9.56 Apollo-Switch

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Apollo Microwave Waveguide Switching and HPA Protection system tested with 3 waveguide switches and 3+1 HPA redundancy

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

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.model TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.revision TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
protection CHOICE EnumRange (MANUAL AUTO)
reset TEXT NOPRESET StringRange
switch.01 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.02 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.03 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.04 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.05 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.06 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.07 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.08 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.09 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.10 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.11 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
switch.12 CHOICE EnumRange DIS (FLT A B)
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Ext. interlock)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Unknown model)
faults.11 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 1)
faults.12 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 2)
faults.13 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 3)
faults.14 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 4)
faults.15 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 5)
faults.16 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (HPA 6)
faults.21 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 1)
faults.22 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 2)
faults.23 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 3)
faults.24 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 4)
faults.25 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 5)
faults.26 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 6)
faults.27 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 7)
faults.28 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 8)
faults.29 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 9)
faults.30 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 10)
faults.31 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 11)
faults.32 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Switch 12)