QUASONIX CONNECTION Volume 1, Issue 1
In this issue:
3rd Generation RDMS™ Release 15 available now!
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We are pleased to announce the latest release of software/firmware for our third-generation RDMS™. Here are just a few of the highlights:
- Best-Channel Selector improvements, including:
- Improved consistency across bit rates
- Front Panel and Browser Interface enhancements to indicate BCS status including current highest quality channel
- Tape Output (Pre-D) controls added to the Front Panel and Browser Interface to simplify feature usage
- RDMS™ update enhancements, including the ability to perform future updates (R16+) over the network or through local media utilizing a package file provided by Quasonix
- Improvements to Frequency Diversity operation
- Expansion of the RDMS™ API to include more controls
- Improved support for importing prior release receiver settings files
- And much more
We’re listening! Our product improvement roadmap is driven by input from you. The release notes for this update contain a full list of feature improvements. Please continue to let us know what we can do to improve the product to help you get the most out of your RDMS™. To receive the release notes and SD update card, if you have any questions about this update, or if you have suggestions for future enhancements, please contact support@quasonix.com.
Preview: The RDMS™ Status Logger
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Need a powerful way to analyze receiver/demodulator mission dynamics? The Quasonix RDMS™ Status Logger is the solution. View metrics in a real-time graphics display and log status to a file. With two available configurations, the RDMS™ Status Logger is versatile AND easy to set up. Custom software provides a simple, intuitive tool to manage logging sessions. What other device can access the data, timestamp them, and log them to a PC hard drive or SD card, enabling unparalleled access to metrics for post-mission analysis? None that we know of.
Up to two times a second, the RDMSTM Status Logger accesses over 70 receiver measurements – including input power, EbN0, frequency offset, timing error, probability of bit error (PBE), and STC metrics – timestamps them, and logs them to a drive. Real-time graphics give a strip-chart style view of the data. This analysis may offer powerful insight into the telemetry behavior over the course of the mission.
Features include:
- A permanent record of all receiver settings is generated before and after logging
- Transparent to receiver operation
- Runs standalone (4 receivers) or on a host PC (using Serial Interface Module)
- Remote interface to standalone status logger over Ethernet, using VNC client
- Additional tools for telemetry analysis:
- Bitrate detector—scans input to determine the bit rate
- Spectral survey—surveys the input power seen by the receiver vs frequency
- Terminal for direct chat with receiver “bricks”
![Eleven-second looping GIF showing the logging of Q (BEP) on Channel 1, Channel 2, and the Combiner](https://www.quasonix.com/files/status-logger-demo.gif)
The LinkView application, included with the Status Logger system, provides a post-mission report generator, interactive charts, and data management for the status logger data. As the saying goes, “That which is measured, improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.”
![Screen capture of the LinkView application, showing a clean layout of the Session Manager and the TM Link Overview screen](https://www.quasonix.com/files/rdms-status-logger-link-view-768x491.jpg)
To learn more, check out the status logger product page or contact us at sales@quasonix.com.
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