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VS1 Operations and Maintenance Manual Operating the transmitter
Issue 3.1 2013-10-01 Page 2-17
The top banner is permanent on all AUI pages and includes:
Nautel Logo
:
From any AUI page, click the Nautel logo to return to the Home page.
Date & Time
:
Displays day, month, year and current time.
Active Preset:
Displays the name of the active preset, power set point based on the active preset,
current forward power and reflected power levels, as well as the operating mode and carrier
frequency. (see
Activating presets using the AUI on page 2-52 ).
Active Exciter
:
Displays the active exciter (internal or external) and the FM modulation, with rms
(yellow) and peak (red) values.
The bottom banner is also permanent on all AUI pages and includes:
RF On
:
Click to enable the transmitter’s RF power stage.
RF Off
:
Click to disable the transmitter’s RF power stage.
Activity Window
:
Displays various messages to reflect specific user interface commands, such as RF
on/off, local/remote control, or reset.
Menu
:
Click to open the
Menu
page, which allows navigation to various other pages (see AUI Menu
page on page 2-21 ).
Status
:
Click to shortcut to the
Transmitter Status
page (see Viewing Transmitter Status on page 2-
91 ), which provides current alarm and status details for the transmitter. When the
Status
button is
red, one or more alarms of severity level 10 is currently being reported, and the transmitter is in an
‘off-air’ state. When the
Status
button is orange, one or more alarms of severity level 5 (but none of
severity level 10) is currently being reported, but the transmitter is still ‘on-air’, possibly at reduced
power. When the
Status
button is green, the transmitter is operating normally. In this case, there are
no alarms being reported, or there is one or more alarms of severity level 1 (but none of severity level
5 or 10). This page is also available through the Menu page.
Log
:
Click to shortcut to the
Transmitter Log
page, which displays historical alarm and status records
for the transmitter (see Viewing Transmitter Log on page 2-23 ).
Local/Remote
:
Displays the operational control status of the transmitter. If
Local
is highlighted,
remote users cannot change any settings. Similarly, if
Remote
is highlighted, local users cannot
change the transmitter status, except for
RF Off
and
Local
/
Remote
. To change the local/remote
status from the front panel display, (see Enabling remote control on page 2-90 ).