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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] S. JACKSON         ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]    37708         ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE: AUG. 1987  ]
 ] ENG/282-8542       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ]                  ]
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 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 18 AND SUBS               ]  CREW ( )  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
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 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC (X)  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )]  G9                             ]
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 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA:  ECP                                             ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: V4.7                                           ]
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 ] TITLE:                                                              ]
 ] METHOD OF CALCULATING RAMP SLOPE INCREMENT                          ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
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 ] THE CALCULATED SLOPE INCREMENT PER ITERATION BY THE RAMP FUNCTION   ]
 ] MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SLOPE INPUT VALUE. THE SLOPE VALUE IS INPUT    ]
 ] AS A SCALED VALUE WITH THE LSB REPRESENTING 1/32 OF A PCM COUNT.    ]
 ] SINCE ONE PCM COUNT IS THE SMALLEST MEANINGFUL UNIT OF CHANGE, A    ]
 ] SLOPE INPUT LESS THAN A DECIMAL 32 (REPRESENTS ONE PCM COUNT) WILL  ]
 ] CAUSE A ONE PCM COUNT INCREMENT TO BE CALCULATED AFTER A WHOLE      ]
 ] NUMBER OF ITERATIONS EQUAL TO 32 DIVIDED BY SLOPE INPUT VALUE. FOR  ]
 ] A SLOPE INPUT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN A DECIMAL 32, THE CALCULATED ]
 ] SLOPE INCREMENT PER ITERATION IS THE WHOLE NUMBER DERIVED FROM THE  ]
 ] SLOPE VALUE DIVIDED BY 32.                                          ]
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 ] USER RESPONSE:                                                      ]
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 ] NONE.                                                               ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM: WYATT COOPER         DATE 8/05/88 ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 9/02/88 ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------] JACK G BOYKIN       9/20/88 ]
 ]PF MGR: ERIC BINGHAM      DATE 8/03/88 ]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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