1.455 Newtec-MCX7000-BISS-Descr

This page describes the Newtec-MCX7000-BISS-Descr device driver and its device window. The Newtec-MCX7000-BISS-Descr device driver monitors and controls one BISS Descrambling instance configured in a Newtec MCX7000 Multi-carrier Satellite Gateway.

Multiple instances of the device may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all BISS instances of the gateway. 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 'descrambler' configuration parameter is used to select which of the BISS instances in the Gateway this particular sat-nms device shall control. The software automatically evaluates the number of available instances at the gateway after software startup and sets the available choices of the 'input' configuration parameter accordingly. The RESET button on the Maintenance device screen page can be used to force a re-read of the descrambler list, e.g. if a new BISS instance has been added via the Newtec Web GUI.

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 device monitoring and control parameters.
• --- 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.

• descrambler --- Selects the BISS instance in the gateway to control. The software automatically evaluates the number of available BISS descrambling instances at the gateway after software startup and sets the available choices of this parameter accordingly. To force an update of the input list without restarting the software press the RESET button at the Maintenance page.

Variables defined by this device driver