Configure target simulator (TARGSIM)
RVP10 contains a built-in target simulator tool that can test and debug processing algorithms that work with multiple trip returns. Several real physical targets can be simulated, each having a range span measured in kilometers, a Doppler shift in Hertz, and an echo power relative to the saturation level of the receiver. The echoes are placed in range exactly according to how they have been illuminated by whatever sequence of pulses have been transmitted so far. Multiple trip returns and range folding are all modeled correctly.
The target simulator can be used with both live and simulated (I,Q) data. See Load simulated time series data (LSIMUL).
In the simulated case, you can overlay simulated physical targets on top of real physical targets from the radar receiver.
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| | Oper | 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 | Command
|-------|-------|------------------------------------------------| Oper=0- Disable all target simulation activity (no additional arguments)
Oper=1- Enable simulation of all defined targets (no additional arguments)
Oper=2- Define a new simulated target (arguments list follows)
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| | Co | Cx| | Targ | Input 1
|------------------------------|-----|---------------------------| Targ- Which target is being defined
Co/Cx- Place simulated target in Co-Pol and/or Cross-Pol Rx channels
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| Target Starting Range in Tenths of Kilometers | Input 2
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| Target Length in Tenths of Kilometers | Input 3
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| Target Power in Tenths of dB Relative to Saturation (signed) | Input 4
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| Target Power Delta over Range Span in Tenths of dB (signed) | Input 5
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| Target Doppler Shift in Hertz (signed) | Input 6
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| Target Doppler Delta over Range Span in Hertz (signed) | Input 7
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| Four Spare Words | Inputs 8–11
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