DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Interface Hardware Manual
Number: DI-TMSS-81711 Approval Date: 24 NOV 2006
AMSC Number: 7665 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: No GIDEP Applicable: No
Office of Primary Responsibility: NS/I5222
Applicable Forms: N/A
Use/Relationship:
The ATE Interface Hardware Manual is used to support installation, operation, and
maintenance of interface hardware for automatic test equipment. This manual is directed
toward technicians trained in the use of automatic test equipment to perform piece-part
fault isolation.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions
for the data product generated by the specific and discrete task requirement as delineated in
the contract and paragraphs 2.6.8, 10.2.10.3-5 and 10.2.14 of DS-56, Data Standard for the
Preparation of COMSEC Technical Manuals.
This DID is applicable to manuals prepared specifically for the Government.
Requirements:
1. Reference Documents: The applicable issue of the documents cited herein, including
their approval date and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions, shall
be as stated herein. DS-56, Data Standard for the Preparation of COMSEC Technical
Manuals, current edition, are available at the National Security Agency, 9800 Savage
Rd, Suite 6718, Fort Meade, Md 20755-6718, Attn: I5222.
2. Format: The test program manual information that is computer generated shall be
provided on IBM compatible magnetic tape conforming to specification No. W-T-
0051, Class III, Size II (24,000 feet long) with the following characteristics:
A. 1600 BPI density/nine track.
B. EBCDIC character code.
C. Logical record length equal to 103 characters.
D. Block six equal to 4,120 characters or fixed length to an integer multiple of the
logic record length, “see C above.”
E. No recorded labels.
F. A gummed label indicating the document title, the date, logical record length, and
the block size shall be affixed to the reel.
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