Universal Device Driver Reference Manual

1.702 Vertex-7200-Step-Track

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Vertex 7200 step track system. As of version 2.00, the driver is capable to control the essential settings of the ACU like antenna pointing or tracking start/stop.

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 first parameter page displays the antenna pointing and lets you move the antenna to a particular pointing.
--- The second parameter page displays the tracking mode / state and allows to start / stop resume tracking. The beacon receiver related parameters also are located at this page. Refer to the Vertex manual for details of the tracking modes in particular.
.. --- On five pages you find the 50 target memories of the ACU. Clicking on the blue arrow next to the target name recalls the target position and tracking mode.
--- 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 step track system.

parameter	description
address	The Vertex 7200 step track system does not use this parameter.
beaconReceiver	Configures if the ACU uses an TRL beacon receiver (TRL/253) or a third party model (OTHER). The setting other disables all beacon receiver related parameters other than the beacon level.
operatorPassword	The password for the operator security level must be set to the same value than configured at the ACU front panel. If the ACU has not configured a password, the values entered here does not matter.
Serial	Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface connected to the antenna controller. The Vertex step track expects 9600,N,8,1 .
config.hasPolarization	Select if unit is equipped with a polarization axis
config.hasSwitchBoard	Select if unit is equipped with a switch board
config.firmware	Select if firmware is newer than 3.26.06. This enables the driver to use the R7 command.
config.azLoLimit	Define lower azimuth limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.
config.azHiLimit	Define upper azimuth limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.
config.elLoLimit	Define upper elevation limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.
config.elHiLimit	Define upper elevation limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.
config.plLoLimit	Define upper polarization limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.
config.plHiLimit	Define upper polarization limit. The value is not stored on the ACU itself.

Remarks

The Vertex 7200 restricts the control of the device to one of the M&C ports at a time. The sat-nms driver operates the 7200 ACU at 'operator' security level. To make the driver work properly it is important to

configure all other M&C ports and the front panel to 'monitor' level.
configure the 'operator' level password at the ACU and the sat-nms device setup to the same value.
return the front panel security level back to 'monitor' after you (temporarily) operated the device from there.

If the Vertex 7200 has been configured to use soft limits, the device driver reads the limit values and modifies the valid range of the azimuth, elevation and polarization parameters accordingly. The limits are read once when the communication to ACU gets established. Hence, after changing the limit settings at the front panel, set the sat-nms device once to OUT-OF-SERVICE and back to OPERATIONAL to make it read the limits again.

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
internal.dummy	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.rc	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.r2	HEX	R/O	HexRange R/O (0 .. 0)
config.beaconReceiver	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (TRL/253 OTHER)
config.operatorPasswd	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
config.supervisorPasswd	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
config.securityLevel	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (MONITOR OPERATOR SUPERVISOR)
config.hasPolarization	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (YES NO)
config.hasSwitchBoard	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (YES NO)
config.firmware	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (<3.26.06 >3.26.06)
config.azLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.azHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.elLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.elHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.plLoLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.plHiLimit	FLOAT	SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
azimuth	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
elevation	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
polarization	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
frequency	FLOAT		DoubleRange DIS (0.000 .. 0.000)
attenuation	FLOAT		DoubleRange DIS (0.0 .. 50.0)
input	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (1 2)
updateDest	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
state.az	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.el	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.pl	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
state.mode1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.mode2	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.target	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.beacon	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
tx.polPlane	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (X Y RHCP LHCP)
rx.polPlane	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (X Y RHCP LHCP)
tx.clSwitch	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (CP LP INVALID)
rx.clSwitch	CHOICE		EnumRange DIS (CP LP INVALID)
clrflt	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
motorStop	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
clearTracking	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
trackImmediate	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
trackStandby	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
trackResume	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
selectTarget	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (1 .. 50)
controlTracking	CHOICE	NOPRESET	EnumRange (OFF ON)
goto	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (1 .. 50)
targetName.1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.2	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.3	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.4	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.5	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.6	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.7	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.8	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.9	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.10	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.11	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.12	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.13	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.14	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.15	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.16	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.17	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.18	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.19	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.20	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.21	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.22	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.23	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.24	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.25	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.26	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.27	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.28	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.29	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.30	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.31	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.32	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.33	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.34	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.35	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.36	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.37	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.38	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.39	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.40	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.41	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.42	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.43	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.44	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.45	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.46	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.47	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.48	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.49	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
targetName.50	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.a	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
internal.e	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
internal.p	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
internal.pl	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
internal.ph	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
internal.l	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.f	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.rxPol	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.txPol	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.lin	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.sw	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.sw1	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.sw2	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.sw3	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.sw4	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.sw5	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.sw6	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.swflt	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
faults.01	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Drive cabinet)
faults.02	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Motion)
faults.03	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Tracking)
faults.04	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (System)
faults.05	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch remote access)