Page about the RPW Instrument Configurations (RPWcons).


RPW instrument configuration purpose and definition

The instrument configurations are used by the ROC to apply pre-defined set of fixed TC parameters on-board during the mission.

Each configuration is associated with one or more operation scenarios, which shall cover as much as possible the whole mission timeline.

If required, a given configuration can be run for different DPU flignt software modes and with specific attributes (e.g., data compression activated/deactivated). The tuple (software mode, configuration) is called a "state" of the instrument.

RPW instrument configurations summary list

RPW instrument configurations versus modes

Table below lists the already defined instrument configurations versus the DPU flignt software modes. Each cell gives the link to the corresponding instrument state description page.


SURVEY_NORMALSURVEY_BURSTSBM_DETECTIONSURVEY_BACKUP
DEFAULT SCIENCERPW_SCIENCE NORMAL-DEFAULTRPW_SCIENCE BURST-DEFAULTRPW_SCIENCE DETECTION-DEFAULTTBW
LOW RATERPW_SCIENCE NORMAL-LOWRPW_SCIENCE BURST-LOWRPW_SCIENCE DETECTION-LOWTBW
GALAXYRPW_SCIENCE NORMAL-GALAXY