Telemetry Control Boxes

A Telemetry Control Box (TCB) is a coaxial antenna telemetry receiver. It is also a sensor location monitor, and command transmitter. For telemetry reception, it provides antenna sockets on the back side, into which we can plug telemetry antennas. The A3042-A16 Telemetry Control Box provides sixteen antenna inputs for telemetry reception. For location monitoring, it provides us with the number of the antenna that receives the strongest signal from each telemetry sensor, as well as a measure of the power of this strongest signal. The A3042-B16 Telemetry Control Box can commandeer all its antennas for command transmission, so as to control Implantable Stimulator-Transponders (IST) and Intraperitoneal Transmitters (IPT). The A3042-B16 will transmit the same command on all sixteen of its antenna outputs, interrupting telemetry reception for a fraction of a second, and allowing us to operate stimulators and sensors within the same Faraday enclosure using the same data acquisition system.

The telemetry signals transmitted by our sensors are infrequent and weak. They are unlikely to disrupt other devices using the 902-915 MHz frequency band. But the A3042-B16 radiates up to 4 W during its ten-millisecond command transmissions. In countries where the 902-915 MHz band is reserved for unlicensed use, there is no legal requirement that you operate your stimulator system within a Faraday enclosure. But in countries where this same frequency band is used for mobile phone communication, we recommend you purchase Faraday enclosures from us to make sure the system does not violate local emissions regulations, so as to avoid disrupting nearby users of the same band.