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Record Format for Cruise 5A

Latest MRT Record Header (CR5A) from ftecs

Integer Byte Variable Description
1 1 MRID SCID Spacecraft ID – 1=Voyager 1, 0=Voyager 2
1 2 MRMOD SCDMSpacecraft telemetry mode
1-6 Cruise 2-7
7 Cruise 1
8 Near Encounter
10 (OAH) Far Encounter
24 (18H) Cruise 5A
19 (1DH) UV-5A
      Spacecraft Event Time - contains the Greenwich Mean
Time (GMT) of the first PN bit of the first minor
frame (MF) used in this LECP major frame.
2 3-4 MRETH SCETH Spacecraft Event Time, Hour -
Binary hours since the beginning of the current year.
3 5-6 MRETS SCETS Spacecraft Event Time, Seconds-
Binary seconds since the beginning of the current hour.
4 7-8 MRETMS SCETMS Spacecraft Event Time, Binary -
Binary milliseconds.
5 9-10 MRETYR SCETYR Spacecraft Event Time, Year-
Two least significant digits of year, e.g. 78
6 11 MRFLAG SCEF*16+FDSCFF where
SCEF is Spacecraft Event Time Flag
0000 input by NORT file
1111 input by EDRPROC
FDSCFF is FDSC Correction Flag which
indicates that the FDSC has been corrected.
(1=corrected, 0=OK)
Bit 3 Spare
Bit 2 MOD216
Bit 1 MOD60
Bit 0 Line Count
6 12 MRG181 Group 18 ID
7 13-14 MRM216 Mod2**16 counter from the Flight Data System (FDS).
Increments each 48 minutes.
8 15-16 MRM60 Mod60 counter from the FDS.
Increments each 48 seconds
9 17-18 MRLINE Line counter from the FDS.
Increment every 60 ms.
10 19-20 MRS1 S1 LECP Status Word 1, MSB=1 if missing.
11 21-22 MRS2 S2 LECP Status Word 2, MSB=1 if missing
12 23-24 MRS3 S3 LECP Status Word 3, MSB=1 if missing
13 25-26 MRS4 S4 LECP Status Word 4, MSB=1 if missing
14 27-28 MRS5 S5 LECP Status Word 5, MSB=1 if missing
15 29-30 MRS6 S6 LECP Status Word 6, MSB=1 if missing
16 31-32 MRMOT LECP Motor Position - contains the motor
position at the end of the current record.
= 1 if unknown, otherwise
Bits 3-1 Motor position (0-7) for sector (1-8)
Bit 0 Centered flag, =1 if centered.
17 33-34 MRNMOV Number of motor steps. Turn arounds in sectors 8
and 1 or 2 are considered to be 2 steps. = -1 if unknown.
18 35-36 MRLOGT Log. Amp. Temperature in Deg C*128.
= -9999 if unknown
19 37-38 TTEMP LECP Telescope Temperature-contains the telescope
temperature (degrees C) x 128. TTEMP= -9999 if the
temperature is unknown
20 39-40 MRMSI Basic accumulation interval in .01 sec.
21 41-42 MRQ Quality of frame = number of good groups
22 43-44 MRRT Record type
1 MRT
2 MPT Header
4 SEDR
10 Eng
11 Cal
23 45-46 MRVER Version number of S1P program used to
process this data.
24 47-48 MRALT LEPT/LEMPA - In GS-3 alternating mode this word
indicates which logics are being read out in the
current record:
-1 = unknown
0 LEPT
1 LEMPA
25 49-50 MRRAB Redundancy A/B - indicates which of the
LECP redundant data systems is being used.
-1 unknown
0 A
1 B
26 51-52 MRPRO Processing status
0 S1P
1 S2P, motor corrections applied
27 53-54 MRMOR Motor period in seconds with some special cases:
-1 Not known
0 Not decoded
9000 Encounter Stow (Vgr 2 Jupiter enc)
10000 Stowed or commanded to position
Values implemented in software include
5, 6, 24, 48, 144, 192, 360 (6 min), 384
28-36 55-72 MRS5S Nine S5's for Near Encounter only
37-38 73-76   Spare

List of Header Block Contents (old ftecs)

ITEM INDEX NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

1 1 SCID

I*1

Spacecraft Identification; 1=Voyager 1; 0=Voyager 2
2   MODE

I*1

Spacecraft telemetry mode 01(H)=CR2; 02(H)=CR3; 03(H)=CR4 04(H)=CR5; 05(H)=CR6; 07(H)=CR1 0A(H)=FE; 08(H)=NE; 18(H) or 1D(H) CR5A
Spacecraft Event Time-contains the Greenwich Mean of the first bit of the first spacecraft minor frame used in this LECP major frame
3 2 SCETH

I*2

Spacecraft Event Time, Hour-number of hours since the beginning of the current year plus 24. For the one hour interval Jan 1, 0000-0059 UT, SCET=24. The Day of Year may be computed using DAY=(SCETH/24)
4 3 SCETS

I*2

Spacecraft Event Time (sec.) number of seconds since the beginning of the current hour
5 4 SCETMS

I*2

Spacecraft Event Time, (millisec) no. of milliseconds since the beginning of the current second.
6 5 SCETY

I*2

Spacecraft Event Time, Year-contains the last two digits of the current year (i.e., 77, 78)
7 6 G18ID

I*1

Group 18 Identification-contains the number of the LECP data group being readout at the end of the current LECP major frame
8 7 SCETF

I*1

Spacecraft Event Time Flag-indicates that the spacecraft clock has been corrected in some manner in the JPL processing. Bit 0 indicates correction to the line count (0=none, 1=corrected) bit 1 the MOD60 counter and bit 2 the MOD2**16 counter.
9 7 MOD216

I*2

Mod2**16 Spacecraft Clock Word-contains the spacecraft Mod2**16 word for the first minor frame of the current record. This word is incremented every 48 minutes on the overflow of the Mod60 counter
10 8 M60

I*2

Mod60 Spacecraft Clock Word-contains the spacecraft Mod60 word for the first minor frame of the current record. It has a range of 0 to 59 and is incremented every 48 seconds at the overflow of the line counter
11 9 LC

I*2

Spacecraft Line Counter-contains the line count for the first minor frame in the current record LC ranges from 1 to 800(D) and is incremented every 0.06 seconds
12 10 S1

I*2

LECP Status Word 1, 10 bits, right justified
13 11 S2

I*2

LECP Status Word 2, 10 bits, right justified
14 12 S3

I*2

LECP Status Word 3, 10 bits, right justified
15 13 S4

I*2

LECP Status Word 4, 10 bits, right justified
16 14 S5

I*2

LECP Status Word 5, 10 bits, right Justified
17 15 S6

I*2

LECP Status Word 6, 10 bits, right justified
18 16 MP

I*2

LECP Motor Position-contains the motor position at the end of the current record. Bit 0 is set if the status word indicates motor centering, it is zero otherwise. Bits 1-3 contain the motor position with 0-7 corresponding to sector 1 thru 8 respectively. MP=-1 if motor position is unknown
19 17 NMS

I*2

Number of Motor Steps-indicates the number of motor steps within the current LECP Major Frame. Turn arounds in Sectors 8 and 1 or 2 are considered to be two steps. If = -1, datun is unknown.
20 18 LATEMP

I*2

LECP Log. Amp. Temperature-contains the log. amp. temp. (degrees C) x 128. LATEMP= -9999 if the temperature is unknown
21 19 TTEMP

I*2

LECP Telescope Temperature-contains the telescope temperature (degrees C) x 128. TTEMP= -9999 if the temperature is unknown
22 20 BAI

I*2

Basic Accumulation Interval-contains the number of milliseconds of accumulation times for the group 1 and 2 logics (Exception�for CR5A units are 0,01 sec.!!)
23 21 NG

I*2

Number of Groups-indicates the number of rate groups included in the current major frame
24 22 MRT/MPT

I*2

01=Master Rate Record, 02=Master Pulse Record, 4 SEDR, 10 ENG, 11 Cal
25 23 VN

I*2

Version Number-indicates the version of S1P used to process the current data
26 24 LEPT/LEMPA

I*2

Indicates data type in record: -1=Don't know; 0=LEPT; 1=LEMPA "Normal" NE Logics in GS3
27 25 RED A/B

I*2

Redundancy A or B logic flag, -1 Unknown, 0 = A; 1 = B
28 26 PROC. STAT

I*2

Check SW4 for 50/50. If 50/50 then Item 26 0=LEPT Norm F.E. 1=LEMPA
Also check DQW 14-15=11 (in CR5A 0 = S1P; 1=S2P)
29 27 STEPPING RATE

I*2

Motor period in seconds: -1 = Unknown; 0 = not decoded; 9000 = encounter stow (V2 Jupiter) 10000 Stowed or commanded to position; otherwise one of 5,6,24,48,192,360 or 384 sec.
30 28  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
31 30  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
32 31  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
33 32  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
34 33  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
35 34  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
36 35  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
37 36  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
38 37  

I*2

Status Word 5 (Near Encounter only) otherwise unused.
39 38  

I*2

Spare

Cruise 5A Data Block Contents

Item

Array

Index

Logic

#Avg

Type

Word

40

R3(3,32)

1

PL01

1

R*4

1-3

 

 

2

PL02

1

R*4

4-6

 

 

3

PL03

1

R*4

7-9

 

 

4

PL04

1

R*4

10-12

 

 

5

PL05

1

R*4

13-15

 

 

6

PL06

1

R*4

16-18

 

 

7

PL07

1

R*4

19-21

 

 

8

PL08

1

R*4

22-24

 

 

9

EB01

1

R*4

25-27

 

 

10

EB02

1

R*4

28-30

 

 

11

EB03

1

R*4

31-33

 

 

12

EB04

1

R*4

34-36

 

 

13

EB05

1

R*4

37-39

 

 

14

EG06

1

R*4

40-42

 

 

15

EG07

1

R*4

43-45

 

 

16

EG08

1

R*4

46-48

 

 

17

EG09

1

R*4

49-51

 

 

18

1

1

R*4

52-54

 

 

19

3

1

R*4

55-57

 

 

20

10

1

R*4

58-60

 

 

21

13/46

1

R*4

61-63

 

 

22

16

1

R*4

64-66

 

 

23

17/47

1

R*4

67-69

 

 

24

28

1

R*4

70-72

 

 

25

31

1

R*4

73-75

 

 

26

32

1

R*4

76-78

 

 

27

33

1

R*4

79-81

 

 

28

35

1

R*4

82-84

 

 

29

38

1

R*4

85-87

 

 

30

39

1

R*4

88-90

 

 

31

42

1

R*4

91-93

 

 

32

44

1

R*4

94-96

41

R1(26)

1

AL01

3

R*4

97

 

 

2

AL02

3

R*4

98

 

 

3

4

3

R*4

99

 

 

4

5

3

R*4

100

 

 

5

6

3

R*4

101

 

 

6

7

3

R*4

102

 

 

7

8

3

R*4

103

 

 

8

9

3

R*4

104

 

 

9

11

3

R*4

105

 

 

10

12

3

R*4

106

 

 

11

14

3

R*4

107

 

 

12

15

3

R*4

108

 

 

13

18

3

R*4

109

 

 

14

19

3

R*4

110

 

 

15

20

3

R*4

111

 

 

16

21

3

R*4

112

 

 

17

23

3

R*4

113

 

 

18

24

3

R*4

114

 

 

19

27

3

R*4

115

 

 

20

25

3

R*4

116

 

 

21

34

3

R*4

117

 

 

22

36

3

R*4

118

 

 

23

37

3

R*4

119

 

 

24

41

3

R*4

120

 

 

25

43

3

R*4

121

 

 

26

45

3

R*4

122

42

N3(3,32)

Data Quality Words for R3(3,32)

I*2

 

43

N1(26)

Data Quality Words for R1(26)

I*2

 

Record Structure for Cruise 5A Mode

Header Block 38 I*2 words = 76 bytes Rate Data  = 122 R*4 words + 122 I*2 words = 732 bytes Pulse Height Data 160 bytes

TOTAL = 968 bytes

Explanation of Data Quality Word Contents
Explanation of I*1 Representation
Explanation of I*2 Representation
R*4 Representation
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 1
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 2
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 3
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 4
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 5
Bit Definitions for LECP Status Word 6

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