User Manual

9.407 NDSatCom-1Axis-ACU

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the ND SatCom antenna control unit. The NDSatCom-1Axis-ACU driver directly controls outdoor units which implement the three axes on three individual single PCBs.

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 main parameter page displays/controls the antenna pointing. Actual readings and set points are shown in separate fields, so you can see where the antenna is going to while it is moving.The set point parameters are shown with a resolution of 0.1 deg for azimuth/elevation and 1 deg for the polarization. This is to make the spin buttons work in a convenient way. You still may enter azimuth/elevation values with a 0.01 deg resolution, the antenna controller accepts this.
--- 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 address field must be empty for third type od ACU. The three boards of the ACU expect individual addresses for each axis. The driver contains hard coded the usual assignment '1' = azimuth, '2' = elevation and '3' = polarization.
azLoLimit	The low azimuth limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees above the limit switch position.
azHiLimit	The high azimuth limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees below the limit switch position.
elLoLimit	The low elevation limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees above the limit switch position.
elHiLimit	The high elevation limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees below the limit switch position.
plLoLimit	The low polarization limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees above the limit switch position.
plHiLimit	The high polarization limit. You should set this value at least 2 degrees below the limit switch position.
azMotorInit	The motor parameter and angle calibration string required by the ACU (azimuth axis). You must take this string from the NDSatCom antenna control software, the antenna may be damaged if the ACU is operated without or with wrong motor initialization data!
elMotorInit	The motor parameter and angle calibration string required by the ACU (elevation axis). You must take this string from the NDSatCom antenna control software, the antenna may be damaged if the ACU is operated without or with wrong motor initialization data!
plMotorInit	The motor parameter and angle calibration string required by the ACU (polarization axis). You must take this string from the NDSatCom antenna control software, the antenna may be damaged if the ACU is operated without or with wrong motor initialization data!

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
internal.mx	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.my	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.sy	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.motorInit	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.limit	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
internal.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
config.azLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 360.00)
config.azHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 360.00)
config.elLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 90.00)
config.elHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.00 .. 90.00)
config.plLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (-90.00 .. 90.00)
config.plHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (-90.00 .. 90.00)
config.azMotorInit	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
config.elMotorInit	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
config.plMotorInit	TEXT	SAVE SETUP	StringRange
azimuth	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
elevation	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
polarization	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0 .. 0)
state.az	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.el	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.pl	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
state.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.limit	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
reset	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
faults.01	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Limit)