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Basta Engineering, Inc.
1181B Milo Circle
Lafayette, CO 80026
Project:
Automatic Control System (via mobile VHF radio) for Public Transport Vehicles
Client & Year:
City of Moscow, Russia, 1981 – 1983
Task:
System specification, design & development of digital and low frequency
hardware and firmware for digital mobile equipment, from concept to pilot
production, installation and commissioning
Environment:
Control center: platform PC MS-DOS, Microsoft C
compiler & assembler
Remote stations: COSMAC, development system Tektronix
9001A
Features:
The system in Moscow is still the world's largest public transport vehicle
control and monitoring system (buses, streetcars) with maximum capacity of
up to 4096 vehicles (550 installed)
Kernel:
Custom made, multitasking, real-time, cooperative
Supported Functionality – Control Center:
Please see the following project.
Supported Functionality – Remote Stations:
Vehicle location, load and passengers count monitoring and transmission to
the control center via radio. Canned messages and various operational
information exchange (and display) between drivers and control center/ dispatcher;
in-vehicle timetable deviation display. Voice communications control.
Project:
Automatic Control System (via mobile VHF radio) for Public Transport Vehicles
Client & Year:
City of Moscow, Russia, 1995 – 1998
Task:
System specification, control center software design & development, control
center synchronous modem design & development, remote and base units
hardware and firmware design & development, from concept to production
and installation of the pilot system
Environment:
Control center: platform PC MS-DOS, Microsoft C
compiler & assembler
Remote and base stations: Motorola HC-11, emulator
Metalink
Driver terminal: Zilog Z-180, emulator Microtek
Features:
State-of-the-art, function enriched and upward compatible with the previously
described system installed in 1983
Kernels:
Custom made, multitasking, real-time, cooperative
Supported Functionality – Control Center:
Computer assisted (PC) automatic vehicle fleet and driver shifts real-time
management, i.e., automatic vehicles location monitoring and display, vehicles
timetable deviation calculation and display. Transmission and displaying
of various messages/instructions between control center computer/dispatcher
and vehicle equipment/drivers. Various data logging.
Supported Functionality – Base Radio Station Unit:
Frequency synthesizer control. Synchronous (BISYNC) communication with
the control center. Active/reactive transmitter power monitoring.
LEDs and seven-segment indicators for monitoring the radio channel, frequency
synthesizer and transmitter accuracy.
Supported Functionality – In-vehicle Radio Station Unit:
Frequency synthesizer and transmitter output power control. Signal level
monitoring. Radio beacon decoding. Synchronous (BISYNC) communication
with the control center. Passenger counting. Vehicle load and
distance between radio beacons monitoring.
Supported Functionality – Driver Terminal Unit:
User interface via alphanumeric LCD (Cyrillic fonts) and keypad with variety
of controls and warnings. Canned messages and various operational information
exchange (and display) between drivers and control center/ dispatcher, in-vehicle
timetable deviation display. Synchronous (BISYNC) communication with
the control center. In-vehicle radio station control. Voice communications
control.
Project:
Digital Mobile Spread Spectrum Frequency-Hopping Radio Communication System
Client & Year:
Yugoslav Army, 1987 – 1992
Task:
Requirements definitions, system specification, firmware design & development,
hardware design & development, from concept to prototype
Environment:
Zilog Z-80, HP multi-user development system 9000/300 (C compiler & assembler
HP, emulator HP)
Features:
Secure digital mobile-spread spectrum frequency-hopping voice and data military
radio-communication system
Kernels:
Custom made, multitasking, real-time, cooperative
Supported Functionality – Radio Access Station Control Console:
Function key driven user interface with variety of system controls and monitored
signals. 480 x 640 pixel graphic LCD and standard 101-key keyboard
support. Data (via text editor) and voice operator communication support.
Sync (BISYNC) communication with the base station. Digital voice coding.
Supported Functionality – Radio Telephone:
Asynchronous communication with the radio control processor. Synchronous
(BISYNC) communication with the base station. Data error detection
and correction. User interface via LCD, indicator LEDs and keypad with
variety of controls and warnings. Digital voice coding.
Project:
Remote Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) for Water Plants and
Reservoirs
Client & Year:
City of Belgrade, City of Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1989 – 1991
Task:
System specification, control center software design & development,, remote
unit hardware and firmware design & development from concept to production,
system installation and commissioning
Environment:
Control center: PC MS-DOS, Microsoft C compiler
& assembler
Remote unit: Zilog Z-80 processor and assembler
Features:
System for automatic operation, remote control and monitoring of water plants
and reservoirs via UHF radio
Kernels:
Custom made, multitasking, real-time, cooperative
Supported Functionality – Control Center:
Remote monitoring, control, data acquisition and display of various control
parameters and alarm states in remote water plants and reservoirs (capacity
of 100 remote control objects). Data communications with remote units
via UHF radio links. Voice communications control. Base radio
station control.
Supported Functionality – Remote Control and Data Acquisition Unit:
Large number of analog and digital inputs/outputs for monitoring and processing
of water level, pressure, flow and water pump temperature. Security
and power supply monitoring. Water pump control. Synchronous (BISYNC)
communication channel for time constrained voice and data.
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