RCE
Model 2020
Radio Controlled
Equipment
Provides full duplex voice and data
communications between a control site
and a remote site
Provides paired frequencies (VHF and
UHF) or independent 2 channel
operation, reducing system cost by
half.
Provides an interface between Voice
Switching System and remotely located
radio transmitters and receivers
Provides Speech plus Data Modem for
operation over unconditioned
telephone lines and satellite links
Provides a high speed user serial data
interface for trans-receiver tuning and
other controls
Provides status monitoring and health
check of various assets located at
remote sites
Provides excellent unmatched voice
quality
Distinguishing Features
• Uses 2 Texas Instruments TMS320C5410A
DSPs running @ 160 MIPS each
• These DSPs employs a high degree of
parallelism and enhanced Harvard architecture
for increased performance
• Executes most of the instructions in single
clock cycle
• Superior all digital design approach
employing speech encoding @ 8KBit/s.
• Digitization scheme embeds control data with
voice in 24.0 Kbit/s data stream, thus
providing high degree of data reliability
• End-to-end voice bandwidth of 300-3000 Hz
• All digital scheme does not need band-pass
filters to isolate voice and FSK data, as done
in classical analog/FSK modem designs
• Push-to-talk throughput time (RCE-to-RCE
over unconditioned telephone lines) is
40 msec without sacrificing any audio
bandwidth
• Provides superior operation by eliminating PTT
and transmit voice skews.
• All Input/Output (I/O) signal connections are
made through standard 25-pair telephone
type connectors, used widely in communication
systems
• 16 BIT CRC insures data integrity.
• Up to 5 controls (PTT M, PTT S, TX M/S,
RX M/S, Sq. Break) for each radio frequency,
with confirmation signals
• Three modes of operation (Backup, Dual
Control Sites w/Priority or Dual Remote Sites)
 RCE Specifications
Other Features
16 Analog/Digital (A/D) inputs at 10 VAC range for status monitoring of voltage levels at the remote site
16 Digital/Analog (D/A) outputs to receive and display test levels
Built-in order wire capabilities for maintenance purposes
Provides data scrambler for secure and error free operation over noisy telephone lines
On card secondary lightning and transient protection for trunk line interfaces
Built-in 1 KHz test tone generation and Loopback capability for fast fault isolation and recovery
Front Panel Test jacks and LED’s for easy and quick fault isolation and equipment alignment
Front Panel Dip-Switch settings for one/two channel operation and line level settings
During single channel operation, controls for the second channel are available to the user
Future enhancement includes remote unit firmware updates and configuration controls from the local site

Specifications
Voice Frequency Response (All Audio Interfaces): +/- 1 dB 300-3000 Hz with-respect-to 1 KHz
Audio Line Levels: From –30 to +12 dBm
Line Level Settings: Dip Switch/ or RS-232 Port
Coupling: 1:1 Transformer for ground loop noise reduction
Impedance: 600 Ohms +/- 5%
Audio: AGC: +/- 12 dB DSP implementation
Signal Routing: Main or Standby Radio Transmitters or Receivers
Secondary Protection: Transient Line Protection and Lightning Protection
Testability: Audio Loopback
Digitization: 64 Kbits/second @ 8 KHz, u-law conversion
Overall Data Rate: 24.0 kBits/second (19.2 kBits/second in backup mode)
User Data Rate: 600 Bits Per Second – Continuous with hardware flow control
Data: Voice-to-Data Isolation: 65 dB minimum
Data Integrity: Parity Check, Checksum Validation, Positive Data Acknowledge, and 16 bit CRC
PTT, Tx Main/Standby, Rx Main/Standby
PTT Confirm, TX Main Confirm, Rx Main/Standby Confirm, Rx Mute, Squelch Break, Lockout Confirm
Contact Closure, 500ma maximum current @ 48 VDC, or
Radio Controls: Ground when Active, 500ma maximum current @ 48 VDC, or
(Outputs) 12/24 VDC when Active, 500ma maximum current @ 48 VDC contact protection
RC network for spark suppression and contact protection
MOV transient suppressor for enhanced contact life
Contact Closure, 5ma maximum current @ 12 VDC
Ground when Active, 5ma maximum current @ 12 VDC
Confirm Signals: Reverse polarity option with jumper strap selection
Series current limiting for enhancing contact life
(Inputs)
RC network for contact debounce and noise filter
Diode limiting for input transient protection
Installation
The DSP Inc. RCE chassis occupies on 1.75 inch (1 unit) rack space in a 19 or 23 inch wide rack
Low Power requirements allows it to run with convection cooling
Economical, external power supply option available
The I/O design allows for a variety of interfaces with built-in options, uses standard telephone type Amp-Champ connectors for I/Os
No daughter or mezzanine boards are required, so there are no add on hidden costs

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Digital Signal Products, Inc.

Digital Signal Products, Inc. provides both high quality products for communication systems as well as services for developing solutions for specific
customer problems. DSP Inc. can help establish requirements, provide both a high level design and a detailed design that satisfy a set of requirements
and, if desired, actually build and test products that conform to the design.

21400 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 210, Dulles, VA 20166

Phone: (703) 654-7581 Fax: (703)654-7583 E-Mail: dsp@imcva.com Rev. A Jan, 03