Indoor Equipment
Desktop processing and visualisation PC with multiple displays
Floor-standing equipment cabinet with rack-mount PCs and KVM console
Dartcom Polar Orbiter Ingester software
Dartcom iDAP/MacroPro software
The indoor equipment comprises the following:
- Modular system interface rack containing:
- Software controlled RF module.
- GPS/GNSS receiver.
- USB hub and serial communications module.
- Switch mode power supply.
- State-of-the-art demodulator with field-upgradeable firmware.
- Gigabit network switch.
- Uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
- Optional temperature sensor unit for temperature monitoring.
- Ingest PC running Dartcom Polar Orbiter Ingester software on Windows.
- Processing and visualisation PC running the following software on Linux Hyper-V virtual machines hosted on Windows:
- NASA RT-STPS software.
- NASA Simulcast software.
- NASA IPOPP software.
- CMA FY3L0pp/FY3L1pp software.
- Plus Dartcom iDAP/MacroPro software running natively on Windows.
- Optional flip-up KVM console drawer.
- Optional HDBaseT remote console.
- Desktop cabinet as standard.
- Optional floor-standing cabinet for a fully self-contained system.