1.746 Work-Amplifier

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Work Amplifier series

The driver was tested with the following models:

Device window pages

The following table shows which device window pages are available with this individual device type.

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 unit.

parameter description
address The device address (decimal) as set at the device's front panel.
Serial Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface
powerDisplayMode Defines the display of gain or attenuation in the parameter section.
extMuteInput Defines to disable or enable the input for Hardware Mute (RF-Inhibit).
autoSave Store current parameters automatically in the instrument startup configuration.

Remote Control

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.serial TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.FrontBaseVersion TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.FrontDeviceVersion TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.InterfaceVersion TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.AmpModuleVersion TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
config.powerDisplayMode CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (GAIN ATTN)
config.extMuteInput CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (ENABLED DISABLED)
config.autoSave CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (OFF ON)
on CHOICE EnumRange (OFF ON)
gain FLOAT DoubleRange (0.0 .. 20.0)
attn FLOAT DoubleRange (0.0 .. 20.0)
eq FLOAT DoubleRange (0.0 .. 8.0)
meas.temperature FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
info.temp.frontpanel FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
info.temp.controller FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
reset TEXT NOPRESET StringRange
internal.sa0 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.sa1 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Amplifier module)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Internal module)
faults.04 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Module comm.)
faults.05 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Ext. Mute)
faults.06 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Temp. Sensor)
faults.07 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Key)
faults.08 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Real time clock)
faults.09 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Display)
faults.10 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Ethernet)
faults.11 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (EEPROM)
faults.12 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (High temperature)
faults.13 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Low temperature)
faults.14 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Webserver)
faults.15 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Webcontrol)
faults.16 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Message bus)
faults.17 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Summary)
faults.26 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF Off)