R&S^®GP2000 Remote Control Processor

Key applications

• Split-site applications with remote transmitters and/or receivers (R&S® Series2000, R&S® Series850, R&S® Series890)
• Local applications using non-R&S® Series2000 equipment (R&S® Series850, R&S® Series890, R&S® XK516 transceiver) for adaptation to R&S® Series2000 systems
• Upgrading of available HF systems to R&S® Series2000 standard
• Applications using ARINC-429 equipment

Split-site applications

Split-site solutions are necessary wherever collocation problems are to be expected because of high transmitter power or the use of several transmitting antennas. Transmitters and receivers then must be set up separately at a certain distance from each other. In the ideal case, all the transmitters are set up at one site and all the receivers at another location far away. In many cases it is sufficient to install only the transmitters remotely and leave the receivers in the central station. All members of the R&S® Series2000 or R&S® Series850 transceivers can be used as transmitters.

Flexible networking

For interconnection of the individual system components, different transmission media can be used depending on the distance to be covered:

• For distances up to approx. 100 m: transmission directly via cable
• For distances up to approx. 100 km: transmission via dedicated/PSTN lines by means of modems
• For distances up to approx. 50 km: transmission via microwave link

Like the R&S Series 2000, the R&S GP2000 can be fully remote-controlled from a system processor (PC) via its remote-control interface.

Upgrading of available HF systems to R&S Series 2000 standard

The R&S GP2000 allows upgrading of legacy systems to R&S Series 2000 standard. This means more than mere functional compatibility between the R&S Series 850 and R&S Series 2000 systems. Through the use of new R&S GP2000 features such as ALE (FED-STD-1045/46/49), the HF Data Modem R&S GM2200 can be combined with available transceivers from the R&S Series 850 family.

The following R&S Series 2000 features are available when using the R&S Series 850 together with the R&S GP2000

• User interface (MMI) identical to R&S XK2100L and R&S GB2000
• ALIS
• ALE (FED-STD-1045/46/49)
• Fast data mode with up to 9600 bit/s
• Automatic Phone Patch APP
• Voice Processing Unit (VPU) R&S GN2110 (with/without scrambling)
• Support of automatic modes ALIS/ARQ, ALIS/PRP, ALIS/FAST DATA, ALE/PRP, ALE/FAST DATA

Applications using ARINC-429 equipment

If the R&S GP2000 with RX/TX interface is equipped with the ARINC option, it can be used for controlling transceivers having an interface in line with ARINC-429, as for instance the Transceiver R&S XK516.