9.460 Newtec-MCX7000-Modulator

This page describes the Newtec-MCX7000-Modulator device driver and it�s device window. The Newtec-MCX7000-Modulator device driver monitors and controls one Modulator configured in a Newtec MCX7000 Multi-carrier Satellite Gateway.

Multiple instances of the device may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all Modulators 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 'modulator' configuration parameter is used to select which of the installed modulators in the Gateway this particular sat-nms device shall control.

The driver was prepared and tested with DVB-S and DVB-S2 (X) modulation. Other modulation types and their specific parameter set are not prepared

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).
modulator Selects the Modulator in the gateway to control.
spectrumSense Defines the spectrum inversion sense of the Modulator.
ratePriority Defines if the output rate should be set using symbol rate (SYMBOL) or data rate (INTERFACE).
onDeviceAlarm Defines the transmit behaviour when an device alarm occurs.
onIfcAlarm Defines the transmit behaviour when an interface alarm occurs.
transponderMode Defines the modulator transponder mode setting.

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.serial TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.revision TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 20000)
config.modulator CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (1 2 3 4 5 6)
config.spectrumSense CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (DIRECT INVERTED)
config.ratePriority CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (SYMBOL INTERFACE)
config.onDeviceAlarm CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (IGNORE TX OFF)
config.onIfcAlarm CHOICE SETUP EnumRange (IGNORE TX OFF)
config.transponderMode CHOICE EnumRange (SINGLE MULTI SINGLE-LIN)
tx.on CHOICE EnumRange (ON OFF)
tx.power FLOAT DoubleRange (-35.0 .. 10.0)
cwMode CHOICE EnumRange (CW MOD CLK/4 CLK/8 CLK/16 CID)
dvbMode CHOICE EnumRange (DVBS DVBS2 TURBO AMDVBS AMCNBC DVBS2X AMCD)
streamMode CHOICE EnumRange (SINGLE MULTI)
frequency FLOAT DoubleRange (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
symbolRate FLOAT DoubleRange (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
dataRate FLOAT NOPRESET DoubleRange (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
rolloff CHOICE EnumRange (2% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 35%)
acmMode CHOICE EnumRange (ACM CCM)
modCod CHOICE EnumRange (QPSK-1/2 QPSK-2/3 QPSK-3/4 QPSK-5/6 QPSK-6/7 QPSK-7/8 8PSK-2/3 8PSK-5/6 8PSK-8/9 16QAM-3/4 16QAM-7/8)
modulation TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
fec TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
fecFrameType CHOICE EnumRange (SHORT NORMAL)
pilots CHOICE EnumRange (ON OFF)
slicing CHOICE EnumRange (OFF ON)
scramblerMode CHOICE EnumRange (STANDARD CONTINUOUS)
scrambler INTEGER IntegerRange (0 .. 262141)
rollOffSignal CHOICE EnumRange (STANDARD RESERVED)
cid.enable CHOICE NOPRESET EnumRange (OFF ON)
cid.carrierId TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
cid.sendGeo CHOICE NOPRESET EnumRange (OFF ON)
cid.userInfo TEXT NOPRESET StringRange
cid.longitude FLOAT NOPRESET DoubleRange (-180.000000 .. 180.000000)
cid.latitude FLOAT NOPRESET DoubleRange (-90.000000 .. 90.000000)
state.occupiedBw FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
state.frequency FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
state.transmit TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
state.datarate FLOAT R/O DoubleRange R/O (0.000000 .. 0.000000)
internal.dvbMode TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.modCodDvbS TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.modCodDvbS2 TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.modCodDvbS2x TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
internal.modulator INTEGER R/O IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Input signal)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Buffer underflow)
faults.03 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Buffer overflow)
faults.04 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Frame Sync)
faults.05 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Calibration data)
faults.06 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (TS bitrate invalid)
faults.07 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Internal Failure)
faults.08 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Operation)