This page describes the device driver and the device window for the S3SatCom-ACU via serial communication protocol Tadiran-Scopus.
The default TCP/IP communication port of the ACU is 2008
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 .
--- Contains the antenna pointing parameters.
--- Contains the tracking state.
--- Contains the tracking 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 antenna controller.
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| address | There is no address required. |
| azLoLimit | Sets the lower azimuth travel limit. |
| azHiLimit | Sets the upper azimuth travel limit. |
| elLoLimit | Sets the lower elevation travel limit. |
| elHiLimit | Sets the upper elevation travel limit. |
| plLoLimit | Sets the lower polarization travel limit. |
| plHiLimit | Sets the upper polarization travel limit. |
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.version | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.polarization | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.beacon.1 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.beacon.2 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.iduVersion | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.oduVersion | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.motor | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.heater | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.diameter | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| info.poslog | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.classic | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| internal.azLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.azHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.elLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.elHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.plLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.plHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.time | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.yy | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.mo | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.dd | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.hh | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.mi | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.ss | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.state11 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.state12 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.state13 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.state14 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.state2 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.bulk2 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.bulk8 | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.limits | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.track1 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.track2 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.powerfail | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| internal.polset | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| internal.aztrack | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| internal.poltrack | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| internal.hemisphere | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| config.azLoLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 360.000) |
| config.azHiLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 360.000) |
| config.elLoLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 90.000) |
| config.elHiLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 90.000) |
| config.plLoLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (-180.000 .. 180.000) |
| config.plHiLimit | FLOAT | SETUP | DoubleRange (-180.000 .. 180.000) |
| azimuth | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| elevation | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| polarization | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| polPlane | CHOICE | EnumRange (X Y) | |
| 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 (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| state.limit | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| state.beacon.1 | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| state.beacon.2 | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| state.frequency | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| trackMode | CHOICE | EnumRange (STANDBY STEP NORAD) | |
| st.interval | INTEGER | IntegerRange (1 .. 60) | |
| no.interval | INTEGER | IntegerRange (1 .. 60) | |
| measDelay | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (1 .. 60) |
| loss | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.1 .. 3.0) |
| meas.iduTemp | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.oduTemp1 | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.oduTemp2 | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.humidity | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.cpuTemp | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.motorTemp | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| meas.azVoltage | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| meas.elVoltage | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| meas.plVoltage | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| longitude | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-180.000000 .. 180.000000) | |
| latitude | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-90.000000 .. 90.000000) | |
| altitude | INTEGER | IntegerRange (0 .. 0) | |
| motorStop | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| emergencyStop | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| reset | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| state.psuAz | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| state.psuEl | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| state.psuPl | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| heater | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (OFF HEATING COOLING) |
| mode.azTrack | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (ENABLED DISABLED) |
| mode.plTrack | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (ENABLED DISABLED) |
| powerfail | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (STANDBY RESTORE) |
| polset | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (NO SET THEORETICAL) |
| hemisphere | CHOICE | R/O | EnumRange R/O (NORTH SOUTH) |
| target.name | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| step | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| standby | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| 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 (EL high limit) |
| faults.04 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL low limit) |
| faults.05 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Emergency stop) |
| faults.06 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Emergency stop FP) |
| faults.07 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Emergency stop Ext/ODU) |
| faults.08 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ encoder ) |
| faults.09 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL encoder) |
| faults.10 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL encoder) |
| faults.11 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ VFD) |
| faults.12 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL VFD) |
| faults.13 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Heater/Cooler) |
| faults.14 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (ODU Comms) |
| faults.15 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access) |
| faults.16 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ PSU) |
| faults.17 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL PSU) |
| faults.18 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL PSU) |
| faults.19 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon RX1 Summary) |
| faults.20 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon RX1 Tracking) |
| faults.21 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon RX1 Summary) |
| faults.22 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon RX1 Tracking) |
| faults.23 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Tracking Processor) |