Tape Source Attributes (R)
PARAMETER MAXIMUM FIELD SIZE CODENAME DEFINITION XML Element
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DATA  SOURCE ID 32 R-x\ID DATA  SOURCE ID CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GROUP. <TapeAttributes DataSource="">
TAPE ID 32 R-x\RID TAPE IDENTIFICATION. <TapeID /> 
TAPE DESCRIPTION 32 R-x\R1 TAPE REEL NUMBER OR OTHER DEFINITION. <TapeDescription />
TAPE CHARACTERISTICS   <TapeCharacteristics>
  <Type />
  <Manufacturer />
  <Code />
  <Width />
  <Housing />
  <TypeOfTracks />
  <NumberOfTracks />
  <RecordSpeed />
  <DataPackingDensity />
  <Rewound />
</TapeCharacteristics>
TAPE TYPE 4 R-x\TC1 SPECIFY THE TAPE TYPE: ANALOG - 'ANAL'CASSETTE - 'CASS'HDDR - 'HDDR'PARALLEL - 'PARA'OTHER - 'OTHR',  DEFINE IN COMMENTS RECORD.
TAPE MANUFACTURER 8 R-x\TC2 NAME OF MANUFACTURER OF THE TAPE.
TAPE CODE 8 R-x\TC3 SPECIFY MANUFACTURER'S TAPE DESIGNATION CODE.
TAPE WIDTH 4 R-x\TC4 PHYSICAL DIMENSION OF TAPE WIDTH, IN.
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'
TYPE OF TRACKS 2 R-x\TT STATE THE TYPE OF TRACKS ON THE TAPE:LONGITUDINAL - 'LO'ROTARY - 'RO'
NUMBER OF TRACKS 2 R-x\N STATE THE NUMBER OF TRACKS ON THE TAPE.
RECORD SPEED 4 R-x\TC6 STATE RECORD SPEED IN INCHES PER SECOND.
DATA PACKING DENSITY 2 R-x\TC7 STATE RECORDING SYSTEM BANDWIDTH:     INTERMEDIATE BAND - 'IM'     WIDE BAND - 'WB'     DOUBLE DENSITY - 'DD'     OTHER - 'OT'
TAPE REWOUND 1 R-x\TC8 YES - 'Y'                 NO - 'N'
RECORDER INFORMATION   <RecorderInfo>
  <Manufacturer />
  <Model />
  <OriginalTape />
  <DateAndTimeCreated />
  <CreatingOrganizationPointOfContact Name= Agency= Address= Telephone= />
  <DateOfDub />
  <DubbingOrganizationPointOfContact Name= Agency= Address= Telephone= />
</RecorderInfo>
TAPE DRIVE MANUFACTURER 8 R-x\RI1 NAME OF TAPE DRIVE MANUFACTURER
TAPE DRIVE MODEL 8 R-x\RI2 MANUFACTURER'S MODEL NUMBER OF TAPE DRIVE USED TO CREATE THE TAPE.
ORIGINAL TAPE 1 R-x\RI3 YES - 'Y'                 NO - 'N'
DATE AND TIME CREATED 19 R-x\RI4 DATE AND TIME TAPE WAS CREATED:DD - DAY               MM - MONTHYYYY - YEAR         HH - HOURMI - MINUTE         SS - SECOND   (MM-DD-YYYY-HH-MI-SS)
CREATING ORGANIZATION POINT OFCONTACT:
NAME
AGENCY
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE

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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.
DATE OF DUB 10 R-x\RI5 DATE THE DUB WAS MADE:
DD - DAY            MM - MONTHYYYY - YEAR
(MM-DD-YYYY)
DUBBING ORGANIZATION POINT OF CONTACT:
NAME
AGENCY
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE

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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.)
TRACK NUMBER/CHANNEL ID 2 R-x\TK1-n SPECIFY THE TRACK NUMBER OR THE CHANNEL ID THAT CONTAINS THE DATA TO BE SPECIFIED. <Data>
 <TrackNumber />
 <RecordingTechnique />
 <DataSourceID />
 <DataDirection />
 <ChannelEnable />
 <ChannelDataType />

 And one of the following:

 <PcmDataTypeAttributes>
  <DataLink />
  <DataPackingOption />
  <TypeFormat /?
 </PcmDataTypeAttributes>

 <BusDataTypeAttributes>
  <DataLink />
 </BusDataTypeAttributes>

 <AnalogDataTypeAttributes>
  <DataPackingOption />
  <SampleRate />
  <Channel>
   <MeasurementName />
   <DataLength />
   <BitMask />
   <MeasurementTransferOrder />
   <SampleFactor />
  </Channel>
 </AnalogDataTypeAttributes>

 <DiscreteDataTypeAttributes>
  <DiscreteMode />
  <SampleRate />
  <Measurement Name="">
   <BitMask />
   <MeasurementTransferOrder />
  </Measurement>
 </DiscreteDataTypeAttributes>

 <VideoDataTypeAttributes>
  <EncodingDelay />
 </VideoDataTypeAttributes>
 
 <TimeDataTypeAttributes>
  <TimeFormat />
 </TimeDataTypeAttributes>
</Data>
RECORDING TECHNIQUE 6 R-x\TK2-n SPECIFY THE 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-K'
ROTARY (MULTIPLEXED) - 'RO-MUX'
SOLID STATE - 'SSR'
OTHER - 'OTHER'.
DATA SOURCE ID 32 R-x\DSI-n SPECIFY THE DATA SOURCE IDENTIFICATION.  FOR A SITE RECORDED MULTIPLEXED TRACK, PROVIDE A  DATA  SOURCE IDENTIFICATION.
DATA DIRECTION 3 R-x\TK3-n FORWARD - 'FWD' REVERSE - 'REV'
CHANNEL ENABLE 1 R-x\CHE-n INDICATES IF SOURCE IS ENABLED.  SOURCE MUST BE ENABLED TO GENERATE DATA PACKETS. ‘T’ = TRUE,     ‘F’ = FALSE
CHANNEL DATA TYPE 6 R-x\CDT-n SPECIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE IF ‘STO’ WAS SPECIFIED IN G GROUP DATA SOURCE TYPE:
PCM INPUT – ‘PCMIN’
ANALOG INPUT – ‘ANAIN’
DISCRETE INPUT – ‘DISIN’
IRIG TIME INPUT – ‘TIMEIN’
VIDEO INPUT – ‘VIDIN’,
UART INPUT – ‘UARTIN’
1553 INPUT – ‘1553IN’,
ARINC 429 INPUT – ‘429IN’
MESSAGE DATA INPUT – ‘MSGIN’
IMAGE DATA INPUT – ‘IMGIN’
DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
PCM DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
DATA LINK NAME 32 R-x\PDLN-n IDENTIFY THE DATA LINK NAME CONSISTENT WITH THE MUX/MOD GROUP FOR A PCM CHANNEL.
DATA PACKING OPTION 3 R-x\PDP-n HOW DATA IS PLACED IN THE PACKETS:
   UNPACKED – ‘UN’
   PACKED WITH FRAME SYNC – ‘PFS’
   THROUGHPUT MODE – ‘TM’
TYPE FORMAT 5 R-x\PTF-n COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE FOR VIDEO RECORDED AS STANDARD CHAPTER 4 PCM. THE COMPRESSED DATA IS ENCAPSULATED IN ISO STANDARD TRANSPORT STREAM (TS) FRAMES. IF TYPE FORMAT IS ‘OTHER’, THEN A VENDOR SPEC IS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THE DATA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE. SPECIFY ‘NONE’ IF DATA IS NOT VIDEO DATA.
   ‘NONE’
   ‘MPEG1’
   ‘MPEG2’
   ‘H261’
   ‘WAVE’
   ‘OTHER’
BUS DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
DATA LINK NAME 32 R-x\BDLN-n IDENTIFY THE DATA LINK NAME CONSISTENT WITH THE MUX/MOD GROUP FOR A BUS CHANNEL.
ANALOG DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
NUMBER OF ANALOG CHANNELS/PKT 3 R-x\ACH\N-n SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF ANALOG CHANNELS PER PACKET.
DATA PACKING OPTION 3 R-x\ADP-n HOW DATA IS PLACED IN THE PACKETS:
   PACKED – ‘YES’
   UNPACKED – ‘NO’
SAMPLE RATE  7 R-x\ASR-n SAMPLE RATE OF THE FASTEST CHANNEL(S) IN SAMPLES PER SECOND
MEASUREMENT NAME  32 R-x\AMN-n-m IDENTIFY THE MEASUREMENT NAME CONSISTENT WITH THE MUX/MOD GROUP FOR AN ANALOG CHANNEL.
DATA LENGTH  2 R-x\ADL-n-m NUMBER OF BITS PER DATA WORD
BIT MASK  64 R-x\AMSK-n-m BINARY STRING OF 1s AND 0s TO IDENTIFY THE BITS IN A WORD LOCATION THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS MEASUREMENT.  IF THE FULL WORD IS USED FOR THIS MEASUREMENT, ENTER - ‘FW’.  LEFT-MOST BIT CORRESPONDS TO FIRST BIT TRANSMITTED
MEASUREMENT TRANSFER ORDER 1 R-x\AMTO-n-m MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT FIRST - ‘M’
LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT FIRST - ‘L’
DEFAULT - ‘D’
SAMPLE FACTOR 2 R-x\ASF-n-m
1/(2^N) TIMES THE FASTEST SAMPLE RATE (DEFINED ABOVE) GIVES THE SAMPLE RATE FOR THIS CHANNEL.

SPECIFY THE VALUE ‘N’ IN THIS FIELD. VALID VALUES ARE 0 TO 15
DISCRETE DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
DISCRETE MODE 4 R-x\DMOD-n INDICATE THE MODE WHEREBY DISCRETE EVENTS ARE PLACED IN THE PACKETS:
   ‘EV’ – EVENT MODE
   ‘SAMP’ – SAMPLE MODE
SAMPLE RATE  7 R-x\DSR-n SAMPLE RATE IN SAMPLES PER SECOND
NUMBER OF DISCRETE MEASUREMENTS 3 R-x\NDM\N-n SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF DISCRETE MEASUREMENTS
MEASUREMENT NAME  32 R-x\DMN-n-m IDENTIFY THE MEASUREMENT NAME FOR ONE OR MORE DISCRETE BITS
BIT MASK  64 R-x\DMSK-n-m BINARY STRING OF 1s AND 0s TO IDENTIFY THE BITS IN A WORD LOCATION THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS MEASUREMENT.  IF THE FULL WORD IS USED FOR THIS MEASUREMENT, ENTER - ‘FW’.  LEFT-MOST BIT CORRESPONDS TO FIRST BIT TRANSMITTED
MEASUREMENT TRANSFER ORDER 1 R-x\DMTO-n-m
MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT FIRST – ‘M’
LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT FIRST - ‘L’
DEFAULT - ‘D’
VIDEO DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
VIDEO ENCODING DELAY 8 R-x\VED-n DELAY INTRODUCED BY VIDEO ENCODING HARDWARE IN MILLISECONDS 
TIME DATA TYPE ATTRIBUTES
TIME FORMAT 1 R-x\TFMT-n INDICATE THE FORMAT FOR THE IRIG TIME:
   IRIG-A– ‘A’            IRIG-B – ‘B’
   IRIG-G – ‘G’           INTERNAL – ‘I’
   NATIVE GPS TIME – ‘N’
   UTC TIME FROM GPS – ‘U’
REFERENCE TRACK
NUMBER OFREFERENCE TRACKS 1 R-x\RT\N SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF REFERENCE TRACKS. <ReferenceTrack Number="">
TRACKNUMBER 2 R-x\RT1-n STATE THE TRACK LOCATION OF THE REFERENCE SIGNAL.
REFERENCEFREQUENCY 6 R-x\RT2-n FREQUENCY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL, kHz.
THERE WILL BE ONE TAPE SOURCE ATTRIBUTES GROUP FOR EACH TAPE SOURCE.
COMMENTS
COMMENTS 3200 R-x\COM THIS RECORD IS TO BE USED TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED AND TO PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION DESIRED. <Comments />