SAT Operation

The decoder displays the session output in two windows, a Session Window and a Session List Window.

The Session Window continuously displays control channel information:

Field

 

MODE:

B, M, mM

SERVice

DATA (data), FAX (fax), TEL (voice), TELX (telex)

EVeNT

srt       Traffic channel start

ass      Assignment

ccs      Control channel start

end      End

MES_ID

Mobile earth station ID

FREQ

Traffic channel frequency

TX_CHA_ID

Channel ID of the uplink channel from the MES

The result (a file) of a monitoring session is listed in the Session List Window. Bold font indicates that a file is unread by the user, while normal font indicates that the file has been read (Display Status). In order to display a file, double click on the corresponding File field. This enables the correct viewer. It is also possible to directly view a file through Windows Explorer; however, this does not change the Display Status.

The fields of the Session List Window are listed below:

Ø Mode: The mode of the recorded session

Ø Service: The service of the recorded session

Ø MES ID: The Forward MES ID of the user terminal of the recorded session

Ø Transmitter ID: Fax ID (usually a name or fax number)

Ø File: Path and file name of the monitored data. The file name contains the date and time of the session

Ø Date, Time: Start date and time of the recorded session

Ø Duration: Duration of recorded session

Ø Size: For Fax service - The number of pages of the fax. For Data service - The number of user bytes transmitted

Termination:

Ø EOD - End-of-data

Ø ChannelRelease – Normal channel release

Ø StopMode - Bit stream interrupted

Ø SyncLost – Excessive number of resync attempts

Ø TONoSync – Sync or resync time-out

Ø TONoScrVect – Bad scrambling vector

Ø TooManyBadCRCs – Excessive number of failed checksum calculations

Ø UserCanc – User cancellation

A file in the Session List Window can be deleted by right-clicking on it and following the delete dialog.

For the modes SAT-B, SAT-M and SAT-B-C-TFC it is possible to listen to live voice output during TEL sessions.

With the speaker-button in the tool bar the user can mute the output.