The Rockwell Collins ARC-220 HF-CPS application is a personal computer (PC) based software tool that can be used to set up and to manage simple-to-complex HF ALE communications networks and related databases. ARC-220 HF-CPS runs on a PC using standard Microsoft Windows 2000™® and Windows XP™® operating systems.

ARC-220 HF-CPS allows users to design, maintain, and manage the daily operation of an HF ALE network on a much higher level by automating many of the complex and time consuming tasks associated with generating datafill files for each ARC-220 HF ALE radio in a network. ARC-220 HF-CPS drastically reduces the amount database and datafill development and maintenance time when compared to the Rockwell Collins HF-CPS™ for ARC-220 radios.

• Reduced ARC-220 and VRC-100 Datafill and Database Creation Time Compared to Standard HF-CPS™ by approximately 60%.
• Makes a Tough Job Easier and Helps Preclude Human Error
• Provides Multiple Output File Formats
• Provides Integrated Direct Datafill and Indirect Datafill Loading Options
• Each Installation CD includes the Rockwell Collins Propman 2000™, HF propagation prediction and frequency planning software.

The Rockwell Collins ARC-220 HF-CPS program is a PC-based software application used to manage HF ALE communication networks. The application assists the user to design, maintain, and manage the daily operation of an HF ALE network by automating many of the complex and time-consuming tasks associated with generating datafill files. Users can create a "common" datafill file to be loaded into multiple common platforms, as well as interoperable but unique datafill files for each ARC-220 or VRC-100 radio in the HF ALE communications network.

The software provides maximum flexibility, ease of maintenance, and straightforward distribution of HF ALE network data by creating and managing a single database.

The database contains the detailed information about the ARC-220 radio as supported by the ARC-220 HF-CPS software. The database stores the user entered authorized frequency and HF ALE address data, as well as other critical network information. If users have frequency or address data stored in a Microsoft Excel™ spreadsheet, that data may be exported to tab delimited text files, which can, in turn, be imported into the ARC-220 HF-CPS database. Once the HF ALE network information is entered in the database, the data never has to be re-entered again; it is simply selected for use. This greatly reduces the potential for human error. The previously entered data is used in the generation of datafill files that support a particular communications mission.

The ARC-220 HF-CPS program is a stand-alone application that runs on an IBM compatible personal computer (PC) in the Windows 2000™, or Windows XP™ operating environment.

Each ARC-220 HF-CPS installation CD includes the Rockwell Collins Propman 2000™, HF propagation prediction and frequency planning software.

• Common Software Application Supports Activities at All User Levels
  • Appropriate for Desktop or Laptop PC installations
  • High level: -Network design and Platform definitions
  • Low level: - Network planning, data entry, communications planning, datafill file generation and load radio operations
  • Datafill files prepared and output according to each radio’s specification
  • Rockwell Collins HF ALE radio types supported include:

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• Makes a Tough Job Easier and Helps Preclude Human Error
  • Automatic database integrity error checking
  • Forces consistent choices based on high level operating scenarios
  • Frequencies and ALE Addresses may be grouped upon entry, such that later selection of entire groups can be a 1 click operation.
  • System and installation parameters built and selected in coordinated sets according to user defined Platform definitions
  • Provides protection against inadvertent retention of data based on deleted frequencies or addresses
  • Performs complex programmable attribute choices and calculations automatically
  • Optimizes parameter choices for more efficient network performance
  • Provides multiple output file formats that support direct or indirect data loading methods

• ARC-220 HF-CPS Binary File Format supports:
  • Direct datafill of target radios via RS-232 Low Speed Binary Interface (LSBI) using HF-CPS™ from a host computer
  • Indirect datafill of remotely located target radios via RS-232 Low Speed Binary Interface (LSBI) using the Rockwell Collins DL-8171 ruggedized hand held datafill device
  
  

  Type Number	Part Number	Description
  DL-8171	822-1715-003	Data Loader (TDS Recon Hand Held)

  • Indirect datafill of remotely located target radios via DS-101 protocol using any of the following Data Transfer Devices (DTD): AN/CYZ-10 (ANCD), AN/CYZ-10 (CT3), or Simple Key Loader (SKL)
  • Indirect datafill of remotely located target radios via Flash Memory Card used as a DTD Cartridge for interfacing with MIL-STD-1553B bus controlled radio systems

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