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L3 Telemetry & RF Products’ (L3 T&RF) industry leading Visual Test System (VTS) Software is a complete native Windows application suite for real-time data acquisition, visualization, processing, archiving and distribution. The VTS Software includes management and setup of the Visual Test System’s unique acquisition and distribution modules and project databases. All tasks are accomplished through a standard Windows graphical user interface (GUI) or through optional API interfaces.

“Heartbeat” Display

The Heartbeat display sits at the top of the VTS Software applications tree, showing each VTS hardware and software module, as well as the module’s status. The Heartbeat display offers a convenient launching point for the functions and applications described below. The display is unique to your software and hardware configuration and can be easily extended to launch and monitor your own applications.

Module Setup

All VTS hardware modules utilize a Windows-compliant display for setup, control and status, using fill-in-the-blank displays, pull-down menus and radio buttons. For custom applications, you can set up modules using the Visual Test System Software Development Kit (SDK) or the software’s export/import capabilities.

FEATURES

• Easiest to use GUI on the market today

• Intuitive “Heartbeat” display shows all VTS modules and status at a glance

• Utilizes JADE™, 3D displays

• Desktop, rack-mount, portable and rugged configurations

• Client/server architecture multiple users on a local area network (LAN) to each view and archive data independently of functions occurring on the host

• Easily define complex real-time processing through an optional drag-and-drop GUI using VTS-generated algorithms or your own C/C++ algorithms

• Operates with MS Windows 7 and Windows 10 64-bit Operating System

• Supports MF800 PCIe and Multi-function Telemetry Module

• Supports ADP800 Analog & Digital Ports Daughter Card for MFT800

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TELEMETRY PARAMETER MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION (VTS-BASE-64)

Using the VTS Software, you can conveniently define telemetry parameters with a pair of interacting displays. The first display defines

each parameter either in a fill-in-the-blank form and/or table format. Here, an entire row defines a single parameter with each column

specifying properties such as name; format; bits per word; if the data is to be archived, displayed or distributed; bit masking; and

arguments for real-time EU conversion. The second display defines the PCM simulation stream so that you can add common static values

or invoke trigonometric functions yourself. You can also create PCM streams from archived or user-defined files.

FRAMEVIEW (VTS-BASE-64)

FrameView renders a multicolor view of the entire telemetry frame in a spreadsheet-type format. Parameters appear in corresponding

locations in the frame as they are defined. FrameView helps you set up your decommutator by isolating word locations and missing

definitions, or, conversely, words used by multiple parameters.

REAL-TIME PROCESSING (VTS-BASE-64)

The VTS Software processes every sample or selected raw data in real time using easily constructed complex algorithms chosen from a

palette of over 20 mathematical, trigonometric, limit-checking, compression, Boolean, and bit manipulation functions. This construct is

formed through a Data Flow diagram depicting the processes with a drag-and-drop GUI. You can graphically “pick up” functions from the

palette, connecting them as a process to produce the desired algorithm. Processed data can be directed to any real-time display, or can

be archived to storage. Data can also be broadcast over the local area network (LAN).

ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT (VTS-DEV-64)

The VTS Software’s Algorithm Development Environment lets you create your own unique processing functions with Microsoft’s Visual

C/C++ compiler and then add them to our palette of standard algorithm functions. L3 provides source code for our standard palette of

algorithm functions to aid your development.

SEAMLESS REAL-TIME DATA STORAGE (VTS-BASE-64)

Data archiving is optimized for performance to capture all instances of all parameters in real time without data loss. Now you can archive

all or compressed instances of all or selected prime and processed parameters to disk. Control of recording and playback is easily

managed with a virtual “tape deck” window that displays storage statistics. System or IRIG time is embedded in each data block to permit

direct file access to specific data for playback. For visual analysis or speed, archived data can be played back from 1/32nd to 8 times real

time.

NETWORK SUPPORT* (VTS-SRV, VTS-CLT-64)

Use the VTS Software to distribute contiguous or sampled real-time data from the server to other systems on your LAN. VTS-equipped

PCs act as clients so that you can view, archive, process, or output analog data to a strip chart recorder. Data can be broadcast via UDP

or TCP to your own applications.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)* (VTS-SDK-64)

For applications requiring custom software interfaces, the Visual Test System Software Development Kit (SDK) allows application

developers to exploit the features of the VTS Software’s network ing, archiving, and processing capabilities using L3’s robust API.

DATABASE AND ARCHIVED DATA EXCHANGE (VTS-BASE-64))

The VTS Software allows you to import or export database and archived data files as ASCII text. You can therefore create or transfer

databases from/to your own applications via text or an MS Access or Excel database. Similarly, you can import archived files into your

own or third-party applications for analysis.

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JADE EDITOR AND VIEWER (VTS-BASE-64)

The JADE™ real-time display application provides standard drawing application style features to enable the system user to create objects and animate or drive the displays using Vista parameter data. JADE provides an integrated, interactive, windowed environment that combines powerful schematic data visualization with real-time plot and alphanumeric displays. With the JADE editor, a non-programmer can quickly build and use simple or complex data displays in a wide range of meaningful views.

Some features of the JADE display environment:

• Includes display editor and run time viewer

• Displays real-time and playback data for analysis

• WYSIWYG drawing interface

• Automatic or selectable data scaling

• Replay menu bar allows scroll-back of real-time displays

• Monitor data during interactive layout of custom data views

• Share, save, and reuse views

• Rich set of drawing primitives and graphical display widgets

• Drag and drop parameters to animate displays

• Add custom data display widgets and external data sources

• Export all or part of any JADE data views to jpg or png files

During real time, JADE displays are dynamically updated with live telemetry illustrating system status and/or configuration. In addition, multiple data plots and text displays can be created and modified in real-time to meet dynamically changing display requirements when required. A replay bar allows the data to be scrolled backwards and forwards (without interruption of real-time data archiving).

Unique to JADE is the ability to place information from multiple data sources on common displays. For instance, unlike other solutions, JADE allows the display of redundant data stream parameters on the same display and a single display may contain data from multiple data sources. Users can define unique scaling for each plot within a page or can select auto-scaling so that each plot dynamically scales to fit the provided data.

JADE diagram displays utilize a powerful dynamic display capability and are developed using a user-friendly and intuitive editing environment. Using the provided editor, complex schematics can be quickly created and coupled with various dynamic attributes including color, visibility, fill, rotation, and movement. These displays are then bound to telemetry sources in the JADE display environment and saved as JADE views.

JADE alphanumeric displays also provide a multicolumn text display of the current value of parameters in raw and/or engineering format. The displays can be configured to change the color of the individual parameters to indicate their current status (e.g. red for an alarm condition). The parameters may be arranged in groups under a common label or title and rolled up to conserve display real estate if desired.

3-D DISPLAYS (VTS-BASE-64)

• An integrated 3D display application allows users to visualize the spatial orientation of the object under test based on data received by the processing system. Different 3D models may be imported by the 3D application to match the customer’s unique application.

• A VTS Current Value Table (CVT) data gather algorithm is used to collect a snapshot of the current parameter value assigned to each attribute. These values are used to control the displayed attitude of the model object.

• Additional capabilities of the VTS 3D Application include:

• Interactively change user perspective (Point of view and zoom)

• 3D display includes

- Pitch

- Roll

- Heading

• Adjustable CVT update rates

• Different custom 3D models may be imported

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SPECIFICATIONS

COMPATIBILITY

Windows™ 7 or Windows™ 10 64 bit Operating System

MFT800 PCIe Multi-function Telemetry Module

ADP800 Analog & Digital Ports Daughter Card for MFT800

ORDERING INFORMATION

VTS-BASE-64 VTS Version 7 Base Software for Windows 7, 1 User

VTS-DEV-64 VTS Version 7 Algorithm Development Module for Windows 7

VTS-SDK-64 VTS Version 7 Software Development Kit for Windows 7

VTS-RAS-64 VTS Version 7 Remote Access Server for Windows 7

VTS-SRV-64 VTS Version 7 Software Server (includes all functions of VTS-BASE- 64) for Windows 7 with (1) VTS Software Client VTS-CLT-64 VTS Version 7 Software Client for Windows 7