RadiMation Application Note 125
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Pontis Pecos: Using Pontis Pecos
This application note is intended to make users aware of how to use the Pontis Pecos driver.
Supported features
Tested on and supports Pontis Pecos Version 5.1.0 Build 522
Supports connection over: LAN
Supports up to eight detectors
Supports detector types: Colour, Blink, motion and OCR
Supports OSD for following measurement data:
- Netto power
- Forward power
- Reflectd power
- Carrier level
- Field strength
- Frequency
Pecos AD Converter
How to set up the AD converter driver
In the monitoring input channels of the EUT window the Pecos AD converter driver must be configured for more information on how to set up AD channels see(reference to another wiki page)
Communication
In the communication tab of the advanced settings the Ip-address and port of the machine which hosts the Pecos software must be configured. This is seen on the image below.
Authorization
To log in to the Pecos software the credentials for the Pecos software must be stored in the Authorisation tab of the advanced settings of the Pecos driver. This is seen on the image below.
Detector configuration panel
When using the AD Converter driver the caption of the detector as configured in the Pecos software must be stored in the advanced setting of the Pecos AD Converter driver. See image below for the location of the caption. For more information how to configure detector events in the Pecos software see the Pecos manual
These settings will determine on which RadiMation AD channels the configured detectors will be plotted. This is seen on the image below. Note: The value stored in these fields must exactly match the caption of the detectors.
Pecos EUT controller
How to set up the EUT controller driver
The Pecos EUT controller driver can be added to a new or already existing test site. This is done by opening the test site configuration and selecting the Pecos EUT controller for the EUT controller driver. See image below.
For more information on how to add more drivers shown in RadiMation see (reference to another wiki page)
Communication
In the communication tab of the advanced settings the Ip-address and port of the machine which hosts the Pecos software must be configured. This is seen on the image below.
Authorization
To log in to the Pecos software the credentials for the Pecos software must be stored in the Authorisation tab of the advanced settings of the Pecos driver. This is seen on the image below.
Tags
When using the on screen display specific captions must be configured in the Pecos software. RadiMation expects the following captions to be present:
- ID_NETTOPOWER -> To display the netto power in dBm
- ID_FORWARDPOWER -> To display the forward power in dBm
- ID_REFLECTEDPOWER -> To display the reflected power in dBm
- ID_CARRIERLEVEL -> To display the carrier level in dBm
- ID_FIELDSTRENGTH -> To display the field strength in V/m
- ID_FREQUENCY -> To display the frequency in MHz
These captions must be configured as is seen in the image below. For more information how to exactly configure input data streams in the Pecos software see the Pecos manual
Errors
The following errors could be raised by the Pecos driver
EC_PONTIS_PECOS_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED: "Authorisation has failed. Please make sure the right credentials are used and try again.";
- When this error is encountered make sure the right login credentials are configured in the authorization tab of the advanced settings of the Pecos driver.
EC_DETECTOR_NOT_CONFIGURED: "Invalid Detector ID configured in Device driver. Please make sure that the configured ID matches the name of the Detector. Also make sure that the detector is enabled in the Pecos software.";
- Make sure that the captions of the detectors as configured in the Pecos software matches the captions in the Detector panel tab of the advanced settings of the Pecos AD converter driver. Also check if the detector is enabled in the Pecos software.
EC_TO_MANY_ADCHANNELS_SELECTED: "Too many AD Channels have been configured in RadiMation. Please make sure the number of AD channels matches the amount of detectors.";
- In the Monitoring input channels tab of the EUT window more AD channels have been configured than detectors are enabled in the Pecos software. If this is the case verify if all requested detectors are enabled in the Pecos software. If this checks out then less AD channels must be configured since there are not enough detectors to couple to each AD channel.
EC_NotAllBytesRead
- “Not al bytes have been read from the communication channel.”
This error is sometimes raised during the initialization of the pecos ADConverter/EUT controller drivers. When this error is raised retry initializing the test.
EC_External_component_exception
- “External component has thrown exception
This error is sometimes raised during the initialization of the pecos ADConverter/EUT controller drivers. When this error is raised retry initializing the test.
