
Release 1
DAMS-NT DigiRIT Operation Manual
12/14/2012
Microcom Design, Inc.
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APPENDIX A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
8PSK
8 State Phase Shift Keying
AC
Alternating Current
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
AM
Amplitude Modulation
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ARM
Abnormal Response Messages
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BCH
Bose, Chaudhari and Hocquenghem
BER
Bit Error Rate, Bit Errors Received
bps, BPS
Bits per Second
BPSK
Binary Phase Shift Keying
CDA
Command and Data Acquisition
CGMS
Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
DADDS
DCS Administrative and Data Distribution System
DAMS-NT
Data Acquisition and Monitoring System – New Technology
DAPS
Data Collection System Automated Processing System
dB
Decibel
dBm
Decibels relative to one milliwatt
DC
Direct Current
DCP
Data Collection Platform
DCPRS
Data Collection Platform Radio Set
DCS
Data Collection System
Demod
Demodulator
DOMSAT
Domestic Satellite
DPCM
Dual Pilot Control Module
DRGS
Direct Readout Ground Station
DSP
Digital Signal Processor; Digital Signal Processing
EIRP
Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EOT, ETX
End of Transmission
FSS
Frame Synch Sequence
GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HRIT
High Rate Information Transmission
Hz
Hertz