Protocol Validation System for On-Board Communications PVS Project Overview 19th SpaceWire Group Meeting, 02-03 October 2012 Paris, France Presentation Contents  Project Overview  PVS Product Instances  Project Status  Work Performed  Major Technical Decisions  Plan for the Next Period PVS-Phase 2 Project Overview  Duration  Period I: February 2012 – March 2013 (14 months)  Period II: April 2013 – July 2014 (16 months)  Objectives  To provide a protocol validation system for the SpW family of protocols (PVS SpW product) – Period I  To provide a protocol validation system for the ECSS-E-ST-50-13C (MIL-STD- 1553B) protocols (PVS 1553 product) – Period I  To provide a protocol validation system for the ECSS-E-ST-50-15C (CANBUS) protocols (PVS CAN product) – Period II  To validate the different PVS product instances in four (4) demonstrators – Period II  Partners  TELETEL  Astrium SAS (Toulouse, Elancourt)  Astrium UK PVS Overview  PVS will be a fully integrated protocol validation system for on-board communications supporting a wide range of protocols and physical interfaces  It will be initially used to analyze and validate SpW, ECSS-E-ST-50-13C (1553), ECSS CAN on-board networks  It will be easily expandable to support new physical interfaces & protocols  It will be based on the iSAFT professional tool chain (RTE, Test Runner, Packet Editor, Traffic Generator, Protocol Analyser) PVS Architecture Overview Protocol Analyzer Professional Traffic Generator Protocol Stacks Plug-Ins Test Suites Plug-Ins TRAFFIC ANALYSIS VALIDATION EMULATION iSAFT Traffic Generator iSAFT Protocol Analyser iSAFT Test Runner iSAFT Protocol Editor iSAFT Runtime Environment (RTE) NETWORK INTERFACE CARD(S) -- SpW, 1553, CAN etc. Port 1 Port 2 Port ‘n’ Points of Control and Observation (PCO) PVS Instances (examples) he PVS shall cover the needs of:  Rapid prototyping  Lab Portable System  R&D and feasibility studies  System analysis teams  Functional testing / Interface Simulation  Device providers  Test Station Expander  AIV teams Module  Interoperability testing  Device providers  AIT teams  Stress testing  Site Rackmount System  All users  Protocol Analysis  All users PVS SpW Overview  PVS SpW Features:  Full SpW ECSS-E-ST-50-12C compliance  Validation Tests according to:  SpW conformance tests  RMAP conformance tests  CCSDS Space Packet conformance tests  RMAP, PTP, CCSDS Space Packet protocol emulation  Decoding of RMAP, PTP, CCSDS Space Packet protocol messages  Traffic Generation Libraries PVS Quad SpW Interface Card capabilities SpW Links Link Monitoring 2 Single OR 1 Redundant Protocol Emulation, Traffic Generation, Fault Injection 4 Single OR 2 Redundant Mixed Configuration 2 Single Emulation and 1 Single Monitoring OR 1 Redundant Emulation and 1 Single Monitoring PVS 1553 Overview  PVS 1553 Features:  Validation Tests according to:  ECSS-E-ST-50-13C Test Plan for validating BC and RT requirements for ECSS services (under definition and development)  SAE AS 4111 RT Validation Test Plan supporting Protocol Tests  SAE AS 4112 RT Production Test Plan supporting Electrical and Protocol Tests  Bus Controller (BC), multiple Remote Terminals (RTs) emulation and Bus Monitoring (BM)  BC, RT emulation of ECSS-E-ST-13C services  BM supports decoding of 1553 and ECSS messages using Wireshark Network Analyser  Protocol Tests PVS MIL-STD-1553B COTS Interface Card capabilities 2 Independent Dual redundant channels Full function BC, multiple RTs and BM operation simultaneously in each channel Bus Controller operation Major/Minor frame scheduling Aperiodic messages insertion Conditional BC Branching Remote Terminals operation Full RT support Bus Monitoring IRIG-B, Time Stamping with 100nsec resolution PVS CAN Overview  PVS CAN Features:  Validation Tests according to:  ECSS-E-ST-50-15C conformance tests for validating Time Distribution, Redundancy, LDUT protocol (under definition and development)  CiA310 CANOpen conformance tests  CANOpen Master / Slave node emulation supporting ECSS-E-ST-50-15C protocol services  CAN/CANOpen Traffic Generation  CAN/CANOpen Bus Monitoring, decoding on Wireshark NetworkAnalyser, Real Time statistics PVS CAN Interface Card under development 4 Physical Interfaces Support both ISO-11898-2 and RS-485 physical layers with isolation Configurable as 4 single channels or 2 redundant Host Interface PCIe IRIG IRIG-B digital interface CAN controller Developed in FPGA CANOpen protocol support Programmable Triggers and Hardware Timers providing Real Time support for CANOpen SYNC Benefits  All-in-one validation environment  Suitable for use in many different areas and by many different users  Easy integration of new physical interfaces, protocol emulators ,3rd party applications  Built on open and standard technologies  Support of multiple networks simultaneously for interworking validation scenarios