BFTN

Question 1

BFTN

Answer 1

Battle Force Tactical Network

Question 2

PEO C4I

Answer 2

Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

Question 3

What does PEO C4I do?

Answer 3

PEO C4I is the Navy’s first line to acquire the right communication and technology tools to deliver affordable, integrated and interoperable information warfare capabilities to the fleet. PEO C4I is headquartered at NAVWAR’s Old Town Campus in San Diego, CA. It includes eleven program offices responsible for acquiring fielding, and supporting C4I systems extending across Navy, joint, and coalition platforms. This includes the management of acquisition programs and projects that cover all C4I disciplines.

Question 4

Reconfigure BFTN to operate email in legacy system

Answer 4

• HFIP GUI
• login as administrator
• Stop HFIP mode
• configurations tab
• stack setting: note node (NODE_ADDR)
• modify
• Media Access Mode: CSMA (apply changes)
• add host name and address of other ships (…navy.smil.mil)
• for own: outlook express > tools > accounts > properties > after @
• Startup tab > start

Question 5

How to stop HFIP BFTN email terminal?

Answer 5

Stack settings modigy > change CSMA for HF token bus

Question 6

BFTN referencing materials

Answer 6

IP Scheme Diagram (on rack)
Patching Diagram (on rack)
QRG (attached to rack)
PMS/MRC
Tech Manual
Techtube videos

Question 7

IP Scheme Diagram
How it helps?

Answer 7

Shows the logical connections and IP addresses

Question 8

Patching diagram (BFTN)

Answer 8

Connection to serial cryptos, to controllers and modems to radios.

Question 9

Tech Manual (BFTN)

Answer 9

All encompassing
Operating procedures
Maintenance
QRG etc

Question 10

BFTN AN/USQ number

Answer 10

AN/USQ-195A(V) Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN)

Question 11

Over the air and loopback test steps and config

Answer 11

110B-F
Full duplex
Test: loopback on
US or Allied HFIP GUI
“Stop” to stop token ring
Start RFchat
Send (red) test messages and will receive (blue) messages back

Over the air
Changing loopback off
Still full duplex
Start RFchat again

Question 12

What does loopback test prove?

Answer 12

Proper connection and configuration from controller, through crypto, to the modem.

In over the air configuration it proves that everybody should be able to hear me if I can hear myself

Question 13

How to test before entering token ring ?

Answer 13

Point to point: RFChat loopbacks

Question 14

How to enter token ring?

Answer 14

HFIP GUI
“Start”
Network info tab will show participants (2min)

Question 15

If Satellite is down how to communicate to other ships in the vecinity

Answer 15

BFTN HF or UHF