9.558 Peak-Switch

This page describes the device driver and the device window for Peak Switch Modules using the SNMP MIB Peak-Switch.MIB.

It is prepared to support switches with 2, 4 and 8 positions. The number of positions can be adjusted using config.noPosition on the device setup page.

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 unit.

| address | The SNMP address specification for the device (details below). | | readBackDelay | Defines the delay the driver uses when it reads back parameters recently commanded. The delay is initialized at a proved preset value which should not be changed under normal circumstances. | | noPositions | Defines the number of position the switch offers | | deviceComment | An optional text entered here appears as an addition to the tooltip which is shown while the mouse is placed over a device icon in the GUI. The "\n" character sequence is translated into a newline character, splitting the text into multiple lines. |

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.name TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.version TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
info.serial TEXT R/O StringRange R/O
config.noPosition CHOICE SAVE SETUP EnumRange (2 4 8)
config.readBackDelay INTEGER SAVE SETUP IntegerRange (100 .. 10000)
config.deviceComment TEXT SAVE SETUP StringRange
position CHOICE EnumRange (1 2 3 4)
reset TEXT NOPRESET StringRange
faults.01 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Summary alarm)
faults.02 ALARM R/O AlarmFlagRange R/O (Unknown position)