9.155 DEV-Frame

This page describes the universal DEV-Frame device driver and its device window. The DEV-Frame device driver monitors and controls the base frame/unit features and alarms of one DEV chassis. The frame driver supports frames with up to 20 modules using the dev-switch MIB.

Beside this base unit multiple instances of the various functional elements may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all features of the chassis. All devices referring to the same physical device must be configured at the same device thread / interface to ensure that SNMP requests to the device do not overlap.

The driver was tested with the following equipment:

• DEV 1953 Universal Switch Distribution Chassis 3RU (up to 16 modules)
• DEV 7152 Intelligent Outdoor Optribution Chassis
• DEV 7114 Intelligent Optribution Chassis 4 RU (up to 16 modules)
• DEV 7113 Intelligent Optribution Chassis; 20 Slots
• SW version: e567 1v9

The different available optional cards of the ETL Genus series are:

• DEV-FO-TX monitors and controls one single or dual channel FO transmit module
• DEV-FO-RX monitors and controls one single or dual channel FO receive module
• DEV-Switch-2-To-1 monitors and controls one 1:2 Optical Switch Module

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 modules port types and their sources.
• --- 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 device.

• 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

  • aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd --- The IP address of the device in 'dotted quad' notation. This field is mandatory.
  • pppp --- The IP port number where the device accepts SNMP requests. The port number may be omitted, the driver uses the standard port 161 in this case.
  • read-community --- The SNMP read community name. This must match the read community expected by the device.
  • write-community --- The SNMP write community name. This must match the write community expected by the device. The write community name may be omitted, the driver uses the read community name for both, read and write in this case. If both community names are missing, the driver uses 'public' as a default for read and write community.

• readBackDelay --- Defines the delay the driver uses when it reads back parameters recently commanded. The delay is initialized at a proved preset value which should not be changed under normal circumstances.

• deviceComment --- An optional text entered here appears as an addition to the tooltip which is shown while the mouse is placed over a device icon in the GUI. The "\n" character sequence is translated into a newline character, splitting the text into multiple lines.

Variables defined by this device driver