User Manual

9.699 Vertex-7134-Step-Track

This page describes the device driver and the device window for the Vertex 7134 step track system.

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 first parameter page displays the antenna pointing and permits to set new pointing angles. Unlike other sat-nms drivers for antenna controllers, the Vertex 7134 provides a true jog mode with two configurable speeds. The antenna will move until you click STOP once you clicked one of the blue arrow buttons !
--- The second parameter page displays / configures the tracking parameters.
--- This page gives access to the 10 internal target memories of the step track controller. Clicking the diskette symbol on a line stores the actual target position to this memory. Clicking a blue arrow symbol moves the antenna to the displayed position and starts tracking there.
--- 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 step track system.

parameter	description
address	The Vertex 7134 step track system does not use this parameter.
slowJogSpeed	configures the slow jog speed (single arrow buttons for AZ/EL).
fastJogSpeed	configures the slow jog speed (double arrow buttons for AZ/EL).
beaconInTargets	If this is set to yes, the beacon selection 1-4 is stored together with the antenna pointing for each target in memory. The target list shows the beacon selection. The Vertex 7134 however does not automatically apply the beacon selection with a GOTO command (clicking a blue arrow on the target memory page)
Serial	Remember to set the line parameters for the serial interface connected to the antenna controller. The Vertex step track expects 1200,E,7,1 .

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.poslog	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
config.slowJogSpeed	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.1 .. 9.9)
config.fastJogSpeed	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.1 .. 9.9)
config.beaconInTargets	CHOICE	SAVE SETUP	EnumRange (NO YES)
config.azLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.azHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.elLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.elHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.plLoLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
config.plHiLimit	FLOAT	SAVE SETUP	DoubleRange (0.0 .. 0.0)
internal.remote	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.mva	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.mvp	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.mve	INTEGER	R/O	IntegerRange R/O (0 .. 0)
internal.faults	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
azimuth	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
elevation	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
polarization	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
dest.az	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
dest.el	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
dest.pl	FLOAT		DoubleRange (0.00 .. 0.00)
moveToDest	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
updateDest	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
state.az	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.el	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.pl	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.0 .. 0.0)
state.mode1	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
state.beacon	FLOAT	R/O	DoubleRange R/O (0.00 .. 0.00)
state.moving	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
state.limit	BOOLEAN	R/O	BooleanRange R/O (true false)
stop	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
trackImmediate	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
jog	TEXT	NOPRESET	StringRange
beaconSelect	CHOICE		EnumRange (BEACON 1 BEACON 2 BEACON 3 BEACON 4)
stepCycle	INTEGER		IntegerRange (0 .. 240)
gotoTarget	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (1 .. 10)
storeTarget	INTEGER	NOPRESET	IntegerRange (1 .. 10)
target.01.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.02.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.03.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.04.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.05.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.06.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.07.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.08.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.09.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
target.10.info	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
internal.d	TEXT	R/O	StringRange R/O
faults.01	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Remote access)
faults.02	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Out door power)
faults.03	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Hard limit)
faults.04	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Azimuth)
faults.05	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Elevation)
faults.06	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Maintenance override)
faults.07	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Emergency stop)
faults.08	ALARM	R/O	AlarmFlagRange R/O (Step track)