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OVERVIEW
Log On To Global Connectivity Via Thin Air
HF Messenger™, a software application for data communication via
HF radio, enables global HF data communications networks. HF Messenger™
provides connectivity between wireless HF networks and wired ground networks.
HF Messenger™ establishes and maintains network configurations for mobile-to-mobile,
mobile-to-ground, ground-to-mobile, or ground-to-ground providing the most
versatile HF infrastructure possible.
The Rockwell Collins HF Messenger™ system connects remote platforms
with the internet. Configure HF Messenger™ as an Ethernet gateway to
provide wireless connectivity to the internet on a global scale. Integrate HF Messenger™ with other Rockwell Collins products to
achieve an industry leading STANAG 5066 solution. HF Messenger™and the
Rockwell Collins Q9604 modem boosts data throughput to an industry-leading
64kbps data rate (four channels: optimum seawave conditions) or 38.4 kbps
(four channels: optimum skywave conditions). HF Messenger™ is an open architecture system which allows for
device control and data transmission through any supported radio or modem
device. See the HF Messenger™ parameter/features table (later in this
document) for a list of current drivers at the time of the printing of this
document. HF Messenger is deployed as a network centric solution in the U.S. Air
Force SCOPE Command HF Global Communications System and the United Kingdom
Defence High Frequency Communication System. These systems provide mobile
HF users with connectivity to secure and non-secure ground based and makes
HF Messenger™the benchmark for STANAG 5066 interoperability and global
connectivity.
DESCRIPTION
System Description
HF Messenger™ is a "STANAG 5066: Profile for HF Data Communications"
compliant software application certified by the Joint Interoperability Test
Command (JITC). HF Messenger™ can be installed on any commercial PC
running a modern Microsoft® Windows operating system. It can be operated
with any external HF modem and radio combination by loading the appropriate
equipment control drivers. Developed as an open architecture application,
HF Messenger™ works with or without the use of radio/modem device control and
any commercial e-mail application. Figure 1 below shows the versatility of
HF Messenger within a global network.
HF Messenger as a HF Network Server
Connect HF Messenger to a LAN, a radio and modem and use the global
reach of HF to send data across the planet. Data can be routed from the internet
to a intranet to a HF Messenger server to one or more remote HF Messenger
users and back.
HF Messenger as an Mobile Data Terminal
With a laptop, radio, and modem a mobile HF Messenger terminal can be
configured for point-to-point communications between any fixed site or mobile
station. Configure HF Messenger as a SCOPE Command mobile terminal and selectively
connect to HF ground stations across the globe.
HF Messenger as an S5066 IP Gateway
The HF Messenger™ S5066 IP Client sends and receives IP datagrams
between a wireless HF subnetwork and a wired Local Area Network (LAN) which
provides the capability to support multiple Ethernet applications.
HF Messenger S5066 Network Switching
HF Messenger provides the operator with the ability to quickly switch
from one S5066 network to another using a simple one step reconfiguration
process.
HF Messenger - Proven Performance
HF Messenger™ version 3.7 expands capability and improves performance
of the U.S. Air Force SCOPE Command ground network. These capabilities are
carried forward into the HF Messenger commercial product. Among these improvements
are: optimization of auto baud data rate change, the ability to detect data
communication failures and disconnect S5066 faster, and enhanced data delivery
assurance methods. HF Messenger™ v3.7 detects radio and modem control
failures, suspends operations and resumes when device control becomes available.
These capabilities combined with others are deployed in systems across the
globe.
HF Messenger 3.7
The suite of mobile drivers for use within the SCOPE Command network
have been urpgraded. A new user interface has been applied for ease of use
and performance optimization. HF Messenger™ 3.7 provides the capability
for a receiving node to notify a sending node of an optimum data rate for
transmission. For large file transmissions, this capability allows the transmitter
to immediately increase its data rate to the highest rate supported by the
channel; as opposed to other methods which incrementally step up, one data rate
at a time.
KEY FEATURES/USER BENEFITS
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certified STANAG
5066 compliant Internet Protocol (IP) Client provides the transfer of IP
data via HF radio. Error-free transmission using the NATO STANAG 5066 protocol Approved for SCOPE Command SIPRNET connectivity Approved for the United Kingdom MoD Defence High Frequency
Communications System (DHFCS) ground station network provider. Transmits and receives text and image files up to 9600 bps
on a single HF channel HF e-mail connectivity runs on personal computer (PC) or laptop
with commercial e-mail clients (e.g. Microsoft® Outlook, Eudora, and others) Microsoft® Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 server compatible Includes installation wizard for easy set-up Supports standard encryption for secure communications Broadcast, multi-cast, or point-to-point using ALE or fixed
frequency Serves as gateway from remote platform LANs to the internet Robust and efficient data transfer through: message suspend and resume automatic link maintenance adaptive data rate optimized for autobaud waveforms. -
transmit and receive advisory messages. Interoperable with existing HF radios Parameter | Feature | STANAG 5066 version 1.2 specification | Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) v3.7
Certification Pending | STANAG 5066
interface | TCP/IP
socket Interface for client-to-stack subnetwork interface sublayer | Data rate change | S5066
compliant - autobaud and non-autobaud waveform capable. | Automatic
Link Maintenenace Frequency Change (ALM Option II) | Support when operating in ALE Scan radio system mode | Allows crypto operation when using data rate
change? | Yes | Broadcast
capability | Yes | Collision avoidance | Fixed frequency | Channel
access sublayer (CAS) | type 0 CAS (ALE Scan or non Scanning) type 1 CAS (Fixed
Frequency) | Operating systems | Windows
2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Server | SMTP receiver
and POP mail servers | Rockliffe Mailsite™ | SCOPE Command NIPRNET/SIPRNET | Preconfigured as ordered or operator configured
via Department of State version. | S5066 clients | Internet Protocol
(IP) Compressed File Transfer Protocol (CFTP - with resume
message capability) Priority Compressed File Transfer Protocol
(PCFTP) High Frequency Mail Transfer Protocol (HMTP) Broadcast
CFTP (BCFTP) Internet Protocol (IP) Client zModem
Basic File Transfer Protocol (BFTP) client FAX client | Q9604 Ethernet data* | Yes | Q9604 Ethernet
control* | Yes | HF Network Switching* | Yes | Synchronous
serial cards (required for synchronous data and adaptive data rate change | See SELECTION
GUIDE later in this document. | Asynchronous Data | Yes | Radio device
control drivers included (Dept. of Commerce) | Rockwell Collins Equipment: RT-2200, HF-9000D, 309M-1,
and HF-9500 Non-Rockwell Collins Equipment: SunAir:
RT-9000A Datron: TW7000 Motorola: MICOM 2ES, 2EF,
3EF Hagenuk: ERX 3000 Rohde & Schwarz: XK2000 Codan
NGT | Radio device control drivers(Dept. of State) | All of the Department of Commerce Drivers and
the following. Rockwell Collins Equipment: ARC-190 (CP-2024A/B/C),
HF-121C (671Z-2D/R/E & 671Z-3A/U/V), 309M-1, ARC-220, and VRC-100 SunAir:
RT-9000 Datron: TW7000 Motorola: MICOM IIE Hagenuk:
ERX 3000 Rohde & Schwarz: XK2000 Codan: NGT
SR | Modem device
control drivers (Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of State) | Rockwell Collins Q960x,
MDM-3001 Harris RF-5710A |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
HF Messenger™ software is supplied on a CD ready for installation
on a PC or laptop computer. The required, minimum and recommended requirements
for the computer are listed below: Required: Optional: Desktop: S5066 Data: one available PCI bus slot (for optional synchronous
serial card) Radio Device Control: one asynchronous serial port for radio
control Modem Device Control: one asynchronous serial port for modem
control. Laptop: S5066 Data: one available PCMCIA bus slot (for optional synchronous
serial card) Radio/Modem Device Control: one available PCMCIA bus slot
(for optional asynchronous dual port serial card) for radio and modem control. Minimum: Recommended: Processor: Refer to the Operating System for which HF Messenger
is being installed. Memory (RAM): Refer to the Operating System for which HF Messenger
is being installed. 300 MB of free hard drive space or greater (e-mail message
space should be considered) Display resolution settings 1024 x 768 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (for HF Messenger
help viewer)
SELECTION GUIDE
HF Messenger™ V3.7 | Software with manual for Department of Commerce (DOC)
exportability | 984-2438-006 | HF Messenger™
V3.7 | Software
with manual for Department of State (DOS) exportability | 984-0974-011 | Quatech: MPAP-100-ROC-R | Single serial port (synchronous
RS-232) card, PCMCIA (Windows 2000, XP), ruggedized | 270-2715-030 | Quatech:
DSP-100-ROC-R | Dual
serial port (asynchronous RS-232) card, PCMCIA (Windows 2000, XP), ruggedized | 270-2715-040 | Quatech: MPAC-100 | Single
serial port (synchronous RS-232) card, PCI bus 5VDC (Windows 2000, XP) | 270-2714-030 | Sealevel:
5100 | Single
serial port (synchronous RS-232) card, universal PCI bus: low profile bracket | 270-2714-040 | Sealevel: 5100S | Single
serial port (synchronous RS-232) card, universal PCI bus: standard bracket | 270-2714-050 |
Information is also available at these web sites: Q9604 URG-III Support OfferingsProduct Information Material is normally available at no charge and
can be obtained by contacting GS Customer Relations:
Phone: 800-321-2223 or (319)-295-5100
Fax: (319)-295-4777
Email: <response@rockwellcollins.com>
Website: http://www.rockwellcollins.com/gs
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