# Sample configuration for demonstration of sending telemetry. # Here we try to replicate actual data heard for a balloon. CHANNEL 0 MYCALL M0XER-3 # These will send the beacons to the transmitter (which you disconnected, right?) # First the metadata. # Channel 1: Battery voltage, Volts, scaled up by 100 # Channel 2: Solar voltage, Volts, scaled up by 100 # Channel 3: Temperature, degrees C, sent as Kelvin x 10 # Channel 4: Number of satellites, no units # Note: When using Strawberry perl, as specified in the example, Windows knows # that the .pl file type is associated with it. When using a different implementation # of perl, which doesn't make this association of file type to application, it might # be necessary to use something like this instead: # # ... infocmd="c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe telem-parm.pl M0XER-3 Vbat Vsolar Temp Sat" # Here we use the generic scripts to generate the messages with metadata. # The "infocmd=..." option means use the result for the info part of the packet. CBEACON delay=0:10 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-parm.pl M0XER-3 Vbat Vsolar Temp Sat" CBEACON delay=0:12 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-unit.pl M0XER-3 V V C """" m" CBEACON delay=0:14 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-eqns.pl M0XER-3 0 0.001 0 0 0.001 0 0 0.1 -273.2 0 1 0 0 1 0" CBEACON delay=0:16 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-bits.pl M0XER-3 11111111 ""10mW research balloon""" # Now the telemetry data. # In a real situation, the location and telemetry data would come from sensors. # Here we have just hardcoded 3 sets of historical data as a demonstration. # telem-balloon.pl accumulates the data then invokes telem-data91.pl to convert # it to the compressed format. This is inserted into the position comment with "commentcmd=..." PBEACON compress=1 delay=0:20 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=61^34.2876N lon=155^40.0931W alt=12953 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 3307 4.383 0.436 -34.6 12" PBEACON compress=1 delay=0:22 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=51^07.4402N lon=124^14.4472W alt=12563 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 6524 4.515 0.653 -1.3 7" PBEACON compress=1 delay=0:24 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=55^58.5558N lon=122^28.5933W alt=12680 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 7458 4.521 0.587 -8.3 7" # Now we do the same thing again. # This time, add the SENDTO=R0 option to simulate reception. # These will be sent to any attached applications so you can see how they process the data. CBEACON SENDTO=R0 delay=0:30 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-parm.pl M0XER-3 Vbat Vsolar Temp Sat" CBEACON SENDTO=R0 delay=0:32 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-unit.pl M0XER-3 V V C """" m" CBEACON SENDTO=R0 delay=0:34 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-eqns.pl M0XER-3 0 0.001 0 0 0.001 0 0 0.1 -273.2 0 1 0 0 1 0" CBEACON SENDTO=R0 delay=0:36 every=1:00 infocmd="telem-bits.pl M0XER-3 11111111 ""10mW research balloon""" PBEACON SENDTO=R0 compress=1 delay=0:40 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=61^34.2876N lon=155^40.0931W alt=12953 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 3307 4.383 0.436 -34.6 12" PBEACON SENDTO=R0 compress=1 delay=0:42 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=51^07.4402N lon=124^14.4472W alt=12563 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 6524 4.515 0.653 -1.3 7" PBEACON SENDTO=R0 compress=1 delay=0:44 every=1:00 via=WIDE2-1 symbol=Balloon lat=55^58.5558N lon=122^28.5933W alt=12680 commentcmd="telem-balloon.pl 7458 4.521 0.587 -8.3 7"