Acquisition Functions

Overview and description of many of the functions and processes involved in acquisition.

ac - Antenna controller diagnostic command.
align - Manually align the tracking antenna based on the maximum signal strength.
alignnorth - Positions the antenna to align it using a compass.
antenna - Antenna tracking command.
antenna alignment  - good overview of antenna alignment topics.
antenna.calib - Dynamic antenna calibration data.
antenna.config - static antenna configuration data.
autoalign - Align the tracking antenna based on the maximum signal strength.
BAST - Pass partition definition file.
BASTXXX - Pass control shared memory.
trans.gif (43 bytes)calmag - Calibrates the antenna's magnetic compass.
last location - Statistics on the receiving site.
magnetic model - Magnetic declination world model coefficients.
nmea_monitor - Monitors the NMEA data messages sent by external equipment and stores the messages in shared memory.
stv - (Satellite TV) Graphical utility for displaying raw data images.
shipheading - Sets the current shipheading.
statpass - Non-X-windows capture status monitor.
stowship - Positions an antenna to ready it for shipping.
sunalign - Antenna alignment by tracking the sun.
system.config - TeraScan system configuration data.
trackeye - Monitors the antenna tracking and framing of pass data in real time.
trackmon - (Tracking Monitor) Graphical utility that monitors the antenna tracking and framing of pass data.
tracksat - (Satellite Tracker) Graphical utility for real-time satellite tracking.
ups - Sends a diagnostic command to the UPS and waits for a reply.
ups monitor - Monitors the Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) for low battery conditions during a power failure.

Also see System Time and Location  for related functions.


Last Update: $Date: 2002/02/09 00:34:45 $