| Period: |
From: 1 July 2006 |
To: 31 August 2007 |
| Section
I - GENERAL INFORMATION |
| Your
Name |
|
| State
|
|
|
Number of ISCS VSATs installed and
operational |
|
|
Location of ISCS VSATs |
|
|
Type of ISCS/WAFS workstation (manufacturer)
|
|
|
Any changes in the status of ISCS
VSATs or ISCS/WAFS workstation(s) during the survey period
|
Yes
No
|
| Section
II - SURVEY RESULTS |
| Survey Items |
Sub-Items |
Assessment |
Comments |
|
1. Overall assessment of the ISCS
broadcast during the period |
Signal
quality (reception) |
|
No Problem |
|
|
|
Some
Problems |
| Data/product
availability at the VSAT receiver |
(provide
assessment by data type below) |
| ISCS/WAFS
charts in T4 format |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/WAFS
upper-air wind/temp forecasts in GRIB code form |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/WAFS
SIGWX forecasts in BUFR code form |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/OPMET
data |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/ADMIN
messages |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
|
2. Overall assessment of the reliability
of VSAT receiving equipment and ISCS/WAFS workstation
|
Performance
of the receiver(s) |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/WAFS
workstation - hardware |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
| ISCS/WAFS
workstation - software |
|
Good |
|
| |
Average |
| |
Poor |
3. Maintenance
1 Users should ensure
that repair by local technicians does not infringe warranty
of the equipment.
|
If faults developed in the VSAT receiving
equipment, were these faults repaired by: |
Local Technicians |
Indicate
the nature of the repairs: problems related to coaxial cable,
console cable, interfacing circuitry, UPS and printer, or
other:
|
|
Shipping the unit back to the service provider |
Were any difficulties
encountered regarding the response of the service provider
and/or shipping of the faulty units for repair
Yes
No
if "yes" provide detail
|
4. Internet services
(ISCS or SADIS)
|
During
the period, have you used Internet service provided by ISCS
or SADIS |
Yes
No |
If "yes",
specify the type of service (e.g., ISCS FTP service) and
comments, if any
|
| 5.
On-line help |
During
the period under review, have you contacted the ISCS 24-hour
Help-line/Faults Desk |
Yes
No
|
Was the technical
support provided satisfactory:
Yes
No
if "no" provide details
|