Carol and David, RE: Your request for knowledge of Sector Pulse commands to search for in screening the Jupiter Ops sequences being generated. There are several commands which seem to effect whether the AACS passes sector data to EUV and the other instruments that use it (EPD, MAG and maybe DDS as well as others?). I also found an older email that Karen Deutsch prepared in response to an early query about the sector pulse. In addition to the 7FUNC, which is a direct sector pulse command (which we do not normally see but have to infer from PA calls), the main cause of loss of sector pulse is a spin rate transition: dual-to-all, all-to-dual,etc. At "hi" spin rate there is no pulse either. Thruster Flushings cause the sector pulse to be removed, apparently with a 7FUNC in the PA while the gyro(?) status is changing. Etc for the items on Karen's list. I think the biggest problem in checking for these things in the sequences being designed for the Jupiter Ops orbits, is being able to search for all the PA calls, etc, that MIGHT contain these commands/actions. There are so many situations where s/c sampling from backup devices may effect the sector pulse. I confess that we do not feel more than 80% sure that we know when it happens. We had an ISA out on it (ISA 1832) but we did not get closer to an "absolute" answer than that. Please let me know if we can be of further help in defining the problem. Karen ============================================================================= From: ZODIAC::GLLSVC::KDEUTSCH "Karen Deutsch -- SDT -- (818)393-5843" 10-AUG-1992 20:55:35.89 To: ZODIAC::SIMMONS,PFISHER,CPOLANSKY CC: KDEUTSCH Subj: SCANOPS algorithm for determining if sector data is available Karen and Paul - SCANOPS is being modified currently to update its modeling of SEQID, the on board software that determines whether pointing is calculatable by the AACS computer. Without SEQID on, there is no sector data available to instruments on board and no pointing as part of the down-link telemetry. (There is also an effect of having the GYROs on even when the star sensor is closed or off, but I don't know if they are modeling this.) When the program, that is not currently ready to run, is released at the end of this month, the following algorithm will be incorporated. (This information from Shahram Javidnia.) 7FUNC,SEQ,DIS/ENA SEQID is disabled or enabled 7SCON Star scanner shutter power 7SSHW Star scanner power and shutter power 7GATE Sets a threshold for autonomous shutoff 7STAR Changes on-board star catalog In order for DEQID to properly function, the primary star scanner should be powered, the shutter powered, the high voltage needs to be ON or AUTO, the shutter AUTO, the automatic calculation of (something, sunlight?) must be below threshold, and the stars in the current star set must be non-zero and non- 9000 in intensities. And lastly the SEQID must not have been disabled. -Karen