Norsat ATOMControl User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................ 3

Purpose and Scope of the User Guide ............................................................................... 4

Audience ............................................................................................................................. 4

Revision History .................................................................................................................. 4

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ATOMCONTROL BASICS ....................................................................................................... 5

Overview ............................................................................................................................. 6

Launching ATOMControl .................................................................................................... 7

ATOMControl User Interface .............................................................................................. 8

Initializing Communication .................................................................................................. 8

Deinitializing Communication ............................................................................................. 9

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MONITORING DEVICE INFORMATION ................................................................................ 10

Monitoring Device Information .......................................................................................... 11

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CONTROLLING ATOM DEVICES ......................................................................................... 14

Controlling the Mute State ................................................................................................ 15

Attenuation Control ........................................................................................................... 25

Sending Custom Commands ............................................................................................ 26



TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: ATOMControl Start-Up Screen ........................................................................................ 7

Figure 2: The Device Info Tab ....................................................................................................... 11

Figure 3: Mute Tab Controls .......................................................................................................... 15

Figure 4: Standard Mute State Logic ............................................................................................. 16

Figure 5: Revised Mute State Logic .............................................................................................. 17

Figure 6: Hardware-Based Muting Controls .................................................................................. 19

Figure 7: Fault-Based Muting Controls .......................................................................................... 22

Figure 8: Software-Based Muting Controls ................................................................................... 23

Figure 9: Mute State ...................................................................................................................... 24

Figure 10: Attenuation Tab Controls.............................................................................................. 25

Figure 11: The Custom Commands Tab ....................................................................................... 26

Figure 12: Command and Response Strings Showing <CR> and <LF> ...................................... 28

Figure 13: Command and Response Strings Without <CR> and <LF> ........................................ 28



TABLE OF TABLES

Table 1: Product Type Values ....................................................................................................... 12

Table 2: Detectable Faults ............................................................................................................. 12

Table 3: Number of Expected Power Modules for Each ATOM Device Type ............................... 13

Table 4: Hardware-Based Muting .................................................................................................. 18

Table 5: Standard Fault-Based Muting .......................................................................................... 20

Table 6: Individual Fault-Based Muting ......................................................................................... 21

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