Midas controller – Comtech EF Data MIDAS 4 System and Design User Manual
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System and Design Manual, Revision 2
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The MIDAS controller operates on a Pentium
-based server and is responsible
for:
• Network startup and shutdown
• Network operation
• Network monitoring and control
• Bandwidth and power management
• LinkSync™ calculations
• Servicing call setup and termination requests from the traffic nodes
• Logging Call Detail Records (CDR)
• Logging events and alarms
The MIDAS Controller can manage networks with up to 300 traffic nodes.
Each node can support up to 30 traffic channels. Refer to Chapter 1 for
descriptions and illustrations of a Single-Channel traffic node and Multi-
Channel traffic nodes.
The database server, which also shares the hardware platform with the
MIDAS Controller, is responsible for storing, retrieving, and maintaining the
integrity of the network information.
This information includes network configuration, network events and alarms,
call detail records, etc. All the information is stored in a proprietary database
and can be viewed by the MIDAS operator.
The call detail records can be exported (in comma-delimited format) for
billing purposes.