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SMD is a tool for station automation providing control of all devices in the path from a transceiver to antenna
including Power amplifiers, Rotators, Switches, Stacks etc. while allowing other SMDs to share the same
devices while providing safety protection individually adjusted for each specific configuration.
Control of the whole setup should be considered as some boxes connected to the same bus (uLINK bus). Boxes
are all SMDs included in the setup, each is connected to its transceiver and/or transceiver with interface (MKII,
MK2R+). Than boxes are uLINK relay modules driving all RF boxes (Antenna Switches, Stacking boxes, 4 SQ
boxes ...) and special uLINK boxes (Rotator and Data) controlling or driving Rotators, SteppIR / UltraBeam
antennas, Tuners, shared Power Amplifiers ...
In order to achieve individual control of the entire station from one or several operating positions (one or several
SMDs), Router must know whole setup and accordingly compile configuration for all SMDs and uLINK modules
because SMDs is controlling the setup thru its own ports and thru shared ports on uLINK modules.
To let Router know the setup, complete information has to be entered to the Router, from radios at the beginning
up to antennas at the end. Every station component which is accessed by any radio and has to be controlled by
any SMD must be included in the setup, regardless of if setup contains only one radio / one SMD, two radios /
two SMDs (SO2R) or if it is a multi-station setup.
The Configuration Management tab and all its sub-tabs serves exactly for this purpose, provides an editor for
entering whole setup in to the Router; defining all RF connections between all parts of the setup, assigning
control for all RF boxes and "programming" the behavior for ALL SMDs and ALL uLINK modules included in the
station setup by setup elements requirements and user definition.
IMPORTANT: It is very important to realize that the configuration covers the entire installation including all
operating positions, not just one Station Master Deluxe.
IMPORTANT: The state of each SMD's internal ports is not visible to other SMDs in the uLINK network. This
means that the local outputs of SMD (relay outputs, serial port, internal rotator controller) cannot be used
for devices (antenna switches, rotators etc...) that must be accessed by other stations or if other stations
need to be aware of their state in order to achieve certain protection level. For example local relay
outputs can be used for BPF control with the associated transceiver but cannot be used for controlling
one half of Double Ten Switch in SO2R setup. This is because the Double Ten Switch contains antenna
connections for both radios and its status must be visible to all stations for interlock and protection.
Remember this rule when you will define your configuration.
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