1.209 ETL-NSN100-Matrix

This page describes the device driver and the device window for ETL L-Band Switch Matrix "Ensign" NSN-100 series.

It supports 32x32 and 32x64 models. The FW installed has to support the BulkUpdate Command

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 .

• --- Port switching by name 1-16.
• --- Port switching by name 17-32.
• --- Gain settings.
• --- Define redundant outputs.
• --- Define slave outputs.
• --- Edit input names.
• --- Edit output names.
• --- The faults page.
• --- The device info page.
• --- The maintenance 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 device.

• 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.
• 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.
• inhibitId --- If this parameter is set, it is watched by the device driver and compared to the inhibitVal. If they are equals, all card redundancy functions of the driver are inhibited. This may be used in a dual CPU redundancy configuration to avoid that the driver for the standby CPU perfoms redundancy switches a second time.
• inhibitVal --- The value to be compared to the value in the message received for the inhibitId.

Slave Mode

When Slave mode is activated an output port which is defined as slave port of another output will be mirrored. All crosspoint settings will be permanently copied to the slave one. Slave mode can be switched ON/OFF. The Slave mode is implemented within the sat-nms Software.

Redundancy Mode

When Redundancy is defined for an output all crosspoints will be copied if the main/master output fails. For dual chassis The redundancy is implemented within the sat-nms Software.

Alias names

After changing the alias names of the input and or output channels from the device driver or Web interface it is necessary to use the read alias names from chassis button on the device driver. The reason is that reading these value is only done initially at server startup due to the slow device SNMP performance.

Variables defined by this device driver