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3–38 UMOD hardware theory of operation
The redundant modem is inhibited from transmitting until it takes
active control from the failed primary modem. However, to speed
acquisition during a switchover, the redundant modem will use the
frequency offset information collected during polling to assist its
acquisition.
Each of the primary modems has a modem failure status line
leading from it to the redundant modem. The redundant modem
checks these lines every 16 ms to determine whether any of the
primary modems has failed. If a UMOD has failed, the redundant
modem will then switch in for the failed primary as long as the
redundant modem is not already switched in for another primary
UMOD.
The redundant UMOD periodically polls all of the primary
modems in its domain to verify that none of the primary units have
failed (see figure 3-22).
Figure 3-22
Redundancy poll-response
Redundant Modem
Primary Modem
The redundant modem
periodically polls any
of the primary modems
within its domain.
The primary modem sends a
poll response which contains
a operational configuration
revision number, fatal alarm
status, and receive frequency
offset value.
The poll response data consists of a configuration revision
number, frequency offset, and status indicators for the given
primary unit.
The polls enable the redundant modem to monitor for fatal alarms
on the primary units. The polls also allow the redundant modem to
maintain a copy of the current primary modem receive frequency
offset to reduce acquisition time if a switchover occurs.
When the redundant UMOD receives a configuration update from
a primary modem, it copies the data to the appropriate redundancy
storage profile; each storage profile in the redundant modem
corresponds to a specific primary modem (see figure 3-23 on page
3–39).
Detecting primary
modem failures
Redundancy polling