What is the nature of the user interface via the Comm system?

All downlink data is in ASCII characters, plain text. This includes diagnostic and telemetry data. Uplink commands are from one to a few characters. A dumb terminal program (like Hyperterm) may be used on the PC. A GUI program to control the EyasSAT is also provided. Students may experience the raw telemetry and command flow using the text interface and/or the high level graphical interface.