Patent ID: 7898431
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telemetry system for use in test firing a guided missile, where said missile has a plurality of configurations distinguished by a unique fuse and guidance control section combination, each of said configurations producing a plurality of characteristic telemetry signals reflecting the operation of said missile configuration and requiring correspondingly unique signal processing prior to being transmitted from said telemetry system, comprising: common signal conditioning means, for receiving and processing said characteristic telemetry signals from the one of said unique fuse and guidance control section combinations utilized in a missile firing and for producing processed signals which reflect the operation of said utilized combination, said common signal conditioning means compatible for use with any of said plurality of missile configurations; interface means, connecting said signal conditioning means with the one of said fuse and guidance control sections utilized in a missile firing, for receiving and selectively routing said characteristic telemetry signals produced by said one utilized combination to predetermined locations in said signal conditioning means; a commutator having said processed telemetry signals produced by said signal conditioning means as an input, said commutator producing a discrete sequence of signals in response to receipt of said processed telemetry signals, said discrete sequence of signals reflecting the operation of said utilized fuse and guidance section combination; and means for transmitting said discrete sequence of signals produced by said commutator to a location remote from said missile.