SpaceCap

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SpaceCap

• BR Software For Electronic Notification of
  Alphanumerical Data

Capture
IFIC
SRS
SpaceCap_V5
SPS
SpacePub_V5
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Electronic Notification
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SNS Database Structure
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SpaceCap Database
SRS
Read Only
SPS
IFIC
Read and Write
Capture mdb
Any SNS V5 formatted database
GIMS
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What you can capture

• SpaceCap has Form Templates for
• AP4/II Satellite Network
• AP4/III Earth Station
• AP4/IV RadioAstronomy
• AP4/V Advance Publication - coord not required
• AP4/VI Advance Publication coord required
• Due Diligence (Resolution 49)
• AP30/30A/30B Space Plans
• Article 2A of Appendices 30/30A

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Electronic Forms of Notice

• Based on Paper Forms of Notice
• CR 65 (AP4 Space/Earth Stations)
• CR 86 (AP4 Advance Publication)
• CR 107 (AP4 RadioAstronomy)
• CR 96 (Resolution 49)
• CR 158 (Appendices 30/30A)

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SpaceCap Form Templates
Data Saved to current Capture database
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SpaceCap Utilities

• Export
• Clone
• Validation
• Online Validation
• Validation Correction mode

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SpaceCap Utilities

• Export
• Existing electronic filing from any srs version 5
  database to another
• Export from the SRS.mdb to a capture.mdb
• Clone
• Clone an electronic filing
• Clone a filing as a mod
• Sets up target ntc_id and target grp_ids
• Clone any part of an electronic filing
• A beam, a group, e_as_stn

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Export Utility
Select Notice(s)
If target database does not exist it will be
created
Select Keep Group Ids to create a Mod filing
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Clone Utility
Select Notice
Drag it to the Clone Control

• Clone as a mod
• Sets target ntc_id and grp_ids
• Sets Action Code

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Action Code set to M
Target Group Ids
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SpaceCap Validation

• Validation Modes
• Online Validation
• Validate as you capture
• Applies basic validation rules
• Is data mandatory
• Is value in the range of valid values
• Validation Correction mode
• View SpaceVal Validation Error report
• Correct Validation Errors

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1. Validation OnlineOnline Validation

• Validates data on the current form
• is mandatory data present
• is data in range of valid values

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Online Validation

• When validation finds no errors in the data on
  the current form you will receive this message

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2. Validation Correction

• Validation Correction
• ValViewer Navigation
• Validation Error Report

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Validation Correction
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Validation Correction
See Validation Rule
2. Correct errors
1. View Validation Errors
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Validation Error Report
See Validation Rule
Print Validation Report
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SpaceCap Utilities

• Wizards
• Date2C Wizard
• Group Common Data Wizard
• RS49 Wizard
• Coordination Agreement Wizard
• Plan Strapping Wizard

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SpaceCap Utilities

• Other tools you might find useful
• Cost Recovery Analysis
• Group Correction

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SpaceCap Wizard Demo

• Group Common Data Wizard
• Tool designed to simplify the task of notifying
  information such as coordination, special
  sections which are often the same for each group
  in a notification.

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Group Common Data Wizard
Common Group Data Wizard
Wizard designed to simplify the task of notifying
information such as date bringing into use,
coordination, special sections which are often
the same for each group in a notification
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Group Common Data Wizard

• Example for each group in the electronic notice
• set the Period of Validity to 22
• Maintain each groups current A2a. Date bringing
  into use, A3a. Operating Agency and A3b. Adm
  Responsible

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Group Common Data Wizard

• Example for each group in the electronic notice
• add a reference to API/A Special Section 2550
• remove existing Special Section data from each
  group

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Group Common Data Wizard

• Example for each group in the electronic notice
• add a country to coordination obtained for
  Provision 9.7
• keep existing Coordination information

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Group Common Data Wizard

• Finish to apply changes to all groups in the
  electronic notification

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SpaceCap Wizard Demo

• Date2C Wizard
• Tool designed to create a notification to modify
  the Date2C (Date bringing into use) of existing
  ADVP, Coordination requests in the system
• Must use the original ADVP notification
• Marks the new ADVP modification as a Date2C change

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1. Export Original API (ADVP) from SRS_ALL.mdb
Start Date2c Wizard
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Select a new Date of Bringing into Use
Select Groups for DBIU change
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DATE2C Process
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SpaceCap Wizards

• RS49 Filing Wizard
• New Electronic Filing procedure
• Effective January 2005
• RS49 Filing generated automatically from
• Article 9 - Coordination request
• Article 11 - Notification
• Appendices 30/30A filing

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New Resolution 49 Electronic Notification
Procedure

• SpaceQry RS49 Quick Query
• Queries the SPS or SRS mdb
• Writes RS49 Summary data to RS49 Filing mdb

• SNS-ONLINE RS49 Query http//www.itu/sns/diligsum.
  html
• Queries the BR Master Register
• Download RS49 Summary data

SpaceCap RS49 Wizard requires RS49 Summary data
SpaceCap RS49 Wizard generates RS49 Filing From
RS49 Summary data
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SpaceCap Wizard Demo

• Coordination Agreement Wizard
• Tool designed to help you capture coordination
  agreements for a filing

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Coordination Agreement Wizard
Coordination Agreement Wizard

• Allows you to add coordination agreements for a
  filing
• For the entire filing or
• Selected groups of frequencies

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Coordination Agreement Wizard
Apply to all groups in the Notice
Select groups based on Frequency range
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Coordination Agreement Wizard
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SpaceCap Wizards

• Plan Strapping Wizard
• Beam level each downlink group of channels must
  have matching feeder-link channels
• Group level downlink channels must match
  feeder-link channels
• Assignment level - any downlink channel could be
  strapped to any feeder-link channel

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SpaceCap Tools Demo

• Cost Recovery Analysis
• Allows you to get an estimate of the cost of your
  filing as you capture
• Cost Recovery Analysis (Dec 482 C2004)
• Cost Recovery Analysis (Dec 482 C2005)

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Cost Recovery Analysis
Cost Recovery Analysis (Dec 482 C2004) Cost
Recovery Analysis (Dec 482 C2005)

• Examines each group within the notice calculates
  number of cost recovery units and determines the
  Cost Recovery Category of the notice.

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Cost Recovery Units for each group in the filing.
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SpaceCap Tools Demo

• Group Correction
• Allows you to make changes to almost any data on
  the group level and apply it to some or all the
  groups in the filing
• Changes only the specified data
• Can specify a new value or set it to null

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Group Correction
Group Correction

• Allows you to make changes to almost any data on
  the group level and apply it to some or all the
  groups in the filing
• Changes only the specified data
• Can specify a new value or set it to null

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Group Correction

• Example set the period of validity to null
• Use Confirm to select the groups
• Use Change All Groups to set the period of
  validity to null for all groups in the filing

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SpaceCap Software

• We welcome your suggestions
• barbara.warren_at_itu.int

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SpaceCap Software

• Where can I get the software?
• SRS on CD-ROM
• BR-IFIC CD-ROM
• http//www.itu.int/ITU-R/software/space/spacecap
• Installation
• Insert SRS on CD-ROM into CD Reader
• Run BR-SOFT Global setup
• Run setup.exe in E\BR_SOFT
• See Readme.txt in E\BR_SOFT\SPACECAP

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Requirements

• Pentium PC with at least 32 megabytes of memory
• Windows NT4.0, Windows 95/98, Millenium, Windows
  2000, XP
• Regional Settings English recommended
• Screen Resolution
• 800 X 600 with small fonts
• 1024 X 768 with small fonts
• 1024 X 768 with large fonts

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Requirements

• Microsoft Jet Engine
• Download from http//www.microsoft.com/downloads
• Search for Jet 4.0 service pack corresponding to
  your operating system
• ODBC32
• For Windows 98
• Install MDAC 2.5 from the BR-SOFT Global setup
• Windows 2000 and up no installation required
• MDAC already integrated as system-level
  components