Ingest Process

The signal processor sends base data to the IRIS Ingest Process.

The Ingest Process controls the signal processor and RCP for the data acquisition. A task is a set of instructions for performing a scan, such as a single RHI scan or a PPI volume scan at multiple elevation angles. The antenna scanning, signal processor configuration, PRF, pulse width, and so on, make up the parameters of the task configuration.

IRIS executes one task at a time, but up to 8 separately defined tasks can be scheduled to run at different times, and up to 26 tasks can be linked together to form a single hybrid task.

Running the radar comprises defining the task configuration and the task schedule.

IRIS provides menus for performing these operations and allows you to save the results on disk so that task configurations and schedules can be recalled easily.

IRIS can store many hours of volume scans of raw ingest data, depending on the size of the disk that is available.