1.426 NDSatCom-SkyWAN-IDU

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the NDSatCom SkyWAN IDU. The driver covers the models 7200 (software version 7.20) and 1070 (software versions 1.11 and 1.20). It monitors some general state variables and measurement values from the device, additionally it implements a command interface for the NDSatCom Media Fleet Manager interface available for the sat-nms software.

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 contains the general transmit parameters of the IDU
• --- Displays meter readings.
• --- Contains same general parameters concerning QoS routing and also allows to debug the QoS settings commanded by a MFM interface extension, if installed and configured.
• --- 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 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.

The read/write-community strings must match the values set in the device. Common community strings are 'public' (read) and 'private' (write). Hence a typical address specification for a SkyWAN IDU may be 10.0.0.1 public private .

• iduVersion --- Sets the IDU software version, this must match the software version running on the device.
• demods -- Sets the number of demodulator boards

Variables defined by this device driver