9.2 PCF
The PCF (Parameter Characteristics Files, an old ESA name) are HouseKeeping parameter description files mimicked on packetcaps, in turn
the Unix termcap files.
Full definition of PCF files is kept WHERE???. In brief
however one shall note the following guidelines :
- the general syntax (comment lines, continuation lines, fields etc.) is the same of
packetcap files
- the first line of a PCF entry begins with the HK parameter mnemonic
followed by a pipe (|) and a comment, followed by field entries
- a compulsory field is :pk=packet: which points to a
packetcap entry for the telemetry packet which
contains the particular HK parameter.
- other fields consider the parameter commutation, its position in the record,
its physical units and the calibration curve necessary to convert it to
physical units. For explanation look in comments in actual PCFs
The current PCF files for SAX instruments can be inspected here :
- spacecraft
HK
- MECS
HK
data under spacecraft telemetry (this is actually a link to the next file
but must exist in the spacecraft subdirectory)
- MECS
HK
- HPGSPC
HK
- PDS
HK
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