“X” Domes

The user interface on the Human Machine Interface (HMI) unit for the X domes has friendly human factors with SetUp screens a different color to avoid inadvertent ungeared movement. There are many variations of X domes possible like the hybrid X1 dome with servo driven belt shutters on one side (ala Dash2). In this case belt driven side had a page that had tracking features on the shutters like the rotation on the XR domes. There is a MODBUS over TCPIP user interface that replicates the HMI on a remote PC as well as a MODBUS driver that allows external commands, like altitude from the tracking mount, to be communicated to the PLC in the dome.