9.739 WISI-Chameleon-DVBC

This page describes the Wisi-Chamaeleon-DVBC device driver and its device window. The driver monitors and controls one DVB-C module within a Chameleon processor unit

Multiple instances of the device may be configured in the sat-nms M&C to handle all DVB-C receivers within a Chameleon processor. 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.

To allow proper operation the module and input of the respective DVB-C receiver has to be selected.

The driver was tested with a single DVB-C receiver in a 1RU GN20 B/R Chassis.

• HW revision: 3001
• SW version: 3.3
• Tuner: 077 (demodulator version 60)

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 rf and service parameters.
• --- The video parameters.
• --- The audio parameters.
• --- 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 device.

• 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.

• module --- Selects the DVB-C module within a Chameleon processor.

• input --- Selects the RF input of the module the DVB-C receiver instance is using.

• deviceComment --- Define a free textual description of the unit which pop up on any screen when moving the mouse cursor other the respective device.

Variables defined by this device driver