Document number
205065
Version
Rev. N
Issue date
2019-02-04
Sirius OBC and TCM User Manual
Page
164
of
174
10.7. Telemetry Format
This chapter describes the format of TM Transfer Frames and TM Packets send from the
TCM-S to ground.
10.7.1. Telemetry Transfer Frame
Figure 10.6 Telemetry Transfer Frame
10.7.2. Transfer Frame Primary Header
Figure 10.7 Telemetry Transfer Primary Header
Table 10-5 Telemetry Transfer Frame Primary Header
Field
Description
Comment
TRANSFER FRAME
VERSION NUMBER
Set to ‘00’
SPACECRAFT ID
Mission specific identifier of the
spacecraft
VIRTUAL CHANNEL ID
The TCM-S use VC0 and VC1 to
send data. VC7 is reserved for
idle-frame
OCF FLAG
Indicates presence of Operation
Control Field (OCF) in TM
Transfer Frames. It shall be ‘1’ if
the OCF is present. It shall be ‘0’
if the OCF is not present.
This is configurable by a
setting in NVRAM for the
TCM-S. It can also be set by
a RMAP-command
MASTER CHANNEL FRAME
COUNT
An 8-bit sequential binary count
(module-256)
VIRTUAL CHANNEL FRAME
COUNT
An 8-bit sequential binary count
(module-256)