Re: [amsat-bb] OK Telemetry Now What

[Robert Rice <rcrice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans

There are two places to start that I am aware of:

The general AMSAT (US) intro article at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/ao40/ao40-tlm.html

And the P3D telemetry guide at:
http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3d/tlmspec.txt

The telemetry guide is the most detailed reference that I have seen.

The contents page shows:


                           AMSAT PHASE 3D TELEMETRY

                                 Compiled by:

                              Peter Guelzow DB2OS
                              Karl Meinzer  DJ4ZC
                              James Miller  G3RUH
                              Stacey Mills  W4SM

                           Release 1.4   2000 Nov 01

   Contents
   --------
     1. DOCUMENT SOURCE
     2. INTRODUCTION
     3. FREQUENCIES
     4. MODULATION FORMAT
     5. AMSAT P3 BLOCK STRUCTURE
     6. P3D BLOCK CONTENTS
     7. AMSAT P3 CRCC DEFINITION
     8. P3D BLOCK FORMATS
     9. P3D Telemetry List  Analogue #100 - #17F
    10. P3D Digital Telemetry List   #180 - #1FF
    11. USER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
    12. GLOSSARY


Links for these and other resources are on my web page at
http://ao40.homestead.com


Robert Rice
WB5PKN




hasan schiers wrote:

> Now that we have two superb sources for AO-40 Telemetry, (the internet and
> soundcard demods), could someone point me to an explanation of the kinds of
> things that we should be looking at and what observations we might make?
>
> What values are nominal in each field? (Where that concept makes sense)
>
> Is there a good explanation for each of the fields in Stacy's P3T program?
>
> Examples:
>
> >From the Power Window (What is nominal for each?)
>
> Volts
>
> 1. Bat.Main 29.0
> 2. Bat.Aux  27.5
> etc.
>
> Amps
>
> Tot.Bat 1.5
> EPU: 0
> Main bus 6.7
> BCR: 4.7
> SEU: 8.0
>
> Tx Pwr/Cur
>
> V-Tx: 129  (129 what?) (nominal?)
> U-Amp 8.0  (8 watts?)
>
> >From the other birds I recall that BCR is the battery charge regulator. Does
> U-In mean volts in from the solar panels? Does Sol.Off refer to the angle of
> the sun to the solar panels?
>
> Obviously with this much data being parsed it would be valuable to have a
> set of key variables to keep an eye on.
>
> In the various windows, what are the things to watch that might be
> interesting?
>
> Comments much appreciated.
>
> 73
>
> hasan schiers
> schiers@netins.net
> N0AN
>
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