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IRIG Data Recorder Validation

Description:

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform

OBJECTIVE: Research and develop an innovative simplified approach to validate telemetry data recorders in accordance with Range Commanders Council (RCC) Inter-Range Instrumentation Group 106 (IRIG-106), Chapter 10 standards (Ch. 10).

DESCRIPTION: The test and evaluation (T&E) range community needs an innovative simplified software/hardware toolset to verify the performance parameters of digital recorder systems and recorder memory modules to test IRIG compatibility and standard compliance to increase interoperability.

The purpose of this topic is to develop an innovative simplified validator system that tests any data recorder and recorder memory modules for compliance with Ch.10. Compliance with Ch. 10 should ensure interoperability between different commercial vendors and military users. The current tools, both hardware and software are limited in capability to test all Ch. 10 paragraphs and are proprietary.

This will directly supports the interoperability of data recorders across Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) members and other test and training ranges that subscribe to the RCC standards. This task will benefit all users and vendors.

The solutions: 
1. Will be utilized in a laboratory environment.t 
2. May include any combination of open-source, non-propriety hardware (microcontroller, microcomputer, single board computers, package on package, etc.), newly developed hardware, or commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware.
3. Must be 100 percent open-source software.
4. May use any operating system software.

The proposer must prove to have a good working knowledge and understanding of IRIG-106, Ch. 10.

The government will not provide any software, hardware, test equipment or tools to aid in development of the solutions.

PHASE I: Research in this phase should focus on understanding the structure and requirements and develop innovative tools for interoperability compliance of flight test data recorders with IRIG-106. Existing tools (Ch. 10 Validator Toolset, SDS METS-231) should be evaluated and analyzed for strengths and weaknesses.

PHASE II: Research in Phase II should be focused on working out the interfaces for validation including signal generation, format structures, timing, and interfaces. Phase II should also see the development of the validator architecture based on the requirement documented in Phase I.

PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Military Application: Data recorder interoperability compliance across test ranges with IRIG-106 for military applications. Commercial Application: This standard is used commercially as well. Solutions will be equally useful for commercial data recorder vendors.

REFERENCES:

    • Document 106-13, TELEMETRY STANDARDS, (PART 1), JUNE 2013, Prepared by TELEMETRY GROUP, Range Commanders Council, US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002-5110.
      http://www.wsmr.army.mil/RCCsite/Pages/default.aspx

 

    • Document 118-10, TELEMETRY TEST METHODS, RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, JUNE 2010, Prepared by TELEMETRY GROUP, Range Commanders Council, US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002-5110. http://www.wsmr.army.mil/RCCsite/Pages/default.aspx

 

    • Document 123-09, IRIG 106-07 Chapter 10 PROGRAMMERS HANDBOOK, MARCH 2009, Prepared by TELEMETRY GROUP, Range Commanders Council, US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002-5110. http://www.wsmr.army.mil/RCCsite/Pages/default.aspx

 

  • Synchronized Multi-channel Data Source with Embedded Time (METS 231), Scientific Data Systems LLC) (Las Cruces, NM). www.sdsnm.com

KEYWORDS: telemetry standards, IRIG-106, Chapter 10, Digital Data Recorder Standard, Range Commanders Council

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