SCARI Suite

SCARI GT

SCARI-GT is the international reference Core Framework for SCAv2.2.2 compliant systems. SCARI Core Framework (CF) has been deployed in thousands of high-performance SCAv2.2.2. compliant radio systems around the world, such as the US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Network Centre (JTNC) as part of their test bed to validate and improve the accuracy of the JTRS Test Application (JTAP) conformance tool. The SCARI Core Framework boasts the following capabilities and features to provide the optimum development environment:

• Optimized for smaller Core Framework and faster boot time
• Supports a large combination of operating systems, object request brokers, and processors.
• Ultra-fast XML parsing for better runtime performance
• Collocated Domain and Device Managers
• Connection Optimization
• Standalone remote devices
• Optimized registration from Device Managers
• Not subject to ITAR restrictions

SCA Architect

SCA Architect is the modeling tool used by developers to develop and assemble SCAv2.2.2 software components into applications. Based on a Model-Driven Development (MDD) concept, SCA Architect models abstract all of the SCA programming specifics from the developer, enabling code generation of fully functional SCA components using POSIX C++. Some of the main features of Architect include: Key features of SCA Architect:

• Unambiguous modeling capturing containment relationship between deployed components and their target
• Automatic code generation of SCA artifact based on the designed model
• Zero-Merge philosophy that allows developers to remodel existing components, and regenerate code without having to merge two versions of the source code.
• Reusable modeling component elements allow you to quickly create new components.
• Real-time model validation, with over 180 rules, allows for early error detection which eliminates time-consuming retrofits and greatly accelerates the creation of SCA components

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Import and repair legacy domain profiles and use the refactoring feature to automatically correct errors, selecting the desired correction from a number of suggested fixes.

Radio Manager

Manager is a platform run-time monitoring tool used to install and control applications. In addition, it provides visualization capabilities to analyze software component deployment strategies. The VIAVI Radio Manager is an essential tool for debugging and testing SCAv2.2.2 systems.

Radio Manager provides real-time introspection of the SCA platform and reports the status of the devices and resources, refreshing the block diagram when needed. Radio Manager monitors events such as a new waveform being added, a device failing, a connection broken – all will be shown giving invaluable information to the integrators and testers to reduce debugging time.

The following are key features that make Radio Manager an essential tool for debugging and testing SCAv2.2.2 systems .

• Control the complete life cycle of an application on the target platform from instantiation, to starting, configuring, stopping, and finally terminating and removing the application.
• Provides a generic property browser which can render every type of SCA property and can change values dynamically or in batch mode.
• Extended introspection providing two different views for displaying the deployed software components. The hierarchical view uses a tree-like structure, where each node represents a deployed component. The block diagram view uses a block for each deployed component.
• Specialized HCIs can be launched to control the radio as it would be operated in the field.
• Debugging features offer full control over the deployed components to test the performance of the platform and applications.

R-Check SCA Adapter

R-Check SCA Adapter is plug-in tool for SCA Architect that allows developers to write specification-compliant code from start to finish, without the need to compile or deploy code to a device. R-Check SCA Adapter uses R-Check SCA, a tool developed by Reservoir Labs for the US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Test & Evaluation Laboratory (JTEL), to scan the developer’s code and identify any discrepancies between the code and the SCA specification.

• Built in SCA 2.2 and SCA 2.2.2 support
• Static Analysis tests all code at once, including across several file types
• Finds violations before system integration
• Direct linking from violations to SCA source reference material