SSET - SpaceSystem Simulator for EGSE Testing

SSET is a desktop Space System Simulator, receiving TC and sending TM packets configured by SCOS MIB, so serving as a basic UUT that can close a Monitoring and Control loop. Its main features include:

• Packet TM/TC encoding/decoding according to SCOS MIB definitions, observing and (partially) enforcing compliance to the Packet Utilization Standard ECSS-E-70-41A).
• Automated Service 1 response patterns (including user-directed customization per APID)
• Advanced cyclic TM packet scheduler with multiple independent cycles
• Scheduled Spacecraft Time Source Packet (STSP) emission
• Separate Onboard/Ground Timeline simulation capability
• Back-end scripting to tailor specific response patterns to TC and dynamic parameter value behaviour.
• Set and retrieve/verify values of TM/TC parameters, as raw and/or engineering values
• Advanced error injection functions at packet / parameter level
• On-the-fly manual definition/injection of raw TM/TC packets
• Ground systems simulation including multiple SCOE and TM/TC Front-End behavioral emulation
• Graphical User Interface for detailed local monitoring and control of the simulator.
• Integration with other software systems is possible via:
  • ESA EGSERouter interface
  • EDEN interface
  • SSET API (C-interface compatible)
• Full set of documentation (User Manual, Data ICD etc.) included with the distribution

SSET runs on Windows 7 / Windows 10, and is distributed in pre-compiled ready-to-install binary form only. It is also distributed in the context of the ESA/ESTEC EGSE Reference Facility (ERF), and its upcoming successor, the EGS-CC Reference Facility (ERF-CC).