1.188 ETL-Genus-ALT

This page describes the ETL-Genus-ALT device driver and its device window. The ETL-Genus-ALT device driver monitors and controls one ALTO series amplifier card within a Genus Chassis.

Multiple instances of the device may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all modules of the chassis. All devices referring to the same physical device must be configured at the same device thread / interface to ensure that SNMP requests to the device do not overlap.

The 'slot' configuration parameter is used to select which of the physical slots in the Genus chassis this particular sat-nms device shall control.

The driver was tested with the following equipment:

and card models:

The different available optional cards of the ETL Genus series are:

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 .

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 device.

parameter description
address The SNMP address specification for the device (details below).
readBackDelay Defines the delay the driver uses when it reads back parameters recently commanded. The delay is initialized at a proved preset value which should not be changed under normal circumstances.
slot Defines the table index the 10MHz modules is installed within the chassis. Default value is 35
monitoring En- or Disables Alarm Monitoring
hasLinearityMode En or Disable the linearity mode settings
hasLowGainMode En- or Disable the low gain mode settings
minGain Allows to adjust min gain setting to match individual card capabilities. Default range covers down to -4 dB
maxGain Allows to adjust max gain setting to match individual card capabilities. Default range covers up to 45 dB
maxSlope Allows to adjust max slope setting to match individual card capabilities. Default range covers up to 8 dB

SNMP address specification

The full address consists of the following fields: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:pppp read-community write-community

parameter description
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 private as write community string.

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.model TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.version TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.serial TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.elapsed INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
config.slot CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17)
config.monitoring CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (YES NO)
config.hasLinearityMode CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (YES NO)
config.hasLowGainMode CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (YES NO)
config.minGain INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (0 .. 0)
config.maxGain INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (0 .. 0)
config.maxSlope INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (0 .. 0)
voltage.01 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
voltage.02 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
current.01 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
current.02 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
current.03 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
temperature.01 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
temperature.02 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
name TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
linearityMode CHOICE EnumRange (STANDARD HIGH)
lowGainMode CHOICE EnumRange (ON OFF)
gain FLOAT DoubleRange (0.00 .. 28.00)
slope INTEGER IntegerRange (0 .. 10)
internal.v1 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.v2 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.v3 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Summary Alarm)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (VBUS/12V)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (5V)
faults.04 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (3.3V)
faults.05 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp 1/2 Current Low)
faults.06 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp 1/2 Current High)
faults.07 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp 3/4 Current Low)
faults.08 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp 3/4 Current High)
faults.09 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp Temperature Low)
faults.10 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amp Temperature High)
faults.11 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Alto Temperature Low)
faults.12 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Alto Temperature High)