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Imagine Communications VSD6800+

The Imagine Communications VSD6800+ connector uses both serial and smart-serial communication. It can be used to monitor and configure an amplifier card in an Imagine Communications frame. It allows alarm monitoring of all important parameters.

About

Version Info

Range Key Features Based on System Impact
1.0.0.x [SLC Main] Initial version. - -

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware
1.0.0.x N/A

System Info

Range DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant Linked Components Exported Components
1.0.0.x No Yes - -

Configuration

Connections

Serial Main Connection

This connector uses a serial connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SERIAL CONNECTION:

  • Interface connection:

    • IP address/host: The polling IP or URL of the destination.
    • IP port: The IP port of the destination (fixed value: 4050).
    • Bus address: The bus address of the device (range: 0 - 100).

Serial PortDev Connection

This connector uses a serial connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SMART-SERIAL CONNECTION:

  • Interface connection:

    • IP address/host: The polling IP or URL of the destination.
    • IP port: The IP port of the destination (fixed value: 4000).

Initialization

No extra configuration is needed.

Redundancy

There is no redundancy defined.

Web Interface

The web interface is only accessible when the client machine has network access to the product.

How to use

On the Alarms page, you can find the alarm parameters Loss of SDI. The state of this alarm can be "Alarm Inactive" or "Alarm Active". Alarm monitoring can be configured on this parameters. Two buttons are available that allow you to enable or disable the alarm on the device.

On the input page, the Other page button provides access to signal presence information.

On the Processing page, you can find the Serial Number and configure the License Key. This page also has an Other page button, which allows you to configure the Loss of Input Alarm.

Note

As this is a serial connector with a smart-serial connection, there has to be a connection to a real device. If there is a change on the device, a response will be pushed to the DMA, without the need to send a poll request.