[amsat-bb] CP4 is alive again

Bryan Klofas bklofas at calpoly.edu
Thu Jun 19 13:52:25 PDT 2008


Hey Everybody--

We heard CP4 this morning, and decoded two beacons. It's beaconing 
every 5 minutes (yeah, too long period) on 437.325 MHz. Since it's 
been brain dead for the past year, we would like to gather as many 
beacons as we can to determine satellite health. We'll increase the 
beacon rate to once per minute probably tomorrow. Just send any data 
back to me.

Thanks for all your help! Here's the data we got this morning:

Found port: COM6
---> BEGIN ACK <---
Source: 9C 6C 86 A0 40 40 E0
Dest: 9C 6C 86 A0 40 40 61
Response: COMM B
---> END ACK <---
---> BEGIN SENSOR SNAP  <---
Type:   01 (Sensor Snapshot)
SeqNum: 36377
RTC:    10:9:14 (HH:MM:SS)

-- Side Panel Data --
JPx:    SPV/SPI/PPTI/MAGI/MAGA/MAGB/INTT/EXTT/3VSP
JP5:    4.5 V 1.8 mA 11.0 mA 3.7 mA 5E 95 4.3 C 1.0 C 3.0 V
JP6:    4.5 V 12.9 mA 18.4 mA 3.7 mA 7C B0 -5.2 C -4.3 C 3.0 V
JP7:    4.2 V 1.8 mA 0.0 mA 14.7 mA 99 2D 2.1 C -0.3 C 3.0 V
JP8:    4.5 V 207.7 mA 176.5 mA 5.5 mA 8E 60 39.7 C 42.6 C 3.1 V
JP9:    4.3 V 0.0 mA 0.0 mA 3.7 mA 65 86 12.9 C 12.4 C 3.0 V

-- CDH Data --
CDHDAQ: RFAI = 0.0 mA
CDHDAQ: RFBI = 46.0 mA
CDHDAQ: 3CDH = 2.9 V
CDHDAQ: RFAT = 4.3 C
CDHDAQ: 3VCA = 2.9 V
CDHDAQ: 3VCB = 2.9 V
CDHDAQ: VSUM = 4.2 V

-- Power Data --
POWDAQ: CDHI = 29.4 mA
POWDAQ: SPAI = 27.6 mA
POWDAQ: SPBI = 20.2 mA
POWDAQ: CAI  = 18.4 mA
POWDAQ: CBI  = 7.4 mA
POWDAQ: PAYI = 9.2 mA
POWDAQ: CDHT = -1.6 C
POWDAQ: CAPT = -5.7 C
POWDAQ: CBPT = -4.6 C
POWDAQ: 3SPA = 2.9 V
POWDAQ: 3SPB = 2.9 V

-- Battery A Data --
BATA:   PROT = 11000011
   OV: Cell Overvoltage Fault
   UV: Cell Undervoltage Fault
/COC: No Charge Overcurrent Fault
/DOC: No Discharge Overcurrent Fault
  /CC: Charge Protection Inactive
  /DC: Discharge Protection Inactive
   CE: Charging Enabled
   DE: Discharging Enabled

Status  = 11000111, 4.3 V, 0.0 C, 80.0 mA
AccCurr = -5791.0 mAh

-- Battery B --
BATB:   PROT = 11001011
   OV: Cell Overvoltage Fault
   UV: Cell Undervoltage Fault
/COC: No Charge Overcurrent Fault
/DOC: No Discharge Overcurrent Fault
   CC: Charge Protection Active
  /DC: Discharge Protection Inactive
   CE: Charging Enabled
   DE: Discharging Enabled

Status  = 11000111, 4.1 V, 0.0 C, 0.0 mA
AccCurr = -5801.8 mAh
-- CDH --
Status: SENSOR_SNAP_NOW
State: PRE_OPS
CDH Reset Count = 02B0
-- COMM --
Status: SEL_RF (COMM A) SEL_RX READY XCVR_CAL
CAL  = 26, POW = 08, RSSI = 5E

--
Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO
Cal Poly State University


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