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Curtiss-Wright Technical Information Bulletin January 2017

General informationThe Acra KAM-500 Databook (HW/BK/0002) comprises data sheets for released Acra KAM-500 products. The latest release ofthe Acra KAM-500 Databook is dated 4 Jan. 2017.

The KSM-500 Databook (HW/BK/R/0001) comprises data sheets for KSM-500 tools. The latest release of the Acra KSM-500Databook is dated 5 May 2015.

The Applications Handbook (HW/BK/0005) comprises technical notes for Curtiss-Wright products.The latest release of theApplications Handbook is dated 4 Jan. 2017.

DAS Studio 3 is the setup software for data acquisition units, network switches, recorders and ground stations. The latestrelease of DAS Studio 3 is version 3.4.1.

XidML SDK 1.0 for XidML 3.0 is now available. It contains the source code that demonstrates the basic usage of the XidML API.

The latest KSM-500 software (including kSetup 1.17) is now available. For details, see “Software status” on page 2.

If your license is covered by our maintenance contract, you are entitled to upgrade your current version of GS Works with thisnew release, free of charge. For a copy of the latest release, contact [email protected]. If in doubt whether or notyour license is covered, contact [email protected] with the confirmation of order reference (COO/X/XXX)and the SysID of the license to be checked.

To get a copy of any released software or documentation mentioned here, contact [email protected].

Recorder Studio 3 discontinuedAs of May 2016, Recorder Studio 3 (setup software for network switches and recorders) is discontinued. As Recorder Studio 3is a subset of DAS Studio 3, its functionality is already incorporated therein.

Any hardware (such as network switches or recorders) that previously shipped with Recorder Studio 3, will instead ship withDAS Studio 3.

New leap second

NOTE: A leap second was inserted on December 31, 2016, at 23:59:60 UTC.

GS Works 8 data analysis and replay tool updatesThe GS Works 8 data analysis and replay tool is constantly updated and improved over time to accommodate new functionality,improve performance and the user experience and to keep up to date with Curtiss-Wright flight test instrumentation productrange and data standards. Existing customers can avail of these updates through a maintenance contract, renewing yourlicense gives you access to several new features that have been added since this contract lapsed. For details, see “GS Works8” on page 3.

Technical information

New FAQsN/A

New tutorialsN/A

New technical notesN/A

New user guidesN/A

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Training Curtiss-Wright offers a variety of training courses, within SVS/TRN/100, which help delegates develop the skills needed toconfigure the various Curtiss-Wright products. Standard courses include introductory training for Acra KAM-500 airborne dataacquisition hardware, advanced training on Acra KAM-500 airborne data acquisition systems and training for GS Works 8real-time and post-processing data analysis. Course content can be standard, user-definable or a combination of both. Westrongly recommend training for those who are not familiar with Curtiss-Wright equipment.

Document changesThe content of the following documents has been revised since the previous release of the bulletin.

For a list of all released hardware data sheets, see “Reference numbers and issue dates for hardware data sheets” on page 5.

Software status

DAS Studio 3The current release is 3.4.1. Features of the software include the following:

• Discovers, configures, manages and programs Data Acquisition Units (DAUs), recorders, switches, ground station boards, and third party equipment

• Functionality can be extended through external plug-in applications• Supports the open metadata standard

Acra KAM-500 products

Product - reference Action

KAD/ADC/109/C/QB120

2 Dec. 2016 | DST/U/032

In Getting the most from the KAD/ADC/109/QB120 section, added new Warning when using a quarter bridge section.

Technical notes


Using the KAD/VID/103

14 Dec. 2016 | TEC/NOT/055

Separated “Video compression” section into subsections.In “Camera selection” table, corrected all pins so that GND are now NC and vice versa.In “Audio compression” section, clarified how ADPCM encodes differences between predicted and current audio sample.In Setup tab description table, added rows to describe “Video Parameter’s Prefix name” and “Max thread threshold”.Added new “Prefixing of the video parameter name” section.In “Using video over Ethernet” section, added a bullet point to clarify use of the Video Parameter’s Prefix Name field.

Using the KAD/VID/106

13 Dec. 2016 | TEC/NOT/073

Added instructions to cover using the KAD/VID/106 with DAS Studio 3.

User manuals


DAS Studio 3 User Manual

SW/BK/0015 | 22 Dec. 2016

In chapter 2, added following new sections: “Reading asynchronous PCM data”; “Network to legacy PCM programming”; and “Setting up a KAD/EBM/102 to parse automatically generated packets from the Multi-Chassis Scheduler (MCS)”.In chapter 5, added new “Programming options” section.Added new “Chapter 6, IP Address Programmer” section.In chapter 12, added new “Filtering on KAD/SWI/108 and NET/SWI/101/C” and “Cross Point filtering” sections.

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KSM-500The current release of KSM-500 is KSM-500 suite 2.15 which includes kSetup 1.17 and kProgram 1.17. For a list of supportedmodules, refer to the kSetup 1.17 and kProgram 1.17 data sheets. For this software release, the software operates with XidML2.4.1.

NOTE: KAD/ABM/103 does not work with kSetup1.17. If you plan to use this module, contact [email protected] for assistance.

NOTE: To operate, kFlashCardXID1.8 requires a full installation of KSM-500.

Upgrading from KSM Tools to the KSM-500 suite of tools

The current release of KSM-500 is:

• kBalance 2.0.2 (Release notes on page 21)• kDiscover 1.6 (Release notes on page 22)• kFlashcardXID 1.8 (Release notes on page 22)• kProgram 1.17 (Release notes on page 23)• kQuicklook 8.1.1 (Release notes on page 25)• kSetup 1.17 (Release notes on page 25)• kTimeseed 1.5 (Release notes on page 30)• kValidate 2.0 (Release notes on page 30)• kWorkbench 3.2 (Release notes on page 31)• PCM Placer 1.1 (Release notes on page 31)• X-Report 2.0 (Release notes on page 32)• X-Validate 2.0 (Release notes on page 32)

GSX-500

GS Works 8

The current release of GS Works 8 is 8.1.1. Features of GS Works 8.1.1 include the following:

• Interactive interface which allows custom data displays, parameter definitions, analysis options and test setup• Runs on Microsoft Windows® PC platform and Commercial Off-The-Shelf networks• Exports to CSV, Microsoft Excel and MathWorks MATLAB®• Walk-away media - full data set• XidML® compatible (versions 2.41 and 3.0)• Supports Packet CAPture (PCAP) format• Supports avionic bus standard IRIG-106 PCM • Supports packetizers for ARINC-429, CAN, MIL-STD-1553, and TTP XidML 3.0 only• Supports MPEG-4 and H.264 video coding formats and audio decommutation• Client/Server Mode• Supports CVSD audio

GTS SDK 3.3

The current release of GTS SDK is 3.3. Features of GTS SDK 3.3 include the following:

• Set up using a XidML 3.0 file• Acquisition of minor PCM frame data of up to 20Mbps for each channel• GTS SDK 3 real-time API is interrupt driven, no polling is performed• Direct memory access data transfer relieving CPU power• Minor frame loopback function for testing without external PCM stream• Code samples for Borland C++, Visual Studio C++ .NET and Visual Studio C# .NET• Driver for GTS-500 boards

For details of known GSX-500 issues, see “GSX-500 software known issues” on page 33.

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Hardware status

Released products

Since the previous bulletin, data sheets for the following products have been given a standard release.

Legacy productsSince the previous bulletin, data sheets for the following documents have been moved to legacy.

N/A

Obsolete productsSince the previous bulletin, the following documents have been made obsolete.

N/A

For a list of products compatible with software, see “Products supported by KSM-500” on page 37.

Acra KAM-500 products

Product - reference Description Features

ACD/CJB/005

5 Dec. 2016 | DST/AB/001

Cold junction block for KAD/ADC/136 (built-in sensor, straight-through backshell) - 7ch

• Supports seven thermocouples• One built-in PT100 sensor (typical accuracy of

±0.1°C)

KAD/MEM/004/B

30 Nov. 2016 | DST/T/054

CompactFlash® memory module (data extraction via Fast Ethernet)

• Supports logging of data into solid-state memory• High data transfer rate• Data extraction via Fast Ethernet (100BaseTX)• Programmable event sizes and data triggers

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Appendix

Reference numbers and issue dates for hardware data sheetsThe following is a list of the controlled documents and their issue dates.

To ensure that you have the most up-to-date data sheet, compare your documentation against the issue date(s). To receiveupdated copies of any data sheets, e-mail the required list to [email protected]. If you are a member of our website, you can view and download updated data sheets from www.curtisswrightds.com.

Product Issue date | reference number

3D drawings 21 Jan. 2016 | DST/X/034

ACC/HSK/001 9 Jun. 2016 | DST/J/064

ACC/TRF/001/B 16 Apr. 2015 | DST/W/070

ACD/BAC/002/B 30 Nov. 2016 | DST/W/106

ACD/BAC/003/B 9 Feb. 2015 | DST/W/107

ACD/BAC/004/B 9 Feb. 2015 | DST/W/108

ACD/BAC/005 9 Feb. 2015 | DST/W/017

ACD/BAC/006 7 Apr. 2016 | DST/AB/003

ACD/BAC/007 7 Apr. 2016 | DST/AB/004

ACD/CJB/001 23 Feb. 2015 | DST/P/014

ACD/CJB/002 16 Apr. 2015 | DST/W/018

ACD/CJB/003 16 Apr. 2015 | DST/Y/042

ACD/CJB/005 5 Dec. 2016 | DST/AB/001

ACM/EXT/001/B 9 Feb. 2015 | DST/K/003

BAC/PSU/007 9 Feb. 2015 | DST/W/118

Cables 24 Mar. 2016 | DST/J/062

CON/KAD/002/CP 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/R/008

CON/KAD/002/SR 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/R/009

CON/KAD/003/CP 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/S/042

CON/KAD/004 16 Apr. 2015 | DST/S/040

CON/KAD/005/CP 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/S/041

CON/KAD/005/SR 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/T/095

CON/KAD/008/CP 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/T/066

CON/KAD/008/SR 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/T/067

CON/KAD/010 8 Jun. 2016 | DST/W/016

CON/PSU/007 17 Apr. 2015 | DST/W/115

CON/SAV/001 17 Apr. 2015 | DST/AB/005

CON/SAV/002 7 Apr. 2016 | DST/AB/006

CON/SAV/003 17 Apr. 2015 | DST/AB/008

Handling precautions 11 May 2016 | DST/U/055

JIG/UNI/001/C 11 May 2015 | DST/R/048

KAD/ABM/102/B 15 Apr. 2015 | DST/Y/008

KAD/ABM/102/B/EM1 15 Apr. 2015 | DST/Y/051

KAD/ABM/103 23 Feb. 2016 | DST/X/055

KAD/ADC/008 16 Apr. 2015 | DST/N/053

KAD/ADC/010/C 17 Apr. 2015 | DST/R/046

KAD/ADC/011/C 18 Mar. 2015 | DST/R/044

KAD/ADC/105/B 8 Jan. 2016 | DST/U/028

KAD/ADC/106/C 7 Sep. 2015 | DST/U/033

KAD/ADC/109/C/QB120 2 Dec. 2016 | DST/U/032

KAD/ADC/109/C/QB350 15 Nov. 2016 | DST/U/030

KAD/ADC/109/C/S1 8 Jan. 2016 | DST/T/097

KAD/ADC/109/C/S2 8 Jan. 2016 | DST/U/031

KAD/ADC/111 1 Jul. 2016 | DST/X/058

KAD/ADC/112 22 Apr. 2016 | DST/V/080

KAD/ADC/113/B 18 Mar. 2015 | DST/V/059

KAD/ADC/114 8 Aug. 2016 | DST/U/029

KAD/ADC/115 11 Apr. 2016 | DST/Y/031

KAD/ADC/116 14 Nov. 2016 | DST/S/083

KAD/ADC/117/B 5 Aug. 2016 | DST/U/034

KAD/ADC/117/EC1 14 Nov. 2016 | DST/T/098

KAD/ADC/118 11 Apr. 2016 | DST/P/065

KAD/ADC/120 8 Jan. 2016 | DST/R/006

KAD/ADC/126/B 3 Aug. 2016 | DST/V/060

KAD/ADC/129/S1 14 May 2015 | DST/S/085

KAD/ADC/129/S2 4 Oct. 2016 | DST/V/081

KAD/ADC/130 14 Nov. 2016 | DST/W/123

KAD/ADC/134/B 13 May 2016 | DST/AA/014

KAD/ADC/135 9 Jun. 2016 | DST/X/021

KAD/ADC/136/C 9 Sep. 2016 | DST/AC/006

KAD/ARI/002 13 Apr. 2015 | DST/N/071

KAD/ARI/103/B 14 Nov. 2016 | DST/Y/044


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DAS Studio 3 software known issues

Modules supported in this release

See “Products supported by DAS Studio 3” on page 48 for list.

New features added in this release

For features, see “DAS Studio 3” on page 2.

Known issues in this release

Issue # Project Description

AFDX-1 ARINC-NDO Importer

Parameter naming clash reported after a successful ARINC-NDO import of AFDX parameters

ALG-11 Studio Algorithms Tab General

Only a single window for the values to cause an event is available for the BIT101 or BIT102 in Das Studio meaning you can check an internal range, but cannot check an external range

ALG-6 Studio Algorithms Tab General

The Error message (x) stays on algorithm tab even after removing the 'trigger condition'

APP-52 Studio Applications General

Unable to program GTSDEC card in DAS Studio if parameters placed in PCM package


Unable to load DLL 'gtsdecw.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

ARINC-9 ARINC-429 Builder When changes are made to the SDI or SSM values, Save and Close button only becomes active after the table has lost focus

CFT-54 Calibration Fetch Calibration fetcher may show issues when DAS Studio is installed to folders other than the default location

CFT-68 Calibration Fetch Calibration Fetcher seems to be confused for modules on a slave

DAS-1019 DAS Studio General Calibration Fetcher does not discover slave DAU

DAS-1033 DAS Studio General DAS Studio gets stuck in update loop when attempting to add parameters to packet.

DAS-1045 DAS Studio General SNMP from Windows services must be disable

DAS-1076 DAS Studio General SWI108 parameters cannot be transmitted using the Package Generator

DAS-1107 DAS Studio General DAS Studio may become unstable if "&" is used in a packet name.

DAS-1128 DAS Studio General Duplicated name causes a problem when loading a file

DAS-1133 DAS Studio General Delay added to the PCM frame in Ethernet to PCM systems may be large under certain configurations

DAS-1160 DAS Studio General GUI may jump focus when switching between tabs

DAS-1163 DAS Studio General When manually defining parameters for parser packages the full list of parameters available is shown

DAS-1164 DAS Studio General Cannot uses "/" in #define statements for MAT101 Header files

DAS-1167 DAS Studio General MEM103 Package builder shows blank values for parameter already placed in the MEM103 due to different default base sampling rate

DAS-1180 DAS Studio General ARINC-429 builder hangs when closing it from the X in the top right of its window

DAS-1189 DAS Studio General DAS Studio Packages Tab PCM builder crashes when changing parameters manually

DAS-1191 DAS Studio General DAS Studio does not warn user if a process is not linked to a package

DAS-1199 DAS Studio General GUI for the ADC013 Modules Settings allows user to set Range Max to be less than Range Min. the user will not be warned in the GUI, but will receive an error message at compile time

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DAS-1204 DAS Studio General Filtering not Activated by hitting return

DAS-1215 DAS Studio General Hardware programming time increase

DAS-1221 DAS Studio General IP addresses are going missing in packages

DAS-1226 DAS Studio General IENA header with iNET-X body support

DAS-1241 DAS Studio General Synchronous connection is assumed for PCM links

DAS-1251 DAS Studio General Packet-Filter on EBM102 should not use the same IP as other packets in the task. May result in compilation errors

DAS-1262 DAS Studio General Package Generator does not warn it will delete/modify existing packets

DAS-1283 DAS Studio General DAS Studio show an error 'The directory is not empty' when the cache directory is open by windows explorer

DAS-1288 DAS Studio General Ethernet fragmentation not supported

DAS-1309 DAS Studio General A configuration can be verified but issues no packets from DAU 3

DAS-1315 DAS Studio General TCG103 from DAS Studio 3.2 fails to open in DAS Studio 3.4.0 due to changes in the xDefML file

DAS-1353 DAS Studio General If Scheduling cannot be achieved you may see 'Unexpected late transfer' error

DAS-1360 DAS Studio General When X_SYNC is enabled on the TCG modules the compiler does not check to see if the acquisition cycle in valid

DAS-1370 DAS Studio General FBM102 is not a standard FireWire module. Packages and parameters must be added from the Packages tab and not the FireWire builder. A specific FBM102 firewire package can be added from the palette. When using the wizard, users should ignore the FBM102.

DAS-1408 DAS Studio General Packetizer support required for MEM113

DAS-1418 DAS Studio General To manually place a parameter using 1:1 commutation in the Transmission Assistant you must Drag and drop to the first minor frame

DAS-1419 DAS Studio General Burst Placement of video parameters may take some time to complete in large PCM frames

DAS-1436 DAS Studio General DAS Studio may be slow to respond after compilation / Programming, user will not be asked to 'Please wait'

DAS-1439 DAS Studio General Burst Placement may fail if Smart placement is enabled

DAS-1442 DAS Studio General Filtering on PCM Parameter grid may still be applied from previous task settings

DAS-1450 DAS Studio General Smart mode will not use the last word on the PCM

DAS-1459 DAS Studio General In the PCM Package grid the full Parameter name may not be displayed

DAS-1460 DAS Studio General Error Message 'Tried to access to an unavailable frame location', when placing 8 parameters at 1:2 using smart mode in frame with enough space to place all commutations

DAS-1462 DAS Studio General In the Transmission Assistant, when Smart Placement mode is enabled the Parameter place parameters vertically or horizontally setting is ignored

DAS-1464 DAS Studio General Crash when clicking on PCM frame too often

DAS-1467 DAS Studio General MAT101 Processes do not get saved in XidML

DAS-1476 DAS Studio General Package Generator should not be an option if PCM is used

DAS-1479 DAS Studio General Palette with add with connections in PCM will only import the frame shape

DAS-1485 DAS Studio General Syncword will display an error caused by a refresh issue, 'Syncword must be a multiple of the default word', when updating the syncword

DAS-1486 DAS Studio General The words per minor frame change automatically without warning


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DAS-1498 DAS Studio General Adding a hex alpha character to an integer field in a generic package setting causes DAS Studio to crash

DAS-1518 DAS Studio General Comments cannot be stored into short and long description

DAS-1536 DAS Studio General Standalone compiler crash (access denied) on launch when DAS Studio is running on Windows 7 32-bit OS

DAS-1564 DAS Studio General VID106 or 103 in 2 different packages must have the same sampling rate

DAS-1575 DAS Studio General Video cannot be transmitted over ETH and over PCM simultaneously

DAS-1583 DAS Studio General Video burst in MCS for PCM fails compiling

DAS-1585 DAS Studio General Failure in PCM_WD_SETUP after adding burst video

DAS-1587 DAS Studio General Crash when del parameter MyARINC-429-WordPackage from global parameter list

DAS-1597 DAS Studio General Adding IP addresses in the discovery window doesn't always work

DAS-1604 DAS Studio General Controller file incorrect for the MEM103

DAS-1609 DAS Studio General Parameter name should not contain dots otherwise they cannot be opened by Matlab

DAS-1610 DAS Studio General Scheduling Error : Memory package should have less than 16k parameters but KADMEM004B32GMSP has 65792 parameters

DAS-1614 DAS Studio General When parameters are placed into the PCM, users should not be allowed to change sampling rate

DAS-1615 DAS Studio General Changing rate on multiple parameters is only possible if the mouse is still on the selected area

DAS-1619 DAS Studio General Remote chassis cannot be programmed

DAS-1621 DAS Studio General No decimation on analog modules should create an error

DAS-1632 DAS Studio General MCS packets should not be created

DAS-1633 DAS Studio General BIT101 ErrorCounter incrementing

DAS-1635 DAS Studio General DEC103 is limited to 8Mbits in synchronous mode but DAS Studio compiles successfully

DAS-1638 DAS Studio General Quite slow to add few parameters into a PCM with some parameters already placed

DAS-1639 DAS Studio General MCS does not need to transmit the transport package at the same rate as a secondary PCM transmitter package in a slave chassis.

DAS-1647 DAS Studio General Scheduling Error : Failed to generate timing window for ANE2[15:0](0)<<(Parser9:36)[15:0]-s(7+7)/56

DAS-1649 DAS Studio General DAS Studio resolution issue for toughbooks

DAS-1651 DAS Studio General Source IP in IENA should not be there or shall take the default module IP address

DAS-1655 DAS Studio General Vertical placement should not be an available option in ethernet packages tab

DAS-1657 DAS Studio General ENC005B doesn't show the commutation depending on the frame rate used in asyncrhonous mode

DAS-1664 DAS Studio General Crash during chassis import

DAS-1665 DAS Studio General Import ARINC429 doesn't show the bus which we want to import

DAS-1666 DAS Studio General DAS Studio - The value 'OffsetBinary' is not valid - BitVector is the only allowed value

DAS-1667 DAS Studio General No access for BIT101_SINK is 1 but must be 2

DAS-1693 DAS Studio General Creating IENA packets removes previous existing iNet-X packets from DAS Studio

DAS-1699 DAS Studio General Commutation is not shown in the table

DAS-1702 DAS Studio General ADC136: changing the signal conditioning type doesn't modify the lookup table


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DAS-1708 DAS Studio General Packet KAMMEM1131ut100 does not have a unique stream id

DAS-171 DAS Studio General Google Desktop and DAS Studio running simultaneously may cause a detrimental effect

DAS-1730 DAS Studio General VID106 packetizer cannot be programmed in a SSR

DAS-1731 DAS Studio General DSI102 should not compile on the attached setting

DAS-1735 DAS Studio General Replacing parameter in a discrete will prevent the xidML from being loaded again in DAS Studio

DAS-1738 DAS Studio General Ethernet to PCM bridge does not work untill you save and reopen the file

DAS-1739 DAS Studio General PCM discrete parameters, when one of the source parameters is from a Bus Monitor, will not verify, unless the source parameter is also placed in PCM

DAS-1748 DAS Studio General Recorder Status Tool in DAS Studio does not report errors connecting to recorders

DAS-1771 DAS Studio General NET/REC/006 and SSR/CHS SNMP varibles are programmed correctly but the hardware fails to transmit the correct value back to software.

DAS-1772 DAS Studio General Default Stream ID of FFFFFFFF is the same value as SSR/CHS/001/B default filter, hence packets with that stream ID will not be transmitted, unless filter is changed.

DAS-1774 DAS Studio General Documentation link does not work for certain modules

DAS-1782 DAS Studio General ADC/113/C localization issue

DAS-1792 DAS Studio General DAS Studio hangs when discovering Ground Station cards if the driver is not installed

DAS-1793 DAS Studio General If GTS-500 board is fitted into PCI-slot 8 in a PC, once discovered you can't view the file in the Navigator.

DAS-1794 DAS Studio General Discovery tool should state "no hardware found" on Studio

DAS-1795 DAS Studio General System.InvalidOperationException when clicking on GS Status

DAS-1796 DAS Studio General Discovery can return PCI-Slot(11) or other 'invalid' pci-slot.

DAS-1811 DAS Studio General GTS/BSC/003/C :gStatus should Display "PCM-In(0)" status

DAS-1812 DAS Studio General BSC/003/C: gStatus should not display "DecomeLock(0)"

DAS-1813 DAS Studio General Studio allows user to run on gStatus while another gStatus is running but doesn't display any LED definition for the second gStatus.

DAS-1814 DAS Studio General SSS Status shall reload automatically the previous xidML

DAS-1830 DAS Studio General DAS Studio crashes while importing a switch to a xidML

DAS-1840 DAS Studio General Automatic renaming removes '0' from the parameter name

DAS-1841 DAS Studio General Transmission assistant corrupts the PCM frame

DAS-1848 DAS Studio General File containing EBM101 which previously compiled will now not compile if the mask for each classifier does not contain the same number of bits

DAS-1849 DAS Studio General Spurious fixed data are read

DAS-1850 DAS Studio General Using comas instead of points in regional settings will cause a compilation error

DAS-1852 DAS Studio General KAMCSB12U Discovers incorrectly in DAS Studio 3.4.1

DAS-1855 DAS Studio General After a calibration error occurs during programming from DAS Studio, the message box appears after the end of the operation to inform the user that the system programmed successfully when it did not

DAS-318 DAS Studio General Changing Windows theme while DAS Studio is running may cause DAS studio to become unstable

DAS-396 DAS Studio General Old Tasks may appear invalid due to changes in xDefML files

DAS-433 DAS Studio General It is necessary to run DAS Studio as administrator on Windows 7 OS


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DAS-472 DAS Studio General DAS Studio GUI appears to be doing nothing during Program or Verify while Multi-Chassis Scheduler is running

DAS-591 DAS Studio General Multi Chassis Scheduler does not automatically transfer parameters from a slave chassis to a BIT102 module for event monitoring

DAS-616 DAS Studio General Palette caches imported files but does not reuse them resulting in poor memory performance

DAS-716 DAS Studio General GUI allows users to add parameters to Parser aligned iNET-X Packages, resulting in invalid XidML files

DAS-734 DAS Studio General If the installation path name changes with new versions of DAS Studio, references to lookup files may become invalid in old tasks and require updating

DAS-740 DAS Studio General Message server displays Compilation Complete after programming hardware

DAS-747 DAS Studio General DAS Studio does not automatically calculate and update the PCM Major Frame Rate

DAS-776 DAS Studio General Frequency Mode update rate for the DSI102 family modules is not supported

DAS-815 DAS Studio General Packages Tab allows user to place parameters into Parser Aligned and Bit Stream iNET-X packages. This should not be done as it will corrupt the file

DAS-906 DAS Studio General Under rare circumstances the vertical scroll bar may disappear on the global parameter list and does not return until you restart DAS Studio

FAL-100 Falcon (EEPROM Generator)

There are small differences in EEPROM images generated for KADADC008 module dependent upon whether Win XP or Win 7 64-bit is the underlying OS


There is no tool in DAS Studio for setting the IP address on a BCU105 family module


Installing DAS Studio to locations other than the default install path may result in compilation issues


Compiler sometimes has problems removing old cache directory on Windows 7 32-bit OS

FOP-41 Studio File Operations

Invalid XidML data is not flagged in DAS Studio.


Error message for dynamic constraint generation does not specify the setting / channel / instrument the error is on

GSI-6 Studio Global Status Indicator

Status bar colour does not reflect programming errors

HDF-121 hDefML File The hDefML for all variants of TCG102, TCG105, and SSRCHS in DAS Studio have heading Hi and Lo register swapped

HDF-80 hDefML File MEM004B needs to put literal values to formats other than 0

MCS-1 Multi Chassis Scheduler

Users will see an error when compiling or programming a task if they have manually built a slave PCM frame.


Having two PCM packages with same rate and size on one PCM link results in unclear error message


Having multiple PCM package in a task while Packetization enabled on single ENC106 channel cause an error


Packetizer for ABM103 Schedules same number of packets per second regardless of the Bus speed setting


Error '...not present in dictionary' after replace of slave PCM on detection of previous package

MIL-5 MIL-STD-1553 Builder

More data word parameters can be added than defined in the message Parsing Rules


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MSI-109 Studio Installer DAS Studio installer may cause anti virus software to issue a warning

MSI-149 Studio Installer DAS Studio installer may remove components that affect KSM-500 and kFlashCard when uninstalling

MSI-167 Studio Installer 'UnauthorizedAccessException' error on Windows XP when tried to run DAS Studio as limited user, although it was installed as admin user

MSI-190 Studio Installer User may see an Error message when installing if user doesn't have Admin rights

MSI-254 Studio Installer Uninstalling DAS Studio deletes the calibration information gathered by Calibration Fetcher

MSI-66 Studio Installer Installing DAS Studio 3.1 after installing KSM500 1.14 causes startup problems for kSetup 1.14 because some of the KSM500 1.14 folder locations have been altered

MSI-283 Studio Installer .NET 4.0 Framework will not install if the Windows Imaging Component is not already installed

NAV-126 Studio Navigator GTSDEC005C allows more than one package to be added to the link in DAS studio

PB-48 Studio Package Builder

Package builder displays 'Package generation complete' even if no packages are created


Using an illegal bit rate in the PCM package generator may cause it to hang, the Transmission Assistant should be used instead


Encountering Errors in PCM package generator may result in an empty PCM frame. Transmission Assistant should be used instead


Package Builder should not alter an existing PCM frame that already works


Package builder does not remember if you locked a parameter to a PCM location


Package Generator does not place parameters from KADSWI108

PKG-364 Studio Packages Tab General

Mouse 'Wait' icon is not always displayed when waiting for DAS Studio to complete a task


The IRIG-106 packages tab does not let you define everything that you might want for an IRIG-106 package definition such as FCC, URC..


DAS Studio does not prevent user from creating a slave PCM packages, these are automatically created at compile time


Clicking on the XidML file root and then clicking between tabs may be slow


DAS Studio does not automatically update certain fields when manually creating Ethernet packets e.g. Stream ID may be repeated


Packages tab does not always show Package Grid when opened the first time


For MIL-STD-1553 Mode code 17 messages, the sub-sub address map is not supported on MIL-STD-1553 messages


User cannot set occurrences for ARINC ARI002 package via grid, but can set the occurrences under preferences


Packages tab is not refreshed when deleting a module


Navigating between modules when Packages tab is in context can result in slow performance of DAS Studio


Users may experience poor Memory performance when switching between tabs multiple times


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UDP Destination Port defaults to 0 for iNET-X Placed packets


Refresh issue when Delete process package filter for EBM, have to save and re-open the task file


Package Rate for Packetizer Packets can be set but has no impact as it is overwritten on Verify


Placement Preferences not displayed as selected


Transmission assistance does not update when fragmentation error is caused by the placed content grid


Changing burst parameter properties in the Placed Data grid replaces the burst parameter with a single instance


Burst parameter occurrences not displayed correctly in the Placed Data grid

RIB-3 Studio Ribbon Bar If you are editing a table cell and then select a menu option, i.e. Save, the changes in the cell will be lost.

SCS-126 Single Chassis Scheduler

The folder used for storing compiler debug files is not cleared out at start of compilation


32 bit registers are presented correctly in BCU140B packets but are reversed in MBI103B messages


Overrun detected error with more than 3.3M Ethernet transfers


On the BIT101 Users can create a Trigger Condition and not assign a parameter to it. They will not be warned until compile time


Compiler error with synchronous DEC103 - Failed to generate timing window for DECData

SET-116 Studio Settings Tab General

Triggering of recording on the MEM103B is not supported. The only options are Log Always or Never Log.


Bitrate does not automatically update when choosing PCM frame shape unless using PCM Package Builder then rate is automatically updated.


KADADC135 and KADADC136 Changing Excitation Mode from Voltage to Current, or vice versa, does not automatically update the amplitude to a valid figure for that setting


DAS Studio GUI does not detect and warn users if two Packetizer channels use the same Stream ID. Error is shown at compile time


Updating TDC002D parameter 'Range Min/Max' is not done automatically by UI dependent on the look up file selected


Updating ADC113B 'Range Min/Max' and 'Excitation amplitude' is not done automatically by UI dependent on the algorithm reference selected

SKD-14 Studio Hardware Discovery

Discovery tools ask for irrelevant Gateway Input range when discovery Ground Station Modules


'IP Address' range validation is not applied on discovery gateway definition


Discovery tool does not state 'no hardware found' when Discovery fails, just reports Discovery complete


DAS Studio Hardware Discovery tool does not automatically open new XidML file when discovery is complete


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Discover does not detect IP address of NETREC002

SPC-77 Studio Power Calculator

Power Calculator artificially splits 7V and 12V into equal positive and negative voltage rails which does not correspond to hardware capabilities

SPG-10 Studio Package Grid iNET-X placed package grid displays word location incorrectly

SPG-23 Studio Package Grid PCM package display gird may require a refresh after Verification or Programming

SPG-25 Studio Package Grid DAS Studio allows Users to add Parameters to Bus Monitor Packages that are already full, but does not report any warning

SPG-26 Studio Package Grid DAS Studio Packages display may require a refresh after adding parameters

SPLT-3 Studio Package Links Table

PackageRate on PCM links is not automatically updated when the bit rate is changed

SPPT-10 Studio Package Properties Table

DAS Studio fails to auto-validate 'data type' for iNet-X packages


Illegal Stream ID settings may only be caught at compile time

SPRP-34 Studio Parameters Palette

Default Parameters list may be shown when adding parameter to a package, instead of the parameters associated with the task. Click on 'This file' to get the correct parameter list

SPT-14 Studio Packages Table

Overlap error when adding parameters from table


Need a limitation on the maximum number of parameters/words that can be placed into different types of package


Invalid placement location indication for all parameters when packet size is more than maximum iNET-X size


In some scenarios, validation of parameter name uniqueness may not work as expected

STV-10 Studio Verify Using Auxiliary files is not supported in DAS Studio

STV-4 Studio Verify When compilation is cancelled it will finish the current chassis before cancellation is completed

STV-6 Studio Verify DAS Studio does not automatically save changes to the XidML file. User must click save to ensure no changes are lost

TLS-31 Studio Tools General

DAS Studio does not manage Sensors and input channels calibration

TTPI-5 TTP Importer Cancelling TTP importer while removing links may cause DAS Studio to become unstable

XACS-13 XidML API Mode code 17 sub sub address map not supported on MIL-STD-1553 messages

XACS-18 XidML API Adding 1553 message with " ' " in the message name creates invalid XidML

XDF-135 xDefML File RS422_OUT can act as either X-sync out or IRIG-Out on all TCG Modules. However, the Outputs only ever show RS422_Out, this stops users connecting IRIG_Out to IRIG_in on other modules in the GUI

XDF-144 xDefML File KADADC129S1 ExcitationAmplitude default value is 0.2 on the datasheet and 5 in DAS Studio

XDF-146 xDefML File KADADC109CS1 ExcitationAmplitude default value is 0.2 on the datasheet and 5 in DAS Studio

XDF-147 xDefML File 'BalanceTolerance' and 'Balance Target' ranges are not defined in datasheets of Analog Modules

XDF-200 xDefML File Cannot connect IRIG-B_out from TCG102C to NETSWI004 digital IRIG-B_In

XDF-327 xDefML File DAS Studio UI will allow BitRates lower than what is achievable in the hardware on BCU101 modules

XDF-328 xDefML File SSRCHS001B DAS Studio Setting Memory Utilization Threshold default value should be 0


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Issues fixed in this release

XDF-339 xDefML File Not all KAMTCG102 possible settings are supported in the DAS Studio UI

XDF-343 xDefML File Not all Ethernet devices use the same default IP addresses

XDF-36 xDefML File Analog-IRIG_BOut is defined under Inputs on a KAMTCG102C

XDF-394 xDefML File DAS Studio allows the user to define the Max/Min temperatures per channel, needs to be the same for all channels



Request to support C-Type Thermocouple with TDC/002/D

CFT-53 Calibration Fetch Closing Calibration Fetcher window before it is finished may cause Das Studio to become unstable

CFT-64 Calibration Fetch Calibration Fetcher returns an error when fetching for TDC102B

CFT-69 Calibration Fetch Calibration Fetch for KADMDC103 does not work with TFTP Controllers

DAS-1018 DAS Studio General Compiling of tasks using the KADUBM103 may take a long time for certain configurations

DAS-1032 DAS Studio General DAS Studio crashed when user attempted to add a link to a switch port.

DAS-1034 DAS Studio General Deleted packets are retained in XidML file but are not displayed in GUI

DAS-1035 DAS Studio General MAT101 Processes do not get saved in XIDML

DAS-1038 DAS Studio General 10 bits PCM fixed word width in DAS Studio support required

DAS-1059 DAS Studio General Programming problem with NETSWI003 when using Asian OS

DAS-1063 DAS Studio General Compile Failure where discrete Low parameter on the DSI in the TTX chassis is sourced from the BCU145 instead of the DSI.

DAS-1064 DAS Studio General DAS Studio crashes if verify clicked but no task loaded

DAS-1087 DAS Studio General MEM004 header support required

DAS-1136 DAS Studio General DAS Studio not saving Hi Lo discrete parameter setting to XidML

DAS-1151 DAS Studio General Crash when removing a link on the ENC106

DAS-1161 DAS Studio General Change of Node Address causes crash + programming failure

DAS-1182 DAS Studio General Filter cutoffs on KADADC136 are not set properly

DAS-1192 DAS Studio General Crash when you select multiple processes to be deleted

DAS-1195 DAS Studio General FIR digital filter mode on ADC136 is not programmed properly

DAS-1201 DAS Studio General DAS Studio Crash when adding Packages

DAS-1211 DAS Studio General Port number 50001 should be allowed

DAS-1217 DAS Studio General Package Generator cannot create common PCM frame shape

DAS-1252 DAS Studio General DAS Studio 3.3.6 contains kQuicklook 7.3.3 instead of 8.1.1

DAS-1253 DAS Studio General UDP Port Number was set to max of 16 bit number, resulting in port not being saved or flagged as error.

DAS-1255 DAS Studio General Added parameter disappears after re-opening the file

DAS-1258 DAS Studio General ETH102 fails to program sector 7F using TFTP

DAS-1268 DAS Studio General SBM101 in Mode 0 does not behave in the same way as a SBM001


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DAS-1287 DAS Studio General IENA Packetizer is not working as expected

DAS-1290 DAS Studio General MAT101 sink ADC parameters more than their allowed maximum sampling rate

DAS-1292 DAS Studio General EBM102 not parsing correctly

DAS-1307 DAS Studio General NETREC002 is recognized but not supported by DAS Studio 3.3.6

DAS-1308 DAS Studio General Some PCM configurations that are successfully verified do not work

DAS-1326 DAS Studio General Package builder builds invalid packets

DAS-1327 DAS Studio General Failed to generate for module KADEBM102 - Failure in ebm101_parserslots - Index was outside the bounds of the array.

DAS-1343 DAS Studio General Modify importer to automatically add parameters to empty ARINC-429 & MIL-STD-1553 messages

DAS-1354 DAS Studio General Corrupted user.config file caused DAS Studio 3.3.5 and 3.4.0 to crash

DAS-1358 DAS Studio General The setting Color Balance Red could not found on the OBECAM001

DAS-1359 DAS Studio General Certain Parameters in Transport packet are sourced from NETREC006

DAS-1385 DAS Studio General TCG102 time is updated once per acquisition cycle

DAS-1399 DAS Studio General Options required for changing the word index for SFID

DAS-1400 DAS Studio General Minor frame numbers are not displayed for PCM frames under Content of Packages Tab

DAS-1401 DAS Studio General Print option added to print details of Major and minor frames of placed parameters

DAS-1402 DAS Studio General Video Burst Placement only uses the lowest commutation and doesn't compile

DAS-1416 DAS Studio General Adding burst video corrupts the XidML file

DAS-1417 DAS Studio General With burst of 64 and repeat burst of 64, only one sample is placed per minor frame if another parameter is placed on a location of the burst.

DAS-1433 DAS Studio General Calibration Fetcher doesn't find chassis in the task file

DAS-1435 DAS Studio General Failed to generate a valid transport package shape for link PCM-In(0)-PCM-OUT(0).

DAS-1437 DAS Studio General Video parameter doesn't display the right information after a burst

DAS-1438 DAS Studio General Video burst should warn user if the placement is not possible

DAS-1443 DAS Studio General Transmission assistant: specified argument was out of range of valid values

DAS-1444 DAS Studio General Scheduling Error : Failed to generate timing window for myadc112_Ch0[15:0]

DAS-1445 DAS Studio General Transmission assistant removed all the parameters in the frame if an overlap happens

DAS-1454 DAS Studio General Controller cycle can pick common frequency when rates do not match without warning or error.

DAS-1456 DAS Studio General Decimation with multiple PCM is not working

DAS-1461 DAS Studio General Your selection could not be placed as it would cause an overlap

DAS-1463 DAS Studio General You cannot transmit at higher rate a same parameter from the ENC than on the BCU

DAS-1475 DAS Studio General MyIRIG-106-Ch04_12_bit_PCM has a non recommended Syncword

DAS-1477 DAS Studio General You can import one message from a bus but you cannot import multiple messages at the same time.

DAS-1484 DAS Studio General Tick Low output an error on the BIT101 status

DAS-1496 DAS Studio General Importer automatically adds parameters to empty ARINC-429 message, its a 32 bit parameter after import, 16 bit after re-open xidml

DAS-1535 DAS Studio General ENC106 PMF minimum bitrate is always considered enable

DAS-1565 DAS Studio General IENA offset word shows invalid placement location

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DAS-1567 DAS Studio General ABM103 messages are not on the package tab as an available parameter

DAS-1579 DAS Studio General Input string was not in a correct format

DAS-524 DAS Studio General Deleting a parsed bus message or module from a task file does not remove parameters from that message or module from a transmitter, i.e. Ethernet Packet or PCM Stream, they must be removed manually

DAS-536 DAS Studio General Programming error when a chassis is not physically present

DAS-583 DAS Studio General Memory usage may be high when compiling large systems

DAS-603 DAS Studio General Placed iNET-X Packets are not padded to fall on a 32-bit boundary by DAS Studio

DAS-674 DAS Studio General Adding packages in process tab causes crash by pressing the KB right mouse button

DAS-683 DAS Studio General Verify fails when links are connected to a KADSWI101, removing the links allows Verify to pass

DAS-685 DAS Studio General Adding a second EBM to parse 3rd party IENA create compilation errors

DAS-704 DAS Studio General Parameters requested from MBI103 on MIL-STD-1553 bus from an external BC are incorrect.

DAS-719 DAS Studio General TCG103 does not synchronize to GPS or IRIG when programmed with DAS Studio

DAS-754 DAS Studio General ETH101 in DAS Studio can create bad UDP length packet

DAS-761 DAS Studio General Putting a 7.8125Hz frame in an ENC in a chassis controlled by a BCU140 compiles, it should not compile.

DAS-780 DAS Studio General Speed and Performance improvements required for DAS Studio

DAS-808 DAS Studio General Having DAS Studio and Standalone Compiler running at the same time cause crash on Windows 7 32-bit OS

DAS-814 DAS Studio General Removing a parameter from the ARINC-429 builder and reloading the XidML causes an error

DAS-844 DAS Studio General EBM102 crashes DS if RT-click on Source Name in Process tab

DAS-849 DAS Studio General Removing a module doesn't remove the parameters associated to the sinks

DAS-854 DAS Studio General ADC135 should have the channels with the same Filter Mode setup

DAS-989 DAS Studio General Task file with 2 KADVID106's in the same packet gives scheduling error

DOC-18 Studio Documentation Tab

Documentation tab scroll bar does not scroll smoothly

EGF-31 Eeprom Generation Framework

Default Calibration used even though module calibration information is available

EGF-9 Eeprom Generation Framework

UBM101 fails to capture data correctly in DAS Studio


Falcon generator for VID103B does not include Bit Rate or No of Ticks per Acq. cycle.


EBM not set up correctly using package builder


Destination MAC address is incorrect for 1 packet over 8


To set up parsing on a CBM102 module you must explicitly create a new Parser Process in the Process tab for each message being parsed and add a Package Reference to each Parser Process manually.


The MBM101 does not parse data when the "Destination Sub Address" is set to "Any"


MSB103C and MBM101 Stale and Skipped bits in MessageInfo parameter are not correct when modules programmed by DAS Studio

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If specific Parser process is not defined on CBM102 task does not compile


VID103B and VID106 FIFO parameters shall be able to be placed irregularly into the PCM


Windows 7: Exception occurred while trying to delete temporary backup when opening an existing task

HDF-111 hDefML File Error : No hDefML map entry found for value '12800'


PBM104, incorrect Packets Per Second Calculation in DAS Studio 3.2.0


Multi Chassis Scheduler generates an unsupported iNET-X packet on a BCU105 family module


IP clash detection. When filter on EBM has dest ip which is already in use hence the transport packets are created with the same dest ip causing clash.


Cannot compile 2 PCM with different shapes but with the same major frame rate


Parameters from 'Slave' chassis are not transported into MAT101


If a PCM package is manually added to a slave chassis; compiling causes a second PCM package to be added automatically. Compilation should stop if a previous package is detected before the second package is generated


Package builder not keeping its settings


DAS Studio 3.3.6 - It is not possible to change the sampling in Ethernet once the parameter is placed in PCM


Unable to add fixed words under BCU settings


Add PCM frame optimisation functionality to DAS Studio


DAS Studio crashes when attempting to place a parameter in an Ethernet package in non-contiguous mode


DAS Studio does not support the creation of fixed data words, i.e. in a controller module


Removing module leaves behind reference in iNet-X package


DAS Studio does not support the creation of fixed data words over Ethernet


Object reference not set to an instance of an object error when adding bit stream package


Drag and drop behaviour in Content grid

PRG-30 Studio Programmer NETSWI004C's 'Configuration' SNMP variable is failing to program with a low level package error

PRG-31 Studio Programmer Errors during SNMP programming do not give an overall programming failure

PRG-35 Studio Programmer Program may not work correctly from the command line if user has not set the command line paths correctly

PRG-45 Studio Programmer Longitude and Latitude 48 bits registers are swapped on SSRCHS001B


Asynchronous DEC103 does not work in DAS Studio

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KSM-500 software known issues

WARNING: Uninstall the previous version of KSM Tools before installing a new version.KSM-500 Suite of tools will upgrade from KSM Tools only.All KSM-500 Suite of Tools must be installed collectively.All KSM-500 Suite of Tools must be uninstalled collectively.Close any open Curtiss-Wright tools before installing/uninstalling other Curtiss-Wright tools.


Incompatible bit rate and PCM frame structures are being compiled without errors


Compiler crashes if run when a cache file is open in another program


There should be an error when packet size is more than maximum iNET-X size


Improved Acquisition Cycle Engine required.

SIP-1 Studio Instruments Palette

Ability to import through the palette a KAM-500 chassis populated with the modules and packages

SPC-79 Studio Power Calculator

ABM103 Extension file power figures are out by a factor of 10

SPG-9 Studio Package Grid Not all iNet-X packages have their header offsets 0-27 filled in the grid

SPP-27 Studio Packages Palette

Palette package: Generic tab should only display relevant packages to EBM module

SPP-9 Studio Packages Palette

Parameters Palette: Ctrl+A does not select all parameters available in the palette


UAR102 and UBM103: Parser option 'Message Length' unavailable in DAS Studio


Can't set 'End of packet' for IENA packages

SPRP-29 Studio Parameters Palette

When SSRCHS is connected to an Aggregator port of a switch you lose the ability to build packets with parameters from the SSRCHS modules


With multi-selected parameters in the package content table, using "shift" the table refreshes


'Update Many' in the content table is not intuitive


'Update Many' should detect parameters naming clash when updating multiple fields

SUAR-8 Serial Builder When start sequence and package length are used to parse messages with the UAR102 these are combined to determine the total length of the message

TFP-6 TFTP Programmer TFTP Programming failed but DAS Studio pop up states that it passed programming

XDF-128 xDefML File It is unclear which PMF Filter you are using for ENC106

XDF-142 xDefML File Setting <Name>Filter. Fifo Level-XX</Name> is not defined consistently in XdefML file of AMB and MSB

XDF-164 xDefML File Typo in Channel Input BaseName="CamersSelect" rather than BaseName="CameraSelect"

XDF-175 xDefML File Brightness and PCAP CRC settings on NETREC001 need to be hidden as they have no effect

XDF-344 xDefML File Hide 'Include CState' and Publish 'Prefix'

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kBalance 2.0.2


See the kBalance 2.0.2 data sheet for list.


See the kBalance 2.0.2 data sheet.



Issue # Description

KBL-03 The Name column is not correctly sorted on startup

KBL-04 When changing the 'Tolerance' field, pressing the <CR> key should validate the value entered but does not

KBL-06 kBalance generates 4 backup files for one complete balance run instead of 1 backup file

KBL-07 kBalance never deletes any backup files nor deletes old iteration files

KBL-08 For a particular column add multiple row select-and-change functionality to kBalance

KBL-09 Under certain conditions, the two right-click mouse 'Balance Now' column menu items 'Check All' and 'Uncheck All' both become unhighlighted

KBL-10 There is a mismatch between the number of iterations read from the message server and the number of iteration files generated

KBL-14 kBalance should display min/max and tolerance in mV

KBL-15 Some parts of the kBalance datasheet could be better explained

KBL-16 If kBalance is interrupted by clicking the 'Stop' button, the final task file will not have the correct balance adjust settings

KBL-17 kBalance is too slow

KBL-18 Loading the kBalance output file again in kSetup 1.7 removes some informative but unessential kBalance element information

KBL-22 kBalance fails to start on a ghosted PC with KSM500 suite of tools previously installed unless kSetup is run first

KBL-24 kBalance does not work if installed to a non-default directory

KBL-25 Only channels in the master controller's PCM frame can be balanced

KBL-27 Number of balancing iterations should be user programmable

KBL-70 Channels from Unicast address packet are not listed if packets with different Multicast addresses are in the system

KBL-77 kBalance crashes when the IENA key is lowercase

KBL-86 kBalance gives error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" if an ExpressCard/Ethernet adaptor is used

KBL-89 kBalance won't run unless all the hardware in the task file is present

Issue # Description

KBL-91 kBalance does not run in Windows 7 64-bit

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kDiscover 1.6


See the kDiscover 1.6 data sheet for list.


See the kDiscover 1.6 data sheet.



kFlashCardXID 1.8


See kFlashCardXID 1.8 data sheet for list.

New features in this release

N/A

Issue # Description

KDC-34 kDiscover does not handle w ell heterogeneous systems, like several netw orked Star-PCM configuration etc

KDC-46 Report HTML file reports DAU ID=0 instead of the IP address on a netw ork system w ith BCU/140s

KDC-48 Launching kDiscover in kSetup and then close it, w ill append the initial chassis to the project

KDC-49 KDiscover fails to Discover 17th chassis in a netw orked system

KDC-54 kDiscover shall have the ability to select multiple IP sub -range to discover a system

KDC-60 kDiscover enters an endless loop in netw ork configuration if chassis ID not set properly. Workaround: set chassis ID = 0 to 0 or small er range than 63

KDC-61 KAD/VID/106 is recognized as "not supported" but discovered correctly. Error only in message server

Issue # Description

KDC-67 kDiscover resizable w indow

KDC-72 kDiscover cannot identified multichassis X-Sync configurations w here each chassis programmed over dedicated IP link

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kProgram 1.17


See the kProgram 1.17 data sheet for list.


See the kProgram 1.17 data sheet.


Issue # Description

KFC-69 kFlashCardXID takes a long to initialize and milk a 16 and 24 Gb card.

KFC-85 Extraction of 16000 samples per acquisition cycle in MAT-4 and MAT-5 formats fails.

KFC-86 Extraction of 7805 events (each with 1280 samples) in MAT-5 and MAT-4 formats is extremely slow (5min per event).

KFC-87 Video file extracted can only be replayed by mPlayer.

KFC-99 Parameter names extracted from kFlashCardXID are not the same as the parameters names setup in kSetup.

KFC-100 kFlashCardXID initializes the MEM/004 card with an empty strategy file without any errors.

KFC-111 kFlashCardXID exports MATLAB files with extra information from the strategy files.

KFC-120 “Error 70000 Unknown exceptions caught” is shown where no space left on PC.

Issue # Description

KFC-92 Network extraction fail with low connection quality.

KFC-94 Network connection quality cause extraction to terminate before all data extracted using MEM/004.

KFC-95 Network extraction fail when using dedicated network and switch.

KFC-101 Network initialization fail with MEM/004.

KFC-102 Network extraction fail with MEM/004.

KFC-121 Mis-leading warning message shown when interrupt caused one or more blocks of data not to be written to the CF card. “70045 Event 1: one or more blocks of data were not written to the card prior to the current block 21930. This problem could have occurred due to logging too fast.”

Issue # Description

COR-203 Using Bit Mask on ABM/101 Data parameter to make it 16 bits and inserting into IENA packet leads to error

COR-215 Sw apping IP addresses on BCU/140s in a task cause it to give errors during compilation

COR-231 There is no longer any indication of progress being made w hen programming a system

DTP-42 KAD/FBM/105/A Message tags are wrong

KPG-55 Cannot run kProgram using command line w ith -T.\w hatever.xml

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KPG-112 MDC/103: less verbose error messages required for AddressDelay

KPG-194 DAC/001 should have DISCRETE setting support at least in kProgram

KPG-318 PBM/002 dataw ords cannot be transmitted into 2 PCM

KPG-517 Speed of programming configurations over single link (StarPCM, CAIS) should be improved

KPG-599 XID file not compiling w ith 1.12 w hile it w as compiling w ith 1.11 due to PCM master/slave

KPG-608 In master/slave configuration w hen multisink paramet er has higher rate on slave's sink then on master it causing failure in compiler

KPG-622 KC.log should report the full Ethernet bandw idth used

KPG-631 GS Works cannot see Multi Chassis Scheduler packets

KPG-658 ARI/002: ACRA ERROR :: encountered impossible expiry for ADC /109

KPG-663 Redirect the message output back to the DOS command w indow instead of into the message server

KPG-709 Multiiformat: a KC log file for each run of the multiformat w ill be useful

KPG-711 KC should put a w arning if the oversampling rate exceeds the MEM/103 capabilities depending on the CF used

KPG-728 ACRA ERROR :: Number of samples per symbol must be even and greater than 10 (found 8)

KPG-733 Compiler doesn't create an error w hen MEM uses m ore than 16KSamples per acquisition cycle

KPG-735 Using task w ith TDC102 generated by ksetup1.17 w ill not compile in 1.16.1

KPG-736 ACRA ERROR :: KC caught unhandled exception

KPG-738 MCS Stale and Skip on PCM w hen parameter is sampled at 4096Hz

KPG-739 MCS not coherent for parameter at 4096 Hz

KPG-740 MCS report w ords in PCM do not show the same value than in the packets

KPG-741 PTP Enable and time master on the TCG should be an error not a hint

KPG-742 Could not find Xfr entry as referenced via DSI_102_EVENT_0_J3

KPG-744 Enabling VLan on the EBM modules not working

Issue # Description

DTP-43 After discovering hardw are w ith controllers, such as BCU101, compilation fails. Workaround: save and reopen the task file

KPG-724 EBM doesn't compile in format select other than 0

Issue # Description

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http://10.149.1.19:7000/browse/DTP-43

kQuicklook 8.1.1


See the kQuicklook 8.1.1 data sheet.


See the kQuicklook 8.1.1 data sheet.



N/A

kSetup 1.17


See the kSetup 1.17 data sheet for list.


See kSetup 1.17 data sheet.

KPG-726 BCU/140/C shunt is not working

KPG-732 KADVID106 package generated in KSM is causing an error in GS Works

KPG-737 ACRA ERROR :: Filter stage of ' -4' for ADC135CH3 (channel 3) is greater than 15

KPG-743 Tick Low output an error on the BIT101 status

Issue # Description

KQL-111 kQuicklook doesn't support ODD parity on the SAM/DEC/007

KQL-112 kQuicklook supports fragmentation but the user has to use derive parameters to re-assemble the fragments. kQuicklook doesn't support fragmentation on a 10 bits fixed transmission sizePCM

KQL-117 When using 33-bit Syncw ords, kQuicklook displays a data source error at startup - "Error setting SAMDEC sync mask for pattern"

KQL-119 kQuicklook does not use IENA time to display parameters. This may cause a distortion w hen graphed

KQL-129 kQuicklook installation does not check for previously installed versions of GSWorks. As a result your GSWorks installation may not launch

KQL-133 kQuicklook doesn't get lock w ith 10 bits w ord size PCM

KQL-155 PCAP replay is not very useful for kQuicklook because it only replays few minutes

Issue # Description

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Issue # Description

KSMI-29 Space in Non-Default location installation causes crash in all tools afterinstallation

KSP-27 KAD/VID/103 occupies tw o user module slots in a KAM-500 chassis, but kSetup show s only one occupied

KSP-70 No context menu for autosize/sort for spreadsheet on KAD/MSB/103/B

KSP-72 Bit Size field is ignored for Fixed Words on KAD/BCU/001/B

KSP-249 KAM/CDC/101/6K and KAM/CDC/101/300 should not allow analog gainof 100 and 1000

KSP-298 MEM/003 GUI should w arn about the max 16376 parameters

KSP-331 Removal of Balance Adjust on QB modules: (QB120, QB350)

KSP-340 LATITUDE_DE and LONGITUDE_DE in the TCG/102 GUI refers to LatitudeMicroMinutes and Longitudes MicroMinutes in the datasheet

KSP-343 ThreadThreshold is not translated for any bus modules

KSP-402 The DEC/003 imports an asynchronous PCM w rongly w hen there is only 1w ord in the Syncw ord

KSP-408 kSetup may change the acquisition cycle after reloading it if BCU/105 isused

KSP-422 kXidML2DB doesn't accept characters such as '

KSP-436 Fc for TDC/002/C and TDC/002/D differs - this issue cannot be fixed due to the Fc setting is totally different between these modules

KSP-469 EBM flow should increment automatically

KSP-498 DAC/002 and DAC/001: Should not allow parameters > 16 bits to be sunkinto the DAC

KSP-517 EBM/101 Classification Locations fields w ith value "Not used" is not saved/retrieved correctly in/from the XidML in the translation tools

KSP-565 FrameBuilder: cannot set start bit to 15 and stop bit to 6 w hen transmitting 10 bits

KSP-574 IENA package builder should not allow space on the package name

KSP-576 Criteria needed to ensure a parameter is transmitted or not in IENA or PCM

KSP-589 When remove module, packets in BCU/105 and ETH modules should be resized automatically to take in account the free gaps

KSP-616 DAC/002 is not compiling if you don't double click on the DAC/002 first in kSetup

KSP-647 TCG/102 cannot be set to free-running and using GPS onboard

KSP-651 Removing a module in kSetup leave the IENA packets empty in kSetup

KSP-667 Opening a task in kSetup doesn't change it to the default task for kWorkbench

KSP-668 Datasheet Missing for BCU/102/B

26 BK/0005 | 25 Jan. 2017

http://jira.acracontrol.com:7000/browse/TLT-108

KSP-712 IENA packet builder display "must be either ARP ..." w hich is incorrect

KSP-724 Hardw are tree may be displayed w ith the chassis ID not in order

KSP-783 kSetup bitrate calculator does not calculate allow ed bitrates w hen PMF output enabled on ENC/106

KSP-789 Parameter descriptions using characters like ( ) " " / / in the description can cause task file not to load

KSP-812 MSB Pop Up Menu Item Edit not w orking w hen selected fro m comment column in spreadsheet

KSP-826 DEP and easygrid.ocx issue, dll's not registering on install

KSP-831 Rename an ARI/001 parameter could be more user friendly

KSP-845 FRAME_COUNT_LO register shall be renamed to FRAME_COUNT to match the datasheet

KSP-858 Parameter name duplication w hen multiple ARI/001/B and the same message name

KSP-864 MSB/103 - RT to RT in broadcast mode does not w ork and should not be allow ed by the GUI

KSP-868 In Window s Strategy of Bit/101 Comments not being saved

KSP-869 BIT/101 module cannot show the packages of the parameters that have been placed

KSP-870 XidML task can be verified successfully w ith kProgram but not from kSetup

KSP-871 kSetup is creating backup XidML files in the w rong directory

KSP-914 Non-unique names w ithin messages not handled correctly

KSP-923 Cannot save the XidML File after removing MEM/103 module

KSP-930 kSetup to allow edit of explicit packet instance offset

KSP-947 Unable to program the TCG/102/C to receive a 1pps signal in the GUI

KSP-949 LDC/001 support required

KSP-951 kProgram fails compiling the MKM/ADC/014/R1 w hen using an excitation current 1.6mA for PT-100

KSP-965 CBM/102: the number of dataw ords show n in GUI shall be limited to the DLC value picked by the user

KSP-966 GUI module setup should prevent the user from entering an invalid parser ID

KSP-969 When setting up Modecode Mil -Std messages for MSB modules the mode for modecodes is not allow ed to be saved

KSP-972 IENA packets should be removed from the xidML after replacing the BCU/105 to a BCU/101

KSP-973 Frame Builder: Desired rate in PCM should be the same as the ARI/001 rate

KSP-988 MSB: ModeCode=08 generates a compiler error

KSP-993 TCG/102 Leap Seconds and Current Year setting are not in the GUI

Issue # Description

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KSP-997 Copy and paste function doesn't w ork on SBM/102

KSP-999 On a Window s 7 32 bit OS launch kSetup not as administrator and verify task Error message 'cannot w rite path info details for 'C:\ACRA\kProgram \Xid\EBM_transmit.xid'

KSP-1001 WSI/101: The number of Parser slot payload data w ords can be configured to exceed 64 in the GUI

KSP-1033 Preference View Min/Max to Gain/Offset doesn't w ork for the ADC/109/C/QB120

KSP-1047 TimeServer description for TCG/102 not being w ritten to XID

KSP-1081 Frame builder does not allow to transfer only selected w ords of the DSI/102 Event FIFO or Counters

KSP-1089 Async DEC issue in xidML: SYNC parameters are not sourced

KSP-1118 Cannot enter a negative balance current in the GUI for a number of analog modules

KSP-1124 "No SampleID specified for sample" error in compilation

KSP-1131 BIT/101 w indow name cannot handle blank spaces

KSP-1133 When using ABM/101 w ith data and MEM/103 the "overall samples per second " is not correct

KSP-1138 kDiscover fails to detect more than IRIG Time master from w ithin kSetup and that w ould not allow to reload discovered file

KSP-1153 GUI for ARI/002 in kSetup allow s a Label w ith 4 Hexadecimal digits w hen only 2 Hexadecimal digits are valid

KSP-1166 When running kDiscover in kSetup, sw ap button disappear

KSP-1196 PCM Frame Builder Numerical Sort w ill not correctly sort parameters that start w ith a number

KSP-1197 Updating Message Name for a MSB/103/C message does not update the actual parameter names

KSP-1200 When installing KSM-500 for the first time the first project cannot be saved Workaround: use "saved as" option and then normal save option w orks as usual

KSP-1201 DSI/102 parameter greater than 16 bits cannot be used as trigger on MEM

KSP-1202 When using for the first time kSetup, Save or Save As doesn't do anything Workaround: go to tools->Customize then click Save

KSP-1203 Preferences view gain/offset or min/max do not w ork for the ADC109QB350

KSP-1245 ADC/017 Excitation in xidML is in Amps. According to the datasheet it should be in mAmps

KSP-1248 IENA Packet builder should indicate if a parameter w as already placed in a packet. Workaround: To make the changes in the setting effective, save and navigate aw ay from the module

KSP-1249 IENA builder should show the desired rate

KSP-1254 When a Dasec file is imported tw ice in ksetup the bus disappears from the GUI

KSP-1259 UAR datalink reference in the package is not cross checked w ith the datalink name

KSP-1260 DSI102B GUI show s Size (Bits) 16 for the EVENT parameter w hich is 80 bits

Issue # Description

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http://jira.acracontrol.com:7000/browse/KSP-1203








KSP-1261 DSI102B has 3 confusing time parameters

KSP-1265 Error in removing IENA packets from Packet Builder in kSetup 1.15

KSP-1267 Automatic Placement in PCM Frame Builder does not follow PCM Placement Rules

KSP-1271 The Packages button for DISCRETE_11_0 parameter of DSI/102/B does not w ork in kSetup Parameters tab

KSP-1277 "Interconnect" instead of "InterConnect" in xidML causes a misleading error in the compiler

KSP-1282 KSM-500 should do more rigorous tests w hen loading a XIDML file

KSP-1284 kSetup should generate an error w hen a BCU/101 (transparent /A) is being in the same chassis than a module belonging to the ADC/005 family

KSP-1286 ARI/001: When adding a message w ith mode 'none' instead of data, kSetup fails to load task

KSP-1290 GUI reverts to incorrect channel for INET-X parser aligned packets

KSP-1325 ADC/135 Filter mode shall be module based

KSP-1326 Acquisition cycle of 128Hz is not possible under KSM-500

KSP-1353 kDiscover should tick automatically 'netw orked configuration' w hen user select BCU140B or later

KSP-1359 ADC134 preferences doesn't w ork

KSP-1379 CopyOf is appended to parameter names after a XML import on the UAR

KSP-1380 ARI001: w hen renaming messages w hich w ere defined w ith the same name xidml file cannot be loaded

TLT-75 IENA packet builder doesn't retain end of packet

TLT-108 kXidML2Db Fail to load database driver on SP3 for PBM modules

Issue # Description

KSP-615 CBM/102 should allow more flexibility on the mask

KSP-964 ENC/106 module setup mentions Amplitude w hich is unclear

KSP-983 Duplicated parameter names when adding 2 messages to CBM/102

KSP-1185 Cannot apply Excitation Current or Filter Cut Off for ADC/117/B/E12

KSP-1250 EBM GUI can cause duplicate parameters

KSP-1256 DSI/102 and DSI/102/B shall have a w ay to be configured for the frequencymode update rate

KSP-1260 DSI102B GUI show s Size (Bits) 16 for the EVENT parameter w hich is 80 bits

Issue # Description

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kTimeseed 1.5


See kTimeseed 1.5 data sheet.



N/A

kValidate 2.0


See kValidate 2.0 data sheet.



KSP-1288 When using the REPORT w ord of to BCU/105/B to trigger a MEM/103/B the project does not compile

KSP-1312 Pulse Width and duty cycle mode timeout resets to 1 after reloading the task file

KSP-1320 kSetup fail to open task w ith FBM105 w hen using the task file created by kDiscover

KSP-1321 Duplicated tags parameters in EBM/101

KSP-1335 inconsistency in XidML for Parameter and Instrumentation tags describing parameters differently for TDC102

KSP-1355 ADC134 recognized by kDiscover but module setup cannot be loaded in kSetup

KSP-1361 Cannot reload the task w hen ABM101 is defined

Issue # Description

KTS-7 Having more than one RTC module in a chassis causes the second module to be time seeded only

KTS-8 kTimeseed not working with BCU/101/A or older and Ethernet

KTS-12 kTimeseed doesn’t seed accurately the PC time via BCU/105 and BCU/101 modules

KTS-13 kTimeseed does not recognize RTC/003 module in chassis with ENC/004 controller

Issue # Description

1450 It was agreed that it would be acceptable for kSetup 1.3 to generate invalid XidML for the UAT/101 (as far as iDefML is concerned), and therefore fail kValidate. This was done to save time in the implementation of the UAT/101.

1529 Errors are reported by kValidate for VendorMap signals TimeHi, TimeLo and TimeMicro on MSB modules.

Issue # Description

1069 None of the KSM-500 tools remember the GUI settings from one run to the next.

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kWorkbench 3.2


See the kWorkbench 3.2 data sheet.


PCM Placer 1.1


See the PCM Placer 1.1 data sheet.


1070 kValidate uses –F option to specify the XidML file on the command line which is inconsistent with other tools which use –T

1073 XidML fragments associated with XidML objects in the parser are now structured correctly.

1132 Incorrect xPath value used to retrieve selections from parent element.

1252 XidML output for DAC/001 fails kValidate check.

1254 kValidate is generating a system error when run against a task containing a BIT/101.

1260 Default parity in a package created for the DEC/003 sets the parity in the wrong Case. NONE instead of 'None' for default parity.

1266 kValidate generates the error code 16014 when Synchronicity is set to 'NO' for an Asynchronous frame.

1267 A task containing an ADC/109/B/S2 module is failing kValidate because of invalid 'Interconnect' element content.

1384 The attached file is failing a kValidate check (KAD/MEM/004/B/6G) because of missing iDefML file.

1419 The attached test file fails kValidate because of an invalid interconnect vendormap called 'LOGGED-DATA'.

1421 Replaced all instances of X-Sensor-Bridge with X-Sensor-Bridge-1.0 and also replaced the X-Bitmap-1.0 element with X-Alarm-1.0 for parameter BIT101_0J10_F7.

1426 It is not possible to specify a FilterCutoff value in the GUI for an ADC/003 (in KSM v2) so the iDefML file is correct and the test file needs to have this element removed.

1429 Remove the 'Is Inverted' element from the test file.

1431 Test file KAM_ADC_014_D_1V_0689.xml is failing kValidate because of incorrect filter cutoff value.

1446 The attached test file fails kValidate because of invalid value in 'Name' attribute.

1448 File is invalid, the location of the Destination element was wrong.

1449 Two algorithms were defined TypeK and TYPEK.LU but only one was instantiated.

1509 Test file fails kValidate because of errors in 'TimeMicro', 'TimeHi', 'TimeLo' on MSB/003 and bus index errors on DEC/003.

Issue # Description

KWB-19 kWorkBench alw ays starts up maximized

KWB-56 "Bad syncword" error due to SDI/103 module recognized as a PCM module

Issue # Description

Issue # Description

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X-Report 2.0


See X-Report 2.0 data sheet.


N/A


N/A

X-Validate 2.0


See X-Validate 2.0 data sheet.


FPO-22 PCMPlacer may be slow depending on the configuration file

FPO-30 PCM Placer may throw an Internal Error, Unknow n Exception w hen trying to optimize a specific PCM frame

FPO-32 In a netw ork system, PCM Placer should not sort per chassis ID

Issue # Description

FPO-31 PCM Placer create an internal error w hen a ENC/005/B in async mode is inthe task

FPO-33 PCM Placer shouldn´t reorder parameters from SDI/103 modules using the alphabetical order rule

FPO-35 PCM Placer supporting w in 7 32 and 64 bits

Issue # Description

1283 X-Validate does not get names of XidML files in the same way as kXidML2Db.

1378 X-Validate generates very misleading error message when analog-in channels are named incorrectly.

1380 Error message generates a lot of superfluous information. The error messages also appear to be repeated multiple times for each package.

1532 "ERROR_PARSER_LOADFAILED" generated with XidML version is 2.41.

1541 Info 15019 is not displayed (should be removed from data sheet).

1624 The 'task file’ field should contain the previous setting for path and filename but instead it keeps defaulting to. \Tasks\MyTask.xml.

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GSX-500 software known issues

GS Works 8


See GS Works 8 data sheet for list.

Features in this release

See GS Works 8 data sheet.


Issue # Description

1156 X-Validate does not report the correct error when the schema file cannot be found.

1248 X-Validate always produces an error when it's run against a XIDML file containing an MSB/003.

1249 Interconnects used to link packages to instruments busses should be checked.

1250 References not instantiated in the XidML file should be flagged as errors and not warnings.

1268 An invalid reference value in the "Location" element of instruments is not caught by X-Validate.

1270 X-Validate does not check the ParameterTypeReference for algorithm parameters.

1272 X-Validate warns that no destination is defined for UAR/102 message parameter even though it is sunk to the PCM frame.

1273 X-Validate reports package size errors when packet has multiple parameter instances.

1274 X-Validate doesn't know about RS-232 snarfers.

1277 X-Validate generates errors when run against XIDML files generated by the TCG/102/B, EBM/101, SDI/001.


GSW-204 GS Works VID106 audio has been turned off

GSW-203 GS Works Repetitive warning after migrating to newer GS Works version on Win 7 64bit

GSW-201 GS Works VID103 12bit video in KSM does not display video in GS Works

GSW-198 GS Works Save issue when not using the same directory for data and config file

GSW-197 GS Works VID103 and VID106 use different codecs in GS Works decom

GSW-196 GS Works Event Messages from recorder event packets are not working correctly

GSW-195 GS Works GS Works crashes when opening a task with IENA in xidml3.0

GSW-193 GS Works 32-bit parameters in PCM frame in DAS Studio display zero in GS Works

GSW-189 GS Works On some PCs GS Works plays back only short portion of a PCAP file

GSW-187 GS Works iNetX packets are displayed with IENA tag in GS Works

GSW-186 GS Works GS Works does not support 12 bits video using VID/106

GSW-159 GS Works MEM/x03 – GS Works dashboard does not update with GPS time during CF playback

GSW-150 GS Works GS Works does not use DOY when taking time from BCU/140 as time base for MEM/103

GSW-147 GS Works NPPTools.DLL is missing

GSW-128 GS Works GS Works cannot handle the same parameter being placed in different packets

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Fixed issues in this release

GSW-105 GS Works GS Works does not take isochronous sampling for time alignment. As a result the same sine wave on 2 ADCs in different chassis is not aligned as expected.

GSW-94 GS Works GS Works cannot be started before packets are received over the network.

GSW-93 GS Works NET/REC Event Marking Packets in GS Works when reading PCAP files

GSW-92 GS Works GS Works is not fully supported on Windows 7 due to no SAMDEC driver for Win 7 OS 64 bits

GSW-89 GS Works Sync bit of 30 bits results in No Lock in GS Works

GSW-67 GS Works Ensure recommended packet rate is set for 12 bit CVSD audio over Ethernet

GSW-48 GS Works GS Works does not support Xidml prior to version 2.41.

GSW-47 GS Works GTS/DEC Install Instructions.doc references SDK when no SDK is installed with GS Works

GSW-45 GS Works GTS/DEC/004 – GS Works displays correctly when Decom is selected and input is applied to Bit Sync

GSW-44 GS Works GS Works does not sync with incoming digital time GTS/DEC/004

GSW-43 GS Works GS Works time and digital input embedded time into the VID/103 differs by less than 2 secs

GSW-37 GS Works WinDriver error on install/uninstall unable to register/unregister acra.gtsdec.xIDml.dll

GSW-29 GS Works URC is not supported as Synchronisation Pattern (PCM only)

GSW-28 GS Works FCC is not supported (PCM only)

GSW-27 GS Works FAC is not supported (PCM only)

GSW-26 GS Works Time parameters are not available in the "Parameter tool" in GS Works when getting data from a MEM/003

GSW-23 GS Works GS Works does not support mixed word lengths for the SAM/DEC/007 PCM data source.

GSW-22 GS Works GS Works does not support parity for a SAM/DEC/007 PCM data source. 12 bit odd parity does not achieve lock.

GSW-17 GS Works PCM Polarity setting in Xidml file is not reflected in the Setup for the GTS/DEC/00x cards.

GSW-16 GS Works DCLKPhase setting in Xidml file is not acted on in the setup for the GTS/DEC/00x card.

GSW-13 GS Works Some additional GTS/DEC/00x settings are not being displayed

GSW-9 GS Works Not getting synchronization from packets coming from 2 different systems until I reload GS Works

GSW-6 GS Works No visual indication that I have lock with IENA

GSW-4 GS Works No lock with Odd Parity (PCM only)

GSW-2 GS Works Data Source Start-up error: error setting SAMDEC sync mask for pattern... using 33 bit Sync word (PCM only)


GSW-192 GS Works Log files are being over written in GS Works

GSW-185 GS Works Cannot decom IENA from xidML3.0

GSW-184 GS Works MIL-STD 1553 RT-RT message type is not supported

GSW-180 GS Works GS Works gives error and crashes when a VID/106 "MPEG 2 Transport Streampacketized package" is in the Xidml file

GSW-178 GS Works GS Works fails to open multiple Ethernet packages

GSW-175 GS Works VID106 is not being decommed correctly in GS Works

GSW-170 GS Works CAN bus file will not open in GS works


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GTS SDK 2.1


See GTS SDK 2.1 data sheet for list.


See GTS SDK 2.1 data sheet.

GSW-169 GS Works KSM VID IENA and ARINC iNetx packets not opening in GS Works

GSW-168 GS Works GS Works deletes all files and folders in the destination directory chosen forthe GS Works session

GSW-162 GS Works DSI/102 and DSI/102/B 32-bit parameters cause problems for GS Works

GSW-160 GS Works Parameters greater than 32-bits do not display correctly in GS Works

GSW-158 GS Works Package Name & Port Number are not updated in IADS wizard when launched from DAS Studio Quicklook application

GSW-156 GS Works GS Works crash

GSW-153 GS Works GTS/DEC/001/B: SFID wrongly calculated

GSW-149 GS Works Install shield final window references DAS Studio instead of GS Works

GSW-148 GS Works GS Works : IADS application has encountered an error and need to close for a specific xidML3.0 file

GSW-145 GS Works 32-bit parameters in iNetX packet give an error and do not display in GS Works

GSW-144 GS Works Stream ID with 8 characters is not being recognised by GS Works

GSW-143 GS Works GS Works should not look for Ground Station (SDK) in specific location

GSW-139 GS Works GS Works will not open xidml 3.0 task files that contain packetizer packets.

GSW-131 GS Works GS Works doesn't get any Ethernet packets if the timestamp in the packets isolder than the PC time

GSW-130 GS Works GS Works will not launch if computer is not connected to the network

GSW-129 GS Works GSWorks doesn't get lock with 10 bits word size PCM

GSW-104 GS Works GS Works does not launch if KSM-500 is not installed (GS Works is looking for ASDx32w.dll)

GSW-57 GS Works GS Works installer, remove '\n' from last line last dialog

GSW-55 GS Works Launching Real-time Client before entering licence key displays IADS splash screen

GSW-35 GS Works IADS only supports IENA packets going to one destination

GSW-33 GS Works GS Works fails to load a file with a DEC/003 in async mode

GSW-11 GS Works _IadsDecomStatus0_ parameter is not applicable for IENA data source but it is always shown in the Parameter Tool

GSW-7 GS Works No option given to create new user.

GSW-3 GS Works Multiple IENA packages with multiple parameters in each package, not sub categorized by package


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N/A

GTS SDK 3.3


See GTS SDK 3.3 data sheet for list.


See GTS SDK 3.3 data sheet.


Issue # Description

GDSDK-1 Device manager recognizes GTSDEC as "Jungo" device not as "ACRA" device.

GDSDK-3 System Definition API parameter “IMinorFrameWords.RemoveWord (indexToRemove)” should be renamed.

GDSDK-14 Ground Station API should allow setting of the "Name" on FrameWords in a PCM Package.

GDSDK-15 System Definition API does not support setting up a Major Frame.

GDSDK-20 GTS/DEC card driver failed to run on Windows 7.

GDSDK-32 No XidML 3.0 entry for SyncWord Inverted

GDSDK-36 SDK Installer always installs "MicrosoftWindowsInstaller 3.1" regardless of whether or not it was already installed.

GDSDK-49 SDK does not install .Net 4.0 automatically.

GDSDK-72 When uninstalling the SDK the .NET framework is installed again before an option is given to remove the SDK.


GDSDK-182 GTS SDK SystemDefinitionAPI does not allow manipulating major frame of PCM.

GDSDK-181 GTS SDK GetGTSStatus(ex) has very poor performance.

GDSDK-180 GTS SDK GetBufferParameterMapping failed at the SyncWord at front.

GDSDK-178 GTS SDK Need to be able to retrieve part reference from type number.

GDSDK-161 GTS SDK Out of lock (LossStatusCount) when testing GTS/DEC/005/C with 20M, NRZ-L and Bit-sync. This is none issue when using Borland C++ sample code.

GDSDK-157 GTS SDK Overflow at SDK Ring Buffers occurs when going above 6.5MHz. This is none issue when using Borland C++ sample code.

GDSDK-149 GTS SDK Function to return the card serial number is required.

GDSDK-36 GTS SDK SDK Installer always installs "MicrosoftWindowsInstaller 3.1" regardless of whether or not it was already installed. This will affect the installation time.

GDSDK-15 GTS SDK SystemDefinitionAPI: Does not support setting up Major Frames.

GDSDK-14 GTS SDK GroundStationAPI: Does not support setting up "Name" onFrameWords in a PCM Package.

GDSDK-3 GTS SDK SystemDefinitionAPI: Rename IMinorFrameWords.RemoveWord(indexToRemove) parameter as its’ causing confusion.

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Products supported by KSM-500


GDSDK-177 GTS SDK SystemDefinitionAPI writes '0,2' instead of '0.2' at 'Acquisition Loop Bandwidth' which make it failed to be read.

GDSDK-176 GTS SDK SystemDefinitionAPI failed to read XidML when it contains 'Generic PC'.

Module kSetup 1.17 kSetup 1.16.1 kSetup 1.16 kSetup 1.15 kSetup 1.14 kSetup 1.13

KAD/ABM/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ABM/102 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/ABM/102/B Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ABM/102/X1 Y N N N N N

KAD/ABM/103 Y N N N N N

KAD/ADC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/002/B/100m Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/002/B/1V Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/002/C/100m Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/002/C/10V Y Y Y Y Y Y






KAD/ADC/009/QB100 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/009/QB350 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/009/S1 Y Y Y Y Y Y



KAD/ADC/010/C Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/011/B/40V N N N N N N

KAD/ADC/011/B/X1 N N N N N N



KAD/ADC/011/C/X1 Y Y Y Y Y N


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KAD/ADC/013/B Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/013/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/013/D/HR N N N N N N

KAD/ADC/013/E Y Y Y Y Y Y







KAD/ADC/014/D/100m Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/014/D/10V Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/014/D/1V Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/014/D/25m Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/017/AB1/ET Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/021/RT Y Y Y Y Y Y






KAD/ADC/109/B/QB120 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/B/QB350 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/B/S1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/B/S2 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/C/QB120 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/C/QB350 Y Y Y Y Y Y


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KAD/ADC/109/C/S1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/109/C/S2 Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/111/10V Y N N N N N

KAD/ADC/111/10V Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/ADC/111/10V/ET Y N N N N N

KAD/ADC/111/40V Y N N N N N

KAD/ADC/111/40V Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/ADC/112/100m Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/112/10V Y Y Y Y Y Y





KAD/ADC/113/B/ET Y N N N N N





KAD/ADC/116/10VNE Y Y Y Y Y Y




KAD/ADC/117/B/E12 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/117/E12 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ADC/117/EC1 Y Y Y Y Y Y


KAD/ADC/118/100M/ET Y N N N N N










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KAD/ADC/134/100M Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ADC/134/100M Y Y N N N N

KAD/ADC/134/10V Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ADC/134/10V Y Y N N N N

KAD/ADC/134/1V Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ADC/134/1V Y Y N N N N

KAD/ADC/135 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ADC/135/E12 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ADC/136 Y N N N N N

KAD/ADC/136 Y Y N N N N

KAD/ADC/136/E12 Y Y N N N N

KAD/ADC/136/E12 Y N N N N N

KAD/ARI/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ARI/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ARI/002 Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/ARI/103 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ARI/103/B Y Y Y N N N

KAD/ARR/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/001/CX Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/003 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/BCU/003/B Y Y Y Y N N



KAD/BCU/101/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/101/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/101/E Y Y Y Y N N



KAD/BCU/104 N N N N N N


KAD/BCU/105/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/105/C/AB1/ET Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/105/C/AB2/ET N N N N N N


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KAD/BCU/105/D Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/BCU/105/D/AB1/ET Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/BCU/105/D/AB2/ET Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/BCU/105/E Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/BCU/105/E/AB1/ET Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/BCU/105/E/AB2/ET Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/BCU/140/A Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/BCU/140/B Y Y Y N N N

KAD/BCU/140/C Y Y Y N N N

KAD/BCU/140/x1 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/BCU/142 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/BCU/142/ET Y N N N N N

KAD/BCU/143 Y N N N N N

KAD/BCU/145 Y N N N N N

KAD/BIT/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/CBC/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/CBC/102 N N N N N N

KAD/CBI/101 N N N N N N

KAD/CBM/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/CBM/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/CBM/102/B Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/CBM/103 N N N N N N

KAD/CBM/104 N N N N N N

KAD/CBM/105 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/CDC/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/CDI/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DAC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DAC/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DAC/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DAC/002/B Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/DEC/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y



KAD/DPI/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DSI/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y



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KAD/DSI/003/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DSI/004/28V Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/DSI/102 Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/DSI/102/B Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/DSI/104/28V Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/DSI/104/5V Y Y Y Y Y N


KAD/EBM/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/EBM/101/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/EBM/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ENC/004 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ENC/004/B N N N N N N


KAD/ENC/005/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ENC/005/B/RS Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ENC/006/HA1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ENC/006/HA2 N N N N N N



KAD/ENC/006/X1 Y Y Y Y Y Y




KAD/ENC/111 N N N N N N

KAD/ETH/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ETH/001/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ETH/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ETH/101/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/ETH/102 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/FBM/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/FBM/103 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/FBM/103/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/FBM/105 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/FBM/105 Y Y N N N N

KAD/LDC/101/10k Y Y Y Y Y Y


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KAD/LDC/101/2.5K Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/LDC/101/400 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/LDC/101/5k Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/MAT/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/MBI/001 N N N N N N

KAD/MBI/001/B N N N N N N

KAD/MBI/103 N N N N N N

KAD/MBI/103/B Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/MBM/101 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/MDC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y




KAD/MEM/004/4G Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/MEM/004/B/12G Y Y Y Y Y Y




KAD/MEM/103 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/MEM/4/B/32G Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/MSB/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/MSB/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y





KAD/MSB/103/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/PBM/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/PBM/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/PBM/002/BA1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/PDC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/PDC/001/ET Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/RDC/101 N N N N N N

KAD/RDC/101/26R N N N N N N

KAD/RTC/003 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SBC/101 N N N N N N


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KAD/SBM/101 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/SBM/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SBM/102/B Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/SDC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SDC/002/90V Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SDC/101 N N N N N N

KAD/SDC/103 N N N N N N

KAD/SDI/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SDI/103 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SDI/103/B Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/SIG/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/SWI/101 Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/SWI/102 N N N N N N

KAD/SWI/103 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/SWI/107 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/SWI/108 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/SWI/108 Y Y N N N N

KAD/TBM/101 N N N N N N

KAD/TCG/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TCG/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TCG/001/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/001/10k Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/TDC/001/2k2 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/TDC/002 N N N N N N

KAD/TDC/002/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/002/C/ET Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/002/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/002/D/10M Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/002/D/ET Y Y Y N N N

KAD/TDC/002/D/ET Y Y N N N N

KAD/TDC/004 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/004/ET Y Y Y Y Y Y



KAD/TDC/006/RT Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/TDC/102 Y Y Y Y Y N


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KAD/TDC/102/B Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/TDC/102/B/SN1 Y Y N N N N

KAD/TDC/102/B/SN1 Y Y Y N N N

KAD/TDC/102/CAL Y Y Y Y Y N




KAD/UAR/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAR/002/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAR/002/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAR/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAR/102/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAR/102/C Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/UAR/102/X1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UAT/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UBM/101 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/UTL/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UTL/102/X1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UTL/102/X2 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/UTL/106 N N N N N N

KAD/VDC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/VID/103 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAD/VID/103/B Y Y Y Y Y N

KAD/VID/103/C Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/VID/106 Y Y Y Y N N

KAD/VID/106 N N N N N N

KAD/WSI/101 Y Y Y Y Y N

KAM/ADC/004 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/BIT/102 Y Y Y Y N N

KAM/CDC/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/CDC/001/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/CDC/101/150 N N N N N N

KAM/CDC/101/300 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/CDC/101/6K Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/CDC/101/750 N N N N N N

KAM/FBM/001 N N N N N N


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KAM/FBM/001/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/003 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/003/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/003/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/003/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/003/E Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/MEM/103/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/REC/04C Y Y Y Y N N

KAM/REC/04S Y Y Y Y N N

KAM/RTC/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/SBM/001 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/TCG/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/TCG/102/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/TCG/102/C Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/TCG/102/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

KAM/TCG/103 N N N N N N

KAM/TCG/103 Y N N N N N

KAM/UAR/002 Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/ADC/014/R1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/ADC/014/R2 N N N N N N

MKM/ADC/014/R3 Y Y Y Y Y N

MKM/ADC/114/AL1 Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/BCU/101 Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/BCU/101/B Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/BCU/101/D Y Y Y Y Y Y

MKM/UAR/102 Y Y Y Y Y Y

NET/REC/001 N N N N N N

NET/REC/001/B N N N N N N






NET/SWI/001 N N N N N N




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NET/SWI/004/B N N N N N N

NET/SWI/004/EM1 N N N N N N




NET/TAP/001 N N N N N N

SER/BCU/140 N N N N N N

SER/REC/002 N N N N N N

SER/TCG/001 N N N N N N

SER/TCG/002 N N N N N N

SER/VDC/001 N N N N N N

SER/VDC/002 N N N N N N

SSR/ABM/102 N N N N N N

SSR/ADC/126/B N N N N N N

SSR/CHS/001 N N N N N N

SSR/CHS/001/B N N N N N N

SSR/CHS/001/B Y Y Y Y N N

SSR/CHS/001/B/NFE N N N N N N

SSR/CHS/001/C Y Y Y N N N

SSR/CHS/002 Y Y Y Y N N




SSR/MBM/101 N N N N N N

SSR/PBM/104 Y Y Y Y N N

SSR/REC/001 N N N N N N

SSR/VID/103/B N N N N N N


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Products supported by DAS Studio 3For a list of products supported by DAS Studio 3, see the DAS Studio 3 data sheet.

Legacy modules not supported by DAS Studio 3

Module

KAD/ADC/001

KAD/ADC/002/B/100m

KAD/ADC/002/B/1V

KAD/ADC/002/C/100m

KAD/ADC/002/C/10V

KAD/ADC/002/C/1V

KAD/ADC/003

KAD/ADC/003/B

KAD/ADC/005

KAD/ADC/006

KAD/ADC/009/QB100

KAD/ADC/009/QB350

KAD/ADC/009/S1

KAD/ADC/009/S2

KAD/ADC/009/S4

KAD/ADC/010/B

KAD/ADC/010/C

KAD/ADC/011/B/X1

KAD/ADC/011/C/X1

KAD/ADC/013/B

KAD/ADC/013/D

KAD/ADC/017

KAD/ADC/017/AB1/ET

KAD/ADC/021

KAD/ADC/021/RT

KAD/ADC/106

KAD/ADC/106/B

KAD/ADC/109/S1

KAD/ADC/113

KAD/ADC/117

KAD/ADC/117/E12

KAD/ADC/126

KAD/ARI/001

KAD/BCU/001

KAD/BCU/001/B

KAD/BCU/001/CX

KAD/BCU/003

KAD/BCU/003/SB

KAD/BCU/101

KAD/BCU/101/B

KAD/BCU/102

KAD/BCU/102/B

KAD/BCU/104

KAD/BCU/105

KAD/BCU/105/B

KAD/BCU/105/C/AB1/ET

KAD/CBC/101

KAD/CBC/102

KAD/CBI/101

KAD/DAC/001

KAD/DAC/002

KAD/DAC/002/B

KAD/DEC/002

KAD/DPI/002

KAD/DSI/003

KAD/ENC/004

KAD/ENC/004/B/ET

KAD/ENC/004/ET

KAD/ENC/005

KAD/ENC/005/B/RS

KAD/ENC/006/HA1

KAD/ENC/006/HA2

KAD/ENC/006/HA3

KAD/ENC/006/HA4

KAD/ENC/006/X1

Module

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KAD/ENC/006/X2

KAD/ENC/006/X5

KAD/ETH/001/B

KAD/ETH/001/C

KAD/LDC/001/01

KAD/MAT/001/B

KAD/MBC/001

KAD/MBI/001

KAD/MBI/001/B

KAD/MBI/102/00

KAD/MBI/103

KAD/MDC/001

KAD/MDC/002

KAD/MDC/104

KAD/MEM/004/4G

KAD/MSB/001

KAD/MSB/001/B

KAD/MSB/002/B

KAD/MSB/003

KAD/MSB/003/B

KAD/MSB/103

KAD/PBM/002

KAD/PBM/002/BA1

KAD/PDC/001

KAD/PDC/001/ET

KAD/RTC/002

KAD/SBC/101

KAD/SDC/002/90V

KAD/SDI/001

KAD/SIG/101

KAD/TCG/001

KAD/TCG/001/B

KAD/TDC/001/10K

KAD/TDC/001/2K2

KAD/TDC/002/ET/00

KAD/TDC/002/B/00

KAD/TDC/002/B/ET/00

Module

KAD/TDC/002/C/ET

KAD/TDC/004

KAD/TDC/004/ET

KAD/TDC/005

KAD/TDC/006

KAD/TDC/006/RT

KAD/UAR/001

KAD/UAR/002/B

KAD/UAR/002/C

KAD/UAR/003

KAD/UAT/101

KAD/UTL/001

KAD/UTL/102

KAD/UTL/102/X1

KAD/UTL/102/X2

KAM/ADC/004

KAM/ADC/004/05/FB/350

KAM/ADC/009/S1/5KHZ

KAM/ADC/009/S2/ET/MA

KAM/ADC/011/10V

KAM/ADC/012/10V

KAM/ADC/013

KAM/ADC/014/10V

KAM/ADC/019/100

KAM/CDC/001

KAM/CDC/001/B

KAM/CDC/001/C

KAM/DPI/001

KAM/ENC/002

KAM/ENC/003

KAM/ENC/006

KAM/ENC/006/X3

KAM/ENC/006/X4

KAM/ENC/007

KAM/FBM/001

KAM/MAT/001/00

KAM/MEM/001

Module

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KAM/MEM/002/00

KAM/MEM/003

KAM/MEM/003/B

KAM/MEM/003/C

KAM/MEM/003/D

KAM/MEM/003/E

KAM/MSB/002

KAM/MSB/002/B/TC/

KAM/TCG/102

KAM/TCG/102/B

KAM/TDC/003

KAM/UAR/002

KAM/VID/002

KAM/WSI/101

MKM/ADC/005

MKM/SDC/001

MKM/ADC/014/R3

MKM/ADC/114/AL1

MKM/CHS/02U

MKM/ADC/014/R1

MKM/ADC/014/R2

MKM/BCU/101

MKM/BCU/101/B

MKM/UAR/102

NET/SWI/004/EM1

SSR/CHS/001

Module

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AcronymsThis document lists common acronyms and terms used intelemetry. For more telemetry terminology, seeTEC/NOT/026, Dictionary of telemetry terms.

AAAF

Analog Anti-Aliasing Filter. See AAF.

AAF

Anti-Aliasing Filter. A filter which reduces aliasing effects byrestricting the bandwidth of the sampled signal toapproximately satisfy the sampling theorem, that is, most ofthe signal energy is kept within a bandwidth of half of thesampling frequency.

ACK

ACKnowledgment code. The communications code sent froma receiving station to a transmitting station to indicate that it isready to accept data. It is also used to acknowledge theerror-free receipt of transmitted data.

Acra KAM-500

Acra’s flagship modular data acquisition product.

A/D

Analog to Digital. Conversion of analog signals to digital.

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard. An NIST-standardcryptographic cipher that uses a block length of 128 bits andkey lengths of 128, 192 or 256 bits. Officially replacing theTriple DES method in 2001, AES uses the Rijndael algorithm.AES can be encrypted in one pass instead of three, and itskey size is greater than Triple DES's 168 bits.

AHeAD

Aircraft Health Analysis and Diagnosis. Embraer system forpredictive maintenance.

AHUMS

Adaptive HUMS. See HUMS.

ARO

After Receipt (of) Order.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol used to obtain anode's physical hardware address.

ARTM

Advanced Range TeleMetry program. Tier 1 products useSOQPSK techniques to double the data rate in a given RFbandwidth; Tier II uses multi-h techniques to treble it.PCM/FM is sometimes referred to as Tier 0.

ATP

Acceptance Test Procedure. The final phase of designvalidation, which ensures that each component of acustomer's system (hardware and software) work together.

BAG

Bandwidth Allocation Gap. Allocated data transmissioninterval in an ARINC 664 Part 7 network.

Bandwidth

The frequency range occupied or required by a signal. PulseCode Modulation (PCM) signals contain harmonics that areusually removed by pre-modulation filtering to reduce thebandwidth needed for telemetry transmission or taperecording. However, insufficient bandwidth may result in theloss of essential information and prevent the recovery ofPCM encoded data.

Barker codes

A selection of bits to be used as frame sync words so as tominimize the probability of false lock. For more information,see the Reference section of the Applications Handbook.

BDS

Best Data Selector. Diversity receiver method where thestream with the least data errors, such as sync word slips,and sync word bit errors, is used.

BER

Bit Error Rate. The average number of bits transmitted inerror. Every data link has a theoretical minimum error ratedepending on the noise present. A reasonableencoder/decoder system linked via copper would have a BERof 10-9. BERs are specified for encoders, data links(especially radio), bit syncs, and decoders.

BIO-L

Bi-phase Level. See PCM Codes.

BIO-M

Bi-phase Mark. See PCM Codes.

BIO-S

Bi-phase Space. See PCM Codes.

BOM file

File used to store original hardcopy BOMs (Bill of Materials).

bps

Bits Per Second. The measurement of the speed of datatransfer in a communications system. Note that Bps is usedto denote Bytes Per Second.

BSS

Best Source Selector. Diversity receiver method where thestream with the best signal-to-noise ratio is used.

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CAR

Corrective Action Report. A report into any defect in anyproduct or procedure.

cBIT

Continuous Built-In-Test.

CBM

Condition-Based Maintenance. Used primarily to predictwhen to service the machine rather than to repair it, but noclear distinction. Originally used for industrial machines andgenerators, then for airplanes.

COFDM

Coded Orthogonal FDM. See FDM.

COMSEC

Compound word for COMmunications SECurity.

COO

Confirmation of Order. The document issued to customersthat confirms terms and conditions, price, and quantities ofthe last revision of RFQ.

COTS

Commercial Off-The-Shelf. Refers to ready-mademerchandise that is available for sale.

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance. Atransmission protocol that attempts to avoid collisions thatcan occur when two nodes attempt to transmit at the sametime on the bus rather than detect them, as in CSMA/CD.

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection. The LocalArea Network (LAN) access method used in Ethernet. Whena device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to seeif the network is quiet (senses the carrier) before it beginstransmitting its data. Collision Detection allows for the node tobe aware if another node begins to transmit causing theirframes to collide.

CSS

Correlated Source Selection. Diversity receiver methodwhere two streams with roughly the same signal-to-noiseratio and data error rates are aligned (correlated) and votingor soft-bits are used to decide on a bit-by-bit basis.

D/A

Digital to Analog. Conversion of digital signals to analog.

DAS

Data Acquisition System.

DAS Studio 3

DAS Studio 3 uses a multi-threaded design, which utilizesmulti-core processors to improve performance. DAS Studio 3lets you configure Data Acquisition Units (DAUs), network

switches, recorders and ground stations in an integratedenvironment.

DAU

Data Acquisition Unit.

dB

Decibel. A unit which indicates a ratio of power between twosignals.

dBc

Decibels relative to carrier. A common measurement (indecibels) in Radio Frequency (RF) engineering to specify thepower of a sideband in a modulated signal relative to thecarrier.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol thatautomatically assigns IP addresses to client stations loggingonto an IP network.

Diversity Combining

A method, based on signal power, of switching betweendiverse receivers.

Diversity receivers

Using two or more streams to reduce lost data. Temporaldiversity - sending data twice in the one stream. Frequencydiversity - using two frequencies. Spatial diversity - using tworeceivers at different physical locations. Polar diversity -using left and right hand (I/Q) receivers.

DM-M

Delay Modulation Mark. See PCM Codes.

DM-S

Delay Modulation Space. See PCM Codes.

DNS

Domain Name System. A system for converting host namesand domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or onlocal networks that use the TCP/IP protocol.

DST

Data SheeT. Every product must have a data sheet outliningthe features, applications specifications, and revision historyas well as any other technical data required to use it. Thefront leaf of the data sheet is used by Sales as a short-formdata sheet which they give to potential customers.

DV

Design Verification. The stage between handover after unittest and product release; it culminates in a DesignVerification Report (DVR). DV is also an acronym for theDesign Verification department.

DVP

Design Verification Plan.

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DVR

Design Verification Report. Every active NRE culminates in aDVR. If written after a design verification phase, it documentsall the tests done and the results. If written after thesuspension of an NRE, it states the reason(s) for thesuspension.

Eb/No

Bit Energy/Noise Spectral Density. A measure of thesignal-to-noise ratio.

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM. Re-writablememory that holds its content without power. EEPROMshave a lifespan of between 10K and 100K write cycles, whichis considerably greater than the EPROMs that precededthem.

EHUMS

Engine HUMS. See HUMS.

ENOB

Effective Number Of Bits.

ES

End System. ARINC 664 Part 7 end-device that producesdata to be transmitted over the ARINC 664 Part 7 network.

ESS

Environmental Stress Screening. Process of exposingproducts to stresses in order to force latent defects tomanifest themselves by permanent or catastrophic failureduring the screening process.

FAT32

An enhancement of the File Allocation Table file system thatsupports memory media with capacities up to 2TB.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions. Questions asked by bothcustomers and Curtiss-Wright employees.

FEC

Forward Error Correction. A means of adding extra bits toreduce bit error rates. Common methods are convolutional,reduced parity, and turbo coding.

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing. Transmitting multiple datasignals simultaneously over a single wire by using multiplecarriers, each having a unique center frequency. Each datastream, such as text, voice or video, is placed into a separatecarrier that is modulated by various methods.

FDAU

Flight Data Acquisition Unit.

FIFO

First In First Out. A storage method that retrieves the itemstored for the longest time.

FQPSK

Feher-patented QPSK. See QPSK.

FSK

Frequency Shift Keying. A simple digital modulationtechnique that uses two frequencies for 0 and 1. See QPSK.

FSR

Full Scale Range.

FTI

Flight Test Instrumentation. The instrumentation system,including mounting brackets, that is used on an aircraft forflight test purposes. It is usually orange in color in order todistinguish it from standard equipment.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol. File transfer protocol that runs overTCP/IP.

FUMS

Fleet Usage Monitoring System. HUMS for a particular fleetof aircraft (not very common).

GAHMM

Global Aircraft Health Monitoring and Management. Airbussystem for predictive maintenance.

GHUMS

Generic HUMS. See HUMS.

GSX-500

Suite of ground-station software products. Some of theseproducts are third-party.

GTS-500

Suite of ground-station hardware products. Some of theseproducts are third-party.

Hamming code

A method by which extra bits can be added to a word so as todetect one (or more) bit errors (and possibly fix them).

hDefML

Hardware Definition Markup Language. A hardware definitionschema, used by Acra software to program Acra hardware.

HUMS

Health and Usage Monitoring System. Mostly (and originally)for helicopters. Focused on rotating parts (gear box, shaft)with specific software for frequency analysis and cumulativedatabases. Variants include E-HUMS (engines), T-HUMS(Turbo prop shafts).

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iBIT

Initiated Built-In-Test.

ICMP

Internet Control Management Protocol. An IP protocol usedto send error and control messages. The most widely knownICMP function is the Ping command which echoes amessage across the network which allows thecommunication path between end nodes to be tested.

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Amembership organization that includes engineers, scientists,and students in electronics and allied fields.

iDefML

An XML file for each piece of hardware, which outlines theXidML schemas that apply and the constraints imposed foreach setting and a pointer to the data sheet. For AcraKAM-500 modules, it also contains register definition andEEPROM generation sections.

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol. The protocol thatgoverns the management of multicast groups in an IPnetwork.

ISI

InterSymbol Interference. A form of distortion of a signal inwhich one symbol interferes with subsequent symbols. Thisis an unwanted phenomenon as the previous symbols have asimilar effect as noise, thus making the communication lessreliable.

IRIG

Inter-Range Instrumentation Group. The standards body ofthe Range Commanders Council (RCC).

IRIG time codes

The different time codes have alphabetic designations. A, B,D, E, G, and H are the standards currently defined. The maindifference between codes is their rate, which varies betweenone pulse per minute and 10,000 pulses per second.

IRIG 106 (Ch.4 Ch.8 Ch.10)

Inter Range Instrumentation Group. IRIG-106 is the mainstandard in our industry, containing chapters on PCM (ch. 4),MIL-STD-1553 snarfing (ch. 8), solid state storage (Ch.10),and RF standards (appendices).

iNET

Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry. A program, led bySouthwest Research Institute that is developing a standardfor next-generation data acquisition systems. A key objectiveof iNET is to adopt open standard network-basedtechnologies to ensure reduced costs and equipmentinteroperability.

Since the iNET standard is not released as of 2012, iNET-X isan expedited implementation of the iNET standard that

provides the core functionality, technologies, and standardsthat are outlined in the iNET standard and unlikely to changein the released version of the standard. For the end user,iNET-X provides a phased, safe, and gradual transitiontowards network based technologies.

IP

Internet Protocol. The network layer protocol OSI stack. TheIP layer provides logical IP source and destination addressesfor packets that are transmitted across the network.

IP address

The address of a device attached to an IP network. Everynetwork node must have a unique IP address for eachnetwork connection. The format of an IP (version 4) addressis a 32-bit numeric address, written in dotted quad format.Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240could be an IP address. Some IP addresses are reserved.For more information, see http://www.iana.org/numbers

IPC

Institute for Printed Circuits. Class 3 is the best standard forvisual inspection of assembled Printed Circuit Boards(PCBs).

IP subnet addressing

Routers, or gateways, are used to separate networks. Therouter breaks the network into multiple subnets. This resultmay seem familiar as Class A, B, and C addresses have aself-encoded or default subnet mask built in; class A networkaddress - 255.0.0.0: class B network address - 255.255.0.0:class C network address - 255.255.255.0.

ISO 9000

ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quality managementsystems. ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO, the InternationalOrganization for Standardization. Adhering to an ISO 9000standard certifies that formalized business processes arebeing applied.

ISHM

Integrated Systems Health Management. Similar to L/ESS.

JIRA

Curtiss-Wright's internal issue-tracker software.

KAM chassis

Consists of housing, Power Supply Units (PSU), andbackplane.

kbps

KiloBits Per Second. A unit of data transfer rate equal to onethousand bits per second.

ksps

KiloSamples Per Second. One thousand samples persecond.

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kHz

KiloHertz. One thousand cycles per second. It is used tomeasure the transmission frequency of electronic devices,including channels, buses, and the computer's internal clock.

KGV-69

A chip designed to be a ‘bare bones’ encryptor for use in veryhigh risk applications. The KGV 69 encrypts and decryptsserial data at up to 50Mbps.

KSM-500

The software tools used to support Acra KAM-500 hardware.

kV

KiloVolt. One thousand volts.

L/ESS

Loads and Environmental Spectra Survey. Mostly airframestrain gauges.

LNA

Low-Noise Amplifier. An amplifier used in communicationsystems to amplify very weak signals.

LXI

LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation. A standard developedby the LXI Consortium. The LXI standard defines devicesusing open-standard LAN (Ethernet) for system inter-devicecommunication.

mA

MilliAmpere. One thousandth of an amp.

MAC

Medium Access Control. The MAC layer adds source anddestination hardware address identification to MAC framestransmitted across the Ethernet. The MAC layer also definesthe protocol governing the transmission of Ethernet framesover the medium. The MAC layer of wired IEEE 802.3Ethernet is CSMA/CD whilst the MAC layer of wireless IEEE802.11 is CSMA/CA.

MAC address

A hardware address which uniquely identifies each node of anetwork. In IEEE 802 networks, the Data Link Control (DCL)layer of the OSI reference model is divided into twosublayers—the Logical Link Control (LLC) layer and theMedia Access Control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer interfacesdirectly with the network medium. Consequently, eachdifferent type of network medium requires a different MAClayer.

Matched filter

The optimum filter required to maximise the signal-to-noiseratio in receivers. The GTS/DEC/003 uses a fullyprogrammable digital matched filter.

Matches to lock

The number of valid sync words (1-16) required after lossbefore the data is considered valid.

Mbps

MegaBits Per Second. One million bits per second. (If the B isupper case, it is MegaBytes per Second—one million bytesper second.)

MBps

MegaBytes Per Second. One million bytes per second. 1MB=1024kB.

MHz

MegaHertz. One million cycles per second. It is used tomeasure the transmission speed of electronic devices,including channels, buses, and the computer's internal clock.

MIL-STD

Military Standard. A detailed technical specification for aproduct that is purchased by a U.S. military agency.

Misses to loss

The number of sync words (1-16) which fail the matchtolerance before data is considered invalid.

ms

MilliSecond. One thousandth of a second.

Msps

MegaSamples Per Second. One thousand samples persecond.

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failures. The mean (average) timebetween failures of a system.

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit. Maximum packet size allowedto be carried on the network segment. Any packet thatexceeds the MTU is fragmented by the intermediate router orswitch or may be discarded. Typically the MTU of an Ethernetframe is 1522B on an IEEE 802.3 100BaseTX Ethernetnetwork segment.

mV

MilliVolt. One thousandth of a volt.

NDA (IP)

Non-Disclosure Agreement (Intellectual Properties). A legalcontract, between at least two parties, that outlinesconfidential materials or knowledge which the parties wish toshare. As part of the contract, the parties agree not todisclose information covered by the agreement.

NRE

Non-Recurring Engineering. Any task to be carried out byproduct development becomes an active NRE. Every activeNRE culminates in a DVR.

NRZ-L

Non-Return to Zero Level. See PCM Codes.

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NRZ-M

Non-Return to Zero Mark. See PCM Codes.

NRZ-S

Non-Return to Zero Space. See PCM Codes.

ns

Nano Second. One billionth of a second (1E-9 seconds).

NTP

Network Time Protocol. Internet time synchronizationprotocol with millisecond accuracy.

OLM

Operational Loads Monitoring. Mostly airframe strain gauges.

OSI (model)

Open System Interconnection. An ISO standard forworldwide communications that defines a framework forimplementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passedfrom one layer to the next, starting at the application layer inone station, proceeding to the bottom layer, over the channelto the next station and back up the hierarchy.

Package

An element of XidML that describes how data is transported.For example, when starting kExcel we have to select thepackage (PCM format) to be loaded in SAM/DEC/007.

PAM

Pulse Amplitude Modulation. Pulse modulation in which avoltage is sampled periodically, then transmitted as an analogsignal whose amplitude is proportional to the sampledvoltage. Because PAM is susceptible to transmission noise, ithas been replaced by PCM in most telemetry applications.For more information, see TEC/NOT/024, Evolution of PulseCode modulation (PCM).

Parser

Primarily an Curtiss-Wright word for a bus monitor that storeswhole packets in triple buffers (received, interim, and read) sothat specific words from specific packets can be includedcoherently.

pBIT

Periodic Built-In-Test.

PCB

Printed Circuit Board. A rigid, flat board that holds chips andother electronic components. A PCB legend on a PCBindicates its part number and serial number.

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation. The primary way analog signals areconverted into digital form by taking samples of thewaveforms from 8 to 192 thousand times per second (8 to192kHz) and recording each sample as a digital number from8 to 24 bits long.

PCM Codes

Any of several encoding schemes used to convert a paralleldigital value into a serially transmitted sequence of binarycode. For more information on PCM codes, seeTEC/NOT/027, IRIG 106-96 chapter 4.

PHM

Prognostic Health Monitoring. Like CBM, originally used forwind turbines and generators.

PHUMS

Prognostic HUMS. See HUMS.

PING

Packet Inter-Network Groper (ICMP Echo Request). AnInternet utility used to determine whether a particular IPaddress is reachable by sending out a packet and waiting fora response. PING is used to test and debug a network as wellas see if a user or server is online.

PO

Purchase Order. Document issued by a buyer to a seller,indicating the type, quantities and agreed prices for productsor services the seller will provide to the buyer.

Port

A number used, in conjunction with the IP address, toindicate one end of an Ethernet conversation. Some portnumbers are reserved for particular services. The portnumber identifies what type of port it is. For example, aserver listening for HTTP traffic listens on port 80. Portnumbers range from 0 to 65536, but only port numbers 0 to1024 are reserved for privileged services and designated aswell known ports. For more information, seehttp://www.iana.org/numbers

PTP

Precision Time Protocol, IEEE 1588. GPS-triggered timesynchronization protocol with sub-millisecond accuracy.

PPM

Parts Per Million.

Pps

Packets Per Second. The measurement of activity in a localarea network.

QoS

Quality of Service. A measure of performance in a datacommunications system, which may comprise of one or moremetrics. In networked-based systems typical QoS metricsinclude latency, jitter, throughput, and loss. QoS provisioningmechanisms are used to ensure that the system’sperformance meets the target QoS goals as defined by therelevant QoS metrics.

QPSK

Quadrature Pulse Shift Keying. A digital modulation schemethat conveys data by changing, or modulating, the phase of areference signal (the carrier wave). See FSK.

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QRRC

Quaternary Root Raised Cosine. A base-band modulationthat allows almost twice the data rate as PCM/FM in thesame RF band.

RAM

Random Access Memory. Memory that is ‘byte addressable’and provides direct access to any location on the chip. Thecontents of any byte can be read or written without regard tothe bytes before or after it.

RARP

Reverse ARP. A protocol that retrieves the IP addressassociated with a given MAC address.

RCC

Range Commanders Council. The RCC is part of the U.S.Government. See IRIG.

Return code

Represents the success condition of a tool. '1' meanssuccess; '0' means failure.

RDAU

Remote Data Acquisition Unit.

Return code

Represents the success condition of a tool. '1' meanssuccess; '0' means failure.

RFP

Request for Proposal. Invitation for suppliers, often through abidding process or invitation to tender, to submit a proposalon specific commodity or service.

RFQ

Request for Quotation. A process where suppliers are invitedto bid on specific products or services.

ROM

Rough Order (of) Magnitude estimate. An early cost estimateused to give a rough estimate of what the project will cost tocomplete.

ROM

Read Only Memory. Memory that permanently storesinstructions and data. Its content is created in the lastmasking stage of the chip manufacturing process and cannotbe changed. Although EPROMs, EEPROMs, and particularlyflash memory, are the kinds of non-volatile storage one hearsabout more often, ROM technology is mature andinexpensive.

RMA

Return Merchandise Authorization. An RMA is the officialauthorization from Acra that it will accept product to bereturned from a customer site. An RMA is typically granted byAcra when there is a problem with a product whichnecessitates its return to Acra for repair, rework, or

replacement. RMAs are granted by the ApplicationsDepartment at Acra.

RNRZ-L

Randomized Non-Return to Zero Level. See PCM Codes.

RTP

Real-time Transport Protocol. Transport protocol runningover UDP/IP, used for real-time applications.

RTSP

Real-Time Streaming Protocol. An application level protocolfor controlling the delivery of data with real-time properties.RTSP is known as the Internet remote control since itprovides a mechanism for users to PLAY, PAUSE, andREWIND selected streams of data. The RTSP protocol onlydefines how to command real-time streams, it does notdefine how those streams are delivered across the network.

RX

Receive. A communications abbreviation for receive.Contrast with TX.

RZ

Return to Zero. See PCM Codes.

SDRS

Structural Data Recording System. Similar to SUMS.

SHM

Structural Health Monitoring. Used for civil engineeringoriginally (bridges, buildings) and then airplanes.

SINAD

Signal to Noise And Distortion ratio.

Snarfer

Primarily an Curtiss-Wright word for a bus monitor that storestraffic and tags (such as time) in a FIFO. For example, as perIRIG-106 chapter 8.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol. A widely usednetwork monitoring and control protocol. Data is passed fromSNMP agents, which are hardware and/or softwareprocesses, reporting activity in each network device, such asa hub, router or bridge, to the workstation console used tooversee the network.

SOQPSK

Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying. See QPSK.

sps

Samples Per Second.

SRAM

Static RAM. A fast memory technology that requires power tohold its content. Static RAM (SRAM, S-RAM) is used for

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SPHM

Structural Prognostic Health Monitoring. Similar to PHM.

SSS

Smart Source Selector. A Curtiss-Wright technology whereelements of link power, signal-to-noise ratio, best bitselection, and best data selection are used in diversitycombining.

SUMS

Structural Usage Monitoring System. Mostly used foraerostructures/wings on airplanes.

Switch

A device that can forward Ethernet frames to theirdestination.

Sync word match tolerance

The number of bits (0-63) that can be incorrect and the syncword is still considered a match.

TATEM

Technologies And Techniques for new Maintenanceconcepts. EU study with 60 companies under frameworkprogram.

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol. A reliable transport protocol,which ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intactat the other end by allowing for acknowledgments andretransmissions of lost packets.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This defacto Unix standard is the protocol of the Internet and theglobal standard for communications.

TDM

Time Division Multiplexing. A process by which there is astrictly defined schedule that controls when a node cantransmit on the bus.

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access. A process by which there is astrictly defined schedule that controls when a node cantransmit on the bus. Multiple nodes may access the bus.

Telemetry

The science of gathering information at some remote locationand transmitting the data to a convenient location to beexamined and recorded.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol. File transfer protocol that runsover UDP/IP.

THD

Total Harmonic Distortion. A measurement of the harmonicdistortion present in a signal. It is defined as the ratio of thesum of the powers of all harmonic components, to the powerof the fundamental frequency.

THUMS

Engine HUMS (T=Turbo fan/shaft/jet). See HUMS.

TMATS

TeleMetry Attributes Transfer Standard. ASCII file metadataformat for PCM related metadata.

TX

Transmit. A communications abbreviation for transmit.Contrast with RX.

UDP

User Datagram Protocol. An unreliable connection-lesstransport protocol which doesn’t provide a guarantee thatpackets will arrive, or that they will arrive in the order in whichthey were sent. UDP is widely used for streaming audio andvideo, voice over IP (VoIP), and videoconferencing.

VDC

Volts Direct Current. Electricity whose polarity is constantlythe same polarity.

VHM

Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring. Used for NASA spacevehicles originally. Relies on extensive network of sensorsbuilt into the vehicle.

Viterbi Equalization

A method of taking advantage of known inter-symbolinterference inherent in some modulation schemes such asPCM/FM to improve bit error rate.

VHUMS

Vehicle HUMS. See HUMS.

VL

A Virtual Link defines a preconfigured unidirectionalconnection from one end system to one or more destinationend systems in an ARINC 664 Part 7 network.

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network (Ethernet). A logical subgroupwithin a local area network that is created via software ratherthan manually moving cables in the wiring closet.

Vrms

Volts Root-Mean-Square. The root-mean-square (rms)voltage of a sinusoidal source of an electromotive force: Vrms

is used to characterize the source. It is the square root of thetime average of the voltage squared.

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Vp-p

Volts Peak-to-Peak. The difference between the largestvoltage in the signal and the lowest voltage in the signal.

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network (IEEE 802.11). A local areanetwork that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4GHz or5GHz unlicensed frequency band.

XdefML

XidML Definition Markup Language. A published (onwww.xidml.org) validation schema that can optionally beused in conjunction with XidML to allow vendors to specifyconstraints for their XidML instrument definitions.

Xid

eXtensible Instrumentation Definition. Old metadatastandard, now replaced by XidML.

XidML

eXtensible Instrumentation Metadata exchange Mark-upLanguage. A published metadata schema for how telemetrysystems are configured. XidML supersedes XID andCurtiss-Wright’s XML. It includes hardware, packet, andprocessing setup information.

XHUMS

Experimental HUMS. See HUMS.

X-Tools

Versions of some of Curtiss-Wright’s software tools, such asX-Setup, X-Report, X-Translate, and X-Validate; introduced inan attempt to popularize XidML.

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