Setting up data acquisition and processing

Although the internal RVP10 tables and parameters are set to reasonable values on power-up, you usually need to modify the default information to meet your needs.

  1. On power-up, issue IOTEST to ensure that the interface connections are all intact.
  2. Check the diagnostic result registers from GPARM to verify that RVP10 passes all internal checks.
  3. Establish trigger and pulse width using the SETPWF commands.
  4. Chose range bin placement and processor options using LRMSK and SOPRM.
  5. Take receiver noise samples with SNOISE.

    The noise levels are not automatically sampled on power-up, you must issue SNOISE at least once.

  6. If clutter filters are needed, issue LFILT.
  7. If data rays are to be synchronized with antenna motion, issue LSYNC to specify a table of antenna angles.
  8. When the setups are complete, issue PROC commands to collect, process, and output the data.
    To monitor errors detected during the execution of commands using the GPARM command.