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ASTi Telestra 4 Training Manual (Ver. 1, Rev. F)

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Summary of Contents for Telestra 4

Page 1: ...ASTi Telestra 4 Target and Studio Training Manual Document DOC 01 TEL4 TM 1 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 500A Huntmar Park Drive Herndon Virginia 20170 USA Revision F July 2010...

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Page 3: ...re by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in sub paragraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 This material may be reproduced...

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Page 5: ...Panel 5 2 3 Audio Distribution Devices 6 2 3 1 ACU ACENet Communication Unit 6 Figure 5 ACU Front Panel 6 Figure 6 ACU Rear Panel 6 2 3 2 ACU2 7 Figure 7 ACU2 Front Panel 7 Figure 8 ACU2 Rear Panel 7...

Page 6: ...S 16 3 5 HLA 17 3 6 Future Protocols 17 4 0 Telestra 4 Concepts 18 4 1 The Flow of Data 18 Figure 17 The Flow of Data 18 4 2 ACE Studio Concepts 19 Figure 18 Project Layers 19 4 3 System Default Login...

Page 7: ...41 6 6 2 Statistics 42 6 7 Domain Editor 43 6 8 Helpers 44 6 8 1 Channels 45 7 0 Host Interface 47 7 1 Host Control in the Project Level 48 7 2 Host Control in the Load and Model Level 50 7 3 Host Int...

Page 8: ...ox and Demonstrating Folder Organization 70 Bonus Feature 73 9 4 Math Plan 74 9 5 Playsound 79 9 5 1 Uploading Sound Files 80 9 5 2 Creating a Sound Library 81 9 6 Intercoms 86 9 6 1 Intercom Exercise...

Page 9: ...liarize users with the Target and Studio hardware the Remote Man agement System RMS and ACE Studio software 1 2 Course Goals After completing this course you should grasp the following concepts Setup...

Page 10: ...ram to program 2 Channel ACU Target ACU2 ACENet Switch ACENet Switch Target PTT SINCGARS Commercial and Military Headsets VCR or Other Recording Devices PTT Powered Speaker Advanced Simulation Technol...

Page 11: ...C 02 TEL4 TCS 1 The platform components consist of Intel multi core processor This may vary depending on time of purchase and possible CPU upgrades Removable Serial ATA 80 GBytes drive Serial ATA DVD...

Page 12: ...RTY OF ASTI 0000 Power Connection Keyboard Mouse USB Ports Ethernet Ports Monitor ASTi Telestra 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F 4 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc Figure 3 Target Rear P...

Page 13: ...re tools incorporating sound and communications model develop ment Project management communications monitoring and fault analysis and equipment status and configuration ACE Studio software provides r...

Page 14: ...9 inch two four and six chan nel rackmount configuration Multiple Targets can share ACU channels when using a four or six channel ACU however the channels are grouped A B C D and E F and different Tar...

Page 15: ...rack space and convenient power daisy chain connection for two units The ACU2 has a sample rate of 48kHz ensuring high fidelity audio pro cessing with adjustable amp preamp gains and mic power The AC...

Page 16: ...RIU has a sample rate of 48kHz ensuring high fidelity audio processing The hardware is available with a 19 1U high rackmount kit each kit holds three ACE RIUs The platform components consist of Digita...

Page 17: ...cue programs The platform components consist of Two Ethernet ports to the 100 Mbps network Four or eight output connectors depending on the platform purchased Mode switches for every two channels Chan...

Page 18: ...eakers PTTs press to talk Touchscreen Panels The Touchscreen panel is the generic solution for a radio control panel ASTi provides software configured custom models HHT Hand Held Terminals The ASTi HH...

Page 19: ...o pass data between two sites Simulated radio communications use DIS protocols specifics for transmitter receiver and signal PDUs HLA is a flexible simulation architecture managed by a runtime infrast...

Page 20: ...Abstraction of Protocols In ACE Studio models are developed independent of network protocols All networking informa tion is completed outside of the model The Domain acts as a gateway that maps the p...

Page 21: ...lways operate on eth1 Highly Scalable Allows the ability to plug multiple Target platforms ACENet Communi cations Units ACUs and ACENet compatible equipment into a single ACENet network providing a sc...

Page 22: ...d Speaker Hand Held Terminal Advanced Simulation Technology Inc ASTiNet DIS Eth0 Eth1 Eth0 Eth1 ACENet Compatible Amp 4ch Advanced Simulation Technology Inc CHAN A CHAN B CHAN C CHAN D ACE RIU ASTi Te...

Page 23: ...ibility for use in as yet unforeseen applications With the introduction of the Telestra 4 generation of ASTi equipment ASTiNet becomes the fun damental networking protocol incorporated in the T4 platf...

Page 24: ...With the DIS option active the local radio and intercom modeling performed by the Target software is extended over the local and wide area network Communication simulation between multiple DIS compat...

Page 25: ...ions and debug tools offer users a well supported HLA environment In addition ASTi s Target platform takes advantage of high perfor mance industrial off the shelf technology to provide increased HLA p...

Page 26: ...below displays the general flow of information from the Studio to the Target over the network Target Studio T4 Architecture The Flow Development System the Target Network Project Manager Load Viewer...

Page 27: ...n ACE Studio Projects there are several layers to become familiar with The first layer in a Proj ect is the Layout which contains the project s configuration Each Layout assigns the resources to the L...

Page 28: ...default login username and password ASTi recommends changing system passwords as necessary to meet system administration requirements The root login for ACE Studio and Target is Username root Passwor...

Page 29: ...ain reasons for using the Cold Start procedures 1 Installing the latest software version 2 Rebuilding a damaged hard disk 3 Creating spare hard disks Please see the corresponding Cold Start Procedure...

Page 30: ...ile is used to control the functionality of the Target by specifying the number of credits available for component use The Options file is unique for each project and keyed to the MAC address of the H...

Page 31: ...user to specify the network interface for the system including IP address card mode and subnet mask for the Targets three Ethernet interface cards The RMS Backup Restore page provides a facility for b...

Page 32: ...CE Studio and RMS Project Manager Provides management for the entire program or system Acts as a configuration tool Builds and installs layout Load Viewer Loads configuration Develop build and debug m...

Page 33: ...reater simulation complexities and allow successful interoperation A Project is a sound and communications simulation scenario consisting of a combination of hardware e g modeling platforms audio and...

Page 34: ...need for an individual ACU and audio amplifier in environmental cue applications Sim Servers Telestra 4 Simulation Server software runs server based simulation applica tions and services such as SATC...

Page 35: ...oject development and modifications occur on the selected Target and can be installed from that plat form Within Project Manager the user can perform typical file operations on a Project such as Save...

Page 36: ...m any convenient computer connected to the same network accesses the web based RMS application on that Target Within RMS the user selects the Project Management tab From the pages under this tab the u...

Page 37: ...ing tools the developer selects links and config ures these elements from the current Project libraries to create an executable Layout The devel oper also has the option of adding and generating new e...

Page 38: ...ed using the ACE Studio model builder generation tool A Load can also be created from scratch within the ACE Studio model builder generation tool When working in the Load selecting to save will save t...

Page 39: ...and complex such as the entire communications system for an F 18 platform Models are self contained and can be linked together there fore the user can create a Library of reusable model compo nents to...

Page 40: ...plies these simulation applications provide simulation capabilities and features to a collection of Tar gets Servers are added to the Project by right clicking on the Layout canvas and adding a Server...

Page 41: ...voice network These buses are used internally to pass audio around If an intercom is put in a radio for example the audio can be sent out on the DIS network Intercoms provide an intercom audio bus str...

Page 42: ...nient structuring of these sounds allowing the user to build up sound groups within an individual sound library For example a user might create an F18 communi cations sound library consisting of 20 or...

Page 43: ...to various mathematical functions which may be applied to the Layout The functions permit local manipulation of data within the models The math plan objects include the following Add Subtract Multiply...

Page 44: ...ollowing components Domain The Domain sets standard DIS or HLA parameters to apply to the project for a specific exercise See the Domain Edi tor section for details Exercise ID Set the Exercise ID for...

Page 46: ...pto frequency hop wave form types nets and other necessary parameters for the simulated radios in Project The user can create multiple comm plans and store them as part of the Project In this way diff...

Page 47: ...w tabs Radios view receivers and transmitters on the network DIS Maps displays the DIS gateway mapping to DIS identifiers site app entity and radio to UUIDs Universally Unique Identifiers ACE radios a...

Page 48: ...pyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc In the bottom of the window view in tune radios and click each name to view their details The out of tune column is blank if all radios are intune facto...

Page 49: ...n AM and FM radio have the same fre quency they interfere with each other On the other hand Intercom radios and VoIP radios do not interact with AM or FM radios or with each other They are each in the...

Page 50: ...elestra 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F 42 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 6 6 2 Statistics The Radio Monitor statistics tab allows the user to view the radio details for diagnostic pu...

Page 51: ...for a specific exercise In a DIS exercise each simulated radio must be uniquely identified by a combination of Exercise ID Site ID Application ID Entity ID and Radio ID Simulated radios must operate...

Page 52: ...t Interface Helper Loads Models Server Configuration Helper Test Plan HIT Plans Speech Recognition SR Plan Cell Plans Each Helper produces Project elements that are added to the Project tree Elements...

Page 53: ...tions asset links radios intercoms etc While the user can generate these structures using ACE Stu dio the Channel Helper is a useful alternative as it can auto generate some of these more complex audi...

Page 54: ...ors tab allows the user to setup up to 16 radios for each operator The HHT tab allows the user to setup up to 16 HHT Operators with up to 16 radios The Hand held Terminal HHT is a flexible user interf...

Page 55: ...ost interface is made up of two parts host containers and their cor responding sockets at the project level and host I O packets at the model level Each host container icon on the canvas is used to co...

Page 56: ...s the host containers and sockets are cre ated within each host container Each socket is defined as either HostIn or HostOut For each HostIn socket created the user must define the interface and port...

Page 57: ...Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 49 For each HostOut socket created the user must define the destination IP address port packet length in bytes and the sen...

Page 58: ...O packets Inside the host model select to add either a HostIn or HostOut packet when creating a host I O packet com ponent Before getting into the details of the HostIn and HostOut packets there are...

Page 59: ...n check to capture the live values coming in from the host Select Big Endian to change the byte order The endianness defines the byte order for the data in a packet Select Align Offset button to auto...

Page 60: ...tion Adds a math function to apply to the variable Scaler Adds a scale factor to apply to the variable Test Mode Toggles between using the host value or the value set in the Test Value col umn Test Va...

Page 61: ...y inc 53 7 3 Host Interface Exercise This exercise assumes the user is familiar with the ACE modeling environment Follow the figure below to setup the Host interface Training Target 1 Host Training Ta...

Page 62: ...tions Using a standard web browser from anywhere on the network users can view system status and health edit network configurations and upload options files perform project management and ACU and host...

Page 63: ...Open the web browser and in the address field type the Target s IP address such as http xxx xxx xxx xxx where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP address For details on setting up the Target s IP address see t...

Page 64: ...ev F 56 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc After logging into RMS users can select the Manage Users link located at the top right of most RMS pages In RMS User Management the admin user...

Page 65: ...Technology inc 57 8 2 System 8 2 1 Status Navigate to the System Status page to view the system and installation information Select the Contact Settings link to enter installation and contact informa...

Page 66: ...that the software is running properly The health pages allow system debugging by providing very low level raw information most of this information is to provide ASTi with informative accurate debuggin...

Page 67: ...inc 59 8 2 3 Logs The System Log page displays 100 of the most recent log entries The user can download the log files to the local system to view the log details Filter capabilities provide quick sea...

Page 68: ...tem without the Options file the system will only run with minimum options The Options file is program specific and may be installed on all the Targets delivered under one program The Options file als...

Page 69: ...me it or set the input and output gains for each device channel Note The user can only set or change the gains if the device is part of the model currently running on the system Note RMS provides a wi...

Page 70: ...ting the model and the second step is attaching the ACU software components Step 1 Building the Model 1 Open the ACE Studio software on the workstation 2 Open a new ACE Studio Project by selecting Pro...

Page 71: ...drop down menu and select the Update button 8 Install the Layout and save 9 Right click on the Telestra icon in the Layout and select Open to open the Load 10 Right click in the Load canvas and select...

Page 72: ...o add an item expand the Audio tab and select the Wave component Name the component Sine_Wave1 Then select the Add button 14 Double click on the Sine_Wave1 to open the ACE Data Viewer for the componen...

Page 73: ...and name it ACU1 Then select the Add button 2 Double click the ACU1 icon to open the ACE Data Viewer for the component 3 In the Identifier row under the Value column dou ble click and type in the ACU...

Page 74: ...to ACU1 middle click on Sine_Wave1 which will open the Link Editor 6 To link the signal select the Sine_Wave1 with the OutSignal to ACU1 with the AudioOut signal as shown below Note The signal option...

Page 75: ...ol There is also a ninth signal that is always mixed into the output signal and allows cascading of multiple mixer components 1 Create a new Project and install 2 In the Load create a new Sim model an...

Page 76: ...e frequency for example 300 Route the Square_Wave outsignal to the Mixer using signal2 7 Open the ACU object and select an ACU and channel A 8 Route the Mixer outsignal to the ACU channel audio out 9...

Page 78: ...Project and install 2 Open the Load and add a new Sim Model and name it 3 Open the model and add two folders Name the folders ACU Folder and Audio Folder 4 Open the ACU Folder and add two I O ACU Chan...

Page 79: ...ASTi Telestra 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 71 The Audio Folder will show the objects in other folders that are connected to the Audio Folder objects...

Page 80: ...ASTi Telestra 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F 72 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc The ACU Folder will show the objects in other folders that are connected to the ACU Folder objects...

Page 81: ...a 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 73 Bonus Feature To add PTT capability to the headset and microphone using the Vox add a link from Channel B PTT outpu...

Page 82: ...mathematical functions which may be applied to the Layout The functions permit local manipulation of data within the models This is a simple math plan tutorial that demonstrates the basic application...

Page 83: ...ASTi Telestra 4 Training Manual Ver 1 Rev F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 75 3 Select Add Group and name it New_Group 4 Select Add Function and name it Table_Function...

Page 84: ...2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 5 Select Table as the Function Type 6 Double click the edit link to the right of the description field 7 Fill in the table values 8 Click OK to close the Table...

Page 85: ...12 Right click in the canvas to add a Sim Model 13 Double click the model icon to open the model 14 Add a Control MathFunction component 15 Double click the Math Function component to open the data v...

Page 86: ...1 Rev F 78 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 19 In the data viewer double click the modifier field for an input and type in 20 20 You should now see the result is 0 1 which matches th...

Page 87: ...ates the use of a playsound component and the sound library by creating a simple playsound model The playsound component provides the ability to play digi tally encoded soundfiles Sounds that have no...

Page 88: ...sound files on the sys tem The user must first select a waveset or create a new one The waveset is a folder that contains the soundfiles in the sound repository The selected sound files are then uplo...

Page 89: ...iles page and follow the instructions to add individual wav files or upload one tgz archive containing multiple sound files See the Remote Management System 4 User Guide DOC 01 TEL4 RMS4 UG 4 for more...

Page 90: ...are uploaded to the Target 4 Select Update 5 Open the Load and add a new Sim Model and name it 6 Navigate to the Model canvas and add the Audio Playsound component 7 Add two I OInterfaces ACUchannel a...

Page 91: ...e click under the Path column where it says Select and select the soundfile 11 Repeat step 10 for the second sound file 12 Click Apply and then Ok to close the window 13 Navigate to the model canvas a...

Page 92: ...echnology inc 15 Open the Link Editor and route the ACUchannel_B_PTT with the PTTselect uint 8 to the Playsound component with the sound index signal 16 To trigger the playsounds route the ACUChannel_...

Page 93: ...Technology inc 85 17 Next route the Playsound audio to play through the speaker 18 Open ACUchannel_A_Speaker and set the identifier and channel A 19 Reload the model Each sound should play from the sp...

Page 94: ...tor via a control selector switch to an intercom channel bi directional provided by the Intercom Service The intercom channel may be connected to various other component types to provide connectivity...

Page 95: ...he canvas for building the model 2 In the model canvas add a new folder and name it Op1 3 In the folder add a CommPanel CommPanel4 and name it Op1_Panel 4 Then add an I OInterface ACUchannel and name...

Page 96: ...e the audio in from the ACU to the Op1_Panel CommPanel using the PTT select the Op1_ACUchannel PTT boolean signal and link it to the Op1_Panel through the PTT boolean signal 7 Create a link to route t...

Page 97: ...he headset back into the headset This allows you to hear yourself through the headset Select the Op1_Panel SideSignal and link it to the Op1_ACUchannel through the AudioOut signal 9 Create three links...

Page 98: ...tercom Bus Service add four new buses and name them 12 Navigate back to the Op1_Panel and assign signal 1 4 to the busses by double clicking in the value column In the Intercom Bus Service select a bu...

Page 99: ...names to Op2 and change the ACU channel to a different channel that has a connected PTT and headset 16 Verify the ACU channel gains set in RMS these will vary depending on the ACU firm ware 17 In the...

Page 100: ...following core radio characteristics Multiple Modulation Type describes the modulation parameters of the radio such as AM FM SATCOM HQ Intercom etc Amplitude Modulation AM and Frequency Modulation FM...

Page 101: ...Typically full duplex is only used for intercom sys tems and never for real radios Propagation the movement of the radio waves as they transmit Ranging is an effect that occurs as a result of the dis...

Page 102: ...form the local radio Local radios operate with two operators on one Target Radio Exercise 1 Create a new Project and install 2 Open the Load Viewer right click and add a new SimModel 3 Open the model...

Page 103: ...0 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 95 5 Open the Geodetic and in the World Position Bus value add an EntityBus Note this must be the same bus set later in the RCU object Create a New Bus and set the...

Page 104: ...t the Radio Bus for both Transceivers in Folder1 Radio1 and Folder 2 Radio2 9 In the model add a new folder and name it Operator1 Add a CommPanel CommPanel4 and assign Sig1 to RadioBus1 Add an I O Int...

Page 105: ...rals 12 Open the Model Link Editor for Operator1 and link the following as shown below ACE RIU using signals DigitalIn PTT to the CommPanel ACE RIU using signals AudioIn InSignal to the CommPanel Comm...

Page 106: ...F 98 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 14 Navigate back to the Projects Layout and open the Comm Planner Expand the default Net and set the Frequency to a realistic number 100 000 000...

Page 107: ...Ver 1 Rev F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 99 16 Navigate back to the model and open Folder1 set the Fill in the RCU component by dou ble clicking the empty area under the Value co...

Page 108: ...the RCU Set the Radio Name Domain Name Protocol ID and World Position Bus Note You will have to return to the Project level Project Manager and add the Domain using the Domain Editor Repeat this step...

Page 109: ...g the ACE Studio Helpers This example assumes a level of familiarity with the ACE software 1 Create a new Project and install 2 In the tree view under the Servers folder create a DIS_Gateway a Set DIS...

Page 110: ...1 Rev F 102 Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 3 Create the Domain a Add a Domain and name it b Set the exercise ID example 15 Also set the Site and App ID numbers defaults to the last...

Page 111: ...nced Simulation Technology inc 103 4 Create the Comm Plan a Select the Net folder and set the FM frequency for example 101000000 b Select the Fill folder and rename the fill1 file to radio1 or net1 fo...

Page 112: ...dd a World Position and name it example WP1 Select the symbol under Radio name and select World_Position in the drop down menu b Add a radio and name it radio1 c Select the Domain d Select to Set the...

Page 115: ...F Copyright 2010 Advanced Simulation Technology inc 107 c Set the mode to Master or leave as Operator d Select MAX Radios for the Operator s HHT Display e Select the Radios for the Operator set the RX...

Page 116: ...ck on the Telestra in the graphical layout and select Edit a Select the Sim Server tab and select the DIS_Gateway b Select the SM tab and select HHT State Machine i If you check the Ident then the Ide...

Page 117: ...ced Simulation Technology inc 109 8 Add an ACE RIU to the Layout Right click on the Layout canvas and select Add ACE RIU a Select the ACE RIU from the drop down list b Name the ACE RIU this can be the...

Page 119: ...1 Radios Comm Panels and their Buses Radio Control Service Transceiver ID Radio1 Bus Radio2 Bus Fill Radio1 Transceiver Radio1 Bus Radio2 Bus Intercom Bus Service Used for Radio Control Information Us...

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