Task Scheduling Overview
The task scheduler configures the automatic operation of the radar, including which radar tasks to run and when to run them. It also runs interactive manual tasks and exec tasks for scheduling maintenance jobs.
The task scheduling menus control real time
processes and can be modified by a radarop:
- TSC Monitor menu, which shows what is currently happening.
- TSC Editor menu, which allows editing of task schedules
Task IDs
IRIS assigns a sequential ID number to each task in a schedule.
Members of a hybrid task have the same
number, plus an A, B, or C to
differentiate them.
Hybrid Tasks
The task configuration can link many
individual tasks together to create a hybrid task by naming the subtasks with names such as
any_name_A, any_name_B. If you add the subtasks to the
schedule, IRIS also adds the other subtasks. The entire hybrid task is treated as one task
in the schedule. For example, in the any_name hybrid task, the
_A, _B, and _C at the end of the task
name denote the additional parts of the task:
any_name_Aany_name_Bany_name_C
In a more realistic example, a volume scan uses a low PRF to get a large, unambiguous range at low elevation angles and a high PRF to get a large, unambiguous velocity at high elevation angles where range folding does not occur. You can link these tasks to scan both the low and high elevation angles in a single hybrid task.