STARSHINE telemetry


I received some telemetry frames from STARSHINE at 07-Oct, Sunday.

  Ante. : ZQ-81H  (LAMDA)         , 144MHz Cubical Quad 8 ele.
  Rig   : TS-790S (KENWOOD)       , 144/430MHz transceiver
  TNC   : TNC241, TMB965 (TASCO)  , G3RUH type modem
  Comp. : 486DX2/66MHz (VIP)      , DOS/V computer
  Soft. : Exterm.exe              , Program for communication

My equipment are as stated above.  TS-790S was modified for 9600.
TNC put time stamps on each packet. The property of this Quad is;

  Gain      F/B    Weight   Length
  17.2dBi   25dB   3.8kg    2.61m

STARSHINE was transmitting many clear signals every 123 seconds, 
or every 2 minutes and 3 seconds as follows.


[145.825MHz 9600bps FSK]

[07-Oct-01  05:36:17z] (UI C)
STRSHN>AP0332:>de N7YTK.0900
29C30000299BA453823E027BFC5B
315F85406EBA7A1C94530281FC63
66D8401928873FEE9D4D025EFC45
381A7845A56C841F8309028CFC90
D2B682F30216646962240273FC12
6E192FCBA183662A00BF0281FC88

[07-Oct-01  05:38:20z] (UI C)
STRSHN>AP03AA:>de N7YTK.0900
29C0000029D6A4388306027BFC30
3895846D5F85798B94730289FCAB
66F64ECE335649BAA14E0273FC60
27BC8893A37D7A7783C2028CFCA0
D2AE81DB022064DF6B3F0273FC43
6E174226A51C652F00C20271FC65

[07-Oct-01  05:40:24z] (UI C)
STRSHN>AP0422:>de N7YTK.0900
299E000029D3A45E82930279FC68
534D83A986EC78B39490027BFC83
65CA7343524C6F70A4C40253FC63
354D61A69BD960B885C90281FC98
D27682A30218648484BA0283FC38
6E24316CA241667300BF026BFC73


I analized here only the bottom frame in the above three frames.

STRSHN>AP0422:>de N7YTK.0900
^^^^^^
  This is a ID of the sending station from "STARSHINE".

STRSHN>AP0422:>de N7YTK.0900
       ^^
  This is required to make STARSHINE packets APRS compatible,
  allowing them to be hosted by the APRS network. 

STRSHN>AP0422:>de N7YTK.0900
         ^^^^
  The timestamp in hex is 0422, i.e.

  4 * 16^2 + 2 * 16^1 + 2 * 16^0 = 1058 seconds

  This packet was generated 1058 seconds, or 17 minutes and 38 seconds
  after STARSHINE deployment. 

  332(hex) =  818(dec)
  3AA(hex) =  938(dec)
  422(hex) = 1058(dec)

  Therefore STARSHINE is transmitting exactly the beacon every
  120 seconds = 2 minutes.

STRSHN>AP0422:>de N7YTK.0900
                        ^^^^
  "9" is the most significant character. 
  "0" are currently undefined.


299E 0000 29D3 A45E 8293 0279 FC68  : Data from A/D Converter #1
534D 83A9 86EC 78B3 9490 027B FC83  : Data from A/D Converter #2
65CA 7343 524C 6F70 A4C4 0253 FC63  : Data from A/D Converter #3
354D 61A6 9BD9 60B8 85C9 0281 FC98  : Data from A/D Converter #4
D276 82A3 0218 6484 84BA 0283 FC38  : Data from A/D Converter #5
6E24 316C A241 6673 00BF 026B FC73  : Data from A/D Converter #6
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
 1    2    3    4    5   GAIN FULL
       Channel Number



I received today, Oct 10, one frame telemetry from Starshine, and
analyzed it as follows.


Starshine   145.825MHz 9600bps FSK
[10-Oct-01  07:21:07UTC] (UI C)

STRSHN>APF302:>de N7YTK.0C00       : Header

29D3 0000 29C6 A40E 845A 0281 FC75 : Data from A/D Converter #1
1A96 84F0 58BF 7706 9402 028C FC8B : Data from A/D Converter #2
65D7 277C 3D21 298B A2FA 0271 FC45 : Data from A/D Converter #3
2802 900C A106 9395 854E 0286 FC65 : Data from A/D Converter #4
D294 829B 021E 6441 5400 0279 FC22 : Data from A/D Converter #5
6D86 4185 A549 6486 00B2 026B FC90 : Data from A/D Converter #6
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
 1    2    3    4    5   GAIN FULL
       Channel Number


F302 (hex) : time stamp = 62210 seconds = 17 h. 16 min. 50 sec.


----  ------  -------   ----  ------  -------   ----  ------  --------
Item  Data    Data      Item  Data    Data      Item  Data    Data
  #   Value   Meaning     #   Value   Meaning     #   Value   Meaning
----  ------  -------   ----  ------  -------   ----  ------  --------
  1   STRSHN  Source Addr
  2   AP04B2  Dest Addr incl.16-bit time stamp as above
  3   N7YTK   Gil Moore Call Sign
  4   0C      upper 8 bits of time stamp
  5   00      Echo of uplink command
  6   29D3    Ch 11      20   65D7    Ch 31      35   D294    Ch 51
  7   0000    Ch 12      21   277C    Ch 32      35   829B    Ch 52
  8   29C6    Ch 13      22   3D21    Ch 33      36   021E    Ch 53
  9   A40E    Ch 14      23   298B    Ch 34      37   6441    Ch 54
 10   845A    Ch 15      24   A2FA    Ch 35      38   5400    Ch 55
 11   0281    A/D1 Off   25   0271    A/D3 Off   39   0279    A/D5 Off
 12   FC75    A/D1 FS    26   FC45    A/D3 FS    40   FC22    A/D5FS
 13   1A96    Ch 21      27   2802    Ch 41      41   6D86    Ch 61
 14   84F0    Ch 22      28   900C    Ch 42      42   4185    Ch 62
 15   58BF    Ch 23      29   A106    Ch 43      43   A549    Ch 63
 16   7706    Ch 24      30   9395    Ch 44      44   6486    Ch 64
 17   9402    Ch 25      31   854E    Ch 45      45   00B2    Ch 65
 18   028C    A/D2 Off   32   0286    A/D4 Off   46   026B    A/D6 Off
 19   FC8B    A/D2 FS    33   FC65    A/D4 FS    47   FC90    A/D6 FS
----  ------  -------   ----  ------  -------   ----  ------  --------



Starshine 3 Data Channel Summary for Electronics Board
---  ---- ---- ------  --------------------  ---------  ----  --------
 Ch  Gain DC   Buffer  Signal                 Range      W6   Source
 #        Offset       Measurement            (mV)      Pin# (Con-Rin)
---  ---- ---- ------  --------------------  ---------  ----  --------
 11  16   +16.7   -    IPS Current #2        -2.5/40      5   W10-5
 12  64   none    -    Temperature #5         7.8/28     22   W18-6
 13  16   +16.7   -    IPS Current #5        -2.5/40     21   W18-5
 14  32   +66.7   -    String Current #6     -41/0       20   W16-8
 15   1   none   yes   IPS Battery V(3.0)#6   1000/1500  19   W16-7

 21  32   none    -    Si Test Cell cntl #7  ~50         25   W20-5
 22   1   none   yes   IPS Battery V(3.0)#2   1000/1500   7   W10-7
 23  32   +66.7   -    String Current #5     -41/0       24   W18-8
 24  64   none    -    Temperature #2         7.8/28      6   W10-6
 25   1   none   yes   IPS Battery V(3.0)#5   1000/1500  23   W18-7

 31  64   none    -    Temperature #4         7.8/28     10   W12-6
 32  32   none    -    Si Test Cell Nusil#7  ~50         27   W20-7
 33  16   +16.7   -    IPS Current #4        -2.5/40      9   W12-5
 34  32   none    -    Si Test Cell DC935 #7 ~50         26   W20-6
 35  32   +66.7   -    String Current #2     -41/0        8   W10-8

 41  16   +16.7   -    IPS Current #3        -2.5/40     13   W14-5
 42  32   +66.7   -    String Current #8     -41/0       29   W22-8
 43  32   +66.7   -    String Current #4     -41/0       12   W12-8
 44  32   +66.7   -    String Current #7     -41/0       28   W20-8
 45   1   none   yes   IPS Battery V(3.0)#4   1200/2100  11   W12-7

 51   1   none    -    PMAD Battery V         1800/2070  32   W8-13
 52   1   none   yes   IPS Battery V(3.0)#3   1200/2100  15   W14-7
 53                    Not Used                          31        
 54  64   none    -    Temperature #3         7.8/28     14   W14-6
 55  32   +66.7   -    String Current #1     -41/0       30   W24-8

 61   1   none    -    PMAD Battery I         500/1600   33   W8-14
 62  16   +16.7   -    IPS Current #6        -2.5/40     17   W16-5
 63  32   +66.7   -    String Current #3     -41/0       16   W14-8
 64  64   none    -    Temperature #6         7.8/28     18   W16-6
 65   8   none    -    Electronics I          14/200
---  ---- ---- ------  --------------------  ---------  ----  --------

Temperature Sensor powered from IMPS in String 5 is on cell 66 
Temperature Sensor powered from IMPS in String 2 is on the main battery
Temperature Sensor powered from IMPS in String 4 is on the string board
Temperature Sensor powered from IMPS in String 3 is on cell 47
Temperature Sensor powered from IMPS in String 6 is on cell 4 
 
Data is 16 bit resolution (65536 counts) on a 2.5 V full scale, each
set of 5 channels has a separate reference voltage and zero offset
reading.  Each received data point is a 4 byte hex code value 
(FFFF = 65535).  The DC offset is a percentage of full scale and is
subtracted from the channel data and then divided by the gain to get
the signal level counts as a fraction of the full scale counts.


Refer to the next web site for more informations,

 http://epulation.com/starshine/starshine3/ss3parse.htm

 -Advance Technology Experiment for the Starshine 3 Satellite (.pdf)
 -Starshine 3 Computer/Data Acquisition Summary
 -Starshine 3 Computer/Data Acquisition Block Diagram



I calculated the telemetry data from Starshine, how to convert from
raw data to engineering units.

[145.825MHz, 9600bps FSK]
[10-Oct-01  07:21:07z] (UI C)
STRSHN>APF302:>de N7YTK.0C00
29D3 0000 29C6 A40E 845A 0281 FC75
1A96 84F0 58BF 7706 9402 028C FC8B
65D7 277C 3D21 298B A2FA 0271 FC45
2802 900C A106 9395 854E 0286 FC65
D294 829B 021E 6441 5400 0279 FC22
6D86 4185 A549 6486 00B2 026B FC90


Phillip Jenkins [Phil.Jenkins@grc.nasa.gov] wrote
at 14:08:51 -0400, 12 Oct 2001,

> It looks like we need to add a few more instructions to the web page
> on how to convert raw data to engineering units. Here is the formula
> for converting the raw signal to volts:
> 
>    Volts = (CH11 - ValOff)/(CalVal - ValOff)) * Vref/GAIN
>                                       - ((Vref/GAIN ) * Offset/100)
> 
> Ch11 CH12 CH13 CH14 CH15 ValOff CalVal
> 29D3 0000 29C6 A40E 845A 0281 FC75


Using my telemetry packet, first I convert all HEX to DEC.
Then,

    CH 11  = 29D3(hex) = 10707(dec)
    ValOff = 0281(hex) =   641(dec)
    CalVal = FC75(hex) = 64629(dec)
    GAIN for CH11 = 16
    Offset = 16.6666
    Vref   = 2.493

    Therefore, Volts = (10707-641)/(64629-641)*2.493/16
                               - ((2.493/16)*16.666/100)
                     = 0.001457 [Volts]
                     = 1.457 [mV]

    which is in the "Range(mV) -2.5/40" = -0.0625.

He says also,
> Channels 11,12 and 13 malfunctioned before launch and are not valid.

Refer to the URL for more information,

 http://epulation.com/starshine/starshine3/ss3parse.htm


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