This programming handbook presents the results of work performed by members of the Telemetry Group (TG) under Task TG-83 of the Range Commanders Council (RCC). This document provides information to assist programmers in developing software for use with RCC Document 106, Telemetry Standard, historically referred to as Inter-range Instrumentation Group (IRIG 106). Therefore this document contains frequent references to the IRIG 106 document, primarily Chapter 10, Digital Recording Standard; it also covers aspects of Chapter 6 and Chapter 9.

Introduction

• The Range Commanders Council (RCC) and History of TMATS Telemetry

Getting Started With A Simple Example

• A Simple Example
• Attribute General Syntax and Semantics
• A “Measurement” by any Other Name
• A “Look and Feel” Example
• Attributes for the Look and Feel Example
• Let’s Talk About Bits

Completing The Simple Example

• The G-Group – General Information
• The T-Group – Transmission Attributes
• The M-Group – Multiplex/Modulation Attributes
• The P-Group – PCM Format Attributes
• The D-Group – PCM Measurement Description
• The C-Group – Data Conversion Attributes
• The Completed TMATS File

General Structure And Groups

More TMATS Examples

• Examples for Various Measurement Location Types
• Concatenation Examples
• Examples for Setting up Transmission Attributes
• Chapter 10 Recorder Examples

Extensible Markup Language (XML) TMATS Differences

Stuff People Should Never Have Done (But You Need To Be Able To Interpret)