IRIG 106-99 Chapter 9, Tape Source Attributes (R)

IRIG 106-99 CHAPTER 9 - TELEMETRY ATTRIBUTES TRANSFER STANDARD, Continued....
Start of Chapter 9
9.5.2 General Information (G)
9.5.3 Transmission Attributes (T)
9.5.5 Multiplex/Modulation Attributes (M)
9.5.6.1 PCM Format Attributes (P)
9.5.6.2 PCM Measurement Description (D)
9.5.6.3 1553 Bus Data Attributes (B)
9.5.7 PAM Attributes (A)
9.5.8 Data Conversion Attributes (C)
9.5.9 Airborne Hardware Attributes (H)

CHAPTER 9

TELEMETRY ATTRIBUTES TRANSFER STANDARD, Continued....

9.5.4 Tape Source Attributes (R)

9.5.4 Tape Source Attributes (R). This group describes the attributes required when the data source is a magnetic tape as specified in chapter 6. In the case of the tape data link identification, each data source must be identified. In some cases the data source identification may be identical, particularly when the same information has been received from different receiver sites, on different polarizations, or on different carriers for redundancy purposes. Some of the information requested will be available only from the recording site or the dubbing location.

Figure 9-4 indicates the information required. Various categories of information have been included. In the data section of the attributes, it will be necessary to repeat the items until all of the data sources have been defined, including the multiple tracks, which contain ground station data of interest. Table 9-3 defines the information required. Any nonstandard tape recordings will require explanation in the comments and may require supplemental definition.

Tape Source Attributes (R)

Figure 9-4. Tape Source Attributes Group (R).

TABLE 9-3. TAPE SOURCE ATTRIBUTES GROUP (R)
R O W	PARAMETER	MAX FIELD SIZE	CODE NAME	DEFINITION
1	DATA SOURCE ID	32	R-x\ID	DATA SOURCE ID CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GROUP.
2	TAPE ID	32	R-x\RID	TAPE IDENTIFICATION.
3	TAPE DESCRIPTION	32	R-x\R1	TAPE REEL NUMBER OR OTHER DEFINITION.
TAPE CHARACTERISTICS
4	TAPE TYPE	4	R-x\TC1	SPECIFY THE TAPE TYPE: ANALOG – ‘ANAL' CASSETTE – ‘CASS’ HDDR – ‘HDDR’ PARALLEL – ‘PARA’ OTHER – ‘OTHR’, DEFINE IN COMMENTS RECORD.
5	TAPE MANUFACTURER	8	R-x\TC2	NAME OF MANUFACTURER OF THE TAPE.
6	TAPE CODE	8	R-x\TC3	SPECIFY MANUFACTURER'S TAPE DESIGNATION CODE.
7	TAPE WIDTH	4	R-x\TC4	PHYSICAL DIMENSION OF TAPE WIDTH, IN.
8	TAPE HOUSING	5	R-x\TC5	STATE THE REEL SIZE, INCHES: ‘10.5’ ‘14.0’ ‘15.0’ ‘16.0’ ‘OTHER’ STATE THE CASSETTE SIZE, MM: ’12.65’ ’19.0’ ‘OTHER’
9	TYPE OF TRACKS	2	R-x\TT	STATE THE TYPE OF TRACKS ON THE TAPE LONGITUDINAL – ‘LO’ ROTARY – ‘RO’
10	NUMBER OF TRACKS	2	R-x\N	STATE THE NUMBER OF TRACKS ON THE TAPE.
11	RECORD SPEED	4	R-x\TC6	STATE RECORD SPEED IN INCHES PER SECOND.
12	DATA PACKING DENSITY	2	R-x\TC7	STATE RECORDING SYSTEM BANDWIDTH: INTERMEDIATE BAND – ‘IM’ WIDE BAND – ‘WB’ DOUBLE DENSITY – ‘DD’ OTHER – ‘OT’
13	TAPE REWOUND	1	R-x\TC8	YES – ‘Y’ NO – ‘N’.
RECORDER INFORMATION
14	TAPE DRIVE MANUFACTURER	8	R-x\RI1	NAME OF TAPE DRIVE MANUFACTURER.
15	TAPE DRIVE MODEL	8	R-x\RI2	MANUFACTURER'S MODEL NUMBER OF TAPE DRIVE USED TO CREATE THE TAPE.
16	ORIGINAL TAPE	1	R-x\RI3	YES - Y NO - N.
17	DATE AND TIME CREATED	19	R-x\RI4	DATE AND TIME TAPE WAS CREATED: (MM-DD-YYYY-HH-MI-SS) MM - MONTH DD - DAY YYYY – YEAR HH - HOUR MI MINUTE SS - SECOND
18	CREATING ORGANIZATION POINT OF CONTACT: NAME AGENCY ADDRESS TELEPHONE	24 48 48 20	R-x\POC1 R-x\POC2 R-x\POC3 R-x\POC4	POINT OF CONTACT AT THE FACILITY CREATING THE TAPE: NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.
19	DATE OF DUB	10	R-x\RI5	DATE THE DUB WAS MADE: DD - DAY MM - MONTH YYYY – YEAR (MM-DD-YYYY)
20	DUBBING ORGANIZATION POINT OF CONTACT: NAME AGENCY ADDRESS TELEPHONE	24 48 48 20	R-x\ DPOC1 R-x\ DPOC2 R-x\ DPOC3 R-x\ DPOC4	POINT OF CONTACT AT THE DUBBING AGENCY, NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE.
DATA (DEFINE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON EACH TRACK OF THE TAPE. )
21	TRACK NUMBER	2	R-x\TK1-n	SPECIFY THE TRACK NUMBER THAT CONTAINS THE DATA TO BE SPECIFIED.
22	RECORDING TECHNIQUE	6	R-x\TK2-n	SPECIFY RECORDING TECHNIQUE USED FOR THIS TRACK: FM/FM – ‘FM/FM’ HDDR – ‘HDDR’ PRE-DETECTION – ‘PRE-D’ DIRECT – ‘DIRECT’ FM-WIDE BAND GRP I – ‘FMWBI’ FM-WIDE BAND GRP II – ‘FMWBII’ FM-INTERMEDIATE BAND – ‘FM-IM’ FM-NARROW BAND – ‘FM-NB’ DOUBLE DENSITY – ‘DOUDEN’ ROTARY (SINGLE TRACK) – ‘RO-TK’ ROTARY (MULTIPLEXED) – ‘RO-MUX’ OTHER – ‘OTHER’.
23	DATA SOURCE ID	32	R-x\DSI-n	SPECIFY THE DATA SOURCE IDENTIFICATION. FOR A SITE RECORDED MULTIPLEXED TRACK, PROVIDE A DATA SOURCE IDENTIFICATION.
24	DATA DIRECTION	3	R-x\TK3-n	FORWARD – ‘FWD’, REVERSE – ‘REV’.
REFERENCE TRACK
25	NUMBER OF REFERENCE TRACKS	1	R-x\RT\N	SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF REFERENCE TRACKS.
26	TRACK NUMBER	2	R-x\RT1-n	STATE THE TRACK LOCATION OF THE REFERENCE SIGNAL.
27	REFERENCE FREQUENCY	6	R-x\RT2-n	FREQUENCY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL, kHz.
THERE WILL BE ONE TAPE SOURCE ATTRIBUTES GROUP FOR EACH TAPE SOURCE.
COMMENTS
28	COMMENTS	3200	R-x\COM	THIS RECORD IS TO BE USED TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED AND TO PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION DESIRED.

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