Specifications
Gaia
GAIA.ASU.SP.ESM.00007
Issue 2.00
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3.6.4  PacketWire BUS Interfaces 
AVI-3476/CDMU-3941/T 
Interfaces shall be provided for the Spacecraft CDMU/PDHU (4) PacketWire (PW) BUS. 
AVI-3477/GSE-SYS-397/T 
Each Interface shall provide the following services: 
Redundant Bus Operation (A/B) 
Bus Monitor Functions (Bus Spy) 
AVI-3483/CDMU-3943/T 
The PW Interface signalling rate shall operate to a maximum of 10 Mbps. 
AVI-3530/CDMU-3449/T 
The PW Interface shall withstand a data throughput from the PLM of 2000 packets/second with a 
packet size varying from 300 bytes to 32 Kbytes. 
AVI-3531/CDMU-3947/T,R 
The PW Interface shall be implemented in accordance with the requirements of AD08. 
AVI-3485/CREATED/T 
The PW BUS Interface cards shall be configured and controlled by the Avionics SCOE, or by direct 
interface to the RTS for closed-loop Avionics testing. 
AVI-3486/CREATED/R 
The PW BUS Interface cards shall be based on COTS or previously developed in-house systems 
(where possible). 
AVI-3488/CREATED/T 
The Avionics SCOE shall provide decommutation of the PW BUS data for parameter acquisition of 
each BUS. 
AVI-3489/CREATED/T 
For each PW BUS, Prime and Redundant BUS operation shall be possible in parallel. 
AVI-3490/CREATED/T 
The Avionics SCOE shall provide data simulation for each PW BUS. 
AVI-3491/CREATED/T 
It shall be possible to configure PW BUS operation from the local MMI, by definition from the CCS 
(Test Procedure/Command Line) or from the RTS. 
AVI-3492/CREATED/T 
The following configuration options shall be available for each PW BUS: 
Command:  Comment 
INITIALISE  Reset, Disabled, Spy OFF 
DISABLE  Disabled, Spy OFF 
ENABLE  Enabled, Spy OFF 
ENABLE SPY  Spy ON (BUS may be disabled) 
DISABLE SPY  Spy OFF 
ENABLE PASSIVE
3
  Enabled, but does not respond on the BUS 
DISABLE PASSIVE
3
  Disabled 
SET ERROR n  Set specified ERROR on SpaceWire BUS 










