This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Vertex digital tracking receiver.
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 configuration parameter and the current status of the receiver. Refer to the Vertex manual for details of the tracking modes in particular.
--- Lets you edit and select up to four presets of of the receiver.
--- 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 receiver.
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| address | The Vertex Digital Tracking Receiver does not use this parameter. |
| Serial | Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface connected to the antenna controller. The Vertex receiver expects 19200,N,8,1 . The receiver may configured to 9600 baud on the front panel as well. |
Communication protocol / Interface type
The Vertex Digital Tracking Receiver requires the Vertex-7200 protocol. There are 3 Remote-control ports at the rear panel of the receiver:
Connect with a crossed cable (pins: 2-3, 3-2, 5-5) to port 1 and configure this port on the front as remote control port: Configs - COMM Parameters - Port 1. Select the baud rate and set M&C Shell as Protocol.
To switch the control mode from local to remote or vice versa press the Shift and the Remote (Help) button together.
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.partNo | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.serialNo | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.release | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.cpu | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.dsp | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.mcu | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| config.wideBand | CHOICE | SAVE SETUP | EnumRange (NO YES) |
| config.accessMode | CHOICE | SAVE SETUP | EnumRange (FULL-CONTROL READ-ONLY) |
| frequency | FLOAT | DoubleRange (950.000 .. 22000.000) | |
| gain | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-50.0 .. 0.0) | |
| bandwidth | CHOICE | EnumRange (16 kHz 32 kHz 62.5 kHz 125 kHz 250 kHz 500 kHz) | |
| detection | CHOICE | EnumRange DIS (FFT SIGNAL FFT NOISE RMS POWER RMS DENS) | |
| averaging | INTEGER | IntegerRange (1 .. 2000) | |
| threshold | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-199.00 .. -1.00) | |
| polarization | CHOICE | EnumRange (1 2) | |
| power | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| beacon1.save | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon1.restore | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon1.name | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| beacon2.save | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon2.restore | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon2.name | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| beacon3.save | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon3.restore | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon3.name | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| beacon4.save | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon4.restore | TEXT | StringRange | |
| beacon4.name | TEXT | SAVE | StringRange |
| internal.tport | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.cport | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.faults | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| faults.01 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access) |
| faults.02 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Low input signal) |
| faults.03 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input saturated) |
| faults.04 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (MCU link loss) |
| faults.05 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (DSP link loss) |
| faults.06 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (DSP data loss) |
| faults.07 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SPU overflow) |
| faults.08 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (TBT link) |
| faults.09 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (TBT summary) |
| faults.10 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (TBT in local ctrl) |
| faults.11 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Out of band) |
| faults.12 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band setup) |
| faults.13 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band 1 BDC) |
| faults.14 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band 2 BDC) |
| faults.15 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band 3 BDC) |
| faults.16 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band 4 BDC) |
| faults.17 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PLL1 lock) |
| faults.18 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PLL2 lock) |
| faults.19 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Temperature) |
| faults.20 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (NVRAM) |
| faults.21 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Mute switch) |
| faults.22 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SPU link lock) |