TDG-OCP-101 Military Operator Control Panel — 15 Guarded Controls, 14 Indicator LEDs, Emergency Stop, MIL-DTL-38999

TDG-OCP-101 is a military operator control panel: a compact control unit, fixed to a wall or console by four corner tabs, built for manual operation of the mechanisms on a vehicle or platform in the field. On one front face the operator has a guarded emergency stop, five covered pushbuttons, three red-covered switches, six guarded toggle switches and fourteen LEDs that show the state of each control.

Each switch state leaves the panel as a discrete signal through a single MIL-DTL-38999 connector on the rear cover, so the panel connects to the system's control unit with one cable. The panel is designed and manufactured by TEDEG in Ankara. The photos show a unit built for a customer programme; the front-face legends follow that order.

The layout is built around preventing unintended operation. The emergency stop sits inside a fixed mechanical guard that blocks an accidental press but leaves it within reach of the palm. Every pushbutton has a hinged guard cover; critical functions such as mode change and override use red flip-cover (missile-style) switches, so the cover has to be lifted before the switch can change position. The toggle switches have side guards on both sides that stop the lever from being moved by a knock or a sleeve.

Each control has a green or red indicator LED next to it; the front face groups every control with its LED inside a framed, labelled field. The enclosure is formed sheet metal finished in matte black; the rear cover is screwed on and carries the connector.

Technical specifications:

The panel is built to the platform. Set per project:

• Number, type (pushbutton, covered switch, toggle switch) and position of the controls
• Number and colour of the indicator LEDs
• Front-face legends and language
• Connector type, contact arrangement and orientation
• Enclosure colour and mounting-hole pattern

• Manual control of drive axes, locks, brakes and mode changes on vehicle-mounted systems in the field
• Back-up / emergency control panels used when automatic control is out of the loop
• Control units for maintenance, test and training, where the operator steps the system through its sequence

TEDEG makes the enclosure, front panel, wiring harness and marking in-house, so the panel is built to the required control list and connector plan instead of fitting the system to a catalogue part. The same team builds the TDG-FCP-101 firing control panel, the Mil-Drive HCU-400 hand control unit and the PowerGuard RCU-01 remote control unit. All control panels are in the Control Panels & Operator Units category; send your control list and panel drawing through the quote form.