SATCOM General Purpose Modem DSCS III SCT Beacon Telemetry Display

Abstract

This thesis documents the design and implementation of a DSCS III single Channel Transponder (SCT) beacon telemetry display. The system is a personal computer based design which interfaces to three SCT beacon receiver/demodulators. The software was designed to decode and display both the DSCS III A and DSCS HI B satellite beacons. Recordings of the SCT beacon display can be made on paper and/or magnetic media when triggered by the user, a watchdog timer, or the SCT command accept telemetry bit. In addition, the system can be configured with an IRIG B Universal Time Coordinates (UTC) card which enables the software to determine the difference between the decoded SCT clock time and the local IRIG time source. Remoting the SCT configuration display is also possible using Hayes-compatible modems over a telephone link.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258849

Entities

People

  • James D. Coppola

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Bandwidth
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Displays
  • Debugging
  • Decoding
  • Demodulators
  • Display Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Literature Surveys
  • Personal Computers
  • Satellite Communications
  • Software Development

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space