Spirent GSS6100 Manual de usuario

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Issue: 2-01

July 2007

GSS6100 AND SIMCHAN USER MANUAL

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

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About

About this publication

Purpose

This document provides all information for installing and using SimCHAN

software on a Windows XP PC.

This document provides all information for the installation and operation of

the GSS6100 signal generator using both SimCHAN software and the

remote command set.

Audience

This document is intended for all users of the GSS6100 signal generator and

SimCHAN software.

In this document:

References to Spirent refer to Spirent Communications - Performance

Analysis & Wireless Positioning (Spirent Communications PA-WP), unless

otherwise stated.

GPS is used as a generic term for any of the satellite navigation systems

supported by the Spirent range of Satellite Navigation Simulator products.

A specific satellite navigation system is referred to by its name.

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Contents

CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION.................................................................................................................I

CHAPTER 1: GENERAL ......................................................................................................................1-1

1.1 RECORD OF ISSUE 1-1

1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 1-2

1.3 DELIVERABLES 1-2

1.4 COPYRIGHT NOTICES 1-2

1.5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 1-3

1.5.1 Document conventions ................................................................................... 1-5

CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................2-1

2.1 SIMCHAN OR REMOTE OPERATION 2-1

CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE OVERVIEW AND INSTALLATION................................................3-1

3.1 FRONT PANEL 3-1

3.2 REAR PANEL 3-1

3.3 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION TO HOST PC 3-4

CHAPTER 4: PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION .................................................................................4-1

4.1 OVERVIEW 4-1

4.2 SIMCHAN INTERFACE 4-2

4.2.1 Controlling the GSS6100 ................................................................................ 4-3

4.2.2 Help ................................................................................................................ 4-3

4.2.3 Status bar .......................................................................................................4-3

CHAPTER 5: GSS6100 OPERATING DETAILS ..............................................................................5-1

5.1 SIMCHAN TOOLBAR 5-2

5.1.1 ARM the GSS6100 ......................................................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 RUN the GSS6100 ......................................................................................... 5-3

5.1.3 HALT the GSS6100 ........................................................................................5-3

5.2 SIMCHAN MAIN AREA 5-4

5.2.1 Pseudo Range Velocity .................................................................................. 5-5

5.2.2 Velocity profiles ..............................................................................................5-6

5.2.3 RF Power ..................................................................................................... 5-11

5.2.4 Simulation Time............................................................................................ 5-12

5.2.5 Nav Data Message ....................................................................................... 5-13

5.2.6 PRN.............................................................................................................. 5-14

5.2.7 SBAS Message Rate .................................................................................... 5-16

5.2.8 Pseudo Range.............................................................................................. 5-16

5.2.9 Time into Run ............................................................................................... 5-17

5.2.10 Prompts, Warnings and Errors...................................................................... 5-17

5.3 NAVIGATION DATA TEMPLATE 5-18

5.4 AUTOGO 5-20

5.4.1 Limitations of AutoGO................................................................................... 5-21

5.5 HARDWARE OPTIONS AND SETTINGS 5-22

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5.6 SYNCHRONISATION 5-26

5.6.1 1PPS IN........................................................................................................5-27

5.6.2 TRIG IN – Immediate Mode ..........................................................................5-27

5.6.3 TRIG IN – Delayed Mode..............................................................................5-28

CHAPTER 6: REMOTE INTERFACE ...............................................................................................6-1

6.1 INTERFACE TYPES 6-1

6.1.1 GPIB...............................................................................................................6-1

6.1.2 RS232.............................................................................................................6-1

6.2 COMMAND SET 6-2

6.2.1 Notes on the syntax definition.........................................................................6-2

6.2.2 *IDN?..............................................................................................................6-3

6.2.3 ARMS .............................................................................................................6-3

6.2.4 BITE................................................................................................................6-4

6.2.5 COSW ............................................................................................................6-4

6.2.6 EREF..............................................................................................................6-5

6.2.7 EREF ? ...........................................................................................................6-5

6.2.8 GPIB...............................................................................................................6-5

6.2.9 HALT ..............................................................................................................6-6

6.2.10 IDEN...............................................................................................................6-6

6.2.11 IPRG...............................................................................................................6-6

6.2.12 LEVL...............................................................................................................6-7

6.2.13 LEVL ?............................................................................................................6-7

6.2.14 MODE.............................................................................................................6-8

6.2.15 MODE ?..........................................................................................................6-8

6.2.16 NDSW.............................................................................................................6-9

6.2.17 NMOD.............................................................................................................6-9

6.2.18 NSAV............................................................................................................6-12

6.2.19 NSAV ?.........................................................................................................6-13

6.2.20 NSEL ............................................................................................................6-13

6.2.21 PFIL..............................................................................................................6-14

6.2.22 PROF............................................................................................................6-14

6.2.23 PROS ...........................................................................................................6-15

6.2.24 PRTY............................................................................................................6-15

6.2.25 RSET............................................................................................................6-16

6.2.26 RUNS ...........................................................................................................6-16

6.2.27 SERR............................................................................................................6-17

6.2.28 G2D ..............................................................................................................6-17

6.2.29 SIGT .............................................................................................................6-18

6.2.30 SNUM ? ........................................................................................................6-18

6.2.31 STAT ............................................................................................................6-18

6.2.32 SVID .............................................................................................................6-19

6.2.33 TIOP .............................................................................................................6-19

6.2.34 TIOP ? ..........................................................................................................6-20

6.2.35 TRIG.............................................................................................................6-20

6.2.36 VCTY............................................................................................................6-21

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6.2.37 WEEK........................................................................................................... 6-21

6.2.38 WRTE........................................................................................................... 6-22

6.2.39 ZCNT............................................................................................................ 6-22

6.3 COMMAND AVAILABILITY BY MODE 6-22

6.4 SERIAL POLL –STATUS BITS 6-24

6.5 EXAMPLE COMMAND SEQUENCES 6-24

6.5.1 Example GPS operations.............................................................................. 6-24

6.5.2 Example with external trigger........................................................................ 6-26

6.5.3 Example with external signals....................................................................... 6-27

CHAPTER 7: CALIBRATION .............................................................................................................7-1

7.1.1 Reference frequency calibration ..................................................................... 7-1

7.1.2 Power level calibration.................................................................................... 7-2

APPENDIX A: INSTALLING SIMCHAN .........................................................................................A-1

A.1 INSTALL SIMCHAN A-1

A.2 REMOVING SIMCHAN A-3

A.3 FIRST USE A-4

APPENDIX B: UPDATING FIRMWARE ......................................................................................... B-1

APPENDIX C: CONNECTING A GPS RECEIVER ........................................................................C-1

APPENDIX D: SIGNAL GENERATOR CONNECTIVITY............................................................D-1

APPENDIX E: BITE RESPONSE MESSAGE .................................................................................. E-1

APPENDIX F: STANDARD GPS NAVIGATION MESSAGE........................................................ F-1

F.1 INTRODUCTION F-1

F.1.1 Telemetry (TLM) Word – All Subrames...........................................................F-2

F.1.2 Handover Word (HOW) – All Subframes.........................................................F-2

F.1.3 Subframes 1 through 3 ...................................................................................F-3

F.1.4 Subframes 4 and 5 .......................................................................................F-10

F.1.5 Page ID’s 1 through 32 .................................................................................F-11

F.1.6 Page ID 51....................................................................................................F-14

F.1.7 Page ID’s 52 Through 54..............................................................................F-18

F.1.8 Page ID 55....................................................................................................F-20

F.1.9 Page ID 56....................................................................................................F-22

F.1.10 Page ID 57....................................................................................................F-24

F.1.11 Page ID’s 58 Through 62..............................................................................F-26

F.1.12 Page ID 63....................................................................................................F-28

APPENDIX G: USER DEFINABLE NAVIGATION DATA ...........................................................G-1

G.1 INTRODUCTION G-1

G.2 FILE FORMAT G-1

G.2.1 General.......................................................................................................... G-1

G.2.2 Data Fields .................................................................................................... G-2

APPENDIX H: SBAS CORRECTION DATA FILES.......................................................................H-1

H.1 CREATING AND EDITING A SBAS CORRECTION DATA FILE H-1

H.1.1 Example ........................................................................................................ H-2

H.1.2 Default *.WAS file, WAAS_DEF.WAS............................................................ H-2

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H.1.3 Possible *.WAS data errors.......................................................................... H-23

APPENDIX I: PRODUCT SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE .............................................................. I-1

I.1 SAFETY NOTICE I-1

I.2 EMC AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE I-2

APPENDIX J: SPECIAL NAV DATA TEMPLATE..........................................................................J-1

APPENDIX K: CONTACTING SPIRENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT ................................................ I

INDEX IV

LIST OF FIGURES VII

LIST OF TABLES VIII

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General

Chapter 1: General

1.1 Record of issue

Issue Date Description

1-00 Oct 2005 First issue

2-00

Nov 2006

Updated style to match Spirent documentation

Changed screenshots for SimCHAN v1.05 and

included new text as appropriate.

Changes to improve readability.

Added Special Nav Data template to

Appendix.

Bugz

2163: Clarified calibration procedure

2325: New folder locations

2868: Changes to velocity profile sections and

added info on USER profile

2-01

July 2007

Changed company name

Changed contact details

Usability

Placed Fig 3-2 on Landscape page to allow re-

size for improved readability

Bugz:

3122: Added pin-out table for 1PPS IN /

OUT.

3238: Added NMOD command and details on

special NAV templates

3586: Updated contact details.

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1.2 Referenced documents

a) ICD-GPS-200 - Document defining the GPS system space and

user segments.

b) STANAG 4294 The NATO equivalent of the above document.

c) NMEA 0183 - Document defining a standard set of navigational

messages supported by many GPS receivers.

d) RTCM-SC104 - Document defining a set of differential

correction messages accepted by many GPS receivers.

e) RTCA-DO229 and 229A - Minimum operational performance

standards for Global Positioning System/Wide Area

Augmentation System Airborne Equipment

f) ICD-GPS-204 - Standard Receiver Performance Tests,

g) MS3037 - GSS6100 Product Specification

1.3 Deliverables

a) GSS6100 GPS/SBAS Signal Generator

b) User Manual

c) SimCHAN software on CD-ROM

d) USB cable

e) Power cables (Country specific)

f) Spirent mouse mat

1.4 Copyright notices

IBM PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines

Corporation.

Microsoft and Windows are either trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation.

InstallShield is a registered trademark of InstallShield Software

Corporation.

All other company/product names referenced herein are trademarks and/or

service marks or registered trademarks and/or service marks of their

respective holders.

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