Universal Device Driver Reference Manual

1.613 ResearchConcepts-RC4600

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Research Concepts RC4600 antenna control unit.

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 main parameter page displays/controls the antenna pointing. Actual readings and set points are shown in separate fields, so you can see where the antenna is going to while it is moving. If an target was selected the name of the target will be shown.
--- This page permits to edit the 20 satellite memory places in the ACU
--- This page permits to edit the TLE data for each memory in te ACU
--- This page permits to edit the beacon parameters for each memory in the ACU
--- The faults page.
--- The device info page.
--- The maintenance page. The configuration parameters described below are set at this page.

Configuration parameters

You can configure the jog duration of the antenna controller. This allows you to define, how long the antenna is moving if you press one of the arrow-buttons on the main pointing page.

parameter	description
address	The IP address and port where the ACU listens followed by the device address. Example '10.10.1.1:6757 50'. 50 is the default device address of the unit.
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.
jogduration	Defines the time in msec for a jog step.
deviceComment	A free text which can be entered to identify the antenna in a multi antenna configuration.

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.poslog	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.model	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.version	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.haspol	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
config.jogduration	INTEGER	SAVE SETUP	IntegerRange (0 .. 9999)
config.readbackDelay	INTEGER	SAVE SETUP	IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
cnfig.deviceComment	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
azimuth	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
elevation	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
polarization	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
updateDest	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
state.az	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000)
state.el	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000)
state.pl	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000)
state.mode1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.mode2	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.mode3	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.level	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.lock	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.frequency	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000)
state.satindex	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
state.satellite	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
sat.nr	INTEGER		IntegerRange (1 .. 20)
sat.name	TEXT		StringRange
sat.longitude	FLOAT		DoubleRange (-180.0 .. 180.0)
sat.inclination	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 19)
sat.band	CHOICE		EnumRange (C Ku L X Ka S)
sat.ephemeris	CHOICE		EnumRange (NONE TLE)
sat.polskew	FLOAT		DoubleRange (-90.0 .. 90.0)
sat.polarization	CHOICE		EnumRange (H V X)
sat.coblatitude	FLOAT		DoubleRange (-90.0 .. 90.0)
sat.coblongitude	FLOAT		DoubleRange (-180.0 .. 180.0)
sat.scantype	CHOICE		EnumRange (NORMAL SLOW)
sat.read	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
sat.write	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
tle.nr	INTEGER		IntegerRange (1 .. 20)
tle.line1	TEXT		StringRange
tle.line2	TEXT		StringRange
tle.read	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
tle.write	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
beacon.nr	INTEGER		IntegerRange (1 .. 20)
beacon.frequency	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 99999.99)
beacon.modulation	CHOICE		EnumRange (CW BPSK)
beacon.polarization	CHOICE		EnumRange (H V)
beacon.locate	CHOICE		EnumRange (DONT USE SIGNPOST CONFIRMATION)
beacon.read	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
beacon.write	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
satlist	CHOICE		EnumRange (UNKNOWN)
locate	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
track	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
peak	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
stow	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
deploy	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
stop	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
clear	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
step	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
internal.az.stat	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.el.stat	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.pl.stat	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.alarmcode	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.name	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.txt	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.d1	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.d2	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.byte63	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.satindex	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
initialized	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
gsa.tle1	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
gsa.tle2	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
gsa.frequency	FLOAT	NOPRESET	DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
gsa.target	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
gsa.state	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
gsa.startTrack	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
gsa.stopTrack	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
gsa.doPark	CHOICE	NOPRESET	EnumRange (NO YES)
gsa.azPark	FLOAT	NOPRESET	DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
gsa.elPark	FLOAT	NOPRESET	DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
faults.01	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ high limit)
faults.02	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ low limit)
faults.03	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ stow limit)
faults.04	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL high limit)
faults.05	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL low limit)
faults.06	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL stow limit)
faults.07	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL high limit)
faults.08	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL low limit)
faults.09	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL stow limit)
faults.10	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ axis fault)
faults.11	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL axis fault)
faults.12	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL axis fault)
faults.13	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (flash version mismatch)
faults.14	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (flash data corrupt)
faults.15	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (nvram version mismatch)
faults.16	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (nvram data corrupt)
faults.17	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (low battery)
faults.18	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (invalid time/date)
faults.19	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ sensor)
faults.20	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ follow)
faults.21	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ drift)
faults.22	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL sensor)
faults.23	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL follow)
faults.24	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL drift)
faults.25	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL sensor)
faults.26	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL follow)
faults.27	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL drift)
faults.28	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (limits inactive)
faults.29	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (drive system error)
faults.30	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (emergency stop)
faults.31	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (maintenance interlock)
faults.32	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (movement interlock)
faults.33	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (local jog connected)
faults.34	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (standby warning)
faults.35	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Receiver Unlocked)