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Diagnostic SpaceWire Interface
EtherSpaceLink family User Manual
EtherSpaceLink family User Manual
Diagnostic SpaceWire Interface
DSI-RG408 to Version 2.1
Manual Version 4
The 4Links D iagnostic S paceWire Interfac e (DS I ) is a rack-mou nte d t ra n spar ent i nte rfac e
t
ha
t
allows
S
pac
e
Wir
e
pack
et
s
t
o
be
s
ent
a
n
d r
e
c
e
i
ve
d o
ve
r E
t
h
e
r
net v
ia a TC
P/
I
P
s
o
ck
et
c onne c t i on. I t pr ov id e s r e m ote acc e ss to a S pac e Wir e net w o rk f o r s o f t war e sim ul a t i on o f
d
ev
ic
e
s, r
e
m
ote
m
on
i
to
ri
n
g a
n
d dis
t
ri
bute
d sys
te
m i
nte
gra
t
i
on
ac
t
i
v
i
t
i
e
s
.
I
n
addi
t
i
on
, i
t
pr ov id e s f o r t h e d et ai le d a n a l ysis o f S pac e Wir e c o mp onent s, i n c lu di n g r out i n g swi t ch e s .
Each pack
et
r
e
c
e
i
ve
d may
be t
im
e
-
t
agg
e
d
to
a r
e
s
olut
i
on bette
r
t
ha
n
2
n
s
.
Th
e
r
e
is
no l
imi
t
to t h e len g t h o f t h e S pac e Wir e pack et s t ha t ca n be t ra n sf e rr e d . A bno rma l da t a (“e rr o rs ”)
m
ay
be
i
nje
c
te
d a
n
d
mon
i
to
r
e
d
.
Th
e lo
w-
level S
pac
e
Wir
e l
i
n
k s
t
ar
t
-
u
p a
n
d
o
p
e
ra
t
i
n
g
be ha v i ou r m ay be mo difi e d f o r diag no s t ic p u rp o s e s . C on c u rr ent out p ut s on s eve ra l l i n ks
m
ay
be
sy
n
chr
on
iz
e
d
.
Wa
ve
f
o
r
m
cap
tu
r
e
s
o
f
t
h
e S
pac
e
Wir
e l
i
n
k sig
n
a
l
s
m
ay
be t
rigg
e
r
e
d
b y a ve ry wid e s et o f event s .
Th
e
E
t
h
e
r
net
p
o
r
t
pr
ov
id
e
s a ga
lv
a
n
ica
ll
y is
ol
a
te
d c
onne
c
t
i
on
wi
t
h a ca
ble len
g
t
h
o
f
u
p
to
1 00 m. A tt achi n g t his to t h e I nte r net a llo ws w o r l d-sca le c onne c t i on s .
E
t
h
e
r
net
a
n
d TC
P/
I
P
pr
ov
id
e
a s
t
a
n
dard i
nte
rfac
e me
cha
n
is
m t
ha
t
is s
u
pp
o
r
te
d
b
y a
ll
m
a
jo
r
o
p
e
ra
t
i
n
g sys
tem
s, s
o no
addi
t
i
on
a
l
s
o
f
t
war
e
dri
ve
rs ar
e
r
e
q
u
ir
e
d
.
Th e b asic DS I- RG 4 0 8 un i t pr ov i d e s d a t a t ra n s f e r s a n d m ay be exten d e d wi t h o p t i on s to
pr
ov
i d
e
f
o
r
t
i
me
c
o
d
e
s ,
event
r
e
p
o
r
t
i
n
g, wa
ve
f
o
r
m
cap
tu
r
e
a
n
d
t
i
me
-
t
ag s
.
M
o
s
t o
p
t
i
on
s
ca n be a dd e d a s a s i m p le fi el d u pgra d e b y r e p l aci n g t h e r emov a ble memo ry car d on t h e
fr
ont
pa
nel o
f
t
h
e un
i
t.
Thi s e q u ip ment i s a v ai l a ble wi t h t w o , f ou r o r e igh t ac t i ve p o r t s which m ay be mounte d on
t
h
e
fr
ont
pa
nel (
s
ee t
h
e
pic
tu
r
e
a
bove) o
r
on t
h
e
r
e
ar pa
nel.
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