WAVECOM Monitoring System
W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED
Manual V1.1.0
by WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG
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Printed: Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Contents
General Information 2
Welcome ..................................................................................................... 2
Revisions ..................................................................................................... 2
Recommended WAVECOM Products and Services .............................................. 2
Introduction 4
W-SPECTRA ................................................................................................. 4
W-SPEED ..................................................................................................... 6
Setup 8
W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED .................................................................................. 8
Software Uninstall....................................................................................... 12
W-BV BitView Tool ............................................................................. 2
W-Sat-email-Decoder ......................................................................... 3
W-SPECTRA and W-SPEED Hardware Installation ................................... 8
Software Installation .......................................................................... 8
W-SPECTRA Server ............................................................................ 9
W-SPECTRA Licensing ...................................................................... 10
Complete Automatic Monitoring System W-SPECTRA 13
First Start .................................................................................................. 13
Default Data and Program Folders (Paths) ..................................................... 15
Main Menu ................................................................................................. 16
File Menu ................................................................................................... 18
Run Menu .................................................................................................. 18
Configuration Menu ..................................................................................... 19
Startup Preferences ......................................................................... 20
Tools Menu ................................................................................................ 20
Help Menu ................................................................................................. 22
Contents ........................................................................................ 23
License ........................................................................................... 23
WAVECOM on the Web ..................................................................... 23
About W-SPECTRA ........................................................................... 23
The Operation Tab ...................................................................................... 24
Direct Receiver Control ..................................................................... 24
Classifier, Decoder and Database Operations ...................................... 25
Wideband Spectrum Display and Media Player/Recorder ....................... 27
Narrowband Spectrum Display and Media Player/Recorder .................... 28
Display of Classification and Decoding Results ..................................... 28
User Configurable Database ......................................................................... 29
Three Operation Modes ............................................................................... 30
Direct Mode – Begin the Spectrum Monitoring ..................................... 30
Memory Scan – Revisit and Verify the Spectrum .................................. 31
Frequency Search – Automatic Spectrum Monitoring and Database
Capturing ....................................................................................... 32
Scan Delay in Automatic Modes ......................................................... 34
Summary of the Three Operation Modes ............................................. 34
Database Operations and Integrity Check ........................................... 35
Spectrum Editing Tool (W-SPEED) 37
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Main Functionalities .................................................................................... 37
File Menu ................................................................................................... 38
Sonagram in Different Bandwidths ................................................................ 38
Select a Signal and Playback ........................................................................ 39
Split a Recording ........................................................................................ 40
Convert a Recording ................................................................................... 41
Parameters and Options 42
Alphabet… ................................................................................................. 42
Auto Decrypt .............................................................................................. 42
Bit Inversion Mask ...................................................................................... 43
CRC Recognition ......................................................................................... 43
CRC Table .................................................................................................. 43
Clear Screen .............................................................................................. 43
Frame Format… .......................................................................................... 44
IAS ........................................................................................................... 44
Letters/Figures... ........................................................................................ 44
Resync Mode .............................................................................................. 45
SAT Settings… ............................................................................................ 45
Timestamp ................................................................................................ 46
Display Results in a Separate Window ........................................................... 46
Auto.......................................................................................................... 47
Modulation ................................................................................................. 47
Passband Center ......................................................................................... 49
Passband Bandwidth ................................................................................... 49
Center ....................................................................................................... 49
Shift ......................................................................................................... 49
Baudrate ................................................................................................... 49
Polarity ..................................................................................................... 49
Frequency Offset ........................................................................................ 50
NB FFT Gain ............................................................................................... 50
Custom Alphabets ....................................................................................... 50
Passband Filter Support ............................................................................... 52
Transmission Modes 54
ACARS ...................................................................................................... 54
AIS ........................................................................................................... 56
ALE-400 .................................................................................................... 57
ALF-RDS .................................................................................................... 58
ALIS ......................................................................................................... 58
ALIS-2 ...................................................................................................... 59
AMSAT-P3D ............................................................................................... 60
APCO-25 ................................................................................................... 60
ARQ6-90 and ARQ6-98 ................................................................................ 61
ARQ-E ....................................................................................................... 61
ARQ-E3 ..................................................................................................... 62
ARQ-M2-342 and ARQ-M2-242 ..................................................................... 63
ARQ-M4-342 and ARQ-M4-242 ..................................................................... 63
ARQ-N ....................................................................................................... 64
ASCII ........................................................................................................ 64
ATIS ......................................................................................................... 65
AUM-13 ..................................................................................................... 66
AUTOSPEC ................................................................................................. 66
BAUDOT .................................................................................................... 67
BIIS .......................................................................................................... 68
BR-6028 .................................................................................................... 71
BULG-ASCII ............................................................................................... 72
CCIR ......................................................................................................... 73
CCITT ....................................................................................................... 74
CHINESE 4+4 ............................................................................................ 75
CHU .......................................................................................................... 75
CIS-11 ...................................................................................................... 76
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CIS-12 ...................................................................................................... 77
CIS-14 ...................................................................................................... 77
CIS-36 ...................................................................................................... 77
CIS-36-50 ................................................................................................. 78
CIS-50-50 ................................................................................................. 79
CLOVER-2 .................................................................................................. 79
CLOVER-2000 ............................................................................................ 80
CLOVER-2500 ............................................................................................ 81
CODAN-SELCAL .......................................................................................... 81
CODAN-9001 ............................................................................................. 81
COQUELET-13 ............................................................................................ 85
COQUELET-8 .............................................................................................. 86
COQUELET-80 ............................................................................................ 87
CTCSS ....................................................................................................... 88
CV-786 ...................................................................................................... 89
CW-MORSE ................................................................................................ 89
DCS SELCAL .............................................................................................. 90
DGPS ........................................................................................................ 91
DMR .......................................................................................................... 92
dPMR ........................................................................................................ 92
DTMF ........................................................................................................ 93
DUP-ARQ ................................................................................................... 94
DUP-ARQ-2 ................................................................................................ 95
DUP-FEC-2................................................................................................. 95
DZVEI ....................................................................................................... 96
EEA ........................................................................................................... 96
EFR ........................................................................................................... 97
EIA ........................................................................................................... 98
ERMES ...................................................................................................... 98
EURO ...................................................................................................... 101
FEC-A...................................................................................................... 101
FELDHELL ................................................................................................ 102
FLEX ....................................................................................................... 103
FM-HELL .................................................................................................. 103
FMS-BOS ................................................................................................. 104
GMDSS/DSC-HF ....................................................................................... 106
GMDSS/DSC-VHF ..................................................................................... 106
GOLAY/GSC ............................................................................................. 107
G-TOR ..................................................................................................... 108
GW-FSK .................................................................................................. 109
GW-OFDM................................................................................................ 109
GW-OFDM-Modulation and Protocol .................................................. 110
Decoder ....................................................................................... 110
GW-PSK .................................................................................................. 111
HC-ARQ ................................................................................................... 111
HF-ACARS ............................................................................................... 112
HNG-FEC ................................................................................................. 113
ICAO SELCAL ........................................................................................... 114
LINK-11 (CLEW) ....................................................................................... 115
MD-674 ASYNC ........................................................................................ 116
METEOSAT ............................................................................................... 116
MFSK-20 ................................................................................................. 117
MFSK-8 and MFSK-16................................................................................ 118
MIL-188-110-16Tone (MIL-188-110A/B Appendix B) ..................................... 118
MIL-188-110-39Tone (MIL-188-110A/B Appendix C) ..................................... 119
MIL-188-110A .......................................................................................... 120
MIL-188-110A-MOD .................................................................................. 122
MIL-188-110B (Appendix C), STANAG 4539 ................................................. 123
MIL-188-141A .......................................................................................... 125
MIL-188-141B (Appendix C) ....................................................................... 126
MIL-M-55529A NB/WB .............................................................................. 127
MOBITEX-1200 ......................................................................................... 128
MOBITEX-8000 ......................................................................................... 129
MODAT .................................................................................................... 129
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Fax & MODEMS Half-Duplex ....................................................................... 130
FAX-G3-V.17 ................................................................................. 130
FAX-G3-V.27ter ............................................................................. 130
FAX-G3-V.29 ................................................................................. 131
FAX-G3-V34hdx ............................................................................ 131
V.21, BELL103 .............................................................................. 131
V.22 / V.22bis, BELL212A ............................................................... 131
V.23 ............................................................................................ 131
FAX & MODEMS Full-Duplex ....................................................................... 132
V.26 / V.26bis ............................................................................... 132
V.32 / V.32bis ............................................................................... 132
V.34 ............................................................................................ 132
V.90 ............................................................................................ 132
V.92 ............................................................................................ 133
MPT-1327 ................................................................................................ 133
NATEL ..................................................................................................... 135
NMT-450 ................................................................................................. 136
NOAA-GEOSAT ......................................................................................... 136
NWR-SAME .............................................................................................. 137
NXDN ...................................................................................................... 141
OLIVIA .................................................................................................... 141
ORBCOMM ............................................................................................... 142
PACKET-1200 ........................................................................................... 143
PACKET-300 ............................................................................................ 144
PACKET-9600 ........................................................................................... 144
PACTOR ................................................................................................... 145
PACTOR-FEC ............................................................................................ 146
PACTOR-II ............................................................................................... 147
PACTOR-II-AUTO ...................................................................................... 148
PACTOR-II-FEC ........................................................................................ 148
PACTOR-III .............................................................................................. 149
PCCIR ..................................................................................................... 150
PDZVEI ................................................................................................... 151
PICCOLO-MK6 and PICCOLO-MK12 ............................................................. 152
POCSAG .................................................................................................. 153
POL-ARQ ................................................................................................. 155
PRESS-FAX .............................................................................................. 155
PSK-10 .................................................................................................... 156
PSK-31, PSK-63, PSK-125, PSK-250 ........................................................... 156
PSK-31-FEC ............................................................................................. 157
PSK-63F, PSK-125F, PSK-220F ................................................................... 158
PSK-AM ................................................................................................... 159
PZVEI ...................................................................................................... 159
ROBUST-PACKET ...................................................................................... 160
RUM-FEC ................................................................................................. 161
SAT-AERO ............................................................................................... 162
SAT-B ..................................................................................................... 162
SAT-B-C-TFC ............................................................................................ 163
SAT-B-C-HSD ........................................................................................... 164
SAT-C-TDM, SAT-C-TDMA, SAT-C-EGC ........................................................ 165
SAT-C TDM ................................................................................... 165
SAT-C-TDMA ................................................................................. 166
SAT-C-TDM-EGC ............................................................................ 167
SAT-M ..................................................................................................... 169
SAT-MINI-M ............................................................................................. 169
SAT-MINI-M-C-HSD .................................................................................. 170
SI-ARQ .................................................................................................... 171
SI-AUTO .................................................................................................. 171
SI-FEC .................................................................................................... 172
SITOR-ARQ .............................................................................................. 172
SITOR-AUTO ............................................................................................ 173
SITOR-FEC............................................................................................... 173
SP-14 ...................................................................................................... 173
SPREAD-11, SPREAD-21 and SPREAD-51 ..................................................... 175
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SSTV ....................................................................................................... 175
STANAG-4285 .......................................................................................... 177
STANAG-4415 .......................................................................................... 179
STANAG-4481-FSK ................................................................................... 180
STANAG-4481-PSK ................................................................................... 181
STANAG-4529 .......................................................................................... 182
STANAG-4539 .......................................................................................... 184
STANAG-5065-FSK ................................................................................... 184
SWED-ARQ .............................................................................................. 184
TETRA ..................................................................................................... 185
Constraints ................................................................................... 188
THROB and THROBX ................................................................................. 189
TWINPLEX ............................................................................................... 190
VDEW ..................................................................................................... 191
VDL-M2 ................................................................................................... 192
VISEL ...................................................................................................... 193
WEATHER-FAX ......................................................................................... 193
X.25........................................................................................................ 194
ZVEI-1 .................................................................................................... 195
ZVEI-2 .................................................................................................... 196
ZVEI-3 .................................................................................................... 197
ZVEI-VDEW ............................................................................................. 197
Classifier – the Brain of W-SPECTRA 200
Overview ................................................................................................. 200
Classifier ................................................................................................. 200
How the Classifier Works ................................................................ 200
Classification Results List ................................................................ 201
Classifier Parameters ..................................................................... 202
Caveats ........................................................................................ 203
Technical Data of the Narrowband and Wideband Classifier ................. 204
Classifier Code Check HF/VHF/UHF (CCC) .................................................... 206
How the Classifier Code Check Works ............................................... 206
User Interface ............................................................................... 208
Decoding ...................................................................................... 211
Scan Delay in Automatic Modes ....................................................... 211
Classifier Code Check Editor ....................................................................... 211
Installation ................................................................................... 211
CCC Editor GUI.............................................................................. 212
Database Fields ............................................................................. 216
SAT System 219
Overview ................................................................................................. 219
Systems .................................................................................................. 220
RF Channels .................................................................................. 221
Logical Channels............................................................................ 221
MES Identification .......................................................................... 222
Session Signaling .......................................................................... 222
SAT Operation .......................................................................................... 222
Traffic-Channel Decoder ................................................................. 224
The Sat Aero System ................................................................................ 224
Services ....................................................................................... 224
Channel types ............................................................................... 225
Trouble Shooting ........................................................................... 226
Modem and FAX Modes 230
Overview ................................................................................................. 230
Line transmission .......................................................................... 230
Fax and Data Transmission ........................................................................ 231
Modem Functionality ...................................................................... 231
Handshaking ................................................................................. 232
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Modulation Types .......................................................................... 233
Decoding ................................................................................................. 234
Input and interfacing ..................................................................... 236
Constraints ................................................................................... 236
Output ......................................................................................... 237
License System, Software and Options 238
License System ........................................................................................ 238
CmStick .................................................................................................. 238
CodeMeter and CmStick User Guide (Help) ....................................... 239
License update for CodeMeter and CmStick ....................................... 239
WAVECOM Data Formats 240
IP-CONF TCP/IP Data Format ..................................................................... 240
IP-PXGF TCP/IP Data Format ...................................................................... 240
OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 240
PXGF DESCRIPTION ....................................................................... 240
THE PXGF CHUNK STRUCTURE ........................................................ 240
APPLICATION NOTES ..................................................................... 241
DEFINITION OF CHUNKS ................................................................ 242
WAVECOM Data File Format ....................................................................... 244
File Header ................................................................................... 244
Data Structures ............................................................................. 245
File Headers and Data Structures for Individual File Types .................. 245
Appendix 253
Alphabets Details ...................................................................................... 253
Unicode ........................................................................................ 253
Questions & Answers................................................................................. 263
Signal Interference ................................................................................... 263
General ........................................................................................ 263
Antenna installation ....................................................................... 264
Receiver ....................................................................................... 264
HF cabling .................................................................................... 264
Grounding .................................................................................... 264
Location of decoder ....................................................................... 264
PCs and peripherals ....................................................................... 264
Video monitor ............................................................................... 264
LAN ............................................................................................. 264
Conditions of Sale ..................................................................................... 264
General ........................................................................................ 264
Prices ........................................................................................... 265
Delivery time ................................................................................ 265
Dispatch ....................................................................................... 265
Return of goods ............................................................................. 265
Payment ....................................................................................... 265
Reservation of ownership ............................................................... 265
Cancellation .................................................................................. 265
Changes of order quantities ............................................................ 265
Legal domicile ............................................................................... 265
Warranty ...................................................................................... 266
Obligation ..................................................................................... 266
Copyright ..................................................................................... 266
Liability ........................................................................................ 266
Laws and regulations ..................................................................... 266
License Terms .......................................................................................... 266
Manufacturer Address ............................................................................... 267
Glossary of Terms 269
Index 279
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WAVECOM Monitoring System W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED Manual V1.1.0 General Information 1
Version
Date
Changes
1.0.0
05-Jan-2015
Launch of W-SPECTRA and W-SPEED.
1.1.0
06-Jun-2015
New features and functionalities in W-SPECTRA and W-SPEED.
General Information
Welcome
Thank you for choosing Wavecom monitoring system and decoder product. The product that you have
purchased includes the latest technology in data decoding, together with the latest software release available at the time of shipment.
Please check our website at http://www.wavecom.ch for software updates.
Before you install the product, please also check the latest documentation on the installation DVD or on
our website.
WAVECOM ELEKTRONIK AG develops and sells products for wireless (HF/VHF/VHF/SHF) data monitoring in
all frequency bands.
Our main decoder and monintoring product series are:
W-SPECTRA is a complete automatic spectrum monitoring system over all frequency bands
(HF/VHF/UHF/SHF).
W-PCI and W-PCIe are hardware decoders with two physically independent channels. W74PC is
hardware decoder with four physically independent channels.
W-CODE is a stand-alone software decoder working with native host hardware, like a built-in
soundcard or other audio devices.
All hardware decoders (W-PCI, W-PCIe and W74PC) and the software decoder W-CODE have the
same decoding functionalities.
W-PCI-LAN and W-PCIe-LAN are hardware decoders running in a ruggedized mobile computer.
They are a complete data decoding system.
Revisions
Recommended WAVECOM Products and Services
W-BV BitView Tool
The highly sophisticated BitView Tool is an external off-line, stand-alone .NET application for analysis of
unknown signals.
BitView has a number of features:
Bit manipulation tools
Bit display tools (text, graphics)
Simultaneous processing of multiple analysis sessions
Auto-update functionality
Report generator (parameters, data, ASCII, XML)
Drag and drop of functions
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Email system
Recognize
Decode
AMOS
Y
Y
Blast
Y
N
Dualog
Y
Y
GlobeWireless
Y
Y
GTMail
Y Y MS-RAS PPP
Y
Y
MS-RAS TCP/IP
Y
N
Rydex
Y
Y
se@comm
Y
Partially
SkyFile
Y Y UUCP
Y Y UUPlus
Y Y Xdatos
Y
Partially
ZModem
Y
Y
Re-arrangement of functions in a tree view
Nested docking
Auto hide
Drag and drop of windows
Application and modification of alphabets
Persistent-to-XML file (screen layout is restored at start-up time)
.NET technology
No installation required, just run the executable
Data stream and data file import from W61PC/LAN, W-PCI, W-PCIe and W-CODE
MatLab and C# user defined functions
W-Sat-email-Decoder
The W-Sat-email-Decoder takes as its input a session file and the corresponding text files, as produced by
a WAVECOM decoder, or any text file from an external source containing emails. It does protocol decoding
and decompression, the email(s) and possible attachment(s) are output as files. The following email systems will be recognized and decoded respectively.
WAVECOM Monitoring System W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED Manual V1.1.0 General Information 3
Introduction
W-SPECTRA
In the modern data communication and signal intelligence the user requires more and more a complete
automatic system which monitors certain frequency bands, fullfills the following main tasks:
It controls the receiver directly, set the receiver frequency, demodulator and demodulator band-
width, etc.
It classifies and decodes signals automatically.
It records the results of classification and decoding into a database.
It records the spectrum in a wide bandwidth, so that the user can analyse the whole spectrum af-
terwards.
W-SPECTRA is exactly such a system to meet these major demands. W-SPECTRA provides:
Comprehensive online (real-time) monitoring functions, running through the entire radio spec-
trum from ELF to SHF
Intuitive graphical user interface: its main operation tab covers all online monitoring activities
Built-in bi-directional control of receivers (WiNRADiO G3xDDC)
Three monitoring modes: Direct Mode, Memory Scan and Frequency Search
More than 220 mode decoders and protocols over HF/VHF/UHF/SHF
Wideband (2 MHz) and narrowband (96 kHz) FFT and sonagram displays
Wideband (2 MHz) and narrowband (96 kHz) signal recording in baseband (IQ) and signal play-
back
Signal recording is made with various important side information (meta-data) on-the-fly, such as
the receiver frequency, bandwidth and timestamp for complete investigation of the whole spectrum after the online monitoring
Automatic demodulation and decoding of known signals to the content level
Automatic search, classification and code check of signals over a user-defined frequency band and
certain search strategy
Automatic or manual capturing of results into a database
Display of classification and decoding results in a separate window
Classification and decoding results can be saved into files as well
User configurable database template
Database in XML format, providing easy processing by third-party applications
Integrity check of the database
Wideband spectrum editing: display a wideband IQ recording in a 2-dimensional sonagram,
zoom-in view of the sonagram and cut out a signal anywhere (in time and frequency domains)
from a wideband IQ recording for classification and decoding afterwards.
A typical configuration of an automatic spectrum monitoring system with W-SPECTRA can look like the following:
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Example setup of a monitoring system with W-SPECTRA.
W-SPECTRA connects to a Software Defined Radio (SDR) and takes over its full control. A built-in mass
storage device (e.g., an SSD) can be used by W-SPECTRA for wideband IQ signal recording.
All important operation activities are covered in the W-SPECTRA GUI “Operation” tab:
Receiver control: allows the bi-directional setting of the receiver frequency, demodulator, demodu-
lator bandwidth and AGC etc.
Choose a classifier or a decoder manually or automatically
Display the classification result into a database entry
Database operations: insert, overwrite and manually edit an entry
Wideband spectrum display (2 MHz) with IQ signal recording and playback
Narrowband spectrum display (96 kHz) with IQ signal recording and playback
Display detailed classification and decoding result
Switch among the three operation modes: Direct Mode, Memory Scan and Frequency Search
Four buttons (Start, Stop, Previous and Next) control the work flow of the three operation modes.
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W-SPECTRA GUI Operation tab contains five parts: direct receiver control, classifier and decoder setting,
wideband spectrum display and media player/recorder, narrowband spectrum display and media player/recorder and classification and decoding result display.
W-SPEED
While running online (real-time) spectrum monitoring, a system (e.g., W-SPECTRA) can usually classify
and decode signals in a limited bandwidth in real-time (online). The reasons are usually limited processing
bandwidth of certain components and limited computation power. Signals outside the processing bandwidth can not be processed online. To solve this problem W-SPECTRA makes a recording of signals in a
much wider bandwidth than it can process online. The recording is done in a lossless way, usually in baseband IQ and the recorded signal is processed afterwards by the Spectrum Editing tool W-SPEED.
W-SPEED loads a recorded signal and displays it in a two-dimensional sonagram with the frequency as the
x-axis and time as the y-axis. The sonagram display bandwidth is selectable among 250 kHz, 500 kHz, 1
MHz, 1.5 MHz, 2 MHz, 4 MHz, 8 MHz, 10 MHz, 12 MHz, 16 MHz and 24 MHz, with 2 MHz as default. The
user can examine the sonagram by zooming-in to and navigating over the spectrum, mark an interesting
signal and send this signal to W-SPECTRA or other Wavecom decoders (e.g., W-CODE) for classification
and decoding.
A typical setup of this spectrum investigation is as in the following
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Example setup of the Wavecom spectrum editing tool W-SPEED working together with the monitoring system W-SPECTRA. The user can select a 96 kHz wide signal stripe and send it to W-SPECTRA for detail investigation.
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Click the “W-SPECTRA” button to install the WSPECTRA application.
First, you will see the welcome screen. Click
“Next” to continue the installation.
Setup
W-SPECTRA, W-SPEED
The automatic monitoring system W-SPECTRA and the spectrum editing tool W-SPEED provide all functions required to analyse, classify, decode and process radio data communications over the entire frequency spectrum. Both are licensed software, running on existing equipments of the customer. This feature allows seamless integration with SDR (Software Defined Radio) receivers with IQ data and TCP/IP data outputs. The license for the software is programmed on a CmStick USB key. One client license is provided with each software package (multiple licenses on request).
W-SPECTRA and W-SPEED Hardware Installation
Insert the USB license key(s) in any USB socket.
Software Installation
W-SPECTRA supports the WiNRADiO Software Defined Radio (SDR) receivers G3xDDC. Before the user install W-SPECTRA please make sure that the G3xDDC software is already installed.
Insert the WAVECOM installation DVD in the drive. When requested, point the auto start wizard to the disc
drive and start installation.
Note: To run installation you need to have the Administrator right. After installation, you can run the
applications W-SPECTRA and W-SPEED if you are a member of the Administrators, Power Users or Us-
ers group.
Before the installation of a software update, the old version must be uninstalled (see “Software Uninstall”
on page 12). After uninstallation has completed, insert the WAVECOM installation disc in the drive; the installer will start automatically. Otherwise, it can be started with Windows Explorer by double-clicking
Installation.exe.
Without loosing generality we show the installation steps on the example W-SPECTRA.
The selection dialogue of the installation program is displayed:
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Change the destination folder and click “Next” to
continue the installation.
Click “Next” to continue the installation.
Wait until the installation is finished.
If the installation was successful, click Fin-
ish to complete the process.
Note: If a firewall is enabled on your system, depending on its security level settings, various components
of W-SPECTRA may ask to access the Internet or the trusted zone of the firewall. You will have to manually grant access to these components.
Check for hidden windows if the installation process seems to “hang” (this can be done by pressing the
Alt+Tab keys). Sometimes windows in the background are waiting for a button to be pressed to allow the
installation to proceed.
W-SPECTRA Server
W-SPECTRA runs in a client/server architecture. The W-SPECTRA server is running as a Windows service,
which will start automatically at the PC startup. The corresponding tray icon indicates the server status as
below.
Status of the W-SPECTRA server.
Make sure that the server is in “running” status. The user can also start the server manually by right clicking the mouse or just double clicking the desktop icon “W-SPECTRA”.
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W-SPECTRA Licensing
The license of W-SPECTRA is programmed on a USB key (Wibu CmStick). The software is delivered with
one year free update, i.e., the customer will get new software versions free of charge during one year after the date of purchase. The update period can be extended for max. 5 years. The purchased software
version itself runs without time limit.
On request, different licensing models are available:
Single-user licenses
Network licenses with floating licenses (sharing of W-SPECTRA and options between different
computers)
Licenses for other WAVECOM software products and third party products may also be stored on
the CmStick
Software Updates
Software released during the update period can be installed at any time.
New licenses can be loaded to the CmStick without sending the physical USB key to WAVECOM. Just click
License Update on the CodeMeter Control Center and follow the information provided by the assistant.
How to update a license.
Software Options
W-SPECTRA runs in two different bandwidth variants: narrowband (W-SPECTRA-NB, with a 8 kHz narrowband classifier CLNB) or wideband (W-SPECTRA-WB, with a 96 kHz wideband classifier CLWB) (see
“License System, Software and Options” on page 238).
Both classifiers are delivered with separate license codes. The classifier licenses can also be shared by
other Wavecom decoders, e.g., W-CODE. If the customer already has a classifier license, he can just order
the W-SPECTRA without specifying the bandwidth. In this case W-SPECTRA will run with the existing classifier license.
To order the W-SPECTRA software, please follow this procedure:
Place an order W-SPECTRA with the bandwidth option (narrowband or wideband). If you already
have a CmStick, you may give us the serial number of your CmStick.
WAVECOM will process your order and forward an invoice.
After the payment has been received, a new key or license file for your existing CmStick will be
forwarded.
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Press the “WebAdmin”.
Licenses available on the CmStick are listed in
this screen.
Item
Remarks
Product
Code
Displays the product code
Name
Displays the name of the product item, normally the name of the product
Feature Map
Displays the feature map
Licenses
Displays the total number of network licenses
Maintenance
Period
Display the maintenance period of the license. Wavecom uses this to check whether the
license is valid to run a new software version
User Limit
Displays the number of licenses, which are currently used in the user limit mode
No User
Limit
Displays the number of licences that are currently used in the no user limit mode
Exclusive
Displays the number of licences that are currently used in the exclusive mode
Shared
Displays the number of licences that are currently used in the shared mode
Free
Displays the number of licences that are currently free
Details
Displays detailed information about the respective network licences in use
To process an order for options, the following information is required:
Complete address
Ordered items
Email or mail delivery
Serial number and remote context file of CmStick to be updated, if applicable
W-SPECTRA License Checking
To check the license(s) on the CmStick follow these steps:
Open the CodeMeter WebAdmin interface from the CodeMeter tray icon.
Important: If you have multiple CmSticks plugged into computers in the same local network, refer to
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VISTA
XP
Windows 7
Click on Start, go to
the Computers menu
and click the Unin-
stall or change a
program button
Select WAVECOM W-
[XX] from the list
Click Uninstall
Click on Start, go to the
Settings menu and open
Control Panel
Select the Add/Remove
Programs icon
Select Install/Uninstall
Choose WAVECOM W-
[XX] from the list
Click Add/Remove
Click on Start and open the
Control Panel
Select the Programs icon
Select Programs and Fea-
tures
Choose WAVECOM W-[xx]
from the list
Click Uninstall in the menu
“License System, Software and Options” on page 238.
Software Uninstall
In certain situations, e.g., when updating the application, it is necessary to uninstall the software. Use the
following commands:
The application has now been removed from the PC - it is possible, however, that the shortcut icons may
have to be removed manually.
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System W-SPECTRA
First Start
After the software and the CmStick have been successfully installed, W-SPECTRA can be started
either from the Windows Start menu or by double-clicking the program icon on your desktop.
Start the WiNRADiO G3xDDC receiver as well. For example,
WiNRADiO G39DDC native GUI.
Proper operation of W-SPECTRA is indicated by the WAVECOM Server Control icon in the Windows
system tray in the taskbar. If the the icon is green, the server is operating normally. You may also
move the mouse over the icon and check that you get this status message: WAVECOM Server –
W-SPECTRA (running).
The following GUI shows that W-SPECTRA is running properly. It is connected to an SDR and is
classifying signals coming from the receiver.
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W-SPECTRA works properly.
There are five major parts in the W-SPECTRA main GUI:
o Direct receiver (SDR) control
o Run a decoder or a classifier, database operations
o Wideband (2 MHz) spectrum display and media player/recorder
o Narrowband (96 kHz) spectrum display and media player/recorder
o Decoder or classifier setting and display of results.
The user can set the receiver frequency, demodulator and demodulator bandwidth using the W-
SPECTRA GUI or the native SDR GUI, e.g., WiNRADiO G39DDC GUI. Settings will be synchronised
in both GUIs.
The user can view the spectrum up to 2 MHz in the wideband display.
The signals in the middle 96 kHz wide stripe of the wideband display will be shown in the narrow-
band spectrum display. The user may move the middle cursor in the narrowband display to locate
the signal.
The user may choose a classifier or decoder in the pull-down list “Mode” and the signal will be
classified or decoded. The result will be displayed in the lower part of the GUI.
If no receiver (SDR) is running or the W-SPECTRA server stops, warning messages will be dis-
played in the W-SPECTRA GUI. The user may take actions according to the message guide.
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If the receiver is not running or the W-SPECTRA server stops, warning mes-
sages will appear. The user may take corresponding actions.
Default Data and Program Folders (Paths)
To see all folders, select Folder Options in the Control Panel
Enable Show all folders.
Enable Show hidden files, folders and drives
Path names can vary if you use a non-English language operating system or if you are not using the Microsoft “Windows Explorer”.
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Folder
XP
Vista
Program Folder (Read only,
RO)
C:\Program Files\WAVECOM\<Product>\
C:\Program Files\WAVECOM\<Product>\
Global Data
(Read only,
RO)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WAVECOM\<Product>\
C:\ProgramData\WAVECOM\<Product>\
Global Data
(Read & write,
RW)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\WAVECOM\<Product>\
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\
WAVECOM\<Product>\
User Specific
Roaming Data
C:\Documents and Settings\\<Username>\\Application Data\
WAVECOM\<Product>\
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\
WAVECOM\<Product>\
User Specific
Non-Roaming
Data
C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\WAVECOM\<Product>\
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\
WAVECOM\<Product>\
Program Folder
Global Data (RO)
Global Data (RW)
Main Menu
The main menu includes all submenus relating to operating modes, as well as setup, analysis, classification, decoding and database functions.
The WINDOWS operating system is based on a multitasking kernel and can handle several tasks simultaneously, and therefore interaction with the menu system will not interrupt the execution of an active function. This allows, for example, the integrity check of a database running without interrupting other activities.
W-SPECTRA Main GUI Screen Display
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When working properly (connected to the receiver SDR and the W-SPECTRA server is running), the main
GUI should look as the following.
W-SPECTRA is running properly. It is classifying a signal and doing code check.
As a standard WINDOWS procedure a left-click on a menu item will display the corresponding drop-down
menu.
W-SPECTRA menu items: File, Run, Configuration, Tools and Help.
The W-SPECTRA menu includes File, Run, Configuration, Tools and Help.
File menu includes various database operations.
Run menu sets the three W-SPECTRA operation modes: Direct Mode, Memory Scan and Frequency
Search.
Configuration menu includes the receiver (SDR) setup, the startup behavior and customization of
the database.
Tools menu includes additional functionalities of W-SPECTRA.
Help menu includes the software version and build information.
The button line under the menu line includes “New database”, “Open database”, “Save database”,
“Save decoder result as text”, “Run Direct mode”, “Run Memory scan” and “Run Frequency
search”. When moving the mouse to the buttons the corresponding hint will appear.
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New database
Open an empty database using the template which is already active in W-SPECTRA.
The user can view the active database template by clicking the tab “Direct mode”,
“Memory scan” or “Frequency search”.
New from template
Open an empty database with a user configured template.
Open database
Open an existing database.
Save database
Save the changes (new entries etc.) into the database.
Save database as
Save the changes in the database under another name.
Save decoder result as
text
Save the classification and decoding result into a TXT file.
Check database
Check the integrity of a database: remove null entries and remove duplicate entries.
(See “Database Operations and Integrity Check” on page 35.)
Close database
Close a database.
Exit
Exit the W-SPECTRA application.
File Menu
W-SPECTRA File menu.
Using the File menu, the user can access
Run Menu
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Startup preferences
This menu opens a dialog window, in which the user can set the default behavior of WSPECTRA at startup.
The user can define which operation mode (Direct mode, Memory scan or Frequency
search) should W-SPECTRA run when it starts.
The user can define which database template should be loaded when W-SPECTRA starts.
The user can define which color scheme should apply to the FFT display and sonagram display.
SDR settings
This menu will open a configuration window where the user can rescan all receivers
(WiNRADiO G3xDDC) which are running on the local computer, choose a receiver (WiNRA-
DiO G3xDDC), connect or disconnect it. The user can set the default values of “Receiver
frequency”, “Demodulator bandwidth”, “Demodulator”, “AGC” and “Squelch level”. When
closing the window the default values are saved. (see “Direct Receiver Control” on page
24.)
Customize a database
Open a configuration window where the user can define a database template. (see “User
Configurable Database” on page 29.)
W-SPECTRA Run menu.
With the menu “Run” the user can switch W-SPECTRA among the three operation modes: “Direct mode”,
“Memory scan” and “Frequency search”. The user can also switch to a mode by clicking the corresponding
button.
Each operation mode defines a different automatic work flow and running behavior of W-SPECTRA.
Configuration Menu
W-SPECTRA Configuration menu.
Configuration menu includes
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Startup Preferences
The “Startup preferences” under the Configuration menu starts a window where the user can define the
following default values when W-SPECTRA starts up.
Mode: means which of the three operation modes (Direct mode, Memory scan or Frequency
search) should W-SPECTRA run.
Database template: which database template should W-SPECTRA load. When no template is speci-
fied, only the 6 mandatory database fields are displayed.
FFT color scheme and
Sonagram color scheme define the color schemes of the spectrum display in the Operation tab.
W-SPECTRA “Startup preferences” under Configuration menu.
Tools Menu
In the Tools menu the user can open additional functionalities or tools of W-SPECTRA.
W-SPECTRA Tools menu.
The user can open four tools: “Spectra editing” (W-SPEED), “Split a recording”, “Convert a recording” and
“CCC Editor” (CCC table editor).
By choosing “Spectra editing” the user can run the spectrum editing tool W-SPEED.
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