Protocol Definition for TTX Beacon to Ground Stations ===================================================== Introduction ------------ - using CW on FSK - transceiver should send a beacon about every 60s - transceiver sends a aknowledge frame if requested - parity Signs (Char Table) ------------------ !"$&'()+ ,-./0123 456789:; <=>?@ABC DEFGHIJK LMNOPQRS TUVWXYZ Base32 Coded Signs ------------------ | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F ------------------------------------- 00 | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 10 | Q R S T U V W X Y Z 2 3 4 5 6 7 Beacon Frame: ------------- 'N' (1 Sign) .. Start Character (-.) CALLSIGN (4 Signs) .. the satellites call sign (i.e. OE0M) CNT (3 Signs) .. beacon counter (Base32) STATE (1 Sign) .. Base32 coded bitfield CMDQLEN (1 Sign) .. Number of commands in queue (Base32) ... tba CHECKSUM (1 Sign) .. Parity Sign Bitfields ~~~~~~~~~ STATE: LSB RX_STATE .. Payload Receiver State (0 = OFF, 1 = ON) ... tba MSB Aknowledge Frame ---------------- 'A' (1 Sign) .. Start Character (.-) CRXCODE (1 Sign) .. unscrambled command code from CRX CHECKSUM (1 Sign) .. Parity Sign