9.637 Spacepath-TWTA-Serial

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Spacepath STA TWTA via Serial Protocol. It uses the Standard command set. For models supporting SNMP it is recommended to use the driver: Spacepath-TWTA

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 transmit parameters
• --- Displays meter readings like output power and BUC specific measurements.
• --- Displays the redundancy settings
• --- 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 amplifier.

• 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.

• powerDisplayMode --- Defines the display of gain or attenuation in the parameter section.

• lowLimitOn --- Defines the low rf output power limit behaviour

  • OFF - No Monitoring
  • TRIP - Low RF Alarm and switch off
  • WARNING - Low RF Warning

• highLimitOn --- Defines the high rf power limit behaviour

  • OFF - No Monitoring
  • TRIP - High RF Alarm and switch off
  • WARNING - High RF Warning

• lowLimit --- Defines the low rf output limit in W

• highLimit --- Defines the high rf output limit in W

• logGainChanges --- Defines if gain changes should be written in the event log database. Can automatically be adjusted by logLevelEnabledId within Uplink Power Control

• 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.

• remoteMode --- Defines the remote control mode

Variables defined by this device driver