Normal Point (NP) Transmission Procedure

Normal Point (NP) Delivery Procedure(s) for the ILRS network stations are tabulated below. Historically, stations have sent their NP data to one of two operation centers (EDC or NASA).

EUROLAS stations have sent their data to the EDC; NASA stations have sent their data to the NASA Mission Contractor (NASA MC); and WPLTN stations have sent their data to either the EDC or NASA MC (see NP Data Flow Table). Now there is a third choice as a backup in case the EDC or NASA MC is inaccessible. These choices will help to ensure a usable backup option whether the stations submit their data by ftp or email. EDC and NASA MC are ftp backups for each other. AIUB will now be the email backup for EDC.

The NP delivery schedule depends heavily on site internet connectivity and level of data processing automation. Stations are encourgaed to transmit their data as rapidly as possible in support of existing and upcoming mission requirements.

Center     Data Transmission Options    Comments
--------   --------------------------   -----------------------
EDC        ftp or email                 ftp backup to NASA MC
NASA MC    ftp                          ftp backup to EDC
AIUB       email                        email backup to EDC

PROCEDURE 1 -- NP DELIVERY TO EDC

This procedure is routinely used by the EUROLAS network and by selected systems in the WPLTN network. This procedure can also be used as a backup for stations that regularly send their data to NASA MC, when NASA MC is inaccessible.

EDC accepts two data transmission methods (e-mail and ftp).

1a) E-MAIL METHOD TO EDC:

Send your data via email to edc@dgfi.badw.de . There is no subject naming convention, but the body of the message should start with the station name followed by the NP data in the ILRS NP format. Please do not send attachments.

Example:

FROM: Changchun
TO:  edc@dgfi.badw.de
SUBJECT: NP Data
-- Body of Messages Follows (not part of the email message) --
Changchun_1029
99999
9205201003027237190153200006325500000000653403601850261
345719996384017432765641000013009912277003600090000073
345832496366017064309611000012509912277003600330000057
345977496348016596721019000009409912277003600540000084
99999
7603901003037237190153200006316900000000807403601210291
544767496447050237504171000012109853270806100010000056
545562496523049009907994000011809853270806100510000081
546394996264047788509878000013009853270806100150000097
548539995422044997395281000001909853270806100030000088

1b) FTP METHOD TO EDC: Ftp your data in ASCII mode (not BINARY) to the EDC at:

IP Address: 129.187.165.3

Node Name: edc.dgfi.badw.de

 User: ftpin

Password: ***********	 (supplied upon request from EDC,
Christian Schwatke at edc@dgfi.badw.de)

Directory: /incoming/laser/station

File Naming Convention: the file name should start with the
station location name
(e.g. graz_0630)

File Content: Include only NP data in the NP format
(no other text lines please)


Example FTP Session:

>FTP 129.187.165.3
>User: ftpin
>Password:	************* (supplied upon request from EDC)
>cd /incoming/laser/station
>ASCII
>put graz_0630 graz_0630
>bye

PROCEDURE 2 -- NP DELIVERY TO NASA MC (ITT)

This procedure is used by selected stations in the WPLTN network. This procedure can also be used as a backup procedure for stations that regularly send their data to the EDC, when the EDC is inaccessible.

The NASA MC accepts NP data only via ftp (no email). Ftp your data in ASCII mode (not BINARY mode) based on the following:


IP Address: 70.88.154.65

Node Name: www.scns1.net

User: fg_normpts

Password: *********** (supplied upon request by ITT,
Chip Harman at chip.harman@itt.com)

Directory: default directory (no action required)

File Naming Convention: the only convention is the file name
suffix is .QLD or .qld
(e.g. strl_001011.qld or stml_001011.QLD
are both acceptable)

File Content: Include only the NP data in the NP format
(no other text lines please)


Example FTP Session:

>FTP 70.88.154.65
>User: fg_normpts
>Password:	*********** (supplied upon request from ITT)
>ascii
>put STRL0014501.QLD STRL0014501.QLD
>quit

PROCEDURE 3 -- NP DELIVERY TO ZIMMERWALD (AIUB)

This procedure is to be used only as a backup when the EDC is inaccessible.

Zimmerwald only accepts email data transmission.

Send your NP data by email to np@aiubzmd.unibe.ch . There is no subject naming convention. Any text in the message body preceding the first "99999" identifier will be skipped. Please do not send attachments.


Example:

FROM: Changchun
TO:  np@aiubzmd.unibe.ch
SUBJECT: NP Data
-- Body of Messages Follows (not part of the email message) --
Changchun_1029
99999
9205201003027237190153200006325500000000653403601850261
345719996384017432765641000013009912277003600090000073
345832496366017064309611000012509912277003600330000057
345977496348016596721019000009409912277003600540000084
99999
7603901003037237190153200006316900000000807403601210291
544767496447050237504171000012109853270806100010000056
545562496523049009907994000011809853270806100510000081
546394996264047788509878000013009853270806100150000097
548539995422044997395281000001909853270806100030000088

Within 10 minutes after receipt, the incoming messages are automatically extracted from the Zimmerwald mailbox, placed into files and sent by ftp to the appropriate directory at NASA MC using the filenames:


nnnn-dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss.QLD

where
nnnn is the CDP number of the station,
dd-mmm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss is the current date and time

e.g., 7237-29-OCT-2000-17-24-38.QLD

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