INDIAN RAILWAY SIGNALLING

LEVEL CROSSING GATE CONTROL EQUIPMENT using

WIRED / WIRELESS Data Communications

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LC Gate Control Equipment

• Developed by Joint Effort of Three directorates of

RDSO Lucknow
— Telecom Directorate
— Traffic Directorate
— Track Design Directorate
And
— AE Telelink Systems Ltd.-New Delhi

• Designed for ‘Manned Level Crossing Gates’

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Problems Encountered In Existing Manned LC
Gate Control System

• Excessive messaging time between station master

and gate man
— Existing system is based on spoken communication
between Station Master and Gate Man over telephone
line which is time consuming.
• Lack of alternate/back-up communication medium
— In case the cable connecting the station and LC gate is
unavailable due to breakage, theft etc. there is no
alternate means of communication.
• No accountability of personnel communications and
actions.
— No provision for recordkeeping
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This LC Gate Control System was designed to solve
all these issues while keeping in mind the
following:

• No change to the communication protocol i.e. use the existing

‘private number exchange system’.
• Must not be complicated to use i.e. the existing staff should be
able to adopt it with ease and minimal training.
• Must deliver messages in the voice form and in local language.
• At any time voice communication between the station master
and gate man must be possible.

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LC Gate System Solution
• Reduces transaction time between the station master
and gate man as they only need to choose among a
predefined set of messages.
― Message is encoded and transmitted in digital form.
― Message is played in voice form and also displayed on equipment’s
LCD screen.

• Alternate Wireless Medium is provided in addition to

existing 2-wire medium.
― Dynamic switching between wired and wireless medium. If both
mediums are available then wired medium will be used.
― This feature will also enable use of this system for gates where
there is no wire link between the station and LC gates.

• Accountability is provided through this system.

― The equipment records details of each message event like Time &
Date of transmission ,Gate ID,PVT No., Train Number etc. Upto
1,00,000 events can be stored.
― The system has a facility to take a hard copy of the log through the
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LC Gate System – Salient features
• Extremely simple to operate
• To provide the mentioned advantages only the mode of
message transmission has changed.
• No change in communication protocol between station
master and gate man therefore no re-learning needed.
• Reception of message is same as before i.e. voice based
and in local language ( in addition to English).
• Voice communication is always available as a standby.

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 Level Crossing Control System

LC GATE LC GATE
CONTROLLER EQUIPMENT
(upto 99 gates)
Wireless -Radio Link

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Note: Radio is integrated in Unit.
Gate ID-01 Gate ID-02 Gate ID-N

Wired – Telephone link

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 LC GATE vs LC GATE
CONTROLLER EQUIPMENT
• They look similar but differ in
— The facilities supported
 Each equipment supports only the needed functionality in order to make
the system very simple to operate.
— Keys on the key Panel ; and
— LEDs on the box
• This will become more clear during the demonstration.

Ack Open/ Radio PTT Problem Ack Close Radio PTT Open
Close Mode Mode

Advice 1/Up 2/Dn 3 Send Close 1 2 3 Send

Close 4 5 6 Config Problem 4 5 6 Config

Open 7 8 9 Print Open 7 8 9 Print

Msg 0 Ack Msg 0 Ack

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Task of Station Master Task of Gate Man

— Acknowledge (private number — Acknowledge message (private

exchange) number exchange)
— Advice — Confirm gate close
— Order gate close — Request for Gate open
— Permit gate open — Inform station master about
problem
— Disallow gate open
— Query gate position for
interlocked gates
— Broad cast any message to a group

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Additional Benefits
• Data is sent only to intended receiver using the Gate ID.
• Data Transmission consumes very little power because it is
encoded and requires very little transmission time.
• Data in digitized form during transmission and therefore provides
reasonable security/secrecy of message.
• Private No Exchange scheme as per Railway Board directive
remains unchanged.
• Three sources of power are provided using Electric, Battery and
Solar Panel.
• Printer port to take hard copy of logged events.
• Hardware lock for security.
• Integrated wireless support.
• Night lamp for operation in dark environments.
• Auto-detection of gate interlock position.
• Broadcast messaging.

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 This System Supports All Kinds of Manned Gates
Manned Gates

Engineering Gates Traffic Gates

Interlocked Non-interlocked Interlocked Non-interlocked

Open to traffic Closed to traffic Open to traffic Closed to traffic

Open to traffic Closed to traffic Open to traffic Closed to traffic

Gates highlighted in blue are covered in the LC gate control system

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‘Open to traffic’ Gates - Advice
• For these kinds of gates the communications is initiated by the station
master under exchange of private number scheme.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master
Advice :
•Pvt. No
•Gate No.
• Est. Time
• Up/ Dn
•Train No.
Send:

Ack to Mute

•Pvt. No.
Send:

Transaction Complete

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‘Open to traffic’ Gates - Close
• For these kinds of gates the communications is initiated by the station
master under exchange if private number scheme.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master
Close :
•Pvt. No
•Gate No.
• Up/ Dn
•Train No.
Send:
Ack to Mute

•Pvt. No.
Send:

Physically Close the Gate

Close : OR Problem:
•Pvt. No
Send:

•Pvt. No
Send:

Transaction Complete

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‘Closed to traffic’ Gates - Open
• For these kinds of gates the communications is initiated by the Gate
Man.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master
Open :

Send:

Ack to Mute

Open : OR Msg 2 (Do not Open)

•Pvt. No
•Gate No.
Send: Physically Open the Gate (if open allowed)
Physically Close the Gate

Close :
•Pvt. No
Send:

•Pvt. No
Send:

Transaction Complete

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Any Gate - Problem
• The Gate man informs the station master of a problem at the gate.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master
Problem :
•Pvt. No.
Send:

Ack to Mute

•Pvt. No
Send:

Ack to Mute

Transaction Complete

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Station Master – Message to Any Gate
• The station master sends a message to the gate man.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master

Msg: (1-Query gate relay position)

(2 – Do not open gate)
•Pvt. No
Ack to Mute
Send:

Transaction Complete

Ack to Mute
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Station Master – Group Messaging
• The station master sends a message (Close/Open/Advice/Msg) to a group of
gates.
• If the Gate ID sent is 98 it is all the down gates. If the Gate ID sent is 99 it is all
the up gates.

LC GATE Equipment –
LC GATE CONTROLLER – Gate Man
Station Master

Close/Open/Advice/Msg:
•Pvt. No
•Gate ID: 99 or 98
Ack to Mute
Send:

Response by gate A
•Pvt. No.
Send:

Response by gate B
•Pvt. No.
Send:

Response by gate N •Pvt. No.

Send:

Transaction Complete

Ack to Mute
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 LED Description
• LC Gate Controller • LC Gate Equipment
— Ack — Ack
 Off – No message to be transmitted  Off – No message to be transmitted
 On – Message waiting to be  On – Message waiting to be
transmitted transmitted
 Blink – Message successfully sent.
 Blink – Message successfully sent.
— Open/Close
— Close
 On- (Open request)/(Close confirm)
received.  On – Close order received.
 Off – No pending open/close  Off – No close order pending from
received message. controller.
— Radio Mode — Radio Mode
 Off – wire connection present.  Off – wire connection present.
 On – wire connection absent,  On – wire connection absent,
transmission on wireless.
transmission on wireless.
— PTT (Only applicable in Radio mode)
— PTT (Only applicable in Radio mode)
 On – Radio transmission on.
 On – Radio transmission on.
 Off – Radio transmission off.
 Off – Radio transmission off.
— Problem
 On – Problem message received — Open
from gate.  On – Open order received.
 Off – No problem message from gate  Off – No open order pending from
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Specifications
• Input • Radio Interface

— AC 220v, 50Hz Receiver output

• Operation Voltage Modulation Input
— 12V DC Carrier Present Logic
• Battery Backup Transmitter Keying Output

— 12V/65 AH SMF • Logged Event – More than 100000

• Medium • Printer Port- 25 pin D connector

— Wireless ,Two Wire • Gate Position Input

• Solar Panel — Potential free input

— 12v/70w with charging — Open for gate open

current 3A@17v. — Close for gate close
• Night lamp
• Hardware key for
operation/lock.

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