#!/usr/bin/env python # # Copyright 2010, 2012 Nick Foster # # This file is part of gr-air-modes # # gr-air-modes is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) # any later version. # # gr-air-modes is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with gr-air-modes; see the file COPYING. If not, write to # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, # Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. # # For reference into the methodology used to decode altitude, # see RTCA DO-181D p.42 def decode_alt(alt, bit13): mbit = alt & 0x0040 qbit = alt & 0x0010 if mbit and bit13: #TBD: bits 20-25, 27-31 encode alt in meters #remember that bits are left justified (bit 20 is MSB) return "METRIC ERROR" if qbit: #a mode S-style reply #bit13 is false for BDS0,5 ADS-B squitters, and is true otherwise if bit13: #in this representation, the altitude bits are as follows: # 12 11 10 9 8 7 (6) 5 (4) 3 2 1 0 # so bits 6 and 4 are the M and Q bits, respectively. tmp1 = (alt & 0x3F80) >> 2 tmp2 = (alt & 0x0020) >> 1 else: tmp1 = (alt & 0x1FE0) >> 1 tmp2 = 0 decoded_alt = ((alt & 0x0F) | tmp1 | tmp2) * 25 - 1000 else: #a mode C-style reply #okay, the order they come in is: #C1 A1 C2 A2 C4 A4 X B1 D1 B2 D2 B4 D4 #the order we want them in is: #D2 D4 A1 A2 A4 B1 B2 B4 #so we'll reassemble into a Gray-coded representation if bit13 is False: alt = (alt & 0x003F) | (alt & 0x0FC0 << 1) C1 = 0x1000 A1 = 0x0800 C2 = 0x0400 A2 = 0x0200 #this represents the order in which the bits come C4 = 0x0100 A4 = 0x0080 B1 = 0x0020 D1 = 0x0010 B2 = 0x0008 D2 = 0x0004 B4 = 0x0002 D4 = 0x0001 bigpart = ((alt & B4) >> 1) \ + ((alt & B2) >> 2) \ + ((alt & B1) >> 3) \ + ((alt & A4) >> 4) \ + ((alt & A2) >> 5) \ + ((alt & A1) >> 6) \ + ((alt & D4) << 6) \ + ((alt & D2) << 5) #bigpart is now the 500-foot-resolution Gray-coded binary part decoded_alt = gray2bin(bigpart) #real_alt is now the 500-foot-per-tick altitude cbits = ((alt & C4) >> 8) + ((alt & C2) >> 9) + ((alt & C1) >> 10) cval = gray2bin(cbits) #turn them into a real number if cval == 7: cval = 5 #not a real gray code after all if decoded_alt % 2: cval = 6 - cval #since the code is symmetric this unwraps it to see whether to subtract the C bits or add them decoded_alt *= 500 #take care of the A,B,D data decoded_alt += cval * 100 #factor in the C data decoded_alt -= 1300 #subtract the offset return decoded_alt def gray2bin(gray): i = gray >> 1 while i != 0: gray ^= i i >>= 1 return gray def encode_alt_modes(alt, bit13): mbit = False qbit = True encalt = (int(alt) + 1000) / 25 if bit13 is True: tmp1 = (encalt & 0xfe0) << 2 tmp2 = (encalt & 0x010) << 1 else: tmp1 = (encalt & 0xff8) << 1 tmp2 = 0 return (encalt & 0x0F) | tmp1 | tmp2 | (mbit << 6) | (qbit << 4) if __name__ == "__main__": for alt in range(-1000, 101400, 25): dec = decode_alt(encode_alt_modes(alt, False), False) if dec != alt: print "Failure at %i with bit13 clear (got %s)" % (alt, dec) for alt in range(-1000, 101400, 25): dec = decode_alt(encode_alt_modes(alt, True), True) if dec != alt: print "Failure at %i with bit13 set (got %s)" % (alt, dec)