RASS-R Data Replay - Intersoft Electronics
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1. Configuration Figure 4 3 Replay convert finished Now stop and close the session in order to have the rpl file finished correctly Not performing this step will result in a corrupt rpl file When the process 1s done we can compare the original file and the new file in Windows Explorer as in the figure below The original file is an EDR file always together with its index file 1 the replay file has extension rpl now 100714 0800 File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Back 2 42 Search gt gt Folders Address 0 4100714 0800 Go Folders x Name Size Type Date Modified SD Ed 100714 D800 edr 3 689 KB EDR File 7 14 2010 11 30 g 100714 0800 idx 429KB IDXFile 7 14 2010 11 30 t REPLAY CONVERT 100714 0800 Sele File Edit Favorites Tools Help ae Back 2 P Search gt gt Folders Address 23 Us REPLAY CONVERT 100714 0800 Eo Folders x Mame Size Type Date Modified 8 SE D on 10 20 100 3 P3 U REPLAY CONVERT 100714 D8 7 434 RPL File 7 14 2010 11 53 100714_0800 CONVERT 100714 0800 Figure 4 4 edr file versus rpl file INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 21 4 2 Configure a DHM session to replay the file Because the Data Replay tool connects to a replay module in a DHM session we create the following DHM session named 9 OUTPUT The purpose of this session 15 tw2. The window will automatically list all the available Replay sources running on the selected DHM In other words the names displayed REPLAY RDR10 and REPLAY RDR9 correspond to names set in the Replay module see figure above running on DHM server 10 20 100 3 5570 Each replay entry can only correspond to one replay source In case you define a wrong IP address or port number the following dialog will appear TMD invalid IP Ay Invalid IP address and or port number Enter IP address in dot notation or type hostname folowed a colon and the port number DHM default port is 5570 Figure 3 5 Invalid IP address or port number INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 16 Secondly select the correct replay file This can be done using the button Select the correct path and look for a file with extension rpl When you are in the right folder press the button Look in 7 06064 My Recent Documents B Desktop My Documents 43 My Computer File name DBOBA My Network Files of type AI Files Select Cur Dir Figure 3 6 Select rpl file If a file is selected the recorded start and end time will be shown as in the figure below You can use the slider to define a time window in the file to be replayed Ex To be configured Name REPLAY RDR10 DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp 10 20 100 3 5570 Replay F
3. 7 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL The following conventions are used in this manual Note This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note which alerts you to important information Caution This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution which alerts you to the possibility of data loss or a system crash AJ Warning This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a warning which alerts you to the possibility of damage to you or your equipment ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 8 1 Introduction This manual describes how to use the Data Replay tool in the RASS R toolbox Data Replay can be used for synchronous and actual time stamped replay of radar data from and to any type of input output using the DHM functionality Before continuing with this user manual it is necessary to understand the operation of the DHM and to have read its user manual Refer to IE UM 00025 xxx DHM pdf In order to inject data into an ATC system for simulation testing or replay purposes you might have the need to change the Time Of Detection from the original plot data Only in this way a Multi Radar Tracker or MRT like for example ARTAS from EUROCONTROL will process the injected plots because the TOD now contains the actual UTC time again Updating the original TOD to the current UTC synchronized TOD is performed on an edr recording with the RASS R Data Replay to
4. an ATC centre by using a RDR803 41 Convert edr data into rpl file In the session below you can see that the file 100714 0800 edr used in EDRReplay module contains 4 ASTERIX recordings and 1 AIRCAT recording They are all converted into one replay file titled REPLAY CONVERT 100714 0800 rpl gt DHM Session Editor REPLAY_CONVERT File Edit Operate Tools Advanced Help 22 ILI A Configuration EDRReplay 100714 0800 Figure 4 1 DHM session for replay file convert The next table explains some settings in more detail 5 EDRReplay Setup The edr file that we want to convert into a rpl General Script file 1s titled 100714 0800 and is saved on the Source path n Because you just want to convert this file at e Singe ros MU once you can increase its speed to for example Continuous status 0 time index range 50 Do not set to continuous replay the edr start time current time end time file 08 00 00 21 08 00 00 21 08 30 00 11 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 Upon correct selection of a source path you will see a valid start and end time Data Replay User Manual 9 AsterixCatSplitte Use the ASTERIXCatSplitter to split multiple Enable selectors and enter category numbers separated ASTERIX data messages in a single protocol s frame Do this for all categories present in the T 4 data stream 1 category 1 and 2 OL
5. installed on your and has a shortcut on the desktop It can also be accessed using the Windows Start menu The toolbox is displayed in Figure 2 1 RASS R toolbox The current version of the RASS R toolbox is displayed in the right upper corner The Data Replay tool is part of this RASS R toolbox and can be opened using the appropriate icon Ead Curent Configuration DEMO CAMPAIGN RASS R i overage Map Calculation Pa INTERSOFT Figure 2 1 RASS R toolbox The menu bar contains the following items Table 2 1 RASS R menu bar When this button is clicked the Help window will appear and show help Help window information whenever you point over a button Campaign change Click this to make an appropriate campaign structure see further Quit the application Exit i TE 2m Y ITI Lia 250 m d reni us I x Data Replay User Manual 12 Clicking the button allows the selection of the RASS R campaign folder Select the correct path Upon completion you should have the following directory structure created as in Figure 2 2 Campaign directory structure 20098 3 CAMPAIGN RASS R M SSR DATA Ey EXPORTS INTERROGATIONS E LINKED DATA E 22 NETWORK 2 PREFS PSR RECORDINGS REPORT 2 RESULTS SCENARIO VIDEO Figure 2 2 Campaign directory structure When you make a campai
6. will only show an updated TOD when the Time Of Recording TOR 15 set again This is only done at DHM Input modules like UDPInput UDRInput etc For this reason as in the DHM session PP3 9 OUTPUT the replayed data in the MRD3 will still have the TOD from the recorded file since the reference timestamp TOR 1s not updated yet On the contrary ASTERIX CAT048 directly displayed in the MRD3 will show the actual TOD For correct creation of TOD and further time analysis it is important to have the RASS R UTC synchronized For example by NTP Remark about data sources without timestamp for example some versions of AIRCATS500 If data sources without timestamp are replayed it is clear that no timestamp will be updated nor added Though the Replay module allows replaying non timestamped data e g AIRCAT for synchronization reasons with other timestamped data ASTERIX ELECTRONICS
7. DD amp fools Figure 4 7 Configuration of a session Click to select a corresponding replay source in a DHM and select REPLAY RDR9 Press OK Replay source dialog Replay Source Selection DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp 10 20 100 3 5570 Replay sources REPLAY RDR 9 Figure 4 8 Select the appropriate replay source INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 24 Now press gt to choose an appropriate rpl file Remember to select and not just the rpl file to open Only when you see a valid start and end time the file is correctly loaded See remark at page 15 gt To be configured Name REPLAY RDR 9 DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp 10 20 100 3 5570 Replay File DAREPLAY CONVERT 100714_0800 start time current time end time 08 00 00 21 08 00 00 21 08 30 00 13 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 Figure 4 9 File correctly configured If the configuration 15 setup successful the user interface will be as follows gt Replay V1 0 3 fee _______ Status REPLAY RDR 9 10 20 100 3 5570 Available Figure 4 10 User interface with session loaded When we start the replay by clicking gt in the Data Replay tool user interface the Status will be running gt Replay V1 0 3 zler e gt DHM IP Status REPLAY ROR 10 20 100 3 5570 Running Figure 4 11
8. Data Replay is running Consequently the session in the DHM with the same replay module name will be started as INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 25 well gt DHM Conf Manager 2 13 0 File Tools View Advanced Help DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp localhost 5570 gt P OV REPLAY CONVERT Figure 4 12 Session started in the DHM Configuration Manager As a result the DHM session will show green blocks that are running Upon opening the status window of the Replay module one will see the filename the progress and the original TOD start and end time The fact that the modules referring to the MRD3 are yellow means that no MRD3 is currently running gt DHM Session Editor PP3 RDR 9 OUTPUT File Edit Operate Tools Advanced Help Ar A 02 00 OB FO 50 02 CO 41 2 01 3 Name LARNACA Jf Source E XDATA BASS BXBEPLAY COMPILED Start 03 00 00 046 End 11 59 59 968 Current 09 01 01 546 Progress 1 amp Figure 4 13 DHM Session active INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 26 Remark about ASTERIX CAT001 and ASTERIX CAT048 Both ASTERIX versions use a different encoding of TOD e ASTERIX CAT001 1141 Truncated Time of Day 16 bit value which is TOD reference to midnight and reset to zero every midnight e ASTERIX CAT048 I140 TOD 24 bit value which is the absolute timestamp in UTC Because of this difference ASTERIX 1
9. IGURE A REPLAY ENTRY sissacdsccdeccdsawecadadedecsonavecacdanedeasdcacseadadebedensaceeaciaaeasandownces 14 325 LOAD AVE AAC ehe S S BIER a ______6_6_6_6__ ___ _ 17 3 4 PLAY STOPA RBBPLAY CONFIGURATION pP E eR a TEE 17 4 ae 18 41 CONVERT EDR DATA INTO 18 4 2 CONFIGURE DHM SESSION TO REPLAY THE FILE ccsscececcececcececcecccsceceececeececescecescscusescesescesescecescs 21 4 3 CONFIGURATION OF THE DATA REPLAY TOOL ccceccsceccececcccececcececcsceccscecescecescecescecesescsescusescesesceseecs 23 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 6 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1 1 DHM ReplayRecorder and Replay 4 8 AS ie LOO ON __ _6_____________ 11 2 2 Campa QI qud Iz Jon T SURE IOI IC TO E 13 PU PANI RU NT 14 MEUS 15 Replay SOW onthe PUEDES 15 Figure 3 3 Invalid IF ddress OF DONT E E eE r EEE EE ERE E TE e E eE Er NE e Eeri 15 VCC E RETE E E E E E E E E EEA EATE 16 Foure Con
10. OOI I141 7 INTERSOFT Typically a MRT does not use outdated plots in its multi radar tracking proces ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 9 Step 2 Injection of the replay file Finally the injection of the rpl file is fully controlled by the Data Replay tool together with the Replay module in the DHM The injected data has a time accuracy of 10msec INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 10 Schematically the configuration is as follows Step 1 creation of a replay file in a DHM session live stream Replay V1 0 3 Step 2 replay of a file using the File Operate Help 2 f Jt J 0 Replay tool in combination with Name __ _____________ _ J _____ Status a the DHM To be configured a UDP or serial output Connection between To Multi Radar Replay Tool Display 3 and DHM As one can see in the figure above step 2 the output of the DHM Replay module is again an edr datastream which can be sent to any of the following DHM modules UDPOutput to output over UDP RadarOutput to output to a MRD3 but convert to D6 again first UDR600 or RDR803 to output on serial interface EDRrecorder to record the data again as edr data stream For more information refer to the user manual of the DHM IE UM 00025 xxx DHM pdf INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 11 The RASS R toolbox 1s
11. RASS R Data Replay Edition 6 Edition Date 31 MAY 13 Status Released Issue INTERSOFT DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SHEET DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Document Title RASS R Data Replay User Manual Document Reference Number EDITION 006 EDITION DATE 31 MAY 13 Abstract This manual describes how to use the Data Replay tool in the RASS R toolbox Data Replay can be used for synchronous and actual time stamped replay of radar data from and to any type of input output using the DHM functionality Keywords Replay Synchronous replay Replay source DHM Data injection Multi radar tracker CONTACT PERSON BERT SAUVILLER TEL 32 14 231811 DOCUMENT STATUS AND STATUS CATEGORY ______________ Working Draft 1 Executive Task Draft Specialist Task Proposed Issue Lower Layer Task Released Issue ELECTRONIC BACKUP HOST SYSTEM Medialdentification O S INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 3 DOCUMENT APPROVAL The following table identifies all authorities who have successively approved the present issue of this document AUTHORITY NAME AND SIGNATURE DATE BERT SAUVILLER 08 08 07 Editor Ing Jeroen Janssens 01 09 10 Ing Bert Sauviller 31 05 13 Ing Glenn Bosmans 17 05 13 Director ATC Ing M Vanuytven MEM Director Software Ir E Moons Department INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 4 DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD The fol
12. gn folder with the RASS R toolbox it is preferred to make it on a separate drive than the drive where your operation system is on For example as in the figure above a structure named CAMPAIGN RASS R is created on the D drive INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 13 3 Software usage 31 User Interface Clicking the icon in RASS S tools Analysis list opens the Data Replay tool and the following window will appear E Replay V1 0 3 File Operate Help 2 e A m Figure 3 1 Data Replay tool 3 1 1 File menu The menu contains the following items Most of them are also available using the buttons explained in the next paragraph Table 3 1 File menu po Start a replay session Stop a replay session Main help menu to access all help items oo INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 14 3 1 2 Menu bar The next table gives a brief summary of all the buttons The usage will become clear when reading this manual Table 3 2 Menu bar Under development BR E aaa 0 El oaee Remove arpay seston 0 WB save _________ Groa enda configuration Tse te repy 0 W siop This buton stops the replay ____ 3 2 Add delete and configure a replay entry When you click the button an entry named be configured will be added in the list Multiple entries can be configured which ca
13. ile UREPLAYFILEl0606A start time current time end time 06 06 49 30 06 06 49 30 06 26 21 42 2009 06 03 2009 06 03 2009 06 03 Figure 3 7 Configuration completed If no start or end time is displayed your file is not correctly selected empty or corrupt If the configuration is setup successful the user interface will be as follows iE Replay V1 0 3 DHM IP Status REPLAY ROR 8 10 20 100 3 5570 Available 10 20 100 3 5570 Available Figure 3 8 Entry completed INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 17 3 3 Load Save a configuration saving and loading a configuration is possible by simply clicking and eie Fa gt Save Configuration as Ex Load Configuration Figure 3 9 Save Load a configuration 3 4 Play stop areplay configuration The last step is to run a replay entry clicking the m button Consequently you will also see that the corresponding sessions in the DHM Server are running gt Replay V1 0 3 2 lell fee t i gt __ pduHMIPP statuss REPLAY ROR 8 10 20 100 3 5570 Running Figure 3 10 2 Sessions running lt gt gt INTERSOFT am gt TN anf ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 18 4 Tutorial This tutorial explains about an arbitrary edr file that is converted into a rpl file and then injected in
14. lowing table records the complete history of the successive editions of the present document SECTIONS EDITION DATE REASON FOR CHANGE PAGES AFFECTED 08 08 07 New document compatible with software release 1 0 1 13 10 09 Filename changed None Replay files can have 12 data sources from DHM v2 9 1 The printscreens in the tutorial are not updated yet All All 01 09 10 User manual up to date with Data Replay v1 0 1 and DHM All v2 10 0 Updated with new printscreens and a more comprehensive tutorial for example with respect to the ASTERIXCatSplitter Important remark added about ASTERIX 1 and 48 data and non timestamped radar data See end of this user manual 1 1 2 3 4 28 JUN 11 Minor typing errors corrected 30 JUL 12 Introduction rephrased rephrasing of chapter 2 rephrasing 8 11 12 of paragraph 3 1 logo updated updated by BSA 17 MAY 13 User manual updated to Data Replay v1 0 3 and DHM 10 11 13 14 15 v2 13 0 16 17 23 24 25 NN 1 24 06 08 Layout updated 5 ay INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ess cree teen ens cee 8 2 RASS R TOOLBOX o 0510222253022394 3502555 8942532098025204040 204 0 005 20202 0 0 UE 11 3 ABE ONT CO DERE 13 o Dogs eR 13 3 1 1 DTI 13 3 1 2 EEA 14 3 2 AXDD DBELETE AND CONF
15. n be replayed all simultaneously As you can see in the image below another entry named REPLAY RDR9 is present gt Replay V1 0 3 Er SEriB 10 20 100 3 5570 Available be configured Localhost 5570 Mot Found Figure 3 2 First step For the entry that we just added we now have to make a connection with a DHM server and select an appropriate file for replay AL 4 y 4 NA TER IT re Pri S ma am ae 2508 cT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 15 Click the button and the next window will appear gt To be configured Name To be configured DHM IP Localhost 5570 Replay File start time current time end time 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD Figure 3 3 Configuration First the Data Replay tool must connect to a DHM background server where a replay module in a session is configured Click and the following window will open 2 Replay modules configured gt Replay source dialog A in a session Replay Source Selection DHM IP xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp Replay 10 20 100 3 5570 REPLAY BORIC Replay sources REPLAY RDR10 REPLAY RDR 9 Replay REPLAY RDR3 Figure 3 4 Replay source dialog You can fill in the IP address and port of the DHM background In case it is running on your local computer it is sufficient to choose local host
16. nouration esscriuan a ea aae r naa aea eaer naaa ia 16 Parede d E 16 I Load a confi oura OM 17 o Tni 17 Figure 4 1 DHM session Jor replay THO CONV ETE R 18 Fiore J Frores VOD ULTRI RET a 19 Foure 3 Replay CONVENT 20 T oreda edr CRETA LEGI 20 Figure 4 5 DHM Session Jor 21 Ficure 109 101277 1272 23 75 d NeSSIOIO 2 DN bluagadaaatenweaataaaadeeeionte 23 Figure 4 8 Select the appropriate replay 23 Ficure 2 9 PLC COV CCH COMO CO ERBEN ERRARE 24 Figure 4 10 User interface with session 24 Figure 4 11 Data Replay is __ 24 Figure 4 12 Session started in the DHM Configuration 25 Figure 4 13 DUM oe areca ___________ _ __ 23 TABLE OF TABLES Tabie z i RASS Menu DUF 11 13 VOUS D2 IGT AEN E EA IEE SIEA S E A E E OEI A E _ ___ _ 14 INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual
17. oT This is not applicable on for example o RM AIRCAT because AIRCAT only has one AIRCAT message in AIRCAT frame i Asterix Cat 001 002 Setup 23 Instead of output type D6 we choose Replay Output Selection UAPs UAP Param Version Time Keeper Filter Type SAC SIC Rei o d 4 rn wl E 0 buffer status TREAN 0 50 100 2 ReplayRecorder Setup Select a correct path as destination where the Destination path replay file will be saved D REPLAY CONVERT The Input1 2 3 4 5 6 dropdown list only buffer status 9 5 10701 8 displays the buffer status for that particular 0 50 100 input Now start the session in the DHM Configuration Manager and the convert process will begin The status of the convert can be checked any time by double clicking the EDRReplay module gt EDRReplay Setup General Script Source path 0 1100714 0800 type Singe Speed 502 Continuous statu 16 518 time index range start time current time end time 08 00 00 21 08 04 57 53 08 30 00 11 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 2010 07 14 Figure 4 2 Progress 16 518 of the file INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 20 When the edr file is replayed the EDRReplay module will turn yellow instead of green E DHM Session Editor REPLAY CONVERT File Edit Operate Tools Advanced Help Ae B
18. ofold e Output injection of all data by means of the serial lines in a Radar Data Recorder RDRS 03 with serial number 9 that contains 3 UDR2 s serial number 161 163 162 e Secondly we want to display the data in a MRD3 for which we configure 5 RadarOutput modules It is clear that this step is not necessary for injection of data but it is a good check to verify if the replayed data is correct Build a session as follows gt DHM Session Editor PP3_RDR_9_ OUTPUT File Edit Operate Tools Advanced Help EJ FIGLI Geb A Configuration UDR2 161 out U HDLC Figure 4 5 DHM session for data replay Take care of the following settings Description Replay Setup This is the most important module in the DHM session It is Data Replay tool that connects to this module In other words the name given here REPLAY RDR will be visible in the Data Replay tool as well Upon selection of the Keep original time stamp the data will be replayed with original TOD ELECTRONICS Data Replay gt AsterixCatSplitte Enable selectors and enter category numbers separated Duo OL OL OL buffer status SYNC __________ gt Asterix Cat 001 002 Setup Output Selection UAPs Param Version Time Keeper Filter Type SAC SIC o _ buffer statu
19. ol in combination with the Data Handling Manager Plots and tracks are replayed in exactly the same order and time as they are recorded Of course one of the main requirements is that the RASS computer system for data injection is also synchronized to UTC by means of a NTP time server or by Intersoft Electronics GPS450 Data replay injection is done in two steps Step 1 Creation of a replay file A data source must be converted to a replay file extension rpl so that the position of the TOD 1 the file 15 exactly known Only with a correct index as pointers to the TOD the Data Replay tool can real time update the TOD of every single plot This convert is performed with the module called ReplayRecorder in the DHM Figure 1 1 DHM ReplayRecorder and Replay module A data source for the replay recorder can either be a live data stream or a recorded edr file The ReplayRecorder can contain up to 12 different data streams live or recorded coming from different type of sensors for example ASTERIX CAT034 048 together with ASTERIX CAT001 002 In case data without a TOD in its message content like for example 5 needs to be injected as well it can be sent to the same ReplayRecorder This data source will be replayed synchronously with all other timestamped data sources while maintaining the same order of all plots as they were input TOD in ASTERIX CAT048 1140 or Truncated Time of Day in ASTERIX CAT
20. s 0 50 100 gt Radar Output Setup Type UDP EN Timeout xxx xxx xxx xxx pppp TTL same subnet 1 User Manual 222 Use the ASTERIXCatSplitter to split multiple ASTERIX data messages in a single protocol frame Do this for all categories present in the data stream 1 e category 1 and 2 This is not applicable on for example AIRCAT because AIRCAT only has one AIRCAT message in an AIRCAT frame Instead of output type Replay we choose now D6 as the data type to connect with the Radar Output module In order to connect to MRD3 you configure the Radar Output module as follows PPR3 RDR9 is the name of the data stream that will be visible as digital layer in the MRD3 The data is sent over UDP leaving from local network card 10 20 100 3 and sent to multicast address 225 1 1 130 13001 with a TTL equal to the same subnet INTERSOFT ELECTRONICS Data Replay User Manual 3 x 4 3 Configuration of the Data Replay tool Click the button to have a default entry loaded Replay V1 0 3 1200808915 v Mame DHM IP Status To be configured Localhost 5570 Not found Figure 4 6 Default session loaded Click the button to configure this entry gt To be configured DHM IP Localhost 5570 Replay File start time current time end time 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD YYYY MM
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