User guide

Chapter 3 - VMS Configuration 3-21
VMS Network Configuration
Figure 3-21 New Devices Added to Converters
5. Make the Expansion Unit Demodulators available by right-clicking on them
in the Antenna View and selecting Allocatable from the drop-down menu.
6. Repeat the previous steps for each Antenna.
InBand Manager Configuration
A precursor to configuring InBand management is to set the carrier flags.
Carrier flags provide carrier type information to the system switching function.
Each modem device (Modulator and Demodulator) is represented to the switch-
ing function as a transmission mode type (None, SCPC, or STDMA). These
carrier flags set up the database for a starting point or home state condition.
Additionally, there are flags to indicate availability of units for the switching
resource manager.
It is important for the operator to set the STDMA flag on the network burst
controller(s). The VMS sets the flags for the other network devices automati-
cally.
Right-click on the BC demodulator and select Properties from the drop-down
menu. The dialog appearance with the correct settings are shown in figure 3-22
(CDM-570/570L) and figure 3-23 (SLM-5650A).