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SA Phoenix

This protocol can monitor and control the SA Phoenix device, an HMS gateway that controls other HFC devices.

About

This protocol monitors and controls an SA Phoenix device through SNMP calls. The information from the device is polled as follows:

  • Every 12 hours for almost permanent information
  • Every 30 minutes for medium to long-term information
  • Every 15 minutes for short to medium-term information
  • Every 10 minutes for short-term information

SNMP traps can be retrieved if this is enabled on the device.

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x Initial version No No
1.1.0.x Device Settings Table edited, trap receiver added, display time in UTC No No
1.1.1.x Auto Discovery Function and Data Distribution Duplex added. No No

Product Info

Range Device Firmware Version
1.0.0.x Compatible with software version 01.05.00.
1.1.0.x Compatible with software version 01.05.00.
1.1.1.x Compatible with software version 01.05.00.

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.
  • Device address: Address of the device (optional field).

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 Settings

This page displays general information about the device, such as:

  • Logical ID (user-defined)
  • Vendor
  • Model Number
  • Serial Number
  • Vendor Info
  • Main Software Version
  • Boot Software Version
  • IP Address
  • Internal Temperature

In addition, you can also reboot the device and perform a factory reset with the Reboot and Factory Reset buttons respectively, or consult the return path level via the Return Path Level... page button.

System Information

This page displays the following information:

  • Description
  • Object Identification
  • Name (user-defined)
  • Contact (user-defined)
  • Location (user-defined)
  • Up Time
  • Services

Operation Settings

On this page, you can configure the following settings:

  • MAC Commands Time-Out
  • SNMP Commands Time-Out
  • Message Time-Out
  • Response State Change Deadband
  • Operation Mode
  • Contention Broadcast Interval

In addition, there are several page buttons that provide access to more settings:

  • Trap Destinations...
  • Registration Settings...
  • Extended Tracing...
  • Time Settings...

Hardware Settings

On this page, the following general settings are displayed:

  • Temperature Alarm
  • Transmitter Locking
  • Receiver Locking
  • Main Board Calibration Data
  • RF Receiver [1-8] Calibration Data
  • Default Initialization
  • Hardware Initialization
  • Receiver Frequency (also user-defined)

You can also find the following RS485 Transmitter Settings:

  • RS485 Administration State
  • RS485 Operation State

The following RF Transmitter Settings can also be configured here:

  • RF Administration State
  • RF Operation State (read-only)
  • RF Frequency
  • RF Power Level

Finally, the Receiver Settings... page button provides access to the receiver settings.

Device Settings

On this page, you can view and perform operations on the devices monitored by the AS Phoenix equipment. Below you can find a description of each page button related to the AS Phoenix general settings:

  • Edit Device Settings: Opens a page with information on the deletion of network addresses.
  • Network Addresses: Opens a page with information on search criteria of devices.
  • Bad Devices: Opens a page with information on blacklisted devices.

Below these page buttons, you can find the following buttons:

  • Reset all Devices: Clears the Device Settings table.
  • Load: Loads every whitelisted device into the same table.

Finally, the Create... page button can be used to create DataMiner elements based on the Device Settings table.

Statistics

On this page, you can view any measurable information from the following four protocols: IP, ICMP, TCP and UDP.

For the IP protocol, the following page buttons display additional information:

  • Statistics: Displays additional statistical information.
  • Addressing: Displays address information.
  • Net to Media: Displays net to media information.

For the ICMP protocol, you can find additional statistical information under the Statistics... page button.

For the TCP protocol, you can also consult the connections with the Connection Table... page button and TCP segments with the TCP segments... page button.

For the UDP protocol, you can consult additional information with the Listener Info... page button.

Finally, in the bottom right corner, you can view SNMP information with the SNMP Settings ... page button, general information from both interfaces 1 and 2 with the Interfaces [1-2]... page buttons and the current address translation with the Address Translation... page button.

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