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RCS20 M:N Redundancy Switch

Revision 15

Remote Operations

MN-RCS20 and CD-RCS20

A–17

<1>

Latched Switch Minor
Alarms 2

Bit 0 = CDM Error
Bit 1 = Reserved (RCS10 only)
Bit 2 = Reserved (RCS10 only)
Bit 3 = Reserved (RCS10 only)
Bit 4 = Backup 1 Test Fault
Bit 5 = Backup 2 Test Fault
Bit 6 = Reserved (RCS10 only)
Bit 7 = Spare
(0 = no alarm, 1 = alarm)

<1>

Backup 1 Mod Hot
Standby Channel

Channel number (1 to 9) (0 = No hot standby for backup 1 mod)

<1>

Backup 1 Demod Hot
Standby Channel

Channel number (1 to 9) (0 = No hot standby for backup 1 Demod)

<1>

Backup 2 Mod Hot
Standby Channel

Channel number (1 to 8) (0 = No hot standby for backup 2 mod, or
channel 9 not configured as backup)

<1>

Backup 2 Demod Hot
Standby Channel

Channel number (1 to 8) (0 = No hot standby for backup
2 Demod, or Channel 9 not configured as backup

A.3.2 Opcode <2002h> Query RCS20 Switch Configuration

Query Response Data Field (285 bytes)

Configuration Bytes

<2>

Nonvolatile Bytes

Number of nonvolatile RCS20 configuration memory bytes, including
these 2 bytes (221 decimal for RCS20)

<1>

Number of Channels

Maximum number of prime and backup channels available to the
RCS20 switch. (10 decimal for RCS20 as of Release 1.0)

<1>

Nonvolatile Bytes per
Channel

Number of nonvolatile memory bytes per channel. This number may
vary with the release number. (10 bytes for RCS20 as of release 1.0
and 13 bytes as of release 4.0)

**Remote M&C developers must make use of this value to find out how many bytes
per channel are being transmitted.

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*Channel 0
Configuration

Bit 0 = Modulator present
Bit 1 = Demodulator present
(0 = not present, 1 = present)