WAVECOM W-SAT Email Decoder

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Satellite communications systems play an increasingly important role in today’s communication networks, carrying voice, fax, and data signals. The WAVECOM Satellite Email Decoder is a standalone application which can decode data streams acquired from a wide range of different satellite reception equipment, including the WAVECOM-INMARSAT decoders. Email text and attachments (pictures, PDF files, spreadsheets, etc.) can be extracted from the data streams and saved.


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The decoding process is fully automatic, and so excellent decoding results can be achieved with almost no user interaction – all the user has to do is load the data files. With the user-friendly GUI (see screenshot above), data files may be loaded individually or by directory into the decoder, after which the decoding process starts. Once decoding is complete, the user can read email contents and browse any attachments; clear status messages give an easy-to-interpret indication of the success of the decoding.

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Metadata for each data stream, such as MES ID and mode, can be provided by a session list file; this file is generated automatically by the WAVECOM INMARSAT decoders, but can also be manually edited by the user according to his particular requirements. 

Which satellite systems can the WAVECOM Satellite Email Decoder recognize?

All decoders are fully tested with INMARSAT-B, INMARSAT-M and INMARSAT-mM. Some decoders are also tested with INMARSAT-B-HSD and THURAYA. The decoder will decode the following applications:

 

PPP
PPP is not an email application, but a transport for upper layer protocols (TCP/IP), including various email application protocols. The WAVECOM Satellite Email Decoder decodes PPP sessions and converts them into CAP-formatted files. This allows PPP sessions to be further examined using WireShark  – an open source protocol analysis application. 

What do I need?
To produce the data files to be decoded, two system components are necessary: An adequate satellite receiver system, and a decoder to produce the data stream from the received signal (see “AN-Inmarsat Reception using W61PC” on www.wavecom.ch). WAVECOM recommends its W-PCIe, W-PCI, W61PC and W-CODE decoders; however the WAVECOM Satellite Email Decoder is compatible with other decoders able to store decoded data in a supported file format. For details on supported file formats, please refer to the appropriate WAVECOM decoder manual.

W-SAT-email-Decoder DLL
For advanced users who wish to integrate the satellite email decoding library into their own software environment, WAVECOM offers a DLL interface upon request. The DLL allows the developer to access the decoders from his own application.