The highest performing telemetry receiver on the market is available in an elegant, compact 1U rack mount package and a 3U touchscreen package with dual, 7-inch full color touchscreens. Configurations include one channel, two channels, or two channels plus combiner; an integrated three-channel spectrum analyzer; automatic AGC zeroing; PCM deframing (header detection/extraction, Sub-Frame ID (SFID) checking/extraction); built-in playback demodulator; combiner IF output; simultaneous TTL and RS-422 outputs; contiguous frequency tuning; adaptive equalizer; and decoding for SOQPSK Space Time Coded and Low Density Parity Check encoded signals.
Complete Receiver – RF to Bits – a single-box solution that includes downconversion, demodulation, and bit synchronization
Data Quality Encapsulation (DQE) to bundle Data Quality Metric (DQM) words with payload data, including a sync word to aid BSS time alignment; built-in real-time DQM display
NEW! Best-Channel Selector (BCS) seamlessly selects the best channel (Channel 1, Channel 2, or Pre-Detection Diversity Combiner) based on DQM, which is then used as the combiner data output
Built-in integrated three-channel spectrum analyzer shows frequency domain view for up to three channels simultaneously
Multi-Mode diversity combiner supports both Maximal Ratio Combining and Best Source Selection modes and features a revolutionary dynamic time alignment function that increases the allowable time skew between channels by over 1300 nanoseconds—more than 60 bits at high bit rates!
Built-in playback demodulator IF inputs for each channel, 75 kHz to 20 MHz, or 70 MHz with selectable SAW filter
Simultaneous RS-422 and TTL for all units – no need to order separate output options
Tuning Range from 200 MHz to 5250 MHz
Versatile Rack-Mount Enclosures – 1U or 3U 19” rack-mount chassis houses one or two receiver channels covering P, lower L, upper L, full S, C, or multiple bands per channel
Easy on-site updates of software and firmware may now be installed by the customer on-site via SD card or network
Best SOQPSK-TG detection in the Industry, yielding improvements of 2 dB or more over the competition’s single-symbol detectors
True multi-symbol trellis detection all three ARTM modes for optimal demodulation
3.5 to 5 dB improvement in PCM/FM performance vs. the best single-symbol demodulators, to within 0.2 dB of the theoretical limit
Enhanced Modulation Index Tracking* for PCM/FM maintains superior BER performance even if the received signal’s modulation index varies by as much as 500%, a major breakthrough for tracking legacy analog transmitters (*patented)
Phase Noise Compensation optimizes demodulator performance for use with legacy TM packs and transmitters with excessive phase noise
Typical noise figure of 3.5 dB bests all other ARTM receivers on the market, hands down
Synchronizes up to 100 times faster – and maintains sync at lower signal-to-noise ratios – than any other ARTM demodulator
Spectrum analyzer shows frequency domain view for up to three channels simultaneously
This document describes the memory and media present in Quasonix RDMS™ third-generation receivers and notes that payload data cannot be stored in the RDMS™ itself, nor can it be routed to other devices on its Ethernet network.
BBRAM
configuration
disk
DRAM
EEPROM
ethernet
Flash
FPGA
media
memory
payload data
process to sanitize
SD card
SRAM
storage
tape
volatile
volatility
Features, specifications, and options of the Gen 3 Rackmount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver.
1U
3U
Adaptive
best
bit
Bits
channel
Chassis
Clock
Coding
Combiner
data
dB
dBm
Demodulator
DQM
Eb
Equalizer
error
Ethernet
Extended
frequency
IF
input
LDPC
link
Mbps
MHz
MOUNT
multipath
N0
Network
out
output
Outputs
PCM
Performance
Quality
Quasonix
RACK
Range
rate
RDMS
RECEIVER
RECEIVERS
RF
RS422
Source
standard
synchronization
TELEMETRY
Tier
Time
Catalog of products including Rackmount and Compact RDMS™ Receivers; TIMTER™, nanoTX™, and nanoPuck™ Transmitters; transmitter accessories and heat sinks; Ethernet Via Telemetry (EVTM); and the Receiver Analyzer.
1U
3U
5-band
acquisition
adaptive
add-ons
amplifier
Analyzer
application-specific
ARTM
automates
better
bigger
bit
break
brother
channels
Check
Coded
combination
combiner
combining
compact
competition
complete
Configurations
contiguous
contiguously
coverage
covering
CPM
dB
dBm
decoding
delivering
demodulator
Density
diminutive
display
diversity
efficient
elegant
encoded
equalizer
error
exceptional
extremely
features
finest
flexibility
flight-ready
FM
frequency
Generation
generators
GHz
highest
include
including
index
integrated
Introducing
levels
Low
Lower
market
matter
MHz
modes
modulation
mount
multi-band
Multi-h
multi-mode
nanoTX
new
noise
offers
optional
package
Parity
PCM
performance
performing
power
rack
Rack-Mount
range
rate
rd
RDMS
Receiver
sensitivity
signal
signals
single
size
smallest
SOQPSK
SOQPSK-TG
Space
spectrum
synchroniza
synchronizer
tailoring
Telemetry
testers
tests
third
threshold
Time
TIMTER
touchscreen
Transmitter
tuning
ultimate
unit
Upper
value
watts
wide
Optional contiguous tuning from 200 MHz through 2500 MHz and 4400 MHz through 5250 MHz
Low Density Parity Check coding, included in all receivers with SOQPSK demodulation, operates with Quasonix LDPC-enabled transmitters to improve link margin by up to 9 dB, while still using 22% less bandwidth than PCM/FM at the same payload data rate
Space-Time Coding (STC), included in all rackmount receivers with SOQPSK demodulation, operates with Quasonix STC-enabled transmitters to eliminate the dropouts caused by transmit antenna pattern nulls due to inter-antenna interference
The Quasonix Space Time Coding Solution eliminates link outages caused by the “two-antenna problem,” improving behavior of received signal power and overall link availability.
106-17
2-E
Adopted
Advantages
Aeronautical
AFB
Air
aircraft
antenna
Antennas
applications
authors
availability
bandwidth
behavior
Bit
Brigham
cancel
caused
Center
Coded
CODING
Commander’s
Compatible
Complete
Conference
configuration
Council
creating
data
Dual
Edwards
Eliminates
Errors
expansion
Experimental
flight
Force
Ground
IF
II
Illustrations
Improves
installations
interference
International
IRIG
Kip
link
LOS
Lower
maneuvers
Michael
minimal
nulls
NV
originally
outages
Output
Part
path
Pattern
permission
power
problem
Proceedings
published
Quasonix
Radiation
Range
RDMS
receive
received
Receiver
Receivers
required
Results
Rice
signal
Signals
SNR
software
SOLUTION
SOQPSK
SPACE
Space-Time
spectrum
standard
station
STC
SYSTEM
Telemetering
Telemetry
Temple
test
TIME
transmit
Transmitter
two-antenna
University
upgrade
Upper
USA
The Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Forward Error Correction mode improves link margin equivalent to nearly tripling the operating distance on your telemetry link.
bandwidth
bit
bits
block
channel
CHECK
code
coding
conditions
CORRECTION
crypto
data
dB
Decoding
DENSITY
devices
Eb
ERROR
even
fading
FM
Forward
fully
gain
LDPC
less
Link
LOW
maintain
Margin
N0
nearly
Operation
PARITY
payload
PCM
performance
Quasonix
rate
rates
receiver
receivers
sizes
subsystem
Synchronization
SYSTEM
telemetry
Transmitter
Instructions for accessing and using Quasonix RDMS™ receivers’ serial control interface, including commands and syntax, for debugging purposes. The Telnet interface should only be accessed by advanced users. Contact Quasonix customer support before using these options.
1.0.5
AGC
channel
command
commands
configuration
enable
menu
mode
modulation
parameters
protocol
receiver
serial control interface
set
Telnet
terminal
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rackmount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, updated to match RDMS™ System Version 19.3.
3.7.5
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
API
Automatic
BERT
Best
Best-Channel
Best-Source
Bit
Browser
Certificate
Channel
Clock
Combiner
Control
Controls
CS1
Cyber-Security
Data
Display
Down
Drop
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generator
Interface
HyperTrack
IP
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Monitor
Noise
Only
Output
Panel
Pattern
PCM
Phase Noise
Polarity
Presets
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Selector
Setting
Settings
Signal
Source
System
Test
TMoIP
Update
Video
Window
Zero
Introduction to the Data Quality Metric and its role in troubleshooting, and an essential troubleshooting flowchart for Gen 3 RDMS™.
accurate
BEP
BER
best-channel selection
best-source selection
bits
calibrated
Data Quality Encapsulation
Data Quality Metric
diagnostic
DQE
DQM
encrypted
flowchart
information
RDMS
received
receiver
set
signal
Troubleshooting
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rackmount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, updated to match RDMS™ System Version 18.
3.6
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
API
Automatic
BERT
Best
Best-Channel
Best-Source
Bit
Browser
Certificate
Channel
Clock
Combiner
Control
Controls
CS1
Cyber-Security
Data
Display
Down
Drop
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generator
Interface
HyperTrack
IP
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Monitor
Noise
Only
Output
Panel
Pattern
PCM
Phase Noise
Polarity
Presets
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Selector
Setting
Settings
Signal
Source
System
Test
TMoIP
Update
Video
Window
Zero
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, updated to match RDMS™ System Version 17.
3.5.2
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
API
Automatic
BERT
Best
Best-Channel
Best-Source
Bit
Browser
Certificate
Channel
Clock
Combiner
Control
Controls
CS1
Cyber-Security
Data
Display
Down
Drop
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generator
Interface
HyperTrack
IP
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Monitor
Noise
Only
Output
Panel
Pattern
PCM
Phase Noise
Polarity
Presets
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Selector
Setting
Settings
Signal
Source
System
Test
TMoIP
Update
Video
Window
Zero
This technical guide introduces Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoding, its uses and benefits, the Quasonix products it is available for, and considerations for optimal set-up and use.
1.0
Advanced
Analyzer
ARTM
Availability
Bandwidth
Bench
Channel
Check
Command
Commands
Compact
Configuration
Controls
Density
Dual
LDPC
List
Menu
Mode
Modulator
Mount
Parity
Quasonix
Rack
Receiver
Receivers
RF
Screen
Single
SOQPSK
STC
Tier
Transmitter
User
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, matching RDMS™ System Versions 9 and 10.
2.5.8
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Bit
Browser
Channel
Combiner
Control
Data
Display
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generation
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Output
Panel
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Quasonix
Rack-Mount
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Setting
Settings
Signal
Speed
System
TMoIP
Window
Zero
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, matching RDMS™ System Version 11.
2.6.3
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Bit
Browser
Channel
Combiner
Control
Data
Display
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generation
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Output
Panel
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Quasonix
Rack-Mount
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Setting
Settings
Signal
Speed
System
TMoIP
Window
Zero
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, matching RDMS™ System Versions 12 and 13.
2.8.3
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
Bit
Browser
Channel
Combiner
Control
Display
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generation
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Output
Panel
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Quasonix
Rack-Mount
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Setting
Settings
Signal
System
TMoIP
Window
Zero
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, matching RDMS™ System Version 14.
3.0.5
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
Bit
Browser
Channel
Combiner
Control
Display
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generation
IP
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Output
Panel
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Quasonix
Rack-Mount
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Setting
Settings
Signal
System
TMoIP
Window
Zero
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, matching RDMS™ System Version 15.
3.2
1U
3U
Advanced
AGC
AM
Antenna
Browser
Channel
Combiner
Control
Display
FM
Frequency
Front
Generation
Interface
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Output
Panel
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Quasonix
Rack-Mount
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Settings
Signal
System
TMoIP
Update
Window
Zero
Presents the theory of using the phase tree for data detection to improve bit error rate (BER), how to recognize phase noise, and when to use Phase Noise Correction (PNC).
adjacent
algorithms
analog
assumption
BER
bit
bits
Compensation
Confidential
Cycles
data
dB
decisions
demod
Demodulation
Detection
FM
following
Frequency
gain
help
helpful
Improves
known
L3
Legacy
low
Microwave
Never
Noise
nominal
path
performance
Phase
PNC
Proprietary
Quasonix
rates
Reinventing
several
signal
SNR
symbols
Symptoms
Telemetry
Time
Trajectory
transmitter
transmitters
tree
Trellis
true
Turn
TX
Vibration
worse
Documents three methods for updating firmware on a Quasonix 3rd-Generation Rackmount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver: SD Card; Network ; and Local.
1.2
Access
Browser
Card
Complete
Directions
Display
Failed
File
Firmware
Front
Info
Information
Inserted
Insertion
Instructions
Interface
Link
List
Local
Locked
Maintenance
Messages
Micro
Network
Notes
Overview
Panel
Perform
Port
Procedure
Product
Programming
Progress
RDMS
RDMS3
Ready
Requests
RMA
Screen
SD
Selected
Selection
Settings
Slot
Status
Support
System
Technical
Update
Upload
USB
Version
Warranty
Installation and operation of the Quasonix 3rd Generation Rack-Mount RDMS™ Telemetry Receiver, updated to match RDMS™ System Version 16.
3.4.8
1U
3U
Advanced
AFC
AGC
AM
Antenna
Best
Best-Source
Bit
Browser
Certificate
Channel
Clock
Combiner
Control
Controls
Data
Display
Down
Drop
Entry
Factory
FM
Frequency
Front
Generator
Interface
IP
Main
Menu
Mode
Modulation
Monitor
Noise
Only
Output
Panel
Pattern
PCM
Polarity
Presets
Rate
RDMS
Scale
Scaling
Screen
Selection
Selector
Setting
Settings
Signal
Source
System
Test
TMoIP
Update
Video
Window
Zero
Maximum RF Input is listed as +20dB. Is this the maximum safe limit? If so, what is the maximum usable RF input level? Or, if +20dB is the maximum usable RF input level, then what is the maximum safe limit?
The operating system in the RDMS™ is Arch Linux, which we custom-tailor to the application. We incorporate updates when they benefit the performance or features of the product.
The remote control interface is via web browser, which can run under any OS.
Power consumption depends on the number of channels in the rack, the demodulators and decoders currently in use, and the data rate. For absolute maximums, you can use the following:
Single channel: 60 watts
Dual channel: 80 watts
Dual channel with combiner: 100 watts
For 3U units, excluding the -IP option (IP packet output of PCM data), the consumption is 10 watts higher than the figures given above for 1U units.
The RDMS™ ships with a comprehensive set of test data loaded onto the unit, and accessible through the browser interface. The AC power supply is CE certified, but the complete unit is not.
Maximum RF Input is listed as +20dB. Is this the maximum safe limit? If so, what is the maximum usable RF input level? Or, if +20dB is the maximum usable RF input level, then what is the maximum safe limit?
+20 dBm (100mW) is the recommended maximum safe RF input level. Less than 0 dBm input level is recommended for proper demodulation of any waveform.
All receivers work with windows or linux system?
If yes, how you deal with windows or linux version changes?
Regards
The operating system in the RDMS™ is Arch Linux, which we custom-tailor to the application. We incorporate updates when they benefit the performance or features of the product.
The remote control interface is via web browser, which can run under any OS.
What is the power consumption (watts) of the 1U unit?
Power consumption depends on the number of channels in the rack, the demodulators and decoders currently in use, and the data rate. For absolute maximums, you can use the following:
Single channel: 60 watts
Dual channel: 80 watts
Dual channel with combiner: 100 watts
For 3U units, excluding the -IP option (IP packet output of PCM data), the consumption is 10 watts higher than the figures given above for 1U units.
Is the QSX-RDMS telemetry receiver NRTL or UL approved, listed, or field tested when it is delivered?
The RDMS™ ships with a comprehensive set of test data loaded onto the unit, and accessible through the browser interface. The AC power supply is CE certified, but the complete unit is not.
Is there a letter of volatility associated with this receiver?
Here is a link to the Letter of Volatility for third-generation RDMS™.