Paradyne DMD15L operation manual Alarms Menu Options and Parameters

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DMD15/DMD15L IBS/IDR Satellite ModemUser Interfaces

Event Buff:

Displays a history of events recorded in the event buffer.

 

A maximum of 40 events may be stored in the buffer.

 

Upon receipt of the 41st event, the first received event is

 

automatically deleted, and so on, maintaining the

 

maximum 40 events.

Press Clr to Erase Events:

Clears the contents of the Event Buffer.

Voltages (menu):

 

+5 Volt:

Displays the measured voltage of the +5 Volt power bus

 

located inside the modem.

+12 Volt:

Displays the measured voltage of the +12 Volt power bus

 

located inside the modem.

-12 Volt:

Displays the measured voltage of the -12 Volt power bus

 

located inside the modem.

Buffer:

Displays the status of the Doppler Buffer from 0 to 100%.

Press Clr to Center Buffer:

Causes Doppler Buffer to re-center.

BER Exponent:

{6 - 9}

 

Allows the user to set the time base for the Channel

 

Error Rate Measurement, used to estimate Eb/No.

4.3.7 Alarms Menu Options and Parameters

Active Alrms (menu):

Masking alarms may cause undesirable modem performance.

Major Tx (menu):

Status Edit Table

TxuProc Mask:

{Pass/Fail, No/Yes}

 

Indicates a Hardware Transmit or DSP Failure within the

 

modem.

 

(Yes = Masked, No = Unmasked)

TxPower Mask:

{Pass/Fail, No/Yes}

 

Indicates that the Modem Tx Output Power is within

 

allowed tolerance. A solid indication indicates a

 

hardware or programming failure within the modem.

TxOSClk Mask:

{Pass/Fail, No/Yes}

 

Indicates that the TX Oversample Clock PLL is not

 

locked. This alarm will flash on during certain modem

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Paradyne DMD15L operation manual Alarms Menu Options and Parameters