AS 680/682
Description, Operation and Maintenance Supervisor Operation
ADS−B
5−23Ed. 10.07
5.4.9 Page ’Process’
This page, see Fig. 5−13, is for internal use only. It allows to configure and fine−tune the multi−
threading behavior of the Ground Station software.
Fig. 5−13 Page ’Process’ (example)
5.4.9.1 Idle Times
The idle times determine, in which intervals the following threads have to run.
S the ’Main Thread’ manages among others the GPS polling trigger
S the ’Base Thread’ fetches telegrams from telegram buffer and sends raw data
S the ’ADSB Thread’ performs CPR Decoding
S the ’Bite Thread’ performs the BITE tests
S the LED Thread manages the LEDs at the SPU
5.4.9.2 Buffers
The text fields ’Raw Data Buffer Size’ and ’Asterix Buffer Size’ show the maximum size of the corre-
sponding software internal buffer in bytes. At least, when the maximum size is reached, the respective
data are flushed to the network.