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Billing Log Format
H-16 VMS User Guide
Billing Log Format
The billing log format is created from switch events logged by the VMS. The
billing log consists of eight (8) comma separated value fields as follows:
1. Satellite Name - name of satellite, as shown in VMS, that contains the
subnet which generated the switch event.
2. Antenna Name - name of Antenna, as shown in VMS, associated with the
Subnet which generated the switch event.
3. Date - logged date of switch event in “dd/mm/yyyy” format
4. Time - logged time of switch event in “hh:mm:ss.mss” format
5. Session ID - increasing counter that changes anytime a subnet switches back
to its HOME state. This is an unsigned 32 bit counter.
6. Switch Type - indicates the type of switch. This value can be “HOME”,
“MANUAL”,”AUTOMATIC”,”SCHEDULED”,”UNKNOWN”
7. Bandwidth - bandwidth of channel switch in Hertz (Hz)
8. Bit Rate - bit rate of channel switch in bits per second (bps)
Billing Log Examples
“Galaxy 10R”, “R1”, 04/04/2005, 19:19:26:717, 996, HOME, 230400Hz, 512000bps
“Galaxy 10R”, “R1”, 04/04/2005, 19:35:08:999, 997, MANUAL, 460800Hz, 512000bps
“Galaxy 10R”, “R1”, 04/04/2005, 19:37:35:979, 997, HOME, 230400Hz, 512000bps
“Galaxy 10R”, “R1”, 04/04/2005, 19:38:21:665, 998, MANUAL, 230400Hz, 256000bps
“Galaxy 10R”, “R1”, 04/04/2005, 20:46:37:210, 998, MANUAL, 115200Hz, 128000bps