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W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder by WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG PUBLISHED BY WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG Hammerstrasse 8 CH-8180 Buelach Switzerland Phone +41-44-872 70 60 Fax +41-44-872 70 66 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.wavecom.ch © by WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form is prohibited without written consent of the copyright owner. The publication of information in this document does not imply freedom from patent or other protective rights of WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG or others. All brand names in this document are trademarks or registered trade- marks of their owners. Specifications are subject to change without further notice Printed: Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 15:27:39 Contents Welcome 1 GENERAL INFO ABOUT WAVECOM PRODUCTS 1 Options 1 Professional Version 2 Training 2 Source Code 2 Company Profile 3 Revisions 3 Install and Uninstall 5 W51PC Setup 5 W51PC Hardware Installation 5 W51PC Software Installation 7 First Time Start, Card Installed 9 W51PC Command Line Parameters 10 W51PC Software Un-installation 11 How to Configure DCOM 11 DCOM Configuration for Third Party Firewalls 11 How to Configure a Firewall 12 Windows Firewall Configuration 12 Optional Modules 15 Licensing 15 Software Upgrades 15 Software Options 15 Enter or Change a Key (SAT, CL, BV) 16 Enter a Key Using the User Interface 16 Enter a Key Using the WAVECOM Server Control 16 Enter or Change a License File (PACTOR-III, CLOVER-2000, CLOVER-2) 17 Preliminary Step 17 USB Dongle 18 License File 18 License File Installation 19 Operation 19 Program Start 20 Setup 21 Graphical User Interface (GUI) 22 Main Menu 22 Menu Bar 22 File Menu 23 HF-Modes 23 Analysis Modes in the HF Menu 24 FSK Modes in the HF Menu 24 MFSK Modes in the HF Menu 24 W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Contents · iii PSK Modes in the HF Menu 25 MIL-STANAG and HF-ACARS Modes in the HF Menu 25 Graphic Modes and CW in the HF Menu 25 SELCAL and Others 25 Mode Selector... 25 VHF-UHF Modes 26 INDIRECT Modes in the VHF/UHF Menu 26 Analysis INDIRECT Modes in the VHF/UHF Menu 26 SELCAL Analog Modes in the VHF/UHF Menu 26 SELCAL Digital Modes in the VHF/UHF Menu 27 DIRECT Modes 27 Analysis DIRECT Modes in the VHF/UHF Menu 27 Mode Selector... 27 Demodulator Menu 27 Auto 28 Mode... 28 Demodulator Modes 28 PB Center... 31 PB Bandwidth... 31 Center... 33 Shift... 33 Baudrate... 33 Polarity... 33 Translation... 34 Input... 34 Gain... 35 Options Menu 35 Alphabet... 35 Code Statistic... 36 Letters/Figures... 36 Period... 36 Toggle 36 MSI 36 IAS 37 Cycle... 37 Time Stamp... 37 Error Indication 38 Clear Screen 38 Resync Mode 38 OSI-Level... 38 Message Type... , Display... , Display Mode... 38 Favorites Menu 39 Open... 39 Save As... 40 Setup Menu 40 W61PC Card... 40 Font... 41 Temp Files... 41 Preferences... 42 Receiver and Satellite Settings... 43 License... 44 Inputs... 44 View Menu 49 Window Menu 49 Help Menu 49 Contents 49 WAVECOM on the Web 49 About W61... 49 Button Bars 50 Toolbar 50 iv · Contents W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder WAVECOM Toolbar 50 Level Indicator 50 Spectrum Indicator 50 Status Bars 51 Decoder Status Bar 51 Demodulator Status Bar 51 Double-Clicking on Status Bar Fields 51 Tuning Radio Data Signals 51 Tuning a FSK (F1B) Signal 51 Tuning a Twinplex (F7B) Signal 51 Tuning a CW-Morse Signal 52 Tuning a WEATHER-FAX Signal 52 Tuning a MFSK Signal 52 Tuning an ERMES Signal 53 Mode Selector 53 HF-Modes 53 HF Analysis 54 VHF/UHF INDIRECT 54 VHF/UHF DIRECT 55 REAL-TIME FFT 55 Adjustment of the Translation Frequency 57 HF REAL-TIME FFT 57 TUNING FFT 58 VHF INDIRECT REAL-TIME FFT 60 VHF DIRECT REAL-TIME FFT 60 FFT and SONAGRAM 60 HF FFT and SONAGRAM 60 VHF INDIRECT FFT and SONAGRAM 60 VHF DIRECT FFT and SONAGRAM 61 REAL-TIME WATERFALL 61 HF REAL-TIME WATERFALL 62 VHF INDIRECT REAL-TIME WATERFALL 62 VHF DIRECT REAL-TIME WATERFALL 62 REAL-TIME SONAGRAM 62 HF REAL-TIME SONAGRAM 63 VHF INDIRECT REAL-TIME SONAGRAM 63 VHF DIRECT REAL-TIME SONAGRAM 63 REAL-TIME OSCILLOSCOPE 63 FSK ANALYSIS 65 Baud Rate and Spectrum Window 65 Waterfall Window 66 FSK Analysis Options 66 Display of Single FSK Analysis 67 HF FSK ANALYSIS 67 VHF INDIRECT FSK ANALYSIS 67 VHF DIRECT FSK ANALYSIS 68 FSK CODE CHECK 69 HF FSK CODE CHECK 69 VHF INDIRECT FSK CODE CHECK 71 VHF DIRECT FSK CODE CHECK 72 PSK SYMBOL RATE and PSK PHASE PLANE 73 HF PSK CODE CHECK 77 MIL/STANAG Code Check 78 MFSK ANALYSIS 78 HF MFSK CODE CHECK 79 Classifier (Option) 80 HF Classifier Code Check (Option) 83 AUTOCORRELATION 85 BIT CORRELATION 87 BIT LENGTH ANALYSIS 89 W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Contents · v SELCAL ANALYSIS 91 Bit Inversion Mask 92 Code Statistic 92 Transmission Modes 94 Fundamentals of Radio Data Transmission 94 Telegraph speed, Bit rate, Baud rate, Symbol rate 95 Formatting and Source coding 96 Encryption 99 Channel coding 99 Equalization 101 Synchronization 102 Multiplexing and Multiple Access 102 Modulation 103 ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) 103 FSK (Frequency Shift Keying 104 FAX 105 Baud Rates, Speeds and Modulation Types 106 ACARS 109 AIS 112 ALF-RDS 112 ALIS 113 ALIS-2 114 AMSAT-P3D 114 AUM-13 115 ARQ-E 116 ARQ-E3 117 ARQ-N 117 ARQ-M2-342 and ARQ-M2-242 118 ARQ-M4-342 and ARQ-M4-242 119 ARQ6-90 and ARQ6-98 119 ASCII 120 ATIS 121 AUTOSPEC 122 BAUDOT 122 BULG-ASCII 123 CCIR 124 CCITT 125 CHU 126 CIS-11 126 CIS-12 127 CIS-14 127 CIS-36 128 CIS-36-50 129 CIS-50-50 129 CLOVER-2 130 CLOVER-2000 131 CODAN 131 CODAN-9001 132 COQUELET-8 133 COQUELET-13 134 COQUELET-80 135 CTCSS 136 CV-786 137 CW-MORSE 137 DCS SELCAL 138 DGPS 139 DTMF 140 DZVEI 141 vi · Contents W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder DUP-ARQ 142 DUP-ARQ-2 143 DUP-FEC-2 143 EEA 144 EFR 145 EIA 146 ERMES 147 EURO 149 FEC-A 150 FELDHELL 151 FLEX 152 FM-HELL 153 FMS-BOS 153 GMDSS/DSC-HF 155 GMDSS/DSC-VHF 156 GOLAY/GSC 156 G-TOR 158 GW-PSK 158 GW-FSK 159 HC-ARQ 160 HF-ACARS 160 HNG-FEC 162 IAS Bit Stream Output 163 ICAO SELCAL 163 MD-674 ASYNC 164 METEOSAT 164 MFSK-8 and MFSK-16 165 MFSK-20 166 MIL-188-110A 167 MIL-188-110-39Tone, 110A or 110B 168 MIL-188-110-16Tone 170 MIL-188-110B (Appendix C), STANAG 4539 170 MIL-188-141A 173 MIL-188-141B (Appendix C) 174 MIL-M-55529A NB/WB 176 MPT-1327 176 MOBITEX-1200 179 MOBITEX-8000 180 MODAT 181 NATEL 181 NMT-450 182 NOAA-GEOSAT 183 NWR-SAME 184 EAS Event Codes 185 FIPS Area Codes 186 PACKET-300 188 PACKET-1200 189 PACKET-9600 190 PACTOR 191 PACTOR-FEC 192 PACTOR-II 192 Tuning a PACTOR-II Signal 193 PACTOR-II-AUTO 194 PACTOR-II-FEC 194 Tuning a PACTOR-II-FEC signal 195 PACTOR-III 195 PCCIR 196 PDZVEI 197 PZVEI 198 PICCOLO-MK6 and PICCOLO-MK12 199 W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Contents · vii POCSAG 201 POL-ARQ 203 PRESS-FAX 203 PSK-10 204 PSK-AM 205 PSK-31, PSK-62.5, PSK-125 205 Tuning a PSK-31 Signal 206 Polarity of PSK-31 206 PSK-31-FEC 206 PSK-63F, PSK-125F, PSK-220F 207 Tuning a PSK-63F and PSK-125F Signal 208 RUM-FEC 208 SAT-AERO (Beta) 209 SAT-A-TELEX 209 SAT-B 210 SAT-C-TDM, SAT-C-TDMA, SAT-C-EGC 212 SAT-C-EGC 213 SAT-M 216 SAT-MINI-M 217 SI-ARQ 218 SI-FEC 219 SI-AUTO 219 SITOR-ARQ 219 SITOR-FEC 220 SITOR-AUTO 221 SP-14 221 SPREAD-11, SPREAD-21 and SPREAD-51 223 SSTV 224 STANAG 4285 226 STANAG 4415 228 STANAG 4481 FSK 230 STANAG 4481 PSK 231 STANAG 4529 232 STANAG 4539 234 STANAG 5065 FSK 234 SWED-ARQ 235 TWINPLEX 236 VDEW 238 WEATHER-FAX 239 VISEL 239 ZVEI-1 240 ZVEI-2 241 ZVEI-3 242 ZVEI-VDEW 243 Additional Functions 244 WAVECOM Server 244 Introduction 244 WAVECOM Server Control 244 Alarm Monitor 247 Introduction 247 Options 248 Settings 249 Run 251 Serial Link 252 Introduction 252 Getting Started 252 Status Information 253 viii · Contents W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Remote Control 253 XML 253 DCOM 254 The SAT System (Optional) 254 Terms and Abbreviations 254 Overview 254 Systems 255 RF Channels 256 Logical Channels 257 MES Identification 257 Session Signaling 258 Operation 258 Trouble Shooting 259 Receiver Frequency Error Compensation 259 Signal Strength 260 Spot Beam Reception 260 Session Success (Fax) 261 SAT-A-TELEX 261 SAT-C-TDM, SAT-C-TDMA 263 Technical Data 265 Interfaces W51 265 System Components W51 266 Alphabets Details 266 Unicode 266 Teleprinter Alphabets 267 WAVECOM Data File Format 273 File Header 273 The Data structures 274 The different FileHeaders and DataStructures 275 Appendix 282 Questions & Answers 282 Signal Interference 283 General 283 Antenna installation 283 Receiver 283 HF Cabling 283 Grounding 283 Location of decoder 284 PCs and peripherals 284 Video Monitor 284 LAN 284 Conditions of Sale 284 General 284 Prices 284 Delivery time 284 Dispatch 285 Return of goods 285 Payments 285 Reservation of ownership 285 Cancellation 285 Changes of Order Quantities 285 Legal Domicile 285 Warranty 286 Obligation 286 W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Contents · ix Copyright 286 Liability 286 Laws and Regulations 286 Declaration of Conformity 287 Conformity of W61PC 287 Conformity of W61LAN 288 Manufacturer Address 288 Registration Form 289 Glossary of Terms 291 Index 301 x · Contents W51 Manual V6.6 WAVECOM Decoder Welcome Congratulations on purchase of a WAVECOM decoder.
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