Running Zdrcal from a Command Line

Operating a radar interactively through command line Zdrcal requires the DSP and antenna to be available.

If DSP is reserved for other use, a message <Export channel is busy> is generated.

Also, the ingest process must be switched off in IRIS. IRIS can stay on.

To invoke Zdrcal from the command line, type: $ zdrcal

If needed, add an extra operator


Zdrcal Operators	Description
`-auto`	Do scan and process phases, but skip the interactive update and do not log progress on the terminal. This is meant to be run from a scripting environment. Warnings are reported out on the error output
`-full`	Does full scan, process and update phases. Same as `–auto` followed by `–update`, except you get progress reports on the terminal. Note that the update step uses the latest Zdrcal result file available, that is, the update can proceed even if there are no new results. This is the default behavior if no command line option is given.
`-help`	Prints a version of this table.
`-process:<path>`	Triggers a post-processing mode of zdrcal analysis using an existing Zdrcal RAW product.
`-resave`	Reads and saves the zdrcal.conf file with comments and all new fields filled with default values. See Zdrcal Configuration File If zdrcal.conf is missing, the utility uses default settings. . Run the Zdrcal utility with the `–resave` option to read in the old zdrcal.conf file, fill in all new fields of current IRIS/RDA version with default values, and write out the file including updated comments. You can run `zdrcal –resave` to create a fresh default file by removing the existing file first. It is a good idea to run the `–resave` option when you first use Zdrcal after an IRIS/RDA upgrade to see new features.
`-update[:<file>]`	This triggers an interactive update of the current radar `ZDR` offset using the latest Zdrcal result file available for the current radar site. Specify a file name to select a desired (older) result. The specified file resides in the configured Zdrcal directory and cannot to originate in data ingested at other radar.
`-version`	Prints the version number.