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opVision OPV9000

This connector monitors and controls the state of the opVision OPV9000 rack controller through a serial connection. The information of the device is polled with one single timer every five seconds.

About

The protocol uses serial communication to retrieve information and to control the device.

The connector will export other connectors depending on the installed racks at the device. The exported connectors are described in the exported connectors section.

Version Info

Range Description
1.0.0.x Initial version.

Product Info

Range Device Firmware Version
1.0.0.x No available information, except for the Network Manager Card version, which is OPVNM-1.0 for the OPV9000.

Exported Connectors

Exported Connector Description
opVision OPV9000 Card Exported connector based on the information from a single opVision card.

Installation and Configuration

Creation

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. No default value is specified.

Usage

The opVision OPV9000 parent connector has several different pages: General Information, Video, Optical, Hardware, Channel Control State and Custom Serial Command.

General Information

On this page, the general information for each card installed in the opVision OPV9000 is displayed in the System Information Table.

This includes:

  • Card Identification
  • Card Address
  • Board Description, Name, Nickname and Extended Bit Information
  • Frame Description, Name, Nickname and Extended Bit Information
  • Main and Backup Versions
  • IP, Network Mask and the Gateway addresses
  • Equipment/Function Type
  • Ethernet, Video, Audio and Optical Fiber Ports
  • Ethernet, Video, Audio, Fans and Optical Fiber Control

In addition, the following settings are also possible:

  • A factory reset or reboot of the OpVision 9000 device, by means of the buttons at the top of the page.
  • A factory reset or reboot of each individual card, by means of the buttons in the System Information Table.

Video

On this page, the following information is displayed in the Video Table:

  • The table row identification, in the Video Index column
  • The card index
  • The channel index associated with the card index
  • The lock input/output
  • The video type for the card/channel combination

Optical

This page displays the following information in the Optical Modules Table:

  • The table row identification, in the Index column
  • The card index
  • The optical module associated with the card index
  • The connection state, in the connected column
  • The link state for the card/module combination

Hardware

On this page, the following information is displayed:

  • The temperature of the cards, in the Temperature Table
  • The power state of the cards, in the Power State Table
  • The fan states of each card, in the Fan Table

The Temperature Table has the following two columns: Card Index and Temperature.

The Power State Table contains the following information:

  • The row identification, in the Power Index column, which combines the card identification and the power unit in use
  • The card identification, in the Card Index column
  • The Power Unit identification
  • The Power State

The Fan Table displays the following information:

  • The row identification, in the Fan Index column, which combines the card and its fan identification
  • The card identification, in the Card Index column
  • The Fan Unit identification
  • The Fan State
  • The Work Mode

Channel Control State

This page displays the Channel Control State Table, which displays the card and channel combination state and its medium type.

This table has the following columns:

  • The table row Index, which consists of a combination of card and channel
  • The Card Index
  • The Channel Index
  • The channel's State
  • The channel's medium Type

With the Settings page button, you can configure whether a particular channel for a particular medium type can be opened or closed. To do so, fill in every field and then click Apply.

Custom Serial Command

On this page, you can enter any serial command to be sent to the opV9000 device in the Custom Command field at the top. The response, both ASCII and HEX, will be displayed below, by the Received Response parameter.

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