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SUPERVISOR SOFTWARE OVERVIEW

Description:

AnaCom Software, Supervisor; provides a convenient way to monitor and control up to eight remote transceivers or a pair of remote transceivers connected to a digital protection switch controller (PS). Communications with outdoor equipment is through a single RS-232C serial port. RS-485 is also supported using an AnaCom supplied converter and cable - depending on the configuration desired. Supervisor uses AnaCom's proprietary packet protocol to establish reliable communication between an IBM compatible PC running the Supervisor program and the outdoor equipment. If connected to a protection switch, the PS further connects to ODU equipment via a common RS- 485 bus to each transceiver. The serial link supports baudrates between 300 and 57600 baud, and is automatically set by the program or manually by the user.

Note: An AnaCom Transceiver must be connected to the PC in order for the software to operate.

Hardware Requirements:

PC running Microsoft Windows 98 or later.
Minimum 10 Mbytes of hard drive disk storage required; CD drive for reading installation disk provided with outdoor equipment, or internet connection for downloading software.
A dedicated serial communications (Com Port.) Supervisor supports Com-1 through Com-4. USB is supported if user supplies an RS-232C adapter for it.

User Interface and Features:

Monitor and Control (M&C) functions are done through a window dedicated to transceivers (RFTs,) and another window dedicated to protection switching if there is a protection switch present.
Summary Status Board for monitoring alarm faults for up to eight pieces of outdoor equipment. Status of any unit can be seen with a glance - alarm faults are highlighted.
Alarm faults and system status can be written to a log file that can be reviewed using Microsoft Explorer.
The operational parameters are updated at a user-defined polling interval (default depends on serial baud rate connection; typically it is 5 sec. at 1200 baud and 2 sec. at 56k baud). Obvious blinking-red parameters indicate warnings or immediate emergencies requiring user attention or knowledge.
Support for monitoring remote equipment that is accessible via a dial-up modem is provided, and configuration files can be created and stored for dialing and monitoring each ground station.
The program is designed with a balance between automatic operation and manual control so efficient and effective real-time monitoring and control of critical transceiver operations can be realized.

Packet Protocol:

Communication with outdoor equipment employs AnaCom's proprietary packet protocol, which treats each unit as a network entity known by its unique address. Packet activity (transmitted or received) is indicated in the lower right-corner of the main window. The packet protocol also includes error checking for enhanced reliability. Supervisor scans all baud rates automatically if necessary, to find outdoor equipment connected to the PC's serial port, making user setup as simple as possible.

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