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Work assigned during the period of Assessment

Discipline: Electronics and Communication Engineering Job Function: Design, Development, Integration and testing
of Audio and Data Management System

Project/Assignments Nature
 Design and Development of Audio and Data Management (ADMS) for Airborne Surveillance Platform

• ADMS Configuration Technical

• Graphical User Interface design for ADMS Technical

• Adaptation of ADMS for Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft Technical

• Integration and testing of prototype ADMS at lab level Technical

 Development of Radio Controller for Mission Communication System (MCS) of AEW&C

• Command and Control operation of Radio of AEW&C Technical

• Development of Radio Control Application for Flight Crew Radio of AEW&C Technical

 Flight testing of Search and Rescue system for AEW&C Test/Evaluation

Additional Work Role

Equipment Taking Over (ETO) of Phase 1 of AEW&C Member
Jyoti Yadav, Scientist B, CABS
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Design and Development of Audio and Data Management System

Objective:
Basic ADMS Configuration
To evolve ADMS architecture
for Airborne Surveillance
Ethernet to
RS485/RS422
Serial
Converter
Platform
Lan X 4

E ADMS Functions:
T Tx
Radio
H
E CUIP (x 11)
Gateway
Rx
Mission
(x 11)
 On-board inter-
CPU 1 (x 4)
R
Power
Supply
N
E
Audio Interface Card
communication and
T SATCOM Ku Band
190W
Hand Oxy Boom (x 2)
MIC MIC MIC Tx C Band (x 2) External communication
24 port Cockpit Intercom
Gigabit
Ethernet Gigabit Operator
Rx through selected radio/
CCCU Switch Ehernet Central
External Radio CSM Monitor (x 2)

E
Switch (x 2) Gateway
(x 4)
Radio Warning communication channels
Receiver (x 1)
T
CPU 1 H
E
 Data and textual
R E Rest Crew (x 4)
Power N
E
T
E Rx conversations
Supply Rest Crew (x 4)
190W T R Tx
 Control
Wi-Fi Module (x 1)
N
E
OWS (x 11)
of Radio
T
PCIe (x
11)
parameters
LAN(x 4)
Hard Disk 256 GB LAN (x 2) IP Phone (x 2)
 On-board Video

Note : *ROIP Gateway ( 4 audio channels per ROIP) conferencing

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Design and Development of Audio and Data Management System (Contd..)

CCCU Radio Gateway

Contribution:
 Derived the requirement specification.
 Designed ADMS architecture for Airborne Warning
and Control System (AWACS) Platform.
 Identified Rugged COTS Hardware to realise the
various sub-modules.
 Designed Emergency Mode Circuit for providing
Communication Command and Control Unit (CCCU) Architecture back up connections.

Achievement:
 Lab Level setup of ADMS successfully integrated and tested for four operators and six radios including IP Phones and Basic Phones.
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Customized Client GUI design for ADMS

Objective:
To develop Client GUI for CUIP (Communication User Interface Panel) of ADMS.

CUIP Features:
Easy to Use
Allows the operator to:
 Access and control radio parameters
 Have intercom and communicate from air-to-ground as well as ground-to-air
Main Page of CUIP Front end
 Use advance features like Video Conferencing, file sharing and Chat
 Client GUI developed using Qt

Achievements:
 Client GUI with soft PTT
functionality developed using QT
 Radio Command and Control
integrated in the software.

Lab Setup with Server and Client End Radio Command and Control Page
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Adaptation of ADMS for AEW&C

Objective:
To propose Interface Details and Hardware Configuration of
ADMS for AEW&C

Contribution:
 Modified ADMS Architecture for AEW&C.

Radio Gateways enclosed  Worked out power consumption and Mechanical mounting
in details of Line Replaceable Units (LRU).
Tough box chassis
 Defined Interface details between various sub-systems of
ADMS and AEW&C.

Achievement:
 Prepared preliminary Interface Control Document for
Mission System Rack A with five mission radios (Make:
Raytheon), two flight crew radios and five mission
Tentative Mounting for
Communication User Interface operators.
ADMS LRU Mountings in Rack A
Panel
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ADMS configuration for AEW&C A/c 1129

EMG RX, TX&PTT

RS416P
Serial to
Eth-to-Serial TTL
Converter Convert

MSC MCS CONTROLLER MSC er

Ethernet RCU CONTROL BUS

RCU CONTROL BUS V/UHF Antenna (TX/RX) V/UHF Antenna (TX/RX)
E1 AUDIO
Ethernet CCCU
Jack Box #1
ANT 3 Emg Ckt A ANT 3
RCU RS 485
Ethernet
(SOFT) ACP #1 ALERT WARNG
CUIP #1
Tx & PTT Tx & PTT RF
RF

EMG RX TX
REC O/P
OWS 1 V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)
Rx
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX) OWS 1 Rx ICFPA #1
BACK UP #3 ICFPA #1 #3
E1 AUDIO
Jack Box #2 ANT 4 Emg Ckt A
ANT 4
RCU CONTROL
RCU RS 485 RCU CONTROL
(SOFT) ACP #2 ALERT WARNG
CUIP #2
Tx & PTT Tx & PTT RF
RF
REC O/P (TX &RX) V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)
OWS 2 Rx V/UHF RADIO OWS 2 Rx
ICFPA #2
#4 ICFPA #2 #4

E1 AUDIO ANT 5 ANT 5

Jack Box #3 Emg Ckt A
RCU CONTROL RCU CONTROL
RCU RS 485
(SOFT) CUIP #3 Emg Ckt B Tx & PTT RF
ACP #3 ALERT WARNG Tx & PTT RF
(TX &RX)
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX) V/UHF RADIO
REC O/P Rx ICFPA #3 Rx
#5 ICFPA #3
OWS 3 #5 OWS 3
BACK UP
ANT 6 ANT 6
Jack Box #4
E1 AUDIO
VAIU RCU CONTROL
Emg Ckt A
RCU CONTROL

RCU RS 485
Tx & PTT RF
(SOFT) ACP #4 ALERT WARNG
Tx & PTT RF RADIO (TX &RX)
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX) CUIP #4 Rx
V/UHF RADIO
ICFPA #4
REC O/P
Rx
#6
ICFPA #4
Ethernet
GATEWAY #6
OWS 4 OWS 4
ANT 7 ANT 7
RCU CONTROL
E1 AUDIO RCU CONTROL
Jack Box #5 Emg Ckt A
Tx & PTT Tx & PTT
RCU RS 485
RF RF
(SOFT) Rx (TX &RX) Rx V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)
ACP #5 ALERT WARNG V/UHF RADIO CUIP #5 ICFPA #5
ICFPA #5 #7
#7
REC O/P
OWS 5 OWS 5
RCU CONTROL RCU CONTROL ANT 1
ICP #1 ICP #1
AUDIO RF
(IN/OUT) Tx & PTT(COM3) V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)

Rx (COM3) #1
ICP #2 ICP #2

RCU CONTROL
ANT 2
Tx & PTT(AUX)
ICP #3 ICP #3 RF
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)
AUDIO DISC Rx (AUX)
(IN/OUT) CNTRL ANT 1 #2
DISC
Tx & PTT(COM3) CNTRL
ICP #4 RF ICP #4
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX) RCU CONTROL TACAN
Rx (COM3) #1
RCU
(HARD)
ICP #5 RCU CONTROL ANT 2 ICP #5 RCU CONTROL BUS
AUDIO
(IN/OUT)
Tx & PTT(AUX)
RF
V/UHF RADIO (TX &RX)
Cockpit Audio System RCU
Rx (AUX) #2
(HARD)
RCU CONTROL
TACAN
Cockpit Audio
RCU CONTROL BUS
System

Present MCS Airborne Configuration in AEW&C A/C ADMS Airborne Configuration in AEW&C A/C
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Development of Radio Controller
for Mission Communication System (MCS) of AEW&C

Requirement:
Development of Radio Controller.

Radio Controller functions :

 Transaction of Radio Control information with Mission System Controller
(MSC)
 RS422 Control interface to five Mission Radios (Make: Raytheon)
 RS485 Control Interface to two Flight Crew Radios (Make: R&S)
 Time Synchronization of 7 Radios & Radio controller
Radio Controller External Interface

Achievement:
 Identified hardware module for Radio Controller Unit with required number
of TTL and configurable serial ports.
 Radio Command and Control implemented from Radio Controller to Radio
in lab setup.
Radio Controller Hardware Unit
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Development of Radio Control Application for Flight Crew Radio

Objective:
To develop Radio Control Application for
Command and Control of Flight Crew
Radio (FCR)

Contribution:
 Radio Control Application
developed for Flight Crew Radio which
controls the Selection of frequency,
AM/FM mode, T/R+G channel, Controlling of Two V/UHF Radios
by one Remote Control Unit
Squelch, Transmitter power,
Emergency Guard in the selected
V/UHF Radio.

Achievement: Radio Control Application for FCR

 Implemented Radio Controller

Application for Flight Control Radio
Lab Setup for Controlling FCR using Moxa
(Make: R&S) using RS485 Ethernet to serial converter
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Testing of Search and Rescue System for AEW&C

Objective: Flight testing of Search and Rescue System in AEW&C

Flight Test :
Aircraft
Test condition:

• Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mode

frequency: 282 MHz
Test Results:

Contribution:
Search and Rescue System Programming lab Setup
 Programmed CABS units (ALS Decoder, PRB
and ELT) in CSAR mode.
Achievement:  Flight Tested Search and Rescue System at
 Search and Rescue system was successfully flight tested for
CABS and IAF Base Bhatinda in CSAR .
obtaining the ranges for voice and data in AEW&C Aircraft at IAF
 SAR System Maintenance Activities
Base Bathinda and the results were accepted by IAF.
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Future Work

 Integration of Audio and Data Management(ADMS) in System test and Integration Rig(STIR) in existing
Mission System Rack A and testing
 Ground & Flight testing of ADMS in AEW&C Aircraft
 Server Software Development for Command and Control Unit of ADMS
 Development of Indigenous Operational Data Link

Thank You