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RCS20 M:N Redundancy Switch

Revision 15

Remote Operations

MN-RCS20 and CD-RCS20

A–21

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*Channel 0 Alarm 2
Mask

Bit 0 = Mod learned
Bit 1 = Demod learned
Bit 2 = Mod configuration changed
Bit 3 = Demod configuration changed
Bits 4 through 7 = Spares
(0 =Mask, 1 = Allow)

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*Channel 0 Alarm 3
Mask

Bits 0 and 1 = Mod Backup 1 Test Status Mask
Bits 2 and 3 = Demod Backup 1 Test Status Mask
Bits 4 and 5 = Mod Backup 2 Test Status Mask
Bits 6 and 7 = Demod Backup 2 Test Status Mask
(0 = Mask, 1 = Allow)

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*Channel 0 Backup1
IFS20L Demod Port
Assignment

0 = A, 1 = B, 2 = C, 3 = D

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*Channel 0 Backup2
IFS20L Demod Port
Assignment

0 = E, 1 = F, 2 = G, 3 = H

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*Spares for Channel 0

Spare Bytes

These 6 bytes will repeat for channels 1 through 9 (54 additional bytes used).

Status Bytes

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Control Mode

0 = Front Panel, 1 = Terminal Mode, 2 = Remote Port (Computer RLLP)

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Software Revision

Binary number, decimal point implied

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Number of Channels

10 decimal for RCS20

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Number of Status
Bytes Per Channel

3 as of release 1.0, 5 as of release 4.0

*This number of bytes per channel might change with newer release numbers. It is
set to 3 up to release 3.9, and 5 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.