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Recording
All PUMA Support Port data recordings generate a TSRD recording data file. The file is recorded in the PUMA Recording Format (.prf). The data definitions of .prf format files are identical to those of the TSRD recorded data format which uses the .rcd file extension. The .prf and .rcd format files are interchangeable and both can be imported and decoded by MANDRIL for quick and efficient results.
Recording data capabilities by PUMA includes but are not limited to the following principal functions:
- Tape Recorder Port selection.
- Recording Function On selection.
- Functional Input Messages (FIM) 1-37, (selection/deselection individually or globally).
- Functional Output Messages (FOM) 1-32, (selection/deselection individually or globally).
- Data Transfer Blocks (DTB) 201-224, Core-to-TIO (selection/deselection individually or globally).
- DTBs 301-315, TIO-to-Core (selection/deselection individually or select/deselect globally).
- Status Data.
A user is also able to browse for a previously saved data recording file.
| Data Recording File Format & Default Extension | Data Recording File Format Description |
|---|---|
| PUMA Recording Format *.prf |
For full MIDS LVT DTB recordings. This is a Lockheed Martin UK Information Systems & Global Services proprietary binary format containing buffers, packets and Data Blocks delimited by ‘CAFE’ markers. |
| Recording Data Format *.rcd |
For full MIDS LVT DTB recordings which are normally captured on the DAT Recorder interfaced to a MIDS Interface Simulator (MIS), the file extracted from the tape by the appropriate utility is in DAT Recording Data Format. This is a binary format containing buffers, packets and Data Blocks delimited by ‘CAFE’ markers. |
PUMA is also capable of importing from an external source or requesting and saving currently held (in the MIDS LVT) initialisation data in either the Initialisation Data Load (IDL) file format which uses the .idl file extension, or in the INIT format (Network Initialisation File) which uses the .INIT file extension.
| Initialisation Data File Format & Default Extension | Initialisation Data File Format Description |
|---|---|
| Initialisation Data Load *.idl |
Initialisation Data Load format is a binary file format containing a complete Initialisation Data Set (IDS) to be loaded into a MIDS LVT. The file contains 3811 x 16-bit Initialisation Words as a binary stream (3810 Words in accordance with the MIDS ICD with the addition of one ‘CAFÉ’ header Word). |
| Network Initialisation File *.INIT |
Network Initialisation File is a text based format for uploading and/or downloading an IDS to a MIDS LVT. The file contains a header section and multiple IDS sections. The IDS section contains 3810 Initialisation Words in 16-bit hex format, with one Word per line. If an INIT file contains multiple IDSs, then only the first IDS is acknowledged and interpreted by PUMA. |
Once a user has configured a set of recording filters, PUMA provides a facility to save to file that user’s specific recording filter configuration. Recording filter files use the PUMA Filter Format (PFF), a binary file format devised specifically for the PUMA application with a file extension of .pff. Saved .pff files can subsequently be retrieved and reloaded accordingly.
Recording filter capabilities by PUMA includes but are not limited to the following principal functions:
- Read filters to file.
- Save filters to file.
- Load filters to MIDS LVT.
| Filter File Format & Default Extension | Filter File Format Description |
|---|---|
| PUMA Filter Format *.pff |
A recording filter configuration binary file format devised specifically for the PUMA application. Used to save a recording filter configuration to file for easy reloading and saving time by negating the need to reconfigure recording filters. |
PUMA filter file configuration screenshot