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ASC Signal NGC-IDU

This connector is used to control and monitor an NGC antenna control system. This is an advanced-level antenna control system intended for applications with high tracking requirements, complex geometries, and dynamic conditions.

An SNMPv1 connection is used in order to retrieve information and configure the device. There are also different possibilities for alarm monitoring and trending.

About

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x Initial version No No

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware Version
1.0.0.x Unknown

Installation and configuration

Creation

SNMP main connection

This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SNMP CONNECTION:

  • IP address/host: The polling IP of the device, e.g., 10.100.20.15.

  • Device address: Indicates the used port, e.g., 1.

    • The bus address will be checked after startup and before the element polls the device. An invalid bus address will result in an error message in the system log.
    • You can change the bus address when editing the element. Note that this will result in a restart of the element.

SNMP Settings:

  • Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
  • Get community string: The community string used when reading values from the device, by default public.
  • Set community string: The community string used when setting values on the device, by default private.

Usage

General

This page contains general information about the device: Serial Number, UTC Date, Remote Mode, etc.

The following page buttons are available:

  • Diagnostic: Opens a subpage with parameters that are used for system diagnostics. You can submit a command and an argument, and after that, a status and result will be displayed.
  • Device Info: Displays information on capabilities supported by the system, such as Track information, GPS, Polarization and Sub-Reflector.

Position/Jog

This page contains information about the current position of the antenna and allows you to control it using various settings such as Azimuth Position, Jog State, and Motor Mode.

Via page buttons, you can access the following subpages:

  • Motor Configuration: Contains settings that allow you to configure the motors, as well as fault vectors and speed settings, and information about the current NGC Serial Bus Condition.
  • Configuration: Contains antenna settings, including threshold and offset values, elevation and polarization limits, jog settings, etc.
  • Bus Devices Configuration: Contains parameters that allow you to enable or disable devices connected to the serial bus.

Receiver

This page contains information related to the receiver. These values are only retrieved if they are available on the device. The availability of these parameters is indicated on the Availability State subpage.

Satellite Table

This page contains a table with information about the degrees of elevation, skew, as well as other general receiver info.

Above the table, you can execute a command for a satellite defined by index. The ASC Signal NGC-IDU can keep a connection with up to 60 satellites and can save information of up to 1000 satellites.

Redundancy

This page contains two tables with the redundancy configuration and status information.

The Faults, Amplifier and Switch subpages each contain a status table and a configuration table.

Axis

This page contains all the axis-related parameters, such as Deadband, Integrator Depth, time settings, rates, etc.

Alarm Overview 1/2/3

These alarm pages contain the various alarms for the device.

Web Interface

To access the web interface, the client machine needs to be able to connect to the device.

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