INITIALIZATION

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AN/TPQ-46A FIREFINDER SW Block 2 IKP Training
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INITIALIZATION MODIFICATIONS

• LESSON 3
• VERSION SW BLOCK 2

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TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Given the knowledge you have acquired as a
FIREFINDER operator and the instruction provided
in this lesson, state the changes and additions
made to the Initialization program of the
AN/TPQ-46A Software (SW) Block 2.
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ENABLING OBJECTIVES

• Change SAT Password.
• Select Site Survey Method.
• Identify and Explain New Communications Screens
  and Features.

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ENABLING OBJECTIVES (Cont.)

• Identify and Explain Meteorological Data Changes.
• Identify and Explain FBCB2 Features.

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DOD WARNING
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SAT Date/Time
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SYSTEM LOGIN

• Login with given name and password.
• Click in Change Password box.
• Click on OK button.

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CHANGE PASSWORD

• Type in new password, using
• new rules
• At least two upper case letters
• At least two lower case letters
• At least two numbers
• At least two special characters

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VERSION SCREEN
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LOADING CLASSIFIED INITIALIZATION FILES
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SURVEY METHOD SITE DATA SCREEN

• New menu option.
• Options are MAPS, 5th Order, Hasty, Other.
• Default is MAPS.
• Used in calculation of Target Location Accuracy
  (TLA) on Target Info screen.

Site Data
Site Data
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Antenna Location
Boresight
Information
Boresight
Information
Stake Azimuth
mils
Stake Azimuth
mils
Grid Zone
Grid Zone
Standard
Standard
Stake Distance
Meters
Stake Distance
Meters
Easting
Easting
UTM
UTM
Northing
UTM
Northing
UTM
Altitude
Altitude
Meters
Meters
Survey Method
MAPS
Datum
Datum
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WGS 84
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WGS 84
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
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User Defined
Help
Display
Cancel
OK
Print
Help
Display
Cancel
OK
Print
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SURVEY METHOD SITE DATA SCREEN - (Cont.)
5th Order survey methods such as Position
Azimuth Determining System (PADS), Improved PADS
(IPADS), and other methods capable of providing
horizontal position data w/ comparable accuracy.
MAPS MAPS or MAPS Hybrid is used to attain
site data. Hasty hasty survey techniques used
to determine radars grid coordinates and
azimuth Other none of above methods map spot
of location or other non-typical method.
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SURVEY METHOD SITE DATA SCREEN - (Cont.)
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COMMUNICATIONS SCREEN

• Reconfigured in SWBII Communications and Comms
  Server Configuration Data.
• Communications screen broken out into Radar
  Information, Communications Setup, and protocol
  setup screens.

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RADAR INFORMATION SCREEN
Version SW Block 2
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SAVE/LOAD RADAR INFORMATION
Version SW Block 2
Select Save/Load buttons to save/load radar
information only. Files saved with a .rif
extender.
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COMMUNICATIONS SCREEN
Version 7.01

• Highlighted data moved to Communications Setup
  screen.

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COMMUNICATIONS SETUP SCREEN

• New Network Protocol options Generic LAN and
  PPP.
• New Device options SATCOM, HF CONFIG, and HF
  SERIAL.
• All other options remain unchanged.

Version SW Block 2
Communications Setup
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Network Protocol
188-220C
Device
SINCGARS
Data Encoding
NRZ
Data Rate
4800
Comms Operation
Operation
Channel
CH2
CH1
Max Receive Time
0
min
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SUBSCRIBER DEVICE TYPES BY NETWORK PROTOCOL
BLOCK 2 Subscribers only - PPP Network
Protocol. BLOCK 2/VERSION 7 Subscribers -
188-220C or Generic Lan Network Protocol.
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NETWORK PROTOCOL - DEVICE TYPE
PPP Network Protocol - HF SERIAL and
SATCOM devices available. 188-220A Network
Protocol - SINCGARS, 2-WIRE, and HF CONFIG
devices available. 188-220C Network Protocol -
SINCGARS, 2-WIRE, HF CONFIG, and SATCOM devices
available. Generic Lan Network Protocol -
Device, Data Encoding, and Channel selections
are desensitized.
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DEVICE TYPE EQUIPMENT
HF SERIAL device is used with AN/PRC-150 radio
with serial cable. HF CONFIG device is used
with AN/PRC-150 radio With data cable routed
through the TCIM. SATCOM device is used with
AN/PSC-5C Shadowfire or AN/PSC-5D Multi Band
Multi Mode Radios (MBMMR).
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LOAD COMMUNICATIONS DATA
Version 7.01/SW Block 2

• Loads data for Communications Setup Screen,
  protocol setup screen (depending on selected
  network protocol), Net Member Information screen.
• Files are saved later in initialization.

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COMMUNICATIONS SCREEN
Version 7.01

• Highlighted fields specific to IFSS (TACFIRE)
  Network Protocol.
• Moved to IFSS(TACFIRE) Setup screen.

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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
Version 7.01

• Highlighted fields specific to IFSS (TACFIRE)
  Network Protocol.
• Moved to IFSS(TACFIRE) Setup screen.

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IFSS(TACFIRE) SETUP SCREEN
Version SW Block 2

• Appears after OK selected on Communications Setup
  screen, if IFSS(TACFIRE) is selected Network
  Protocol.
• All options remain unchanged.
• Print option prints data from this screen and
  Communications Setup screen.

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SAVE COMMUNICATIONS SETUP
Version 7.01/SW Block 2

• Saves data for Communications Setup Screen,
  protocol setup screen, Net Member Information
  screen.
• Files are saved with a .cmm extension.
• Saved files loaded from Communications Setup
  screen.

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COMMUNICATIONS SCREEN
Version 7.01

• Highlighted fields specific to 188-220 Network
  Protocols.
• Moved to 188-220 Network Setup screen.

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COMMS SERVER CONFIG. SCREEN
Version 7.01

• All fields specific to 188-220 Network Protocols.
• Moved to 188-220 Network Setup screen.

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188-220 NETWORK SETUP SCREEN WITH SATCOM DEVICE
SELECTED

• If SATCOM is selected device on Communications
  Setup, the 188-220 Network Setup screen appears
  overlaid with the Configuration Defaults screen.
• Only method for operator to set SATCOM Selections.

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188-220 NETWORK SETUP SCREEN
Version SW Block 2
Appears after OK selected on Communications Setup
screen, if 188-220A or C is selected Network
Protocol and any device other than SATCOM is
selected.
Radar Station Rank, Radar Station Address and
Radar IP Address have been renamed deleting
Radar. SATCOM Frequency (view only) added.
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188-220 NETWORK SETUP SCREEN - (Cont.)
Version SW Block 2
COMSEC Mode has additional options ANDVT,
KG-84 and VINSON. Options are desensitized.
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188-220 NETWORK SETUP SCREEN - (Cont.)
Station Rank field limits - 1 to 4, 188-220A/C
Device HF CONFIG 1 to 8, 188-220C Device
SATCOM Number of Stations Limits - 2 to 4,
188-220C Device HF CONFIG 2 to 8,
188-220C Device SATCOM
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LOAD CONFIGURATION DEFAULTS SCREEN

• Only available when 188-220C is the selected
  Network Protocol.
• Appears when Defaults button selected on 188-220
  Network Setup screen or when SATCOM is selected
  from the Communications Setup screen.

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SAVE COMMUNICATIONS DATA

• Saves data for Communications Setup Screen,
  selected network protocol setup screen, Net
  Member Information screen.
• Files are saved with a .cmm extension.

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GENERIC LAN SCREEN

• Appears after OK selected on Communications Setup
  screen, if Generic LAN is selected Network
  Protocol.
• New option.
• Used to communicate with EPLRS or VTT.

Version SW Block 2
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GENERIC LAN SCREEN (Cont.)
Radar/Router IP Address field limits - 1st octet
- 1-125/128-233 2nd to 4th octet - 1-254 Lan
Wait Time Limits - 0 to 99 seconds, default
6 seconds.
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PPP NETWORK SETUP SCREEN

• Appears after OK selected on Communications Setup
  screen, if PPP is selected Network Protocol.
• New option.
• Used to communicate with PRC-150 Harris and
  AN-PSC-5 satellite radios.

Version SW Block 2
Peer and Serial IP Addresses are filled in
through a properly configured radio when
entering operations.
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PPP NETWORK SETUP SCREEN - (Cont.)
Interface Data Rate - 19200 38400 57600 115,200
If SATCOM Device is selected 19200 and 38400
are the only Data Rates available. All are
available if HF SERIAL is selected.
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NET MEMBER LIST SCREEN

• FBCB2 Button added.
• Will display any Block 2 subscribers.
• If HF CONFIG selected 3 Net Members Maximum. If
  SATCOM selected, 7.

SW Block 2
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN
Version 7.01

• Subscriber Long Unit ID field added up to 64
  characters, inserted from JMUL if Short
  Subscriber Unit ID or Subscriber Unit Reference
  Number (URN) is in JMUL, can be manually entered.
• All other options remain unchanged.

• Addition of Block 2 device types AFATDS Block
  2, IFSAS Block 2, BCS Block 2, FF Block 2, and
  Other Block 2.

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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
Device Types IFSAS BlOCK 2 MLRS-FDS VERSION
11 Other VERSION 10 IFSAS VERSION 7 FF BLOCK
2 IFSAS VERSION 11 FF VERSION 7 AFATDS BLOCK
2 FF VERSION 11 AFATDS VERSION 7 FF VERSION
10 BCS BLOCK 2 Other BLOCK 2 BCS VERSION 7 Other
VERSION 7 BCS VERSION 11 Other VERSION 11
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
BLOCK 2 device types can communicate on a PPP
network protocol. VERSION 7/BLOCK 2 device
types can communicate on an IFSS(TACFIRE),
188-220A, 188-220C, or Generic Lan network
protocol. VERSION 10 device types still can only
communicate on an IFSS(TACFIRE)
protocol. Communications with AFATDS Version 6.5
or higher select AFATDS BLOCK 2. Communications
with AFATDS 6.4 select AFATDS 7 and have AFATDS
set the radar as an R5 VMF device.
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
For all earlier versions of AFATDS select IFSAS
VERSION 11 and have the AFATDS set the radar as
an PKG 11 FIREFINDER.
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
Subscriber Long Unit ID

• 64 character unique ID
• Optional, inserted automatically if short
  Subscriber
• Unit ID or Subscriber Unit Reference Number
  (URN)
• is found in JMUL or it can be typed.

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NET MEMBER INFORMATION
SCREEN - (Cont.)
Subscriber Station Rank field limits - 1 to 4,
188-220A/C Device HF CONFIG 1 to 8,
188-220C Device SATCOM Subscriber IP Address
field is blank when using the Generic Lan or PPP
network protocols. All octets must be entered.
Legal limits are 1st octet, 1-126/128-233
2nd/3rd octet, 0-255 4th octet, 4-95.
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SAVING AND LOADING DATA - Communications
SW Block 2

• Save button used to save Communications Setup,
  protocol setup, and Net Member information.
• Files saved with a .cmm extension.

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SAVING DATA - Communications (Cont.)
Version 7.01/SW Block 2
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UNIT INFORMATION
Version 7.01/SW Block 2
Unit Information
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Unit Reference Number (URN)
Local/ Destination Address
Subscriber/ Non-Subscriber Unit ID
Device Type
IP Address
1112022 F/D/C/ 1/ 22 B
IFSAS SWB2 172.10.2.7
OK
Add
Delete
Cancel
Help
Print
Modify
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UNIT INFORMATION - (Cont.)
Version 7.01
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UNIT INFORMATION - (Cont.)
Version SW Block 2

• Long Unit ID field added to both screens.

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UNIT INFORMATION - (Cont.)
Non-Subscriber Long Unit ID

• 64 character unique ID
• Optional, inserted automatically if short
• Non-Subscriber Unit ID or Unit Reference
• Number (URN) is found in JMUL or it can be
• typed

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METEROLOGICAL DATA

• Enter all lines of MET.
• Print all lines of MET.
• Print all lines of MET w/ Print Init.

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AUTO FORCED MODE SCREEN

• Radar Information toggle.
• Communications Setup Data toggle.
• Protocol setup screens ((IFSS)TACFIRE, 188-220,
  PPP, Generic LAN) accessed through Communications
  Setup.
• FBCB2 Setup Added.

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FBCB2 NET MEMBER SELECTION SCREEN

• Subscriber list activated at Version screen.
• Access Net member List screen from lockstep or
  select at Auto Forced Mode screen.
• Click on FBCB2 button.

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FBCB2 NET MEMBER SELECTION SCREEN - (Cont.)

• Click in Battalion Indicator.
• Select desired subscriber from TI Address Book
  window.
• Click on OK button.

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FBCB2 SETUP SCREEN

• Accessed from Auto Forced Mode screen.
• View subscriber setup.
• Activate Internet Controller.
• Review/reset UTO.

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FBCB2 SETUP SCREEN (Cont.)

• Select line for Radar.
• Click OK to return to FBCB2 Setup screen.

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SUMMARY

• Change SAT Password.
• Select Site Survey Method.
• Identify and Explain New Communications Screens
  and Features.

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SUMMARY (Cont.)

• Identify and Explain Meteorological Data Changes.
• Identify and Explain FBCB2 Features.

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