Wavecom W74PC User manual

WAVECOM Decoder
W74PC, W-PCI/e, W-CODE,
W-CLOUD Manual V9.1.0
by WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG

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Contents
General Information 2
Welcome ..................................................................................................... 2
Revisions ..................................................................................................... 2
Recommended WAVECOM Products and Services.............................................. 9
W-BV BitView Tool ............................................................................. 9
W-Sat-email-Decoder......................................................................... 9
Setup 11
W-PCI/W-PCIe ........................................................................................... 11
W-PCI/W-PCIe Hardware Installation ................................................. 11
W-PCI/W-PCIe Software Installation .................................................. 13
W74PC ...................................................................................................... 13
W74PC Hardware Installation ............................................................ 13
W74PC Software Installation ............................................................. 15
Wavecom Hardware Decoder License ................................................. 15
W-CODE .................................................................................................... 15
W-CODE Hardware Installation.......................................................... 15
Software Installation W-CODE, W74PC, W-PCI and W-PCIe................... 15
W-CODE Server Control.................................................................... 16
W-CODE Device Serial Number.......................................................... 16
W-CLOUD Networking ...................................................................... 17
W-CODE Licensing ........................................................................... 18
Software Uninstall....................................................................................... 19
First start 21
W-CODE First Start ..................................................................................... 21
GUI........................................................................................................... 22
Command Line Parameters .......................................................................... 23
Default Data and Program Folders (Paths) ..................................................... 23
Main Menu ................................................................................................. 25
File Menu................................................................................................... 26
Media Player/Recorder ..................................................................... 27
HF-Modes Menu.......................................................................................... 32
VHF/UHF-DIR Menu .................................................................................... 34
VHF/UHF-SUB Menu.................................................................................... 35
Satellite Menu ............................................................................................ 36
FAX & Modems Menu................................................................................... 37
Options Menu............................................................................................. 38
Alphabet......................................................................................... 38
Auto Decrypt................................................................................... 38
Bit Inversion Mask ........................................................................... 39
CRC Recognition.............................................................................. 39
CRC Table....................................................................................... 39
Clear Screen ................................................................................... 40
Code Statistics ................................................................................ 40
Cycle... .......................................................................................... 40
Error Indication ............................................................................... 40
FAX & Modems Settings.................................................................... 40
Frame Format…............................................................................... 41
IAS ................................................................................................ 41
Letters/Figures................................................................................ 41
Message Type... .............................................................................. 41

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Modem Settings… ............................................................................ 43
MSI ............................................................................................... 43
Resync Mode................................................................................... 43
Signal Polarity................................................................................. 43
Symbol Definition ............................................................................ 43
SAT Settings…................................................................................. 44
Toggle............................................................................................ 45
Time Stamp... ................................................................................. 45
Demodulator Menu ..................................................................................... 46
Auto .............................................................................................. 46
Mode... .......................................................................................... 46
PB Center... .................................................................................... 48
PB Bandwidth.................................................................................. 48
Center............................................................................................ 48
Shift... ........................................................................................... 48
Baudrate... ..................................................................................... 48
Polarity... ....................................................................................... 48
Offset... ......................................................................................... 48
Input... .......................................................................................... 49
Gain... ........................................................................................... 49
Favorites Menu........................................................................................... 50
Open... .......................................................................................... 51
Save As.......................................................................................... 51
Configuration Menu..................................................................................... 51
W-CODE Device… ............................................................................ 52
Font............................................................................................... 53
Temp Files...................................................................................... 53
Settings... ...................................................................................... 54
Receiver and Satellite Settings... ....................................................... 54
License........................................................................................... 55
Custom Inputs... ............................................................................. 56
Custom Alphabets… ......................................................................... 64
SR Fine Tuning................................................................................ 65
SR Calibration ................................................................................. 65
View Menu ................................................................................................. 67
Window Menu............................................................................................. 67
Help Menu ................................................................................................. 67
Contents ........................................................................................ 68
WAVECOM on the Web ..................................................................... 68
About W-CODE................................................................................ 68
Other GUI Elements .................................................................................... 68
Toolbar .......................................................................................... 68
WAVECOM Toolbar........................................................................... 68
Level Indicator ................................................................................ 69
Spectrum Indicator .......................................................................... 69
Decoder Status Bar.......................................................................... 69
Demodulator Status Bar ................................................................... 70
SAT Frequency Tuning Bar................................................................ 70
FFT/Sonagram Context Menu ............................................................ 72
Mode Selector ................................................................................. 73
Passband Filter Support.................................................................... 78
Analysis Tools 80
FFT ........................................................................................................... 80
FFT (HF, SUB, DIR and SAT) ............................................................. 81
Tuning FFT or Sonagram .................................................................. 81
FFT and Sonagram...................................................................................... 83
Waterfall ................................................................................................... 83
Waterfall (HF, SUB, DIR and SAT) ..................................................... 84
Sonagram.................................................................................................. 84
Sonagram (HF, SUB, DIR and SAT).................................................... 85
Oscilloscope ............................................................................................... 85
FSK Analysis .............................................................................................. 86

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FSK Analysis Options ....................................................................... 87
FSK Code Check ......................................................................................... 88
FSK Code Check HF ......................................................................... 88
FSK Code Check DIR........................................................................ 90
FSK Code Check SUB ....................................................................... 91
PSK Symbol Rate (HF, DIR, SUB and SAT) ..................................................... 93
PSK Phase Plane (HF, DIR, SUB and SAT) ...................................................... 94
PSK Code Check (HF, DIR and SUB).............................................................. 96
MIL-STANAG Code Check............................................................................. 97
MFSK Analysis............................................................................................ 98
MFSK Code Check HF .................................................................................. 99
Autocorrelation......................................................................................... 100
Bit Correlation.......................................................................................... 102
Bit Length Analysis ................................................................................... 104
SELCAL Analysis ....................................................................................... 106
Fundamentals of Radio Data Transmission 108
Telegraph Speed, Bit Rate, Baud Rate and Symbol Rate ................................ 109
Formatting and Source Coding ................................................................... 110
Encryption ............................................................................................... 112
Channel Coding ........................................................................................ 113
Equalization ............................................................................................. 114
Synchronization........................................................................................ 114
Multiplexing and Multiple Access ................................................................. 115
Modulation............................................................................................... 115
ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying).......................................................... 116
FSK (Frequency Shift Keying).......................................................... 116
PSK (Phase Shift Keying)................................................................ 116
M-ary-FSK (MFSK), M-ary-PSK (MPSK)............................................. 116
OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation) ............................ 116
Bandwidth-efficient Modulation........................................................ 117
INDIRECT FM ................................................................................ 117
INDIRECT AM................................................................................ 117
FAX......................................................................................................... 117
FAX Transmission Sequence............................................................ 117
Transmission Modes 118
ACARS .................................................................................................... 118
AIS ......................................................................................................... 120
ALE-400 .................................................................................................. 121
ALF-RDS.................................................................................................. 122
ALIS ....................................................................................................... 122
ALIS-2 .................................................................................................... 123
AMSAT-P3D ............................................................................................. 124
APCO-25 ................................................................................................. 124
ARQ6-90 and ARQ6-98.............................................................................. 125
ARQ-E ..................................................................................................... 125
ARQ-E3 ................................................................................................... 126
ARQ-M2-342 and ARQ-M2-242 ................................................................... 127
ARQ-M4-342 and ARQ-M4-242 ................................................................... 127
ARQ-N..................................................................................................... 128
ASCII ...................................................................................................... 128
ATIS ....................................................................................................... 129
AUM-13 ................................................................................................... 130
AUTOSPEC ............................................................................................... 130
BAUDOT .................................................................................................. 131
BIIS........................................................................................................ 132
BR-6028.................................................................................................. 135
BULG-ASCII ............................................................................................. 136
CCIR ....................................................................................................... 137
CCITT ..................................................................................................... 138
CHINESE 4+4 .......................................................................................... 139

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CHU ........................................................................................................ 139
CIS-11 .................................................................................................... 140
CIS-12 .................................................................................................... 141
CIS-14 .................................................................................................... 141
CIS-36 .................................................................................................... 141
CIS-36-50 ............................................................................................... 142
CIS-50-50 ............................................................................................... 143
CLOVER-2................................................................................................ 143
CLOVER-2000 .......................................................................................... 144
CLOVER-2500 .......................................................................................... 145
CODAN-SELCAL ........................................................................................ 145
CODAN-3212 ........................................................................................... 145
CODAN-9001 ........................................................................................... 147
COQUELET-13 .......................................................................................... 151
COQUELET-8............................................................................................ 152
COQUELET-80 .......................................................................................... 153
CTCSS..................................................................................................... 154
CV-786.................................................................................................... 155
CW-MORSE .............................................................................................. 155
DCS SELCAL ............................................................................................ 156
Demodulated Bitstream Output .................................................................. 157
DGPS ...................................................................................................... 158
DMR........................................................................................................ 159
dPMR ...................................................................................................... 160
DTMF ...................................................................................................... 161
DUP-ARQ................................................................................................. 162
DUP-ARQ-2.............................................................................................. 163
DUP-FEC-2............................................................................................... 163
DZVEI ..................................................................................................... 164
EEA......................................................................................................... 165
EFR......................................................................................................... 165
EIA ......................................................................................................... 166
ERMES .................................................................................................... 167
EURO ...................................................................................................... 169
FEC-A...................................................................................................... 169
FELDHELL ................................................................................................ 170
FLEX ....................................................................................................... 171
FM-HELL.................................................................................................. 171
FMS-BOS ................................................................................................. 172
GMDSS/DSC-HF ....................................................................................... 174
GMDSS/DSC-VHF ..................................................................................... 174
GOLAY/GSC ............................................................................................. 175
G-TOR..................................................................................................... 176
GW-FSK .................................................................................................. 177
GW-OFDM................................................................................................ 177
GW-OFDM-Modulation and Protocol.................................................. 178
Decoder ....................................................................................... 178
GW-PSK .................................................................................................. 179
HC-ARQ................................................................................................... 179
HF-ACARS ............................................................................................... 180
HNG-FEC ................................................................................................. 181
ICAO SELCAL ........................................................................................... 182
LINK-11 (CLEW) ....................................................................................... 183
MD-674 ASYNC ........................................................................................ 184
METEOSAT............................................................................................... 184
MFSK-20 ................................................................................................. 185
MFSK-8 and MFSK-16................................................................................ 186
MIL-188-110-16Tone, (MIL-188-110A/B Appendix B).................................... 186
MIL-188-110-39Tone, (MIL-188-110A/B Appendix C).................................... 187
MIL-188-110A.......................................................................................... 188
MIL-188-110A-MOD .................................................................................. 190
MIL-188-110B (Appendix C), STANAG 4539 ................................................. 191
MIL-188-141A.......................................................................................... 193
MIL-188-141B (Appendix C)....................................................................... 194

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MIL-M-55529A NB/WB .............................................................................. 195
MOBITEX-1200......................................................................................... 196
MOBITEX-8000......................................................................................... 197
MODAT.................................................................................................... 197
Fax & MODEMS Half-Duplex ....................................................................... 198
FAX-G3-V.17................................................................................. 198
FAX-G3-V.27ter............................................................................. 198
FAX-G3-V.29................................................................................. 199
FAX-G3-V34hdx ............................................................................ 199
V.21, BELL103 .............................................................................. 199
V.22 / V.22bis, BELL212A ............................................................... 199
V.23 ............................................................................................ 199
FAX & MODEMS Full-Duplex ....................................................................... 200
V.26 / V.26bis............................................................................... 200
V.32 / V.32bis............................................................................... 200
V.34 ............................................................................................ 200
V.90 ............................................................................................ 200
V.92 ............................................................................................ 201
MPT-1327 ................................................................................................ 201
NATEL ..................................................................................................... 203
NMT-450 ................................................................................................. 204
NOAA-GEOSAT ......................................................................................... 204
NWR-SAME .............................................................................................. 205
NXDN...................................................................................................... 209
OLIVIA .................................................................................................... 209
ORBCOMM ............................................................................................... 210
PACKET-1200........................................................................................... 211
PACKET-300 ............................................................................................ 212
PACKET-9600........................................................................................... 213
PACTOR................................................................................................... 213
PACTOR-FEC ............................................................................................ 214
PACTOR-II ............................................................................................... 215
PACTOR-II-AUTO ...................................................................................... 216
PACTOR-II-FEC ........................................................................................ 216
PACTOR-III.............................................................................................. 217
PACTOR-4................................................................................................ 219
PCCIR ..................................................................................................... 219
PDZVEI ................................................................................................... 220
PICCOLO-MK6 and PICCOLO-MK12 ............................................................. 221
POCSAG .................................................................................................. 222
POL-ARQ ................................................................................................. 224
PRESS-FAX .............................................................................................. 224
PSK-10.................................................................................................... 225
PSK-31, PSK-63, PSK-125, PSK-250 ........................................................... 225
PSK-31-FEC ............................................................................................. 226
PSK-63F, PSK-125F, PSK-220F................................................................... 227
PSK-AM ................................................................................................... 228
PZVEI...................................................................................................... 228
ROBUST-PACKET ...................................................................................... 229
RUM-FEC ................................................................................................. 230
SAT-AERO-P, SAT-AERO-R, SAT-AERO-T ..................................................... 231
SAT-AERO-C ............................................................................................ 231
SAT-B ..................................................................................................... 232
SAT-B-C-TFC............................................................................................ 232
SAT-B-C-HSD........................................................................................... 233
SAT-C-TDM, SAT-C-TDMA, SAT-C-EGC ........................................................ 234
SAT-C TDM ................................................................................... 234
SAT-C-TDMA................................................................................. 235
SAT-C-TDM-EGC............................................................................ 236
SAT-M ..................................................................................................... 238
SAT-MINI-M............................................................................................. 238
SAT-MINI-M-C-HSD .................................................................................. 239
SI-ARQ.................................................................................................... 240
SI-AUTO.................................................................................................. 240

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SI-FEC .................................................................................................... 241
SITOR-ARQ.............................................................................................. 241
SITOR-AUTO ............................................................................................ 242
SITOR-FEC............................................................................................... 242
SP-14...................................................................................................... 242
SPREAD-11, SPREAD-21 and SPREAD-51..................................................... 244
SSTV....................................................................................................... 244
STANAG-4285 .......................................................................................... 246
STANAG-4415 .......................................................................................... 248
STANAG-4481-FSK ................................................................................... 249
STANAG-4481-PSK ................................................................................... 250
STANAG-4529 .......................................................................................... 251
STANAG-4539 .......................................................................................... 253
STANAG-5065-FSK ................................................................................... 253
SWED-ARQ .............................................................................................. 253
TETRA ..................................................................................................... 254
Constraints ................................................................................... 257
TETRAPOL................................................................................................ 258
THROB and THROBX ................................................................................. 262
TWINPLEX ............................................................................................... 262
VDEW ..................................................................................................... 264
VDL-M2 ................................................................................................... 264
VISEL...................................................................................................... 265
WEATHER-FAX ......................................................................................... 266
X.25........................................................................................................ 266
ZVEI-1 .................................................................................................... 268
ZVEI-2 .................................................................................................... 268
ZVEI-3 .................................................................................................... 269
ZVEI-VDEW ............................................................................................. 270
Classifier (Optional) 273
Overview ................................................................................................. 273
Classifier ................................................................................................. 273
How the Classifier Works ................................................................ 273
Classifier User Interface ................................................................. 273
Caveats........................................................................................ 278
Classifier Code Check HF (CCC) .................................................................. 278
How the Classifier Code Check Works............................................... 278
User Interface ............................................................................... 280
Decoding ...................................................................................... 284
Classifier Code Check (CCC) VHF/UHF ......................................................... 284
How the Classifier Code Check Works............................................... 284
User Interface ............................................................................... 286
Decoding ...................................................................................... 290
Classifier Code Check Editor....................................................................... 290
Installation ................................................................................... 290
CCC Editor GUI.............................................................................. 291
Data Base Fields............................................................................ 296
SAT System 298
Overview ................................................................................................. 298
Systems .................................................................................................. 299
RF Channels.................................................................................. 300
Logical Channels............................................................................ 300
MES Identification.......................................................................... 301
Session Signaling .......................................................................... 301
SAT Operation.......................................................................................... 301
Traffic-Channel Decoder ................................................................. 303
The Sat Aero System ................................................................................ 303
Services ....................................................................................... 303
Channel types ............................................................................... 304
Trouble Shooting ........................................................................... 305

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Modem and FAX Modes 309
Overview ................................................................................................. 309
Line transmission .......................................................................... 309
Fax and Data Transmission ........................................................................ 310
Modem Functionality ...................................................................... 310
Handshaking................................................................................. 311
Modulation Types .......................................................................... 312
Decoding ................................................................................................. 313
Input and interfacing ..................................................................... 315
Constraints ................................................................................... 315
Output ......................................................................................... 316
Additional Functions 317
License System, Software and Options ........................................................ 317
License System ............................................................................. 317
CmStick ....................................................................................... 317
WAVECOM Server ..................................................................................... 319
Introduction.................................................................................. 319
WAVECOM Server Control............................................................... 320
Shortcut Manager ..................................................................................... 322
Adding a shortcut to an existing installation ...................................... 322
Alarm Monitor .......................................................................................... 323
Introduction.................................................................................. 323
Options ........................................................................................ 324
Settings ....................................................................................... 324
Run ............................................................................................. 326
Serial Link ............................................................................................... 326
Introduction.................................................................................. 326
Getting Started ............................................................................. 327
Status Information ........................................................................ 327
Remote Control ........................................................................................ 328
XML ........................................................................................................ 328
WAVECOM Data Formats 329
IP-CONF TCP/IP Data Format ..................................................................... 329
IP-PXGF TCP/IP Data Format...................................................................... 329
OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 329
PXGF DESCRIPTION ....................................................................... 329
THE PXGF CHUNK STRUCTURE ........................................................ 329
APPLICATION NOTES ..................................................................... 330
DEFINITION OF CHUNKS ................................................................ 331
WAVECOM Data File Format ....................................................................... 333
File Header ................................................................................... 333
Data Structures............................................................................. 334
File Headers and Data Structures for Individual File Types .................. 334
Appendix 342
Alphabets Details...................................................................................... 342
Unicode........................................................................................ 342
Questions & Answers................................................................................. 352
Signal Interference ................................................................................... 352
General ........................................................................................ 352
Antenna installation ....................................................................... 353
Receiver ....................................................................................... 353
HF cabling .................................................................................... 353
Grounding .................................................................................... 353
Location of decoder ....................................................................... 353
PCs and peripherals ....................................................................... 353
Video monitor ............................................................................... 353
LAN ............................................................................................. 353
Conditions of Sale..................................................................................... 353

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General ........................................................................................ 353
Prices........................................................................................... 354
Delivery time ................................................................................ 354
Dispatch....................................................................................... 354
Return of goods............................................................................. 354
Payment....................................................................................... 354
Reservation of ownership ............................................................... 354
Cancellation .................................................................................. 354
Changes of order quantities ............................................................ 354
Legal domicile ............................................................................... 354
Warranty ...................................................................................... 355
Obligation..................................................................................... 355
Copyright ..................................................................................... 355
Liability ........................................................................................ 355
Laws and regulations ..................................................................... 355
License Terms .......................................................................................... 355
Manufacturer Address ............................................................................... 356
Glossary of Terms 357
Index 367