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Technical Guide: RDMS Telnet and Serial Control 

 

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 Quasonix, Inc. 

 

 

 

 

 Normal 

 

 

 

 CSV 

 

 

<r> - Sets display rate to <r> 

 

 

 

Valid range is 100 to 60000 ms (500 ms if not specified) 

 

 

Options: 

 

 

 

-h 

 Do not display header 

PL [HEAD <f>] 

 Shows system status header in format <f> 

 

where: 

 

 

<f> - Format (last used, if not specified) 

 

 

 

 Normal 

 

 

 

 CSV 

Examples: 

PL 

 

Input dBm  Atten dB  Signal dBm    Adj dBm   Eb/N0 dB Saturation 

 

60.48     59.750      -3.43      13.03      27.30          0 

 

Power leveling automatic 

 

Power leveling active 

 

Power level target power  13.00 dB 

 

Power level scale   0.00 dB 

 

Power level measurement  noise 

 

Power level filtering enabled 

PL 0 

Set the current power level information tracking display to Off 

PL 1 

Set the current power level information tracking display to On 

 

PL C A

 

 Sets power level automatic control mode 

Examples: 

PL C A 0 

Set the power level automatic control mode to Software 

PL C A 1 

Set the power level automatic control mode to Hardware 

 

PL F

 

 Sets the average and adjusted power level filter coefficient 

Example: 

PL F 5   

Set the power level filter coefficient to 5 

 

 

Valid range is 1 to 16 

 

PL M

 

 Sets the power level measurement type 

Summary of Contents for RDMS

Page 1: ...ontrol interface is provided primarily for debugging purposes Unlike the standard browser interface the serial control interface within the Telnet screen is not safeguarded from accidental or improper...

Page 2: ...p Parameter AGC L 24 2 1 1 5 5 Automatic Gain Control Attenuator Look Up Table AGC LUT 24 2 1 1 5 6 Automatic Gain Control Auto Zero AGC AZ 25 2 1 1 5 7 Automatic Gain Control Zero AGC Z 25 2 1 1 6 Hi...

Page 3: ...25 Help Command H 52 2 1 1 26 Advanced Help Command HA 52 2 1 1 27 HyperTrack HT 53 2 1 1 28 IF Filter Control IF 54 2 1 1 29 Low Density Parity Check LDPC 55 2 1 1 30 Modulation Index MI 56 2 1 1 31...

Page 4: ...47 Show Options UP 73 2 1 1 48 Version VE 74 List of Figures Figure 1 Telnet Into Terminal 4 Figure 2 Channel Subscribed 4 Figure 3 Connected to Channel 2 in PCM FM Mode 5 Figure 4 Channel Subscribed...

Page 5: ...receiver s configuration It is strongly recommended that users contact Quasonix Technical Support Tel 513 942 1287 prior to using the Terminal serial control interface 1 In a command window type teln...

Page 6: ...d use a different channel Look at the second Telnet screen again Figure 4 4 Follow the on screen instruction and press the key This is the very first key on the left side of the keyboard under the til...

Page 7: ...onnections and reconnect to a specific channel Figure 6 shows all connections being unsubscribed Figure 6 RDMSIII Telnet Command Menu Unsubscribe All Channels In Figure 7 the user typed a 1 to subscri...

Page 8: ...the alphabetic characters The commands are not case sensitive All commands generate a response of one or more lines The length of the response depends on the verbosity level The last response line is...

Page 9: ...t This also varies depending on RDMS settings and options Quasonix Inc 6025 Schumacher Park Dr West Chester OH 45069 513 942 1287 www quasonix com CAGE CODE 3CJA9 IRIG 106 Release 07 PCMFM App Rev 1 0...

Page 10: ...with no parameters request status only Refer to command HA in section 2 1 1 25 for specific help in reading the command sets Refer to section 2 1 1 for additional command set detail and examples This...

Page 11: ...alog High Speed Mixer Displays and controls high speed video output mixer settings 37 None AHO Analog High Speed Output Tape Output Displays and controls high speed video output settings 37 None ALM A...

Page 12: ...ut settings Standard None DLI Low Speed Digital Input Displays and controls low speed digital input settings Standard None DLO Low Speed Digital Output Displays and controls low speed digital output s...

Page 13: ...Set Modulation Index Tracking or Acquire Standard PCM FM MO Modulation Report or set modulation setting Standard Limited to modes installed OCM Output Clock Measurement Displays measured output clock...

Page 14: ...to default Mode Standard None SDI Signal Degradation Information Sets signal degradation information enable or disable parameters Standard SOQPSK SI Spectrum Inversion Accounts for downconverting ant...

Page 15: ...command components require a datapath parameter to distinguish which stream is being configured These commands include Best Channel Selector BCS Clock and Data Polarity CP DP Derandomizer DR Data Qua...

Page 16: ...1 2 Antenna Control Unit ACU The ACU command displays and controls the antenna control unit settings ACU M m C e O s M m Sets antenna control mode to m where m Control mode M AGC time constant and AM...

Page 17: ...manual mode AM detector bandwidth to b 5 00 to 50000 00 Hz ACU AGC p S s T n Antenna control unit AGC settings p Sets AGC output polarity to p where p Polarity 0 Normal 1 Inverted S s Sets AGC output...

Page 18: ...le to e where e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled AEQ H e Sets equalizer auto hold enable to e e Sets adaptive equalizer enable to e where e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled H E Sets equalizer hold reference to...

Page 19: ...o k 0 000 to 0 999985 MT DD k Sets DD MSE threshold to k 0 000 to 0 999985 AEQ CT t Sets confidence threshold to t 0 000 to 3 999939 AEQ AR e C e R r DD e AR e Sets auto reset enable to e C e Sets pow...

Page 20: ...adaptive equalizer AEQ H x Set equalizer hold below Eb N0 to a value between 20 000 and 30 000 dB 100 000 sets equalizer hold to Off AEQ T 0 Disable equalizer information tracking display AEQ T 1 Ena...

Page 21: ...ic frequency control coefficient Examples AFC C A Set AFC coefficient to be automatically set based on bit rate AFC C 0 00001 Set AFC coefficient to 0 00001 seconds ten times slower tracking than defa...

Page 22: ...06 MHz Detected frequency offset 0 004718 MHz Duty cycle 0 08 Auto AFC bandwidth is enabled AFC coefficient 0 03573 seconds AFC limit 0 50000 MHz AFC power threshold 0 000 2 1 1 5 Automatic Gain Contr...

Page 23: ...t and Auto Setting the bulk attenuator to In or Out removes the bulk attenuator from AGC control and forces it In or Out respectively Setting it to Auto allows the AGC mode to control it There are no...

Page 24: ...GC data settings p a v Set AGC table attenuation p attenuator a to attenuation v dB where p 0 0 to 255 5 dB a Attenuator A B C D E v Attenuation 0 0 to 31 5 dB or MIN or MAX o Data operation LOAD Load...

Page 25: ...rameter P t Sets period to t 0 000 to 5 464 us S t Sets sample time to t 0 000 to 2 732 us A t Sets averaging sample time to t 0 002 to 2100 897 ms D d Sets deadband to d 0 0000 to 15 9375 dB C t Sets...

Page 26: ...Automatic Gain Control Zero AGC Z The AGC Z command sets the AGC Zero operating mode and the value at which zero can be set AGC Z M m Sets the AGC zero mode to m where m AGC zero mode A Auto Automatic...

Page 27: ...r frequency for ALL channels to f 46 6667 to 46 6667 MHz c e Sets channel c mixer enable to e where c Channel to set enable A Channel DAC A B Channel DAC B C Channel DAC C D Channel DAC D e Enable 0 D...

Page 28: ...This is why the Help displays in this manner System Commands H for help on help ACU Antenna control unit ADC ADC register UP Unit Parameters VE Version Demodulator Receiver Commands AEQ Adaptive equal...

Page 29: ...eband Q only P1T Physical channel 1 tape output source needs mixer CMBI Combiner baseband I only CMBQ Combiner baseband Q only CMBT Combiner tape output source needs mixer DP0 Data path high speed sig...

Page 30: ...ce Physical channel 0 downconverted baseband Q only Scale 1 0000 Offset 0 0000 Polarity High 70 MHz modulator disabled AHO B P1T Sets the channel to Channel DAC B with Physical channel 1 tape output s...

Page 31: ...ut CMBW Combiner weight DP0 Data path low speed source 0 DP1 Data path low speed source 1 DP2 Data path low speed source 2 DP3 Data path low speed source 3 DQDEC DQ decode DQDP DQ datapath DQOUT DQ ou...

Page 32: ...hannel scale set to 98 6543 ALO B E 0 Sets the channel to Channel B and disables the channel ALO V Shows extended Help for the AHO command Example ALO Displays current low speed ACU output status sett...

Page 33: ...ed 0 F1 Fixed 1 GC Generator Clock GD Generator Data TH5 Top Hat 5 TH7 Top Hat 7 DHI s p Sets source s polarity to p where s Input source TH5 Top Hat 5 TH7 Top Hat 7 p Input polarity 0 Active high nor...

Page 34: ...Hat 2 s Signal source F0 Fixed 0 F1 Fixed 1 GC Generator Clock GD Generator Data AC Clock A AD Data A BC Clock B BD Data B DP0 Datapath 0 DP1 Datapath 1 DP2 Datapath 2 DP3 Datapath 3 DP4 Datapath 4 DP...

Page 35: ...e high normal 1 Active low inverted 2 1 1 7 5 Low Speed Digital Input DLI DLI displays and controls low speed digital input settings DLI c s Sets channel c to source s where c Input channel UR0 UART R...

Page 36: ...4 Top Hat 14 TH18 Top Hat 18 TH20 Top Hat 20 TH21 Top Hat 21 p Input polarity 0 Active high normal 1 Active low inverted 2 1 1 7 6 Low Speed Digital Output DLO DLO displays and controls low speed digi...

Page 37: ...0 DP1 Datapath 1 DP2 Datapath 2 DP3 Datapath 3 DP4 Datapath 4 DP5 Datapath 5 DP6 Datapath 6 DP7 Datapath 7 DLO c p Sets channel c polarity to p where c Output channel UTX UART Tx TH3 Top Hat 3 TH4 To...

Page 38: ...C AGC D Channel D Aux Analog B Out e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Examples ALM x Sets mixer frequency for all channels in MHz Valid range is 46 6667 to 46 6667 MHz ALM c x Sets a specific channel c mix...

Page 39: ...cles BCS S s e Sets best channel selector source s enable to e where s Sources CH0 Channel 0 CH1 Channel 1 INT Internal e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Example PCMFM bcs BCS enabled BCS threshold 192 BC...

Page 40: ...bit rate to 600 Kbps Valid range is 0 0080 to 23 0000 Mbps 2 1 1 12 Combiner Control CMB The Combiner Control command displays and controls combiner settings CMB e M m W s e Sets combiner enable to e...

Page 41: ...maximum bandwidth to b 0 000001 to 10 000000 L f Sets combiner frequency error limit to f 00000002173 to 23 3333 of bit rate Z v Sets combiner loop zeta to v 0 001 to 10 000 CMB BI t BO t Sets combine...

Page 42: ...0 333 bits CMB 0 Set combiner Disabled CMB 1 Set combiner Enabled 2 1 1 13 Clock Polarity CP The Clock Polarity command displays and controls clock output polarity CP p Sets clock component output po...

Page 43: ...Differential Decoding DD The Differential Decoding command displays and controls differential decoder settings SOQPSK mode only Differential Decoding for DPM defaults to Disabled Off DD e Sets the dif...

Page 44: ...nent output polarity p Set data polarity to p where p Polarity 0 Active high normal 1 Active low inverted Examples DP Data polarity active High DP 0 Set data polarity to NOT inverted Off DP 1 Set data...

Page 45: ...to 0 999985 DQ M e r Sets data quality encapsulation dump enable to e at rate r where e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled r Display rate r 1 to 60000 ms Example PCMFM dq Data quality encapsulation disabled...

Page 46: ...tion time testing but also have other potential sources The Digital Status Output command controls the source polarity and override states Quasonix has a technology called HyperTrack which is a digita...

Page 47: ...lows DSO c s p M m c s Sets channel c source to s where c Channel L Lock detect output s Signal source F0 Fixed value 0 F1 Fixed value 1 LD Lock detect SD Sync detect PL PCM frame lock PS PCM sub fram...

Page 48: ...ttings for BPSK FEC RS e Sets Reed Solomon enable to e where e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled FEC RSI i Sets Reed Solomon interleave to i 1 to 8 FEC CV e Sets convolutional decode enable to e where e Ena...

Page 49: ...nent A Data A B Data B e Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled FEC S m s Sets soft decision scale for mode m to s 32 000 to 31 984 where m Mode V Viterbi K 7 Rate 1 2 FEC ASM t Sets ASM threshold to t 0 to 6553...

Page 50: ...I s Sets half iteration scale to s 0 100 to 1 000 FEC S m s Sets soft decision scale for mode m to s 32 000 to 31 984 where m Mode L LDPC FEC ASM t Sets ASM threshold to t 0 to 65535 2 1 1 21 5 FEC S...

Page 51: ...Normal FL 1 Force lock to On FL 1 Force lock to Off 2 1 1 23 FM Demodulator Settings FM The FM command displays and controls FM demodulator settings Parameter values are explained below FM p S s B b D...

Page 52: ...on the lower frequency PCM FM The video bandwidth can never be set narrower than the required bandwidth for the specified bit rate The IF filter selection if set to FS A is wide enough to accommodate...

Page 53: ...basic advanced or extended Basic command help can be accessed by H or Detailed help on any command is accessed by following the command with such as command Help Command conventions All commands are...

Page 54: ...ter P If the P command control parameter is used it is followed by a required s OR p value parameter A complex example AGC BA e V a I O t A The AGC command followed by the BA command control parameter...

Page 55: ...ters may be set to automatic based on the bit rate or the second IF filter may be set to a value based on a filter index IF A s F f Sets IF filter control A Sets IF filter selections to automatic base...

Page 56: ...filter 5 2 0 MHz IF F 0 Sets the first IF filter to 12 0 MHz IF 9 Sets the second IF filter to 10 0 MHz 2 1 1 29 Low Density Parity Check LDPC The LDPC command displays and controls Forward Error Corr...

Page 57: ...h THE e AD d AS s P e s Sets modulation index scale to s 0 350 to 8 000 this forces the mode to hold at the specified value M m Sets modulation index scale mode to m where m Mode O Off sets scale 1 0...

Page 58: ...Tracking Set to h 0 7 MI A Acquire mode enable MI A D Sets the maximum delta h indicates a change in h defaults to 0 005 MI A S Sets the delta h settling time defaults to 500 ms MI H Hold Mod Index T...

Page 59: ...PSK MO 9 Set modulation to Digital PM DPM MO 11 Set modulation to Space Time Coding STC MO 12 Set modulation to SOQPSK LDPC MO 13 Set modulation to STC LDPC 2 1 1 32 Output Clock Measurement OCM The O...

Page 60: ...e PDC PCM decode NRZL Non return to zero level 2 1 1 34 PCM Deframing PDF The PCM Deframing command displays and controls PCM Deframing settings PDF f Shows the PCM deframing display in format f where...

Page 61: ...the major frame length to l 1 to 256 minor frames MI l Sets the minor frame length to l 1 to 16384 bits PDF FS p OS l FS p Sets the frame synchronization pattern to p in binary where p Pattern single...

Page 62: ...er brick When the receiver brick is turned on the stored parameters are loaded into the current operating parameter set Parameters in the current operating parameter set can be changed without affecti...

Page 63: ...RFA p Sets RF path attenuation to p where p MIN MAX 0 0 to 126 0 dB using AGC table 2 1 1 35 7 Reset to Factory Defaults RFD The Reset to Factory Defaults command erases the stored parameter set for A...

Page 64: ...ve Power level target power 13 00 dB Power level scale 0 00 dB Power level measurement signal noise Power level filtering enabled PL 0 Set the current power level information tracking display to Off P...

Page 65: ...Mode 0 Disabled 1 Enabled A Automatic D d Sets auto phase noise compensation deadband to d H h Sets auto phase noise compensation hysteresis to h ms Examples PNC Phase noise compensation off PNC 0 Se...

Page 66: ...here p Polarity 0 Active high normal 1 Active low inverted L l Sets lock state to l where l Lock state 0 Normal operation 1 Forced active 1 Forced inactive I t Sets internal threshold to t 0 to 65535...

Page 67: ...ate Examples SDI L 0 Set SDI lock state to normal operation SDI L 1 Set SDI lock state to forced active SDI L 1 Set SDI lock state to forced inactive SDI P Sets signal degradation information source p...

Page 68: ...e SN Part Number QSX RDMS 3R1D A1 1311 00 14 K7 EQ Customer Model CHANNEL 1 Serial Number 2091 Hardware Rev 2 1 1 42 Save Parameters SV The Save Parameters command erases the stored parameter set and...

Page 69: ...cking display SYNC D 1 100 Enable sync detect tracking display at a 100 ms rate SYNC P n Sets sync detect pattern to PN sequence n where n is PN sequence PN6 PN9 PN11 PN15 PN17 PN20 PN23 or PN31 Examp...

Page 70: ...led 1 Enabled f Format last used if not specified Each item parameter in the SYS display is optional within each display format N Normal W Wide C CSV r Display rate r 100 to 60000 ms 500 ms if not spe...

Page 71: ...signal level PL EB Signal Eb N0 AFC DET Detected AFC offset AFC CMP Compensated AFC offset AFC S AFC state AGC EXT External AGC zero BR Current bitrate AL Demod locked DQ OUT Average DQM in DQE DQ DP...

Page 72: ...5 Tape Out TO The Tape Out command displays and controls tape output settings It can be enabled on video A or B outputs only C and D video outputs are used to drive the 70 MHz IF modulator on the comb...

Page 73: ...c where c IRIG channel 0 112 5 kHz 1 150 kHz 2 225 kHz 3 300 kHz 4 450 kHz 5 600 kHz 6 900 kHz 7 1 2 MHz 8 1 8 MHz 9 2 1 MHz 10 2 4 MHz 11 3 6 MHz 12 4 8 MHz 13 7 2 MHz 14 9 6 MHz 2 1 1 46 Time of Day...

Page 74: ...ays unit parameter settings Example UP Part Number QSX RDMS 3R1D A1 1311 00 14 K7 EQ Customer Model CHANNEL 1 Serial Number 2091 Hardware Rev Revisions options None Configured as receiver with IF SAW...

Page 75: ...14 14 SAW Filters K7 Viterbi decode k 7 rate 1 2 2 1 1 48 Version VE The Version command displays the current application FPGA and adaptive equalizer versions Example VE PCMFM App Rev 1 0 7 137 Sep 18...

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