Date: Sun, 11 Feb 90 12:16:17 CST From: R M Kriss Subject: Decoded Dove-1 TM Data The following is a copy of a local packet message I posted showing a sample of the raw TM data and then a decoded version of the same data. The Dove TM Decoder application was done by Miles Abernathy, N5KOB. He can be reached via packet (N5KOB @ KB5PM.TX.USA.NA) in Austin, Texas. Sorry about that but the application is for a Macintosh. I posted the application to comp.binaries.mac. I can also E-mail in .sit.hqx format. ===================================================================== Richard (Dick) Kriss: : ARPANET: kriss@austin.lockheed.com 904 Dartmoor Cove: : Packet Radio: KD5VU @ KB5PM.TX.USA.NA Austin, Texas 78746: : Phone: 512-448-5153 (O) or 327-9566 (H) My employer has nothing to do with this message! ... _._ ===================================================================== Msg # 17919 Type:B Stat:N To: ALL From: KD5VU Date: 10-Feb/1737 Subject: Sample of Decoded Dove-1 TM Data From: KD5VU@KB5PM Thanks to Miles, N5KOB, who wrote the Dove-1 Telemetry Decoder for the Macintosh, I was able to decode the telemetry data from Dove-1. The following is the before and after text for those who would like to see what Dove is telling the humans: Before (raw TM data): DOVE-1>TIME-1:PHT: uptime is 055/13:26:09. Time is Thu Feb 08 03:55:03 1990 DOVE-1>TLM:00:58 01:58 02:84 03:2E 04:58 05:58 06:6D 07:47 08:6A 09:6A 0A:A2 0B:D8 0C:E8 0D:D7 0E:00 0F:23 10:CC 11:AA 12:01 13:02 14:A2 15:90 16:9C 17:96 18:96 19:98 1A:94 1B:91 1C:9B 1D:99 1E:22 1F:5E 20:BC DOVE-1>TLM:21:94 22:7A 23:28 24:24 25:30 26:00 27:00 28:01 29:00 2A:00 2B:00 2C:00 2D:2A 2E:00 2F:9A 30:C8 31:9B 32:12 33:EA 34:BC 35:92 36:A2 37:A1 38:AA 39:96 3A:00 DOVE-1>STATUS: 80 00 00 88 B0 18 EE 02 00 B0 00 00 B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ----- After (decoded TM data using N5KOB's Dove-1 Telemetry Decoder for the Mac): Rx E/F Audio(W) 2.1648 V(p-p) Rx E/F Audio(N) 2.1648 V(p-p) Mixer Bias 1.3464 Volts Oscillator Bias .4692 Volts Rx A Audio(W) 2.1648 V(p-p) Rx A Audio(N) 2.1648 V(p-p) Rx A DISC .31834 kHz Rx A S Meter 71 Counts Rx E/F DISC -.88226 kHz Rx E/F S Meter 106 Counts +5 volt bus 4.941 Volts +5V Rx Current 21.6 mA +2.5 volt VREF 90.712 Volts 8.5 volt bus 8.4065 Volts IR Detector 0 Counts LO Monitor I 1.295 mA +10 volt bus 10.353 Volts GASFET Bias I 4.42 mA Ground REF .01 Volts +Z Array voltage .2046 Volts Rx Temp 3.0238 !C +X (RX) Temp 13.9156 !C Bat. 1 volts 1.26149 Volts Bat. 2 volts 1.26806 Volts Bat. 3 volts 1.26876 Volts Bat. 4 volts 1.25243 Volts Bat. 5 volts 1.27335 Volts Bat. 6 volts 1.28058 Volts Bat. 7 volts 1.27157 Volts Bat. 8 volts 1.26556 Volts Array voltage 9.653 Volts +5 volt bus 4.8648 Volts +8.5 volt bus 8.5174 Volts +10 volt bus 10.6902 Volts BCR set point 132.636 Counts BCR load I .1921 Amps +8.5V bus I .059164 Amps +5 V bus cur. .2119 Amps -X array cur. -.01075 Amps +X array cur. -.01349 Amps -Y array cur. -.00957 Amps +Y array cur. -.01141 Amps -Z array cur. -.01653 Amps +Z array cur. -.01137 Amps Ext. Power cur. -.02 Amps BCR Input cur. .19436 Amps BCR Output cur. -.01724 Amps Battery 1 temp 7.8646 !C Battery 2 temp -19.97 !C Baseplate temp 7.2595 !C FM TX#1 RF out .0367744 Watt FM TX#2 RF out 4.28863 Watt PSK TX HPA temp -12.7088 !C +Y array temp 12.7054 !C RC PSK HPA temp 3.0238 !C RC PSK BP temp 3.6289 !C +Z array temp -1.817 !C S band TX out .5594 Watts S band HPA temp 101.05 !C --- end of text To quote Andy Rooney, "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."