SpaceCapture

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SpaceCapture

• BR Software For Electronic Notification of
  Alphanumerical Data

N. Venkatesh
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Electronic Notification
Capture and Modify
Attach
Attached mdb should contain only notices you
intend to notify
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SpaceCapture Database

• Any SRS Version 3 Microsoft Access Database
• Described in CR 58 and Srs-dbv3.doc on the SRS CD
• SpaceCapture Installation automatically installs
  default SpaceCapture database

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Electronic Forms of Notice

• S4/II Satellite Network
• S4/III Earth Station
• S4/IV RadioAstronomy
• S4/V Advance Publication
• S4/VI Advance Publication
• S30/S30A Space Plans (pending)
• Due Diligence (Resolution 49)

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Electronic Forms of Notice

• Based on Paper Forms of Notice
• CR 65 (APS4 Space/Earth Stations)
• CR 86 (APS4 Advance Publication)
• CR 107 (APS4 RadioAstronomy)
• CR 96 (Resolution 49)
• CR ?? Space Plans pending
• Use CR 158 until further notice

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Structure of a Notice
Station
Overall Link
Beam Level Data
Beamsn
Group Level Data Characteristics Common to A
List of Frequencies
Groupsn

• List of Frequencies
• Emissions
• Assoc Earth/Space Stations
• Coordination

• List of Frequencies
• Emissions
• Assoc Earth/Space Stations
• Coordination

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SpaceCapture Components

• Main SpaceCapture Dialog
• Notice Explorer
• Search Criteria
• Notice Tab Dialog

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1. Main SpaceCapture Dialog

• Automatically Opens Default Database
• Settings to change default behaviour
• Default Database
• Sort order of frequencies and Emissions
• Open a Different Database
• Create a new empty SRS Database
• Compact or Repair an Access Database

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Main SpaceCapture Dialog

• Select an Electronic Form Template
• Default Template is APS4/II and APS4/III
• Only one Template Current at any one time
• Even though a database may contain many Notice
  types only Notices corresponding to the Current
  Template will be displayed

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2. Notice Explorer

• Summary List of Notices
• Shows Structure of a Notice
• Print
• Summary list of Notices
• Calls SpacePub to print a Notice Report
• Edit Notice Structure
• Delete
• Clone

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Notice Explorer

• Export a Notice to any SRS V3 Formatted Access
  Database

Notice(s)
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3. Search Criteria

• Useful when working with a Large Database like
  the srs-all.mdb.
• Limit subset of Electronic Notices that the
  Notice Explorer will display.
• Search for a specific Electronic Notice(s).

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4. Notice Tab Dialog

• Contains Electronic Detail Pages of a Notice
• Maintains the Structure of a Notice
• Controls Navigation within the Notice
• Create a new Notice
• Edit details of an existing Notice

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Notice Tab Dialog

• Clone entities within the Current Notice
• Delete entities of the Current Notice
• Print
• Calls SpacePub to Print Current Notice
• Print Report of Data shown in Excel type Tables
• Strapping Table, Emission Table, etc.

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Clone
Create and Edit Notices
SpaceCapture Features
Export
Online Help
Queries
Space Publication
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SpaceCapture Software

• Where can I get the software?
• SRS on CD-ROM
• BR-IFIC CD-ROM
• http//www.itu.int/brsoft/space/spacecap/index.htm
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• 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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BR-SOFT Global Setup
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Requirements

• Pentium PC with at least 32 megabytes of memory
• Windows NT4.0, Windows 95/98, Millenium, Windows
  2000
• 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

• ODBC32
• Select MDAC 2.5 from the BR-SOFT Global setup
• Windows 2000
• MDAC 2.5 already integrated into Windows 2000 as
  system-level components
• MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components)

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BR-SOFT Global Setup
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Regional Setting Requirements
Number tab Currency tab
Decimal Symbol Must be .
Digit grouping Symbol Must be ,
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Spacecap Software

• Questions and comments
• barbara.warren_at_itu.int