This page describes the device driver and the device window for the ASC Signal NGC ACU.
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 .
--- Contains the antenna pointing parameters.
--- Contains the tracking parameters.
--- Contains the monopulse tracking parameters if applicable.
--- 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 --- The SNMP address specification for the device. The full address specification consists of the following fields:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:pppp read-community write-community
jogRate --- The speed used to jog the antenna (0-100%)
monopulse --- Enables/disables the monopulse tracking parameters.
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.poslog | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| internal.azLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| internal.azHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| internal.elLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| internal.elHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| internal.plLoLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.plHiLimit | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| internal.azLimits | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.elLimits | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.plLimits | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.lowSignal | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.moving | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.flags | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| config.jogRate | INTEGER | SAVE SETUP | IntegerRange (0 .. 100) |
| config.monopulse | CHOICE | SAVE SETUP | EnumRange (DISABLED ENABLED) |
| config.accessMode | CHOICE | SETUP | EnumRange (LOCAL REMOTE) |
| config.readBackDelay | INTEGER | SAVE SETUP | IntegerRange (100 .. 10000) |
| config.deviceComment | TEXT | SAVE SETUP | StringRange |
| azimuth | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| elevation | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| polarization | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| orbit | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-180.0 .. 180.0) | |
| jogMode | INTEGER | NOPRESET | IntegerRange (0 .. 0) |
| trackCommand | INTEGER | NOPRESET | IntegerRange (0 .. 0) |
| 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.heading | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| state.azMotor | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| state.elMotor | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| state.plMotor | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| state.limit | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| state.moving | BOOLEAN | R/O | BooleanRange R/O (true false) |
| state.level | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| state.lvlSigma | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| state.mode1 | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| state.stepDistance | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00) |
| state.frequency | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| state.satIndex | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| state.target | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| satlist | CHOICE | EnumRange (UNKNOWN) | |
| sat.name | TEXT | StringRange | |
| sat.orbit | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-180.0 .. 180.0) | |
| sat.polarization | FLOAT | DoubleRange (-180.000 .. 180.000) | |
| sat.noradid | TEXT | StringRange | |
| sat.frequency | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| sat.atten | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0) | |
| sat.tle1 | TEXT | StringRange | |
| sat.tle2 | TEXT | StringRange | |
| sat.save | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| sat.add | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| sat.delete | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| trackMode | CHOICE | EnumRange (OFF STEP TRACK SMART ORBITAL NORAD INTELSAT ADAPTIVE STEP NORAD ADAPTIVE INTELSAT ADAPTIVE SMART 1ST ORDER TABLE TRACK MONOPULSE SMART TABLE TRACK SUN TRACK MOON TRACK) | |
| stepCycle | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0) | |
| stepThreshold | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| lowSignalThreshold | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| autoResume | CHOICE | EnumRange (OFF ON) | |
| mp.xelevationError | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| mp.elevationError | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| mp.azimuth | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| mp.elevation | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| mp.magnitude | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| mp.angleError | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| mp.quietLevel | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0) | |
| mp.xelevationSatLevel | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| mp.elevationSatLevel | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00) | |
| mp.dampingNumerator | INTEGER | IntegerRange (0 .. 0) | |
| mp.dampingDenominator | INTEGER | IntegerRange (0 .. 0) | |
| reset | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| motorStop | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| motorReset | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| satindex | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| goto | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| gotoOrbit | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| deploy | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| stow | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| repeak | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| retune | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| adjustHeading | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| compassOverride | INTEGER | IntegerRange (0 .. 360) | |
| gps.latitude | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| gps.longitude | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| gps.hemisphere | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| gps.altitude | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| gps.quality | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| gps.count | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| compass.calState | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| compass.heading | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| compass.deviation | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| compass.state | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| compass.quality | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| compass.error | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| incl.pitch | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| incl.roll | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| faults.01 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ hi hard limit) |
| faults.02 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ lo hard limit) |
| faults.03 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ hi soft limit) |
| faults.04 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ lo soft limit) |
| faults.05 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ hi box limit) |
| faults.06 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AZ lo box limit) |
| faults.07 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL hi hard limit) |
| faults.08 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL lo hard limit) |
| faults.09 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL hi soft limit) |
| faults.10 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL lo soft limit) |
| faults.11 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL hi box limit) |
| faults.12 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL lo box limit) |
| faults.13 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL hi hard limit) |
| faults.14 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL lo hard limit) |
| faults.15 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL hi soft limit) |
| faults.16 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (PL lo soft limit) |
| faults.17 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon level) |
| faults.18 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote Acesss) |
| faults.100 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Storage Purge Required) |
| faults.101 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Monopulse fallback state) |
| faults.102 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth axis timeout) |
| faults.103 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation axis timeout) |
| faults.104 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization axis timeout) |
| faults.105 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Monopulse inhibit RF) |
| faults.106 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Monopulse inhibit RX) |
| faults.107 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Monopulse uncalibrated) |
| faults.108 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Low signal alarm) |
| faults.109 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth CCW soft limit) |
| faults.110 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth CW soft limit) |
| faults.111 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation Up soft limit) |
| faults.112 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation Down soft limit) |
| faults.113 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization CW soft limit) |
| faults.114 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization CCW soft limit) |
| faults.115 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Tracking) |
| faults.116 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Satellite data alarm) |
| faults.117 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Box limit) |
| faults.118 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Rain detected) |
| faults.119 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (TenMHzFault) |
| faults.120 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SCP BIT) |
| faults.121 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Spectrum Analyzer BIT) |
| faults.122 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon is in remote) |
| faults.123 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (RPI5 BIT) |
| faults.124 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Monopulse) |
| faults.125 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon over-voltage) |
| faults.126 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Beacon communications) |
| faults.127 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Interfacility Link) |
| faults.128 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (IDU overtemp) |
| faults.129 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (IDU undertemp) |
| faults.130 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Band conflict) |
| faults.131 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Track Suspend) |
| faults.200 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (AC voltage) |
| faults.201 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (GPS or Attitude Sense) |
| faults.202 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az1 VFD fault reported) |
| faults.203 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az2 VFD fault reported) |
| faults.204 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (El VFD fault reported) |
| faults.205 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az1 VFD overload) |
| faults.206 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az2 VFD overload) |
| faults.207 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (El VFD overload) |
| faults.208 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (ESTOP) |
| faults.209 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet Open) |
| faults.210 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (External Interface) |
| faults.211 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (MC-6 BIT failed) |
| faults.212 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet temp high) |
| faults.213 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet temp low) |
| faults.214 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet Bus Voltage) |
| faults.215 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth CCW HW Limit) |
| faults.216 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth CW HW Limit) |
| faults.217 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation Down HW limit) |
| faults.218 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation Up HW limit) |
| faults.219 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization CCW HW limit) |
| faults.220 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization CW HW limit) |
| faults.221 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (System Interlock) |
| faults.222 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Cabinet Setup) |
| faults.223 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Low Elevation) |
| faults.224 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Handheld malfunction) |
| faults.225 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Compass calibration) |
| faults.226 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Uncommanded move detected) |
| faults.227 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth Sending Unit) |
| faults.228 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation Sending Unit) |
| faults.229 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Polarization Sending Unit) |
| faults.300 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Up soft limit) |
| faults.301 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT X) |
| faults.302 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Down soft limit) |
| faults.303 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Y) |
| faults.304 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT CCW soft limit) |
| faults.305 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Z position lost) |
| faults.306 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT CW soft limit) |
| faults.307 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Z Timeout) |
| faults.308 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT X timeout) |
| faults.309 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Y timeout) |
| faults.310 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT X position lost) |
| faults.311 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Y position lost) |
| faults.312 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az Interlock) |
| faults.313 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (El Interlock) |
| faults.314 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Pol Interlock) |
| faults.315 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Strut Interlock) |
| faults.316 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (El Creep activated) |
| faults.317 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az Antenna Control Unit) |
| faults.318 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Az Antenna Control Unit 2) |
| faults.319 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (EL Antenna Control Unit) |
| faults.320 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Pol Antenna Control Unit) |
| faults.321 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Communications) |
| faults.322 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Z) |
| faults.323 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (Temperature Override) |
| faults.324 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Z In Limit) |
| faults.325 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Z Out Limit) |
| faults.326 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (SRT Temperature) |
| faults.327 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (ODU Power Supply Out of Tolerance) |
| faults.328 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (ODU NGC Bus Checksum) |
| faults.329 | ALARM | R/O | AlarmFlagRange R/O (ODU DB Memory) |