay pl us t he Arf f i el d
set t i ng i ndi cat es t he t rue Ant enna A
out put l evel .
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P3 Cont rol f i el d set s P3 pul se l evel :
CAL set s P3 l evel same as P1 l evel .
VAR al l ows t he ATC-1400A
SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s t o adj ust
P3 l evel i n dB f rom P1 l evel (onl y
when ATC-1400A SLS/ ECHO
ON/ OFF Swi t ch i s OFF). OFF
deact i vat es t he P3 pul se.
Al t i t ude/ Code
The Al t i t ude f i el d report s t he
al t i t ude i n f eet decoded f rom t he
repl i es t o Mode C i nt errogat i ons.
The Code f i el d report s t he oct al I D
decoded f rom i dent i f i cat i on repl i es
(al l ATCRBS repl i es except f or
Mode C). The screen di spl ays ID
bef ore t he Code i f t he speci al
posi t i on i dent i f i cat i on (SPI ) pul se
f ol l ows t he repl y (Modes 2 and A).
NOTE: Mode 1 repl i es di spl ay onl y
t wo di gi t s and t wo spaces
si nce onl y f i ve pul ses are
avai l abl e.
The screen di spl ays X i f t he
i dent i f i cat i on repl y cont ai ns t he X
pul se.
Ref er t o Appendi x E f or vari ous
repl i es and pul se i nf ormat i on.
Dl y UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays repl y
del ay (P3 l eadi ng edge t o F1 l eadi ng
edge) i n s.
Sqt r UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays t i me
i nt erval bet ween Mode S DF11
squi t t er t ransmi ssi ons i n seconds.
Ant A% UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
percent age of ATCRBS repl i es
(ATC=) and Mode S repl i es (S=)
recei ved t o i nt errogat i ons
t ransmi t t ed t hrough t he ATC-1400A
RF I / O Connect or.
Ant B% UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
percent age of repl i es recei ved t o
i nt errogat i ons t ransmi t t ed t hrough
t he SI -1404 ANT B Connect or.

Ant B Cont rol f i el d act i vat es t he SI -1404
ANT B Connect or and set s t he
di versi t y of f set val ue (t i mi ng
di f f erence f rom Ant enna A
t ransmi ssi ons t o Ant enna B
t ransmi ssi ons [ P1 l eadi ng edge t o
P1 l eadi ng edge] ). The of f set val ue
ranges f rom -0. 95 t o +0. 95 s i n
0. 05 s st eps. OFF di sabl es t he
ANT B Connect or. When di sabl ed,
t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst ems
shut s of f al l Ant enna B
i nt errogat i ons and di sregards any
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f 02 SEQ
C10 f02:SEQ (ModeS) Arf:+1.2
P6:CAL,Wd:+0.00,Dv:+0.00 P2:CAL
SPR:ON ,Dv:+0.00 Dly=128.0125 Sqtr= 1.10
AntA%:ATC= 0,S=100 AntB%=100 AntB:+.95
Exampl e Funct i on A SEQ Screen
Fi gure 6
Funct i on 02 di spl ays t he Sequence (SEQ)
Screen t o operat e t he Mode S Sequence
Funct i on. The Sequence Screen al l ows
adj ust ment t o Mode S i nt errogat i on pul ses
i n addi t i on t o moni t ori ng repl y i nf ormat i on
and hel pi ng set t he Ant enna A RF l evel .
C10 Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Funct i on 02 SEQ (ModeS).
Arf Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Arf f i el d i n 1-1-2.
P6 Cont rol f i el ds set t he P6 pul se:
CAL act i vat es t he P6 pul se. OFF
The Wd subf i el d cont rol s P6 wi dt h.
CAL set s t he P6 pul se wi dt h t o
16. 25 s f or 56-bi t dat a f i el ds and
30. 25 s f or 112-bi t dat a f i el ds.
Ent eri ng a vari abl e val ue adj ust s
t he P6 pul se wi dt h i n 0. 05 s st eps
t o 1. 50 s f rom t he CAL wi dt h.
The Dv subf i el d cont rol s P6
posi t i on. CAL set s P6 (l eadi ng
edge) t o 3. 5 s f ol l owi ng l eadi ng
edge of P1. Ent eri ng a vari abl e
val ue devi at es t he P3 pul se posi t i on
i n 0. 05 s st eps t o 1. 95 s f rom
t he CAL posi t i on.
P2 Cont rol f i el d set s P2 pul se l evel :
VAR al l ows t he ATC-1400A
P2 l evel i n dB f rom P1 l evel (onl y
when ATC-1400A SLS/ ECHO
SPR Cont rol f i el ds set t he Synchronous
Phase Reversal (SPR). ON
act i vat es SPR. OFF di sabl es SPR.
The Dv subf i el d cont rol s SPR
posi t i on. CAL set s t he SPR t o
1. 25 s f ol l owi ng P6 l eadi ng edge.
Ent eri ng a vari abl e val ue devi at es
t he SPR posi t i on i n 0. 05 s st eps t o
1. 00 s f rom t he CAL posi t i on.
del ay (SPR t o P1 l eadi ng edge of
repl y) i n s.
Sqt r Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Sqt r f i el d i n 1-1-2.
NOTE: Onl y unsol i ci t ed DF11
t ransmi ssi ons (SPR
di sabl ed or >140 s
f ol l owi ng SPR) are
accept ed squi t t ers.
Ant A% Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Ant A% f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Ant B% Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Ant B% f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Ant B Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Ant B f i el d i n 1-1-2.
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f 03 ACS and f 04 ACL
C10 f03:ACS (All Call Short) Arf:+1.2
P4:CAL,Wd:+0.00,Dv:+0.00 P3:CAL
DF=--,AA=------ Dly= 3.0125 Sqtr= 0.90
AntA%:ATC= 80,S= 10 AntB%=100 AntB:+.95
Exampl e Funct i on A ACS Scr een
Fi gur e 7
C10 f04:ACL (All Call Long) Arf:+1.2
P4:CAL,Wd:+0.00,Dv:+0.00 P3:CAL
DF=11,AA=123456 Dly=128.0125 Sqtr= 0.98
Exampl e Funct i on A ACL Scr een
Fi gur e 8
Funct i on 03 di spl ays t he ACS ( Al l Cal l
Shor t ) Scr een f or t he ACS Funct i on and
Funct i on 04 di spl ays t he ACL ( Al l Cal l
Long) Scr een f or t he ACL Funct i on. Each
scr een set s t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em f or sendi ng out appl i cabl e Al l Cal l
i nt er r ogat i ons, moni t or s r epl y i nf or mat i on
and hel ps set t he Ant enna A RF l evel .
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
f 03 Edi t abl e f unct i on f i el d ( t o ent er
ot her Funct i on A scr eens) i ndi cat es
Funct i on 03 ACS ( Al l Cal l Shor t ) or
04 ACL ( Al l Cal l Long) .
Ar f Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Ar f f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
P4 Cont r ol f i el ds set t he P4 pul se:
VAR al l ows t he ATC- 1400A
P4 l evel i n dB f r om P1 l evel ( onl y
when ATC- 1400A SLS/ ECHO
The Wd: subf i el d cont r ol s P4 wi dt h.
CAL set s P4 wi dt h t o 0. 8 s ( ACS)
or 1. 6 s ( ACL) . Ent er i ng a val ue
f r om -0. 6 t o +2. 75 (ACS) or -1. 40 t o
+1.95 (ACL) adj usts P4 wi dth i n
0. 05 s st eps f r om CAL wi dt h.

The Dv subf i el d cont r ol s P4
posi t i on. CAL set s P4 l eadi ng edge
t o 2. 0 s f ol l owi ng P3 ( act i ve or
di sabl ed) l eadi ng edge l ocat i on.
Ent er i ng a var i abl e val ue devi at es
P4 pul se posi t i on i n 0. 05 s st eps t o
1. 95 s f r om t he CAL posi t i on.
P3 Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC P3 f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
DF I nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays downl i nk
f or mat f r om any Mode S r epl y.
AA I nf or mat i on f i el d shows hexadeci mal
ai r cr af t addr ess f r om DF11 r epl i es.
Dl y UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays r epl y
del ay ( P3 t o F1 or P4 t o P1 [ l eadi ng
edge t o l eadi ng edge] ) i n s.
f 01 ATC Sqt r f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
NOTE: Accepted squi tters are DF11
t r ansmi ssi ons, unsol i ci t ed,
( P4 di sabl ed or >141. 8 s
f ol l owi ng P4 t r ai l i ng edge) .
f 01 ATC Ant A% f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
f 01 ATC Ant B% f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
f 01 ATC Ant B f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
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f05 I NTLCE
C10 f05:INTLCE;Ratio:1to32 Arf:+1.2
Dly=128.0125 Sqtr= 1.00
Exampl e Funct i on A I nt er l ace Scr een
Fi gure 9
Funct i on 05 di spl ays t he I nt er l ace Scr een
f or t he I nt erl ace Funct i on. The I nt erl ace
Scr een set s t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em f or t r ansmi t t i ng a mi xt ur e of
Mode S and ATCRBS i nt er r ogat i ons at a
sel ect ed r at i o.
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
Funct i on 05 I NTLCE.
Rat i o: 1t o
Edi t abl e cont r ol number f i el d set s
t he number ( 1 t o 999) of ATCRBS
i nt er r ogat i ons t r ansmi t t ed f or each
Mode S i nt er r ogat i on t r ansmi t t ed.
Dl y UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays r epl y
del ay ( P3 t o ATCRBS r epl y F1 or
SPR t o Mode S repl y P1 [ l eadi ng
edge t o l eadi ng edge] ) i n s.

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f 06 DI
C10 f06:DI;1st:SEQ,2nd:ATC Arf:+1.2
P6:CAL,Wd:+0.00,Dv:+0.00 P2:CAL
SPR:ON ,Dv:+0.00 Dly=128.0125 Sqtr= 1.04
Exampl e Funct i on A Doubl e I nt errogat i on Screen
Fi gure 10
Funct i on 06 di spl ays t he Doubl e
I nt errogat i on (DI ) Screen f or t he DI
Funct i on. The DI Screen set s t he Mode 4/
Mode S Test Syst em f or sendi ng out t wo
sel ect ed t ypes of i nt errogat i ons (ATCRBS,
Mode S, Al l Cal l Short or Al l Cal l Long) i n
t he same t i me f rame as one normal
i nt errogat i on.
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Funct i on 06 DI .
The 1st f i el d set s t he f i rst
i nt errogat i on t ype (ATC, SEQ, ACS
or ACL). Onl y t he f i rst i nt errogat i on
t ype has edi t abl e cont rol and dat a
f i el ds.
The 2nd f i el d set s t he second
i nt errogat i on t ype (ATC, SEQ, ACS
or ACL).
NOTE: The SI -1404 di spl ays f i el ds
accordi ng t o t he 1st f i el d set t i ng.
Ref er t o t he part i cul ar f unct i on
sel ect ed as t he f i rst i nt errogat i on
f or f i el d def i ni t i ons.
Dl y Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 05 I NTLCE Dl y f i el d i n 1-1-2.
f 01 ATC Sqt r f i el d i n 1-1-2.
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f07 BURST
C10 f07:BURST;SEQ:1000 Arf:+1.2
P6:CAL,Wd:+0.00,Dv:+0.00 P2:CAL
SPR:ON ,Dv:+0.00 Dly=128.0125 Sqtr= 1.05
AntA%:ATC= 0,S= 90 AntB%= 90 AntB:+.95
Exampl e Funct i on A Bur st Scr een
Fi gur e 11
Funct i on 07 di spl ays t he Bur st Scr een f or
t he Bur st Funct i on. The Bur st Scr een set s
t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em f or
sendi ng out a sel ect ed t ype of i nt er r ogat i on
( ATCRBS, Mode S, Al l Cal l Shor t or Al l Cal l
Long) a sel ect ed amount of t i mes.
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
Funct i on 07 BURST.
The ATC, SEQ, ACS or ACL f i el d
set s t he t ype of i nt er r ogat i on. The
number f i el d ( 1 t o 9999) set s t he
speci f i c number of i nterrogati ons
sent . For ref erence, t he Burst
Number (BN) ref ers t o t he number
f i el d val ue.
NOTE: The SI - 1404 di spl ays f i el ds
accor di ng t o t he t ype of
i nt er r ogat i on. For f i el d def i ni t i ons,
r ef er t o t he Funct i on A f unct i on
scr een f or t he f unct i on sel ect ed as
t he i nt er r ogat i on t ype.
f 05 I NTLCE Dl y f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.

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f 08 ATC Mon
C10 f08:ATC Mon;Mode:1 Arf:+1.2
F1toF2=20.3000, F1Wd=0.4500, F2Wd=0.4500
Code= 0121 Dly= 3.0125 Jtr=0.2000
AntA%:ATC= 0,S= 90 AntB%= 90 AntB:-.95
Exampl e Funct i on A ATC Moni t or Scr een
Fi gur e 12
Funct i on 08 di spl ays t he ATC Moni t or
Scr een f or t he ATCRBS Moni t or Pul se
Funct i on. The ATC Moni t or Scr een set s
sendi ng out sel ect ed ATCRBS
i nt er r ogat i ons and measur i ng r epl y pul se
par amet er s and j i t t er .
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
Funct i on 08 ATC Mon.
Mode I nf or mat i on f i el d t r acks
i nt er r ogat i on mode set by t he
ATC-1400A XPDR MODE Cont rol or
ATCRBS f i el d set t i ng i n t he C79
Set up Scr een when oper at i ng i n t he
St and Al one mode ( 1400 Cont r ol set
t o STAND-ALONE i n t he C84
Syst em Scr een) . Possi bl e modes
ar e 1, 2, A, B, C, D or T.
F1t oF2
UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays F1 t o
F2 r epl y pul se spaci ng i n s.
F1Wd UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays F1
pul se wi dt h i n s.
F2Wd UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays F2
pul se wi dt h i n s.
f 01 ATC Dl y f i el d i n 1- 1- 2.
Al t i t ude/ Code
Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 01 ATC Al t i t ude/ Code f i el d i n
1- 1- 2.
Addi t i onal i nf or mat i on may be
added at t he end of t he f i el d
accordi ng t o t he repl y as f ol l ows:
For emer gency i dent i f i cat i on
r epl i es, t he scr een di spl ays EM.
For i dent i f i cat i on of posi t i on ( I / P)
r epl i es, t he scr een di spl ays IP.
Jt r UUT i nf or mat i on f i el d di spl ays r epl y
j i t t er (di f f erence bet ween short est
and l ongest r epl y del ays) i n s.
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f 10 Mode4
C10 f10:Mode4;Code:RND Arf:+1.2
P2:CAL P3:CAL P4:CAL,Dv: CAL
TDV Jtr=0.0000 Dly=202.0125 Jtr=0.0500
A%:ATC= 10,S= 0,M4= 90 B%= 90 AntB:-.95
Exampl e Funct i on A Mode 4 Screen
Fi gure 13
Funct i on 10 di spl ays t he Mode 4 Screen f or
t he Mode 4 (I nt ernal ) and (Ext ernal )
Funct i ons. The Mode 4 Screen set s t he
Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em f or sendi ng
out sel ect ed Mode 4 i nt errogat i ons,
moni t ors repl y i nf ormat i on and hel ps set
t he Ant enna A RF l evel .
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Funct i on 10 Mode4.
Code Cont rol f i el d sel ect s Mode 4
i nt errogat i on word f ormat (A, B,
ZERO [ al l odd posi t i ons] , ALL [ al l
pul se posi t i ons] , NONE [ al l P6-P37
pul ses of f ] , RND [ random] , EXT
[ ext ernal ] or USER [ user def i ned
wi t h remot e command] ). Ref er t o
Appendi x F.
NOTE: Changi ng t he Code t o EXT
f rom any ot her sel ect i on
set s t he PrePul seOut f i el d
t o OFF, t he Ant AModSrc
f i el d t o INT and t he
Ant BModSrc f i el d t o INT i n
t he C75 Set up Screen.
Changi ng t he Code t o any
ot her sel ect i on f rom EXT
set s t he PrePul seOut f i el d
t o ON, t he Ant AModSrc f i el d
t o INT/EXT and t he
Ant BModSrc f i el d t o
INT/EXT i n t he C75 Set up
Screen.
P2 Cont rol f i el d, set t o CAL, enabl es
t he nomi nal 0. 5 s P2 pul se i n t he
Mode 4 i nt errogat i on preambl e.
The ATC-1400A XPDR DEV P2/ CAL
Swi t ch and XPDR P2/ P3 DEV
Thumbwheel s vary pul se posi t i on
f rom nomi nal (2 s f ol l owi ng P1)
1. 95 s i n 0. 05 s st eps. OFF
di sabl es t he P2 pul se.
The ATC-1400A XPDR DEV P3/ CAL
Thumbwheel s vary pul se posi t i on
f rom nomi nal (4 s f ol l owi ng P1)
1. 95 s i n 0. 05 s st eps. OFF
di sabl es t he P3 pul se.
OFF di sabl es t he P4 pul se.
Dv Cont rol f i el d set s P4 pul se posi t i on.
CAL set s P4 pul se posi t i on t o t he
nomi nal 6 s f ol l owi ng P1. Ent eri ng
a vari abl e val ue devi at es P4 pul se
posi t i on 1. 95 s i n 0. 05 s st eps
f rom t he CAL posi t i on.
TDV Jt r
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays P4 t o
t he Ti me Decoded Vi deo (TDV)
pul se j i t t er (di f f erence bet ween
short est and l ongest del ays) i n s.
The ext ernal encrypt i on devi ce
sends t he TDV pul se t o t he SI -1404
t hrough t he DECODED VI DEO I N
Connect or (J20).
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del ay (P4 l eadi ng edge t o T1 l eadi ng
edge) i n s.
Jt r Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 08 ATC Mon Jt r f i el d i n 1-1-2.
A% Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
The addi t i onal M4= subf i el d
di spl ays t he percent age of Mode 4
repl i es.
B% Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,

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f 11 Mode4 Mon
C10 f11:Mode4 Mon;Code:EXT Arf:+1.2
P4toEnaTrg=0.2000, EnaTrgWd=0.4500
T1Wd=0.4625, T2Wd=0.4475, T3Wd=0.4625
T1toT2=1.7500, T1toT3=3.5000 AntB:-.95
Exampl e Funct i on A Mode 4 Moni t or Screen
Fi gure 14
Funct i on 11 di spl ays t he Mode 4 Moni t or
Screen f or t he Mode 4 Moni t or Pul se
Funct i on. The Mode 4 Moni t or Screen set s
sendi ng out sel ect ed Mode 4 i nt errogat i ons
(nomi nal pul se posi t i ons), moni t ors det ai l ed
repl y t ri pl et pul se i nf ormat i on and hel ps set
t he Ant enna A RF l evel .
f 01 ATC C10 f i el d i n 1-1-2.
Funct i on 11 Mode4 Mon.
Code Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C10 FUNCTI ON A,
f 10 Mode4 Code f i el d i n 1-1-2.
P4t oEnaTrg
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays P4 t o
Enabl e Tri gger pul se spaci ng i n s.
The SI -1404 recei ves t he Enabl e
Tri gger pul se f rom t he UUT t hrough
t he ENABLE TRI G I N Connect or
(J24)
EnaTrgWd
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays t he
Enabl e Tri gger pul se wi dt h i n s.
T1Wd UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays t he
T1 repl y pul se wi dt h i n s.
T2Wd UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays t he
T3Wd
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays t he
T1t oT2
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays repl y
t ri pl et pul se spaci ng (T1 l eadi ng
edge t o T2 l eadi ng edge) i n s.
T1t oT3
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays repl y
t ri pl et pul se spaci ng (T1 l eadi ng
edge t o T3 l eadi ng edge) i n s.
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C20 FUNCTI ON B
C20 f05:INTLCE;Ratio:1to 1 Brf:-20+1.2
Dly= 3.0125 Sqtr= 1.25
AntB%:ATC= 50,S= 50 AntA%=100 AntB:+.95
C20 f10:Mode4;Code:RND Brf:-20+1.2
P2:CAL P3:CAL P4:CAL,Dv: CAL
TDV Jtr=0.0000 Dly=202.0125 Jtr=0.0500
B%:ATC= 0,S= 0,M4= 90 A%=100 AntB:-.95
Exampl e Funct i on B Screens
Fi gure 15
Funct i on B consi st s of t he same f unct i on
screens as Funct i on A except f or t he Brf ,
Ant A% or A% and Ant B% or B% f i el ds.
Funct i on B screens set i nt errogat i on
f unct i ons t o cont rol and moni t or Ant enna B
(SI -1404 ANT B Connect or). Pul se set t i ngs
al so appl y t o t he ATC-1400A RF I / O
Connect or out put .
Cont rol Menu 20.
f ## Edi t abl e f unct i on f i el d (t o ent er
ot her Funct i on B screens) i ndi cat es
current f unct i on.
NOTE: The SI -1404 di spl ays f i el ds
accordi ng t o t he f unct i on t ype.
Ref er t o t he same Funct i on A
f unct i on screen f or f i el d def i ni t i ons.
Brf Two f i el ds al l ow cont rol of t he
Ant enna B l evel .
The f i rst f i el d set s t he Ant enna B
mai n out put si gnal l evel (-83 t o -20)
i n dBm.
The second f i el d, t he RF Level
verni er cont rol , combi nes wi t h t he
f i rst f i el d t o set t he Ant enna B
out put l evel t hrough t he SI -1404
ANT B Connect or. The f i el d ranges
f rom -3. 0 t o +3. 0 dB i n 0. 1 dB
st eps. Bot h f i el ds add t oget her t o
i ndi cat e t he t rue Ant enna B out put
l evel .
Ant B% or B%
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
(ATC=), Mode S repl i es (S=) and
Mode 4 repl i es (M4=) recei ved t o
Ant A% or A%
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
t he ATC-1400A RF I / O Connect or.
Ant B Cont rol f i el d act i vat es t he SI -1404
ANT B Connect or and set s t he
di versi t y of f set val ue (t i mi ng
di f f erence f rom Ant enna A
t ransmi ssi ons t o Ant enna B
t ransmi ssi ons [ P1 l eadi ng edge t o
P1 l eadi ng edge] ). The of f set val ue
ranges f rom -0. 95 t o +0. 95 s i n
0. 05 s st eps. OFF di sabl es t he
ANT B Connect or. When di sabl ed,
t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst ems
shut s of f al l Ant enna B
i nt errogat i ons and di sregards any
Ant enna B squi t t ers.
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C30 PERCENT REPLY
C30 PERCENT REPLY
ATC ModeS Mode4 BAD NOREPLY
AntA%= 70 10 10 5 5
AntB%= 60 10 20 5 5
Exampl e Percent Repl y Screen
Fi gure 16
Cont rol Menu 30.
Ant A% UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
t he ATC-1400A RF I / O Connect or.
Ant B% UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
ATC UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
t ransmi t t ed.
ModeS
UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
percent age of Mode S repl i es
t ransmi t t ed.
Mode4
percent age of Mode 4 repl i es
t ransmi t t ed.
BAD UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
percent age of bad (out of
speci f i cat i on) repl i es recei ved t o
i nt errogat i ons t ransmi t t ed.
NOREPLY
percent age of i nt errogat i ons
t ransmi t t ed havi ng no repl i es
recei ved.
NOTE: Pressi ng t he SI -1404 CL/ ESC Key
wi t h t he Percent Repl y Screen
di spl ayed or changi ng i nt errogat i on
f unct i on (e. g. ATCSEQ or
SEQACS) i ni t i al i zes percent repl y
f i el ds t o current percent repl y
readi ngs.
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C40 REPLY DELAY
C40 REPLY DELAY
ATC= 3.0125,Min= 2.9875,Max= 3.0250
ModeS=128.0125,Min=128.0000,Max=128.0125
Mode4=202.0125,Min=202.0100,Max=202.0250
Exampl e Repl y Del ay Screen
Fi gure 17
Cont rol Menu 40.
ATC UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
ATCRBS repl y del ays i n s (P3
l eadi ng edge t o F1 l eadi ng edge).
The f i rst f i el d i ndi cat es t he current
ATCRBS repl y del ay. The Mi n=
f i el d i ndi cat es t he short est ATCRBS
repl y del ay duri ng t he current t est .
The Max= f i el d i ndi cat es t he l ongest
ATCRBS repl y del ay duri ng t he
current t est .
ModeS
Mode S repl y del ays i n s (SPR t o
P1 l eadi ng edge). The f i rst f i el d
i ndi cat es t he current Mode S repl y
del ay. The Mi n= f i el d i ndi cat es t he
short est Mode S repl y del ay duri ng
t he current t est . The Max= f i el d
i ndi cat es t he l ongest Mode S repl y
del ay duri ng t he current t est .
Mode4
Mode 4 repl y del ays i n s (P4
l eadi ng edge t o T1 l eadi ng edge).
The f i rst f i el d i ndi cat es t he current
Mode 4 repl y del ay. The Mi n= f i el d
i ndi cat es t he short est Mode 4 repl y
del ay duri ng t he current t est . The
Max= f i el d i ndi cat es t he l ongest
Mode 4 repl y del ay duri ng t he
current t est .
wi t h t he Repl y Del ay Screen
SEQACS) i ni t i al i zes repl y del ay
f i el ds t o current repl y del ay
readi ngs.
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C50 SQUI TTER (1 of 2)
C50 SQUITTER (1of2) Capt
Addr:h=A55A6A,o=51255152,Tail=N44KR,
Country=United States
Counts/150s:DF11=148,DF17=301,DF17I= 24
Exampl e Squi t t er (1 of 2) Screen
Fi gure 18
Cont rol Menu 50.
Capt I ndi cat es dat a i n t he squi t t er
capt ure buf f er. Wi t hout dat a i n t he
squi t t er capt ure buf f er, t he Squi t t er
Screens do not di spl ay Capt. The
squi t t er capt ure buf f er can onl y be
exami ned usi ng remot e commands.
Addr UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay t he
Mode S Address f rom recei ved
squi t t ers i n hexadeci mal (h=) and
oct al (o=) f ormat s.
The Tai l = f i el d di spl ays t he Tai l
Number decoded f rom t he UUT
Mode S Address.
The Count ry= f i el d di spl ays t he
name of t he count ry, when decoded
f rom t he most si gni f i cant bi t s of t he
UUT Mode S Address.
Count s
Edi t abl e dat a f i el d set s t he t i me i n
seconds (10 t o 300) t o count
recei ved squi t t ers bef ore st art i ng
t he count over.
The DF11= f i el d i ndi cat es number
of DF11 squi t t ers recei ved duri ng
t he current or l ast t i me peri od.
The DF17= f i el d i ndi cat es number
of DF17 squi t t ers recei ved duri ng
t he current or l ast t i me peri od.
The DF17X= f i el d i ndi cat es number
of DF17 X t ype squi t t ers recei ved
duri ng t he current or l ast t i me
peri od. The edi t abl e X (A, I , O, P,
S or T) sel ect s t he t ype of DF17
squi t t ers count ed. Ref er t o 1-1-2,
Tabl e 2 f or sel ect i on descri pt i on.
SELECTI ON DESCRI PTI ON
A Ai rborne Posi t i on
I Ai rcraf t I dent i f i cat i on
O Ot her
P On-Demand I nf ormat i on
(Pi l ot Report )
S Surf ace Posi t i on
T Ai rborne
Suppl ement ary
I nf ormat i on (Trend)
DF17 Squi t t er Sel ect i on
Tabl e 2
wi t h t he Squi t t er (1 of 2) Screen
SEQACS) i ni t i al i zes squi t t er
count f i el ds t o zero.
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C60 SQUI TTER (2 of 2)
C60 SQUITTER (2of2)
DF CA AA ME II ANT TIME
11 6 A55A6A *0 A 1.10
17A 6 A55A6A 50A421555420A1 0 B 0.51
Exampl e Squi t t er (2 of 2) Screen
Fi gure 19
Cont rol Menu 60.
Capt Ref er t o 2. 4. 1 C50 SQUI TTER (1 of
2) Capt f i el d i n 1-1-2.
DF11 UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
decoded DF11 squi t t er dat a.
DF17X
decoded DF17 squi t t er dat a.
The edi t abl e X (A, I , O, P, S or T)
sel ect s t he t ype of DF17 squi t t er
di spl ayed. Ref er t o 1-1-2, Tabl e 2
f or sel ect i on descri pt i on.
CA UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
t ransponder capabi l i t y dat a i n
hexadeci mal f rom l ast squi t t er.
AA UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay
ai rcraf t address dat a i n
hexadeci mal f rom l ast squi t t er.
ME UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
ext ended squi t t er message dat a i n
hexadeci mal f rom l ast squi t t er. The
f i rst f i ve bi t s i ndi cat e t he t ype of
DF17 squi t t er recei ved accordi ng t o
Appendi x D, Tabl e 6.
I I UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay t he
l ast (bot t om) f our bi t s of t he
convert ed PI address f i el d i n
hexadeci mal (normal l y zero f or
squi t t ers). I f t he f i rst (t op) 20 bi t s
of t he convert ed PI f i el d (normal l y
zero) have a non-zero val ue an *
appears bef ore t he I I f i el d.
ANT UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds report t he
l ast squi t t er recei ved was t hrough
what ant enna (A or B).
TI ME UUT i nf ormat i on f i el ds di spl ay t i me
bet ween t he l ast t wo squi t t ers i n
seconds.
wi t h t he Squi t t er (2 of 2) Screen
SEQACS) i ni t i al i zes squi t t er dat a
f i el ds t o current readi ngs.
Squi tter Peri od Measurement Parameters
Range:
DF11: 0. 01 t o 3. 00 seconds
DF17A: 0. 01 t o 1. 50 seconds
DF17S: 0. 01 t o 15. 00 seconds
DF17I : 0. 01 t o 30. 00 seconds
DF17T: 0. 01 t o 1. 50 seconds
DF17P: 0. 01 t o 65. 53 seconds
DF17O: 0. 01 t o 65. 53 seconds
Resol ut i on: 10 ms
Accuracy: 10 ms, 0. 005%
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C70 SETUP MENU
C70 SETUP MENU
1)INTER TRIG 4)PPMG 7)
2)SCOPE TRIG 5)MISC 8)MODE 4
3)EXT SYNC 6)SMENU 9)ATC1400A
Mai n Set up Menu
Fi gure 20
Pressi ng a number key (1-9) f rom t he Mai n
Set up Menu ent ers t he appl i cabl e Set up
Menu subscreen. The Set up Menu
subscreens set t ri ggeri ng, modul at i on,
f ormat and ot her i nt errogat i on paramet ers.
C71 I nterrogati on Tri gger
C71 SETUP - INTERROGATION TRIGGER
TrigSource:ExtSyncIn
TrigGen:10.0000Sec
Exampl e C71 Set up (I nt errogat i on Tri gger) Screen
Fi gure 21
C71 Set up Screen.
Tri gSource
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s i nt errogat i on
t ri gger source. Ref er t o 1-1-2,
Tabl e 3.
SETTI NG SOURCE
Sel fInterr Sel f I nt errogat e pul se
f rom ATC-1400A
t hrough SI -1404 AUX
BUS Connect or
ExtSyncIn Ext ernal source
t hrough SI -1404 EXT
SYNC I N Connect or
Tri gGen SI -1404 i nt ernal source
as set by Tri gGen f i el d
BurstKey Si ngl e t ri gger manual l y
cont rol l ed by pressi ng
SI -1404 BURST Key
Tri gger Source
Tabl e 3
Tri gGen
Set s t he SI -1404 i nternal tri gger
generat or accordi ng t o sel ect ed
uni t s, 0. 0004 t o 99. 9999 (Sec) f or
t he t i me bet ween i nt errogat i ons or 1
t o 2500 (Hz) f or t he number of
i nterrogati ons per second.
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C72 Scope Tri gger
C72 SETUP - SCOPE TRIGGER
ATC ModeS ACS ACL Mode4
Enable:OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
Source:CAL 150 CAL CAL CAL (in S)
Exampl e C72 Set up (Scope Tri gger) Screen
Fi gure 22
C72 Set up Screen.
Enabl e
Cont rol f i el d act i vat es ( ON) or
deact i vat es (OFF) t ri gger out put at
t he SI -1404 SCOPE TRI G OUT
Connect or f or each i nt errogat i on
t ype.
Source
Cont rol f i el d set s t i mi ng f or each
i nt errogat i on t ype: CAL t o
ref erence t he ATC-1400A
TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch or a vari abl e
numeri c val ue. Ref er t o Appendi x A
f or t he TO and TD pul se posi t i ons.
The vari abl e numeri c val ue set s t he
t ri gger posi t i on i n s ref erenced t o
t he l eadi ng edge of t he Ant enna A
i nt errogat i on P1 pul se. I n al l
modes, set t i ng t he scope t ri gger
t i mi ng t o t he vari abl e numeri c val ue
f i xes t he scope t ri gger pul se wi dt h
at 1 s.
ATC Cont rol f i el ds set t ri gger out put and
t i mi ng f or ATCRBS i nt errogat i ons.
ModeS
Cont rol f i el ds set t ri gger out put and
t i mi ng f or Mode S i nt errogat i ons.
ACS Cont rol f i el ds set t ri gger out put and
t i mi ng f or Al l Cal l Short
i nt errogat i ons.
ACL Cont rol f i el ds set t ri gger out put and
t i mi ng f or Al l Cal l Long
i nt errogat i ons.
Mode4
Cont rol f i el ds set t ri gger out put and
t i mi ng f or Mode 4 i nt errogat i ons.
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C73 Ext Sync Out
C73 SETUP - EXT SYNC OUT
ATC ModeS ACS ACL Mode4
Enable:OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
Dv:+0.00S
Exampl e C73 Set up (Ext Sync Out ) Screen
Fi gure 23
C73 Set up Screen.
Enabl e
deact i vat es (OFF) ext ernal sync
pul se out put at t he SI -1404 EXT
SYNC OUT Connect or f or each
i nt errogat i on t ype.
ATC Cont rol f i el d act i vat es or
deact i vat es ext ernal sync pul se
out put f or ATCRBS i nt errogat i ons.
ModeS
Cont rol f i el d act i vat es or
out put f or Mode S i nt errogat i ons.
ACS Cont rol f i el d act i vat es or
out put f or Al l Cal l Short
i nt errogat i ons.
ACL Cont rol f i el d act i vat es or
out put f or Al l Cal l Long
i nt errogat i ons.
Mode4
Cont rol f i el d act i vat es or
out put f or Mode 4 i nt errogat i ons.
Dv Cont rol f i el d set s t he sync pul se
posi t i on f rom -9. 95 t o +9. 95 s, i n
ref erence t o t he st art of t he
Ant enna A i nt errogat i on P1 pul se.

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C74 PPMG
C74 SETUP - PPMG (POWER)
ATC ModeS DELM Mode4
Enable:OFF OFF OFF OFF
Pulse:A1 P116 1 T1
Exampl e C74 Set up (PPMG) Screen
Fi gure 24
NOTE: For t he SI -1404 t o cont rol pul se
power measurement , t he
ATC-1400A F
2
/ P
2
F
1
/ P
1
Swi t ch
must be set t o F
2
/P
2
.
C74 Set up Screen.
Enabl e
Cont rol f i el ds act i vat e (ON) or
deact i vat e (OFF) Pul se Power
Measurement Gat e (PPMG)
operat i on f or each repl y t ype.
Pul se Cont rol f i el ds sel ect t he repl y pul se
t o measure f or each repl y t ype. The
Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em
measures power and f requency of
t he sel ect ed pul se.
ATC Cont rol f i el ds set PPMG operat i on
f or ATCRBS repl i es.
The ATC Enabl e f i el d act i vat es
(ON) or deact i vat es (OFF) PPMG
operat i on.
The Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em
perf orms power and f requency
measurement s on t he ATCRBS
repl y pul se (F1, C1, A1, C2, A2, C4,
A4, X, B1, D1, B2, D2, B4, D4, F2
or SPI) sel ect ed i n t he ATC Pul se
f i el d.
ModeS
Cont rol f i el ds set PPMG operat i on
f or Mode S repl i es.
The ModeS Enabl e f i el d act i vat es
operat i on.
measurement s on t he Mode S repl y
pul se (P001 t o P116) sel ect ed i n
t he ModeS Pul se f i el d.
DELM Cont rol f i el ds set PPMG operat i on
f or Downl i nk Ext ended Lengt h
Messages (DELM).
The DELM Enabl e f i el d act i vat es
operat i on.
Act i vat i ng t he DELM Enabl e f i el d
aut omat i cal l y set s ATC Pul se f i el d
t o F1 because t he SI -1404 sends
ATCRBS i nt errogat i ons pri or t o t he
f i rst Mode S t o accurat el y set up t he
ATC-1400A PPMG operat i on.
NOTE: The SI -1404 DSP does not
measure power on t he
Cl oseOut repl y.
measurement s on t he sel ect ed
Mode S repl y pul se (ModeS pul se
f i el d) i n t he message (1 t o 16)
sel ect ed i n t he DELM Pul se f i el d.
Mode4
Cont rol f i el ds set PPMG operat i on
f or Mode 4 repl i es.
The Mode4 Enabl e f i el d act i vat es
operat i on.
measurement s on t he Mode 4 repl y
pul se (T1, T2 or T3) sel ect ed i n t he
Mode4 Pul se f i el d.
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C75 Mi sc
C75 SETUP - MISC
AntAEnable:ON PrePulseOut:253S
AntAModSrc:INT/EXT
AntBModSrc:INT
Exampl e C75 Set up (Mi sc) Screen
Fi gure 25
C75 Set up Screen.
Ant AEnabl e
di sabl es (OFF) operat i on t hrough
t he ATC-1400A RF I / O (Ant enna A)
Connect or. The Mode 4/ Mode S
Test Syst em t ransmi t s
i nt errogat i ons and recei ves
squi t t ers or repl i es t hrough t he
act i ve ATC-1400A RF I / O
Connect or. When t he ATC-1400A
RF I / O Connect or i s di sabl ed, t he
Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em shut s
of f al l Ant enna A i nt errogat i ons and
di sregards any Ant enna A squi t t ers.
PrePul seOut
Cont rol f i el d deact i vat es ( OFF) or
act i vat es a prepul se out t he SI -1404
PREPULSE OUT Connect or and
set s a t i me del ay (0 t o 260 s)
bet ween l eadi ng edges of t he
prepul se and t he Ant enna A P1
i nt errogat i on pul se.
Ant AModSrc
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he modul at i on
source f or Ant enna A (ATC-1400A
RF I / O Connect or) i nt errogat i ons:
i nt ernal (INT), ext ernal (EXT) or
bot h (INT/EXT).
Ant BModSrc
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he modul at i on
source f or Ant enna B (SI -1404 ANT
B Connect or) i nt errogat i ons:
i nt ernal (INT), ext ernal (EXT) or
bot h (INT/EXT).

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C76 SMenu
C76 SETUP - SMENU
SmenuRadix:OCTAL SetAllSmenu:DEFAULT
GlobalAddr:Xpdr=17725762,AP XOR=00000000
GlobalAddr:User=10273645,AP XOR=00000001
Exampl e C76 Set up (SMenu) Screen
Fi gure 26
C76 Set up Screen.
SmenuRadi x
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he numeri cal
f ormat , hexadeci mal (HEX) or
OCTAL, of al l t he dat a f i el ds i n t he
sequence menus except f or t he
deci mal UF, DF and AC f i el ds.
Set Al l Smenu
Cont rol f i el d t urns OFF al l sequence
menus, act i vat es f act ory DEFAULT
sequence menus i n 1-1-2, Tabl e 4
(t urni ng of f al l ot hers) or set s al l
f i el ds t o ZERO. The Set Al l Smenu
f i el d al so set s t he ADDR f i el d i n al l
sequence menus t o USER (User=
address) or XPDR (t ransponder
address). Changes onl y t ake af f ect
af t er pressi ng t he ENTER Key wi t h
t he cursor i n t he Set Al l Smenu f i el d
(di spl ays NoActi on unt i l changed).
SMENU DEFAULT
S001 Decoded UF00/ DF00
Def aul t Sequence Menu
Tabl e 4
Sel ect i ng DEFAULT or ZERO set s
al l f i el ds except f or ADDR= t o zero,
act i vat es scope t ri gger and set s
ADDR= t o numeri c (not gl obal ).
Gl obal Addr:
One i nf ormat i on and t hree cont rol
f i el ds i ndi cat e f our of f i ve address
choi ces i n sequence menus.
The Xpdr= i nf ormat i on f i el d di spl ays
t he t ransponder repl y address (f rom
DF11 squi t t ers, DF17 squi t t ers,
Mode S Al l Cal l repl i es and Mode S
i nt errogat i on repl i es) i n t he f ormat
i ndi cat ed by t he SmenuRadi x f i el d.
The t op AP XOR= cont rol f i el d set s
t he XOR mask (SmenuRadi x f ormat )
perf ormed on t he AP f i el d when t he
sel ect ed sequence menu address i s
XPDR-X. The converted transponder
address (real AP f i el d) XORed wi t h
t op AP XOR= f i el d set t i ng f orms t he
f i nal AP f i el d i n t he sequence menu
i nt errogat i on. The AP XOR= f i el d
al l ows t ransmi ssi on of bad AP f i el ds
i n any sequence menu. Ref er t o
2. 4. 2 i n 1-1-2.
The User= cont rol f i el d speci f i es an
al ternati ve gl obal i nt err ogat i on
address (i n SmenuRadi x f ormat ).
The address, avai l abl e i n al l
sequence menus, al l ows easy
i nt errogat i on address changes.
The bot t om AP XOR= cont rol f i el d
set s t he XOR mask (SmenuRadi x
f ormat ) perf ormed on t he AP f i el d
when USER-X i s sel ect ed as t he
sequence menu address. The
convert ed User= address XORed
wi t h bot t om AP XOR= f i el d set t i ng
f orms t he f i nal AP f i el d i n t he
sequence menu i nt errogat i on. The
AP XOR= f i el d al l ows t ransmi ssi on
of bad AP f i el ds i n any sequence
menu. Ref er t o 2. 4. 2 i n 1-1-2.
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C78 Mode 4
C78 SETUP - MODE 4
Sync Var Dv Wd
DispOut:VAR, INT, 198, +0.95, 1.50 (s)
ReplyOut:RND, INT, 202, CAL , CAL (s)
Exampl e C78 Set up (Mode 4) Screen
Fi gure 27
C78 Set up Screen.
Di spOut
Cont rol f i el ds set t he Di spari t y
Pul se out t he DI SPARI TY OUT
Connect or i n t he Mode 4 (I nt ernal )
Funct i on.
The f i rst f i el d set s t he Di spari t y
Pul se. CAL posi t i ons t he pul se at
198 s f ol l owi ng t he sel ect ed t ri gger
source (Sync), VAR vari es t he
posi t i on accordi ng t o t he Var f i el d.
OFF di sabl es t he pul se.
The Sync f i el d speci f i es t he t ri gger
source: INT t o ref erence t he ri si ng
edge of P4 or EXT t o ref erence t he
ri si ng edge of t he Enabl e Tri gger
pul se f rom t he UUT t hrough t he
SI -1404 ENABLE TRI G I N
Connect or.
The Var f i el d speci f i es Di spari t y
Pul se posi t i on ref erenced f rom t he
l eadi ng edge of t he sel ect ed t ri gger
source (Sync) The val ue ranges
f rom 2 t o 275 s i n 1 s st eps.
The Dv f i el d devi at es pul se
posi t i on. CAL set s no devi at i on. A
numeri c val ue devi at es f rom CAL or
VAR i n 0. 05 s st eps f rom -0. 95 t o
+0. 95 s.
The Wd f i el d set s t he pul se wi dt h.
CAL set s t he pul se wi dt h at 0. 5 s.
Ent eri ng a numeri c val ue vari es t he
wi dt h i n 0. 05 s st eps f rom 0. 10 t o
1. 50 s.
Repl yOut
Cont rol f i el ds set t he repl y t ri pl et
(T1-T3) t ransmi t t ed out t he REPLY
(TTL) OUT and REPLY (3-27 V)
OUT Connect ors i n t he Mode 4
(I nt ernal ) Funct i on.
The f i rst f i el d set s t he repl y t ri pl et .
CAL set s t he posi t i on accordi ng t o
t he Mode 4 i nt errogat i on word
sel ect ed i n t he Code f i el d of t he
Mode 4 f unct i on screens. Ref er t o
1-2-2, Tabl e 5. VAR vari es t he
posi t i on accordi ng t o t he Var f i el d.
RND provi des random repl i es at
16 di f f erent posi t i ons i n a quasi -
random f ashi on wi t hout regard t o
t he i nt errogat i on. OFF deact i vat es
t he repl y t ri pl et .

MODE 4
WORD
( CODE)
POSI TI ON
( SYNC SOURCE
LEADI NG EDGE TO T1
LEADI NG EDGE)
A 202. 0 s
B 262. 0 s
ZERO 232. 0 s
ALL 250. 0 s
NONE No Repl y
RND 218. 0 s
Repl y Tri pl et Posi t i on
Tabl e 5
The Sync f i el d speci f i es t he t ri gger
source: INT t o ref erence t he ri si ng
edge of P4 or EXT t o ref erence t he
ri si ng edge of t he Enabl e Tri gger
pul se f rom t he UUT t hrough t he
SI -1404 ENABLE TRI G I N
Connect or.
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The Var f i el d speci f i es t he T1 pul se
posi t i on ref erenced f rom t he l eadi ng
edge of t he sel ect ed t ri gger source
(Sync) The val ue ranges f rom 2 t o
270 s i n 1 s st eps.
The Dv f i el d devi at es t he repl y
t ri pl et (ref erenced t o T1) posi t i on.
CAL set s no devi at i on. A numeri c
val ue devi at es f rom CAL i n 0. 05 s
st eps f rom -0. 95 t o +0. 95 s.
The Wd f i el d cont rol s T1, T2 and T3
pul se wi dt h. CAL set s t he pul se
wi dt h t o 0. 45 s. Ent eri ng a
numeri c val ue adj ust s t he pul se
wi dt h i n 0. 05 s st eps f rom 0. 10 t o
1. 25 s.

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C79 ATC1400A Cont rol s
C79 SETUP - ATC1400A CONTROLS
ATCRBS:C P123Wd: 1.05S
RF I/O:NORM Mode:DI P2Dv: CAL
Scope :To Spc: 333.3S P3Dv:+1.95S
Exampl e C79 Set up (ATC1400A Cont rol s) Screen
Fi gure 28
The C79 Set up (ATC1400A Cont rol s)
Screen di spl ays ATC-1400A f ront panel
cont rol st at us. When t he ATC-1400A i s
di sconnect ed f rom t he SI -1404, t he C79
Set up Screen al l ows t he SI -1404 t o
si mul at e ATC-1400A f ront panel cont rol s.
The C79 Set up Screen paramet ers are onl y
adj ust abl e when operat i ng t he SI -1404 i n
t he St and-Al one mode (set i n t he C84
Syst em Screen) wi t h t he ATC-1400A
di sconnect ed f rom t he SI -1404.
C79 Set up Screen.
ATCRBS
Control f i el d, si mul ati ng ATC-1400A
XPDR MODE Control , sel ects mode
f or ATCRBS (1, 2, T, A, B, C or D).
RF I / O Cont rol f i el d, si mul at i ng ATC-1400A
CW/ NORM/ OFF Swi t ch, set s t he RF
out put t hrough t he SI -1404 ANT B
Connect or: OFF di sabl es out put .
NORM sends i nt errogat i ons (f ul l
modul at ed RF). CW t ransmi t s a
cont i nuous wave (unmodul at ed RF).
Scope Cont rol f i el d, si mul at i ng ATC-1400A
TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch, set s t he sync
pul se posi t i on t hrough SI -1404
SCOPE TRI G OUT Connect or: TO
set s t he sync pul se f or vi ewi ng
i nt errogat i on pul ses. Td set s sync
pul se f or vi ewi ng repl i es or second
i nt errogat i ons (DI Funct i on).
Mode Cont rol f i el d set s t he si mul at ed
ATC-1400A DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF
PULSE Thumbwheel s mode ( Interf
[ not avai l abl e i n St and-Al one mode] ,
DI or OFF).
Spc or Loc
Fi el d, si mul at i ng part of ATC-1400A
DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s, set s DI Funct i on
spaci ng (Spc) or shows i nt erf erence
pul se l ocat i on (Loc), accordi ng t o
Mode f i el d set t i ng. Spc cont rol f i el d
set s DI spaci ng f rom 0 (40 f or
doubl e SEQ) t o 399. 9 s bet ween
P1 l eadi ng edge i n f i rst i nt errogat i on
t o P1 l eadi ng edge i n second
i nt errogat i on. Loc f i el d di spl ays
i nt erf erence pul se posi t i on f rom
-17. 5 t o +399. 9 i n s f rom l eadi ng
edge of t he i nt errogat i on P1 pul se.
P2Dv Cont rol f i el d, si mul at i ng t he
ATC-1400A XPDR DEV P2/ CAL
Thumbwheel s (onl y f or P2), set s P2
pul se posi t i on t o CAL (nomi nal ) or
devi at es posi t i on (i n s) f rom
nomi nal . Devi at i on ranges f rom
-1. 95 t o +1. 95 s.
P123Wd
Cont rol f i el d, si mul at i ng ATC-1400A
XPDR PULSE WI DTH
Thumbwheel s, set s t he wi dt h (i n s)
of sel ect ed P1, P2 and P3 pul ses.
Wi dt h ranges f rom 0 t o 1. 95 s and
CAL (nomi nal ).
P3Dv Cont rol f i el d, si mul at i ng t he
ATC-1400A XPDR DEV P3/ CAL
Thumbwheel s (onl y f or P3), set s P3
pul se posi t i on t o CAL (nomi nal ) or
devi at es posi t i on (i n s) f rom
nomi nal . Devi at i on ranges f rom
-1. 95 t o +1. 95 s.
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C80 SYSTEM MENU
C80 SYSTEM MENU
1)RS232 CTRL 4)IFR BUS 7)
2)RS232 INTF 5)KEYBOARD 8)SELF-TEST
3)GPIB 6)CLOCK 9)VERSION/OPT
Mai n Syst em Menu
Fi gure 29
Pressi ng a number key (1-9) f rom t he Mai n
Syst em Menu ent ers t he appl i cabl e Syst em
Menu subscreen. The Syst em Menu
subscreens set syst em paramet ers.
C81 RS232 Cont rol
C81 SYSTEM - RS232 CONTROL
RCI:ENABLE Screen Dump:ENABLE
RCI Echo:YES Screen Border:7BIT
Screen EOL:CR/LF
Exampl e C81 Syst em (RS232 Cont rol ) Screen
Fi gure 30
The C81 Syst em (RS232 Cont rol ) Screen
set s t he SI -1404 f or seri al remot e operat i on
t hrough t he RS-232 Connect or (J12).
C81 Syst em Screen.
RCI Cont rol f i el d al l ows remot e cont rol
(ENABLE) or i gnores i nput
(DISABLE).
RCI Echo
Cont rol f i el d enabl es (YES) remot e
commands t o echo back t o t he
cont rol l er or di sabl es (NO) remot e
echo.
Screen Dump
Cont rol f i el d al l ows (ENABLE) or
prohi bi t s (DISABLE) t he use of t he
PRTSCR Key t o perf orm a screen
dump out t he RS-232 Connect or.
Screen Border
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he border st yl e
f or a screen dump: 8BIT (I BM
charact ers), 7BIT or NONE.
Screen EOL
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he end of l i ne
charact ers f or a screen dump:
(CR/LF, LF, CR or NUL).
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C82 RS232 I nt erf ace
C82 SYSTEM - RS232 INTERFACE
Baud:38400 Hndshk:XON/XOFF
Data:8 HndshkOn: 90%
Stop:1 Parity:NONE HndshkOff:10%
Exampl e C82 Syst em (RS232 I nt erf ace) Screen
Fi gure 31
The C82 Syst em (RS232 I nt erf ace) Screen
set s t he i nt erf ace paramet ers f or SI -1404
seri al remot e operat i on t hrough t he RS-232
Connect or (J12).
C82 Syst em Screen.
Baud Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he baud rat e
(110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400,
4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 or 57600)
i n bi t s per second.
Dat a Cont rol f i el d set s t he number of
dat a bi t s per word (7 or 8).
St op Cont rol f i el d set s t he number of
st op bi t s per word (1 or 2).
Pari t y Cont rol f i el d set s t he pari t y check
mode: NONE, ODD or EVEN.
Hndshk
Cont rol f i el d set s t he handshake
mode: NONE, XON/XOFF
(sof t ware), CTS (one-way hardware)
or CTS/RTS (t wo-way hardware).
HndshkOn:
Sel ect s t he handshake ON
t hreshol d percent age (10% t o 90%),
i ndi cat i ng avai l abl e buf f er room t o
act i vat e handshake.
HndshkOf f :
Sel ect s t he handshake OFF
t hreshol d percent age (10% t o 90%),
i ndi cat i ng avai l abl e buf f er room t o
deact i vat e handshake.
C83 GPI B
C83 SYSTEM - GPIB
RCI:ENABLE
Address:10
Exampl e C83 Syst em (GPI B) Screen
Fi gure 32
The C83 Syst em (GPI B) Screen set s t he
SI -1404 f or paral l el remot e operat i on
through the SI-1404 GPIB Connector (J21).
C83 Syst em Screen.
RCI Cont rol f i el d al l ows remot e cont rol
(ENABLE) or i gnores i nput
(DISABLE).
Address
Cont rol f i el d set s t he GPI B address
(0 t o 31).
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C84 I FR BUS
C84 SYSTEM - IFR BUS
1400 Control: MASTER Must power down
1404 Bus Address: 4 before settings
take effect.
Exampl e C84 Syst em (I FR Bus) Screen
Fi gure 33
C84 Syst em Screen.
1400 Cont rol
Cont rol f i el d set s t he SI -1404
cont rol over t he ATC-1400A:
MASTER pl aces t he SI -1404 i n
cont rol over t he ATC-1400A
hardware. The Remot e Command
I nt erpret er (RCI ) i s not af f ect ed.
SLAVE al l ows t he SI -1404 t o l i st en
but not cont rol t he ATC-1400A.
STAND-ALONE i gnores i nput f rom
t he ATC-1400A.
1404 Bus Address
Cont rol f i el d set s I FR Bus address
f or SI -1404 remot e commands (2 t o
7) or prevent s remot e operat i on
t hrough t he I FR Bus (OFF).
NOTE: New C84 Syst em Screen set t i ngs
onl y t ake af f ect af t er recycl i ng
power. Pressi ng t he SI -1404
POWER Swi t ch Of f (O) and
pressi ng t he SI -1404 POWER
Swi t ch back On (I) recycl es power.
C85 Keyboard
C85 SYSTEM - KEYBOARD
Repeat Delay:0.8sec
Repeat Rate:0.2sec
Exampl e C85 Syst em (Keyboard) Screen
Fi gure 34
C86 Syst em Screen.
Repeat Del ay
Cont rol f i el d set s t he t i me requi red,
i n 0. 1 second i ncrement s, t o hol d
down a key bef ore t he Keyboard
operat i on repeat s. The def aul t i s
0. 8 seconds.
Repeat Rat e
Cont rol f i el d set s t he t i me peri od, i n
0. 1 second i ncrement s, f or each
repeat i ng Keyboard operat i on (af t er
i ni t i al del ay) when hol di ng down a
key. The def aul t i s 0. 2 seconds.
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C86 Cl ock
C86 SYSTEM - CLOCK
Date: 05feb99 SincePowerUp= 2.1hrs
Time: 15:24:59 TotalRunTime= 12.3hrs
Exampl e C86 Syst em (Cl ock) Screen
Fi gure 35
C86 Syst em Screen.
Dat e Cont rol f i el d set s t he current dat e:
day (1 t o 31), mont h (f i rst t hree
l et t er abbrevi at i on) and year (l ast
t wo di gi t s).
Ti me Cont rol f i el d set s t he current t i me:
hour (0 t o 24), mi nut e (0 t o 60) and
second (0 t o 60).
Si ncePowerUp
I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he current
number of hours t he SI -1404 has
operat ed si nce power up.
Tot al RunTi me
I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he t ot al
number of hours t he SI -1404 has
operat ed si nce l eavi ng t he f act ory.
C88 Sel f Test (Not i nst al l ed at t hi s t i me)
C89 Versi on
C89 SYSTEM - VERSION S/N=1003
MP=04.02,18dec98 Options=MLD,ModB,Mode4
PP=04.02,17dec98 SRAM=1280K FLASH=2048K
FP=03.02,18may98 LCA=02.21,03.03,03.02
Exampl e C89 Syst em (Versi on) Screen
Fi gure 36
C89 Syst em Screen.
S/ N I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he seri al
number of t he SI -1404.
MP I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he Mai n
Processor f i rmware versi on number
and bui l d dat e.
PP I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he Pul se
Processor f i rmware versi on number
and bui l d dat e.
FP I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he Front
Panel Processor f i rmware versi on
number and bui l d dat e.
Opt i ons
I nf ormat i on f i el d report s i nst al l ed
hardware and sof t ware opt i ons.
SRAM I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he amount
of st at i c RAM (i n byt es) on t he
Pul se PC Board Assembl y.
LCA I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he
f i rmware versi on numbers f or t hree
Logi c Cel l Array chi ps.
FLASH
I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he amount
of f l ash ROM (i n byt es) on t he Pul se
PC Board Assembl y.

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C90 CALI BRATI ON MENU
Ref er t o I nst al l at i on Cal i brat i on Procedure
(f or qual i f i ed servi ce personnel onl y) f or
i nf ormat i on on t he Cal i brat i on Cont rol Menu
screens.
2. 4. 2 Sequence Menus ( SMENU)
Sequence menus are used when
t ransmi t t i ng Mode S i nt errogat i ons.
Sequence menus program vari ous Mode S
i nt errogat i ons and l ook at t he cont ent of
t he Mode S repl i es. The Mode 4/ Mode S
Test Syst em t ransmi t s each act i vat ed
sequence menu as one Mode S
i nt errogat i on. I nt errogat i ons are
t ransmi t t ed i n numeri cal order accordi ng t o
sequence number and repeat ed f or al l
act i ve sequence menus duri ng any f unct i on
i nvol vi ng Mode S i nt errogat i ons.

Sequence menus are spl i t i n hal f . The t op
t wo l i nes program the Mode S i nt err ogat i on.
The bot t om t wo l i nes di spl ay t he UUT repl y
i nf ormat i on.
The radi x of t he UF, DF and AC f i el ds are
al ways deci mal (base 10). The C76 SMenu
Set up Screen set s t he radi x f or al l ot her
dat a f i el ds (i nt errogat i ons and repl i es):
oct al (base 8) or hex (base 16).
Undesi gnat ed dat a f i el d bi t s are set t o
zero.
S999:S;UF13,000000000,
+ ADDR=17725762
RPLY:N;DF04,000000000,
ADDR=17725762

S777:S;UF13,0000000,
+ ADDR=3FABF2
RPLY:N;DF04,0000000,
ADDR=3FABF2
S Format Sequence Menu Exampl es i n Oct al and Hex Radi x
Fi gure 37
S111:L;UF17,0000000000000000000000000000
+ ADDR=17725762
RPLY:N;DF19,0000000000000000000000000000
ADDR=17725762

S000:L;UF17,000000000000000000000,
+ ADDR=3FABF2
RPLY:N;DF19,000000000000000000000,
ADDR=3FABF2
L Format Sequence Menu Exampl es i n Oct al and Hex Radi x
Fi gure 38
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S005:D;UF16,RL=0,AQ=0,
+ MU=0000000000000000000, ADDR=17725762
RPLY:D;DF16,VS=0,SL=0,RI=00,AC=0000,
MV=0000000000000000000, ADDR=17725762

S019:D;UF24,RC=0,NC=0,
+ MC=00000000000000000000, ADDR=3FABF2
RPLY:D;DF24,KE=0,ND=0
MD=00000000000000000000, ADDR=3FABF2
D Format Sequence Menu Exampl es i n Oct al and Hex Radi x
Fi gure 39
S### Edi t abl e menu f i el d sel ect s current
Sequence Menu screen (000 to 999).
Pressi ng t he ON/ CAL Key i n t hi s
f i el d act i vat es or deact i vat es (OFF)
t he sel ect ed sequence menu.
The f ormat f i el d set s i nt errogat i on
f ormat : D (decoded subf i el ds), N
(undecoded f i el ds wi t h number of
bi t s dependi ng on upl i nk f ormat ), S
(short 56-bi t transmi ssi on), L (l ong
112-bi t t ransmi ssi on) or Repl y Onl y
(no i nt errogat i on, f or di spl ayi ng t he
cont ent s of a DELM segment ).
NOTE: Pressi ng t he SI -1404 +/ -
Key wi t h t he cursor i n t he
S### f i el d di spl ays t he next
act i ve sequence menu.
UF## Edi t abl e f i el d sel ect s t he Mode S
i nt errogat i on upl i nk f ormat f or t he
sel ect ed sequence menu.
The i nt errogat i on dat a f i el ds depend
on t he i nt errogat i on and upl i nk
f ormat s sel ect ed. Ref er t o
Appendi x D f or t he Mode S upl i nk
f i el d def i ni t i ons.
Short i nt errogat i ons have a 27-bi t
message f i el d (added t o t he 5-bi t
upl i nk f ormat f i el d and t he 24-bi t
address pari t y f i el d provi des t he
t ot al 56-bi t t ransmi ssi on).
Long i nt errogat i ons have an 83-bi t
The scope t ri gger f i el d act i vat es (+)
or deact i vat es (-) t he scope t ri gger
f or t he sel ect ed sequence menu t o
provi de osci l l oscope di spl ay control .
The Mode S Enabl e f i el d must be ON
i n C72 Scope Tri gger Set up Screen.
Decoded i nt errogat i ons di spl ay t he
subf i el ds accordi ng t o t he upl i nk
f ormat . Ref er t o Appendi x B f or t he
Decoded Sequence Menu Format s.
ADDR Dat a f i el d set s t he UUT t ransponder
address sent i n t he Mode S
i nt errogat i on address pari t y f i el d.
Pressi ng t he ON/ CAL Key i n t hi s
f i el d cycl es t o t he next address or
address/ pari t y combi nat i on
accordi ng t o 1-1-2, Tabl e 6. Ref er
t o 1-1-2, Fi gure 40 f or act ual AP
f i el d f ormat i on accordi ng t o address
sel ect ed. The C76 SMenu Set up
Screen provi des t he Gl obal Address
(Xpdr= or User=) and Gl obal AP
XOR set t i ngs used i n t he process.
The C76 SMenu Set up Screen
(Set Al l Smenu) provi des t he abi l i t y
t o set t he ADDR f i el d t o USER or
XPDR f or al l act i ve sequence
menus si mul t aneousl y.
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ADDRESS WHERE TO SET
Numeri c SMENU ADDR f i el d or
remot e
XPDR Transponder
address/ def aul t
USER C76 SMenu Set up Screen
Gl obal Addr: User= f i el d
set t i ng
XPDR-X Transponder address
XORed wi t h C76 SMenu
Set up Screen Gl obal
Addr: Xpdr=, AP XOR=
f i el d set t i ng
USER-X C76 SMenu Set up Screen
Gl obal Addr: User= f i el d
XORed wi t h C76 SMenu
Set up Screen Gl obal
Addr: User=, AP XOR=
f i el d set t i ng
SMENU Address Cycl e
Tabl e 6
RPLY Si gni f i es t he st art of t he sequence
menu UUT repl y l i nes.
The f ormat f i el d set s repl y f ormat:
N (not decoded f or unspeci f i ed short
or l ong dependi ng on the UUT repl y
recei ved) or D (decoded subf i el ds).
DF## UUT t ransponder i nf ormat i on f i el d
i ndi cat es t he downl i nk f ormat
recei ved i n repl y t o t he sel ect ed
sequence menu.
The repl y dat a f i el ds depend on t he
repl y f ormat and t he UUT repl y
recei ved. Ref er t o Appendi x D f or
t he Mode S downl i nk f i el d
def i ni t i ons.
Short i nt errogat i ons have a 27-bi t
Long i nt errogat i ons have an 83-bi t
Decoded i nt errogat i ons di spl ay t he
subf i el ds accordi ng t o t he upl i nk
f ormat . Ref er t o Appendi x B f or t he
Decoded Sequence Menu Format s.
ADDR UUT i nf ormat i on f i el d provi des t he
UUT t ransponder address, obt ai ned
by st ri ppi ng t he pari t y i nf ormat i on
f rom t he AP f i el d recei ved i n t he
UUT repl y.
SMENU
DATA
FINAL
AP FIELD
CONVERT
to AP
GLOBAL
AP XOR
XOR
OPERATION
XPDR or USER Selected
XPDR-X or USER-X Selected
GLOBAL
ADDRESS

Sequence Menu I nt errogat i on AP Fi el d Format i on
Fi gure 40
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2. 4. 3 Test Menus ( TMENU)
T00 MAIN TMENU
1) 4) 7)
2)MISC MENU 5) 8)
3)ELM MENU 6) 9)
Mai n Test Menu
Fi gure 41
Pressi ng 2ND, T MENU and a number key
i n sequence ent ers t he appl i cabl e Test
Menu subscreen or l ast accessed screen of
a part i cul ar Test Menu subscreen group.
Pressi ng t he SI -1404 BURST Key i n a t est
screen (any Test Menu subscreen except
menus and set ups) i ni t i at es t hat part i cul ar
t est . A runni ng t est st ops by exi t i ng t he
t est screen, pressi ng t he CL/ ESC Key or by
compl et i ng t he t est .
Al l t est screens have st at us f i el ds on t he
ri ght si de of t he t op l i ne di spl ayi ng NOT
RUN, RUNNING, PASS or FAIL. Test
screens wi t h error f i el ds al so i ndi cat e a
numeri c and t ext error.
T20 MI SC MENU
T20 MISC MENU
1) 4) 7)
2) 5) 8)
3)MTL 6) 9)
Exampl e Mi scel l aneous Test Menu
Fi gure 42
Pressi ng a number key (1-7) f rom t he
Mi scel l aneous Test Menu ent ers t he
appl i cabl e Mi scel l aneous Test Menu
subscreen. Mi scel l aneous Test Menu
subscreens provi de set up or run speci f i c
t est s. The speci f i c t est s provi de det ai l ed
t ransponder i nf ormat i on.
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T23 Mi sc MTL
T23 MISC - MTL PASS
Reply%:100 Time:10sec MTL:-65.3dBm
Antenna:A Error: 2=Pass
Press BURST to start test
Exampl e T23 Mi scel l aneous MTL Screen
Fi gure 43
The T23 Mi scel l aneous (MTL) Test Menu
Screen t est s det ermi nes t he mi ni mum
t hreshol d l evel (MTL) of t he t ransponder
UUT. The Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em
sends ATCRBS i nt errogat i ons of each t ype,
an Al l Cal l Long and Mode S i nt errogat i ons
request i ng capabi l i t y report s.
T23 Edi t abl e menu f i el d (t o ent er ot her
Test Menu screens) i ndi cat es
Mi scel l aneous Test Screen 23.
St at us
I nf ormat i on f i el d i ndi cat es NOT
RUN, RUNNING, PASS or FAIL.
Repl y%
I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t ot al repl y
percent age.
Ant enna
Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t est ant enna, A
t hrough ATC-1400A RF I / O
Connect or or B t hrough SI -1404
ANT B Connect or.
Ti me I nf ormat i on f i el d report s l engt h of
t i me t est ran or has been runni ng.
Error I nf ormat i on f i el d i ndi cat es numeri c
and t ext errors. Ref er t o 1-2-2,
Tabl e 8.
MTL I nf ormat i on f i el d report s t he l owest
t ransmi t t ed power l evel i n dBm, t he
UUT recei ved and responded t o, of
t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em.
T30 ELM MENU
T30 ELM MENU
1)SETUP 4)DELM 7)
2)UELM 5)DELM-MULTI 8)
3)UELM-MULTI 6) 9)
Exampl e ELM Test Menu
Fi gure 44
Pressi ng a number key (1-5) f rom t he ELM
Test Menu ent ers t he appl i cabl e ELM Test
Menu subscreen. ELM Test Menu
subscreens set up and run ext ended l engt h
message t est s (Comm-C i nt errogat i ons and
Comm-D repl i es).
The ELM Test Menu subscreens exerci se
t he upl i nk and downl i nk ELM prot ocol
capabi l i t i es of a t ransponder. The SI -1404
uses t he Tri gSource i n t he C71 Set up
Screen t o i ni t i at e t he f i rst i nt errogat i on f or
t he st art of each t est l oop.
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T31 ELM Set up
T31 ELM - SETUP
ResrvDelay: 100S
CloseDelay: 100S
UelmSpacing: 100S
Exampl e T31 ELM Set up Screen
Fi gure 45
Test Menu screens) i ndi cat es T31
ELM Screen.
ResrvDel ay
Cont rol f i el d det ermi nes t he
Reservat i on Del ay by set t i ng t he
spaci ng bet ween t he end of t he
reservat i on repl y and t he begi nni ng
of t he f i rst ELM i nt errogat i on.
Spaci ng ranges f rom 100 t o
63000 s wi t h 100 s as def aul t .
Cl oseDel ay
Cont rol f i el d det ermi nes t he
Cl oseout Del ay by set t i ng t he
spaci ng bet ween t he end of t he l ast
ELM repl y and t he begi nni ng of t he
f i rst Cl oseOut i nt errogat i on. DELM
t est s al ways assume spaci ng
rel at i ve t o t he end of t he 16t h ELM
repl y (i f i t exi st s or not ). Spaci ng
ranges f rom 100 t o 63000 s wi t h
100 s as def aul t .
Uel mSpaci ng
Cont rol f i el d set s t he spaci ng
bet ween t he st art of t he UELMs.
Spaci ng ranges f rom 50 t o 63000 s
wi t h 100 s as def aul t .

ELM Del ay and Spaci ng Parameters
Reservat i on Del ay (UELM and DELM)
(l eadi ng edge of P1 i n Reservat i on
i nt errogat i on t o l eadi ng edge of P1 i n
f i rst ELM Segment ):
Range: (100 t o 63000 s) + 252. 75 s
St ep: 1 s
Accuracy: 100 ns, 0. 005%
Cl oseout Del ay (UELM) (l eadi ng edge
of P1 i n l ast ELM Segment t o l eadi ng
edge of P1 i n Cl oseout i nt errogat i on):
Range: (100 t o 63000 s) + 252. 75 s
St ep: 1 s
Cl oseout Del ay (DELM) (l eadi ng edge
of P1 i n ELM Aut hori zat i on t o l eadi ng
edge of P1 i n Cl oseout i nt errogat i on):
Range: (100 t o 63000 s) + 2292. 75 s
St ep: 1 s
UELM Spaci ng (l eadi ng edge of P1 i n
any ELM Segment t o l eadi ng edge of
P1 i n next ELM Segment ):
Range: 50 t o 63000 s
St ep: 1 s

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T32 UELM
T32 ELM - UP NOT RUN
ELM XMT ERROR
S901-904 4
Exampl e T32 UELM Test Screen
Fi gure 46
The UELM Test Screen exerci ses t he UELM
dat al i nk f eat ure (abi l i t y t o recei ve Comm-C
message segment s sent i n UF24
i nt errogat i ons) of t he t ransponder i n
si ngl esi t e operat i on.
ELM Screen.
St at us
ELM Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he st art i ng
sequence menu bi n f or t he ELM
dat a f rom S000 t o S984. The
second number i ndi cat es t he endi ng
sequence menu bi n accordi ng t o t he
XMT f i el d set t i ng. The l ast
sequence menu bi n cont ai ns t he
Acknowl edgment Repl y.
XMT Cont rol f i el d set s t he number of
ELMs t o be t ransmi t t ed f rom 2 t o
16, aut omat i cal l y set t i ng t he endi ng
sequence menu bi n i n t he ELM
f i el d.
ERROR
I nf ormat i on f i el d i ndi cat es numeri c
Tabl e 9.

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T33 UELM Mul ti si te
T33 ELM - UP - MULTI FAIL
RESV ELM XMT CLOS ERROR
S900 S901-916 16 S917 10=ResvNoRply
Exampl e T33 UELM-Mul t i Test Screen
Fi gure 47
The UELM Mul t i si t e Test Screen exerci ses
t he UELM dat al i nk f eat ure (abi l i t y t o
recei ve Comm-C message segment s sent
i n UF24 i nt errogat i ons) of t he t ransponder
i n mul t i si t e operat i on.
ELM Screen.
St at us
RESV Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he sequence
menu bi n f or t he Reservat i on/
Reservat i on Repl y f rom S000 t o
S999.
dat a f rom S000 t o S984. The
second number i ndi cat es t he endi ng
sequence menu bi n accordi ng t o t he
XMT f i el d set t i ng. The l ast
sequence menu bi n cont ai ns t he
Acknowl edgment Repl y.
XMT Cont rol f i el d set s t he number of
ELMs t o be t ransmi t t ed f rom 2 t o
16, aut omat i cal l y set t i ng t he endi ng
sequence menu bi n i n t he ELM
f i el d.
CLOS Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he sequence
menu bi n f or t he Cl oseout / Cl oseout
Repl y f rom S000 t o S999.
ERROR
Tabl e 9.

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T34 DELM
T34 ELM - DOWN FAIL
ELM EXP/RCV ERROR
S975-990 16 00 20=ElmNoRply
Exampl e T34 DELM Test Screen
Fi gure 48
The DELM Test Screen exerci ses t he DELM
dat al i nk f eat ure (abi l i t y t o t ransmi t Comm-D
message segment s sent i n DF24 repl i es) of
t he t ransponder i n si ngl esi t e operat i on.
ELM Screen.
St at us
repl y dat a f rom S000 t o S984. The
second (ri ght ) number i ndi cat es t he
endi ng sequence menu bi n
accordi ng t o t he f i rst (l ef t ) number
set pl us 15. The SI -1404 al ways
reserves 16 sequence menu bi ns f or
t he DELM repl i es. The f i rst ELM
sequence menu bi n sel ect ed (f i rst
number) cont ai ns t he UF24
i nt errogat i on.
EXP/ RCV
I nf ormat i on f i el ds i ndi cat e t he ELM
recept i on numbers. The f i rst
number i ndi cat es t he number of
expect ed ELMs (al ways set t o t he
maxi mum 16 wi t h si ngl esi t e). The
second number i ndi cat es t he
number of ELMs act ual l y recei ved.
ERROR
Tabl e 10.

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T35 DELM Mul ti si te
T35 ELM - DOWN - MULTI FAIL
RESV ELM CLOS EXP/RCV ERROR
S950 S951-966 S967 16 14 26=ElmBadND
Press ESC to stop test
Exampl e T35 DELM-Mul t i Test Screen
Fi gure 49
The DELM-Mul t i si t e Test Screen exerci ses
t he DELM dat al i nk f eat ure (abi l i t y t o
t ransmi t Comm-D message segment s sent
i n DF24 repl i es) of t he t ransponder i n
mul t i si t e operat i on.
ELM Screen.
St at us
RESV Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he sequence
menu bi n f or t he Reservat i on/
Reservat i on Repl y f rom S000 t o
S999.
repl y dat a f rom S000 t o S984. The
second (ri ght ) number i ndi cat es t he
endi ng sequence menu bi n
accordi ng t o t he f i rst (l ef t ) number
set pl us 15. The SI -1404 al ways
reserves 16 sequence menu bi ns f or
t he DELM repl i es. The f i rst ELM
sequence menu bi n sel ect ed (f i rst
number) cont ai ns t he UF24
i nt errogat i on.
CLOS Cont rol f i el d sel ect s t he sequence
menu bi n f or t he Cl oseout / Cl oseout
Repl y f rom S000 t o S999.
EXP/ RCV
I nf ormat i on f i el ds i ndi cat e t he ELM
recept i on numbers. The f i rst
expect ed ELMs. The second
ELMs act ual l y recei ved.
ERROR
Tabl e 10.
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I
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
OFF
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF
0 0 0 0
XPDR
DME DIST
XPDR
VEL
RANGE
FREQ
PRF SQTR Hz
DISPLAY SELECT
DME REPLY
EFFICIENCY
50
0
10
20
30
40
100
60
70
80
90
B
C
D
AC
AC
1
2
CODE
FEET 1
2
T
A
TACAN
ON OFF
IDENT
CODE TONE
OFF
2 2
F / P P / F
1 1
DISCRIMINATOR
INTRF
PULSE WIDTH
DBL INTERR / INTRF PULSE
PRF/SQTR XPDR P /P DEV
2 3
ON OFF
P P P
CAL CAL CAL
2 3 2
V VVVV V
V
- + + - + -
DME P DEV
2
T T O D
TAC
SYNC
1.0 S 1.45 S
CAL MARKS
CAL O/
AUTO
MAN
MAN
STEP
OFF
FREQ
STEP
RATE
VAR CAL
XPDR PULSE WIDTH SLS/ECHO
ON OFF
ON OFF
SUPPRESSOR
VAR
FREQ / FUNCTION SELECT F
DME-PRF
XPDR-%
Hz
REPLY
XMTR FREQ XMTR PWR
UNIT UNDER TEST
MHz WATTS
RF LEVEL
-dBm
CW
NORM
OFF
RF I/O
XXX.XX
RNG
XXX0.0 XXX.00
VEL ACCEL
NMi KTS FT/S/S
L
O
A
D
C
L
E
A
R
IN -1 NMi
OUT NORM
GEN XMTR
RANGE/VEL/ACCEL
ATC-
1400A
XPDR MODE
3
6
7
9
1 51 50 49 46 45 44 43 42 41 48
40
38
37
35
34
33 32 31 30
29
28
27
26
25 23
22
19
18
17
16
15
12
02407008
20
POWER
NMi
CODE
KTS
NMi
MHz

02407035
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O
N
O
F
F
GPIB ADDRESS
IEEE 488 - 1978
SH1
L4
PP0
AH1
LE0
DC1
T6
SR1
DT1
TE0
RL1
C0
DECODER
WIDE EQUALIZER
SELF-
INTERR
INST DIM
HI
NARROW
R/NAV
OFF
GEN
OFF
XMTR
LOW
J9 J10 J11 J22
CLOCK
FREQ
SERIAL
J1
J2
J3
J4
J23
TEST
ON
OFF
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
A1 A5
FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION
AGAINST FIRE, REPLACE ONLY
WITH FUSE OF THE SPECIFIED
VOLTAGE AND CURRENT RATINGS.
CAUTION
F2 F1
AC LINE FUSES
S S E
F U
S U F
E
E
F
UF
E S U
J6
AUXILIARY
IFR BUS
J5
J8
INTERROGATOR
J7
INDICATOR
120 WATTS MAX
100-120VAC 60Hz
220-240VAC 50Hz
3.0A @ 110/230 VAC
TYPE F
53
76
54 57
61
66
71 72 73 75

ATC- 1400A Fr ont and Rear Panel s
Fi gur e 50

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ATC-1400A Numeri cal Locat i on Li st:
1. XMTR PWR WATTS Di spl ay
3. RF LEVEL - dBm Di spl ay
6. RF LEVEL Cont r ol
7. CW/ NORM/ OFF Swi t ch
9. RF I / O Connect or ( J15)
12. XMTR Connect or ( J16)
15. GEN Connect or ( J17)
16. SUPPRESSOR OUTPUT Connect or ( J18)
17. SUPPRESSOR ON/ OFF Swi t ch
18. SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF Swi t ch
19. SUPPRESSOR VAR Adj ust ment
27. 1. 0 s/ 1. 45 s Swi t ch
20. XPDR PULSE WI DTH VAR/ CAL Swi t ch
22. MAN/ AUTO/ MAN STEP Swi t ch
23. CAL Cont r ol
25. XPDR DEV P3/ CAL Swi t ch
26. CAL MARKS Connect or ( J19)
29. SYNC Connect or ( J20)
30. TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch
31. I NTRF PULSE WI DTH Cont r ol
32. PRF/ SQTR ON/ OFF Swi t ch
33. DI SCRI MI NATOR Connect or ( J21)
34. F2/ P2 F1/ P1 Swi t ch
35. POWER Swi t ch
37. TACAN ON/ OFF Swi t ch
38. XPDR MODE Cont r ol
40. DI SPLAY SELECT Cont r ol
41. PRF/ SQTR Thumbwheel s
42. DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE Thumbwheel s
43. DI SPLAY SELECT Readout
44. XPDR P2/ P3 DEV Thumbwheel s
45. FREQ/ FUNCTI ON SELECT Thumbwheel s
46. DME- PRF Hz/ XPDR- %REPLY Di spl ay
48. F Thumbwheel s
49. XPDR PULSE WI DTH Thumbwheel s
50. SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s
51. XMTR FREQ MHz Di spl ay
53. GPI B Connect or ( J14)
54. GPI B ADDRESS/ OPTI ON Di p Swi t ches
57. AC I NPUT Connect or
61. XMTR Connect or ( J11)
66. SELF- I NTERR/ OFF Swi t ch
71. I FR BUS Connect or ( J5)
72. AUXI LI ARY Connect or ( J6)
73. DABS I NPUT Connect or ( J1)
75. EXTERNAL MEASUREMENT GATE
Connect or ( J3)
76. RF LEVEL I NPUT Connect or ( J4)
ATC- 1400A Al phabet i cal Locat i on Li st :
1. 0 s/ 1. 45 s Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
AC I NPUT Connect or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AUXI LI ARY Connect or ( J6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
CAL MARKS Connect or ( J19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CAL Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CW/ NORM/ OFF Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DABS I NPUT Connect or ( J1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE Thumbwheel s 42
F Thumbwheel s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DI SCRI MI NATOR Connect or ( J21) . . . . . . . . . 33
DI SPLAY SELECT Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
DI SPLAY SELECT Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
DME- PRF Hz/ XPDR- %REPLY Di spl ay . . . . 46
EXTERNAL MEASUREMENT GATE
Connect or ( J3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
F2/ P2 F1/ P1 Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
FREQ/ FUNCTI ON SELECT Thumbwheel s 45
GEN Connect or ( J17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GPI B ADDRESS/ OPTI ON Di p Swi t ches . . 54
GPI B Connect or ( J14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
I FR BUS Connect or ( J5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I NTRF PULSE WI DTH Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MAN/ AUTO/ MAN STEP Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
POWER Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PRF/ SQTR ON/ OFF Swi t ch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PRF/ SQTR Thumbwheel s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RF I / O Connect or ( J15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RF LEVEL - dBm Di spl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RF LEVEL Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
RF LEVEL I NPUT Connect or ( J4) . . . . . . . . . . 76
SELF- I NTERR/ OFF Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF Swi t ch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SUPPRESSOR ON/ OFF Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SUPPRESSOR OUTPUT Connect or ( J18) 16
SUPPRESSOR VAR Adj ust ment . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SYNC Connect or ( J20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
TACAN ON/ OFF Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
XMTR Connect or ( J11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
XMTR Connect or ( J16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
XMTR FREQ MHz Di spl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
XMTR PWR WATTS Di spl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
XPDR DEV P2/ CAL Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
XPDR DEV P3/ CAL Swi t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
XPDR MODE Cont r ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
XPDR P2/ P3 DEV Thumbwheel s . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
XPDR PULSE WI DTH Thumbwheel s . . . . . . 49
XPDR PULSE WI DTH VAR/ CAL Swi t ch . . 20
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2. 5 ATC- 1400A FRONT PANEL
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
1. XMTR PWR WATTS Di spl ay
Cont i nuousl y di spl ays t he peak pul se
power of t he UUT repl y pul se sel ect ed
i n t he SI -1404-1 C74 PPMG Set up
Screen.
3. RF LEVEL -dBm Di spl ay
Di spl ays t he programmed peak RF
power of t he ATC-1400A generat or i n
dB bel ow 1 mW.
6. RF LEVEL Cont rol
Adj ust s ATC-1400A RF generat or
l evel i n 1 dB st eps by sl owl y t urni ng
t he cont rol knob.
7. CW/ NORM/ OFF Swi t ch
Cont rol s t he si gnal t hrough t he
ATC-1400A RF I / O Connect or
(Ant enna A) and SI -1404 ANT B
Connect or (Ant enna B).
CW suppl i es cont i nuous wave si gnal
(RF si gnal wi t h no modul at i on) at t he
f requency set wi t h ATC-1400A
FREQ/ FUNCTI ON SELECT and F
Thumbwheel s. CW set t i ng i s used t o
t est t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em.

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
NORM al l ows t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em t o t ransmi t i nt errogat i ons
(modul at ed RF si gnal ). NORM i s t he
normal set t i ng f or Mode 4/ Mode S
Test Syst em operat i on.
OFF di sabl es out put . When di sabl ed,
t he Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em shut s
of f al l i nt errogat i ons and di sregards
any squi t t ers.
9. RF I / O Connect or (J15)
CAUTI ON: MAXI MUM I NPUT TO
THE RF I / O
CONNECTOR MUST NOT
EXCEED 5 kW PEAK OR
10 W AVERAGE.
Transmi t s i nt errogat i on si gnal s t o and
recei ves repl y si gnal s f rom t he UUT
pri mary ant enna (Ant enna A).
12. XMTR Connect or (J16)
Provi des det ect ed UUT repl y pul ses
f or vi ewi ng on an osci l l oscope.
0 0 0 0 0
FREQ XMTR PWR
UNIT UNDER TEST
MHz WATTS
RF LEVEL
-dBm
CW
NORM
OFF
RF I/O
XXX.XX
RNG
XXX0.0 XXX.00
VEL ACCEL
NMi KTS FT/S/S
L
O
A
D
C
L
E
A
R
IN -1 NMi
OUT NORM
GEN XMTR
RANGE/VEL/ACCEL
02407011
1
3
6
7
9
12
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
15. GEN Connect or (J17)
Provi des det ect ed i nt errogat i on and
i nt erf erence pul ses f or vi ewi ng on an
osci l l oscope.
16. SUPPRESSOR OUTPUT Connect or
(J18)
Provi des mut ual suppressi on pul ses.
17. SUPPRESSOR ON/ OFF Swi t ch
Enabl es or di sabl es mut ual
suppressi on pul ses.
NOTE: When t he ATC-1400A DBL
I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s have DOUBLE
sel ected, an acti ve
suppressi on pul se el i mi nat es
t he f i rst i nt errogat i on of t he
doubl e i nt errogat i on. The
DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s det ermi ne t he
del ay f rom t he suppressi on
pul se t o second i nt errogat i on.
18. SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF Swi t ch
Enabl es or di sabl es Si de-Lobe
Suppressi on (SLS) pul ses.
ON adds t he P2 (ATCRBS) or P5
(Mode S and Mode 4) SLS pul se t o
t he i nt errogat i on t ransmi ssi on. The
ATC-1400A SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s
cont rol onl y t he ampl i t ude of t he SLS
pul se when act i vat ed.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
OFF di sabl es SLS and al l ows t he
SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s t o cont rol
ot her pul se ampl i t udes i f sel ect ed.
19. SUPPRESSOR VAR Adj ust ment
Adj ust s vol t age l evel of mut ual
suppressi on pul se f rom +3 t o +27 V.
20. XPDR PULSE WI DTH VAR/CAL Swi tch
VAR sel ect s a vari abl e i nt errogat i on
pul se wi dt h set by t he ATC-1400A
XPDR PULSE WI DTH Thumbwheel s .
Onl y t he wi dt hs of P1, P2 (i f sel ect ed)
and P3 (i f appl i cabl e and sel ect ed)
are cont rol l ed by t hi s swi t ch.
CAL sel ect s an i nt errogat i on pul se
wi dt h of 0. 8 s.
22. MAN/ AUTO/ MAN STEP Swi t ch
Set t o MAN posi t i on f or Mode 4/ Mode
S Test Syst em operat i on.
23. CAL Cont rol
Adj ust s t he phase of cal i brat i on
(t i mi ng) pul ses wi t h respect t o
i nt errogat i on pul ses. Rot at i ng cont rol
cw del ays cal i brat i on pul ses and
enabl es t he operat or t o al i gn
cal i brat i on pul ses wi t h repl y pul ses.
P
CAL
2
V V
+
CAL O/
AUTO
MAN
MAN
STEP
OFF
FREQ
STEP
RATE
VAR CAL ON OFF
ON OFF
SUPPRESSOR
VAR
NMi
IN
OUT
GEN
02407010
20 18
15 16
17 19 22 23
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
- advances posi t i on of P3 pul se f rom
nomi nal , by val ue sel ect ed on XPDR
P2/ P3 DEV Thumbwheel s, i n s.
CAL sets P3 pul se to nomi nal posi ti on.
Ref er to Appendi x F.
+ del ays posi t i on of P3 pul se f rom
nomi nal , by val ue sel ect ed on XPDR
P2/ P3 DEV Thumbwheel s, i n s.
26. CAL MARKS Connect or (J19)
Provi des t he cal i brat i on pul ses out put
set by t he 1. 0 s/ 1. 45 s Swi t ch and
al i gned by t he CAL Cont rol .
27. 1. 0 s/ 1. 45 s Swi t ch
Sends 1. 0 s cal i brat i on pul ses f or
Mode S repl i es or 1. 45 s cal i brat i on
pul ses f or ATCRBS repl i es out t he
ATC-1400A CAL MARKS Connect or.
- advances posi t i on of t he P2 pul se
f rom nomi nal , by t he XPDR P2/ P3 DEV
Thumbwheel s val ue, i n s.
CAL set s P2 pul se (SLS i n ATCRBS)
t o nomi nal posi t i on.
+ del ays posi t i on of t he P2 pul se
f rom nomi nal , by t he XPDR P2/ P3 DEV
Thumbwheel s val ue, i n s.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
29. SYNC Connect or (J20)
Provi des act i ve l ow osci l l oscope sync
pul se set by TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch. The
Sync pul se i s 17. 5 s pri or t o P1 of
t he i nt errogat i on f or TO posi t i on and
coi nci dent al wi t h P3 of t he
i nt errogat i on f or TD posi t i on.
30. TO/ TAC/ TD Swi t ch
Cont rol s sync pul se posi t i ons t hrough
the ATC-1400A SYNC and SI-1404
SCOPE TRI G OUT Connect or (TO and
TD are t he onl y val i d set t i ngs).
TO posi t i ons sync pul se f or vi ewi ng
i nt errogat i on pul ses on osci l l oscope.
TD posi t i ons sync pul se f or vi ewi ng
repl y or second i nt errogat i on (DI
Funct i on) pul ses on osci l l oscope.
31. I NTRF PULSE WI DTH Cont rol
Adj ust s wi dt h of i nt erf erence pul se
f rom 0. 2 t o 5 s.
32. PRF/ SQTR ON/ OFF Swi t ch
Enabl es/ di sabl es Ant A i nt errogat i ons
t hrough t he RF I / O Connect or (C71
Tri gSource set t o Sel fInterr).
33. DI SCRI MI NATOR Connect or (J21)
Provi des di scri mi nat ed RF i nput
pul ses t o cal cul at e i ndi vi dual repl y
pul se f requenci es. The di scri mi nat or
produces noi se wi t h no RF present .
IDENT
CODE TONE
OFF
P / F
1 1
DISCRIMINATOR
INTRF
PULSE WIDTH
ON OFF
P P
CAL CAL
2 3
VVV V
- + - + -
T T
O D
TAC
SYNC
CAL MARKS
02407012
1.0 S 1.45 S
32 28 25
27
26
30 29 31 33
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
34. F2/ P2 F1/ P1 Swi t ch
F2/P2 enabl es PPMG cont rol i n t he
SI -1404 C74 Set up Screen. The
ATC-1400A measures power and
f requency f or t he sel ect ed pul se.
F1/P1 di sabl es PPMG cont rol by t he
SI -1404. The ATC-1400A measures
power and f requency of t he F1 or P1
pul se i n t he repl y.
35. POWER Swi t ch or
Connect s (I) or di sconnect s (O)
ext ernal ac power t o t he ATC-1400A.
37. TACAN ON/ OFF Swi t ch
Set t o OFF posi t i on f or Mode 4/
Mode S Test Syst em operat i on.
38. XPDR MODE Cont rol
Sel ect s i nt errogat i on mode by set t i ng
nomi nal P3 pul se posi ti on f or ATCRBS
and Al l Cal l i nt errogat i ons. Modes A
and C are t he pri mary modes of t he
ATC Funct i on and Al l Cal l Funct i on
(ACS or ACL) operat i on.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
NOTE: I n Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em operat i on, AC1 i s t he
same as A and AC2 i s t he
same as C. The DI SPLAY
SELECT Readout di spl ays
Mode C al t i t ude i n f eet when
t he DI SPLAY SELECT Cont rol
i s i n XPDR CODE posi t i on
and AC2 i s sel ect ed on XPDR
MODE Cont rol .
40. DI SPLAY SELECT Cont rol
Set s t he DI SPLAY SELECT Readout .
Onl y t hree posi t i ons are val i d f or
Mode 4/ Mode S Test Syst em
operat i on.
FREQ MHz di spl ays i nt errogat i on RF
rel at i ng t o FREQ/ FUNCTI ON SELECT
and F Thumbwheel s set t i ngs.
PRF/SQTR Hz di spl ays t he PRF as
set by t he PRF/ SQTR Thumbwheel s.
XPDR CODE di spl ays t he oct al f orm
of code recei ved i n ATCRBS repl i es.
When XPDR MODE Cont rol i s i n AC2
posi t i on, Mode C al t i t ude i s di spl ayed
i n f eet .
I
DME DIST
XPDR
VEL
RANGE
FREQ
PRF SQTR Hz
DME REPLY
EFFICIENCY
50
0
10
20
30
40
100
60
70
80
90
B
C
D
AC
AC
1
2
CODE
FEET 1
2
T
A
TACAN
ON OFF
IDENT
TONE
OFF
2 2
F / P P / F
1 1
DISCRIMINATOR
XPDR MODE
02407013
POWER
CO
NMi
CODE
KTS
NMi
MHz
34
35
37
38
40
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
41. PRF/ SQTR Thumbwheel s
Sel ect s i nt errogat i on rat e i n Hz. For
t he DI Funct i on, i nt errogat i on rat e i s
t wi ce t he val ue on t he t humbwheel s.
42. DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s
OFF t ransmi t s regul ar i nt errogat i ons
(normal operat i ng posi t i on).
INTERF- t ransmi t s an i nt erf erence
pul se wi t h each i nt errogat i on.
Thumbwheel s det ermi ne i nt erf erence
pul se posi t i on i n s pri or t o l eadi ng
edge of P1 i n t he i nt errogat i on.
INTERF+ t ransmi t s an i nt erf erence
pul se wi t h each i nt errogat i on.
Thumbwheel s det ermi ne i nt erf erence
pul se posi t i on i n s f ol l owi ng t he
l eadi ng edge of P1 i n t he
i nt errogat i on.
DOUBLE sel ect s doubl e i nt errogat i on
when t he SI -1404 di spl ays t he DI
Screen. Thumbwheel s det ermi ne
spaci ng bet ween i nt errogat i ons.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
NOTE: The SI -1404 di spl ays t he
* DI/INTRF ERROR * when
t he DBL I NTERR/ I NTRF
PULSE Thumbwheel s have
DOUBLE sel ect ed and t he
SI -1404 i s not i n t he DI
Screen.
NOTE: Sel ecti ng DOUBLE on the DBL
INTERR/INTRF PULSE
Thumbwheel s wi t h t he
suppressi on pul se act i ve
(SUPPRESSOR ON/ OFF
Swi t ch) el i mi nat es t he f i rst
i nt errogat i on. Thumbwheel s
set del ay f rom suppressi on
pul se t o second i nt errogat i on.
43. DI SPLAY SELECT Readout
Di spl ays t he ATC-1400A t ransmi t t i ng
f requency, PRF or UUT repl y code
dat a, as sel ect ed wi t h t he DI SPLAY
SELECT Cont rol .
44. XPDR P2/ P3 DEV Thumbwheel s
Devi at es posi t i on, i n s, of t he P2
and/ or P3 pul se(s) f rom nomi nal
accordi ng t o XPDR DEV P2/ CAL
Swi t ch and/ or XPDR DEV P3/ CAL
Swi t ch set t i ng(s).
DISPLAY SELECT
ATC
1400
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF
0 0 0 0 0 0
DME DIST
XPDR
VEL
RANGE
FREQ
PRF SQTR Hz
DME REPLY
EFFICIENCY
50
0
10
20
30
40
100
60
70
80
90
B
C
D
AC
AC
1
2
CODE
FEET 1
2
T
A
DBL INTERR / INTRF PULSE
PRF/SQTR XPDR P /P DEV
2 3
XPDR MODE
02407014
NMi
CODE
KTS
NMi
MHz
41 42 43 44
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I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
45. FREQ/ FUNCTI ON SELECT
Thumbwheel s
Set t o XPDR f unct i on f or Mode 4/
Mode S Test Syst em operati on. Sets
transmi t f requency f rom 962 t o
1213 MHz (1030 MHz f or normal
operat i on).
46. DME-PRF Hz/ XPDR-%REPLY Di spl ay
Set t o zero duri ng normal Mode 4/
Mode S Test Syst em operat i on. Ref er
t o t he SI -1404 C10 Funct i on A, C20
Funct i on B and/ or C30 Percent Repl y
Screen(s) f or accurat e percent repl y.
48. F Thumbwheel s
Devi at es ATC-1400A t ransmi t t i ng
f requency -9. 99 t o +9. 99 MHz f rom
f requency set on FREQ/ FUNCTI ON
SELECT Thumbwheel s.
49. XPDR PULSE WI DTH Thumbwheel s
Set s wi dt h, i n s, of sel ect ed P1, P2
and P3 pul ses.
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
50. SLS/ ECHO Thumbwheel s
Sel ect s ampl i t ude of SLS pul ses (P2,
ATCRBS or P5, Mode S and Mode 4)
when SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF Swi t ch i s
ON.
Sel ect s ampl i t ude of P2, P3 or P4 i f
t he respect i ve f i el d i s set t o VAR i n
t he SI -1404 Cont rol Menu f unct i on
screen and t he SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF
Swi t ch i s OFF.
Sel ect s ampl i t ude of i nt erf erence
pul ses when act i vat ed by t he DBL
I NTERR/ I NTRF PULSE Thumbwheel s,
regardl ess of SLS/ ECHO ON/ OFF
Swi t ch set t i ng.
Sel ect ed ampl i t ude ranges f rom -19 t o
+9 dB wi t h respect t o t he l evel of P1
i n t he i nt errogat i on.
51. XMTR FREQ MHz Di spl ay
Cont i nuousl y di spl ays average
f requency of RF pul ses recei ved i n
UUT repl i es. The SI -1404 C74 Set up
Screen sel ect s t he pul ses t o measure
when t he ATC-1400A F2/ P2 F1/ P1
Swi t ch i s set t o F2/ P2. The
ATC-1400A measures and di spl ays
onl y t he f requency of F1, ATCRBS or
P1, Mode S when t he F2/ P2 F1/ P1
Swi t ch i s set t o F1/ P1 posi t i on.
DME-PRF
XPDR-%
Hz
REPLY
XMTR FREQ
UNIT UNDER TEST
MHz
ATC-
1400A
0 0 0 0
+
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF
0 0 0 0
XPDR
P DEV
3
V
DME P DEV
2
XPDR PULSE WIDTH SLS/ECHO
FREQ / FUNCTION SELECT F
XXX.XX
RNG
XXX0.0 XXX.00
VEL ACCEL
L
O
A
D
C
L
E
RANGE/VEL/ACCEL
02407015
46 48 49 50 51
45
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2. 6 ATC- 1400A REAR PANEL
I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
53. GPI B Connect or (J14)
Provi des a paral l el i nt erf ace f or
general purpose programmabl e
i nst rument at i on. Conf orms t o I EEE
St andard 488-1978.
54. GPI B ADDRESS/ OPTI ON Di p
Swi t ches
Set s I EEE-488 bus address f or
paral l el remot e cont rol operat i on.
57. AC I NPUT Connect or
Connect s ac power f rom SI -1404 t o
ATC-1400A.
61. XMTR Connect or (J11)
Provi des t he det ect ed vi deo recei ved
f rom t he UUT t ransmi t t er and set at a
TTL l evel .
66. SELF-I NTERR/ OFF Swi t ch
Set t o OFF f or Mode 4/ Mode S Test
Syst em operat i on.
71. I FR BUS Connect or (J5)
Connect s t o SI -1404 I FR BUS f or
communi cat i on and cont rol dat a.

I TEM DESCRI PTI ON
72. AUXI LI ARY Connect or (J6)
Connect s t o SI -1404 AUXI LI ARY
Connector f or ti mi ng and pul se si gnal s.
73. DABS I NPUT Connect or (J1)
Recei ves DPSK modul at i on f rom t he
SI -1404 t hrough DPSK OUT
Connect or. The bi pol ar DPSK si gnal
modul at es t he ATC-1400A RF si gnal
t o provi de Mode S i nt errogat i ons.
75. EXTERNAL MEASUREMENT GATE
Connect or (J3)
Recei ves t he PPMG pul se f rom t he
SI -1404 MEASUREMENT GATE OUT
Connect or. The PPMG pul se t ri ggers
t he ATC-1400A t o measure UUT repl y
pul se power and f requency. Power
measurement s are di spl ayed on t he
XMTR PWR WATTS Di spl ay.
Frequency measurement i s di spl ayed
on t he XMTR FREQ MHz Di spl ay.
76. RF LEVEL I NPUT Connect or (J4)
Recei ves addi t i onal RF l evel cont rol
f rom t he SI -1404 RF VERNI ER OUT
Connect or. The 3 dB verni er
cont rol s t he si gnal l evel t ransmi t t ed
t hrough t he RF I / O Connect or.
02407035
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O
N
O
F
F
GPIB ADDRESS
IEEE 488 - 1978
SH1
L4
PP0
AH1
LE0
DC1
T6
SR1
DT1
TE0
RL1
C0
DECODER
WIDE EQUALIZER
SELF-
INTERR
INST DIM
HI
NARROW
R/NAV
OFF
GEN
OFF
XMTR
LOW
J9 J10 J11 J22
CLOCK
FREQ
SERIAL
J1
J2
J3
J4
J23
TEST
ON
OFF
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
A1 A5
FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION
AGAINST FIRE, REPLACE ONLY
WITH FUSE OF THE SPECIFIED
VOLTAGE AND CURRENT RATINGS.
CAUTION
F2 F1
AC LINE FUSES
S S E
F U
S U F
E
E
F
UF
E S U
J6
AUXILIARY
IFR BUS
J5
J8
INTERROGATOR
J7
INDICATOR
120 WATTS MAX
100-120VAC 60Hz
220-240VAC 50Hz
3.0A @ 110/230 VAC
TYPE F
53
76
54 57
61
66
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