This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Promax Sathunter device.
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 controls the receive settings and shows the satellite receive level / satellite identification.
--- 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 |
|---|---|
| bandEdge | Low/High band are separated at this frequency (MHz) |
| loFreqHigh | The high band LO frequency to be used for the frequency calculation. |
| loFreqLow | The low band LO frequency to be used for the frequency calculation. |
| Serial | The line parameters for the serial interface expected by the Sathunter device are 115200,N,8,1 . |
Communication setup
The Sathunter device is connected to the VLC through an USB interface. This requires that the VLC must be prepared to recognize the Sathunter as a serial USB device.
Before the Sathunter ist connected to the VLC, it should be configured to display the receive level as 'dBm' rather than 'dBuV' which is the Sathunter's shipping configuration. To change this parameter, the Windows based Software coming with the Sathunter device is required.
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.ipn | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.version | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.fpga | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| info.temperature | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| config.bandEdge | FLOAT | SAVE SETUP | DoubleRange (0 .. 0) |
| config.loFreqLow | FLOAT | SAVE SETUP | DoubleRange (0 .. 0) |
| config.loFreqHigh | FLOAT | SAVE SETUP | DoubleRange (0 .. 0) |
| internal.xx | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.yy | HEX | R/O | HexRange R/O (0 .. 0) |
| internal.freq | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.000 .. 0.000) |
| internal.band | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| satpower | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 100) |
| maxpower | INTEGER | R/O | IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 100) |
| netid | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| netname | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| orbit | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| services | TEXT | R/O | StringRange R/O |
| chanpower | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| mer | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0) |
| cber | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0E+00 .. 0.0E+00) |
| vber | FLOAT | R/O | DoubleRange R/O (0.0E+00 .. 0.0E+00) |
| reset | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| detect | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| identify | TEXT | NOPRESET | StringRange |
| lnbsupply | CHOICE | EnumRange (OFF 13V 13V+22kHz 18V 18V+22kHz) | |
| frequency | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| standard | CHOICE | EnumRange (DVB-S DVB-S2) | |
| modulation | CHOICE | EnumRange (QPSK 8PSK) | |
| symbolrate | FLOAT | DoubleRange (0.000 .. 0.000) | |
| fec | CHOICE | EnumRange (1/2 2/3 3/4 4/5 5/6 6/7 7/8 1/4 1/3 2/5 3/5 8/9 9/10) |