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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ]   ALAN OGLETREE    ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]      107014      ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE:            ]
 ]   IBM/282-8440     ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ]      09/29/92    ]
 ]____________________]_____________________________]__________________]
 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ]   OI-22 AND SUBS              ]  CREW ( )  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
 ]_______________________________]_____________________________________]
 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL (X)]   S2, S4                        ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA:  RMS                                             ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS:  R4.4                                          ]
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 ] TITLE:  RMS MULTIPLEX DOWNLIST UNUSABLE                             ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ]   THE RMS MULTIPLEX DOWNLIST CAPABILITY IS DESIGNED TO PLACE APPROX-]
 ] IMATELY 2000 RMS CONSTANTS INTO THE DOWNLIST (THE EXACT NUMBER      ]
 ] VARIES FROM OI TO OI).  THESE WILL BE DOWNLISTED IN GROUPS OF 5,    ]
 ] EACH GROUP HAVING AN ID ASSOCIATED WITH IT (IDENTIFYING THE PARA-   ]
 ] METERS SELECTED FOR THE CURRENT GROUP) AND EACH GROUP BEING UPDATED ]
 ] ONCE EVERY 1.04 SECONDS BY THE RMS SOFTWARE.  THUS THE RMS SOFTWARE ]
 ] CYCLES THROUGH THESE PARAMETERS, PLACING EACH ONE IN THE DOWNLIST   ]
 ] STREAM, IN A PERIOD OF 6 TO 7 MINUTES.  (THE RMS CONSTANTS SELECTED ]
 ] FOR DOWNLIST ARE ALL ABLE TO BE UPDATED VIA THE RMS OP CODE         ]
 ] UPLINK CAPABILITY.)                                                 ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ]   DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DOWNLIST REQUIREMENTS AND INCORRECT RMS       ]
 ] REQUIREMENTS, THE ID CANNOT ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON TO PROPERLY        ]
 ] IDENTIFY THE PARAMETERS BEING DOWNLISTED IN THE CURRENT GROUP.      ]
 ] AS A RESULT, THE RMS MULTIPLEX DOWNLIST CAPABILITY SHOULD NOT       ]
 ] (AND CANNOT) BE USED TO DETERMINE THE VALUES OF THESE RMS           ]
 ] CONSTANTS.                                                          ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ]USER RESPONSE:                                                       ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ]   IF THE VALUE OF A SINGLE CONSTANT IS NEEDED ON THE GROUND, USE    ]
 ] VARIABLE DOWNLIST.  IF THE VALUES OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE        ]
 ] CONSTANTS ARE NEEDED ON THE GROUND, AN SM DUMP OF THE APPROPRIATE   ]
 ] COMPOOLS CAN BE PERFORMED AND THE VALUES ACQUIRED FROM THE DUMP.    ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM:   JEAN L. ZOPHY      DATE 11/24/92]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]FDSD:  W. R. PRUETT       DATE 11/30/92]                             ]
 ]     -------------------      ---------] DARRELL E. STAMPER 01/19/93 ]
 ]PF MGR: JAMES D. BAGWELL  DATE 11/30/92]------------------- -------- ]
 ]        PALMER B. CHIU         12/01/92] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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