摘要:
A countrywide or nationwide radiopaging system which enables a subscriber situated substantially anywhere in a country to be contacted by a caller also located anywhere in that country includes at least four paging control equipments (3) located in different geographical regions and each connected to the public switched telephone network (6) of its own region. Each paging control equipment controls the operation of a number of zone transmission controllers (4) and through them transmitters covering all the zones in its own region, the zones throughout the regions being associated into three sets of zones and arranged so that zones of any one set are always separated from any other zone in said one set by at least one zone from one of the other two sets whereby simultaneous transmissions at a particular frequency in zones in said one set do not interfere with one another. The radiopaging system also includes a high speed data intercommunication means (5) to enable intercommunication between all of the paging control equipments (3) directly or via one or more intermediate paging control equipments (3) to enable paging calls received by any one of the paging control equipments (3) and to enable the paging call codes generated by any one of the paging control equipments (3) to be communicated to any other paging control equipment (3) for transmission over any of the zones controlled by the other paging control equipment (3).
摘要:
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring the access ports of a viewdata computer comprises a microprocessor 30 and associated RAM 31. Information indicative of the condition of the access ports is fed into the RAM 31 underthe control of the microprocessor 30 via input/output latches 35 which are linked to the ports. An interface circuit 37 periodically assembles a message relating to the condition of a port as indicated by the information stored in the RAM 31 for transmission to a monitoring centre where the information can be displayed on a conventional viewdata terminal
摘要:
A method of proof testing an optical glass fibre 1 by pulling it around a free roller 2 whose radius is sufficiently small to impart the strain necessary to detect fibres whose surface or near surface flaws weaken the fibre below a required strength. Proof testers are disclosed incorporating, single rollers, a set of three parallel rollers and a jig holding four sets of three rollers. Proof testers incorporating the extra rollers whose axes are at different angles are shown to more thoroughly explore the surface of the fibre for cracks.
摘要:
In previously proposed arrangements for charging an electret foil the electret charge implanted varies over the area of the foil. In order to promote more even charging of the foil, the method of the invention subjects the foil (11) to a progressively increasing electric field. One form of apparatus used to carry out the method has rollers (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) at progressively higher potentials and electric fields are applied across the foil (11) between these rollers and a metallised layer (12) on the rear face of the foil which is earthed by a roller (7).
摘要:
A monitor for monitoring the performance of a digital transmission system has three level sensors 14, 15, 16 for sensing at decision instants the level of a signal derived from a transmitted signal. A first of the level sensors 14 has its threshold set at a level corresponding substantially to the eye diagram amplitude, a second 15 has its threshold set near the upper level of the eye diagram amplitude, and the third 16 has its threshold set near the lower level of the eye diagram amplitude. The outputs from the level sensors 14, 15, 16 are connected to logic circuitry which is arranged to energise an alarm 28 whenever the upper or lower eye amplitude level is between the thresholds of the second and third level sensors.
摘要:
A communications cable based on optical fibres comprises a core 2 with external helical channels 13. The fibres 6 in the channels are accessible through removable parts 15 of an outer sheath 4.
摘要:
An electrical termination assembly includes a termination 1 formed by a flat resilient plate split into three limbs 4, 5 and 6 by slots 2. A wire 15 is threaded between the outer limbs 4 and 5 and the middle limb 6 and as the wire is urged into the termination 1, edges of the limbs 4, 5 and 6 cut through and insulating coating 17 of the wire and any oxide film and into the conductor 16 of the wire. The limbs 4 and 5 splay apart in the direction of a plane containing the termination 1 and the limbs 4 and 5 also splay apart from the middle limbs 6 in a direction transverse to the plane. This provides the limbs with two directions of movement and this terminating assembly is particularly useful when the conductor 16 is made from aluminium.