CommScope ATC300-2000 - Manual (Page 120)

Section 11–Device Discovery and Addressing ATC300-1000/2000 Teletilt ® RET System
11-8 August 2014 Bulletin 639544 • Revision L
Figure 11-9. Device Scan Results of an Andrew AITM Device in MultiRET Mode
11.6 Andrew AITM Actuator Mode Management (ATC300 2.34_A and
later only)
As of version 2.34_A, the ATC300 controller Bus Configuration web page provides the capability to
change the operating mode of Andrew AITM internal actuators between multiple-single RET mode
and multiRET mode. This feature is targeted to this device type only, and will not be available unless
one or more AITM devices have been discovered on the AISG bus.
Note: The product type of devices can be found on the Statistics screen and the Find Devices screen.
As an example, in Figure 11-9, this discovered device’s Product Type is “AITM” and the device Type
is “MRET”, which indicates multiRET. An AITM in multiple-single RET mode would display an entry
for each tilt, and would indicate a Type of “RET”.
When in multiRET mode, the internal actuators have one bus address, but support multiple tilts. The
devices IDs have suffixes of “.t1”, “.t2”, etc. This mode is sometimes called “Type 17”, as this is the
AISG-defined indication of a multiRET device.
When in multiple-single RET mode, the internal actuators are assigned one bus address per tilt and
act as independent actuators. The 19-character devices IDs end with “t1”, “t2”, etc. This mode is
sometimes called “Type 1”, as this is the AISG-defined indication of a single RET device.