We have found a problem in time tagging of several MEA products.

MEA Moments

Depending on the mode (Low, Med, High), velocity moments should have a different periodicity :

  • Low mode : 16s

  • Med mode : 4s

  • High mode : 2s

However, we found that regularly, there is a shift in the TI0 value.

Rather than a regular periodicity of 4s in Med mode:

Record          TI0
1               t1
2               t2 = t1 + 4s
3               t3 = t2 + 4s
4               t4 = t3 + 4s
5               t5 = t4 + 4s

We found some inconsistencies :

Record          TI0
1               t1
2               t2 = t1 + 4s
3               t3 = t2 + 8s            // Shift of 4 seconds
4               t4 = t3 + 0s            // Return to normal timetag
5               t5 = t4 + 4s

In the case of Low mode, rather than a regular increase of 16s, we can found :

Record          TI0
1               t1
2               t2 = t1 + 16s
3               t3 = t2 + 20s           // Shift of 4 seconds
4               t4 = t3 + 12s           // Return to normal timetag
5               t5 = t4 + 16s

So, it seems that there is regurlarly a shift of 4s in TI0, as if onboard software has a synchronisation bug, and take an incorrect value of TI0.