Universal Device Driver Reference Manual

1.598 SatService-ACU-ODM-Serial

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the sat-nms ACU outdoor module. The driver treats the ACU ODM as a plain antenna positioner, communicating via Serial Interface to it. The configuration parameters of the ACU ODM are accessible through the ACU web based user interface, they are not replicated as configuration parameters in the M&C device driver.

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.
--- 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	n/a
timeSync	Enables or disables the date/time synchronization of the ACU-ODM with the MNC/ACU-IDU system time.
Serial	Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface connected to the ACU-ODM. The RS232 interface of sat-nms ACU-ODM always operates at 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, one stop bit. 9600,8,N,1 .

Serial protocol selection Depending on the device address set, the sat-nms ACU-ODM either runs framed protocol with start/stop characters and checksum or it provides a dumb terminal interface. If the address is set in the ACU configuration (web page) to 'A' .. 'G' use Miteq-MOD95 protocol, if the address is 'NONE' select Terminal-CR-CRLF protocol.

Time Synchronization

If enabled via the setup option described above, the M&C System or ACU Indoor Unit (running this drivers) will send date and time in regular intervals to the ACU Outdoor Module. The ACU-ODM will update its internal clock.

The ACU-ODM does not have a time zone configuration, so it simply uses the time send by the MNC/ACU-IDU. For example: If the system clock of the MNC/ACU-IDU runs on UTC, the ACU-ODM clock is also set to UTC

Do not enable time synchronization for the first time if you just doing step or adaptive tracking, because a large leap in time will produce a wrong tracking model. After first synchronization you can re-enable step or adaptive tracking again. It need approx. 40 seconds after enabling until the ACU-ODM updates its internal clock. Use the web browser interface to check the current date and time of the ACU-ODM.

This feature syncs the date and time between ACU-ODM and MNC/ACU-IDU. If you want to synchronize the date and time of the MNC/ACU-IDU server you can use an external NTP server. Please refer to the sat-nms M&C Installation Manual.

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.serialno	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.revision	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.caps.tracking	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.polar	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.memtrack	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.clswitch	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.rellevel	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.standby	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.caps.200targets	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
info.temperature	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
info.poslog	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
info.beaconType	CHOICE		EnumRange (SATNMS VOLTAGE)
internal.ibit	HEX	R/O	HexRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.ibitaux	HEX	R/O	HexRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.obit	HEX	R/O	HexRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.tflt	HEX	R/O	HexRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.pcnt1	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.pcnt2	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.caps	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
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.state	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.sleep	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.cmod	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O DIS
initialized	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
config.readBackDelay	INTEGER	SAVE SETUP	IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
config.timeSync	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (ENABLED DISABLED)
config.azLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.azHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.elLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.elHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.plLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.plHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
azimuth	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
elevation	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000)
polarization	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
clswitch	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (LINEAR CIRCULAR UNKNOWN)
step	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
standby	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange DIS
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.cl	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O DIS
state.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.limit	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.stopped	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.level	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.absLevel	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O DIS (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.mode1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.azJitter	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
state.elJitter	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
state.azAmplitude	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
state.elAmplitude	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
state.trackHours	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
state.azModel	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.elModel	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.modelAge	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
trackMode	CHOICE		EnumRange (OFF STEP ADAPTIVE)
interval	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (1 .. 1638)
stepSize	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (1 .. 100)
measDelay	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (1 .. 9999)
recoveryDelay	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (100 .. 30000)
averaging	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (1 .. 25)
frequency	FLOAT		DoubleRange DIS (950.000 .. 40000.000)
levelThreshold	FLOAT		DoubleRange DIS (-999.00 .. 100.00)
jitterThreshold	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (0 .. 100)
smoothing	INTEGER		IntegerRange DIS (0 .. 6)
azMaxModel	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (SMALL MEDIUM LARGE)
elMaxModel	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (SMALL MEDIUM LARGE)
levelOffset	FLOAT		DoubleRange DIS (0.00 .. 0.00)
levelZero	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange DIS
retryOnFault	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (NEVER ONCE FOREVER)
reset	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
motorStop	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
motorReset	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
clearTracking	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
logPosition	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
target.name	TEXT		StringRange
target.0	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.2	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.3	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.4	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.5	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.6	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.7	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.8	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.9	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.10	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.11	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.12	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.13	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.14	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.15	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.16	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.17	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.18	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.19	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.20	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.21	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.22	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.23	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.24	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.25	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.26	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.27	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.28	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.29	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.30	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.31	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.32	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.33	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.34	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.35	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.36	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.37	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.38	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.39	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.40	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.41	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.42	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.43	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.44	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.45	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.46	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.47	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.48	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.49	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.50	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.51	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.52	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.53	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.54	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.55	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.56	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.57	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.58	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.59	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.60	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.61	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.62	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.63	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.64	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.65	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.66	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.67	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.68	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.69	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.70	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.71	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.72	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.73	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.74	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.75	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.76	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.77	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.78	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.79	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.80	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.81	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.82	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.83	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.84	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.85	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.86	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.87	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.88	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.89	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.90	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.91	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.92	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.93	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.94	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.95	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.96	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.97	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.98	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.99	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.100	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.101	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.102	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.103	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.104	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.105	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.106	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.107	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.108	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.109	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.110	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.111	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.112	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.113	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.114	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.115	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.116	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.117	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.118	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.119	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.120	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.121	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.122	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.123	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.124	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.125	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.126	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.127	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.128	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.129	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.130	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.131	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.132	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.133	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.134	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.135	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.136	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.137	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.138	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.139	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.140	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.141	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.142	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.143	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.144	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.145	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.146	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.147	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.148	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.149	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.150	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.151	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.152	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.153	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.154	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.155	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.156	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.157	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.158	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.159	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.160	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.161	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.162	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.163	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.164	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.165	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.166	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.167	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.168	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.169	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.170	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.171	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.172	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.173	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.174	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.175	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.176	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.177	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.178	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.179	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.180	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.181	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.182	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.183	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.184	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.185	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.186	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.187	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.188	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.189	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.190	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.191	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.192	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.193	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.194	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.195	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.196	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.197	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.198	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.199	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.list	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.goto	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (0 .. 99)
target.save	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (0 .. 99)
target.delete	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (0 .. 99)
target.loadList	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
goto	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (0 .. 99)
grmc	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
aux.in.1	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
aux.in.2	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
aux.in.3	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
aux.in.4	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
aux.out.1	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.2	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.3	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.4	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.5	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.6	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.7	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
aux.out.8	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 1)
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 (PL high limit)
faults.06	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL low limit)
faults.07	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ motor fault)
faults.08	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ motor timeout)
faults.09	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL motor fault)
faults.10	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL motor timeout)
faults.11	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL motor fault)
faults.12	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL motor timeout)
faults.13	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ motor stopped)
faults.14	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL motor stopped)
faults.15	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL motor stopped)
faults.16	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon level)
faults.17	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ peaking)
faults.18	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL peaking)
faults.19	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Model fit)
faults.20	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Model reset)
faults.21	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Hub/Limit fault)
faults.22	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Emergency stop)
faults.23	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet open/Handheld)
faults.24	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon receiver)
faults.29	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Soft Limits)