User guide

MS-DMT Guide v1.04
Released 05-30-2014
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RECEIVE PANEL
Buttons
“da. Log” - Displays the .da log for the current Zulu day by launching an instance of MS-Notepad
with the .da log, if no messages have been received during the current Zulu data a message box
is displayed attesting to that fact.
NOTE: Additional logging events an take place during the log file being opened, however at this time
the log being displayed in Notepad is not updated, only the log file itself is updated. At this time the
".da Log" button will launch as many copies of Notepad loading the then current .da log file for review
as the user may initiate.
“Reset” - Resets the Data Carrier Detect (DCD) state of the modem and STATE to IDLE which
resets the Viterbi algorithm for decoding a bit stream and clears the ERROR field. The MODE will
indicate “NO DCD” and the STATE will indicate “IDLE”. The modem receiver will return to
hunting for a preamble stream to sync on. The use of this hard reset vs. a soft reset should be
made when sync is lost during the Preamble or start of Data where nothing but gibberish is
displayed, the displayed STATE will usually be “NO EOM” when this occurs. That way we are sure
all aspects of the modem are 100% reset after the dramatic loss of sync.
“Clear” - Clears the Incoming Message Window and resets the scroll bars if they were
automatically enabled on a received message due to size.