Monolith Digital Controller Vs. 5 Watt Analog Radio

Links below will display video footage shot at each location on the satellite image using a 5W FM Analog Radio and the Monolith Digital Controller

Windows users should select Windows Media files, Macintosh users should select Quicktime files.

Test Methodology

The Remotec OCU was positioned as shown, each radio was mounted on the robot in turn and the robot was driven to each test site. Footage from the digital radio was captured directly to the line input of a Canon Optura Pi Digital Camcorder. Poor performance of the analog radio resulted in loss of sync in the camcorder using line in capture. Therefore, footage from the analog radio was captured by focusing the camcorder on a TV that displayed the output from the analog radio. Video footage was converted to Windows Media or Quicktime format using compression resulting in some blockiness in the video. This is more evident in the analog footage because the original video quality is poor.

Muliple runs have been made using each radio to each test site and day to day performance levels are similar. Test site and OCU locations were selected to represent realistic mission scenarios and to push the performance limits of the radios.