PTAGIS Data Specification

 

 

Diagnostics

 

Status and noise reports from transceivers are parsed to pull out diagnostic values, which can then be reported as raw or aggregated values on a timeline or in a grid. The values currently processed for PTAGIS-maintained interrogation sites include:

 

Metric

Defintion

Domain

AntennaPhase

Antenna Phase

integer

AverageNoiseMv

Average noise in mV

integer

CurrentNoiseMv

Current noise in mV

integer

ExciterCurrent

Antenna current (Ap-p).

integer

ExciterPower

Exciter power in volts.

decimal

FdxbPeak

Highest value encountered in the averaging period.

percent (0.00 - 1)

MaximumNoiseMv

Maximum noise in mV

integer

NoiseAverage

Average calculated over period of noise delay or default 10s period if noise delay is zero.

percent (0.00 - 1)

NoiseCurrent

Current noise (%)

percent (0.00 - 1)

NoiseGain

Relative noise gain (%)

percent (0.00 - 1)

NoisePeak

Highest value encountered in averaging period while no tags are detected.

percent (0.00 - 1)

RelativePhase

Relative exciter drive phase (%).

percent (0 - 100)

SignalLevel

Signal level from amplifiers (%, B-FLT test point).

 

SignalLevelMv

FDXB Signal Level mV

integer

Temperature

Temperature on reader analog board in degrees Celcius.

decimal

TuningCapacitor

Tuning Capacitor

integer