Focus

The course provides new operators with an overview of various COMINT software packages and the necessary hardware and software.

• EW Definitions, COMINT, SIGINT
• Modulations
• Decoders
• Receivers, Antennas, DF

Objectives

After the training, participants will be have a basic know-how about the most common signals and learn how to operate and setup antennas, receivers and decoders.

Target audience

• New operators

Knowledge required

• No

Contents

• What is COMINT
• Equipment setup and operation
• Software setup and operation.
• Modulations, Modems

Agenda

1. Day - Introduction

• System Overview, Components and Tools
• Terminology
• Market Overview
• Strategic vs tactical
• System
• Propagation
• Antennas
• Cables
• Receivers
• Decoders (go2signals, HOKA, WAVECOM, Krypto500/100, Shareware)
• Computers
• Jamming
• DF

2. Day - COMINT

• Install, Setup, Configuration
• Operating Modes
• Manual Mode
• Classification
• Recording
• Narrow-band Channels
• Bulk File Processing
• Frequency Lists
• Automatic Mode
• Result Analysis
• Live Monitoring

3. Day - Signal Analysis

• Digital Modulation Basics
• Signal Analysis, Constellation, Eye-diagram Auto correlation, etc
• FSK Signals
• PSK Signals
• Customer Recordings

4. Day - Live Monitoring, System

• MFSK/MPSK Signals
• VHF/UHF Decoders
• Bit Analysis, Decoder Development
• Using Python for analysis and evaluation
• Scheduling, Planer, Alerts
• Remote
• Big Data
• Q & A

Duration

• 4 days

Implementation

• Customer premises
• Webinar
• In a Swiss alpine resort

Focus

The course covers the basics and capabilities of go2MONITOR with the options for:

• Automatic Monitoring and Tasking (AMT)
• Narrowband Receiver Control (NRC)
• Wideband Recording (WBR)
• Wideband Classification (WCL)
• Wideband Multi Production Channel (WMPC).

Objectives

After the training, participants will be able to understand the functions, the results and handling of the system, and will acquire basic skills in defining jobs and evaluating results of the system in manual and automatic mode. They will be able to setup receivers and write short scripts.

Target audience

• Operators
• Supervisor

Knowledge required

• The participant should have basic skills in communication technology
• For scripting, experience in PYTHON will be helpful.

Contents

• Introduction to go2MONITOR and overview
• Receiver/sensor configuration
• Basic steps to create setup and run the system
• Wideband spectrum classification of signals
• Multichannel, narrowbandsignal processing, classification, automatic protocol detection, demodulation, decoding
• Result Display,  data, audio, metadata
• Manual Operation
• Automatic Operation
• ResultViewer

Focus

The training course includes a detailed presentation of the components go2modem-studio (without Decoder Development, pyDDL) and go2signal-analyzer. Alternatively, the course can also be held as go2DECODE training.

The basic analysis steps are illustrated using many practical examples. In addition, participants will verify their understanding of signal analysis, demodulators and decoders by practicing with various types of recorded signals. Part of the time will be reserved for discussing individual tasks and problems as well as analyzing signals provided by the participants.

Objectives

After the training, participants will be able to understand the functions and handling of go2modem-studio & go2signal-anylzer, and will acquire basic skills in analyzing modulated signals and creating suitable modems for manual or automatic signal detection and production. pyDDL is not coverd in this training.

Target Audience

• Operators
• Analysts and supervisors

Knowledge required

• The participant should be familiar with fundamentals of communication technology.

Contents

• General software introduction
• Fundamentals of digital signal modulation
• User interface overview
• Signal interfacing and adjustments
• Rapid pre-classification of modulation types
• Analyzing signals
• Setting up demodulators
• Analysis of demodulation results
• Setting up modems and modem lists
• Automatic production and signal recording
• General training with recorded signals
• Brief introduction to Decoder Description Language (DDL/pyDDL)
• Special questions and individual tasks

Duration

• 4 days or 5 days

Implementation

• Customer premises
• In a Swiss alpine resort
• Webinar

Focus

The course focuses on developing participants' knowledge of signal analysis techniques and procedures using the go2SIGNAL signal analyzer. During the training, participants' skills are developed through practical “real-world” exercises using live signal recordings from PROCITEC and, optionally, recordings made by the participants themselves.

Objectives

After completing the training, participants will understand the functions and capabilities of the go2signal-analyzer software and will have acquired knowledge in the analysis of unknown modulated signals.

Target Audience

• Signals Analysts
• Technical staff involved in writing, modifying  and editing decoders

Knowledge required

• The participant should  have a good understanding of the RF spectrum and signaling techniques

Contents

• General application introduction
• Fundamentals of digital signal modulation
• Rapid Pre-Classification of unknown signals
• Analysis of FSK, MFSK, PSK, MSK, OQPSK and OFDM signals

Duration

• 3 days

Implementation

• Customer premises
• In a Swiss alpine resort
• Webinar

Focus

In this training course, students are introduced to the fundamentals and general use of the Python-based Decoder Description Language (pyDDL). All essential commands are discussed in detail. The course focuses towards adaptation of existing decoders, design of new decoders, and use of the Decoder Development Environment based on Spyder. The course also captures the basics of channel coding and the fundamentals of forward error correction techniques.
Upon completion of the course, Students will be able to use pyDDL to modify and create new decoders for use in the go2signals range of software products.

Target Audience

• Technical staff involved in writing,  modifying and adjusting decoders.

Knowledge required

• Entry Criteria: Completion of go2modem-studio /go2signal-analyzer or go2DECODE Basic Training and experience in the Python programming language; it is strongly recommended that all students per-course have a similar start-state.

Contents

• Lectures and practical exercises
• Introduction and Overview
• Basic Steps to Create and Modify Decoders
• Discussion of Simple Decoder Programs
• Use of Decoder Development Environment
• Detailed Discussion of Vital Commands
• Special Aspects of Automatic Production
• Exercises in Writing Simple Decoders
• Methods for Error Detection and Correction
• Integration of Customer Packages or Libraries

Duration

• 4 days

Implementation

• only direct available from PROCITEC HQ, Pforzheim, Germany