Hi-SIDE: Monitoring, Control and Test Software in a SpaceFibre Network

The aim of the Hi-SIDE project [1] was to develop and demonstrate technologies that enable future high-speed on-board data-handling systems. The Hi-SIDE demonstration system consisted of several elements including a SpaceFibre Camera and an instrument simulator generating high data-rate payload data...

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Published in:	2022 International SpaceWire & SpaceFibre Conference (ISC) pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors:	Gibson, Dave, Furdek, Balint, McClements, Chris, Mills, Stuart, Mudie, Stephen, Parkes, Steve
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	European Space Agency 17-10-2022
Subjects:	Control systems Downlink Hi-SIDE Instruments On-Board Data-Handling Operating systems Optical switches Process control Protocols SpaceFibre
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Summary:	The aim of the Hi-SIDE project [1] was to develop and demonstrate technologies that enable future high-speed on-board data-handling systems. The Hi-SIDE demonstration system consisted of several elements including a SpaceFibre Camera and an instrument simulator generating high data-rate payload data; two processing elements providing compression and encryption; a PC-Based Mass-Memory providing onboard storage and playback functions; two downlink systems providing Radio Frequency (RF) and optical links; a File-Protection Scheme (FPS) to protect against errors or outages in the optical downlink; and a Control Computer used to monitor and control the other elements. Each of the Hi-SIDE instruments, processing, storage, and downlink elements were interconnected via SpaceFibre using the STAR-Tiger SpaceFibre [2] Routing Switch; and monitored, configured and controlled by the Control Computer. As part of the Hi-SIDE project, software was designed and developed by STAR-Dundee to monitor and control the other elements. In addition, to demonstrate the high data-rate capabilities of the processing and downlink elements in the Hi-SIDE system, software was designed and developed by STAR-Dundee to support the transmission, storage, and playback of files encoded in Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) Space Packet Protocol (SPP) [3] and Transfer Frame (TF) [4] packets at data rates of over 10 Gbit/s. This paper describes the monitoring, control and test software that was developed by STAR-Dundee within the Hi-SIDE project and provides performance results.