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voaP2PPlot

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Updated: JUL 2009
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NAME

voaP2PPlot - Plot VOACAP point-to-point predictions  

SYNOPSIS

voaP2PPlot [options] aFile  

DESCRIPTION

voaP2PPlot A python script used to graphically display the contents of output files produced by VOACAP.  

OPTIONS

-b band
Where the integer 'band' specifies a band plan to be overlayed on the plot. Supported bandplans are 1:SWL 2:UK Amateur 3:KSA Amateur
-c
Display contour lines on the image
-f max_frequency
A float used to specify the maximum frequency (MHz) to display, e.g. '-f 20' limits the y-axis to 20MHz. Values must be in the range 5-30MHz Autoscaling may be switched on with the value '-f a'.
-g group
Where group is an integer specifying the group within a file containing multiple groups to plot. Multiple groups must be separated by commas, e.g. '-g 1,3,4' will print groups 1, 3 & 4
-h
Prints a help message and quits.
-m colour-map
Specifies the colour-map to use. Supported colour maps are 1:Bone, 2:Cool 3:Copper 4:Gray 5:Hot 6:Hsv 7:Jet 8:Pink 9:Spring 10:Summer 11:Winter (default = 8)
-o file-name
Used to specify an output file to save the plot to. The file-name extension defines the output file format. .png/.pdf files are supported.
-t type
Specifies the type of image to plot. Supported image types are 0:None 1:MUFday 2:REL 3:SNR 4:S DBW (default = 1)
-q
Process quietly, don't produce a graph on the screen. This only makes sense when used in conjunction with the -o option.
-t
An integer used to specify the data to plot, 0:None 1:MUFday 2:REL 3:SNR 4:S DBW (default = 1)
-z time-Zone
Specifies the timezone to shift the plots to.

 

EXAMPLES

voaP2PPlot voacapx.out
Plots the contents of the file voacapx.out.
voaP2PPlot -c -m 3voacapx.out
Plots using colour map 3, adding contour lines to the plot.
voaP2PPlot -b 1 -o plot.pdf voacapx.out
Overlays the plot with the SWL band-plan, saving the plot to the file plot.pdf
voaP2PPlot -t 2 -z 3 voacapx.out
Produces a reliability plot, shifted to a timezone 3 hours ahead of UTC.
 

ENVIRONMENT

voaP2PPlot does not require or make use of any environmental variables. The program requires the python library matlibplot to run.  

BUGS

No known bugs, that's probably a sign of incomplete testing rather than a bug free program :-). The program is not very tolerant of incorrect arguments, this will be addressed in future versions.  

AUTHOR

This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) <jimwatson at mac dot com>  

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Credit and thanks to Jari Perkiomaki, OH6BG (OH6BG) for program testing and suggestions.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT
BUGS
AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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