9.218 ETL-Stingray-FO-RX

This page describes the ETL-Stingray-FO-RX device driver and its device window. The ETL-Stingray-FO-RX device driver monitors and controls one fibre receive card within a Stingray FO chassis.

Multiple instances of these device may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all cards within 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 'slot' configuration parameter is used to select which of the physical cards in the Stingray chassis this particular sat-nms device shall control.

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 rf and optical parameters.
• --- The amplifier voltage measurements.
• --- 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.

• setLimits --- En- or disable the monitoring functions of the card.

• fixGain.1 --- En- or disable fixed gain for channel 1.

• fixGain.2 --- En- or disable fixed gain for channel 2.

• rfPowerSet.1 --- Sets the rf output power (AGC) of channel 1.

• rfPowerSet.2 --- Sets the rf output power (AGC) of channel 2.

• hasDual --- Selects if the rx card is dual or single channel and en- or disable parameters accordingly.

• slot --- Selects the slot position where the controlled card is equipped. This is mandatory for proper operation.

Variables defined by this device driver