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Vertex 7200

The Vertex 7200 is an antenna pointing system that positions the antenna to receive the peak signal from one or more communication satellites.

The Vertex 7200 connector will update its monitoring and configuration parameters by sending serial commands to the device.

About

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x Initial version No Yes
1.1.0.x Release version, requires CRC Yes Yes
1.2.0.x Release version, based on 1.1.0.16, disabled CRC No No
2.0.0.x Release version. Layout based on 1.1.0.18. Requires MT M&C protocol to be the serial mode. No Yes

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware Version
1.0.0.x N/A
1.1.0.x N/A
1.2.0.x N/A
2.0.0.x N/A

Exported connectors

Exported Connector Description
ACU Vertex 7200 DTR DTR Info

Configuration

Connections

Serial Main Connection

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

SERIAL CONNECTION:

  • IP address/host: The polling IP of the device.
  • IP port: The IP port of the device.

Configuration of the device

Depending on the connector version, the following settings need to be configured on the device for successful communication with the connector.

For all versions before 2.0.0.1:

  • Protocol: RC M&C
  • Newline: CRLF
  • Echo: Off
  • Checksum: enabled

For version 2.0.0.x:

  • Protocol: MT M&C
  • Newline: CR
  • Echo: Disabled
  • Checksum: Disabled

Usage

Main View

This page displays a summary of the information on the General page, including the status of Drive Cabinet Faults, Motion Fault, Tracking Fault and System Error.

It also contains the Security Level configuration, the Front Panel Security Level, the Tracking Signal Level and the Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization of the Antenna Position.

General

This page contains the parameters mentioned above, as well as parameters for the configuration of the Date/Time (Timezone Offset and Timezone Abbreviation) and Tracking Status (Tracking Mode, Tracking Target, Tracking Name and Reset OPT Target).

Further configuration is possible with the Clear Alarm, Stop Antenna, Resume Tracking, Stop Tracking and Auto Continue buttons, as well as a number of buttons that control the Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization Positions.

In version 2.0.0.x of the connector, the following additional parameters are available: OPT Tracking Status, Track/Target Scheduler Status and Steptrack Cycle.

The page contains the following page buttons:

  • Set Date/Time: Allows you to set the Date/Time.
  • Set Position: Allows you to set a new position for the Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization.
  • Drive Cabinet Faults: Displays fault parameters for the Drive Cabinet.
  • Motion Faults: Displays fault parameters regarding Motion.
  • Tracking Faults: Displays fault parameters regarding Tracking.
  • System Faults: Displays fault parameters regarding the System.
  • Reference Value: Allows you to configure the Tracking Signal Level and Tracking Signal Level Ref.
  • Satellite Table: Displays the Satellite Table.
  • Clear Target: Allows you to clear a target By Number or By Name.

In version 2.0.0.x the following additional page buttons are available:

  • Receiver Status: Displays the Receiver Frequency, Receiver Attenuation, RF Input Source and Control.
  • Set Cycle Time: Allows you to configure the cycle time using Cycle Hour, Cycle Minute and Cycle Second parameters. Use the Set button to apply the configuration.
  • Satellite: Displays the Satellite Table, where you can create a new target and configure its Tracking Mode and Look Angles. You can also delete targets with the Clear Target button in each row.

Settings

This page contains parameters related to the Steptrack Peaks and allows you to configure the Slew Track (Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization), Site (Longitude, Latitude and Altitude) and Runaway Error Tolerances (Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization). It also includes the Soft Limit Status, Polarization Status and Antenna Name configuration parameters.

The page contains the following page buttons:

  • Set Soft Limit: Shows the Lower CCW and Upper CW Soft Limits for Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization. Two additional page buttons on this subpage (Set Lower Soft Limit and Set Upper Soft Limit) allow you to set these parameters.
  • Immobile/Reversed: Allows you to set the Timeout and Tolerance (Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization).
  • Encoder Settings: Contains encoder settings regarding Counting Direction and Offset (Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization).
  • Port Settings: Baudrate, Parity, Databits, Stopbits, Checksum, Security Level and Password. In version 2.0.0.x of the connector, the Port Number and High Security Port Number are also available here.
  • More Settings: Position Loop Deadband and Inching on Time.

DTR

This page contains the DVE Table, which exports the DTR info.

Notes

For the 1.1.0.x branch, CRC is required. However, for the 1.2.0.x branch, CRC is not supported.

Security level

The device contains two ports from which set commands can be done: the front panel and remote. A remote (e.g., DataMiner element) cannot execute any successful set commands while the remote security level is set to "Monitor". You first need to update the Security Level to Operator or Supervisor to make the appropriate sets (this set action can be done remotely).

  • Note: Only one of the ports can have the Supervisor state at a time. This means that if the front panel is configured as Supervisor, the remote connection will not be able to take on the role of Supervisor and make the necessary sets. For security reasons, the remote will not be able to change the Security Level of the front panel.

Passwords

On the device, there is a setting to disable passwords. The device documentation details the following information: "Passwords are a one to nine digit number. Setting a password to 0 disables protection for that security level. To completely disable passwords, set both Operator and Supervisor passwords to 0." In case passwords are disabled, in the connector, the password should be set to "0" instead of "" (empty string). Otherwise, the connector would still try to calculate CRC on the password, but it would not find any value and take the following byte, resulting in a bad CRC. This would result in not being able to change the security level from "Monitor" to "Operator" or "Supervisor". Version range 1.1.0.x, version 1.1.0.22 and up will have the functionality to work with this implemented.

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