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1. esent ertet nenne tenente netten nnn 10 5 0 PROCEDURES cc A a i aS 12 S4 SYSTEMJINITIALIZATION na 12 S2 SHUTTING DOWN THE SYSTEM 5 tret cem terere mie e te dE ee ea ent dee tna tta 5 3 CREATING A RADAR RECORD SCENARIO nnne i iie Ee EEEE E EEA EEE EEE Ea EEEE E EE oE EE Ei iS 5 4 CREATING A RADAR PLAYBACK SCENARIO este ss S 5 5 CREATING MS INTO NOME 5 6 CREATING AN ARTS SCENARIO cad hs E a dit 5 7 CREATING A ADSB RECORD SCENARIO 5 8 CREATING A ADSB PLAYBACK SCENARIO 5 9 CREATING A RAPPI DISPLAY FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 2 Aug 16 2005 6 0 UTILITIES 18 6 1 OFFLINE UTILITIES 0 cccccccccscscssescsscsescsecsesscsessseccesssaescssessesessessusssscsssesscsesacsscscsacsssecssesssescaseecnecassecaecassesaesecaescaesecaecsesscaeueaeceesneaes 18 62 FIRS UTILITIES ie ERE OH thc deitate dens 19 6 2 1 FIRS Automated Scenario Tool FAST sees eee tentent tnnt te tenni nenn nnn 19 6 2 2 Record s sits s mm 6 2 3 PH ADI EIL ERE 24 6 2 4 TII 25 7 0 TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM sx ccccssccsissscnssossovossevesosessosonsnnnensesnsnscosevesosstensondnsvensessnabcoscessessncesendnoneasedunovesscsasessetenseen 26 Ta BOOT MESSAGES a as coe CREER UE UNE OUO ORG RU RE A E ET RR RES 26 1 25 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE 5 ettet rre REOR ERRARE aii 26 8
2. ho range Set the default handoff range for arrivals Default is 53 nmi ho file Specify a file describing handoff ranges by azimuth wedge for arrivals The format of the file is ASCII lines consisting of three space separated columns start ACP end ACP ho range FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 35 Aug 16 2005 if timeout Set the timeout parameter in seconds for message retransmission Default is 5 seconds if retries Set the retries parameter for message retransmis sion before the message is removed from the retransmit queue Default is 8 utc Use universal time for IF msg times The coordina tion time field specified in the flight plan file is interpreted as an offset from the start time This option alleviates the need to set the system time on the Terminal ATC system under test dynamic_ecids Setting to 0 forces the ECIDS specified in the flight plan file to be used instead of the Host dynamically creating them Use this option with care max_tus Set maximum number of TUs allowed per TU msg Default is 6 enhanced_timestamps IF msgs will be logged to a precision of 01 sec onds and the time of transmission is returned from the card instead of the time of download to the card FILES dev ifx The interfacility device dev rdrrx The radar input device SEE ALSO SIRS n Arts n RadarSim n RadarRec n FAA Interfacility an
3. Aug 16 2005 Hardware Diagram FIRS Installation Overview FIRS Data Flow RFIRS Live Ree Patch Panel A l Patch Cord Patch Panel Data Flow Live in from SCIP amp Bridge Live out to TP RFIRS 2 4 cable FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 11 Aug 16 2005 RFIRS Side Live Side computer modem monitor a computer i Live In Out to TP Playback Data meer Record Data 5 0 PROCEDURES 5 1 System Initialization FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 12 5 2 5 3 5 4 Aug 16 2005 A cold boot or power up causes the system to output boot messages to the screen After the operating system is loaded the system prompts the user to login Logged in as root a warm boot is accomplis hed by typing in the command shutdown r now After the boot messages are printed to the screen the login prompt should appear Another method to perform a warm boot is to simultaneously depress the Ctrl Alt Del keys Shutting Down the System Logged in as the root user or super user from the root directory simply type in the commandhalt Linux will now clear buffers and halt the system so you can power down the system without corrupting any data Typing in the command shutdown h now will also initiate a graceful halt Creating a Radar Record Scenario Using a text edito
4. The next step is to select a device to record on You will find a list of devices on the left starting with 0 Your system should be connected in the same order as your site s adaptation For example if SDF radar is your site s first sensor then device 0 should be SDF and so on Once you click your enable button you will be able to set options like radar name radar type and data polarity You can enable as many radars as you need When you select the Radar name FAST uses that name to label the actual radar data file srv file This file is placed in a directory called srv This srv directory resides under the scenario name directory FAST uses your input to not only record but also to build you a playback file The playback file is also placed under the scenario name directory The file is called playback and will be needed for future playback EH Color xterm troy tester t recordings 2003Ju103 0936 ls playback rec srv trouGtester t recordings 2003Ju103 0936 5 5 In the srv directory you will find the actual radar data file These files will all end in srv for surveillance files and or wx for weather files When you playback a scenario these file will be the output files used by FAST FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 20 Aug 16 2005 O Color xterm trou tester recondings 2003Jul03 0836 srv ls Jm sry jvn
5. ho range range ho file file utc 0 1 dynamic_ecids 0 1 cenrap Irrfile cenrap quiet 0 11 DESCRIPTION Host creates a Host object which will functionally act as a HOST system during aSIRS scenario The Host object assumes that the system it is communicating with is a Ter minal ATC system The Host requires a radar input which can be either live data through a dev rdrrx device or from a pre recorded file The Host optionally uses a flight plan file which is used to generate and send FP AM and CX messages over the interfacility link Each FP message is dynamically assigned and ECID and transmitted over the line Each CX and AM msg in the flight plan file has a bcn code to allow the Host to associate a pre assigned ECID to them The Host object also generates the following Interfacility data messages dynamically during the scenario TI TU TA and TR These messages are sent based on radar input and received interfacility messages CREATION ACTION On creation a tabbed notebook type window is created in the 2nd column of the virtual X display The interfacil ity device is initialized starts idling and the radar file position is set based on the global variable SimTime unless a radar device is specified The fp file posr tion is set based on SimTime The map files are read into an internal table and the first map specified is displayed in the rappi window START ACTION Host processing will be scheduled to r
6. www jyncomm com 44 Aug 16 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 45 Aug 16 2005 F DB37 From RFIRS Patch Panel to TP2 010 Cable RFIRS Live in Computer 223201212 16256234245 28 926 7278 35 31 12 29 10 30 11 34 15 32 13 33 14 Lock washer amp nut Extra long mounting Screw needed to 810 3 1617 9 7 8 103 16 17 9 7 8 103 16 17 9 7 810 31617 9 7 8103161797 mount on DB25 Top Hat SDF chl Top Hat SDF ch2 Top Hat SDF ch3 Top Hat SDF ch4 SDF ch5 Mounting plate FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 46 Aug 16 2005 From RFIRS Patch Panel to TP2 010 Cable F DB37 RFIRS Live in Computer 223201212 16 25 6 23 424 5 28 926 7 27 8 35 31 12 29 10 30 11 34 15 32 13 33 14 n Top Hat SDF chl Top Hat SDF ch2 TopHat SDF ch3 Top Hat SDF ch4 SDF ch5 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 47 Aug 16 2005 I5 Cable O6 Cable Live I F M DB37 F DB37 RFIRS I F Live In Computer RFIRS I F Live Out Modem y Thumb screw I F Live Out to CP I F Live IN M DB25 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Awww jvncomm com 48 Aug 16 2005 F RFIRS Patch Panel to TP2 F DB37 RFIRS Live Out Modem 223201212 16256234245 28 926 727 8 35 8 10 3
7. c 9 12 11 14 14 15 24 16 16 17 17 Emulex 232 Hardware Adapter DB 25 Female DB 25 Male Connector Connector Label Emulex Label EIA 232 pin DA pin 2 3 0 3 go 0000 7 15 24 17 17 EIA 232 530 Crossover Adapter DB 25 Female DB 25 Male Connector Connector Label EIA 232 530 Label EIA 232 530 pin DA pin 3 3 0 2 go 0000 7 Q 11 1 9 14 16 16 14 17 24 24 17 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 41 Aug 16 2005 9 0 CABLE DIAGRAMS RFIRS Cable Diagram Digital Bridge DB25 A Plate FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Awww jvncomm com 42 Aug 16 2005 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jyncomm com 43 Aug 16 2005 E7 Cable RFIRS I F M DB37 RFIRS I F Computer M DB25 RFIRS I F Emulex FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http
8. these modules should be labeled per your site adaptation For more help on patching please refer to the Hardware Diagrams section FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 23 Aug 16 2005 6 2 3 Playback After you have some recorded or extracted radar data you can begin to playback a scenario Simply click on the playback button and a FIRS Playback Setup GUI should open on the screen Select a scenario from the list of available scenarios and click Load Scenario FAST searches the playback directory for available scenarios that the user named during the record process FIRS Scenario Playback FIRS Playback Setup Choose the scenario to play back by selecting its name in the list below Click Load Scenario to load the scenario Click the Start button to begin playback Available scenarios 2003 Jul03 0936 2003 Jul03 1057 y 2003Jul03 1104 2003 Jul03 1106 Make sure you have the proper patch connections remember you can use the help button then click the Start button to begin playback You should then have data flowing to your TP Click on the virtual display window at the bottom righthand corner of the screen to verify data flow from the FIRS tool If you selected the rappi option during the recording you will be giving a rappi during playback to view targets on screen FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communication
9. 0 APPENDICES 8 1 APPENDIX A SDL 8 2 APPENDIX B SUNHILLO EMULEX zen m Ste dido 83 APPENDIX E RD adi 8 4 APPENDIX D SIMULATION OBIECT Sirenin e aea boa 8 5 APPENDIX E SCRIPT FILE EXAMPLES bets S iis 8 6 APPENDIX F MODULES kp t RR e eee 877 APPENDIX G SERIAL INTEREACES re ed e ERO ER RR a tt nd a t eret ier dtd 9 0 CABLE DIAGRAMS S 42 10 0 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS eere eese etenttnn Ea senes aetate sese TE E etna neta sta sss netnnens 50 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 3 Aug 16 2005 10 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 1 Software 1 1 1 Operating System The Linux Operating System Kernel version 2 0 35 to 2 0 38 is required Version 2 4 20 is the highest version supported 1 1 2 Graphical User Interface GUI The X window system version 11 Revision 6 X11R6 or higher is required for many of the tools and utilities 1 2 Hardware 1 2 1 Processor Motherboard An Intel Pentium 100 MHz or higher processor with an AT ATX or passive backplane motherboard is required 1 2 2 Memory A minimum of 32 Megabytes of memory is required to run the FIRS software 1 2 3 Disk Storage A minimum of 50 Megabytes of disk storage space is required for installation of the FIRS software Any pre recorded scenarios or surveillance files require additional space Short range radar surveillance files can be quite l
10. 17 6 0 6 1 Aug 16 2005 UTILITIES The FIRS conversion utilities convert ASR 11 ASR 9 ASR 8 ARSR and interfacility data files from Continuous Data Recordings CDR or the LYNX file system from ARTS systems to the FIRS file system Once files are converted to the FIRS file system format offline utilities allow the user to analyze and manipulate data on the FIRS system Simply typing in the utility command name will print to the screen usage information for that command Offline Utilities azflag Sets a test IRQ flag for a particular azimuth benflag Sets a test IRQ flag for a particular beacon code benhist Summarizes the history of a particular beacon code blinkled Blinks LED on Emulex card Used to determine logical order of I O adapter cdr3a Converts a CDR radar file recorded from an ARTSIIIA to a FIRS srv file cdr605 Converts a CDR radar file recorded from an ARTSIIIE to a FIRS srv file cd2srv Converts a CD format file to FIRS srv format Cirflag Clears the flag field findtime Determines the start ands stop time of a FIRS srv file if3a Converts a CDR interfacility file recorded from an ARTSIIIA to a FIRS interfacilty file if605 Converts a CDR interfacility file recorded from an ARTSIIIE to a FIRS interfacilty file modes Determines if beacon source was Modes or IBI msglist Sequential list of time stamped radar messages in hex format msgsum Decoded list of time stamped radar messages
11. Emulex interface adapter drives the transmit and receive clocks for the attached communications device An Emulex Interfacility device connecting to an ATC device requires the Emulex interface adapter to be configured in DCE mode To select the DCE mode set each eight position switch to the following configuration DCE Switch Settings OFF Split Clock Mode In split clock mode the Emulex interface adapter drives the transmit clock for the attached communication device and receives the receive clock from the attached device An Emulex radar device requires the Emulex interface adapter to be configured in split clock mode To select the split clock mode set each eight position switch to the following configuration Split Clock Switch Settings FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 28 Aug 16 2005 8 3 Appendix C RDI RDI ADDRESS SWITCH SETTINGS ZA 0 off l on 0 off l on 0 off l on 8 4 Appendix D Simulation Objects e RadarRec n RadarRec n NAME RadarRec Create Radar record object within a FIRS Stan dalone Interfacility and Radar Simulator scenario SYNOPSIS RadarRec name dev input device srv surveillance file wx wx file rs232 0 1 invert 0 1 DESCRIPTION RadarRec creates a Radar record object which will record all received radar messages to disk during a FIRS sce nario The recorded files are suitable for playback
12. at a minimum the following two lines l set SimTime time 2 qars object name gt options The qars object creates a RAPPI display to view beacon and search targets of designated radar gars testdsp srv lt srv file directory path gt test srv or radar receiving device See Appendix E Script Files Running a Scenario In order to run a simulation the system must have at least one communications card configured with a unique I O base address the correct modules loaded and a script file with the correct objects and associated input files Log on using a valid user name and password Start X windows by typing startx Create a xterm window by clicking on the xterm icon located in the bottom tool bar Change to the directory where the scenarios script file is located by typing cd directory name Type xtest lt scriptfile gt The JVN Communications window will appear Once all objects have been created the start button will be enabled Click on the start button in the JVN Communications window 8 From the six virtual Desktop buttons located at the bottom right corner of the screen click on the button in the top row middle column 9 ARAPPI display appears this is where the radar targets are displayed The targets are identified by their associated beacon code 10 There is a series of other tabs at the top of the window the function being displayed is indicated by the darker text in the tab Click on the othe
13. by the RadarSim object Timestamps If the global variable SimTime is defined timestamps will start at that time when the Sim is started other wise the platform s system time at the Start event will be used Options dev Specifies the radar receive device to use Radar receive devices are named dev srrO thru dev srrN where N is one less than the number of radar receive devices each device uses 4 channels or 2 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 29 devices per card Devices present on another FIRS tool may be specified by prefixing hostname before the device srv Specifies the filename to which surveillance msgs will be recorded wx Specifies the filename to which wx msgs will be recorded rs232 If this option is set to 1 line driver outputs will be forced to rs232 invert If this option is set to 1 data logic levels will be inverted CREATION ACTION On creation a window is created in the 3rd column of the virtual X display The radar device is initialized is ready to begin recording and the record file is opened START ACTION Radar reception begins when the start command is received and will continue until exit The internal time is set to the value of the global variable SimTime if SimTime is not defined the system time of the start event is used Message statistics will be updated in the window and rep resent the messages received an
14. dev dev if0 srv srv file directory path gt test srv or radar receiving device See Appendix E Script Files Creating an ARTS Scenario Using a text editor create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines l set SimTime time 2 Arts object name options The ARTS object emulates a terminal system It supports interfacility communications to an ARTCC either a live ARTCC system or FIRS simulated ARTCC system It requires radar input from a file or communications card The parameters artsid dev and srv must be entered using the convention described below The parameter artsid identifies the terminal system The parameter dev identifies the port s on the communications card that will support the interfacility communication A maximum of eight interfacility interfaces per card is supported The parameter srv identifies the path and surveillance file or radar receiving device Arts ttt artccidzcl dev dev ifO srv srv file directory path gt test srv or radar receiving device See Appendix E Script Files Creating a ADSB Record Scenario Using a text editor create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines 3 set SimTime time 4 AdsbRec object name options The AdsbRec object will record short range and long range radars The parameters dev srv and port must be entered using the convention described below The par
15. errors and you should contact your technician FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 21 Aug 16 2005 WX ox ResetStats 15 05 01 70 SRC INV MALF SYNC In the FIRS Recording Setup you have some additional options When you enable a device you can also select the rappi button This is not needed to record but gives the user a more graphical display of targets and weather If you do not select the rappi option the display will not be visible during playback of the recorded file Izudsp Biel x ResetStats 00 07 44 42 Rappi MapIntensity Range 64 Map Target Display Type Options Src g Code g Bcn RT C FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 22 Aug 16 2005 At the bottom of the Recording Setup GUI you will find a Playback Options button You can select this feature to add an interfacility host to your playback file that will be created If you select this option you will need to know your ARTS ID and give a valid Host ID Advanced Playback Options X Interfacility Host ip ARTS ID pe enable 222 JYN _ enable ii ETMS ARTS ID You will also see a help button Click this button for help with patching Before recording any radar you will need to have the proper patch cord inserted into the correct ADC patch panel module
16. setflag setpar smfix Fix sector mark quality smqual Analyze sector mark quality srcbox Lists search messages within a given range and azimuth srv2cd Converts a FIRS srv file to a CD format file timeslice Extract by time a segment of an srv file trklist Lists decoded beacon target information imte Converts integrated magnetic tape emulator file to FIRS srv file ntbak Extracts data from Windows NT tape backups and converts to srv file orr2si8 Extracts data from Host ORRE tape and converts to FIRS srv file starscdr Extracts CDR data from DLT tape and converts to FIRS srv file monitor Displays system device usage and availabilty firsver Displays FIRS software version FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 18 Aug 16 2005 6 2 FIRS Utilities 6 2 1 FIRS Automated Scenario Tool FAST FIRS playback recording and scenario management can be done with the click of one of the JVN buttons below 6 2 2 Record To record live radar click the record button This will scan your computer for available recording devices such as emulex cards Once the FAST finds you available devices it will prompt you with a GUI menu to select radar devices and a scenario name FIRS Recording Setup FIRS Recording Setup Each item in the list below represents a radar recording device Use the scroll bars to see all of the available dev
17. system runs under the Linux 2 0 x operating system Kernel version 2 4 20 is the highest supported version Linux is a free Multi user multitasking POSIX compliant operating system Application Software The FIRS application software is object oriented Each modeled ATC object encapsulates the functionality of major ATC systems Each ATC object utilizes communications channels to simulate rea world ATC interfaces Custom device drivers written by JVN Communications handle all ATC communications protocols These device drivers are dynamically loaded into the Linux Kernel at boot time JVN communications has designed the FIRS software tool to be easily configured to suit a variety of ATC test scenarios A scenario is defined in an ASCII text script The scenario script file is used by the application Xtest to run the ATC scenario The script contains commands to create ATC objects and assign communications devices to each object Each object is independent and may be added to or deleted from a script without affecting any other object All objects have access to the master Simulation time to provide synchronization between objects The most commonly used ATC object s record and playback radar data and simulate Host communications The FIRS software tool provides a full fledged scripting capability based on the tcl language and utilizes X windows for a user friendly graphical user interface from which all ATC simulations can be run Simulation Requirem
18. 16 17 9 7 8 103 16 17 9 7 TP2 8 10 3 16 17 9 7 TP2 HUN ch1 HUN ch2 TP2 HUN ch3 M DB25 M DB25 M DB25 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 49 Aug 16 2005 10 0 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS RFIRS Cable Pin outs From RFIRS Top Hat to RFIRS Patch Panel M DB37 RFIRS Live in Computer 22 3 20 1 21 2 16 25 6 234 24 5 28 926 7 27 8 35 Thumb screw 10 3 16 17 9 7 8 10 3 16 17 9 7 8 10 3 16 17 9 7 Top Hat HUN chl Top Hat HUN ch2 Top Hat HUN ch3 F DB25 F DB25 F DB25 FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 50
19. FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc Copyright 1999 2005 User s Manual 1 Ed Rev 4 Aug 16 2005 Prepared by JVN Communications Inc 707 White Horse Pike unit B6 Absecon NJ 08201 Aug 16 2005 Table of Contents 1 0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS E En aoas 4 LLL SOFTWARE NN 1 1 1 Operating System 1 1 2 Graphical User Interface CUB eerte te ree teet e beato arent aee eges debent 4 1 2 HARDWARE 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 2 0 OVERVIEW 3 0 FIRS SOFTWARE 3 2 APPLICATION SOFTWARE 3 3 SIMULATION REQUIREMENTS 3 3 4 FIRS Input 3 3 2 FIRS Output 3 3 3 Script File ET is A Wu i 3 3 4 Modules 55 is tee ot do a oat apa o ic n Eit ACE CIT 3 4 ATGC SIMULATION OBJECTS aa ENSE ONERE PEDE NER TO URS RU EHE EN ER ESO T dee 7 3 4 1 Radar Recording 3 4 2 Radar Playback 3 4 3 Host 3 4 4 Arts bos 3 4 5 Radar Planned Position Indicator RAPPI Display 577 3 4 6 Interfacility Monitor sse oh ons na nu 3 4 7 Host Central flow Simul tion rne e EOS Er a 8 3 4 8 EMS A aE 3 4 9 ADSB Recording e e s 2s ne aed 3 4 10 ADS B Playback e dais C BI FIRS HARDWARE z o 8 4 1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS Lodi is 8 4 1 1 SDL RISCom 8si 4 1 2 Sunhillo ICA Formerly Emulex 486 DP sees tenente tette tentent aran ren ranas 9 4 1 2 Sunhillo ICA Formerly Emulex 486 DP
20. ameter dev identifies the network card that receives data to record The parameter srv identifies the path and asterix file that the ADSB data will be recorded to The parameter port identifies the UDP port which corresponds to specific ADSB GBT sensor AdsbRec testO srv srv file directory path gt test srv devethO port 5555 AdsbRec test srv srv file directory path test srv devethl port 3045 See Appendix E Script Files FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 14 5 8 5 9 5 10 5 11 Aug 16 2005 Creating a ADSB Playback Scenario Using a text editor create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines 3 set SimTime time 4 AdsbSim lt object name options The AdsbSim object will playback ADSB sensor data from a pre recorded file The parameters dev and srv must be entered using the convention described below The parameter dev identifies the IP and UDP port on network that are to transmit data for playback The parameter srv identifies the path and asterix file that the ADSB data will be transmitted from AdsbSim testl srv lt srv file directory path gt test srv devudp 172 26 100 255 3045 AdsbSim test0 srv srv file directory path gt test srv devudp 172 26 100 100 5555 See Appendix E Script Files Creating a RAPPI Display Using a text editor create a script file The script file must have
21. arge 13 15 MB per ASR 9 for 1 hour 650 targets 1 2 4 Video Minimum 8 bit 640 X 480 resolution 1 2 5 Interface Adapters An Ethernet network interface card is recommended but not required for stand alone units An Ethernet connection to the Internet or the FAA Technical Center LAN is especially useful for remote debugging and configuration by JVN A SCSI interface card is needed when using magneto optical disks for storage of surveillance files and it is also necessary when using the Lynx file system driver for reading CDR data Serial interface cards such as the SDL RISCom 8 si the RDI U S Air force the Computer Modules modem pump card or the Emulex 486p PCI card One ISA or PCI slot per interface card is required FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 4 2 0 Aug 16 2005 OVERVIEW The FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS is an economical and robust test tool based on a PC hardware platform designed around industry proven hardware running the Linux operating system FIRS hardware and software can be easily configured to support a variety of Air Traffic Control ATC real time simulations and test functions FIRS can be used to debug external and internal cabling assess hardware and software performance assess system capacity and measure target throughput response time The FIRS can emulate multiple full duplex ATC data communications interfaces data for
22. be in NOAA form with each line segment specified by a pair of Lat Lon points The Lat Lon center of the map and desired rotation may also be specified see an existing map file for examples rec A recording file where all IF msgs and status msgs will be stored in ASCII format If this option is not specified a default record filename of name rec will be used txclock Specifies the speed of the transmit clock to be used for the interfacility device A value of 0 configures the card to accept transmit clock from the modem this option only works with 851 232 cards and Emulex PCI cards which have been jumpered for that mode Default value is 2400 rxclock Specifies the speed of the receive clock to be used for the interfacility device A value of 0 config ures the card to accept receive clock from the modem A non 0 value will cause the receive clock to be generated using an internal crystal Default value is 0 delay The delay in ms between each Host processing loop The default is 250 ms meaning the Host processing will run 4 times per second msgs Number of flight plans to download per processing loop Default is 5 combined with a default rate of 4 HZ limits outgoing FPS to 20 per second new_NAS_if Use the new NAS IF protocol cenrap Specifies a long range radar file to be used for cenrap processing and enables cenrap output cenrap quiet Turns off logging of cenrap msgs Cenrap process ing will continue
23. cal radars There are four channels per short range radar and three channels per long range radar A maximum of two radars per card can be transmitted The parameter srv identifies the path and surveillance file that the radar data will be transmitted from RadarSim test srv srv file directory path gt test srv dev dev srrO RadarSim testO srv srv file directory path gt test srv dev dev srrl See Appendix E Script Files FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 13 5 5 5 6 5 7 Aug 16 2005 Creating a Host Scenario Using a text editor create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines l set SimTime time 2 Host object name options The Host object emulates an ARTCC Host system It supports interfacility communications either a live terminal system or FIRS simulated It requires radar input from a file or communications card The parameters artsid dev and srv must be entered using the convention described below The parameter artsid identifies the terminal system where ttt is the three letter Arts identifier The parameter dev identifies the port s on the communications card that will support the interfacility communication A maximum of eight interfacility interfaces per card is supported The parameter srv identifies the path and surveillance file or radar receiving device Host zcl artsid ttt
24. ceive radar data from a specified communications card and record time stamped radar messages into a file The time stamp if not set by the user in the record script will default to the system time The RadarRec object can be created as a short range or long range radar The recorded file can be played back by RadarSim object RadarRec will record all received radar messages to a file This file is the input file for other simulations like RadarSim Qars and Host 3 4 Radar Playback The RadarSim object is a playback object It plays back a pre recorded radar file optimally starting from a user specified start time It functionally acts as ASR or ARSR output It will transmit radar data from an input file through a specified communications card 3 4 3 Host The Host object emulates an ARTCC host It requires radar input from a file or communications card The Host object supports Interfacility data communications either a live terminal system or simulated FIRS Arts object All Host Arts Interfacility messages are supported including flight plan amendment cancellation track initiate track update and track accept in both directions and VFR flight plans Multiple Host objects may be created in a single scenario 3 4 4 Arts The Arts object emulates a Terminal system It requires input from a file or communications card The Arts object supports Interfacility communications to a Host system either a live ARTCC host system ora simulated FIRS Ho
25. ctors Label EIA 232 pin shield 2 transmit data 3 receive data 7 signal ground 17 receive clock 24 external clock EIA 530 DB 25 Female Male Connectors Label EIA 530 pin 2 transmit data A positive 3 receive data A positive 9 receive clock B negative 11 transmit clock B negative 14 transmit data B negative 16 receive data B negative 17 receive clock A positive 24 transmit clock A positive Sunhillo ICA DB Male Connector Label Emulex 530 pin 2 transmit data A positive 14 transmit data B negative 3 receive data A positive 16 receive data B negative 9 receive clock B negative 17 receive clock A positive 12 transmit clock B negative 15 transmit clock A positive SDL 232 530 Hardware Adapter DB 25 male DB 25 Female Connector Connector FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 40 Aug 16 2005 Label SDL Label 232 530 pin A MM pin 2 S 0 0 3 6 0 14 7 0000 7 8 7 16 Q 9 15 11 20 24 22 17 Emulex 530 Hardware Adapter DB 25 Female DB 25 Female Connector Connector Label Emulex Label EIA 530 pin DA pin 2 3 0 3 go 00000 p 7 B 2 Q
26. ctory lt ATC object type lt object name options gt lt ATC object type object name options gt Example 1 Radar Playback amp Host 2 ASR s and 2 ARSR s 1 interfacility global SimTime set SimTime 14 30 00 set rdrp scenarios srv set mp scenarios map RadarSim RadarSim RadarSim RadarSim lan srv Srdrp lan acy srv Srdrp acy qsr srv Srdrp qsr qla srv Srdrp qla Srv Srv Srv Srv Qars landsp srv rdrp lan srv dev dev srr0 dev dev srr1 dev dev dev dev lrr2 rate 4800 lrr3 rate 14400 Host zcl artsid ttt dev dev if0 srv Srdrp lan srv rec rdrp zcl rec Example 2 Radar Recording with a RAPPI 4 Recoding of 2 ASR s and 2 set SimTime 14 30 00 set rdrp RadarRec RadarRec RadarRec RadarRec scenarios srv lan srv Srdrp lan acy srv Srdrp acy qsr srv Srdrp qsr qla srv Srdrp qla Qars landsp srv dev srr0 ARSR s with a RAPPI display of lan Srv Srv Srv Srv wx S rdrp 1 lan wx dev dev srr0 wx rdrp acy wx dev dev srrl dev dev 1 dev dev 1 12 FES FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 39 Aug 16 2005 8 6 Appendix F Modules Modules exrdr2 0 The module that loads the device driver to playback and record radar data using the communications card 8 7 Appendix G Serial Interfaces EIA 232 DB 25 Female Male Conne
27. d Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 36 e Arts n Arts n NAME Arts Create simulated Arts object within a SIRS Stan dalone Interfacility and Radar Simulator scenario SYNOPSIS Arts name dev Interfacility device srv Radar filename or Radar device starttime starttime artccid ARTCCID wx filename or devicename adaptation filename map mapList rec record file DESCRIPTION Arts creates an Arts object which will functionally act as an ARTS system during a SIRS scenario The Arts requires a radar input which can be either live data through a dev rdrrxx device or from a pre recorded file The Arts object will maintain an interfacility data link Options dev Specifies the interfacility device to use Inter facility devices are named dev ifO thru dev ifx where x 8 number of if cards in system each device uses 1 channel or 8 devices per card srv Specifies the filename or device from which surveillance msgs will be received Either a file name or a radar receiving device dev rdrrxO thru dev rdrrxx may be specified wx Specifies the filename from which wx msgs will be received The wx file is used only for display purposes If the srv option specified a device this option will be ignored and srv device will be used as the wx source adaptation Specifies an adaptation file to be used Cur rently the adaptation file specifies fixes that are to be used f
28. d recorded SEE ALSO SIRS n Host n Arts n RadarSim n FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com Aug 16 2005 30 Aug 16 2005 e RadarSim n RadarSim n NAME RadarSim Create Radar playback object within a SIRS Standalone Interfacility and Radar Simulator scenario SYNOPSIS RadarSim name dev Output device srv Surveillance file wx Wx file rs232 0 1 invert 0 1 rate baud rate type Irr srr asr11 DESCRIPTION RadarSim creates a Radar playback object which will func tionally act as a radar during a FIRS scenario The RadarSim requires a surveillance file which consists of a list of time stamped radar messages to be played back Options dev Specifies the output radar transmit device to use Radar transmit devices are named dev rdrtxO thru dev srrN where N is one less than the number of radar receive devices each device uses 4 channels or 2 devices per card Devices present on another SIRS tool may be specified by prefixing hostname before the device srv Specifies the filename from which surveillance msgs will be generated wx Specifies the filename from which wx msgs will be generated rs232 If this option is set to 1 line driver outputs will be forced to rs232 invert If this option is set to 1 data logic levels will be inverted rate Allows user to specify a non standard baud rate Must be a multiple o
29. drive permanently Note Remember the Local button will only remove files located in the recordings directory FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 25 7 0 7 1 7 2 Aug 16 2005 TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM Boot Messages Boot messages are written to the screen as the system is in the process of booting up In a normal boot most messages written to the screen are status messages indicating what devices have been recognized and initialized If problems occur error messages are written to the screen such as device or resource busy error initializing hardware or module already exists When a problem arises the boot messages should be one of the first things looked at Boot messages can be dumped to the screen any time by typing the command dmesg The boot messages will then be dumped to the screen in their original sequence during boot time Trouble Shooting Guide Did the scenario load If yes go to step 2 Is the start button in the JVN Communications window is highlighted indicating that the scenario is loaded and ready to run If no observe the error message in the xterm window output to the screen in the first line of messages and go to step 5 Determine if the FIRS ATC interface is configured correctly Is the serial interface card terminated to the correct ATC equipment For example card 0x240 configured as an interfacility interface should be ter
30. ents In order to run a simulation there are four general requirements They are FIRS Input and Output Script File and Modules 3 3 1 FIRS Input A FIRS simulation requires input This input may be live data received from a communications card or input files The input files must be pre processed ahead of time and included in the script file They may include any of the following e Radar Data The radar file consists of timed stamped messages This file is typically obtained by recording radar data with a FIRS tool Other methods include converting a pre recorded file obtained by other means to the FIRS format via an off line utility or by using a target generator such as the FIRS Radar Simulation Software RSS utility to create a pre recorded file e Interfacility Data Al flight plans amendments and cancellations are placed in an ASCII file with the source field modified to indicate the time to send the message All data will be converted to EBCDIC and sent along with internally generated parity and LRC bytes e Weather Data The weather file may consist of ASR 9 ASR 11 six level weather messages and status control messages from the local Surveillance and Communications Interface Processor SCIP This file is obtained using the same methods as the radar file 3 89 2 FIRS Output The FIRS simulation requires an output device which may be a communications card a file or a communications card in a remote FIRS tool FAA Inter
31. f 2400 type Perform some radar specific tuning lrr don t activate 4th serial channel ignore any wx file don t generate SCIP control msgs asrll force all msgs to channel 0 don t generate SCIP control msgs mask out flags field on all msgs CREATION ACTION On creation a window is created in the 3rd column of the virtual X display The radar device is initialized starts idling and the radar file position is set based on the value of the global variable SimTime START ACTION FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 31 Aug 16 2005 Radar transmission begins when the start command is received and will continue until exit Message statis tics will be updated in the window and represent the mes sages uploaded to the device not the number of messages transmitted over the wire SEE ALSO SIRS n Host n Arts n RadarRec n FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 32 Aug 16 2005 e Host n Host n NAME Host Create simulated Host object within a SIRS Stan dalone Interfacility and Radar Simulator scenario SYNOPSIS Host name dev interfacility device srv radar input artsid artsid fp flight plan file wx wx input adaptation filename map mapList rec record file rxclock rate txclock rate msgs msgs delay ms if timeout secs if retries num new NAS if 0 1
32. facility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 6 3 4 Aug 16 2005 3 8 3 Script File Script files create and configure the necessary ATC objects to run simulations Depending upon the scenario various combinations of ATC objects are incorporated into a script Script files may be created or edited using a text editor to customize scenarios to meet particular requirements 3 3 4 Modules Modules are loadable device drivers that are added to or removed from memory when the system is booted up The FIRS Air Traffic Control modules ATC contain the code that allows the communications cards to send and receive data in an ATC scenario Typing in the command smod from a xterm window will print to the screen the modules that are currently loaded into memory With the module commands rmmod and insmod modules can be unloaded and loaded without rebooting At system initialization the modules that are configured in the rc local script will be loaded into memory Located in the etc rc d directory is the rc firs script that contains the commands that automatically load the ATC modules ATC Simulation Objects There are online manual pages that give detailed usage for each simulation object For example typing man RadarRec will output to the screen the manual pages for the RadarRec ATC object See Appendix D Simulation Objects 3 4 1 Radar Recording The RadarRec object is a record object It will re
33. ices Click the enable button to enable recording on a device Click the Help button for cable setup suggestions Set the appropriate options for each device before clicking the Start Recording button Scenario Name 2003Jul03 1 011 Available radar recording devices Device 0 Y rappi Radar Hame Radar Type Data Polarity _j enable VN ASR xy ARSR y ASRII Normal y Inverted Help Device 1 4 rappi Radar Name Radar Type Data Polarity enable IVA q 4 ASR yv ARSR xy ASRII Normal y Inverted Help aia Device 2 J rappi Radar Name Radar Type Data Polarity AAA a Playback Options Cancel Start Recording The first thing you should set is your scenario name Select the Scenario Name box and type the name you would like to call your recording If you do not set a recording name FAST will use the timestamp name that appears in the box by default The timestamp name is used to avoid writing over an existing recording This time is drawn from the systems set time The name you select will later become a directory This directory is where FIRS will place the data you recorded FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 19 Aug 16 2005 2 Color xterm trou tester recordings ls 2003Ju103 0936 alllongrange allshortrange troy tester recordings
34. laced with an LRC PREPARE character 0xb3 and an LRC checksum befor going out over the line All occurences of the character are replaced with an EOM character 0xb1 before going out over the line Default is none wx Specifies the filename from which wx msgs will be received If the srv option specified a device this option will be ignored and srv device will be used as the wx source The arts object will adjust the wx msg timestamps to agree with the srv file beiong used This allows the use of a separately recorded wx file with arbitrary start time Default is none adaptation Specifies an adaptation file to be used The adap tation file is a plain ASCII file which specifies fixes are to be used for ARTS ARTS processing Each line in the adaptation file is of the format FIX OWNERI OWNER2 FIX is a3 character ATC fix found in FP messages OWNERI and OWNER are 3 character IDs specifying the owner of this fix Usually OWNERI and OWNER2 are specified to be two ARTS ID s specifying any Flight Plans with FIX to be handled as an ARTS ARTS transfer artsid 3 character id ofthe system on the remote end of the interfacility link This is used for sending TR s FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com Aug 16 2005 34 Aug 16 2005 map A list of map files enclosed in double quotes if there is more than one This is used for rappi display purposes only The maps must
35. mat speed and electrical characteristics This allows the FIRS system to simulate record and playback Interfacility and or NAS Host communications short range Airport Surveillance Radar s ASR and the long range Air Route Surveillance Radar s ARSR in a real time environment The FIRS system comes with offline utilities to convert ASR 9 ASR 8 and ARSR messages from CDR or LYNX data recordings into the FIRS file system format By utilizing a SCSI interface FIRS can be configured with high capacity storage devices like magneto optical storage devices This gives the customer the flexibility of removable media and the capacity to efficiently store analyze manipulate and retrieve large amounts of data The economy and flexibility of the FIRS system make it an invaluable tool to aviation research facilities and government agency support groups The communications cards operating system and associated applications and drivers are pre installed and tested by JVN Communications prior to shipment The FIRS tool is a turnkey system External cabling is the customer s responsibility Serial interface RS 422 RS 232 cables that terminate at the FIRS system are required to be DB 25 female connectors JVN Communications can supply external cabling at customer s request FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 5 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 Aug 16 2005 FIRS SOFTWARE Operating System The FIRS
36. minated to an EIA 232 interfacility interface Refer to appendix G and make sure the correct adapters are being used Make sure the cables and their pin assignments are correct for the type of interface you are using Refer to appendix G for EIA 232 or SDL 530 cable pinouts If cables are correct use an oscilloscope to determine if the correct signals are present To isolate a recording problem look at the receive data pins 232 pin 3 EIA 530 pins 3 amp 16 on the cable end that terminates at the FIRS To isolate a playback problem look at the receive data pins 232 pin 3 EIA 530 pins 3 amp 16 on the cable end that terminates at the ATC equipment If correct signals are present go to step 4 Check the script file associated for the scenario and determine if the correct objects and SimTime are being loaded If problem still exists call JVN technical support ERROR SOLUTION device or resource busy There may be another simulation running using the same device Look for another simulation window and exit from it Refer to appendix F Modules no such device Refer to appendix F and the sections titled Linux and Modules and check that the correct modules are loaded or configured correctly Problem may exist with serial interface card check address switch settings and reseat the card Type the command smod to determine what modules are being loaded into memory and check that the correct modules are loaded or configured c
37. nnels 5 8 QH p gt SDL 0x260 Slot 2 SDL 0x0a0 SDL Slot 3 Break Out Long Range Six Sensor 1 EIA 222 Channels 1 3 Cables Sensor 2 Channels 5 7 SDL Break Out Interfacilty Eight Channels 1 8 BET Cables gm eut om FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 9 4 1 2 Sunhillo ICA Formerly Emulex 486 DP The FIRS Emulex interface to the ATC equipment is accomplished through an octopus cable The standard serial interface fro m the ATC equipment is terminated at the Emulex octopus cable harness Aug 16 2005 Determine available PCI slots Before installing card make sure the card has been configured by JVN Communications for transparent mode operation and that each of the eight channels are configured for DTE DCE or split clock mode depending on port function e g playback record or interfacility See Appendix B Emulex Install the Emulex card in an available PCI slot Diagram 4 2 Typical FIRS Emulex System Level Block Emulex Slot 41 Emulex Slot 2 Emulex Slot 3 Emulex Octopus Cable Short Range Radars Sensor 41 Channels 1 4 Sensor 2 Channels 5 8 Emulex Octopus Cable Long Range Radars Sensor 41 Channels 1 3 Sensor 2 Channels 5 7 Emulex Octopus Cable Interfacility Channels 1 8 QH gt S dzmzuy cotm FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 10
38. or ARTS ARTS processing The arts object uses this file to determine which flights are to be handed off to the adjacent ARTS STARS system and which are to be handed off to the ARTCC starttime The start time for the object If a radar filename was specified the artssim will position itself in the file based on this starttime Starttime may be specified in either HH MM SS or HHMMSS formats artccid 3 character id ofthe system on the remote end of the interfacility link This is used for sending TR s FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com Aug 16 2005 37 Aug 16 2005 rec A recording file where all IF msgs and status msgs will be stored in ASCII format If this option is not specified a default record filename of name rec will be used FILES dev ifx The interfacility device dev rdrrx The optional radar input device SEE ALSO SIRS n Host n RadarSim n RadarRec n e qars n qars n To be Supplied e ifrec n ifrec n To be Supplied e etms n etms n To be Supplied FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 38 8 5 Appendix E Script File Examples Script file usage Aug 16 2005 Optional brief description The sign signifies a comment or disables a Line it is not executable set SimTime 00 01 10 set useful temporary variables set rdrp location of data dire
39. orrectly Use module commands to remove and insert the correct modules or edit the rc local file to reflect your scenario FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 26 8 0 8 2 Aug 16 2005 APPENDICES 8 1 Appendix A SDL Figure 1 SDL RISCom 8 si card layout T O Base I O Base Address Switch ddress 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 Faro o Of of o Ov of on Foo on om or o on or On On Off On On Off Do not use interrupts remove all jumpers Each card must have a unique I O Base Address Each card must use a unique I O Port 0xDO 0xD4 0xD8 OxDC OxEO 0xE4 Appendix B Sunhillo Emulex Switch Settings Located on the solder side of the card are a number of eight position switches A 2 channel card has two switches a 4 channel card has four switches and an 8 channel card has eight switches DTE Mode default mode In DTE mode the Emulex interface adapter receives both of the transmit and receive clocks from the attached communications device An Emulex interfacility device connecting to a DCE device requires the Emulex interface adapter to be configured in DTE mode To select the DTE mode set each eight position switch to the following configuration FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 27 Aug 16 2005 DTE Switch Settings OFF DCE Mode In DCE mode the
40. r create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines l set SimTime time 2 RadarRec object name options The RadarRec object will record short range and long range radars The parameters dev and srv must be entered using the convention described below The parameter dev identifies the channels on the communications card that receives data to record Radar s srrO short range and rr0 long range are the first logical radars There are four channels per short range radar and three channels per long range radar A maximum of two radars per card may be received The parameter srv identifies the path and surveillance file that the radar data will be recorded to RadarRec testO srv srv file directory path gt test srv dev dev srrO RadarRec test srv srv file directory path test srv dev dev srrl See Appendix E Script Files Creating a Radar Playback Scenario Using a tex editor create a script file The script file must have at a minimum the following two lines l set SimTime time 2 RadarSim object name gt options The RadarSim object will playback short range and long range radars from a pre recorded file The parameters dev and sry must be entered using the convention described below The parameter dev identifies the channels on the communications card that are to transmit data for playback Radar s srrO short range and rr0 long range are the first logi
41. r tabs to display the desired function for example interfacility communications can be displayed by clicking on the interfacility tab ANEW nl Restarting a Scenario From the virtual Desktop buttons in the bottom right hand corner click on the button in the top row first column Click on the exit button in the JVN Communications window From the xterm window type xtest lt scriptfile gt Click on the start button in the SVN Communications window Continue from step eight from the above procedures Ak WY FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 15 Aug 16 2005 5 12 Exiting a Scenario 1 From the virtual Desktop click on the top left button From the JVN Communications window click on the exit button 3 Closethe JVN Communications Radar Interfacilty Testing window by clicking on the X in the top right corner of the window 4 Simultaneously depress the Ctrl Alt Backspace keys to exit X Windows 5 13 Record and Playback Using the Patch Panel Recording one short range sensor and interfacility Sensors 0 5 Sensors 0 5 Monitor FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 16 Aug 16 2005 Playing back one short range sensor and interfacility Sensors 0 5 Sensors 0 5 Monitor RFIRS SIDE LIVE SIDE FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com
42. rts most major ATC interfaces The following is a general list of communication interface adapters see Hardware Configurations that the FIRS system utilizes for ATC simulations The RISCom 8si DCP 486p and RDI cards support radar and interfacility simulations A maximum of two radars or eight interfaces per card is available The following ATC radars and interfacility interfaces are supported e ASR9 Synchronous RS 422 serial e ARSR Synchronous RS 232 serial e Interfacility Synchronous RS 232 The Syscon and Sabtech cards support SRAP SCIP to ARTS simulations The following ATC interfaces are supported e SRAP NTDS MIL STD 1397C e SCIP NTDS MIL STD 1397C Hardware Configurations 4 1 1 SDL RISCom 8si The FIRS SDL interface to the ATC equipment is accomplished through the SDL 100 pin AMP cable hardware adapter and break out box The standard serial interface from the ATC equipment is connected to an SDL hardware adapter and terminated at the FIRS SDL break out box Before installing an SDL card each card must be configured with a unique I O base address See Appendix A SDL Install the SDL interface card in an available ISA slot Diagram 4 1 Typical FIRS SDL System Level Block FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 8 Aug 16 2005 SDL Break Out Short Range Eight SDL 0x240 Sensor 1 EIA 530 Slot 1 Channels 1 4 Cables Sensor 2 Cha
43. s Inc http www jvncomm com 24 Aug 16 2005 6 2 4 Manager Scenario Manager will help you manage your recordings The File Manager can also be used to copy from a CD to the hard drive or even burn your recordings from the hard drive to a CD FIRS Scenario Management FIRS Scenario Management To delete installed scenarios choose Local select the scenarios to delete and click Delete To bum scenarios to CD load a blank CDR choose Local select the scenarios to copy and click Bum To install scenarios from CD choose CD ROM select the scenarios to install and click Install Location 9 Local CD ROM 1 Available scenarios 2003 Jul03 0936 2003Jul03 1057 _ 2003 Jul03 1104 2003 Jul03 1106 cd a Refresh Cancel Use the Location button to get to your hard drive Local or you CD CD ROM Be sure to place your cd into the drive before clicking CD ROM button Please note the Local button will only search the recordings directory You can select a single file or multiple files to burn Simply place a blank CD R into the CD ROM drive and click Burn When CD is finished the box below will appear j Burned CD Successfully I You can also delete unwanted files from your hard drive to free up hard disk space Just select local and select the files then select delete The selected files will be erased from the hard
44. st object The Arts object also supports Arts Arts processing 3 4 5 Radar Planned Position Indicator RAPPI Display qars creates a RAPPI display to view beacon targets of a designated radar 3 4 6 Interfacility Monitor The ifrec object monitors interfacility FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http Avww jvncomm com 7 4 0 4 1 Aug 16 2005 3 4 7 Host Central flow Simulation cenflowsim object 3 48 ETMS etms object 3 4 9 ADSB Recording The AdsbRec object is a record object It will receive ADSB data from a specified network card and record time stamped ADSB messages into a file The time stamp if not set by the user in the record script will default to the system time The recorded file can be played back by AdsbSim object AdsbRec will record all received Adsb messages to a file This file is the input file for AdsbSim 3 4 10 ADSB Playback The AdsbSim object is a playback object It plays back a pre recorded ADSB file optimally starting from a user specified start time It will transmit ADSB data from an input file through a specified network card FIRS HARDWARE The FIRS system can be configured in portable desktop and rack mount configurations This versatility makes the FIRS system ideal for many ATC system design test and support functions Because FIRS utilizes industry standard hardware it is easily integrated into the customer s existing ATC equipment FIRS hardware suppo
45. un 4 times per sec ond default Internal processing performed can be gen erally described as 1 interfacility input processing 2 interfacility timer retransmission processing 3 VFR processing 4 Flight Plan output processing 5 Radar track update TI generation 6 TU generation 7 Cenrap processing In addition the Host object will respond to several FAA Interfacility and Radar Simulator FIRS JVN Communications Inc http www jvncomm com 33 asynchronous events such as relaying ARTS ARTS messages and responding to user control msgs Options dev Specifies the interfacility device to use Inter facility devices are named dev if0 thru dev ifx where x 8 number of if cards in system each device uses 1 channel or 8 devices per card Default is dev null srv Specifies the filename or device from which surveillance msgs will be received Either a file name or a radar receiving device dev rdrrx0 thru dev rdrrx may be specified Default is dev null fp Specifies the flight plan file to download over the ifline The flight plan file is a plain ASCII file containing a list of time stamped FP CX and AM messages The time stamps are embedded within the msg header for example ZCD1455105 would be sent at simtime 14 55 10 5 Thelast3 digits of the header field will are dynamically overlayed with an assigned ECID before going out over the line All occurrences of the characters in this file are rep
46. ux trou tester nrecordings 2003JulO03 0936 snv In the example above jvn was the name used in the Radar Name box Now that you have enabled your device and have chosen the radar names you can begin recording by clicking on the Start Recording button You will the see a small icon appear with a clock in the upper right hand corner If the clock is running you are recording Now if you look down at the bottom right hand corner of the screen you can select the virtual desktop window that houses your radar display window 2003 Ju103 1057 nl x Scenarios Objects Exit 14 59 13 03 Click in the window to display your radar message counts This is a helpful display window to determine radar flow and quality You will see four channels in blue these represent your four channels of radar Across from the channels are green numbers that should be increasing as the recording goes on a good sign you are recording data successfully Above the green number you will find yellow message types These represent the types of radar and weather data being recorded To the right in red you will find error messages These numbers should remain zero unless the data on the given channel has a problem although it is not unusual to have a small number of errors on some channels If you find you are experiencing a large number of errors nearly as much as the clean data there is a problem possibly with cable connection or script

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