This page describes the device driver and the device window for the AvL ITC antenna control unit. Actually the device driver supports TLE tracking and antenna pointing, other tracking modes are not yet supported.
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 first parameter page displays the antenna pointing and permits to set new pointing angles.
--- The second parameter page displays / configures the parameters for TLE tracking.
--- 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 antenna controller.
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| address | For the AvL ACU in this field the IP4 address (with optional port) followed by user name and password must be entered. Example: 10.10.1.1:4321 Integrator Int123 |
Variables defined by this device driver
| name | type | flags | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| info.driver | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| lowLevel.cmd | TEXT | StringRange | |
| lowLevel.reply | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| faults.99 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Communication) |
| faults.commstat | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.type | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.port | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.frame | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.revision | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.poslog | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.az | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.el | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.level | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| true | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| false | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| mustInitAzEl | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| telemetryRate | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| backgroundCommands | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| activeCommand | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| config.longitude | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (-180.000 .. 360.000) |
| config.latitude | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (-90.000 .. 90.000) |
| config.altitude | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (0 .. 16000) |
| azimuth | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.0000 .. 0.0000) | |
| elevation | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.0000 .. 0.0000) | |
| polarization | FLOAT | DoubleRange DIS (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| state.az | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0000 .. 0.0000) |
| state.el | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0000 .. 0.0000) |
| state.pl | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O DIS (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| state.mode1 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| state.level | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| state.frequency | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| target | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| tle1 | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| tle2 | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| frequency | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| updateTarget | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| moveToPosition | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| motorStop | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| startTLE | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| gsa.target | TEXT | StringRange | |
| gsa.dtrfreq | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| gsa.tle1 | TEXT | StringRange | |
| gsa.tle2 | TEXT | StringRange | |
| gsa.startTrack | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| gsa.stopTrack | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| gsa.doPark | TEXT | StringRange | |
| gsa.azPark | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| gsa.elPark | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| gsa.level | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| faults.01 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (X Motor Alarm) |
| faults.02 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (X Motor Warning) |
| faults.03 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Y Motor Alarm) |
| faults.04 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Y Motor Warning) |
| faults.05 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon Receiver) |