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.PL WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 1. _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER WHATS-UP (c) Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ, 1990 Joe Kasser G3ZCZ/W3 POB 3419 Silver Spring, Md. 20918 (301) 593 6136 G3ZCZ @ N4QQ.MD.USA This version of WHATS-UP allows you to capture, decode, display and extract for analysis telemetry from the Digital Voice Encoder (DOVE) OSCAR 17, Fuji-OSCAR 20 spacecraft. It also allows you to process captured telemetry from the late Fuji-OSCAR 12 spacecraft. WHATS-UP is a table driven program via the configuration files to allow maximum flexibility. This program does not decode/display the AMSAT/UoSAT Binary telemetry data, and should not be used to capture binary telemetry. The program is distributed as a Shareware product. You may freely copy and share the product for noncommercial use, with your friends, associates and other radio hams. If you decide to use the product, you are asked to become a registered user by com- pleting the registration form and sending it, and $35.00 or equivalent in foreign currency to the author. Upon receipt of your registration, you will receive one free update disk, telephone and mail (electronic and regular) support. This product may not be sold or distributed with another product without the express written permission of Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ. Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ will only support unmodified copies of this software. Your comments and suggestions for changes are however welcome. If you are the first to suggest a change that is imple- mented, you will be sent a complimentary copy of the disk with the change incorporated. Potential Commercial and Educational Institution Users please contact Joe Kasser directly for modifications and/or details of Site licensing. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 2. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Capabilities 3.0 Things You Should Know 3.1 TNC State 3.2 Limit Checking 3.3 Link Quality Measurements 3.4 Program Requirements 3.5 Data Format 3.6 Display Pages 3.7 Function Keys 3.8 Typical Screen Color Combinations 3.9 TNCs 3.10 Obtaining Updates 3.11 Look Up Tables 4.0 Bringing Up WHATS-UP For the First Time 4.1 Editing the Configuration File. 4.2 Starting the program. 5.0 Standby Mode 5.1 Extract From Playback File 5.2 Interactive Mode 5.3 Playback Mode 5.4 AMSAT/OSCAR Menu 5.5 Real Time Mode 5.6 Change Directory Path 5.7 Change Display Page 5.8 Show Space on Disk 5.9 Change Playback File 5.10 Change Microsat 5.11 Show Defaults 5.12 View Playback File 5.13 Exit to Dos 5.14 Show Files 5.15 Show Color Chart 6.0 Playback Mode 7.0 Interactive Mode 8.0 Real Time Mode 9.0 (Data) Extraction Mode 10.0 Configuration File 11.0 Spacecraft Parameter Files COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 3. 12.0 Telemetry Channel Extraction File 13.0 Extracted Telemetry Data File APPENDIX A DOVE Telemetry APPENDIX B Fuji-OSCAR 20 Telemetry APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry APPENDIX D Information about AMSAT APPENDIX E Amateur Radio Software by Joe Kasser G3ZCZ APPENDIX F Shareware COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 4. 1.0 Introduction Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio (OSCAR) send back volumes of Telemetry daily and apart from a few Command stations no-one seems to be doing anything with it. We, as Radio Amateurs tend to concentrate on the communications capabilities of the spacecraft and ignore their telemetry completely. If we do listen to a beacon, it's usually just to check that the transponder is on, heaven forbid - to actually copy any data. The telemetry can tell us a story. It can tell us what is happening to both the spacecraft and its environment. As such it has a tremendous educational potential which has remained just that - a potential for at least the last six years. Before every satellite launch the equations and format for the spacecraft telemetry are published by AMSAT. The telemetry tells us about the health and welfare of the spacecraft itself, and something about the payload. Spacecraft health and welfare information tells us about the battery, solar cells and on board computer status. Payload information can range from information about transponder loading/utilization to data from instruments that measure the environment of the space in and around the satellite. Battery Telemetry is used by the command stations to determine when the spacecraft can be used, and when the transponders should be shut down. The number of individuals not associated with command stations who have decoded spacecraft telemetry and published their findings can be counted using the fingers of one hand. There's a lot of computing power out there that has the potential to process telemetry and discover something new, but does not have the access to the data. WHATS- UP is an attempt to provide that data to the average Radio Amateur. 2.0 Capabilities WHATS-UP contains the following features: * Real-time, Interactive and Playback modes. * Automatic Capture-to-disk of raw telemetry. * Extracts telemetry channel data to a database or spreadsheet readable file for further analysis. * Link quality measurement. * Capability to display and print the raw telemetry as it is received. * Up to 16 user configurable display pages (screens). You set the position on the page (width of engineering unit field, and COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 5. number of decimal places) that a parameter is displayed at. * Wild card page (parameter shows up on all pages). * Selectable display of Engineering units or Hex byte for each display page. * Display of raw packets (i.e. STATUS) * Color changes if a parameter value changed between successive frames. * Audio and visual alarms if a telemetry value exceeds, falls below or falls outside a preset limit value(s). * Dumb split screen terminal mode (a la LAN-LINK). * Customizable colors, PC to TNC baud rate, data parity and stop bits. * Default spacecraft configuration files. * Time of day clock display (in HH:MM:SS format) 3.0 Things You Should Know 3.1 TNC State WHATS-UP does not change the TNC state at start up, unless you command a time change or a configuration. 3.2 Limit Checking Limits are only checked for parameters being displayed (in Engineering units). With this approach, you can set up different pages for different on-board subsystems, you can also set up different display pages of the same parameters for daylight, darkness and terminator crossing passes, with different limit values to draw your attention to changes. 3.3 Link Quality Measurements The link quality part allows the following to be done. You can define which of the packets you want to display/count (If you just want to count them and not display them, set the page value to 99). You can then view an incrementing count counter each time a selected packet is received. For example, using DOVE-OSCAR 17, you can also display the contents of the STATUS, WASH or BCRXMT packets in any display page. This feature allows you to get an idea of how good your receiving system is. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 6. 3.4 Program Requirements IBM PC or clone with 256k memory. A Packet TNC with an RS-232 interface is required for real time data capture. WHATS-UP has been tested with a TNC2, an MFJ1278, a KAM and a PK-232 so far. 3.5 Data Format The program DOES require that the telemetry be received, and captured-to-disk with the packet header on a different line to the contents of the packet (HEADERLINE ON). I also suggest that you turn the date/time stamp on so that you will be able to playback your data and extract selected values and their corresponding time codes into a file that can be read into your spreadsheet program for further trend analysis. 3.6 Display Pages This version (the default) is set up to display all packets as wild cards (i.e will show up on all pages), and then display several temperatures and solar cell array currents. By putting the correct parameters in the SPACECRAFT.SYS file, you can set up any of the pages to display any of the telemetry channel data in any row and column in that page. 3.7 Function Keys The following function keys are active: FK 1 capture to disk Toggle FK 2 type of display Engineering Units/Raw Byte Toggle FK 3 select display page Alt-B send a 'Break' to the TNC (interactive mode only) Alt-C connect to another packet station (interactive mode only) Alt-D disconnect from another packet station (interactive mode only) Alt-P Printer on/off toggle Alt-S Sound on/off toggle Alt-X Quit Mode left arrow decreases playback speed right arrow increases playback speed. 3.8 Typical Screen Color Combinations You can view the colors associated with the different numbers by choosing the '*' option in the Main Menu. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 7. 3.9 TNCs Version 0.55 is set up to configure the PK-232 in the AMSAT- OSCAR Mode. You can use other TNCs in the packet modes if you configure them yourself. 3.10 Obtaining Updates It is anticipated that WHATS-UP is going to grow and incorporate features for decoding and displaying data from other spacecraft. Microsat binary telemetry decode and display capability will be added when AMSAT announce that the format has stabilized, and sufficient registered users express interest in having it. To stay on the mailing list and receive an update as it is released, register your copy, then send in a disk containing at least 300k of captured data from the spacecraft of your choice. If you would like to exchange data with other educational institutions or users so as to be able to analyze more data than you can get on a single pass, indicate that fact and we will try and put you in direct touch with others who are similarly inclined. 3.11 Look Up tables WHATS-UP uses look up tables to determine how the telemetry is decoded and where the decoded data are displayed. This allows you as the user to customize display pages and configure new tables when changes are made in the data the spacecraft sends, or when new spacecraft are launched. For example, a look up table set for Fuji-OSCAR 12 will also work with fuji-OSCAR 20 if the equation coefficients and description text are changed in the configuration file. Similar configuration files can be used for each of the AMSAT Microsat ASCII telemetry data formats that were used in the months following the launch. 4.0 Bringing Up WHATS-UP For the First Time WHATS-UP has four basic modes of operation; Interactive, Real- time, Data Extraction and Playback. You must configure WHATS-UP before you try any Real-time activity. 4.1 Editing the Configuration File. The configuration file is called WHATS-UP.SYS. You must edit it with an ASCII word processor (in the non document mode) to set up the correct parameters on the RS-232 link between your TNC and your PC. See Section 10 for details of what parameter is on which line of the WHATS-UP.SYS file. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 8. 4.2 Starting the program. You may start the program in three ways as follows. 4.2.1 Default Type 'whats-up' and return (without the ' characters). This brings the program up in the default mode. It will read the whats-up.sys file to determine the spacecraft being monitored, and then prompt you for the mode. 4.2.2 User Chosen spacecraft Type 'whats-up spacecraft' and return (without the ' characters). The program reads the spacecraft.sys file to load the parameters for the Microsat of choice, and then prompts you for the mode. Examples of the command are : 'WHATS-UP DOVE' or 'WHATS-UP Fuji20' 4.2.3 Custom Mode Type 'whats-up spacecraft mode' and return (without the ' characters). This brings the program up in the custom mode. It will read the whats-up.sys file to determine the spacecraft being monitored, and then start up in the mode you set. Valid modes are 'p', 'i', 'e' and 'r'. Examples of the command are : 'WHATS-UP DOVE R' or 'WHATS-UP Fuji20 R' If you place a command line like this in your autoexec.bat file, should you be copying telemetry in an unattended manner and a power failure take place, the system will boot up into the correct WHATS-UP mode when power is restored. 5.0 Standby Mode The standby Mode presents you with the Main Menu, organized in two prompt windows, as shown below. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 9. The MODES Menu Window E Extract From Playback File I Interactive Mode P Playback Mode O AMSAT/OSCAR Menu R Real Time Mode The SELECTIONS Menu Window A Change Directory Path C Change Display Page D Show Space on Disk F Change Playback File M Change Microsat S Show Defaults V View Playback File X Exit to Dos Z Show Files * Show Color Chart Type the letter associated with the option to perform it. Each of the options are described below. 5.1 Extract From Playback File This option begins up the Extraction mode. 5.2 Interactive Mode This option begins up the Interactive mode. 5.3 Playback Mode This option begins up the Playback mode. 5.4 AMSAT/OSCAR Menu When you exercise this option you will be presented with the Menu shown below. A UoSAT ASCII Beacon B Phase 3 RTTY Beacon M Fuji/Microsat ASCII Packet Each option is described below. 5.4.1 UoSAT ASCII Beacon This option will configure the PK-232 to copy the UoSAT-OSCAR 11 telemetry. Note: you require a hardware change in the PK- 232 to make sense of the received data. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 10. 5.4.2 Phase 3 RTTY Beacon This option will configure the PK-232 to copy the UoSAT-OSCAR 13 Baudot Beacon. 5.4.3 Fuji/Microsat ASCII Packet This option will configure the PK-232 to copy the DOVE and Fuji ASCII format PACKET telemetry. You should not use WHATS-UP to capture AMSAT/UoSAT binary telemetry because WHATS-UP filters the ^J and ^M (carriage return and line feed characters) from the incoming datastream. 5.5 Real Time Mode This option begins up the Real-time mode. 5.6 Change Directory Path This option allows you to temporarily change the directory path. 5.7 Change Display Page This option allows you to change the display page for the Real-time, Playback and Extraction Modes. It performs the same operation as Function key 3 (F3) when those modes are active. 5.8 Show Space on Disk This option allows you to see how much space is left on a disk with exiting from the program. 5.9 Change Playback File This option allows you to change the playback file. To select a file, move the cursor down to the desired file and push the 'Enter' key. If you have more files than fit in the window, touch the 'PgDn' key to display another window full. 5.10 Change Microsat This option allows you to choose another spacecraft. To select a another one, enter the name of the spacecraft.sys file. For example, the default files supplied with Version 0.55 are DOVE.SYS and FUJI.SYS. To select the DOVE or the Fuji-20 spacecraft, type 'DOVE' or 'Fuji' COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 11. 5.11 Show Defaults This option allows you to display the default settings. 5.12 View Playback File This option allows you to view the contents of the playback file. 5.13 Exit to Dos This option allows you to terminate WHATS-UP and return to DOS. 5.15 Show Color Chart This option allows you to display the color combinations. Use this to see what how the different color combinations appear on your screen, note the numbers associated with each color, then exit from the program and edit the WHATS-UP.SYS file using your editor in its ASCII (non document)mode to change the colors to those you desire. 6.0 Playback Mode The Playback mode allows you to play back captured telemetry with 4 speeds (speedy, slow, slower and snail's pace). If you touch the 'Escape' key you will bring up the following Menu. D Show Space on Disk R Reset Packet Counters Q Quit to Main Menu Z Show Spacecraft data Files Type the letter associated with the option to perform it. Each of the options are described below. 6.1 Show Space on Disk This option allows you to see how much space is left on a disk with exiting from the program. 6.2 Reset Packet Counters This option resets the packet counters to zero. use this before playing back a data file to see how many packets of each type are present in the file. 6.3 Quit to Main Menu This option returns you to the Main menu. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 12. 6.4 Show Spacecraft data Files This option shows you the data files for the chosen spacecraft in the default directory path. 7.0 Interactive Mode The Interactive mode is a dumb terminal. You can use it to give commands to the TNC. The usual one is to set the TNC date from the computer's clock. You should also use it to set the 'HEADERLINE ON'. In this mode, you will see the raw packets on the channel. You can also use this mode as a regular TNC program (If you do, you ought to get your head examined, because LAN-LINK will do the job much better). The capture-to-disk will turn on when the first packet is copied, and will turn off two minutes after the last. If you touch the 'Escape' key you will bring up the following Menu. C Configure PK-232 D Show Space on Disk O AMSAT/OSCAR Menu Q Quit to Main Menu Z Show Spacecraft data Files Type the letter associated with the option to perform it. Each of the options are described below. 7.1 Configure PK-232 This option configures the PK-232 to copy the UI packets transmitted by the Packet spacecraft. 7.2 Show Space on Disk This option allows you to see how much space is left on a disk with exiting from the program. 7.3 AMSAT/OSCAR Menu This option brings up the AMSAT/OSCAR Menu as described in the Main Menu in the Standby mode. 7.4 Quit to Main Menu This option returns you to the Main menu. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 13. 7.5 Show Spacecraft data Files This option shows you the data files for the chosen spacecraft in the default directory path. 8.0 Real Time Mode The Real-time mode converts and displays engineering data. You can display up to 16 (configured by you) pages of information. Information that changes between successive frames, is shown in a different color. Information that has exceeded a preset (by you) limit is shown in an alarm color (default: blinking red). The capture-to-disk will turn on when the first packet is copied, and will turn off two minutes after the last. If you touch the 'Escape' key you will bring up the following Menu. D Show Space on Disk R Reset Packet Counters Q Quit to Main Menu Z Show Spacecraft data Files Type the letter associated with the option to perform it. Each of the options are described below. 8.1 Show Space on Disk This option allows you to see how much space is left on a disk with exiting from the program. 8.2 Reset Packet Counters This option resets the packet counters to zero. use this before a pass to see how many packets of each type are received during the pass. 8.3 Quit to Main Menu This option returns you to the Main menu. 8.4 Show Spacecraft data Files This option shows you the data files for the chosen spacecraft in the default directory path. 9.0 (Data) Extraction Mode In this mode, data is extracted from a playback file into a file that can be read into a spreadsheet. If you answer the prompt for the default file with a non-existent filename, WHATS-UP will COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 14. prompt you for individual channel numbers. To terminate the sequence and begin the extract mode, touch the 'Enter' key without entering a channel number. Note: Start and stop times are text string matches. 10.0 Configuration File The contents of the Configuration file (WHATS-UP.SYS) are as follows: Your callsign (e.g. G3ZCZ) Default configuration file) (e.g. Dove) station latitude (e.g. 35.00) station longitude (e.g. 74.00) station altitude (e.g. 100) default directory path (e.g C:) default extracted data file (e.g. whats-up.txt) default file name with list of telemetry parameters to extract file (e.g. ARRAYS) TNC Type (e.g. PK-232) PC serial port (e.g. 1) PC serial baud rate (e.g. 1200) data bits (e.g. 8) Stop bits (e.g. 1) parity (e.g. 0) status (top) window color (e.g. 79) Telemetry Page color (e.g. 14) outgoing window color (e.g. 14) incoming window color (e.g. 30) prompt window color (e.g. 15) alarm window color (e.g. 15) bottom window color (e.g. 79) Emphasis color (e.g. 14) prompt color (e.g. 14) option color (e.g. 78) parameter changed color (e.g. 95) parameter limit exceeded color (e.g. 14) * Comment line remaining lines are commands sent to the PK232 when you configure the TNC. Note to avoid lock ups FLOW and XFLOW MUST be OFF. HEAD ON ECHO OFF DAYSTAMP ON MONITOR 6 MSTAMP ON FLOW OFF XFLOW OFF The callsign, TNC Type and geographic parameters are not used in this version. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 15. You must configure WHATS-UP before you try any Real Time activity. 11.0 Spacecraft Parameter Files You will need a Different spacecraft parameter file for each spacecraft. Spacecraft parameter files are named by the spacecraft and given the extension '.SYS'. Examples are 'DOVE.SYS' and 'Fuji20.SYS'. These files determine how the individual channels are decoded, and where, in which screen page, and in which color the decoded data are displayed. Some of the items are unique to WHATS-UP and some to the particular spacecraft. The contents of the SPACECRAFT.SYS file are as described below. 11.1 Spacecraft ID. This is the call sign of the spacecraft. For example, Spacecraft ID DOVE-OSCAR 17 DOVE-1 Fuji-OSCAR 12 8J1JAS Fuji-OSCAR 20 8J1JBS In the case of the Microsats and Fuji-OSCAR 12/20, WHATS-UP searches the packet headers to detect the spacecraft by the ID. 11.2 Spacecraft Suffix This becomes the filetype for the capture-to-disk files. The default suggestions are as shown below. Spacecraft Suffix AMSAT-OSCAR 13 O13 UoSAT-OSCAR 11 U11 DOVE-OSCAR 17 D17 Fuji-OSCAR 12 F12 Fuji-OSCAR 20 F20 PACSAT-OSCAR 16 P16 WEBER-OSCAR 18 W18 LU-OSCAR 19 L19 11.3 Selected or default display page number This is the default display page for the Real-time and Playback modes, when WHATS-UP is first loaded. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 16. 11.4 Number of display pages This is the number of display pages that you have defined. The maximum number is 16. This number must be correct as it tells WHATS-UP how many page definition lines to read. 11.5 Page Definitions These are the page definitions, with two items on the line. The format is PAGE_TITLE, Page_Color, as in the example below. SPACECRAFT HOUSEKEEPING, 30 11.6 Telemetry Parameter Configuration The next set of items are the Telemetry parameter configurations (maximum = 99). You must have at least one of these lines in the file. If you want a value to show up in more than one page (other than the wild card [0]) you must enter it twice (once per page). Typically each row contains 17 items in the format shown below. TLM_Channel, TLM_Segment_ID, TLM_Description, TLM_Eqn_Type, TLM_Ceof_C, TLM_Ceof_B, TLM_Ceof_A, TLM_Units, TLM_Page, TLM_Row, TLM_Col, TLM_Width, TLM_Dec, TLM_Limit_Check, TLM_Limit_Low,TLM_Limit_High. Each item is described in the following sections. 11.6.1 TLM_Channel This is the channel number of the telemetry data in the frame. The DOVE channel number is hexadecimal (e.g. '0F'), Fuji is decimal. Each entry must be two digits. A special identifying TLM_Channel is defined in WHATS- UP. If the value is '99 then the segment identifier and position of the segment identifier is defined in tow positions in the line. This special channel identifies the type of telemetry frame. 11.6.2 TLM_Segment_ID This is the segment identifier. The Fuji frame contains one real time segment (Segment 1) in a frame addressed as 8J1JBS>BEACON. A typical frame is shown below. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 17. 19-Apr-90 17:14:34 8J1JBS*>BEACON: JAS1b RA 90/04/19 17:13:58 609 430 687 676 744 837 845 829 498 681 617 001 505 516 526 524 526 523 654 000 683 675 686 695 999 643 875 471 099 000 110 111 000 000 111 100 001 111 111 000 The segment identifier is in the seventh and eighth characters of the first line of the data. A segment identifier of that position identifies the second segment. The segment identifier is the 'RA' located on the first line of the data just after the JAS1b where the 'R' in 'RA' is the seventh character in the line. Any telemetry frame addressed to BEACON received without that segment identifier is assumed by WHATS-UP to be Segment 2. DOVE transmits telemetry in two frames each addressed as DOVE-1>TLM. The Microsat ASCII frame thus contains two segments. Two typical segments of DOVE telemetry are shown below. DOVE-1>TLM [01/29/90 22:08:46]: 00:59 01:59 02:86 03:30 04:58 05:58 06:6D 07:45 08:6C 09:66 0A:A1 0B:D9 0C:E8 0D:D8 0E:01 0F:23 10:CC 11:A8 12:00 13:01 14:A8 15:94 16:96 17:94 18:95 19:96 1A:93 1B:90 1C:9A 1D:98 1E:23 1F:5E 20:BC DOVE-1>TLM [01/29/90 22:08:47]: 21:98 22:7B 23:24 24:21 25:2E 26:00 27:00 28:00 29:00 2A:00 2B:00 2C:00 2D:29 2E:00 2F:9B 30:C8 31:9C 32:11 33:DA 34:C0 35:95 36:A4 37:A4 38:B2 39:96 3A:00 The default segment identifier used by WHATS-UP is in the first and second characters of the first line of the data. A segment identifier of '00' identifies the first segment, and anything else in that position identifies the second segment. 11.6.3 TLM_Description This item is the text string or description of the telemetry channel that will be displayed on the screen page. (e.g. '+Z Array Temp.') 11.6.4 TLM_Eqn_Type This item tells WHATS-UP the type of equation to use to decode the telemetry. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 18. A type 1 equation is a quadratic of the form Y = A*N^2 + B*N + C, where: N = raw telemetry data value A, B, C = Equation Coefficients Y = Result (In Specified Units) This is the equation used by AMSAT-NA in the Microsats. Fuji uses two other equations. They are in the formats of Y = D*(N+E), and Y = F*(G-N). If you know some algebra you can convert both of Fuji's equations to the Format used by AMSAT, but since a computer is involved, why not let it do the job. You do however have to convert an equation of the form Y=(N+a)/b. A type 2 equation in WHATS-UP has the format in the form of Y = B*(N-A) , C=0 where B, A are coefficients Y, N are decimal values A type 3 equation in WHATS-UP has the format in the form of Y = B*(A-N) , C=0 where B, A are coefficients Y, N are decimal values If the TLM_Channel is '99', then this item contains the location of the segment identifier in the first line of the telemetry data. In the case of Fuji-OSCAR 12/20, the segment identifier is the 'RA' located on the first line of the data just after the JAS1b where the 'R' in 'RA' is the 7th character in the first line of the data. Thus the position of the segment identifier in this case is 7. In the case of the AMSAT Microsat ASCII telemetry, the segment identifier for the first segment is '00" in the seventh character of the first line of the data. Note that the segment identifier and position are user definable, and appear in the spacecraft.sys file. 11.6.5 TLM_Ceof_C This item is the equation Coefficient C. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 19. 11.6.6 TLM_Ceof_B This item is the equation Coefficient B. 11.6.7 TLM_Ceof_A This item is the equation Coefficient A. 11.6.8 TLM_Units This item is the Units text string (e.g. '.C') in the screen display. However if the Tlm_Channel is '99' then this item is the segment identifier string. 11.6.9 TLM_Page This item is the Display page number. A 0 is a 'wild card' which will be displayed on every page. 11.6.10 TLM_Row This item is the Display page row. It identifies which row in the screen the data element will be displayed. 11.6.11 TLM_Col This item is the Display page column. It identifies which column in the screen the data item will be displayed. 11.6.12 TLM_Width This item is the Display width for Engineering Units. It tells WHATS-UP how many characters wide the display is to be. You can set it to any value you want. For example, you can display a voltage as '1.3' or '1.28567'. Before you widen the display too much, remember the sampling accuracy of the analog-to-digital converter in the spacecraft. 11.6.13 TLM_Dec This item defines the number of digits after the decimal point in the display. 11.6.14 TLM_Limit_Check This item tells WHATS-UP to perform limit checking on the telemetry channel. It may have several values as described below. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 20. 0 = do nothing, 1 = check below low limit, 2= check above high limit, 3 = check for [below low limit] or [above high limit]). 11.6.15 TLM_Limit_Low This item is the Low limit value (e.g. -4.00). 11.6.17 TLM_Limit_High This item is the High limit value (e.g. +10.6). A line with an '*' as the first character terminates this section. 11.7 Packet/Link Parameters The next set of items are the Packet/Link Parameters configurations (maximum =*** ). You must have at least one of these lines in the file. If you want a value to show up in more than one page (other than the wild card [0]) you must enter it twice (once per page). Typically each row contains 10 items in the format shown below. Packet_title, Packet_Type, Packet_Lines, Packet_Page, Packet_Color, Packet_Row, Packet_Col, Link_Page, Link_Row, Link_Col. Each item is described in the following sections. 11.7.1 Packet_title This item is the name of UNP address (e.g. TLM,WASH, BCXRT). 11.7.2 Packet_Type This item is used by WHATS-UP to define the type of packet. The following assignments may be used. 1 AMSAT Microsat with the format CC:DD where CC is the hexadecimal channel number and DD the hexadecimal data. 3 Fuji format of decimal data in which the line and the position on the line identify the channel. WHATS-UP allows for up to 60 channels. 11.7.3 Packet_Lines This item is the number of lines of text in the packet. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 21. for example, the AMSAT TLM packets contain three lines, the WASH packets contain only one. 11.7.4 Packet_Page This item is the page that the raw contents of the packet will be displayed on. A '0' is a wild card which will make WHATS-UP display it on every page. By careful use of this item, you can display both raw and decoded packet data on the same page. 11.7.5 Packet_Color This item is the color that the raw packet data will be displayed in. 11.7.6 Packet_Row This item is the row position that the raw packet will be displayed in, on the selected page. 11.7.7 Packet_Col This item is the column position that the raw packet will be displayed in, on the selected page. 11.7.8 Link_Page This item is the Display page for the cumulative count of the packet type. The wild card '0' applies. 11.7.9 Link_Row This item is the row position that the packet header will be displayed in, on the selected page. 11.7.10 Link_Col This item is the column position that the packet header will be displayed in, on the selected page. These lines also terminate with an '*' character. 12.0 Telemetry Channel Extraction File The contents of this file are the defaults for extracting data from the playback file. A typical set are shown below. WHATS-UP does a string match, and looks for the first time that a particular string occurs. You may thus use the contents of a time packet, or the time mark in a header. ZCZC (default start time string) {start of file} NNNN (default stop time string) {end of file} COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP.DOC Release 0.55 Page 22. 26 (list of telemetry channels to be extracted) 27 (This one contains the solar array currents) 28 29 2A 2B 13.0 Extracted Telemetry Data File This an ASCII string, comma delimited file which can be imported into your spreadsheet. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 23 Latest Microsat Telemetry (TLM) Equations By Jan King W3GEY Reprinted from the AMSAT Journal Volume 13 Number 1, March 1990. Spacecraft: PACSAT-1: Rev: 1 Date: 1/7/90 Equations are in the form: Y = A*N^2 + B*N + C where: N = Telemetry Count (00 - FF) A, B, C = Equation Coefficients Y = Result (In Specified Units) HEX Description: C: B: A: Units: cccccccccc bbbbbbbbbb aaaaaaaaaa uuuuuu 0 Rx D DISC: +9.202 -0.08990 0.000 kHz 1 Rx D S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 2 Rx C DISC: +9.179 -0.09277 0.000 kHz 3 Rx C S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 4 Rx B DISC: +9.837 -0.08838 0.000 kHz 5 Rx B S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 6 Rx A DISC: +9.779 -0.09144 0.000 kHz 7 Rx A S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 8 Rx E/F DISC: +10.817 -0.09911 0.000 kHz 9 Rx E/F S meter:+0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts A +5 Volt Bus: +0.000 +0.0305 0.000 Volts B +5V Rx Current:+0.000 +0.000250 0.000 Amps C +2.5V VREF: +0.000 +0.0108 0.000 Volts D 8.5V BUS: +0.000 +0.0391 0.000 Volts E IR Detector: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts F LO Monitor I: +0.000 +0.000037 0.000 Amps 10 +10V Bus: +0.000 +0.0500 0.000 Volts 11 GASFET Bias I: +0.000 +0.000026 0.000 Amps 12 Ground REF: +0.000 +0.0100 0.000 Volts 13 +Z Array V: +0.000 +0.1023 0.000 Volts 14 Rx Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 15 +X (RX) temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 16 Bat 1 V: +1.8225 -0.0038046 0.000 Volts 17 Bat 2 V: +1.9418 -0.0046890 0.000 Volts 18 Bat 3 V: +1.8699 -0.0041641 0.000 Volts 19 Bat 4 V: +1.7403 -0.0032880 0.000 Volts 1A Bat 5 V: +1.8792 -0.0042492 0.000 Volts 1B Bat 6 V: +2.0499 -0.0054532 0.000 Volts 1C Bat 7 V: +1.9062 -0.0045331 0.000 Volts 1D Bat 8 V: +1.7536 -0.0033192 0.000 Volts COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 24 1E Array V: +8.055 +0.06790 0.000 Volts 1F +5V Bus: +2.035 +0.0312 0.000 Volts 20 +8.5V Bus: +5.464 +0.0184 0.000 Volts 21 +10V Bus: +7.650 +0.0250 0.000 Volts 22 BCR Set Point: -6.1130 +1.1270 0.000 Counts 23 BCR Load Cur: -0.0477 +0.00767 0.000 Amps 24 +8.5V Bus Cur: -0.00179 +0.000894 0.000 Amps 25 +5V Bus Cur: -0.00104 +0.00406 0.000 Amps 26 -X Array Cur: -0.00995 +0.00243 0.000 Amps 27 +X Array Cur: -0.02370 +0.00254 0.000 Amps 28 -Y Array Cur: -0.02220 +0.00273 0.000 Amps 29 +Y Array Cur: -0.01810 +0.00259 0.000 Amps 2A -Z Array Cur: -0.02230 +0.00221 0.000 Amps 2B +Z Array Cur: -0.02000 +0.00232 0.000 Amps 2C Ext Power Cur: -0.02000 +0.00250 0.000 Amps 2D BCR Input Cur: -0.02345 +0.00355 0.000 Amps 2E BCR Output Cur:+0.00869 +0.00303 0.000 Amps 2F Bat 1 Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 30 Bat 2 Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 31 Baseplt Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 32 PSK TX RF Out: -0.0291 +0.00361 +0.0000869 Watts 33 RC PSK TX Out: +0.0055 +0.00172 +0.0001180 Watts 34 PSK TX HPA Temp+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 35 +Y Array Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 36 RC PSK HPA Temp+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 37 RC PSK BP Temp:+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 38 +Z Array Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 39 S band TX Out: -0.0088 +0.00435 0.000 Watts 3A S band HPA Temp 0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts ADC Equations: V = 0.01028 N - 0.02055 N = 97.31 V +2.000 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 25 Spacecraft: DOVE-1: Rev: 1 Date: 1/7/90 Equations are in the form: Y = A*N^2 + B*N + C where: N = Telemetry Count (00 - FF) A, B, C = Equation Coefficients Y = Result (In Specified Units) HEX Description: C: B: A: Units: cccccccccc bbbbbbbbbb aaaaaaaaaa uuuuuu 0 Rx E/F Audio(W)+0.000 +0.0246 0.000 V(p-p) 1 Rx E/F Audio(N)+0.000 +0.0246 0.000 V(p-p) 2 Mixer Bias V: +0.000 +0.0102 0.000 Volts 3 Osc. Bisd V: +0.000 +0.0102 0.000 Volts 4 Rx A Audio (W):+0.000 +0.0246 0.000 V(p-p) 5 Rx A Audio (N):+0.000 +0.0246 0.000 V(p-p) 6 Rx A DISC: +10.427 -0.09274 0.000 kHz 7 Rx A S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 8 Rx E/F DISC: +9.6234 -0.09911 0.000 kHz 9 Rx E/F S meter:+0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts A +5 Volt Bus: +0.000 +0.0305 0.000 Volts B +5V Rx Current:+0.000 +0.000100 0.000 Amps C +2.5V VREF: +0.000 +0.0108 0.000 Volts D 8.5V BUS: +0.000 +0.0391 0.000 Volts E IR Detector: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts F LO Monitor I: +0.000 +0.000037 0.000 Amps 10 +10V Bus: +0.000 +0.05075 0.000 Volts 11 GASFET Bias I: +0.000 +0.000026 0.000 Amps 12 Ground REF: +0.000 +0.0100 0.000 Volts 13 +Z Array V: +0.000 +0.1023 0.000 Volts 14 Rx Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 15 +X (RX) temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 16 Bat 1 V: +1.7932 -0.0034084 0.000 Volts 17 Bat 2 V: +1.7978 -0.0035316 0.000 Volts 18 Bat 3 V: +1.8046 -0.0035723 0.000 Volts 19 Bat 4 V: +1.7782 -0.0034590 0.000 Volts 1A Bat 5 V: +1.8410 -0.0038355 0.000 Volts 1B Bat 6 V: +1.8381 -0.0038450 0.000 Volts 1C Bat 7 V: +1.8568 -0.0037757 0.000 Volts 1D Bat 8 V: +1.7868 -0.0034068 0.000 Volts 1E Array V: +7.205 +0.07200 0.000 Volts 1F +5V Bus: +1.932 +0.0312 0.000 Volts 20 +8.5V Bus: +5.265 +0.0173 0.000 Volts 21 +10V Bus: +7.469 +0.021765 0.000 Volts COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 26 22 BCR Set Point: -8.762 +1.1590 0.000 Counts 23 BCR Load Cur: -0.0871 +0.00698 0.000 Amps 24 +8.5V Bus Cur: -0.00920 +0.001899 0.000 Amps 25 +5V Bus Cur: +0.00502 +0.00431 0.000 Amps 26 -X Array Cur: -0.01075 +0.00215 0.000 Amps 27 +X Array Cur: -0.01349 +0.00270 0.000 Amps 28 -Y Array Cur: -0.01196 +0.00239 0.000 Amps 29 +Y Array Cur: -0.01141 +0.00228 0.000 Amps 2A -Z Array Cur: -0.01653 +0.00245 0.000 Amps 2B +Z Array Cur: -0.01137 +0.00228 0.000 Amps 2C Ext Power Cur: -0.02000 +0.00250 0.000 Amps 2D BCR Input Cur: +0.06122 +0.00317 0.000 Amps 2E BCR Output Cur:-0.01724 +0.00345 0.000 Amps 2F Bat 1 Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 30 Bat 2 Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 31 Baseplt Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 32 FM TX#1 RF OUT:+0.0256 -0.000884 +0.0000836 Watts 33 FM TX#2 RF OUT:-0.0027 +0.001257 +0.0000730 Watts 34 PSK TX HPA Temp+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 35 +Y Array Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 36 RC PSK HPA Temp+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 37 RC PSK BP Temp:+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 38 +Z Array Temp: +101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C 39 S band TX Out: -0.0451 +0.00403 0.000 Watts 3A S band HPA Temp+101.05 -0.6051 0.000 Deg. C ADC Equations: V = 0.01028 N - 0.05138 N = 97.31 V +5.000 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 27 Spacecraft: WEBER-1: Rev: 1 Date: 1/7/90 Equations are in the form: Y = A*N^2 + B*N + C where: N = Telemetry Count (00 - FF) A, B, C = Equation Coefficients Y = Result (In Specified Units) HEX Description: C: B: A: Units: cccccccccc bbbbbbbbbb aaaaaaaaaa uuuuuu 0 Rx D DISC: +11.087 -0.08949 0.000 kHz 1 Rx D S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 2 Rx C DISC: +10.322 -0.09448 0.000 kHz 3 Rx C S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 4 Rx B DISC: +10.348 -0.09004 0.000 kHz 5 Rx B S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 6 Rx A DISC: +11.387 -0.09535 0.000 kHz 7 Rx A S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 8 Rx E/F DISC: +10.746 -0.09348 0.000 kHz 9 Rx E/F S meter:+0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts A +5 Volt Bus: +0.000 +0.03523 0.000 Volts B +5V Rx Current:+0.000 +0.000234 0.000 Amps C +2.5V VREF: +0.000 +0.0133 0.000 Volts D 8.5V BUS: +0.000 +0.0524 0.000 Volts E IR Detector: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts F LO Monitor I: +0.000 +0.000033 0.000 Amps 10 +10V Bus: +0.000 +0.0767 0.000 Volts 11 GASFET Bias I: +0.000 +0.000026 0.000 Amps 12 Ground REF: +0.000 +0.0100 0.000 Volts 13 +Z Array V: +0.000 +0.1023 0.000 Volts 14 Rx Temp: +100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 15 +X (RX) Temp: +100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 16 Bat 1 V: +1.8292 -0.0037196 0.000 Volts 17 Bat 2 V: +1.8202 -0.0036943 0.000 Volts 18 Bat 3 V: +1.8050 -0.0036721 0.000 Volts 19 Bat 4 V: +1.8576 -0.0038979 0.000 Volts 1A Bat 5 V: +1.8095 -0.0037439 0.000 Volts 1B Bat 6 V: +1.8979 -0.0041754 0.000 Volts 1C Bat 7 V: +1.8246 -0.0038126 0.000 Volts 1D Bat 8 V: +1.7486 -0.0030475 0.000 Volts 1E Array V: +7.800 +0.06790 0.000 Volts 1F +5V Bus: +1.838 +0.0312 0.000 Volts 20 +8.5V Bus: +5.793 +0.0184 0.000 Volts 21 +10V Bus: +7.650 +0.0250 0.000 Volts 22 BCR Set Point: -6.1963 +1.1277 0.000 Counts COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 28 23 BCR Load Cur: -0.0405 +0.00620 0.000 Amps 24 +8.5V Bus Cur: +0.00384 +0.000830 0.000 Amps 25 +5V Bus Cur: -0.00763 +0.00394 0.000 Amps 26 -X Array Cur: -0.00140 +0.00210 0.000 Amps 27 +X Array Cur: +0.00946 +0.00226 0.000 Amps 28 -Y Array Cur: -0.01018 +0.00224 0.000 Amps 29 +Y Array Cur: -0.01168 +0.00239 0.000 Amps 2A -Z Array Cur: -0.01516 +0.00237 0.000 Amps 2B +Z Array Cur: -0.02111 +0.00239 0.000 Amps 2C Ext Power Cur: -0.02000 +0.00250 0.000 Amps 2D BCR Input Cur: -0.02189 +0.00332 0.000 Amps 2E BCR Output Cur:-0.03019 +0.00327 0.000 Amps 2F Bat 1 Temp: +100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 30 Bat 2 Temp: +100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 31 Baseplate Temp:+100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 32 PSK TX RF Out: +0.2104 -0.01203 +0.0001786 Watts 33 RC PSK TX Out: +0.0340 -0.00969 +0.0002198 Watts 34 PSK TX HPA Temp+100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 35 +Y Array Temp: +100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 36 RC PSK HPA Temp+100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 37 RC PSK BP Temp:+100.01 -0.5980 0.000 Deg. C 38 +Z Array Temp: +0.0000 +1.0000 0.000 Counts ADC Equations: V = 0.01016 N - 0.05080 N = 98.43 V +5.000 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 29 Spacecraft: LUSAT-1: Rev: 1 Date: 1/7/90 Equations are in the form: Y = A*N^2 + B*N + C where: N = Telemetry Count (00 - FF) A, B, C = Equation Coefficients Y = Result (In Specified Units) HEX Description: C: B: A: Units: cccccccccc bbbbbbbbbb aaaaaaaaaa uuuuuu 0 Rx D DISC: +9.802 -0.08779 0.000 kHz 1 Rx D S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 2 Rx C DISC: +8.429 -0.09102 0.000 kHz 3 Rx C S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 4 Rx B DISC: +9.291 -0.08317 0.000 kHz 5 Rx B S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 6 Rx A DISC: +9.752 -0.08310 0.000 kHz 7 Rx A S meter: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts 8 Rx E/F DISC: +10.110 -0.08610 0.000 kHz 9 Rx E/F S meter:+0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts A +5 Volt Bus: +0.000 +0.0305 0.000 Volts B +5V Rx Current:+0.000 +0.000250 0.000 Amps C +2.5V VREF: +0.000 +0.0108 0.000 Volts D 8.5V BUS: +0.000 +0.0391 0.000 Volts E IR Detector: +0.000 +1.000 0.000 Counts F LO Monitor I: +0.000 +0.000037 0.000 Amps 10 +10V Bus: +0.000 +0.0508 0.000 Volts 11 GASFET Bias I: +0.000 +0.000026 0.000 Amps 12 Ground REF: +0.000 +0.0100 0.000 Volts 13 +Z Array V: +0.000 +0.1023 0.000 Volts 14 Rx Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 15 +X (RX) Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 16 Bat 1 V: +1.7343 -0.0029740 0.000 Volts 17 Bat 2 V: +1.7512 -0.0032113 0.000 Volts 18 Bat 3 V: +1.7790 -0.0034038 0.000 Volts 19 Bat 4 V: +1.7286 -0.0030036 0.000 Volts 1A Bat 5 V: +1.8114 -0.0036960 0.000 Volts 1B Bat 6 V: +1.7547 -0.0032712 0.000 Volts 1C Bat 7 V: +1.7151 -0.0030739 0.000 Volts 1D Bat 8 V: +1.6846 -0.0028534 0.000 Volts 1E Array V: +8.100 +0.06790 0.000 Volts 1F +5V Bus: +2.035 +0.0312 0.000 Volts 20 +8.5V Bus: +5.614 +0.0184 0.000 Volts 21 +10V Bus: +7.650 +0.0250 0.000 Volts COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX A AMSAT Microsat ASCII Telemetry Page 30 22 BCR Set Point: +3.7928 +1.0616 0.000 Counts 23 BCR Load Cur: -0.0244 +0.00628 0.000 Amps 24 +8.5V Bus Cur: +0.00412 +0.000773 0.000 Amps 25 +5V Bus Cur: +0.02461 +0.00438 0.000 Amps 26 +X Array Cur: -0.01614 +0.00232 0.000 Amps 27 -X Array Cur: -0.01158 +0.00238 0.000 Amps 28 -Y Array Cur: +0.00278 +0.00206 0.000 Amps 29 +Y Array Cur: +0.00136 +0.00218 0.000 Amps 2A -Z Array Cur: +0.00370 +0.00209 0.000 Amps 2B +Z Array Cur: -0.00793 +0.00216 0.000 Amps 2C Ext Power Cur: -0.02000 +0.00250 0.000 Amps 2D BCR Input Cur: -0.00901 +0.00283 0.000 Amps 2E BCR Output Cur:+0.00663 +0.00344 0.000 Amps 2F Bat 1 Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 30 Bat 2 Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 31 Baseplt Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 32 PSK TX RF Out: +0.1059 +0.00095 +0.0000834 Watts 33 RC PSK TX Out: +0.0178 +0.00135 +0.0000833 Watts 34 PSK TX HPA Temp+93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 35 +Y Array Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 36 RC PSK HPA Temp+93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 37 RC PSK BP Temp:+93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 38 +Z Array Temp: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 Deg. C 39 LU Bcn Temp A: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 * Deg. C 3A LU Bcn Temp D: +93.24 -0.5609 0.000 ** Deg. C 3B Coax Rly Stat: +0.000 +1.0000 0.000 Counts 3C Coax Rly Stat: +0.000 +1.0000 0.000 Counts ADC Equations: V = 0.00953 N N = 104.94 V * Note 1: Thermistor located near box center adjacent to LU thermistor channel no. 5. ** Note 2: Thermistor located near -X face of box on the experiment baseplate. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 31 Introduction On February 7 1990, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) put the Marine Observation Satellite (MOS) 1b into orbit. The launch vehicle also carried two secondary payloads, Fuji-Oscar 20 and the Deployable Boom and Umbrella Test (DEBUT) spacecraft which is similar in shape and weight to Fuji-OSCAR 20. MOS-1b was placed into a circular polar orbit, then DEBUT and Fuji-OSCAR 20 separated from the launch vehicle at 0233, above Santiago, Chile. First signals from the spacecraft were received in Tokyo around 0309 UTC. Fuji-OSCAR 20 is similar in construction to Fuji-OSCAR 12. In fact, it was originally constructed as a backup to Fuji-OSCAR 12 and designated as JAS-1B. It has since been modified and improved as a result of the lessons learned during the flight of Fuji- OSCAR 12. Fuji-OSCAR 12 was known as Fuji-1 in Japan, so this spacecraft is known by the Japanese as Fuji-2 and as Fuji-OSCAR 12 (or FO-12) by the rest of the world. This article, describes the spacecraft and its mission. The Orbit Fuji-OSCAR 20's planned service life is 5 years. It is in a sunsynchronous elliptical polar orbit, having a perigee of about 900 km and an apogee of about 1740 at an inclination of 99 degrees. The Period of the orbit is about 105 minutes. This orbit is optimal for MOS-1b which is to study oceanographic resources and observe agricultural environmental conditions. In this orbit, the spacecraft passes over a given line of latitude at approximately the same time each day. In this orbit, the spacecraft is shielded from the sun by the earth for about 33% of the time. This eclipse means that the solar cells can only provide power for about 70 minutes in each orbit and that the on- board nickel cadmium storage batteries have to power the spacecraft for the remaining 35 minutes. The Spacecraft Fuji-OSCAR 20 weighs about 50 kg. and is a polyhedron shaped spacecraft 440mm in diameter and 470mm in height covered by approximately 1500 gallium arsenide solar cells which provide about 11 Watts of power to keep the 11 series-connected NiCad cells (rectangular) with a capacity of 6 AH charged. There are 26 sides to the polyhedron which almost makes it spherical for all practical purposes other than sticking solar cells to it. Fuji-OSCAR 12 was the same shape but only carried about 600 cells. This larger number of cells means that Fuji-OSCAR 20 has a positive power budget and should not need to be switched off to recharge. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 32 The Power supply converts the raw bus voltage of +11 to +18 V (+14 V average) to the three regulated voltages (+10 V, +5 V, -5 V) used by the rest of the satellite with an efficiency greater than 70%. The attitude of the satellite is maintained by using the torque generated by the interaction of two permanent magnets with the earth's magnetic field. This is a fairly conventional technique used in the OSCAR series. Temperature stability is achieved by using thermal insulation. The Payload. Fuji-OSCAR 20 carries two Mode J transponders, both of which may be operational at the same time. One transponder is analog (Mode JA), the other is digital (Mode JD). The frequencies and capabilities of the analog transponder are similar to those of Fuji-OSCAR 12. It consists of an inverted hetrodyne linear translator with a passband 100 kHz wide, operating with a mode J Uplink passband of 145.9 to 146.00 MHz, and a corresponding Downlink Passband of 435.9 to 435.8 MHz. The spacecraft has a Transmitter Output of approximately 1 watt. A ground station needs an Uplink EIRP of about 100 W to communicate through the transponder. The JA telemetry beacon is on the nominal frequency of 435.795 MHz with a power output of about 100 mW and can use CW or PSK modulation. Fuji-OSCAR 20 is using the callsign 8J1JBS and the beacons transmit telemetry in the same manner as Fuji-OSCAR 12. The digital transponder provides store-and-forward packet communication using the AX.25 link level protocol, version 2. Stations who used Fuji-OSCAR 12 are able to use Fuji-OSCAR 20 without making any modifications to their equipment. The uplink requires Bi-phased Manchester code on an FM signal, at a bit rate of 1200 bps. There are 4 Uplink Frequencies: 145.85 MHz, 145.87 MHz, 145.89 MHz, 145.91 MHz. The necessary ground station Uplink EIRP is also about 100 W. The transponder has an output power of about 1 W on a downlink frequency of 435.91 MHz and uses NRZI PSK at 1200 bps. The same PSK modem used to copy Fuji-OSCAR 12 or the Microsats is needed to copy Fuji-OSCAR 20. The downlink channel also carries packet telemetry. The 144 MHz receiving antenna is a ring turnstile mounted at the bottom of the side panels. The 435 MHz transmitting antenna is a turnstile antenna mounted at the top of satellite. Both antennas are circularly polarized. Ground tests have shown that the transmitting antenna is more omnidirectional than that of Fuji- OSCAR 12, however due to the structure of the hybrid circuitry which allow both transponders to share the same antenna, the sense of the circular polarization on the downlink is different COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 33 for each mode. As the apparent polarization is different depending on the geometry between the spacecraft and the groundstation, you will probably have to change between left hand and right hand circular polarization during a pass. The spacecraft is designed so that you can usually keep the uplink and downlink polarization the same. Mode JA has provided strong trans-Atlantic signals and many CW and SSB QSOs. Mode-JD was switched on for the first time during Orbit #95. To Digipeat via Fuji-OSCAR 20 you don't need to use a digipeater call. With the present version of the software, all AX.25 frames with a valid CRC heard by the spacecraft will be digipeated. The first claimed QSO on mode JD is by DB0OS when he connected to himself and an extract from the information he copied at that time is shown in Table 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Table 2 First European MODE-JD Self-Contact via FUJI OSCAR-20 made! Telemetry and Self-Connect: -------------------------- fm 8J1JBS to BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0 JAS1b RA 90/02/14 11:23:30 551 427 695 699 741 837 841 821 474 638 617 001 507 517 531 527 533 532 654 000 681 665 661 686 999 643 874 438 046 000 110 111 000 000 100 000 001 111 111 000 fm DB2OS to DB2OS ctl RR1- fm DB2OS to DB2OS ctl I11^ pid F0 DB2OS de DB2OS (14.2.1990 um 11:15 utc) fm DB2OS to DB2OS ctl I12^ pid F0 1st QSO via FUJI OSCAR-20 fm DB2OS to DB2OS ctl RR3v fm 8J1JBS to BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0 JAS1b M0 90/02/14 11:26:00 Repeater is at your service from90/02/12 03:05:00 The JD Transmitter is available in all orbits during JD mode. ---------------------------------------------------- The spacecraft also carries a BBS which is accessed by means of the same commands used to access a terrestrial WA7MBL/W0RLI/AA4RE COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 34 type of BBS. You access the BBS by connecting to 8J1JBS on any of the four uplink channels. When you do connect to it, make sure that you disconnect before LOS because Fuji-OSCAR 20 only allows 16 simultaneous connections. Stations that hang in there after the satellite drops below their local horizon block access by other stations and have been christened 'Zombies'. The BBS program is a modified version of the BBS program written for Fuji-OSCAR 12 and allows the use of 4 banks (1Mbyte) of memory. A typical list of messages copied by KI6QE is shown in figure 2. --------------------------------------------------- Figure 2 Typical Message Listing from the BBS (copied by KI6QE) Fuji-OSCAR 20/JAS1b Mailbox ver. 2.00 commands [B/F/H/M/R/U/W] Use H command for Help JAS>JAS>NO. DATE UTC FROM TO SUBJECT 0086 04/13 05:15 WB6GFJ W6SHP Welcome 0085 04/13 05:14 WB6LLO KI6QE SOFTWARE 0084 04/13 05:14 WB6GFJ W9FMW Our Chat 0082 04/13 03:38 W9FMW WA4EJR MESSAGE ON CIS 0080 04/13 03:36 KG6EX N1GCR From Ashley 0078 04/13 03:32 KG6EX KD8SI From Ashley 0077 04/13 03:31 KG6EX N8AM From Ashley 0076 04/13 03:30 KG6EX DD4YR From Ashley 0075 04/13 03:27 KG6EX DL1CR From Ashley 0074 04/13 03:25 KG6EX G3RUH From Ashley --------------------------------------------------------- The Telemetry The spacecraft telemetry is transmitted either as CW or as PSK. The CW telemetry monitors 12 analog data points and 33 status points, the PSK telemetry monitors 29 analog data points and 33 status points. A typical set of PSK telemetry packets captured by KI6QE is shown in figure 3. The telemetry decoding equations are shown in Table 3. As you can see the format of the data in the packet and the type of equations used are different to those used on the Microsats. -------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 3 Fuji-OSCAR 20 PSK telemetry (as copied by KI6QE) 03-Apr-90 17:40:32 8J1JBS*>BEACON: JAS1b RA 90/04/03 17:45:18 554 433 700 686 757 837 841 823 398 666 617 001 503 516 526 523 526 523 654 000 683 675 685 684 999 643 875 316 002 000 110 111 000 000 100 000 001 011 111 000 03-Apr-90 17:40:34 8J1JBS*>BEACON: JAS1b RA 90/04/03 17:45:20 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 35 566 427 699 705 746 837 841 824 541 659 617 001 503 516 526 523 526 523 654 000 683 675 686 683 999 642 874 316 002 000 110 111 000 000 100 000 001 011 111 000 The Telemetry Formats of JAS-1b/Fuji-OSCAR 20 Telemetry data from FO-20 is transmitted on both the mode JA and JD beacons. Mode JA sends data by Morse code on the beacon signal of 435.795 MHz, repeating one frame every one minute. Mode JD sends a telemetry packet every 2 seconds on the digital downlink channel of 435.91 MHz when the telemetry mode is operating, otherwise, one frame is downlinked every one minute. This article contains the information you need to decode the telemetry. The spacecraft can downlink up to 30 items of data and 31 items of status in the telemetry. The Mode JA beacon however only carries 12 data elements and most of status bytes. Mode JA Telemetry Data The Mode JA beacon transmits the telemetry data in the format shown below. These data are sent by Morse code with a "HI HI" at the beginning of each frame, with a speed of about 100 characters every minute, and always in this format repeatedly. HI HI 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 4C 4D 5A 5B 5C 5D How to Decode Mode JA telemetry The number identifies the group, the letters A through D are decimal values expressed in two digits. Let this two-digit be N, for each item, true value or engineering value is obtained by decoding N as shown below. For example, a value of 123 for 1A means group 1 and 23 is the measured value of the solar array current. Groups 4 and 5 contain status information about the bird, where A, B, C and D represent octal two-digit combinations of 00 through 37. This corresponds to a combination of five binary digits. Each bit shows status of each designated item in the order from MSB (Most Significant Bit) to LSB (Least Significant Bit). COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 36 Mode JA Telemetry Conversion Equations ========================================================= CH DESCRIPTION CALIBRATION ========================================================= 1A total solar array current 19x(N+0.4) mA 1B battery charge/discharge current -38x(N-50) mA 1C battery voltage (N+4)x0.22 V 1D center tap voltage of battery (N+4)x0.1 V 2A bus voltage (N+4)x0.2 V 2B +5 V regulator voltage (N+4)x0.062 V 2C JTA output power 2.0x(N+4)^1.618mW 2D calibration voltage (N+4)/50 V 3A battery temperature 1.4x(67-N) deg. C 3B baseplate temperature #1 1.4x(67-N) deg. C 3C baseplate temperature #2 1.4x(67-N) deg. C 3D baseplate temperature #3 1.4x(67-N) deg. C The status byte conversions are shown below. This method is used because all items whose status is represented in this manner only have two possible situations, either ON or OFF, or binary values 0 or 1. For example, if the first item of status 4A were 423, the 4 identifies group 4, and the 23 should be thought of as its equivalent binary code (10011). This shows the status in the order of MSB to LSB, or bit 4 to bit 0. Using the decoding data 423 can be decoded as follows. 1: Beacon is PSK, 0: Engineering data #2 is blank, 0: Engineering data #1 is blank, 1: JTD power is ON, 1: JTA power is ON. ------------------------------------------------------ Mode JA System Status Bytes CH BIT DESCRIPTION STATE 1 0 ========================================================= 4A 0 JTA power ON OFF 4A 1 JTD power ON OFF 4A 2 Eng. data #1 --- --- 4A 3 Eng. data #3 --- --- 4A 4 Beacon PSK CW 4B 0 UVC ON OFF 4B 1 UVC level 1 2 4B 2 Battery tric full 4B 3 Battery logic tric full 4B 4 Main relay ON OFF COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 37 4C 0 PCU bit 1 (LSB) 4C 1 PCU bit 2 (LSB) 4C 2 PCU manual auto 4C 3 Eng. data #3 --- --- 4C 4 Eng. data #4 --- --- 4D 0 Memory bank #0 ON OFF 4D 1 Memory bank #1 ON OFF 4D 2 Memory bank #2 ON OFF 4D 3 Memory bank #3 ON OFF 4D 4 Computer power ON OFF 5A 0 Memory select bit 1 (LSB) 5A 1 Memory select bit 2 (MSB) 5A 2 Eng. data #5 --- --- 5A 3 Eng. data #6 --- --- 5A 4 Eng. data #7 --- --- 5B 0 Solar panel #1 lit dark 5B 1 Solar panel #2 lit dark 5B 2 Solar panel #3 lit dark 5B 3 Solar panel #4 lit dark 5B 4 Solar panel #5 lit dark 5C 0 JTA CW beacon CPU TLM 5C 1 Eng. data #8 --- --- 5C 2 Eng. data #9 --- --- 5C 3 Eng. data #10 --- --- 5C 4 Eng. data #11 --- --- 5D 0 Eng. data #12 --- --- 5D 1 Eng. data #13 --- --- 5D 2 Eng. data #14 --- --- 5D 3 Eng. data #15 --- --- 5D 4 Eng. data #16 --- --- Mode JD Telemetry Data Telemetry data are also sent on Mode JD by means of packets.These data are transmitted the ASCII format shown in Table 4. In the ASCII telemetry (RA and RB) XXX is a 3 digit decimal number with a a range between 000 to 999. This number represents the value of N in Table 5 for channels denoted #00 - #26. Table 5 contains the equations for converting the received data into engineering values. The YYY bytes are three hexadecimal bytes of system status data, denoted #27a - #29c and can be decoded as shown in Table 6. The SSS byte in the last row are binary status data, denoted #30a - #39c. Table 7 provides the information needed to decode them in a manner similar to the Mode JA status points shown in Table 3. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 38 Table 4. Mode JD PSK telemetry data format JAS-1b FF YY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX YYY YYY YYY SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS where, FF is the Frame Identifier, which may contain the following types: RA: Realtime telemetry, - ASCII RB: Realtime telemetry, - Binary SA: Stored telemetry, - ASCII SB: Stored telemetry, - Binary M0: Message #0 M1: Message #1 ........... M9: Message #9 YY/MM/DD is year/month/day, and HH:MM:SS is hour/minute/second, all in UTC. Table 5. Mode JD Telemetry Decoding Equations CH DESCRIPTION CALIBRATION ========================================================= #00 total solar array current 1.91x(N-4)mA #01 battery charge/discharge -3.81x(N-508)mA #02 battery voltage Nx0.022V #03 battery center voltage Nx0.009961V #04 bus voltage Nx0.02021 V #05 +5 V regulator voltage Nx0.00620 V #06 -5 V regulator voltage -Nx0.00620 V #07 + 10 V regulator voltage Nx0.0126 V #08 JTA output power 5.1x(N-158)mW #09 JTD output power 5.4x(N-116)mW #10 calibration voltage #2 N/500 V #11 offset voltage #1 N/500 V #12 battery temperature 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #13 JTD temperature 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #14 Baseplate Temperature #1 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #15 Baseplate Temperature #2 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #16 Baseplate Temperature #3 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #17 Baseplate Temperature #4 0.139x(669-N)deg. C #18 temperature calibration #1 N/500 V #19 offset voltage #2 N/500 V #20 Solar Cell Panel Temp #1 0.38x(N-685)deg. C #21 Solar Cell Panel Temp #2 0.38x(N-643) #22 Solar Cell Panel Temp #3 0.38x(N-646) #23 Solar Cell Panel Temp #4 0.38x(N-647) COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 39 #24 ------------------------- #25 temperature calibration #2 N/500 V #26 temperature calibration #3 N/500 V --------------------------------------------------------- Table 6. Mode JD HEX System Status Bytes CH DESCRIPTION ========================================================= #27a Spare (TBD) #27b Spare (TBD) #27c Spare (TBD) #28a Spare (TBD) #28b Spare (TBD) #28c error count of memory unit #0 #29a error count of memory unit #1 #29b error count of memory unit #2 #29c error count of memory unit #3 ---------------------------------------------- Table 7. Mode JD BINARY System Status Bytes. CH DESCRIPTION STATE 1 0 ========================================= #30a JTA power on off #30b JTD power on off #30c JTA beacon PSK CW #31a UVC status on off #31b UVC level 1 2 #31c main relay on off #32a engineering data #1 ----- #32b battery status tric full #32c battery logic tric full #33a engineering data #2 ----- #33b PCU status bit 1 (LSB) #33c PCU status bit 2 (MSB) #34a memory unit #0 on off #34b memory unit #1 on off #34c memory unit #2 on off #35a memory unit on off #35b memory select bit 1 (LSB) #35c memory select bit 2 (MSB) #36a engineering data #3 ------ #36b engineering data #4 ------ #36c computer power on off #37a engineering data #5 ------ #37b solar panel #1 lit dark #37c solar panel #2 lit dark #38a solar panel #3 lit dark COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX B The Fuji-OSCAR 20 Spacecraft Page 40 #38b solar panel #4 lit dark #38c solar panel #5 lit dark #39a engineering data #6 ------ #39b CW beacon source CPU TLM #39c engineering data #7 ------ Summary This article has been an introduction to Fuji-OSCAR 20, a friendly little bird which provides strong mode J signals both for analog and digital communications as well as telemetry which can be used for educational purposes. If you can work mode B then you ought to be able to work mode J with just a little more effort. Tune in one evening and say 'Kon bon wa' as it goes by. Remember the 'J' in mode 'J' stands for Japan. Acknowledgments This article has been compiled from information received from AMSAT-UK, DB0OS, KI6QL, JAMSAT and the JARRL. It was first published in the AMSAT Journal, Volume 13, Numbers 3 and 4, July and September 1990. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 41 This Appendix contains information for decoding the data in the Fuji-OSCAR 12 PSK Telemetry Data Format. It is practically identical to the Fuji-OSCAR 20 format. JAS-1 FF YY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx yyy yyy sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss FF := Frame Identifier RA: Realtime Telemetry - ASCII RB: Realtime Telemetry - Binary SA: Stored Telemetry - ASCII SB: Stored Telemetry - Binary M0: Message #0 M1: Message #1 ....... M9: Message #9 YY/MM/DD = Date HH:MM:SS = Time (The command station attempts to keep the clock as close as possible to UTC) [ Following is valid only for RA and SA frames ] xxx = 000 - 999 Format: 3 digit decimal (Analog Data) 28 samples in row 0 column 0 thru row 2 column 7 (denoted #00 - #27 below) y = 0 - F one byte Hex (System Status Data) 9 samples in row 2 column 8 thru row 2 column 9 (denoted #28a - #29c below) s = 0 or 1 Binary Status Data 30 samples in row 3 thru row 3 column 9 (denoted #30a - #39c below) *** FO-12 Telemetry Calibration Equations *** Ch. Item Equation -------------------------------------------------------------------- #00 Total Solar Array Current 1.91 * ( N - 4 ) mA #01 Battery Charge/Discharge 3.81 * ( N - 528 ) mA #02 Battery Voltage N * 0.0210 V #03 Half-Battery Voltage N * 0.00937 V #04 Bus Voltage N * 0.0192 V #05 + 5 V. Regulator Voltage N * 0.00572 V #06 - 5 V. Regulator Voltage N * -0.00572 V COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 42 #07 +10 V. Regulator Voltage N * 0.0116 V #08 JTA Power Output 5.1 * ( N - 158 ) mW #09 JTD Power Output 5.4 * ( N - 116 ) mW #10 Calibration Voltage #2 N / 500 V #11 Offset Voltage #1 N / 500 V #12 Battery Temperature 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #13 JTD Temperature 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #14 Baseplate Temperature #1 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #15 Baseplate Temperature #2 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #16 Baseplate Temperature #3 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #17 Baseplate Temperature #4 0.139 * ( 689 - N ) Deg. C #18 Temperature Calibration #1 N / 500 V #19 Offset Voltage #2 N / 500 V #20 Facet Temperature #1 0.38 * ( N - 684 ) Deg. C #21 Facet Temperature #2 0.38 * ( N - 684 ) Deg. C #22 Facet Temperature #3 0.38 * ( N - 690 ) Deg. C #23 Facet Temperature #4 0.38 * ( N - 683 ) Deg. C #24 Facet Temperature #5 0.38 * ( N - 689 ) Deg. C #25 Temperature Calibration #2 N / 500 V #26 Temperature Calibration #3 N / 500 V #27 Depth of Battery discharge ( N - 500 ) / 189 AH *** FO-12 System Status Telemetry Bytes *** Ch. Item -------------------------------------------------- #28a Spare (TBD) #28b Spare (TBD) #28c Memory Unit #0 error count #29a Memory Unit #1 error count #29b Memory Unit #2 error count #29c Memory Unit #3 error count *** FO-12 Binary Status Data Points *** Ch. Item 1 0 ----------------------------------------------- #30a JTA Power On Off #30b JTD Power On Off #30c JTA Beacon PSK CW #31a UVC Status On Off #31b UVC Level 1 2 #31c Main Relay On Off #32a Engineering Data #1 ---- ---- #32b Battery Status Tric Full #32c Battery Logic Tric Full COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 43 #33a Engineering Data #2 ---- ---- #33b PCU Status Bit 1 (LSB) #33c PCU Status Bit 2 (MSB) #34a Memory Unit #0 On Off #34b Memory Unit #1 On Off #34c Memory Unit #2 On Off #35a Memory Unit #3 On Off #35b Memory Select Bit 1 (LSB) #35c Memory Select Bit 2 (MSB) #36a Engineering Data #3 ---- ---- #36b Engineering Data #4 ---- ---- #36c Computer Power On Off #37a Engineering Data #5 ---- ---- #37b Solar panel #1 Lit Dark #37c Solar panel #2 Lit Dark #38a Solar panel #3 Lit Dark #38b Solar panel #4 Lit Dark #38c Solar panel #5 Lit Dark #39a Engineering Data #6 ---- ---- #39b CW beacon source CPU TLM #39c Engineering Data #7 ---- ---- *** Example *** JAS-1 RA 86/08/01 09:00:00 500 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 004 yyy 01s sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss Real time ASCII frame sent on 86/08/01 at 09:00:00 UTC Total Solar Array Current = 947 mA Memory Unit #0 error count = 4 JTA (mode-JA TX) power Off JTD (mode-JD TX) power On COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 44 APPENDIX D Information about AMSAT For further information about the Radio Amateur Satellite program, photocopy and mail the following form together with a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to :- To: [ ] AMSAT-NA, 850 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910- 4703. Telephone (301) 589 6062. [ ] Project OSCAR Inc. POB 1136, Los Altos, CA. 94023-1136. [ ] AMSAT-UK, 94 Herongate Road, Wanstead Park, London E12 5EQ. Telephone (081) 989 6741. Please send me further information about the Radio Amateur Satellite program, and details of membership in your organization. CALL ________________ TODAY'S DATE _____________ NAME ______________________________________________ ADDRESS ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ CITY ___________________________________________ STATE _________ POSTCODE ______________________ COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 45 APPENDIX E Amateur Radio Software by Joe Kasser G3ZCZ PC-HAM 3.3 PC-HAM contains a number of programs some of which are described below. LOGBOOK Full blown logging package. With automatic check of logs for awards such as DXCC. Allows you to recall any entry by call sign within seconds. Indexed displays, QSLing, Contest mode QSLing (prints the lot) and lots more written in dBASE3, but a compiled LOGBOOK.EXE file is supplied together with the source code. CONTEST Keeps Dupes in memory, logs QSO's to disk in format which can be processed by the LOGBOOK package. CQSS Sweepstakes game. Work the ARRL Sweepstakes contest on your computer. You are located just outside Washington DC. A propaga- tion model is built in to the program. This program is REQUIRED training for all sweepstakes operators. Program is based on the one described in detail in 'Software for Amateur Radio' by Joe Kasser G3ZCZ, published by TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA. 17214. WHATSON Predict HF Propagation. Contest mode with printout to whole world at hourly intervals. Needs BASIC LAN-LINK 1.58 Function key and Menu driven. Automatic logbook entries for Packet and Mailbox/Beacon Mode AMTOR Connects, semiautomatic logbook entries for other modes. Log file can be processed by the Logbook Package of PC-HAM. Contest operation, sends standard message and automatically increments QSO count. Automatic optimized configuration of the TNC for each communications mode. All mode Function key 'OVER' feature (End). There are 10 files with fixed names (LAN-LINK.001 through LAN- LINK.010) which may be viewed and transmitted by means of func- tion keys. They may also be edited from the Edit Menu. Set up of TNC for AMSAT-OSCAR (non packet) Telemetry reception. Time display and event scheduler. ASCII Text Editor. Customizable Colors. Access to the TNC Command Mode is provided in case the COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHAT-UP APPENDIX C Fuji-OSCAR 12 Telemetry Page 46 user wishes to override any defaults. Automatic capture to disk of all packet radio connects. Automatic indication of the number of Packet connects. Local Area Network (LAN) message store and Forward capability. Capable of automatic connect attempts to download a QTC from another station in the LAN. Capable of automatic connect attempts to a packet BBS to download your incoming messages, when your callsign appears on the BBS mail beacon annunciator. Capable of automatically requesting Bulletins on subjects that interest you from your local packet BBS. Digipeat monitoring and capture. Alert signal to let you know when a predetermined call shows up in a packet header on frequency. Conference Mode in multiconnect situations. Bridge Mode in multiconnect situations. Path determination to DX station via :QMH:. Indicator that a specific station designated as the 'target' call connected in Packet Mode, or linked to AMTOR Beacon/Mailbox while you were away. Automatic NET/ROM and KA Node path set up from LAN-LINK.DIR call/path directory file. Selective answering machine and MAILBOX using NC/L command dialogue. Screen indication of connect by desired station (target call). Automatic Beacon Mode CQ caller. Will call CQ repetitively and either work the connect and keep going after disconnect or signal you when a reply is received. SAREX special features. :QRA: trigger to determine who else is on channel. Automatic AMTOR SELCAL determination. Function key change from monitoring AMTOR FEC CQ's to QSO's in progress (chirpcopy). NAVY MARS RTTY file transmitting protocols for the PK-232. Log files in dBASE 3 format. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX F SHAREWARE Page 47 The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) has established standards for its members and for any organization which has "ASP Approved" status. The ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a problem with an ASP member or organization (other than technical support), the ASP may be able to help. Please write to The ASP Ombudsman, P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006, USA. You are encouraged to copy the floppy disk and share it freely with others. You have the luxury of trying out the product at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home or workplace. After you have used the material for a reasonable evaluation period (90 days), you should either discontinue use of the material or register your copy. Your support is important and greatly appreciated. With it, Shareware authors are encouraged to design and distribute new products. Without it, a great deal of high quality, low cost software will cease to be available. Why pay at all? * You receive support from the author. * You receive a CURRENT copy of the program. * Your input and ideas help shape future products. * A sense of pride and ownership in having honestly participated in the Shareware revolution. * You help to keep software prices down by supporting a distribution method which doesn't depend on expensive advertising campaigns. Be aware of the following restrictions, designed to protect the community of Shareware users and to prevent greedy people from taking unfair advantage of the trust, hard work and good will of Shareware authors. 1. No price or consideration may be charged for the material. However, a distribution cost may be charged for the cost of the diskettes, shipping and handling, not to exceed $6. 2. The files and programs on the disks may not be modified or deleted. 3. The material cannot be sold as part of some other more inclusive package. 4. The material cannot be "rented" or "leased" to others. 5. The end user must be told clearly in writing on the outside of the package and in all advertising that the diskette(s) are "Shareware." COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX F SHAREWARE Page 48 6. The package must contain a written explanation that the disk is for evaluation purposes, and that an additional "registration fee" is expected by the author, if the material is used beyond an initial evaluation period. 7. In the case of distribution via any telecommunications link, the following must be done: An error checking protocol must be used. The individual files must be combined into, and transferred in a library or archive format. 8. Shareware distribution is permitted only in the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP APPENDIX F SHAREWARE Page 49 WHATS-UP 0.55 Registration Fee $35.00 LAN-LINK 1.58 Registration Fee $35.00 PC-HAM 3.52 Registration Fee $36.50 Register them all for $95.00. Evaluation Copies free, you pay only for the disk/postage. For an evaluation copy (unregistered full blown version) of each software send a formatted disk and SASE to Joe Kasser. Overseas users, send $5.00 ($10.00 covers all three) instead. Try the software first, and only register your copy if you make use of it. To: Joe Kasser G3ZCZ, P O BOX 3419, SILVER SPRING, MD 20918. CALL ________________ TODAY'S DATE _____________ NAME ______________________________________________ ADDRESS ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ CITY ___________________________________________ STATE _________ POSTCODE ______________________ TNC TYPE _____________________ Home BBS __________ I enclose a check for ______. Please send me the latest version of ______________, and register me as a user. I enclose a disk/sase or $5.00. Please send me the latest version of ______________________ to evaluate. If I like it and use it, I plan to become a registered user. Disk Size 5.25 _____(360k) 5.25 _____(1.2Mb) 3.5 ______(730k) I AM NOT/AM currently using Shareware Version _____ which I obtained from _________________________________________. Signature _______________________ Radio Club Registrations 10 or more copies, 10% discount. 50 or more copies, 25% discount. Designate one contact person to receive club registered updates, and supply a list of names and call signs of club members who will be using the Registered Club Copy. COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP Index Page 50 Accuracy, 19 Alarm, 13, 14 Algebra, 18 Alt-B, 6 Alt-C, 6 Alt-D, 6 Alt-P, 6 Alt-S, 6 Alt-X, 6 Altitude, 14 AMSAT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 23, 40, 44 AMSAT-NA, 18, 44 AMSAT-OSCAR, 7, 15, 45 AMSAT-UK, 40, 44 Analog-to-digital, 19 Analysis, 1, 4, 6 Analyze, 7 Annunciator, 46 Antenna, 32 Antennas, 32 Apogee, 31 Archive, 48 Array, 6, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43 ARRAYS, 14 BCR, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30 BCRXMT, 5 BCXRT, 20 Beacon, 4, 9, 10, 16, 17, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46 Capture-to-disk, 4, 12, 13, 15 Channel, 3, 4, 6, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30, 32, 35, 46 Codes, 6 Coefficients, 7, 18, 23, 25, 27, 29 Color, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21 Column, 6, 19, 21, 41 Combinations, 2, 6, 11, 35 Configuration, 1, 2, 5, 7, 14, 16, 45 Contains, 4, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 35, 37, 41, 45 Contents, 2, 5, 6, 11, 14, 15, 21 Copy, 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 32, 47, 49 Correct, 6, 7, 8, 16 Count, 5, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 39, 42, 43, 45 Current, 23, 25, 27, 29, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 47 Decimal, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 35, 37, 41 Decode, 1, 7, 17, 35, 37 Default, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21 Deg, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 36, 38, 42 DOVE, 1, 3, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP Index Page 51 DOVE-OSCAR, 5, 15 Engineering, 4, 5, 6, 13, 19, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43 Envelope, 44 Equations, 4, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41 Example, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16, 19, 21, 35, 36, 43 Exercise, 9 Extract, 1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 33 File, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 45, 46 Files, 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 45, 46, 47, 48 First, 1, 2, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 31, 33, 36, 40, 49 Format, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 48 Fuji, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20, 31, 33 Fuji-OSCAR, 1, 3, 7, 15, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41 Header, 6, 21, 46 HEADERLINE, 6, 12 Hexadecimal, 16, 20, 37 Identifier, 16, 17, 18, 19, 38, 41 Institution, 1 Interactive, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12 LAN-LINK, 5, 12, 45, 46, 49 Limit, 2, 5, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20 Lines, 14, 16, 20, 21 Link, 2, 4, 5, 7, 20, 21, 32, 48 Menu, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 45 Microsat, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20, 23 Non-existent, 13 Options, 9, 11, 12, 13 OSCAR, 1, 2, 4, 9, 12, 32, 33, 44 Output, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, 38, 42 Packet, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 32, 34, 35, 45, 46 Protocol, 32, 48 Protocols, 46 Quadratic, 18 Real-time, 4, 7, 10, 13, 15 Satellite, 4, 31, 32, 34, 44 Self, 44 Simultaneous, 34 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990. WHATS-UP Index Page 52 Spreadsheet, 4, 6, 13, 22 Stamped, 44 Status, 4, 5, 14, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47 Telemetry, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45 WHATS-UP, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 49 COPYRIGHT Joe Kasser, G3ZCZ 1990.