1.36 Agilis-BUC

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Agilis integrated BUC / SSPA over SNMP

The driver was tested with

• ALB 129 series compact 80/100W Ku Band BUC in 1:1 redundancy and as standalone unit

The driver was tested with the following SW Releases:

• BUC: 102,109,116

• SSPA: 113,114,116

Device window pages

The following table shows which device window pages are available with this individual device type. Tool-bar functions not mentioned here are described at the general description of device windows .

• --- The transmit parameters
• --- Displays meter readings like output power and BUC specific measurements.
• --- Displays the redundancy settings
• --- The faults page.
• --- The device info page.
• --- The maintenance page. The configuration parameters described below are set at this page.

Configuration parameters

At the maintenance page of the device window there are a couple of configuration parameters which must be set to make the software talk to the amplifier.

• parameter --- description

• address --- The SNMP address specification for the device. The full address specification consists of the following fields:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:pppp read-community write-community

  • aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd --- The IP address of the device in 'dotted quad' notation. This field is mandatory.
  • pppp --- The IP port number where the device accepts SNMP requests. The port number may be omitted, the driver uses the standard port 161 in this case.
  • read-community --- The SNMP read community name. This must match the read community expected by the device.
  • write-community --- The SNMP write community name. This must match the write community expected by the device. The write community name may be omitted, the driver uses the read community name for both, read and write in this case. If both community names are missing, the driver uses 'public' as a default for read and write community.

• powerDisplayMode --- Defines the display of gain or attenuation in the parameter section.

• startup --- Defines the default startup condition for the BUCs transmit state.

• frequency --- Defines the used lo frequency if the unit is equipped with more than one upconverter frequency.

• bucNumber --- Defines the identifier of the BUC in a 1:1 redundancy 1 or 2

Variables defined by this device driver