Specifications

6 209351 REV B Operations Manual, Redundant System Controllers
Section 7: Remote Control Interface ..................................................................................... 71
7.0 Overview ................................................................................................................. 71
7.1 Remote Control - Parallel ....................................................................................... 72
7.1.1 Control Outputs ....................................................................................... 72
7.1.2 Control Inputs .......................................................................................... 73
7.2 Serial Communication ............................................................................................. 74
7.2.1 Header Packet ......................................................................................... 74
7.2.1.1 Frame Sync Word ..................................................................... 74
7.2.1.2 Destination Address .................................................................. 74
7.2.1.3 Source Address ......................................................................... 75
7.2.2 Data Packet .............................................................................................. 75
7.2.2.1 Protocol ID ................................................................................. 75
7.2.2.2 Request ID ................................................................................ 75
7.2.2.3 Command .................................................................................. 75
7.2.2.4 Data Tag .................................................................................... 76
7.2.2.5 Data Address / Error Status / Local Port Frame Length ............ 77
7.2.2.6 Data Length ............................................................................... 78
7.2.2.7 Data Field .................................................................................. 78
7.2.3 Trailer Packet ........................................................................................... 79
7.2.3.1 Frame Check Sequence ............................................................ 79
7.2.4 Timing issues ........................................................................................... 80
7.3 Accessing optional SSPA subsystem through Packet Wrapper technique ............. 81
7.4 Examples ................................................................................................................ 86
7.4.1 Example 1 ................................................................................................ 86
7.4.2 Example 2 ................................................................................................ 88
7.4.3 Example 3 ................................................................................................ 89
7.4.4 Example 4 ................................................................................................ 90
7.5 Terminal Mode Serial Protocol ................................................................................ 91
7.6 Ethernet Interface ................................................................................................... 95
7.6.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 95
7.6.2 IPNet Interface ......................................................................................... 95
7.6.2.1 General Concept ....................................................................... 95
7.6.2.2 Setting IPNet interface .............................................................. 96
7.6.3 Using the RCP2 Web Interface ................................................................ 98
7.6.4 SNMP interface ...................................................................................... 100
7.6.4.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 100
7.6.4.2 SNMP MIB tree ....................................................................... 101
7.6.4.3 Description of MIB entities ....................................................... 105
7.6.4.4 Configuring RCP2 unit to work with SNMP protocol ................ 106
7.6.4.5 Connecting to a MIB browser .................................................. 107
Section 8: Maintenance Switch Controller ......................................................................... 109
8.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 109
8.1 Operation Modes ................................................................................................. 109
8.1.1 Directing the Output Signal to the System Output ................................. 109
8.1.2 Directing the Output Signal to the Dummy Load .................................. 109