9.456 Newtec-MCX7000-Base

This page describes the Newtec-MCX7000-Base device driver and its device window. The Newtec-MCX7000-Base device driver monitors and controls the base unit features and alarms of one Newtec MCX7000 Multi-carrier Satellite Gateway.

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 gateway 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 different available functional elements of the MCX7000 Multi-carrier Satellite Gateway are:

• Newtec-MCX7000-Demodulator monitors and controls one demodulator instance of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-IPIN monitors and controls one IP input of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-IPOUT monitors and controls one IP output of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-ASIIN monitors and controls one ASI input of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-ASIOUT monitors and controls one ASI output of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-BISS-Descr monitors and controls one BISS descrambler instance of a MCX7000.
• Newtec-MCX7000-Protection monitors and controls one TS protection instance of a MCX7000.

The driver allows to store the current units configuration as boot configuration. Saving a new boot configuration is only possible if the unit itself detects configurational changes compared to the current boot configuration. Additionally it allows a SW and HW reset of the whole Newtec MCX7000 Multi-carrier Satellite Gateway.

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 device monitoring and control parameters.
• --- 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.

Variables defined by this device driver