Specification

go2DECODE Specification

General

Classifier/Recognition:

  • The minimum signal length for the wideband modulation classifier is 100 ms.
  • Using the decoder (Recognition & Decoding) , the software is able to detect and process signals with a signal length of at least 1 ms.

Decoders and Demodulators:

  • MIL and PMR decoders may need an End-User-Certificate (depends on the country of the user)
  • One decoder = one line (to shorten the list). For the full list, download the actual decoderlist
  • Slow multi tone modems are recommended to operate with fixed nominal frequency
  • Decoder source code is only part of go2DECODE delivery (as go2MONITOR has no DDL compiler)
  • Obsolete decoders, end of live: See more information

Receivers:

  • The list can be extended on customer requests.
  • It is possible to connect multiple wide band an narrow band receivers to the software.

Versions

go2DECODE Light Standard Profes.
DANA + + +
PMO + + +
SOMO - - +
Spectrogram + + +
Max. signal bandwidth 500 kHz (typ) + + +
Max. input bandwidth 2 MHz
(10 MHz limited functionality)		 + + +
Analysis Spectrum - + +
Analysis Constellation Display - + +
Analysis Time Domain - + +
Analysis Eye Pattern - + +
Analysis Display - + +
Analysis Hell Display - + +
Analysis Bit Display - + +
Analysis Manuals Analysis - + +
New Decoder List - + +
Load Decoder List + + +
New Decoder - + +
Change Demodulkator Parameters + + +
Processing of Decoder Lists + + +
Signal-Input TCP/IP + + +
Signal-Input wav Files + + +
Signal-Input Sound-Card + + +
Analysis Demodulators - + +
DDL Editor - + +
DDL Compiler - + +
DDL Debugger - - +
Signal-Replay wav Files + + +
Automatic Processing + + +

System

Parameter Specification
Documentation Printed user manual
PDF online help
GUI Flexible and customizable user interface
Input spectrogram with live audio
Manual and automatic demodulator and decoder control
Various specialized analysis displays for manual signal analysis
Complete collection of cursors for signal analysis
Editor for demodulator and decoder settings
Decoder editor, compiler for DDL (Standard & professional version)
Decoder debugger (Professional version)
Input Digital IF (complex baseband I/Q)
Sound card
Digital AF (WAV 8, 16, 32 Bit)
Receiver streaming and control
Others on request
ISO 9001:2015 The company is fully certified (not only the externally produced hardware)
License USB-Dongle, SD-Card etc. (WIBU-KEY/Codemeter)
License sharing with license server
The AMBE+2 TM voice coding technology included in this product is protected by intellectual property rights, including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. This voice coding technology is licensed exclusively for use within this licensed product. The user of this technology is strictly prohibited from attempting to extract, remove, decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the object code, or in any other way convert the object code into a human-readable form.
US Patent Nos. #8,595,002, #8,359,197, #8,315,860, #8,200,497, #7,970,606, #6,912,495 B2, #6,199,037
Localisation English
German
Others on request
OS Windows 7 SP1 (with Microsoft Windows patch KB2999226)
Windows 10, 64 bit
Linux (CentOS/Redhat 6/7)
PC hardware Min. Intel I5 2 Core, 2 MHz, min 2 GB RAM
HDD: min. 10 GB recommended (depends on recordings)
Screen Resolution: min. 1280 x 1024 pixel (1920 x 1080 recommended)
Sound card for analog input
Fast Ethernet for digital IF input
Training Training for basic operation, 4 days
Training for DDL, 4 days
Input Audio DANA
Input TCP/IP Streaming Generic PROCITEC/PLATH format
VITA 49
PXGF (on request)
Output Result Viewer Display
(PMO)		 Decoder text output (STANAG, ALE, HFDL, etc.),
Demodulated audio files (CW, TETRA etc.)
Binary files
Output, Alphabets Modifickation of the decoder source code, configurable
(go2DECODE Standard or Professional required)
Output, Result files Deocoding results
TXT-File with decoded text
XML-File with decoded text and metadata
Signal recordings
Voice recordings
Bitstream *.rec files (bits and quality of each bit)
Bitstream *.txt files (bits)
Recording Types IF
AF
Recording Start / Stop manual by operator
automatic by trigger
Recording Triggers Configurable squelch level
Signal detected
Transmission method recognised
Transmission method unknown
Voice detected
Recording File Format WAV
Voice detection, demodulation, recording Modulation types: AM, FM, USB, LSB, DSB
Detection: voice yes/no
Nominal frequency
Voice PitchDemodulation
Automatic audio demodulation and recording
Decoder Development
(go2DECODE Standard or Professional)		 Modification of existing decoders
Programming of new decoders
Sonagram Viewer
(SoVi)		 Standalone application for spectrum/sonagram display
Third party decoders Interface to the DDC channel output
Interface to the bitstream output
Streaming and control interface with DDL

Analysis

Analysis Items
Displays Spectrum
Spectrogram/Sonagram
Autocorrelation
Constellation
Eye pattern
Time domain (oscilloscope) with histogram
Analysis (magnitude, frequency and phase) with histogram
Hell
Bit
Squaring Squaring: 0, 1, 2, 3
Windowing Rectangle
Hanning
Hamming
Kaiser
Flattop
Blackman
Cursors Harmonic
Crosshair
2 cursor mode
Center frequency Adjustable
Operating modes Online
Offline

DDL, Decoder Development Language

Decoder Development Item
Deliverd with go2DECODE-Standard
go2DECODE-Professional (with Debugger)
Basic functions Modification of standard decoders
Definition of new decoders
Integration of existing decoders
Function library Pre-processing
Symbol conversions
Descrambling procedures
Channel selections
Pattern search
Burst detection
Forward/backward time jumps
Branches and sub-routines (special functions on request)
Deinterleaving
Error Correction, detection: CRC, Hamming, Viterbi, BCH, Reed-Solomon
Elementary arithmetic and bit manipulations functions
Table handling
Output formatting, alphabets, channels
Control of demodulation and decoding
Setting of demodulator parameters
Voice codec selection
Soft decision demodulation
Decoder Editor Automatic command completion
Content sensitive help
Syntax highlighting
Decoder Compiler Generation of binary decoder files
Detailed code check and error messages
Debugger
(go2DECODE-P)		 Breakpoints
Single-step mode
Display of variable contents in various formats and displays
Editing of variable contents
Display of all input data packages
Display of internal data buffer and current read position
Advanced analysis of recognition, demodulation and decoding:
Breakpoints in several decoders of one modem list
Comparison of the decoder behaviour in search phase and decoding phase
Monitoring the current demodulator state

DANA

Parameter Specification
GUI Sound card configuration
Playlist (files)
Loop mode
DC remove function
Audio filtering
Mirroring
FM demodulation
Time source switchable between File or System time
Sample rate converter
Center frequency tuning
Command-line mode
Input Max. sampling rate: 10 MHz (limited functionality for > 2MHz)
Digital IF files (complex baseband I/Q 32 Bit)
Playback of standard wav files.
Digital AF files (WAV 8, 16, 32 Bit)
IQ (complex) or audio (real) real files
Playback of Perseus and WiNRADiO WAV recordings with correct frequency display
Sound card input for analog signals, Virtual Audio cables (VAC), webradios
Output Stream, digital IF generic PROCITEC/PLATH format
TCP/IP streaming from DANA to go2DECODE/ go2MONITOR (remote computers)

SOMO, Signal Generator (go2DECODE-P)

Signal Generator Item
Scope Single and multichannel
Continuous and short-duration
Burst signals
Modulations Digital
ITU Designators		 ASKn
PSKn (single and multi channel)
QAMn (single and multi channel)
ASKnPSKm (single and multi channel)
NCPFSKn
FSKn (single and multi channel)
MSK (single and multi channel)
GMSK (single and multi channel)
F7B
TFM3
TFM5
Morse
Sine
Rectangle
Saw tooth
Triangle
Modulation Analogue AM
SSB
LSB
USB, Input from .wav files
FM
Modulation Parameter Attenuation
Center frequency
Baud rate
Pulse shapes: RC pulse, RC/RRC spectrum, Gauss pulse
Burst parameters
Coding Binary
Baudot
ASCII
HC ARQ
ITA2
Differential/absolute coding
Convolutional encoding / Viterbi
CCITT standards V.17 ... V.33
Variable bit stream, bit order, parity
Various scrambling algorithms and recursive sequences
Channel simulation AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise)
Multipath propagation: Watterson (ITU) and enhanced ITS model
Output Sound card
wav files
Streams

Demodulators

Demodulator Name Remarks
General Automatic frequency, amplitude and symbol rate control
Fast equalizer using known training sequences and Softdecision decoding (via DDL)
Primary demodulation USB/LSB/AM/FM
Automatic burst synchronization
A3E /AM  
Analogue Selcall  
ASK 2 (OOK)  
ASK 2/4  
ASK2PSK2 (ASK4)  
ASK2PSK8  
ASK4PSK8  
Chirp  
CLOVER 2000  
CLOVER 2500  
CLOVER II  
Coquelet  
DPSK 2, 4, 8, 16 A/B  
F1A  
F3E / FM  
F6/F7B  
FSK 2 matched filter  
FSK 2, 3 autoshift  
FSK 2, 3, 4 discr.  
J3E (USB, LSB)  
LINK-11  
MDPSK 2, 4, 8, 16 A/B  
Morse, CW  
MPSK 2, 4, 8, 16 A/B  
MSK / GMSK  
MT63  
Multichannel FSK 2  
MultiModem  
Multitone (MFSK)  
OFDM  
OQPSK  
PACTOR II, III, 4  
PSK 2, 4, 8, 16 A/B  
PSK data aided Fast adaptive equalizer, sof decision
QAM 16  
QAMn (16, 32, 36, 64, 128, 144, 256)  
TFM3  
THROB/THROBX  
Voice  

Decoders (Protocols)

No Decoder, Release 19.1 Alias, Remarks Src Type
1 ACARS VHF SITA, ARINC 597 X VUHF
2 AIS   X VUHF
3 Alcatel 801H Alcatel 801H, detection only, X HF
4 ALE 2G MIL-188-141A, MIL-188-141B, ALE-400 X HF
5 ALE 3G MIL-188-141B App. C, STANAG 4538 - MIL
6 ALIS MERLIN, RS-ARQ, GM856C1, ALIS Slow X HF
7 ALIS 2   X HF
8 APCO-25 P25 - PMR
9 ARQ6-90 CCIR 518 Variant X HF
10 ARQ6-98 CCIR 518 Variant X HF
11 ARQ-E 4/8 cycle ARQ-1000 duplex X HF
12 ARQ-E3 CCIR 519 Variant, TDM 342 1 Channel X HF
13 ARQ-M2-242 ARQ-28, CCIR 242, CCIR 342, TDM 242 X HF
14 ARQ-M2-342 ARQ-58, TDM 342 X HF
15 ARQ-M4-242 ARQ-28, CCIR 242, CCIR 342-2, TDM 242 X HF
16 ARQ-M4-342 ARQ-58, TDM 342 X HF
17 ARQ-N ARQ-1000 duplex X HF
18 ASCII 7Bit ITA5, RTTY7 X HF
19 ASCII 8Bit   X HF
20 ATIS   X VUHF
21 Autocab   X VUHF
22 AUTOSPEC SPREAD 11, SPREAD 21 X HF
23 Baudot async 1.5 stop bit   X HF
24 Baudot sync   X HF
25 Baudot sync 2 stop bit   X HF
26 Baudot universal Arabic, Cyrillic, Hebrew Alphabets X HF
27 BIIS   X VUHF
28 BULG-ASCII IRA-ARQ X HF
29 CHN 4+4   - MIL
30 CHU   X HF
31 CIS 405 3915 CIS 40.5, FROST1 X HF
32 CIS FSK 200/1000   X HF
33 CIS FSK 200/500   X HF
34 CIS-11 TORG 10/11 X HF
35 CIS-112 OFDM Burst detection only X HF
36 CIS-112 OFDM Stream detection only X HF
37 CIS-12 PSK2, PSK4 CIS AT3104, CIS-20, FIRE, MS5 X HF
38 CIS-128 OFDM 3 kHz detection only X HF
39 CIS-128 OFDM 6 kHz detection only X HF
40 CIS-14 AMOR, AMO 96, TORG 14 X HF
41 CIS-36 CIS 10 11 11, CROWD-36 X HF
42 CIS-36-50 BEE, T-600 X HF
43 CIS-45 OFDM 33.3 Bd detection only X HF
44 CIS-45 OFDM 33.3 Bd detection only X HF
45 CIS-45 OFDM 40 Bd detection only X HF
46 CIS-45 OFDM 40 Bd detection only X HF
47 CIS-81-81 CIS 81, CIS 81-29, Frost X HF
48 Clansman FSK300   X HF
49 Clover 2000   - HF
50 Clover 2000 Broadcast   - HF
51 Clover 2500   - HF
52 Clover 2500 Broadcast   - HF
53 Clover II   - HF
54 CODAN 3012 16 Channel PSK additional raw hex output, descrambled - HF
55 CODAN 3012 Chirp CODAN 9001 Chirp - HF
56 CODAN 3212 1 Channel PSK 600 and 1200 bps - HF
57 CODAN 3212 1 Channel PSK 75 bps 75 bps - HF
58 CODAN 3212 1 Channel PSK HDR 2400 and 3600 bps - HF
59 CODAN 3212 16 Channel PSK Includes CODAN 3012 - HF
60 CODAN Selcal CODAN 8580, CCIR 493-4 - HF
61 Contestia 8/16/32   X HF
62 Coquelet-13 Coquelet-Mk1 X HF
63 Coquelet-8 Coquelet-Mk2 X HF
64 Coquelet-80 Coquelet-8 FEC X HF
65 CV-786   - MIL
66 DGPS M823 X HF
67 DMR MotoTRBO, for burst emissions - PMR
68 DMR Continuous MotoTRBO, for continuous emissions - PMR
69 dPMR   - PMR
70 DPRK PSK detection only X HF
71 DSC-HF GMDSS X HF
72 DSC-VHF GMDSS-VHF X VUHF
73 D-STAR     PMR
74 DUP-ARQ ARTRAC X HF
75 ERMES   X VUHF
76 F7B Morse   X HF
77 F7B Morse/Baudot 2 channel ITA-2 RTTY, Baudot F7B, BF6 Baudot, ITA-2 Twin X HF
78 FEC-A FEC 100, FEC 101 X HF
79 Flex   X VUHF
80 FMS-BOS   X VUHF
81 FSK 400/500 detection only X HF
82 Globe Wireless FSK Globe Wireless Pactor, GW DATAPLEX X HF
83 Globe Wireless OFDM detection only - HF
84 Globe Wireless PSK GW DATAPLEX X HF
85 Golay Pager Golay/GSC X VUHF
86 G-TOR Golay X HF
87 HC-ARQ Haegelin-Cryptos X MIL
88 HFDL ACARS HF, ARINC 635-2 HF Datalink, ARINC 753 X HF
89 HNG-FEC   X HF
90 INMARSAT AERO-C 8.4 / 10.5 / 21.0 kbs, no audio output - SHF
91 INMARSAT AERO-P 0.6 / 1.2 / 2.4 / 4.8 / 10.5 kbs - SHF
92 INMARSAT AERO-R 0.6 / 1.2 / 2.4 / 10.5 kbs - SHF
93 INMARSAT AERO-T 0.6 / 1.2 / 2.4 / 10.5 kbs - SHF
94 INMARSAT-C TDM   - SHF
95 INMARSAT-C TDMA   - SHF
96 LINK-11 CLEW STANAG 5511, TADIL A, TADIL B X MIL
97 LINK-11 SLEW STANAG 5511 SLEW - MIL
98 MD-674   - HF
99 MEROD 150 Bd RACAL-ARQ, RAC-ARQ X HF
100 MEROD 267Bd   X HF
101 MFSK-16   X HF
102 MFSK-32   X HF
103 MFSK-8   X HF
104 MIL-188-110 16 Tone only raw output - MIL
105 MIL-188-110C App D, 3 - 24 kHz detection only - MIL
106 MIL-188-110 39 Tone   - MIL
107 MIL-M-55529A MD-522 - MIL
108 Mobitex 1200 Mobitex 80 X VUHF
109 Mobitex 8000 Mobitex 400 X VUHF
110 Morse CW-Morse X HF
111 MOTOROLA SMARTNET 4 kHz APCO-16, MTR-EDACS (Channeld decoding) - PMR
112 MOTOROLA SMARTNET 6 kHz APCO-16, MTR-EDACS (Channeld decoding) - PMR
113 MPT1327 1200Bd MSK   X PMR
114 MT63   x HF
115 NMT450   X VUHF
116 NUM 13 SP 14 X HF
117 NXDN 2400/4800Bd IDAS, NEXEDGE - PMR
118 Olivia 8-16-32 X HF
119 Packet AX.25 X HF
120 Packet 600/1200   X VUHF
121 Packet 2400/4800/9600   X VUHF
122 PACTOR I incl. decoding of Robust Connect bursts X HF
123 PACTOR I FEC   X HF
124 PACTOR I/II/III Includes all PACTOR modes I/II/III - HF
125 PACTOR II   - HF
126 PACTOR II FEC   - HF
127 PACTOR III   - HF
128 PACTOR-4 post-processing (decompression) of airmail/sailmail emissions, if possible - HF
129 Panther-H Sync detection synchronisation bursts only   MIL
130 Piccolo MK12 Piccolo 12 X HF
131 Piccolo MK6 Piccolo 6 X HF
132 POCSAG 512/1200/2400 CityRuf X VUHF
133 POL-ARQ CCIR 518 Variant X HF
134 PSK10 BPSK-10 X HF
135 PSK125/250 BPSK125/250 variant of PSK31 with higher baud rate X HF
136 PSK31 BPSK31 X HF
137 PSK31-FEC PSK31F X HF
138 PSK63 BPSK63, variant of PSK31 with higher baud rate X HF
139 PSK63/125/220-FEC variant of PSK31 with FEC X HF
140 PSK-AM 10/31/50   X HF
141 QPSK31/63/125/250/500   X HF
142 Robust Packet Radio detection only X HF
143 RUM-FEC ROU-FEC, Saud-FEC X HF
144 SELCAL CCIR-1 SELCAL PCCIR, only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
145 SELCAL CCIR-2 SELCAL CCIR-7, only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
146 SELCAL CCITT only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
147 SELCAL DTMF sub for baseband demodulation X VUHF
148 SELCAL EEA MPT1316, only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
149 SELCAL EIA only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
150 SELCAL EURO only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
151 SELCAL EURO5 SELCAL EURO, only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
152 SELCAL MODAT only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
153 SELCAL NATEL only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
154 SELCAL VDEW only for nominal frequency mode X VUHF
155 SELCAL ZVEI SELCAL DZVEI, PDZVEI, PZVEI,ZVEI-1, ZVEI-2, ZVEI-3 X VUHF
156 SI-ARQ ARQ-S X HF
157 SI-FEC FEC-S X HF
158 SITOR-A SITOR-ARQ, AMTOR, CCIR 476 A X HF
159 SITOR-B SITOR FEC, CCIR 476 B, TOR dirty X HF
160 SP14 NUM 13 X HF
161 SPREAD 51   X HF
162 STANAG 4197 audio codec not part of installation - MIL
163 STANAG 4285 Terminal Mode: ASCII8, Baudot, STANAG 5066, HEX - MIL
164 STANAG 4415 MIL-188-110A/B ser. (partly), 75bps - MIL
165 STANAG 4481 (FSK) with detection of KG-84 encryption - MIL
166 STANAG 4481 (PSK) contained in STANAG 4285 - MIL
167 STANAG 4529 Terminal Mode: ASCII8 & Baudot, HEX - MIL
168 STANAG 4539 MIL-188-110A/B ser. (partly), 150-4800 Bit/s - MIL
169 STANAG 4539 HDR MIL-188-110B App.C (partly), 3200 - 4800 Bit/s - MIL
170 STANAG 5065 (also Part of MIL188-110A/B) - MIL
171 SWED-ARQ ARQ-SWE, CCIR 518 Variant X HF
172 Tetra   - PMR
173 Tetra DMO   - PMR
174 Tetra Uplink   - PMR
175 Tetrapol Up/downlink, voice codec not included - VUHF
176 Thales 3000 Skymaster selcal detection only - MIL
177 THROB1/2/4   X HF
178 THROBX1/2/4   X HF
179 Turkish Navy FSK   X MIL
180 Twinplex   X HF
181 VDL 2   X VUHF
182 VDL 3   X VUHF
183 Visel FEC12, YUG-MIL X HF
184 Voice A3E Air Traffic AM X VUHF
185 Voice A3E/J3E   X HF
186 Voice F3E - SELCAL CTCSS MPT1306, FM X VUHF
187 Voice F3E - SELCAL DTMF SELCAL DTMF, FM X VUHF
188 Voice J3E - USB - SELCAL ICAO Annex-10 X HF
189 Voice J3E-LSB   X HF
190 X06-Mazielka   X HF
191 XPA MFSK-20 x HF
192 XPA2   X HF
193 Yaesu System Fusion 12.5 kHZ bandwidth - PMR
194 Yaesu System Fusion NB 6.25 kHz bandwidth - PMR

Receivers

Brand Receiver max Bw
MHz		 Panorama Scan Windows LINUX Comments
Airspy Airspy 8     x   ExtIO (experimental)
CommsAudit CA7851 5     x x VITA 49
ExtIO         x   Experimental support
GEW gRX-LAN 1     x   ExtIO
IZT 3XXX 20 x x x   Up to 3 channels + spectrum
IZT 40XX 1     x x SignalSuite, 1 channel only
Microtelecom PERSEUS 0.8     x   Limited USB3 compatiblity
NARDA IDA2 0.32     x x  
NARDA NRA-3000 0.32     x x  
NARDA NRA-6000 0.32     x x  
NARDA NRA-SignalShark 4     x x VITA 49, no rx control
National Instruments ETTUS USRP       x   EXtIO
National Instruments N200       x   ExtIO
National Instruments Others       x   ask
NOXON RTL2832U 3.2     x   ExtIO
PLATH SIR2110 20     x   go2MONITOR only
PLATH SIR2115 4x20     x   go2MONITOR only
PLATH SIR5110 12     x x  
PLATH SIR5115 Full HF     x    
RFSPACE NetSDR 2     x x  
RFSPACE SDR14 0.19     x    
RFSPACE SDRIQ       x   ExtIO
Rohde & Schwarz EB200       x   ask
Rohde & Schwarz EB500 5 x   x x  
Rohde & Schwarz EM100 0.5 x x x x  
Rohde & Schwarz EM510       x   ask
Rohde & Schwarz EM550       x   ask
Rohde & Schwarz ESMD       x   ask
Rohde & Schwarz PR100 0.5 x x x x  
RTLSDR Div 3.2     x   ExtIO
SDRplay RSP1 6     x   ExtIO
SDRplay RSP1a 6     x   ExtIO, (from shoc)
SDRplay RSP2 6     x   ExtIO, (from shoc)
thinkRF
Berkely Nucleonics Corp		 WSA5000-427
(WSA5500-427)
BNC RTSA7500-27		 0.78     x x VITA 49
VITA 49 generic support, configurable       x x  
WiNRADiO WR-G31DDC 0.8     x   ExtIO
WiNRADiO WR-G33DDC 4 x   x    
WiNRADiO WR-G35DDC 4 x   x    
WiNRADiO WR-G39DDC 4 x   x   Up to 2 channels + spectrum
x Others             on request