Product Options
Additional functionality can be added to 4Links SpaceWire test equipment simply by changing the firmware memory card in your platform.
Diagnostic and other Options can improve the usefulness of many of 4Links' products while saving expense for users who do not need the capability of a whole extra unit. See below for a table of available options.
Extra Options may be purchased at the same time as the equipment, or later when the need arises. The installation of extra Options does not require the return of your product to 4Links.
The Options that are available for each product are:
|
Function Option |
Ether- Space- Link |
Diagnostic SpaceWire Interface | SpaceWire RMAP Responder | Flexible SpaceWire Router | Multilink SpaceWire Analyzer | Multilink SpaceWire Recorder | Absolute Time Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event/Error Reporting | ER | included | included | included | included | |||
| Event/Error Waveforms | EW | available | available | included | available | |||
| Time Code generator / distributor | TC | available | available | |||||
| Time Tags | TT | available | available | included | ||||
| Event/Error Injection | EI | available | ||||||
| Simultaneous Outputs | SO | available | ||||||
| Packet Statistics | PS | available | included | |||||
| PPS Time Code | included |
If you need more SpaceWire ports or several concurrently available functions, then your unit will need a more major upgrade (see the table on the Upgrade Details page), or you will have to add extra platforms, but they will share the characteristics of your existing products.
In addition, all of the 4Links units can be supplied with their SpaceWire ports on the rear of the unit, rather than on the front. This might be preferred for static configurations where cables will not be frequently re-plugged and a cable-free frontal appearance is desired.
