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MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
SECTION I 1982-08-20
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL Page #
MOBILE REPORT PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM…01……01…SECTION I…01……01…TECHNICAL PROPOSAL…01……01…DOC.NO.MCS/2664/PRP/0001
Issue 1
SUBMITTED TO: BESCHAFFUNGSSTELLE DES BUNDESMINISTERS
DES INNERN
IN RESPONSE TO: SPECIFICATIONS FOR A "TEXTVERARBEITUNGS-
UND KOMMUNIKATIONSANLAGE FUR DIE VERWENDUNG
IN EINSATZSTABEN. PIII 7(FM) - 670
200/34.
PREPARED BY: CHRISTIAN ROVSING A/S
BALLERUP
This proposal contains information proprietary to Christian
Rovsing A/S. The data contained herein, in whole or in part,
may not be duplicated, used or disclosed outside the recipient
as Purchaser for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal;
provided, that if a contract is awarded to this offerer as a
resulkt of, or in connection with the submission of this data,
the Purchaser shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose
the data to the extent provided in the contract. This restriction
does not limit the Purchaser's right to use information contained
in the data if it is obtained form another source without restriction.
L̲I̲S̲T̲ ̲O̲F̲ ̲C̲O̲N̲T̲E̲N̲T̲S̲
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................
3
1.1 SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS ..........................
3
1.2 DOCUMENT REFERENCES ........................
6
1.3 TERMS AND ABREVIATIONS .....................
7
2 OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION .......................
8
2.1 CENTRAL FACILITY ..........................
8
2.1.1 ASCII Terminals ........................
8
2.1.2 Telex ..................................
8
2.1.3 Wordprocessor ..........................
9
2.2 HANDLING AT CENTRAL FACILITY ...............
9
2.3 OPERATOR INTERFACE .........................
10
2.4 DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS ....................
11
3 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ............................
12
3.1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION .....................
12
3.2 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION .....................
14
4 DELIVERY SUPPORT .............................
17
4.1 INSTALLATION .............................
17
4.2 TRAINING AND DOCUMENTATION..................
17
4.3 POST DELIVERY SUPPORT ......................
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1̲ ̲I̲N̲T̲R̲O̲D̲U̲C̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
Christian Rovsing A/S is pleased to submit this system
description in compliance with your request for Proposal
PIII 7(FM) - 670 200/34.
The objective of the document is to present a system
solution for the combined wordprocessing, archiving
and communication requirements of the BGS and BPDL.
The description should be taken as a design framework
only. The detailed requirements in terms of functional
capabilities, and environmental requirements, we suggest
be worked out during a combined operational analysis
with participants from Beschaffungsstelle des Bundesministers
des Innern and Christian Rovsing A/S.
1.1 S̲Y̲S̲T̲E̲M̲ ̲H̲I̲G̲H̲L̲I̲G̲H̲T̲S̲
The objective of the system is to aid the staff in
o preparing reports and messages
o Transmitting these messages and reports to other
staff locations (staff cells)
o Process the reports at a central location for transmittal
for the Headquarter
o Filing, archiving and retrieving the information
and reports based on keywords
We understand that prime requirements to the system
are ease of use by the operational staff and flexibility
and expandability in the system design. The system
should during its lifetime be able to adapt to changing
requirements in terms of archive storage size, communications
facilities (line speeds, protocols, etc.), number of
VDU's and printers, and system availability.
The design presented in this technical document meets
these requirements. The system is based on a Chistian
Rovsing A/S developed and manufactured micro computer
system. The micro computer is very powerful and flexible
using zylog Z80 microprocessors to handle the communication
lines, VDU's and disc units, and an Intel 8088 16 bit
microprocessor to perform report processing.
The system is, furthermore, based on industry standard
IEEE data busses, operating systems and compilers.
The system lay-out is shown on the figure 1-1. The
main processor provides interfaces to the input/output
communications (telex, phone-grade), VDU's with keyboards,
printers, floppy disc and winchester disc's (fast discs):
Specifications on the CR8 is attached in form of brochures.
- CR8 micro computer for professionals
- CR textmaster
- X-net local and wide area communication net
FIG 1.1
1.2 D̲O̲C̲U̲M̲E̲N̲T̲ ̲R̲E̲F̲E̲R̲E̲N̲C̲E̲S̲
The following documents are referred in this proposal.
a) Anlage 1-4 of "Textverarbeitungs- und Kommunikationsanlage
fur die Verwendung in Einsatzstaben". 1982-12-15.
b) CR8 microcomputer - Brochure
c) CR text master - Brochure
d) X-net - Brochure
1.3 T̲E̲R̲M̲S̲ ̲A̲N̲D̲ ̲A̲B̲R̲E̲V̲I̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲S̲
The following terms and abreviations are used within
this document:
- CR - Christian Rovsing A/S
- VDU - Visual Display Unit
- WP - Word Processor
- Z80 - Zylog Z80 8-bit micro processor
- MP square - CR Multi-Purpose Multi-Processor(microcomputer)
- SCI - Serial Communication Interface
2̲ ̲ ̲O̲P̲E̲R̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲A̲L̲ ̲D̲E̲S̲C̲R̲I̲P̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
The operation of the system encompasses the following
tasks.
o Preparation of reports at remotely located staff
cells on telex machines, typewriters and/or word
processors.
o Transmission of the reports to a central report
processing facility.
o Formatting of the different reports into standardized
formats and preparation of report archives.
o Printout of the reports for local handling
o Transmission of the processed reports to selected
staff cells.
2.1 P̲R̲E̲P̲A̲R̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲ ̲A̲T̲ ̲R̲E̲M̲O̲T̲E̲ ̲L̲O̲C̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲S̲ ̲A̲N̲D̲ ̲T̲R̲A̲N̲S̲M̲I̲S̲S̲I̲O̲N̲ ̲T̲O̲
̲C̲E̲N̲T̲R̲A̲L̲ ̲F̲A̲C̲I̲L̲I̲T̲Y̲
Reports are generated at staff locations on various
types of terminals including:
1. ASCII typewriter terminals
2. Telexmachines
3. Word processors
The reports may be generated as free text messages
without the use of special formats.
Depending on the type of terminal the following may
take place.
2.1.1 A̲S̲C̲I̲I̲ ̲T̲e̲r̲m̲i̲n̲a̲l̲s̲
The text is transmitted to the central facility via
a normal telephone grade line as it is being typed
in. The written papercopy is filed at the staff cell.
As an option the keyboard operator may select to store
the text on a discette rather than transmitting the
text directly. The discette can the be re-read at a
later time and transmitted to the central facility
using the same terminal.
2.1.2 T̲e̲l̲e̲x̲
The text is transmitted over a telex line or radiolink
to the central facility using telex line speeds and
communication protocols. The written copy is filed
locally. The telex operator may as an option generate
a paper tape for later transmission.
2.1.3 W̲o̲r̲d̲p̲r̲o̲c̲e̲s̲s̲o̲r̲
The text is prepared on the word processor as with
the ASCII terminal and stored on the attached discette.
When the operator has corrected and approved the report
it is transmitted to the central facility.
The word processor may include computer assisted facilities
for producing reports in standard formats before transmission
to the central facility.
The word processor will not in itself produce a hardcopy
of the text. The report archive will, however, be available
on the WP discette.
2.2 H̲A̲N̲D̲L̲I̲N̲G̲ ̲A̲T̲ ̲C̲E̲N̲T̲R̲A̲L̲ ̲F̲A̲C̲I̲L̲I̲T̲Y̲
The central facility will receive reports from all
the attached remote staff cells via telex type or telephone-type
lines. The processor at the central facility will then
perform the following tasks:
1. Convert the incoming text into a standard ASCII
alphabet (if necessary) and store the text on a
winchester disc on a line by line basis.
2. If requested by the operator the system will print
out the received text on the local printer.
3. When the full report have been received from the
staff cell the appropriate format mask is determined
and the report inserted into the format in accordance
with the format requirements (formatted fields,
page and line sizes, etc.)
4. The formatted message is stored on the winchester
disc and the appropriate report data is stored
in the log book (time of receipt, sender address,
storage location, priority, number of pages/sub
reports etc.).
5. The operator may request the formatted message
to be printed on the local printer and/or transmitted
to selected staff/cells via communication lines
(telex, radio, telephone).
6. From the log-book the operator may select any of
the received messages for further processing. The
stored information on priority and time of receipt
is only used to guide him in the selection.
7. When he has selected a report the processing takes
place on a page-by-page basis.
8. Processing of the text include completion of the
information in the format fields, correction of
the report text by insertion/deletion of text,
reformatting the text etc.
9. When the report page is approved by the operator
the system and/or the operator can select a number
of keywords that describes the test. The report
page storage address is thereafter entered under
these keywords to enable the operator to retrieve
the report.
2.3 O̲P̲E̲R̲A̲T̲O̲R̲ ̲I̲N̲T̲E̲R̲F̲A̲C̲E̲
The operator interfaces to the system via keyboard/VDU.
The upper line on the VDU will display the report status
with:
o Number of outstanding reports still to be processed
o The current date and time.
The mid and lower part is used for the dialogue with
the operator. It can display:
o The report text inserted into the selected
format mask.
o The log-book with information on incoming non-processed
reports.
o The detailed log information on the individual
reports
o The keyword file in alphabetic order with information
on which report are entered under the individual
keywords
o Archive/retrieval information.
The operator interacts with the system by:
o Answering questions that are presented to him
on the VDU
o Selecting task to be performed from a limited
menu
o Correction of the report text by using the
facilities of the word processor package (insert,
delete, change, merge, copy, reformat etc.)
2.4 D̲I̲S̲T̲R̲I̲B̲U̲T̲I̲O̲N̲ ̲O̲F̲ ̲R̲E̲P̲O̲R̲T̲S̲
When the reports have been processed, the operator
can ask the system for distribution of the reports
to any subset of the attached printers and staff cells
and/or the system can automatically distribute the
reports to a preselected set of printers/staff cells.
Furthermore, at any time the operator may select to
print and/or transmit a message in the incoming format,
inserted in incoming format, or in the processed format.
3̲ ̲ ̲S̲Y̲S̲T̲E̲M̲ ̲D̲E̲S̲C̲R̲I̲P̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
The system is based on Christian Rovsing A/S' multiprocessor
system - the CR8. This micro computer system is particularly
will suited to wordprocessing and communication tasks
due to its flexibility and modularity. Memory and communication
ports can be added when required up to a maximum of
12 communication lines and 256 kilobytes.
3.1 H̲A̲R̲D̲W̲A̲R̲E̲ ̲C̲O̲N̲F̲I̲G̲U̲R̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
The proposed hardware configuration is shown overleaf
in figure 3.1-1 and consists of the follwoing elements.
1. One or more teletype writers with cassette tape
drives. For example Texas instruments (customer
or CR supplied)
2. One CR8 central system to be placed in a staff
car. The CR8 consists of:
- a chassis
- a MP square processor card
- two or more SCI interface cards depending on
the required number of input/output communication
channels
- extra memory boards depending on the information
throughput requirements.
- a floppy disc unit for long term storage of
reports (archive), 0.5 M bytes.
- a fixed head winchester disc for fast access
to report and formats (non volatile memory)
5 M bytes
4. A VDU with keyboard for operator interface.
Christian Rovsing A/S can offer a standard VDU
with 24 lines of 80 characters or a special wordprocessor
VDU in A4 size.
5. On or more local and remote printers for report
output. For example Centronix 340 characters per
second or microline 120 cps.
6. Shock and vibration mounting environment.
The equipment is shown i the attached brochures.
Figure 3.1-1…86…1 …02… …02… …02… …02… …02…
3.2 S̲O̲F̲T̲W̲A̲R̲E̲ ̲C̲O̲N̲F̲I̲G̲U̲R̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
The CR8 micro computer is provided with an industry
standard real-time operating system CP/M and MP/M.
These operating systems are the most widespread operating
system used and give access to a large library of standard
program packages, utilities and compilers.
The mobile report processing and communication system
will be tailored made to the requirement taken full
advantage of existing CR developed packages and packages
from other vendors and used by CR. Especially the Text
Master wordprossing package will be incorporated into
the system.
The software will consist of the following packages
as visualized in figure 3.2-1.
o Operating System running on all processors (MP
square and the SCI's)
o Communication Line Handlers
- Telex handler with code convertion
- ASCII TTY compatible line handler with asynchronous
start/stop type protocol
- Printer handler
- VDU + Keyboard handler
File Handling System
- Winchester disc
- Floppy disc
o Report Processing Software
- Input Processing that accept the input text,
stores it on a line-by-line basis on disc and
determines the characteristics of the text
(type, length, number of pages etc)
- Initial Format Processing that selects a proper
format and processes the text in accordance
with the format requirements. The formatted
text is stored on disc on a page-by-page basis.
- Report Processing that provides capabilities
for processing the text, i.e.:
o insertion of information into format frame
o correction of text (word processing)
o reformatting the text into a possible new
page structure
o selection of keywords for archiving and
retrieval purposes (on a page/report basis)
o storage of the processed text on a page
by page basis
o update of the daily log file
- output processing that retrieves the text from
the winchester disc and transmits the text
to the selected devices (communicationlines,
printers etc.) The output function can be envolved
at any time by the operator and he can select
any of the stored text for output (incoming
text, initially processed text, final processed
text). The output function can also be called
automatically from any of the other program
package based on special output criterias.
The output processing package also provides
capabilities for printing/displaying the log
files.
- Archiving and retrieval processing that builds
a data base of text and reports with time of
receipt/processing, keywords, priority etc.,
as storage and retrieval criterias. This report
file structure is a sequential type file structure
and the index file is an inverted file structure.
Figure 3.2-1
4. I̲N̲S̲T̲A̲L̲L̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲,̲ ̲T̲R̲A̲I̲N̲I̲N̲G̲ ̲A̲N̲D̲ ̲D̲O̲C̲U̲M̲E̲N̲T̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲ ̲A̲N̲D̲ ̲P̲O̲S̲T̲ ̲D̲E̲L̲I̲V̲E̲R̲Y̲
̲S̲U̲P̲P̲O̲R̲T̲
4.1 I̲N̲S̲T̲A̲L̲L̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
Installation of the computer systems and the peripherals
can be undertaken by Christian Rovsing A/S.
Christian Rovsing A/S has during participation in several
military proposal gained expertice in installation
in both static and mobile environments throughout Europe
and USA. We can, therefore, offer several levels of
installation services ranging from installation in
customer prepared environments to undertaking the full
installation with site modifications as part of a turnkey
operation.
4.2 T̲R̲A̲I̲N̲I̲N̲G̲ ̲A̲N̲D̲ ̲D̲O̲C̲U̲M̲E̲N̲T̲A̲T̲I̲O̲N̲
The documentation supplied with the system will consist
of:
o technical manual describing the hardware and
the software
o operators manual
o maintenance manual
o training material
Christian Rovsing can further offer to provide training
in form of classroom training and on-the-job training.
4.3 P̲O̲S̲T̲ ̲D̲E̲L̲I̲V̲E̲R̲Y̲ ̲S̲U̲P̲P̲O̲R̲T̲
Christian Rovsing A/S can offer a whole range of post
delivery support channeled through our service office
in K]ln. The service may include:
- operational support
- on-site maintenance support
- sparepart delivery and repair
- full scale maintenance and repair responsibility
The system as delivered includes test software to identify
faulty hardware modules. The on-site repair can therefore
be performed by proberly trained operators on a module-exchange
basis. The faulty modules are then repaired at the
factory.
As an alternative CR can undertake full maintenance
responsibility with periodic preventive maintenance
and on-call corrective maintenance.
