CA1123917A - Telemetry system for transmitting analog data over a telephone line - Google Patents
Telemetry system for transmitting analog data over a telephone lineInfo
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- CA1123917A CA1123917A CA329,894A CA329894A CA1123917A CA 1123917 A CA1123917 A CA 1123917A CA 329894 A CA329894 A CA 329894A CA 1123917 A CA1123917 A CA 1123917A
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B14/00—Transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B14/002—Transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission characterised by the use of a carrier modulation
- H04B14/006—Angle modulation
Abstract
A B S T R A C T
An FSK receiver for a single channel analog telemetry system comprises an FSK demodulator, a frequency multiplier, and a frequency-to-voltage converter. An FSK transmitter comprises a voltage-to-frequency converter, a frequency divider, and as FSK tone generator. The principal advantages of this system are greater speed due to faster settling time and reduced errors in accuracy and linearity.
An FSK receiver for a single channel analog telemetry system comprises an FSK demodulator, a frequency multiplier, and a frequency-to-voltage converter. An FSK transmitter comprises a voltage-to-frequency converter, a frequency divider, and as FSK tone generator. The principal advantages of this system are greater speed due to faster settling time and reduced errors in accuracy and linearity.
Description
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This invention rela-tes to telemetry systems for transmitting analog data over a telephone line~ In particular, it relates to a single channel analog telemetry system wherein an analog signal is converted to a frequency shift keyed transmission signal by way of an intermediate frequency modulated signal.
Teleme-try systems by which analog data may be transmitted over telephone lines are useful in a wide variety of applications. Such systems can be used in ; 10 medicine, for example, -to transmit vital medical information, such as an electrocardiogram and blood pressure to a remote medical centre, and they can be used in industry to transmit process control information to a remote central process controller.
Because -telephone lines introduce relatively high levels of spurious "noise" signals tha-t are not part of the signals being transmitted, it is common practice in single channel analog telemetry systems to convert the in:eormation-con-taining direct current DC analog voltage or current signals to frequency shi~t keyed transmission signals before transmission on the telephone lines. (Hereaiter the abbreviation FSK will be used to denote "frequency shift keyed'.) Typically a DC signal o~ up to 10 volts may be converted to a frequency modulated (FM) signal in the 10-30 Hertz range, and this low ~requency FM s:Lgnal used to key an FSK tone -trarlsmi-tter which produces an FSK modulated signal that is transmlttecl over a telephone line to a ; remote receiver. These FSK signals-comprising modulated , ~ . . .
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shifts ~rom one discrete ~requency to another are considerably less subject to distortion by noise than are conventional AM or FM modulated signals. At the receiver, the~SK signal is demodulated to reproduce the low irequency FM signal which, in turn, is reconverted to a DC analog signal.
Such a conventional system su~ers serious deficiencies in speed and accuracy. It is slow at the receiver and in reconstituting the analog value trans-mitted. This delay is due primarily to the time required to process and ~ilter a 10-30 Hertz signal. Typically the receiver takes approximately two seconds to 7'settle"
to approximately 98% o~ -the analog value. This delay ~or each reading can be extremely expensive in control systems utilizing periodic computer monitoring and can he a source o~ error in metering. At the transmit-ter end, the system is also slow because o~ similar process-ing delays; and , in addition, is subject to errors in accuracy and linearity due to the small span o~ frequency covering the range o~ analog values.
~Z3~7 According to the present invention, there is provided a transmitting system for a single channel analog telemetry system comprising an analog-to-frequency converter responsive to an analog input signal for gen-erating a modulated intermediate frequency FM signal in response thereto, a frequency divider responsive to the output of said analog-to-frequency converter for divi.ding down said intermediate frequency signal to a lower frequency FSK keying signal, and an FSK ~ne transmit-ter responsive to the output of said fre~uency divider for generating an FSK tone signal that is trans-mitted over a telephone line to a receiving system com-prising an FSK demodulator responsive to a transmitted FSK signal for producing a frequency modulated information-containing signal therefrom, a frequency multiplier res-ponsive to the output of said FSK demodulator ~or producing therefrom an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is higher than the frequency of the demodulator output, and a frequency-to-analog converter responsive to the output of said frequency multiplier forproducing an analog output signal.
~Z3~7 By way o~ example an embodiment of the invention will now be described with re~erence to the accompany-ing drawing in which:
Figure 1 is a block diagram o~ a transmitting system: and Figure 2 is a block diagram o~ a receiving system.
By use of the transmitting system illustrated in ~igure 1, analog data may be transmitted over a single telephone channel. The transmitting system comprises an intermediate frequency analog-to-frequency converter lO by which a DC analog input signal (voltage or current) is converted into an intermediate ~requency modulated ~;~ (FM3 signal. A ~requency divider 11 is connected to receive the intermediate ~requency ~M signal and divides it to the usual 10-30 Hertz range ~or keying a single standard 60 baud FSK channel. This signal is applied to the FSK tone transmitter 12 which is respons-ive to the divided ~requency keying signal and generates an FSK transmission signal to be transmitted over telephone line 13. In a pre~erred embodiment, the intermediate ~requency FM signal is 100 times higher than the keying signal so that -erequency divider 11 is a 1:100 divider.
The advantage o~ this transmitter is enhanced speed and accuracy. The ana:Log signal, typical].y ranging up to 10 volts DC~ is distributed over a 1000 to 3000 Hertz ~requency range which can be quickly processed and precisely digitally divided to the 10-30 Herts range ~or ~SK keying. The voltage-to-~requenc"v ~23~
converter 10, frequency divider 11, and FSK tone trans-mitter 12 may all be standard components swch as are available from numerous suppliers.
The receiving system shown i.n Figure 2 comprises an FSK demodulator 20, responsive to the -transmitted FSK signal, and demodulates the FSK signal into an FM
keying signal that is applied to a frequency multiplier 21 by which the frequency of the keying signal is multiplied to the intermediate frequency range e.g. 7 1000 to 3000 Hertz. The resulting intermediate frequency FM signal is applied to a frequency-to-analog converter 22 by which it is converted into an analog DC signal ; (voltage or current).
A particular form of frequency multiplier used in this receiver is a phase locked feedback loop com-prising phase lock detector 23 harmonic filter 24, voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 25, and frequency divider 26. The VCO is programmed with an output ;~ capability of between 1000 Hertz and 3000 Hertz, depending on the voltage of the phase lock detector. All these components may be standard items such as are available from numerous suppliers.
- In operation, the demodulator 20 receives the FS~
modulated signal from the -telephone line and produces therefrom a 10-30 Hertz information-containing signal which is applied to the phase lock detector 23 of the phase locked feed back loop. The filtered output of detector 23 drives oscillator 25, the output of which is divided by 100 and fed back to detector 23. Thus,the oscillator is driven by a comparison of the input signal from -the demodulator and the divided oscillator output signal in such a manner as to tend toward zero ,~?.~
~ ~23~
error between the i~put and d~vlcled output si~nal Tha output signAl o~ the oscillator 25 is also coupled to its ~requency-to-analo~r converter 22 which quic~ly converts it to an informatio~-co~tainin~
voltage signal whic~, a~ter suitable ~iltering in the ~ilter network 27 to rem.ove transi~ts, provides an analo~ output signal Correspondin~ to the tr~smit~ed analog input si~nal.
The advantage oi this rsceiv2r is that with ~re~uency 1~ multiplication, the time required ~or processing and ~iltering is substantially reduced. with the consequence that ~attling time may be reduced irom t~e conventional period of about 2 ssconds to ap~roximately 203 milli-seconclF.
This invention rela-tes to telemetry systems for transmitting analog data over a telephone line~ In particular, it relates to a single channel analog telemetry system wherein an analog signal is converted to a frequency shift keyed transmission signal by way of an intermediate frequency modulated signal.
Teleme-try systems by which analog data may be transmitted over telephone lines are useful in a wide variety of applications. Such systems can be used in ; 10 medicine, for example, -to transmit vital medical information, such as an electrocardiogram and blood pressure to a remote medical centre, and they can be used in industry to transmit process control information to a remote central process controller.
Because -telephone lines introduce relatively high levels of spurious "noise" signals tha-t are not part of the signals being transmitted, it is common practice in single channel analog telemetry systems to convert the in:eormation-con-taining direct current DC analog voltage or current signals to frequency shi~t keyed transmission signals before transmission on the telephone lines. (Hereaiter the abbreviation FSK will be used to denote "frequency shift keyed'.) Typically a DC signal o~ up to 10 volts may be converted to a frequency modulated (FM) signal in the 10-30 Hertz range, and this low ~requency FM s:Lgnal used to key an FSK tone -trarlsmi-tter which produces an FSK modulated signal that is transmlttecl over a telephone line to a ; remote receiver. These FSK signals-comprising modulated , ~ . . .
.
-9 ~7~
shifts ~rom one discrete ~requency to another are considerably less subject to distortion by noise than are conventional AM or FM modulated signals. At the receiver, the~SK signal is demodulated to reproduce the low irequency FM signal which, in turn, is reconverted to a DC analog signal.
Such a conventional system su~ers serious deficiencies in speed and accuracy. It is slow at the receiver and in reconstituting the analog value trans-mitted. This delay is due primarily to the time required to process and ~ilter a 10-30 Hertz signal. Typically the receiver takes approximately two seconds to 7'settle"
to approximately 98% o~ -the analog value. This delay ~or each reading can be extremely expensive in control systems utilizing periodic computer monitoring and can he a source o~ error in metering. At the transmit-ter end, the system is also slow because o~ similar process-ing delays; and , in addition, is subject to errors in accuracy and linearity due to the small span o~ frequency covering the range o~ analog values.
~Z3~7 According to the present invention, there is provided a transmitting system for a single channel analog telemetry system comprising an analog-to-frequency converter responsive to an analog input signal for gen-erating a modulated intermediate frequency FM signal in response thereto, a frequency divider responsive to the output of said analog-to-frequency converter for divi.ding down said intermediate frequency signal to a lower frequency FSK keying signal, and an FSK ~ne transmit-ter responsive to the output of said fre~uency divider for generating an FSK tone signal that is trans-mitted over a telephone line to a receiving system com-prising an FSK demodulator responsive to a transmitted FSK signal for producing a frequency modulated information-containing signal therefrom, a frequency multiplier res-ponsive to the output of said FSK demodulator ~or producing therefrom an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is higher than the frequency of the demodulator output, and a frequency-to-analog converter responsive to the output of said frequency multiplier forproducing an analog output signal.
~Z3~7 By way o~ example an embodiment of the invention will now be described with re~erence to the accompany-ing drawing in which:
Figure 1 is a block diagram o~ a transmitting system: and Figure 2 is a block diagram o~ a receiving system.
By use of the transmitting system illustrated in ~igure 1, analog data may be transmitted over a single telephone channel. The transmitting system comprises an intermediate frequency analog-to-frequency converter lO by which a DC analog input signal (voltage or current) is converted into an intermediate ~requency modulated ~;~ (FM3 signal. A ~requency divider 11 is connected to receive the intermediate ~requency ~M signal and divides it to the usual 10-30 Hertz range ~or keying a single standard 60 baud FSK channel. This signal is applied to the FSK tone transmitter 12 which is respons-ive to the divided ~requency keying signal and generates an FSK transmission signal to be transmitted over telephone line 13. In a pre~erred embodiment, the intermediate ~requency FM signal is 100 times higher than the keying signal so that -erequency divider 11 is a 1:100 divider.
The advantage o~ this transmitter is enhanced speed and accuracy. The ana:Log signal, typical].y ranging up to 10 volts DC~ is distributed over a 1000 to 3000 Hertz ~requency range which can be quickly processed and precisely digitally divided to the 10-30 Herts range ~or ~SK keying. The voltage-to-~requenc"v ~23~
converter 10, frequency divider 11, and FSK tone trans-mitter 12 may all be standard components swch as are available from numerous suppliers.
The receiving system shown i.n Figure 2 comprises an FSK demodulator 20, responsive to the -transmitted FSK signal, and demodulates the FSK signal into an FM
keying signal that is applied to a frequency multiplier 21 by which the frequency of the keying signal is multiplied to the intermediate frequency range e.g. 7 1000 to 3000 Hertz. The resulting intermediate frequency FM signal is applied to a frequency-to-analog converter 22 by which it is converted into an analog DC signal ; (voltage or current).
A particular form of frequency multiplier used in this receiver is a phase locked feedback loop com-prising phase lock detector 23 harmonic filter 24, voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 25, and frequency divider 26. The VCO is programmed with an output ;~ capability of between 1000 Hertz and 3000 Hertz, depending on the voltage of the phase lock detector. All these components may be standard items such as are available from numerous suppliers.
- In operation, the demodulator 20 receives the FS~
modulated signal from the -telephone line and produces therefrom a 10-30 Hertz information-containing signal which is applied to the phase lock detector 23 of the phase locked feed back loop. The filtered output of detector 23 drives oscillator 25, the output of which is divided by 100 and fed back to detector 23. Thus,the oscillator is driven by a comparison of the input signal from -the demodulator and the divided oscillator output signal in such a manner as to tend toward zero ,~?.~
~ ~23~
error between the i~put and d~vlcled output si~nal Tha output signAl o~ the oscillator 25 is also coupled to its ~requency-to-analo~r converter 22 which quic~ly converts it to an informatio~-co~tainin~
voltage signal whic~, a~ter suitable ~iltering in the ~ilter network 27 to rem.ove transi~ts, provides an analo~ output signal Correspondin~ to the tr~smit~ed analog input si~nal.
The advantage oi this rsceiv2r is that with ~re~uency 1~ multiplication, the time required ~or processing and ~iltering is substantially reduced. with the consequence that ~attling time may be reduced irom t~e conventional period of about 2 ssconds to ap~roximately 203 milli-seconclF.
Claims (4)
1. A transmitting system for a single channel analog telemetry system comprising an analog-to-frequency converter responsive to an analog input signal for gen-erating a modulated intermediate frequency FM signal in response thereto, a frequency divider responsive to the output of said analog-to-frequency converter for dividing down said intermediate frequency signal to a lower frequency FSK keying signal, and an FSK tone transmitter responsive to the output of said frequency divider for generating an FSK tone signal that is trans-mitted over a telephone line to a receiving system com-prising an FSK demodulator responsive to a transmitted FSK signal for producing a frequency modulated information-containing signal therefrom, a frequency multiplier res-ponsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for producing therefrom an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is higher than the frequency of the demodulator output, and a frequency-to-analog converter responsive to the output of said frequency multiplier for producing an analog output signal.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the frequency multiplier comprises a phase locked feedback loop.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which said frequency multiplier comprises a phase lock detector responsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for driving a voltage controlled oscillator, a voltage controlled oscillator responsive to said phase lock detector for producing an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is in a predetermined frequency range higher than the frequency range of the demodulator output, and a frequency divider responsive to the output of said voltage controlled oscillator for feeding back to the phase lock detector a divided intermediate frequency signal in such a manner as to tend toward zero error between the input to the detector and the divided oscillator output.
4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the ratio of the divider is the same as that of the multiplier.
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| US05/915,714 US4238783A (en) | 1978-06-15 | 1978-06-15 | Telemetry system for transmitting analog data over a telephone line |
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