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UMOD hardware theory of operation 3–29
This section describes the Universal Modem monitor and control
(M&C) feature that is used to configure the UMOD for operation.
The M&C feature provides the following:
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General configuration controls. These provide the user with
options to modify routine settings on the UMOD (for
example, setting the modem’s mode of operation, setting the
date and time, configuring the modem to automatically
restart after a power cycle, etc.).
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Terrestrial interface configuration controls. These enable the
user to configure the data interface module (DIM) or the
G.703 interface module (GIM).
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Modem configuration controls. These functions allow the
user to configure modem settings for data rate, transmit and
receive frequencies, modulation and filter types, transmit
power level, etc.
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Channel coding configuration controls. These allow the user
to configure modem settings for transmit and receive
differential coding, transmit and receive scrambling, the
FEC rate and type, etc.
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Modem control and configuration controls. These control
such modem functions as activating the transmit carrier,
resetting the modem, enabling the overhead channel,
determining whether the front panel or the terminal
interface will control the quad universal asynchronous
receiver/transmitter (QUART) channel, and configuring the
modem to install software into flash memory.
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Diagnostics controls. The Universal Modem has built-in
diagnostics that can verify functioning of the LED and
audible alarm, perform internal loopback tests, and run bit
error rate tests (BERT).
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Status retrieval controls. These enable the user to display
the status of the satellite link, the terrestrial interface, the
modulator, the demodulator, the encoder, the decoder, or the
redundant modem.
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Local Alarm Reporting Mechanism. This feature reports
alarm conditions that may arise in the near Universal
Modem.
3.4
Monitor and control
description