Serial Triggering and Analysis Application Modules — AERO • AUDIO • AUTO • AUTOMAX • COMP • EMBD • FLEX

MIL-STD-1553 Characteristics

Bus Setup Options

Characteristic

Description

Source

Analog channels 1-4

Reference waveforms 1-4

Math waveform

Thresholds

High and Low threshold per source

Recommended

Probing

Differential or Single Ended (only one single-ended signal

required)

Decode Configuration

Polarity

Normal or Inverted

Bit rate

1 Mb/s per the standard

Formats Available

Mixed1: Hex (data), Decimal (addresses and count), Binary

(bits)

Mixed2: ASCII (data), Decimal (addresses and count), Binary

(bits)

Block Hex

Hex and Binary

Binary

Display Modes

Bus

Bus only

Bus and

Waveforms

Simultaneous display of bus and digital waveforms

Event Table

Decoded packet data in a tabular view

Bus Trigger and Search Options

Characteristic

Description

Trigger and/or

Search On

Sync

range, outside range), T/R, Sub-address/Mode, Data Word

Count/Mode Code, and Parity individually)

range, outside range), Message Error, Instrumentation,

Service Request Bit, Broadcast Command Received, Busy,

Subsystem Flag, Dynamic Bus Control Acceptance (DBCA),

Terminal Flag, and Parity individually)

Data Word (user-specified 16-bit data value)

Error (Sync, Parity, Manchester, Non-contiguous data)

Idle Time (minimum time selectable from 4 µs to 100 µs;

maximum time selectable from 12 µs to 100 µs; trigger on <

minimum, > maximum, inside range, outside range)

Bus Decode

Characteristic

Description

Maximum

Clock/Data Rate

Up to 1 Mb/s (for automated decoding of bus)

Decode Display

Start (green bracket)

Address (yellow box)

R/T (purple box)

Word Count (purple box)

Status Bits (purple box)

Data (cyan box)

Parity (purple box)

Stop (red bracket)

Errors (red box)

Trigger selection of Status Word will trigger on Status and ambiguous Command/Status words.

MIL-1553 bus setup, showing threshold setup for MIL-1553 bus.

Triggering on a specific data value on the MIL-1553 bus.

Event table for MIL-1553 bus with all captured packets time stamped and in a tabular view.