BA Telemetry and entry control

Question 1

What are the 3 pieces of information the Telemetry board can tell the ECO?

Answer 1

The following additional data is available to the ECO:
• Time to Warning/Whistle of the Bodyguard (TTW BG).
• Pressure (BAR).
• Time elapsed since loss of telemetry signal to a logged-on BA set. (LAST Rx).

Question 2

How long is it between data transitions between the BA board and the BA sets?

Answer 2

20 seconds

Question 3

How long can the battery last on the Entry control board?

Answer 3

8 hours maximum

2 x 4 hour batteries

Question 4

What does the hazard sign on the entry control board tell you?

Answer 4

This is the manual DSU operation

Question 5

What button would you press to evacuate all?

Answer 5

Evacuate all button next to clock

Question 6

What should the ECO record on the ECO board when a BA team is committed in the remarks section?

Answer 6

Call sign
Search pattern
Equipment taken
Task

Question 7

How do you manually log off a tally?

Answer 7

• Press and then release the enter button of the keypad. The status display changes to
show QUIT.
• Repeatedly press the number 2 or number 8 button of the keypad to scroll the display until LOGOFF is shown and then press the enter button. The display will change to show CHAN 00 with the numeric characters ashing.
• Enter channel number to be logged-off using one of the following methods:
a. Press the appropriate numeric buttons of the keypad. The numeric characters will stop ashing and will change from the right as the number is entered.
b. Press the evacuation button of the appropriate channel. The channel number will be entered automatically on the display.
• Remove the BA tally, then press the enter button. The display changes on the selected channel (e.g. CHAN04) with the ‘no’ (N) symbol ashing. Use the number 2 or number 8 buttons to scroll ‘yes’ (Y). When CHAN04 Y is displayed press enter button and the display will change to LOGOFF. Repeat the procedure for any further BA sets requiring a manual log-off.

Question 8

What the range of Telemetry from the board? How could this be added to?

Answer 8

3km line of sight

Leaky feeders and coaxial cable to add coverage to bad signal areas.

Question 9

What pieces of equipment should the entry control operative should check at the start of their duty?

Answer 9

Entry control board
IEC pack
Radio
ECB tripod and bracket
Guideline