This page describes the device driver and the device window for a Novotronik 8x1 Switch from type GTS4600 made as specified by ASTRA Platform Services GmbH.
The switch has 8 inputs, possible position setting values are 0,1,2...8, position 0 means that no input is connected to the output and all ports are terminated with proper matching impedances.
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 .
--- Channel Select
--- The faults page.
--- The device info page.
--- The maintenance page. The configuration parameters described below are set at this page.Configuration parameters
The GTS4600 do not need any configuration parameters except the settings for the serial interface
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| Serial | Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface connected to the device. The recommended line setting for the use with the sat-nms software is 9600,N,8,1 . |
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.swversion | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| position | CHOICE | EnumRange (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) | |
| faults.01 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access) |