Document number
205065
Version
Rev. N
Issue date
2019-02-04
Sirius OBC and TCM User Manual
Page
165
of
174
TRANSFER FRAME DATA
FIELD STATUS
See below
Figure 10.8 Transfer Frame Data Field Status
Table 10-6 Transfer Frame Data Field Status
Field
Description
Comment
TRANSFER FRAME
SECONDARY HEADER
FLAG
Shall be ‘1’ if Transfer Frame
Secondary Header is present.
Shall be ‘0’ if Transfer Frame
Secondary Header not is
present.
In the TCM-S, the Transfer
Frame Secondary Header is
not used, so this field is
always set to ‘0’.
SYNCHRONIZATION FLAG
Indicates type of data inserted in
the Transfer Frame Data Field. It
shall be ´0´if octet-synchronized,
‘1’ otherwise
In the TCM-S, data is always
inserted octet-synchronized,
so this field is always set to
‘0’
PACKET ORDER FLAG
Packet Order Flag
Always s
et to ‘0’ in TCM
-S
SEGMENT LENGTH ID
Shall be set to ‘11’ if
Synchronization Flag is set to ‘0’
Set to ‘11’ in TCM
-S
FIRST HEADER POINTER
If the Synchronization Flag is set
to ‘0’, the First Header Pointer
shall contain the position of the
first octet of the first Packet that
starts in the Transfer Frame Data
Field. When valid data exist in
frame, but no packet/segment
header is present the First
Header Pointer is set to
‘11111111111’. If the frame
contains only idle data, the First
Header Pointer is set to
‘11111111110’
10.7.3. Transfer Frame Secondary Header
The Transfer Frame Secondary Header is not used by the TCM-S.