BLOCK PROVING BY AXLE COUNTER WITH UFSBI

(FOR DOUBLE LINE)

INTRODUCTION

Block Proving by Axle Counter is a system used for controlling the coordinated movement of the train in the block section working on absolute block working principle. The system has been developed as per RDSO/SPN/188/2004 Ver.1 for double line block working, replacing the traditional double line block instruments.

HIGHLIGHTS

Designed for fail safe operation. Triple redundant hardware at all levels with 2/3 decision logic ensures high degree of safety as well as availability. System meets CENELEC & ORE 155 guidelines for safety and reliability. System meets RDSO specification no. RDSO/SPN/188/2004 Ver.1 Simple, modular and rugged design. High performance 16 bit Microcontroller used for better software management. CMOS/FET active components to ensure low power consumption and better reliability. Hi-rel components, relays and connectors used to ensure high MTBF. All input-output connections are optically and/or galvanically isolated to eliminate ground noise and earth faults. Rugged communication protocol for transmission of error-free data. Dual power supply in hot-standby mode increases system availability.

16-digit dot-matrix alpha-numeric display for user friendly man-machine interface. Environment specification meets IS-9000.

SYSTE OVER W M VIE

The Block Proving by Axle Counter is designed to replace existing block instruments, used in railway signaling system. It is a subsystem of Block Proving system and it works with other subsystems mentioned below :
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii)

Universal Fail Safe Block Interface Block Panel Single section Digital Axle Counter Block Telephone Quad Cable or Voice channel on OFC Battery Set Battery Charger / IPS module Relay rack with relays Item no. (iii), (v), (vi) & (vii) are to be provided by Railways. Relays in item (viii) may either be provided by manufacturer or by Railways.

SALIENT FEA TURES

The BPAC is of 2 out of 3 hardware architecture with implementations of the fail safety principles. It complies with the CENELEC standards and conforming to Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL-4). The system incorporates auto features and eliminates manual co-operations from other end for 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Line Clear operation. Emergency cancellation at the receiving station. Automatic Train On Line. Automatic Line Close after sequence proved at receiving end. Simplified Block Back / Block Forward Operations. Cooperative Cancellation. Line Clear Blocking Key (LCB Key) to prevent automatic granting of Line Clear. Station Master Key (SM Key) to prevent unauthorized panel operations.

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Data logger connectivity. Communication media: (1 pair cable in quad or on voice channel in OFC.) Block bell and telephone on separate pair of quad or voice channel of OFC.

BRIEF SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

The Block Panel work in Absolute Block system incorporating Block Proving by Axle Counter to control the movement of trains on double line block section from one block station to another in a fixed direction. These working instructions are in conjunction with General Rules (GR) of 1976 and its amendment in 2002. These working instructions do not supersede any rule laid down in GR.

PRINCIPLE OF WORKING

The train movements are to be operat ed on Absolute Block system Each block section is provided with an Axle Count er to verify the occupation or clearance of block section and indicat ed on Block Panel It is not possible to obtain Last Stop Signal to OFF unless LINE CLEAR has been obtained from the station in advance

It is not possible to t ake LINE CLEAR unless block section and an adequat e distance beyond first stop signal of station in advance is clear of trains The Last Stop Signal assumes ON aspect automatically on en try of train into block section and when so replaced, is maintained in its ON position, till a fresh LINE CLEAR is obtained on block panel

Block section show automatically Train on Line on panel when train en t ers into the block section on line clear.

Train en try / exit buzzer, to / from block section are provided and to be acknowledged

Block section automatically closes on complet e arrival of train at the receiving station

A control to prevent the station in rear to t ake LINE CLEAR on its Block Panel without t aking consent of receiving station.

A control to cancel th e LINE CLEAR, already t aken by station in rear.

It is possible to close the block section only, if no trains have en t ered the Block Section for at least 120 seconds aft er application of cancellation with cooperation from station in rear.

TRAIN GOING TO ______

SNK

LSS

T GT
SM KEY
OUT LINE FREE/ OCCUPIED IN G

R/G

T OL

G R UFSBI STATUS

G R

LINE

OK

FAIL

CLOSED

G G

G G

COMMUNICATION LINK-FAIL Y Y
SNK SNOEK

Y Y

LINE

Y
R/G

CLOSED

CANCEL

ACKN. TRAIN GOING TO

LINE FREE/ OCCUPIED

Y Y

ACKN. TRAIN COMING FROM

G R

T CF

T OL

CO-OP

Y Y

TRAIN COMING FROM ______

Y Y

0 0 0 0 0 0
CANCEL COUNTER

TRAIN GOING TO

LCB KEY
OUT

CANCEL CO-OP

CANCEL

BELL

IN

BLOCK PANEL FOR DOUBLE LINE

STATION A
DN AS

STATION B
DN HS
( 13M)

DN - STR

A - AST

A B

DOWN L INE

HSAT >=180 M B

HSBT

BLOCK SECTION
HSBT C D UP HS ( 13M) >=180 M POWER CABLE 2 SSDAC2-B SSDAC2-A HSAT

A - AST A UP - STR

UP LINE

UP AS
POWER CABLE

F M

SMS PANEL

2 A/C CABLE(0.9 mm)

A/C CABLE (0.9 mm) 2 SSDAC1-A VOICE CHANNEL 2 WIRE OR 1/2 QUAD SSDAC1-B

SMS PANEL

2 Q TYPE RELAYS

Q TYPE RELAYS

SSDAC1 PACKETS

SSDAC2 PACKETS 2/3 Fail Safe Digital MUX UFSBI (RDSO /SPN / 147/2005) OR MUX/ Combiner

VOICE CHANNEL 2 WIRE OR 1/2 QUAD 2/3 Fail Safe Digital MUX UFSBI (RDSO /SPN / 147/2005) OR MUX/ Combiner

MUX TX / RX

VOICE CHANNEL 4 WIRE OR 1 QUAD

MUX TX / RX

TELEPHONE & BLOCK BELL IN SMS PANEL

COMMUNICATION VOICE CHANNEL 2 WIRE OR 1/2 QUAD FOR BLOCK TELEPHONE ONLY

TELEPHONE & BLOCK BELL IN SMS PANEL

4 VOICE CHANNELS / 2.5 QUAD Notes: 1) THE CIRCUITS ARE SHOWN FOR ONE BLOCK STATION ONLY. 2) LEGEND :SIGNAL LOCATION BOX SHOWN THUS :RAILWAY SIGNALLING TERMINALS SHOWN THUS :AXLE COUNTER TERMINALS SHOWN THUS :RELAY RACK TERMINALS SHOWN THUS :PANEL TERMINALS (MS COUPLER SHOWN) THUS :TP1 TP2 PTP1

BLOCK SECTION & CABLE PLAN NOT TO SCALE (DOUBLE LINE)

BLOCK LEVEL INTERCONNECTION DIAGRAM (DOUBLE LINE)

UFSBI SYSTE D M ESCR PTION I

The system requirement specification of the Universal Fail-safe Block Interface (UFSBI) equipment has been described in RDSO specification SPN/147/97 (Annexure A). The functionalities are elaboration of the general requirements contained RDSO specification SPN/147/97. The environment conditions under which the system will operate are described in SPN/147/97.

General:

The UFSBI system acting as multiplexer for communicating the commands to one block panel to other in a fail safe manner to transfer block instrument signals (DC and analog FM signals converted to status) to the other end. The communication is full duplex. The medium of communication is digital channels of Optical fibre or copper cable. The mux with its accessories, Interlocking relays and power supply are housed in a cubicle, called UFSBI-Cubicle.

Technical:

a)

The equipment is capable of driving safety-signaling relays conforming to specification BRS: 930 (Q Series relays).

b) The equipment is capable of working on Telecom Cable as well as Voice /Dat a

Channel provided over Optical Fibre.

c) The coding of signal transmission takes care of types of noise generally

encountered in the transmission system and ensures safety of operation against these noises.
d) Each equipment in th e section has a unique address, which is set t able through

back-panel jumpers. Please refer UFSBI Address Configuration Jumpers given later in this manual.
e) The information exchanged between the pair of the interface equipmen t

contains the source & destination address.

f) Wrongly addressed information packets are promptly rej ect ed by th e system

and frequen t receipt of such packets is detect ed as link failure by the system .
g) The bell of the Block Instrument work on voice channel i.e. block t elephone.

Alternatively, the bell may be worked through the MUX t erminal. Please refer relay logic diagrams.
h) The t elephone will work on a separat e voice channel.

i) The system works on 24V DC + 20% - 10%.

j) A push but ton is provided for reset ting UFSBI inside the cubicle on a reset box.

The reset ting system is provided with a veeder count er to count the number of reset action.

SYS-FAIL PSU-F AIL

Y L U E

SINGLE

LINK-FAIL POWER SYS-F AIL SD PSU-FAIL UF SBI-OK CNTL-VLT ALM OD-OK

ALARM EXTENDER MODULE

UBX 2000
Y L U E

U N IVER SA L FA IL SA FE B LO C K IN TER FA C E EQ U IPMEN T

A B C

R ESET C O U N TER R ESET STA TU S A C K N R MT C N TL. VO LT

II

SYS

III
PSU

III
PSU

IV
COM DRV

V
SYS-A

VI
I/P-A

VI
I/P-B

VII VII VIII VIII

F/B-A F/B-B O/P-A O/P-B BLANK

III - VIII
I Alarm Extender II Display & Reset Panel III Power Supply Unit IV Communication Driver V System VI Relay Input VII Relay Feedback VIII Relay Output

SYS-B SYS-C

WATCH DOG (QN1)

TGTXR (QN1) I/P-2

ASGNCR (QNA1) I/P-5

TCFR (QL1) I/P-4

HSGNCR (QNA1) I/P-6

BPNR (QN1) I/P-7

FR1 (QN1)

SHUT DOWN 1 (QN1)

TCFXR (QN1) O/P-2

TCFCR (QN1) O/P-3

TGTYR (QN1) O/P-4

A SGN CPR (QN1) O/P-5

TGTZR (QN1) O/P-6

BLR (QN1) O/P-7

FR2 (QN1)

Relay Panel
SHUT DOWN 2 (QN1) BTSR (QN1) TAR 2 (QN1) TAR 1 (QNA1) HSBTPR (QNA1) HSATPR (QNA1) AZTR (D) (QNA1)

ELEC TR O N IC TIMER 1 2 0 EJ

120JPR (QN1)

CAR (QN1)

CNR (QN1)

TGTNR (QN1)

ASCR (QN1)

TGTR (QL1)

AZTR (R) (QNA1)

UFSBI EQUIPMENT (FOR BPAC DOUBLE LINE)

UFSBI Technical Specification

UFSBI Specification :
System Specification : Meets RDSO SPN 147/2005

System Configuration

Triple redundancy at all levels including the processor

Central Processor

High performance 16 bit Intel 80C196KC microcontroller

Safety Compliance

Hardware: CENELEC EN50129 ORE 155.A RDSO SPN 144 & SPN 147/2005

Software: CENELEC EN50128

I/O Modules Input Module

: : : 16 change over input Opto isolated with transient suppressor 16 Q-series relay output with 8F/8B contacts Transient protected Short circuit protected

Output Module

Note: Output module needs an Input module for getting feedback from the external signaling relay driven by the system.

Communication

a) FSK, V.23
: 1200 baud 2400 baud (not used) -8 dBm nominal

1302/2097Hz b) 4QAM V.22.bis Send level Receive level S/N Ratio

: : : :

-12 dBm nominal

better than 20 dB for BER 10-6

Power Supply

Configuration Input

: :

Hot-standby 24 V DC nominal 21.6 V DC to 28.8 V DC +5.8 V DC, 0.3V, 1.5 Amps (Int) +12.8 V DC, 0.5V, 4 Amps (Int) 20 Watts (nominal) for basic system (excluding the activation drive of external signaling relays) Input: Surge and transients Overvoltage alarm Over voltage shutdown Undervoltage alarm Undervoltage shutdown Output: Overvoltage and short-circuit

Output

Consumption

Protection

Efficiency

> 70% at optimum load.

Environment Temperature

: : As per RDSO/SPN/147/2005

Humidity

As per RDSO/SPN/147/2005

Mechanical

Subrack of UBX2000 : Height Width Closed Rack (standard): Height Width

6U high 19 inch 32U 600mm

NOTE: Specification is subject to change without notice.