9.192 ETL-Genus-Downconverter

This page describes the ETL-Genus-Upconverter device driver and its device window. The ETL-Genus-Upconverter device driver monitors and controls a Falcon series Upconverter module installed in a ETL Genus chassis.

The driver was tested with the following equipment:

and Upconverter model:

Other available optional cards of the ETL Genus series are:

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 .

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 (details below).
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.
powerDisplayMode Defines the display of gain or attenuation in the parameter section
setLimits En- or Disables Limit Alarm Monitoring
rf.loLimit Sets the low rf limit
rf.ihLImit Sets the high rf limit
minGain Defines the minimum available gain of the converter
maxGain Defines the maximum available gain of the converter
hasSlope Defines is the unit is equipped with a adjustable slope compensator
slot Defines the table slot the converter is installed within the chassis
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.

SNMP address specification

The full address consists of the following fields: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:pppp read-community write-community

parameter description
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 string.

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.version TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.serial TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.model TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.name TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.elapsedHours INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.v1 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.v2 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.v3 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.present TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.gain INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.range INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
config.powerDisplayMode CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (GAIN ATTN)
config.setLimits CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (OFF ON)
config.rf.loLimit FLOAT SETUP DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.rf.hiLimit FLOAT SETUP DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
config.minGain INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (0 .. 0)
config.maxGain INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (0 .. 0)
config.hasSlope CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (NO YES)
config.slot CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 )
config.deviceComment TEXT SAVE SETUP StringRange
rfPower FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
refPower INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
rx.on CHOICE EnumRange (ON OFF)
rx.gain FLOAT DoubleRange (5.0 .. 35.0)
rx.attn FLOAT DoubleRange (0.0 .. 30.0)
rx.slope INTEGER IntegerRange DIS (0 .. 20)
rx.frequency FLOAT DoubleRange (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
tx.frequency CHOICE EnumRange (70 MHz 140 MHz)
meas.voltage.1 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
meas.voltage.2 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
meas.voltage.3 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
meas.voltage.4 FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
meas.current.1 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.2 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.3 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.4 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.5 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.6 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.current.7 INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
meas.temperature FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Summary)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input Lock)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Output Lock)
faults.04 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (VBUS)
faults.05 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (5V)
faults.06 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF1 3.3V Amp V)
faults.07 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF2 3.3V Amp V)
faults.08 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF1 5V Amp I)
faults.09 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF2 5V Amp I)
faults.10 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF3 Amp I)
faults.11 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF4 Amp I)
faults.12 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF1 3.3V Amp I)
faults.13 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF2 3.3V Amp I)
faults.14 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Temperature)
faults.15 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RF Power)
faults.16 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Fan)
faults.17 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Reference Monitor)
faults.26 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (RX off)