9.330 Lynx-DVD5820-ASI-Distr

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Lynx DVD5820 ASI-Distributor. One driver instance controls one distribution module in the device with two inputs and a group of 4 output per input (which are handled together). To control a complete frame with multiple distribution modules you have to configure multiple sat-nms devices.

The Lynx DVD5480 ASI-Distributor is controlled by means of a text based protocol running over a TCP/IP socket connection. Hence, Lynx DVD5480 are to be configured in the same way than devices controlled through a TCP/IP to serial adapter / terminal server. The default port used by the device is 2306. The Port specification for a device with the IP address 10.0.0.1 would be "10.0.0.1:2306".

If multiple devices are set up to control the modules in one rack frame, the devices all must be assigned to the same port / device thread.

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 DVD5420 ASI-Distributor.

parameter description
slot This value addresses the module slot within the 10 inch rack frame. You may specify the complete address as described in the Lynx protocol documentation. For a single rack frame it is sufficient to set the slot number (slot numbering starts with 1 beside the power supply).
out.1.select Assign an Input to the first output.
out.2.select Assign an Input to the second output.
in.1.reclock Enabled/Disable reclocking on first input
in.2.reclock Enabled/Disable reclocking on second input
user The user name to log on to the device. The factory default of the DVD5420 ASI-Distributor is "user".
password The password to log on to the device. The factory default of the DVD5420 ASI-Distributor is "lynx$ctrl".
readBackDelay This parameter defines the time (milliseconds), the driver waits at least before it reads back a parameter which just has been changed.

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.hwtype TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.revision TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
config.slot TEXT SAVE SETUP StringRange
config.user TEXT SAVE SETUP StringRange
config.password TEXT SAVE SETUP StringRange
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
config.out.1.select CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (Input 1 Input 2)
config.out.2.select CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (Input 1 Input 2)
config.in.1.reclock CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (OFF ON)
config.in.2.reclock CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (OFF ON)
displayName TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
statusColor TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
in.1.state TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
in.2.state TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
reset TEXT NOPRESET StringRange
internal.auth TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input 1 missing)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input 2 missing)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input 1 invalid)
faults.04 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input 2 invalid)
faults.07 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Authentication)