Understanding TAFL Fields

[rkillins]

Does anyone have a source of information as it relates to the TAFL fields, ie the meanings of the different codes that the different licence fields hold? (example "Station Type: 20 - what is 20?, Service: 3 - what is 3?, or License Type: S - what is S?). I remember a time when the TAFL site had a downloadable .txt file that broke down the values in the fields, but I can't find anything like that now on the Spectrum Management Site.

 

[AMcKie]

@rkillins It is still there.

1. Go to Download SMS data
2. Scroll down to "All Services" and click on "(field description)"
3. The PDF that is linked there starts with a list of each field's description, data type and byte size but if you keep going, you will find the possible values for the fields that have discrete meanings. For example, column 35 "Station Type" is on page 12 of the PDF under the heading "Column/Colonne 35 : Type of station / Type de station" and you can then see type 20 is "Wide-area Transportable"

I will add a link from the bottom of the licence details page to this PDF on tafl.mckie.ca as well.

 

[rkillins]

Thanks so much @AMcKie, I saw that but didn't scroll far enough down. My first thought was it was a document simply defining the formats for the fields.