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Version 1.1
F
IGURE
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P
OWER
A
MPLIFIER
S
TATUS
The Power Amplifier board presents following measurements and/or information:
1.
Temperature
2.
Configured output power in %
3.
Indication of AGC stage enabling
4.
Indication of current absorbed by final amplifier
5.
Indication of current absorbed by driver stages (in 12 GHz version only)
6.
Indication of Power output in dBm (the box is shown green if ok, red if alarm)
5.2.2
Config.
From the home page, by clicking on Config button, a new window opens.
F
IGURE
18:
C
ONFIG BUTTON
To modify any field shown in Figure 19 it is necessary to click on the Apply button to validate.
Hereunder the list of field and related description.
Field
Description
Power Control
Let the user enable or disable the power amplifier,
choosing between RF ON and RF OFF
Set Output Power
Let the user set the output power in % of the maximum
power
Power AGC
Let the user enable/disable the output Automatic Gain
Control (compensating temperature and input level
variations)
LBand AGC
Let the user enable/disable the input Automatic Gain
Control (cable loss compensation)
Manual L-Band input gain
Let the user set manually the input gain (LBand AGC off)
LBAND equalizer control
Let the user set manually the equalization of the L Band
cable
Oscillator Frequency
Let the user configure the Oscillator frequency
KU conv. Warning Temp
Let the user set the temperature warning threshold
KU conv. Alarm Temp
Let the user set the temperature alarm threshold
Power Ampl. Warning Temp
Let the user set the power amplifier temperature
warning threshold
Power Ampl. Alarm Temp
Let the user set the power amplifier temperature alarm
threshold
Converter Traps
Let the user enable the Trap sending for Converter alarm
events
Amplifier Traps
Let the user enable the Trap sending for Amplifier alarm
events
