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STANAG MessagesDigiCORA® III
USER'S GUIDEM210551EN-A
September 2004
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1GENERAL INFORMATION............................................................................ 3
About This Manual ................................................................... 3Contents of This Manual ....................................................... 3Related Manuals ................................................................... 3Feedback............................................................................... 4
Safety......................................................................................... 4General Safety Considerations ............................................. 4
Trademarks ............................................................................... 4License Agreement .................................................................. 5Warranty.................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 7
Introduction to STANAG.......................................................... 7
CHAPTER 3OPERATION................................................................................................... 9
Creating STANAG Messages ................................................ 10Editing STANAG Messages................................................... 14
CHAPTER 4PARAMETERS............................................................................................. 19
MOBOB.................................................................................... 23Browse Miniview .................................................................... 23Message End-of-Line marker ................................................ 25
List of FiguresFigure 1 Coded Location ........................................................................ 10Figure 2 Messages Window ................................................................... 11Figure 3 Coding Message ...................................................................... 12Figure 4 Coded Messages Tab .............................................................. 13Figure 5 Select Coded Message to Edit ................................................. 14Figure 6 Edit - METCM Window............................................................. 15Figure 7 Editing Data Content ................................................................ 16Figure 8 Edit Message Text Window...................................................... 17Figure 9 Confirmation Message ............................................................. 17Figure 10 Send Edited Message .............................................................. 18Figure 11 AskParams Value..................................................................... 22Figure 12 ParamDlg Value ....................................................................... 22
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Figure 13 Added Values to METCM.........................................................23Figure 14 MOBOB ....................................................................................23Figure 15 Browse Miniview.......................................................................24Figure 16 EndOfLineMarker .....................................................................25
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CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
This chapter provides general notes for the product.
About This ManualThis manual provides information for creating and editing STANAGmessages using DigiCORA® III.
Contents of This ManualThis manual consists of the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, General Information, provides general notes for theproduct.
- Chapter 2, Introduction, introduces standard meteorologicalmessages as determined by NATO Standardization Agreement(STANAG) available with DigiCORA® III.
- Chapter 3, Operation, describes how to create and edit STANAGmeteorological messages using DigiCORA® III.
- Chapter 4, Parameters, explains how to configure the system to askcertain message values from the user when a message is generated.
Related ManualsTable 1 Related ManualsManual Code Manual NameM210488en-A MW31 DigiCORA® III User's Guide
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FeedbackVaisala Customer Documentation Team welcomes your commentsand suggestions on the quality and usefulness of this publication. Ifyou find errors or have other suggestions for improvement, pleaseindicate the chapter, section, and page number. You can sendcomments to us by e-mail: [email protected]
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NOTE Note highlights important information on using the product.
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License AgreementAll rights to any software are held by Vaisala or third parties. Thecustomer is allowed to use the software only to the extent that isprovided by the applicable supply contract or Software LicenseAgreement.
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CHAPTER 2
INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces standard meteorological messages asdetermined by NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG)available with DigiCORA® III.
Introduction to STANAGThe following STANAG messages are available in DigiCORA® III.To access all available messages, you will need have installed theoptional DigiCORA® III STANAG software.
Table 2 STANAG Meteorological MessagesMessage DescriptionMETB2 Standard Ballistic Meteorological Message (STANAG 4061)METB3 Standard Ballistic Meteorological Message (STANAG 4061)METCM Standard Artillery Computer Meteorological Message (STANAG 4082)METFM Standard Fallout Meteorological Message (STANAG 2103)METGM Standard Gridded Data Meteorological Message (STANAG 6022)METSR Sound Ranging Meteorological MessageMETSRX Sound Ranging Meteorological MessageMETTA Standard Target Acquisition Meteorological Message (STANAG 4140)
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CHAPTER 3
OPERATION
This chapter describes how to create and edit STANAGmeteorological messages using DigiCORA® III.
During sounding preparations, when station position information isrequested from the user, Coded Location information is alsorequested.
Check the Coded location box if you want to use the string shown inthe box next to this selection in STANAG messages as station positioninformation instead of station latitude and longitude. Default valuesfor these can be set with the Station Position dialog. Here you canchange the default value and new values will be used for all messagesgenerated during this sounding.
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Figure 1 Coded Location
Creating STANAG MessagesThe following steps will guide you through the process of creatingSTANAG messages using the DigiCORA® III software.
1. In the task miniview pane, click on the Messages icon. This willopen the Messages window, shown in Figure 2 on page 11.
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Figure 2 Messages Window
2. Select the required message format from the AvailableMessages tab listed in column Message by clicking on the nameof the message.
When you have made your selection, press the Code button tocode the message. The text (Coding..) will appear beside theselected message.
In this example, the METCM message is used. See Figure 4 onpage 12 for illustration.
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Figure 4 Coding Message
3. When coding has completed, the Coded Message tab willbecome active automatically. Under the Coded Messages tab itis possible to view the contents of each message by clicking onthe name of the message.
4. Click the meteorological message you coded (in this examplethe message is METCM) to view the contents of the message.See Figure 6 on page 13 for details.
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Figure 6 Coded Messages Tab
5. If you wish to send the message without editing, click themessage name to close the tree. The Send button is now active.Press Send to send the message. If you wish check the messageonce more, you can scroll the right pane where the contents ofthe message is shown against a gray background.
If you wish to edit the message proceed to section EditingSTANAG Messages on page 14.
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Editing STANAG MessagesThe following steps will guide you through the process of editingSTANAG messages using the DigiCORA® III software.
1. In the Coded Messages window, double-click the message youhave coded (as explained in section Creating STANAGMessages on page 10) to access it's contents.
In this example, the METCM message is used. click on the iconindicated with pencil and pad image. This will activate the Editbutton. See Figure 8 below. Press Edit to continue.
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Figure 8 Select Coded Message to Edit
2. This will open the edit window for the selected message. In thisexample, the Edit - METCM window appears. In this window
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we are able to edit data gathered into the METCM message. Fordetails refer to Figure 9 below.
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Figure 9 Edit - METCM Window
3. To edit, simply click into the field (on the number you wish toedit) and type. As shown in Figure 10 on page 16. The Insertbutton will insert a new row at the end of the message. To deletea row first click on the row you wish to delete from the message,then press Delete. Notice that some values in Editing Dialog arepresented in different units than in actual message. For exampleWind Direction is in METCM message as mils and in dialog asdegrees.
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Figure 10 Editing Data Content
4. Click out of the altered field (either with your mouse or pressany arrow key) to activate another field. Otherwise the changesmade will not be saved. Then press Save. If you do not wish tomake any further changes, simply press Close.
5. In the following screen, you are able to edit the text of themessage. In this case, the METCM text can be edited directly.The tab will read Coded Messages - Editing METCM. SeeFigure 12 on page 17 for details.
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Figure 12 Edit Message Text Window
6. Once again, when you have made your changes press Save. Ifyou do not wish to make any changes, simply press Close.
7. If you have not saved your changes and press close, you willreceive the following confirmation message. Make yourselection by clicking Yes or No.
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Figure 14 Confirmation Message
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8. At this stage, you will automatically return to the AvailableMessages tab. The Send button is active and the edited messageis ready. See Figure 15 below.
9. Press Send to send the message.
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Figure 15 Send Edited Message
NOTE If you wish check the message once more, you can scroll the rightpane where the contents of the message is shown against a graybackground. If further editing is necessary, repeat the steps of thissection.
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CHAPTER 4
PARAMETERS
Every message has a set of parameters that effects message coding.Not all messages has same parameters. Parameters are describe intable below.
Table 3 ParametersName Range DescriptionLayerInformation Top of each layer (zone) in the
message (METB2, METB3, METCM,METFM, METGM, METSR,METSRX, METTA) in meters aboveground.
METB2(3)DensityFactors
Ballistic density factors(METB2,METB3)
METB2(3)Temperature
Temperature weighting factors(METB2,METB3)
METB2(3)Wind Wind weighting factors(METB2,METB3)
METB3TemperatureToDensity
Temperature weighting factors forballistic density (METB3)
StandardDensity Standard values for density (METB2,METB3)
StandardTemperature Standard values for temperature(METB2, METB3)
MessageType 0,1 Type of message (METFM). 0 METFM format 1 Basic Wind Data (BWD) format
DataSource max. 40char
Defines field 'Data-Source' inGroup1 of METGM. This can befreely chosen text (white spacesallowed), numbers etc. Themaximum length is 40 characters. Ifthe length is less, the text string isautomatically appended with dashes('-'). If the
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Name Range Description length is more than 40 characters,the string is simply truncated
LevelInformation List of height levels (METGM). EDTlevels from which data is wanted(see also explanation for HeightMode). The values areheights in meters above GROUND(not Mean Sea Level). The levelsbeyond the sounding end are notincluded in the message. A value set"200 500 1000 1500" produces an equal set of values inthe Group4, and the Group5 valuesare taken from the correspondingEDT levels as such. Additionally,one can define only one value,namely '-1', for shortcut to get allEDT levels to the message. When LevelInformation is set to '-1',there is no limit for the amount oflevels in the message. When value '-1' is used, it has to be the ONLYlevel defined for LevelInformation.
HeightMode 1,2 Defines how the message iscalculated (METGM). 1 means thatthe message is calculated likeMetCM (i.e. message data are layermean values), and layers aredefined in LayerInformationparameter.2 means that the message datavalues are the exact values from thecorresponding EDT levels. Theselevels are defined inLevelInformation parameter.
MessageParameters 0,2,3,5,6,7
List of parameters for which data willbe included in the message(METGM). Allowed parametervalues are:0 - terrain elevation above MSL (m)2 - horizontal wind speed componentpositive to the east (m/s)3 - horizontal wind speed componentpositive to the north (m/s)5 - air temperature (K)6 - relative humidity (%)7 - pressure (hPa)
TimeStep Defines the value of the time stepparameter 'dt' in Group3 (METGM)
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Name Range DescriptionWindWeighting Weighting factors for wind (METSR,
METSRX)CloudCode 3 char Indicates the height in decametres of
the bas of the lowest cloud (METTA)EncryptionCode 2 char String, included in message
(MOBOB)
It is possible to configure the system to ask certain values to beincluded in the message from the user when a message is generated.These values are defined in the following database locations;
- \SYSPAR\Messages\Parameters\<Message name>
The parameters that can be asked from the user are listed in Table 4below.
Table 4 User ParametersName Possible values DescriptionIsCodedLocation 0, 1 0 means that location in message is station
location, 1 means that location in messageis value define in CodedLocation
CodedLocation (6 first characters) Defines value that is used in message aslocation when IsCodedLocation is 1
DurationOfValidity 0 ... 9 Duration of the period of validity, in hoursfrom 1 to 8; code 9 indicates 12 hours. Also0 can be used.
FormatSpecification 1, 2 Message format, see example belowCloudCode The height above the Meteorological Datum
Plane (MDP) of the base of the lowestcloud at the point of observation, given intens of metres above MDP. Default value999 will include /// to message
If you want to change parameters default values change values located\SYSPAR\Messages\Parameters\<Message name>.
In Format Specification, the value 2 means that that 99999 is added tothe end of message. Format Specification examples are provided inTable 5 on page 22.
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Table 5 Format Specification ExampleFormatSpecification = 1 FormatSpecification = 2 METCM3603249 140852003989 0018800527150989 0118801627080976 0218002026870946 0319802026840899 0417901926560843 0517601926160790 0622602026020740 07257015257506930826601425380648
METCM3 603249 140852 00398900188005 2715098901188016 2708097602180020 2687094603198020 2684089904179019 2656084305176019 2616079006226020 2602074007257015 2575069308266014 2538064809286016 2498060699999
Below is an example how to configure the system to ask values forMETCM message;
1. Add new value AskParams to\SYSPAR\Messages\MessageDescriptions\METCM and set itsdata to METCM.
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Figure 16 AskParams Value
2. Add new value ParamDlg to\SYSPAR\Messages\MessageSections\METCM and set it'svalue to MSGEDITPARAMS.DLL EditMsgParams.
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Figure 17 ParamDlg Value
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3. After these changes, when a METCM message is generated, thevalues will be asked from the user.
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Figure 18 Added Values to METCM
For more information on database editing refer to the TechnicalReference manual.
MOBOBIt is possible to add MOBOB section to any message. To do this addthe text MOBOB to value Format on
\SYSPAR\Parameters\MessageDescriptions\<message name>
Figure 19 MOBOB
For example, STANAG 2103 message is configured to have MOBOBsection in front of the message section METFM.
Browse MiniviewBrowse is to create a report the content of which the user caninfluence with a set of parameters.
The report is created from sounding EDT data.
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Created report is shown on the screen with used calculationparameters. At this point user can edit report by clicking data on anyfield, same way as any STANAG message.
Figure 20 Browse Miniview
Example of created Browse report
Table 7 Browse Interface ButtonsName DescriptionSave Save created report to filePrint Send created report to printerSend Send created report using spooling specificationProp Select data to be included reportConfig Configure contigous layers and create reportSpot Configure spot layers and create reportIndep Configure independent layers and create reportA.R. Create predefine report, Acoustic RangeR.A. Create predefine report, Range Accuracy
When user clicks Config, Spot or Indep button set of parameters areprompted and report created.
Table 8 Calculation ParametersName DescriptionMidpoint When given a height interval, e.g. 1000m - 2000m, the
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Name Descriptionmidpoint is calculated; (1000 + 2000 ) / 2 = 1500m. Thenthe EDT data is searched for the layer closest to this level,this could be i.e. 1498 m over the sea level. The data forthis layer is retrieved
Average When given a height interval, e.g. 1000m - 2000m, all datafor the layers in this interval is retrieved and summarized.By dividing the sums by the number of layers in the intervalthe averages are retrieved
Contiguous Adjacent layer intervals, e.g. the level intervals 1000 -2000, 2000 - 3000, 3000 - 4000
Independent Non adjacent layer intervals, e.g. 1000 - 2000, 4000 -5000, 6000 - 7000
Height Whether the start point should be the sea level or theground level
Units Whether the report should be in SI units or feet
Message End-of-Line markerThe end on every Stanag message line is as default \0x0d\0x0a, whichmeans CR+LF (carriage return and line feed).
End-of-line marker can be configured to be something else. Manuallycreate key EndOfLineMarker to the database underSYSPAR/Messages/Parameters/<message name>. If system finds thiskey when the message is generated, its value will replace the defaultend-of-line marker in the message.
The example shown in Figure 21 below will produce a message inwhich every line has CR+CR+LF at the end.
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Figure 21 EndOfLineMarker