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Date

Description

3.0

March 21, 2018

HDR-4G+ version (≥ E11R0)

3.1

July 24, 2019

Demodulator and modulator IF carrier values - Amendment (§1.6)

Modulator output level values - Amendment (§1.6.6.1 & §2.2.2.3)

Demodulator inputs description - New chapter (§2.2.2.2.3)

3.2

February 3, 2020

Modulator and Demodulator SCCC-X capabilities (§1 & §3 & §4)

Modulator and Demodulator DVB-S2X capabilities (§4.5)

3.3

June 26, 2020

Template update

BER calculation on custom pattern (§3.4.13.5 & §4.5.5.3.1)

Carrier acquisition range –Amendment (§1.6.1.1 & §4.5.4.1.1.1)

Doppler simulator range –Amendment (§1.6.6.5 & §3.6.3.2)

Reed-Solomon interleave factor - Amendment (§1.6.3.4)

3.4

February 17, 2021

Parity absence in TM data support (§ 4.5.5.4 )

Recording “infinite” TM file support (§ 4.5.7.2 )

Playback RX TCP server support (§ 4.5.9 )

Minor changes (§ 4.5.8.3.2.4 )

3.5

June 1, 2021

Safety instructions update

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SYMBOLS DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................22

CE MARKING ...................................................................................................................................................23

WEEE DIRECTIVE............................................................................................................................................24

CAUTION...........................................................................................................................................................24

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.........................................................................................................25

GENERAL..........................................................................................................................................................25

GROUNDING &ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION STANDARDS.................................................................25

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCKS.........................................................................................................................26

INSTALLATION, ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................27

ESD PROTECTIVE MEASURES......................................................................................................................27

CLEANING, MAINTENANCE.........................................................................................................................28

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STATEMENTS.............................................................................................28

1 CORTEX HDR OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................29

SCOPE............................................................................................................................................................291.1 CORTEX HDR MAIN FEATURES..................................................................................................................301.2 MISSION OF THE CORTEX HDR ..................................................................................................................311.3 Introduction................................................................................................................................................31

1.3.1 Operating Modes........................................................................................................................................311.3.2 Telemetry Demodulation............................................................................................................................321.3.3 Telemetry Processing.................................................................................................................................321.3.4 Polarization and Antenna Combining........................................................................................................331.3.5 Simulation & Self-testing ...........................................................................................................................331.3.6

CORTEX HDR ARCHITECTURE ...................................................................................................................341.4 Functional Block Diagram of a Demodulation Channel ...........................................................................341.4.1 Functional Block Diagram of a Modulation Channel................................................................................351.4.2 CORTEX HDR Hardware Architecture.....................................................................................................361.4.3 PC-compatible Workstation....................................................................................................................371.4.3.1 Test Modulator Board.............................................................................................................................381.4.3.2 Demodulator Board.................................................................................................................................381.4.3.3 I/O Connectors........................................................................................................................................381.4.3.4

CORTEX HDR Software ............................................................................................................................391.4.4 Local or Remote M&C ...........................................................................................................................391.4.4.1 Password Protection................................................................................................................................391.4.4.2 Software Version ....................................................................................................................................401.4.4.3

CORTEX HDR INTERFACES.........................................................................................................................411.5 Mechanical & Electrical Interfaces...........................................................................................................411.5.1 Ethernet TCP-IP Interface.........................................................................................................................411.5.2 FTP Interface.............................................................................................................................................421.5.3

CORTEX HDR PERFORMANCES ..................................................................................................................431.6 Demodulation Unit.....................................................................................................................................431.6.1 IF Reception............................................................................................................................................431.6.1.1 Demodulation..........................................................................................................................................441.6.1.2 Implementation loss................................................................................................................................451.6.1.3 Bit Synchronization ................................................................................................................................461.6.1.4

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Filtering...................................................................................................................................................471.6.1.5 Viterbi Convolutional Decoding.............................................................................................................481.6.1.6 Viterbi ½..............................................................................................................................................481.6.1.6.1 Viterbi ¼..............................................................................................................................................481.6.1.6.2

De-scrambler...........................................................................................................................................491.6.1.7 Transport Layer (RS-DVB or asynchronous LDPC layer).....................................................................491.6.1.8 BEM 4D 8PSK TCM DVB-S R-S..........................................................................................................501.6.1.9 VHR-DVB-S2 and CCSDS-SCCC standard ........................................................................................501.6.1.10 OQPSK/8PSK variable modulation......................................................................................................501.6.1.11

Diversity Combining Unit and Antenna Combining ..................................................................................511.6.2 Data Processing Unit.................................................................................................................................511.6.3 Frame Synchronization...........................................................................................................................511.6.3.1 Data Time-tagging ..................................................................................................................................511.6.3.2 CRC Frame checking..............................................................................................................................511.6.3.3 CCSDS and ECSS Decoding..................................................................................................................521.6.3.4 LDPC Decoding......................................................................................................................................521.6.3.5 Data Output.............................................................................................................................................521.6.3.6

Data Storage ..............................................................................................................................................531.6.4 Playback.....................................................................................................................................................541.6.5 Test Modulator...........................................................................................................................................541.6.6 IF Modulation .........................................................................................................................................541.6.6.1 Noise Source...........................................................................................................................................541.6.6.2 Modulation..............................................................................................................................................541.6.6.3 PCM Simulation......................................................................................................................................551.6.6.4 Doppler Simulation.................................................................................................................................55

1.6.6.5

Start-up Menus...........................................................................................................................................551.6.7 Frequency Reference..................................................................................................................................561.6.8 External Reference..................................................................................................................................561.6.8.1 Internal Reference...................................................................................................................................561.6.8.2

Time Code Reference .................................................................................................................................561.6.9 Mechanical - Environment.......................................................................................................................561.6.10 Supply.......................................................................................................................................................571.6.11

2 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION..........................................................................................................................58

CORTEX HDR INTEGRATION..................................................................................................................582.1 Hardware Configuration............................................................................................................................582.1.1 PC-compatible Workstation.......................................................................................................................582.1.2 Demodulator board....................................................................................................................................592.1.3 Overview.................................................................................................................................................592.1.3.1 Separate IF inputs ...................................................................................................................................592.1.3.2

Test Modulator Board................................................................................................................................602.1.4

I/O CONNECTORS DEFINITION...............................................................................................................612.2 CPU Board I/Os.........................................................................................................................................612.2.1 Demodulator & Test Modulator I/Os.........................................................................................................612.2.2 HDR 4G/4G+ I/Os..................................................................................................................................612.2.2.1 Demodulator I/Os....................................................................................................................................622.2.2.2 Channel A & Channel B I/Os description............................................................................................652.2.2.2.1 AIT Connector (LVDS Data Output - J73) description.......................................................................702.2.2.2.2 Demodulator inputs description...........................................................................................................712.2.2.2.3

Test Modulator I/Os................................................................................................................................722.2.2.3

Output Data Definition and Timing ...........................................................................................................732.2.3 Timing for all output types......................................................................................................................732.2.3.1

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I/Q merged output...................................................................................................................................742.2.3.2 Split 2 output (I and Q normal output)....................................................................................................742.2.3.3 Split 4 output...........................................................................................................................................752.2.3.4 CADU output formats.............................................................................................................................752.2.3.5

Specific I/Os (Customers requirements) ....................................................................................................762.2.4

3 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................................................77

MONITORING &CONTROL ............................................................................................................................773.1 Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................773.1.1 Control.......................................................................................................................................................773.1.2

LOGGING .......................................................................................................................................................773.2 DEMODULATION............................................................................................................................................783.3 IF Processing.............................................................................................................................................783.3.1 Bit Synchronization....................................................................................................................................783.3.2 Signal Processing....................................................................................................................................783.3.2.1 Customized FIR Filters...........................................................................................................................793.3.2.2 General.................................................................................................................................................793.3.2.2.1 Custom Filters Programming...............................................................................................................793.3.2.2.2

DEAF Filtering .......................................................................................................................................803.3.2.3 General.................................................................................................................................................803.3.2.3.1 Principle of the DEAF..........................................................................................................................813.3.2.3.2 Use of the DEAF..................................................................................................................................813.3.2.3.3

XDEAF for reception of dual polarization data transmission.................................................................833.3.2.4 Adjacent channel rejection......................................................................................................................853.3.2.5

Viterbi Convolutional Decoding ................................................................................................................86

3.3.3 General....................................................................................................................................................863.3.3.1 Single or Dual Viterbi Decoder ..............................................................................................................873.3.3.2 Parallel Viterbi decoders.........................................................................................................................883.3.3.3 Punctured Viterbi....................................................................................................................................893.3.3.4

PCM Decoding...........................................................................................................................................913.3.4 DNRZ, QPSK Decoding (DQPSK)........................................................................................................913.3.4.1 CCSDS Recommended DNRZ Code in QPSK Mode.........................................................................913.3.4.1.1 Other Possibilities for DNRZ Codes in QPSK Mode..........................................................................923.3.4.1.2 DQPSK Configuration.........................................................................................................................923.3.4.1.3

DNRZ, OQPSK Decoding......................................................................................................................933.3.4.2 Most Commonly Used DNRZ Code in OQPSK Mode .......................................................................933.3.4.2.1 Other Possibilities for DNRZ Codes in OQPSK Mode.......................................................................943.3.4.2.2 DOQPSK configuration.......................................................................................................................943.3.4.2.3

I/Q Shift Compensation in OQPSK Mode..................................................................................................953.3.5 CCITT V.35 De-scrambler.........................................................................................................................953.3.6 BEM: 4D-8PSK-TCM-DVB-S Reed Solomon Decoding............................................................................953.3.7 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................953.3.7.1 4D-8PSK-TCM Coder............................................................................................................................963.3.7.2 Differential Coder................................................................................................................................973.3.7.2.1 Convolutional Coder............................................................................................................................983.3.7.2.2 Constellation Mapper for 4D-8PSK-TCM...........................................................................................993.3.7.2.3 Coder/Mapper Implementation at 2, 2.25, 2.5 & 2.75 bits/channel-symbol Efficiency....................1023.3.7.2.4

DVB-S Transport Layer: Reed Solomon Code.....................................................................................1043.3.7.3 Synchronized Randomization ............................................................................................................1043.3.7.3.1 Reed-Solomon encoding....................................................................................................................1053.3.7.3.2 Packets interleaving and synchronization byte insertion ...................................................................1053.3.7.3.3 Interface between Trellis Coded Symbols and Bytes ........................................................................1073.3.7.3.4

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PRN-BER Computation............................................................................................................................1083.3.8 BER on Separate I & Q Channels.........................................................................................................1083.3.8.1 BER on Merged I & Q Channels ..........................................................................................................1083.3.8.2

Digital Outputs.........................................................................................................................................1093.3.9 Doppler and Integrated Phase Measurement ........................................................................................1103.3.10 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................1103.3.10.1 Required setup for optimal performance.............................................................................................1103.3.10.2 Sampling rate......................................................................................................................................1113.3.10.3 Accumulated Phase Format ................................................................................................................1123.3.10.4 Displaying the carrier offset of the Doppler port in the DMU window..............................................1153.3.10.5 Interpolation Process...........................................................................................................................1163.3.10.6 Doppler Computing ............................................................................................................................1163.3.10.7 Impact of Phase Errors on Doppler Computing..................................................................................1173.3.10.8 Sampling Period Resolution................................................................................................................1173.3.10.9 Error Due to Computing ..................................................................................................................1173.3.10.9.1 Error Due to Floating Representation..............................................................................................1183.3.10.9.2

Es/N0 estimators in DVB-S2 and SCCC environment ...........................................................................1183.3.11 Warning...............................................................................................................................................1183.3.11.1 Standard Es/N0 estimation..................................................................................................................1183.3.11.2 Data-aided Es/N0 estimation in SCCC and DVB-S2 .........................................................................1203.3.11.3

DATA PROCESSING......................................................................................................................................1233.4 Functional Breakdown of the Data Processing Unit ...............................................................................1233.4.1 Frame Synchronization & Ambiguity Resolution.....................................................................................1243.4.2 Frame Synchronization Strategy...........................................................................................................1243.4.2.1 Frame Synchronizer Input.....................................................................................................................125

3.4.2.2 Automatic PSK Ambiguity Resolution.................................................................................................1253.4.2.3

CCSDS Data De-randomizer...................................................................................................................1263.4.3 Customized Data De-randomization........................................................................................................1273.4.4 CRC Frame Checking..............................................................................................................................1283.4.5 (255,223) Reed-Solomon Decoding .........................................................................................................1283.4.6 (255,239) Reed-Solomon Decoding .........................................................................................................1293.4.7 (10,6) Reed-Solomon Frame Header Decoding.......................................................................................1293.4.8 Specific Decoding.....................................................................................................................................1293.4.9 LDPC Decoding.....................................................................................................................................1303.4.10 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................1303.4.10.1 LDPC 7/8 for near-earth applications.................................................................................................1303.4.10.2 AR4JA LDPC ½, 2/3, 4/5 codes for deep space applications...........................................................1303.4.10.3 Implementation...................................................................................................................................1303.4.10.4 Performances.......................................................................................................................................1313.4.10.5

Recording and Data Transmission over Ethernet..................................................................................1313.4.11 General consideration .........................................................................................................................1313.4.11.1 Data Storage........................................................................................................................................1313.4.11.2 TCP-IP Data Recovery........................................................................................................................1323.4.11.3 Archiving and FTP Recovery .............................................................................................................1333.4.11.4 Generality.........................................................................................................................................1333.4.11.4.1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................1333.4.11.4.1.1 Data files structure........................................................................................................................1343.4.11.4.1.2 Report files structure.....................................................................................................................1343.4.11.4.1.3

Standard FTP CCSDS mode............................................................................................................1353.4.11.4.2 FTP user defined mode ....................................................................................................................1373.4.11.4.3

Playback function...................................................................................................................................1383.4.12

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Operating Modes.................................................................................................................................1383.4.12.1 Sources of the data to replay...............................................................................................................1393.4.12.2

Multi-DPU processing ...........................................................................................................................1393.4.13 Generality............................................................................................................................................1393.4.13.1 Ambiguity resolution by the DPUs.....................................................................................................1443.4.13.2 BER measurements.............................................................................................................................1453.4.13.3 Data output..........................................................................................................................................1463.4.13.4 Guide for multi DPU Operation..........................................................................................................1473.4.13.5

POLARIZATION COMBINING ........................................................................................................................1523.5 General.....................................................................................................................................................1523.5.1 Data Path.................................................................................................................................................1523.5.2 Signal Processing.....................................................................................................................................1533.5.3

TEST MODULATION .....................................................................................................................................1553.6 Data Generation.......................................................................................................................................1553.6.1 Data Sources .........................................................................................................................................1553.6.1.1 Pseudo Random Data.........................................................................................................................1553.6.1.1.1 Data from File....................................................................................................................................1563.6.1.1.2 File Format......................................................................................................................................1563.6.1.1.2.1 Cycle Length...................................................................................................................................1563.6.1.1.2.2

External Data & Clock (Input Format) ..............................................................................................1573.6.1.1.3 Playback.............................................................................................................................................1573.6.1.1.4

Internal and External framing...............................................................................................................1573.6.1.2 Framing features ................................................................................................................................1573.6.1.2.1 Framing and Cycle Length.................................................................................................................1583.6.1.2.2 Encoding............................................................................................................................................158

3.6.1.2.3 Scrambling.........................................................................................................................................1583.6.1.2.4 FECF..................................................................................................................................................1593.6.1.2.5

Modulation Unit.......................................................................................................................................1593.6.2 Main features ........................................................................................................................................1593.6.2.1 Constellation Mapping..........................................................................................................................1593.6.2.2 DNRZ Coding.......................................................................................................................................1643.6.2.3 Multi-DGU support...............................................................................................................................1653.6.2.4 DVB-S2 & SCCC .................................................................................................................................1673.6.2.5

IF Signal Generation................................................................................................................................1673.6.3 IF1 and IF2............................................................................................................................................1673.6.3.1 Doppler .................................................................................................................................................1733.6.3.2

Modulation of external data.....................................................................................................................1733.6.4 Direct input to the modulator................................................................................................................1733.6.4.1 Principle.............................................................................................................................................1733.6.4.1.1 Configuring the modulator and the format input ...............................................................................1763.6.4.1.2 BER estimation..................................................................................................................................1773.6.4.1.3 MCS preset files.................................................................................................................................1773.6.4.1.4 Constraints .........................................................................................................................................1783.6.4.1.5

CABLE EQUALIZER FILTER ..........................................................................................................................1793.7 DATA LOGGING ...........................................................................................................................................1813.8 Standard Loging.......................................................................................................................................1813.8.1 Extended Logging.....................................................................................................................................1823.8.2 System Logging ........................................................................................................................................1843.8.3

4 OPERATING MANUAL..................................................................................................................................185

STARTING AND CONFIGURING THE CORTEX HDR ...................................................................................1854.1 First Steps.................................................................................................................................................1854.1.1

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Starting the PC Workstation .................................................................................................................1854.1.1.1 Signal Processing Software. Start-up Menu..........................................................................................1854.1.1.2 Starting the Monitoring & Control Software........................................................................................1854.1.1.3

Factory Configuration .............................................................................................................................1854.1.2 Software Exit & CORTEX HDR Shutdown..............................................................................................1864.1.3 Exiting the Monitoring & Control Software.........................................................................................1864.1.3.1 Exiting the Signal Processing Software................................................................................................1864.1.3.2 Restarting the SPS & MCS...................................................................................................................1864.1.3.3 CORTEX HDR Shutdown....................................................................................................................1864.1.3.4

Screen Saver.............................................................................................................................................1864.1.4

SIGNAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE (SPS).......................................................................................................1874.2 CTX Documents .......................................................................................................................................1874.2.1 SPS Start Sequence ..................................................................................................................................1874.2.2 Configuring the CORTEX from CTX Documents.....................................................................................1884.2.3 CTX Document Name Table ................................................................................................................1884.2.3.1 CTX Document Storage and Loading...................................................................................................1884.2.3.2

Start-up Menu Selection by Remote Access Control (RAC).....................................................................1894.2.4 General..................................................................................................................................................1894.2.4.1 MCS Graphical User Interface..............................................................................................................1904.2.4.2 Menus Description File.........................................................................................................................1914.2.4.3

CORTEX HDR-4G Licenses and Basic Menus........................................................................................1924.2.5 4G / XXL / XL demodulator menus equivalence ......................................................................................1974.2.6 XL with XXL and 4G...........................................................................................................................1974.2.6.1 XXL with 4G ........................................................................................................................................1984.2.6.2

4G / XXL test modulator menus equivalence ...........................................................................................201

4.2.7 SPS Version Identification .......................................................................................................................2024.2.8 Common Data.......................................................................................................................................2024.2.8.1 CORTEX HDR Specific Data...............................................................................................................2024.2.8.2

CORTEX HDR System Parameters in Registry .......................................................................................2034.2.9 CORTEX Station..................................................................................................................................2034.2.9.1 Menus Description.............................................................................................................................2034.2.9.1.1 Last Used Menu.................................................................................................................................2034.2.9.1.2 RAC Port Number..............................................................................................................................2034.2.9.1.3

Demodulation Unit................................................................................................................................2034.2.9.2 Output Clock ON/OFF.......................................................................................................................2034.2.9.2.1 Punctured Viterbi Setting...................................................................................................................2044.2.9.2.2 BER on Merged or Separate I/Q........................................................................................................2044.2.9.2.3 High EbNo Tracking Mode................................................................................................................2044.2.9.2.4 I/Q Synchronization in Capture Mode (menu # 7).............................................................................2044.2.9.2.5 DNRZ PCM Decoding (deprecated)..................................................................................................2054.2.9.2.6 OQPSK (SQPSK) Algorithm.............................................................................................................2054.2.9.2.7 DVB-S2 randomization polynomial ..................................................................................................2054.2.9.2.8

Transport Layer: Frame Synchronizer Setting......................................................................................2054.2.9.3 Check to Lock Strategy (CTL) for RS DVB......................................................................................2054.2.9.3.1 Lock to Search Strategy (LTS) for RS DVB .....................................................................................2064.2.9.3.2 Synchronization Threshold (SYN) for RS DVB................................................................................2064.2.9.3.3 Synchronization Word for RS DVB ..................................................................................................2064.2.9.3.4 Idle Synchronization Word for RS DVB...........................................................................................2064.2.9.3.5 Frame Size for RS DVB.....................................................................................................................2064.2.9.3.6 Control of the R-S DVB Decoding Chain for RS DVB.....................................................................2074.2.9.3.7 Check to Lock Strategy (CTL) for LDPC..........................................................................................2074.2.9.3.8

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Lock to Search Strategy (LTS) for LDPC..........................................................................................2074.2.9.3.9 Synchronization Threshold (SYN) for LDPC..................................................................................2074.2.9.3.10 Derandomization for LDPC.............................................................................................................2074.2.9.3.11 Synchronization Word LSB for LDPC............................................................................................2074.2.9.3.12 Synchronization Word MSB for LDPC...........................................................................................2084.2.9.3.13 Synchronization Mask LSB for LDPC ............................................................................................2084.2.9.3.14 Synchronization Mask MSB for LDPC ...........................................................................................2084.2.9.3.15 Synchronization Word Length for LDPC........................................................................................2084.2.9.3.16 Decoder refresh period.....................................................................................................................2084.2.9.3.17 Transport layer status.......................................................................................................................2094.2.9.3.18

Test Modulation Unit............................................................................................................................2094.2.9.4 Selecting the DNRZ code in QPSK and OQPSK modulation mode: ................................................2094.2.9.4.1

Global HDR..........................................................................................................................................2094.2.9.5 Selecting LVDS / ECL inputs of the test modulator:.........................................................................2094.2.9.5.1 Recording in raw data mode:.............................................................................................................2094.2.9.5.2 DMX table: ........................................................................................................................................2104.2.9.5.3 TCP/IP data transmission:..................................................................................................................2104.2.9.5.4 TCP/IP Playback data reception ........................................................................................................2104.2.9.5.5

MONITORING &CONTROL SOFTWARE (MCS)............................................................................................2114.3 General.....................................................................................................................................................2114.3.1 MCS Documents.......................................................................................................................................2114.3.2 MCS Start Sequence. MCS Control Status...............................................................................................2124.3.3 M&C Session. MCS Documents Management.........................................................................................2144.3.4 Close the Active M&C Session ............................................................................................................2144.3.4.1 Open an M&C session with a CORTEX ..............................................................................................214

4.3.4.2 Save the CORTEX Configuration to an MCS Document on the Disk .................................................2144.3.4.3 Reconfigure the CORTEX from an Existing MCS Document.............................................................2144.3.4.4

Graphical User Interface.........................................................................................................................2154.3.5 MCS Login Window.............................................................................................................................2154.3.5.1 MTDI (Multiple Tabbed Document Interface).....................................................................................2164.3.5.2 Upper Toolbar.......................................................................................................................................2174.3.5.3 Common Data....................................................................................................................................2174.3.5.3.1

Lower Toolbar ......................................................................................................................................2194.3.5.4 Common Data....................................................................................................................................2194.3.5.4.1 CORTEX HDR Specific Data............................................................................................................2204.3.5.4.2

Bottom Status Toolbar..........................................................................................................................2214.3.5.5

CORTEX Monitoring & Configuration....................................................................................................2214.3.6 Default Operating Mode .......................................................................................................................2214.3.6.1 CORTEX Configuration.......................................................................................................................2214.3.6.2 Forced Connection to the Control Port (Pseudo Local Mode)..............................................................2224.3.6.3 OK/DIFFER Management Mode..........................................................................................................2224.3.6.4 Standard Mode...................................................................................................................................2224.3.6.4.1 Protected Mode..................................................................................................................................2234.3.6.4.2 Automatic Mode ................................................................................................................................2234.3.6.4.3

MCS Version Identification......................................................................................................................2244.3.7 Changing a Password..............................................................................................................................2244.3.8 MCS Interface for CTX document management.......................................................................................2254.3.9 MCS Interface for User MCS files loading............................................................................................2264.3.10 MCS File System Architecture ...............................................................................................................2274.3.11 MCS System Parameters in Registry......................................................................................................2274.3.12 Monitoring ..........................................................................................................................................2274.3.12.1

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Monitoring Rate...............................................................................................................................2274.3.12.1.1

MCS Auto-Connect ............................................................................................................................2274.3.12.2 Auto Connect ON/OFF....................................................................................................................2274.3.12.2.1 Auto Connect Time-out ...................................................................................................................2284.3.12.2.2 Auto Connect Retry .........................................................................................................................2284.3.12.2.3

MCS Preferences ................................................................................................................................2284.3.12.3 Synchronization Word: Bit Masking Convention............................................................................2284.3.12.3.1

OPERATING SYSTEM AND FILES ARCHITECTURE.........................................................................................2294.4 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................2294.4.1 Files Architecture.....................................................................................................................................2294.4.2 Files associated with Monitoring & Control Software .........................................................................2294.4.2.1 Files associated with the Signal Processing Software...........................................................................2294.4.2.2 Files associated with the Cortex HDR Hardware .................................................................................2304.4.2.3 Other Files.............................................................................................................................................2304.4.2.4

Windows 7 Tools & Functionalities.........................................................................................................2304.4.3

CORTEX HDR GUI....................................................................................................................................2324.5 Conventions &Warnings..........................................................................................................................2324.5.1 Graphical User Interface. Windows Breakdown .....................................................................................2334.5.2 CORTEX HDR Top-level Windows..........................................................................................................2344.5.3 “Global” Window .................................................................................................................................2344.5.3.1 CORTEX HDR Architecture & Global Status...................................................................................2344.5.3.1.1 Global Engineering Window .............................................................................................................2364.5.3.1.2 TCP-IP Secondary Window...............................................................................................................2374.5.3.1.3

“Time” Window....................................................................................................................................2384.5.3.2 Control ...............................................................................................................................................239

4.5.3.2.1 Monitoring .........................................................................................................................................2394.5.3.2.2 NTP cilent set-up ...............................................................................................................................2394.5.3.2.3

Time Management Procedures..............................................................................................................2404.5.3.3 Loss of Time Code or Time Code Missing........................................................................................2404.5.3.3.1 Leap Second Management.................................................................................................................2404.5.3.3.2 Absolute Time Reference...................................................................................................................2424.5.3.3.3 Absolute Reference Time & Leap Second Management...................................................................2434.5.3.3.4

“Config” Window .................................................................................................................................2444.5.3.4 Control ...............................................................................................................................................2444.5.3.4.1 Monitoring .........................................................................................................................................2474.5.3.4.2

“Project” Window.................................................................................................................................2484.5.3.5 Control ...............................................................................................................................................2484.5.3.5.1 Monitoring .........................................................................................................................................2484.5.3.5.2

“Information” Window .........................................................................................................................2494.5.3.6 “Mod” Window.....................................................................................................................................2504.5.3.7 “ModCnf” Window...............................................................................................................................2514.5.3.8

Demodulator Windows.............................................................................................................................2524.5.4 “Global” Window .................................................................................................................................2524.5.4.1 Control ...............................................................................................................................................2604.5.4.1.1 IF Processing...................................................................................................................................2604.5.4.1.1.1 Flow Id. (Hex).................................................................................................................................2654.5.4.1.1.2 Matched Filter.................................................................................................................................2654.5.4.1.1.3 Optional rejection Filter..................................................................................................................2664.5.4.1.1.4

Monitoring .........................................................................................................................................2664.5.4.1.2 Upper Banner..................................................................................................................................2664.5.4.1.2.1 Other Status & Alarms....................................................................................................................2674.5.4.1.2.2