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voaP2PPlot

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Updated: MAY 2008
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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 file-name

Specifies the file to display.

-g group

Where group is an integer specifying the group within a file containing multiple groups to plot.

-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.

-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.

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