Internal BITE Packet

RCP8 can optionally generate an internal BITE packet. These bits convey additional status information that is not contained in the other transmission formats. The shutdown status of RCP8 (up to 32 different conditions) is contained in the first five bytes. The last five bytes hold other miscellaneous information. The identification byte is selectable to avoid conflicts with other BITE packets.

Internal BITE Packet (RCP8 to Host)
Char Function
1 SYNC Byte (C0 Hex)
2 Identification byte (User Choice)
3 Shutdown Conditions 0-6
D6 = EL Velocity Exceeded
D5 = AZ Velocity Exceeded
D4 = EL Axis Unresponsive
D3 = AZ Axis Unresponsive
D2 = EL Tach Inconsistent
D1 = AZ Tach Inconsistent
D0 = Diagnostics Failed
4 Shutdown Conditions 7-13
D6 = IP-SERIAL Conflicts
D5 = EL Upper Lim Switch
D4 = EL Lower Lim Switch
D3 = EL-UP Shutdown Limit
D2 = EL-LO Shutdown Limit
D1 = AZ-HI Shutdown Limit
D0 = AZ-LO Shutdown Limit
5 Shutdown Conditions 14-20
D6 = Reserved
D5 = Reserved
D4 = Reserved
D3 = Reserved
D2 = IP-DIGITAL-48 Conflicts
D1 = Output Remap Conflict
D0 = Missing IP-SYNCHRO
6 Shutdown Conditions 21-27
D6 = Reserved
D5 = Reserved
D4 = Reserved
D3 = Reserved
D2 = Reserved
D1 = Reserved
D0 = Reserved
7 Shutdown Conditions 28-31
D6 = Spare
D5 = Power-up error(s) occured
D4 = RCP8 is shutdown (OR of Bits 0-31)
D3 = User Shutdown #2
D2 = User Shutdown #1
D1 = Reserved
D0 = Reserved
8 INU Status
D6 = Invalid horizontal position/velocity
D5 = Reduced vertical position/velocity
D4 = Invalid vertical position/velocity
D3 = Reduced roll and pitch
D2 = Invalid roll and pitch
D1 = Reduced heading
D0 = Invalid heading
9 Antenna/Radar/Servo and INU status
D6 = Reduced horizontal position/velocity
D5 = No INU Data Stream
D4 = T/R Power On
D3 = T/R Local mode
D2 = LSB pulse width
D1 = MSB pulse width
D0 = Mag. current normal
10 Antenna/Radar/Servo status
D6 = Low air flow
D5 = Low Waveguide pressure
D4 = Servo Power
D3 = Antenna Local mode
D2 = Interlock Open
D1 = Standby
D0 = Radiate On
11 Local Variables V6, V5, V4, V3, V2, V1, V0
12 Local Variables V13, V12, V11, V10, V9, V8, V7
13 END OF MESSAGE (FF Hex)