libgs.groundstation.GroundStationBase¶

class libgs.groundstation.GroundStationBase[source]¶

Base class for ground stations.

If implementing a new GroundStation class, derive from this class and overload as a minimum the interface methods:

Note

do_action, set_rangerate and transmit are implemented in GroundStation as simple wrappers with some logging of the respective methods protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.send_bytes(), protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.do_action(), hardware.RadioBase.set_range_rate().

Warning

In the future these interface methods are likely to be merged into this base class instead, and will no longer require overloading in new implementations.

The following methods can be overloaded if the functionality is required:

Methods

`do_action`(desc, args, *kwargs)	Perform an `Action`.
`get_azel`()	Loop through the installed `rotators` and return a list of az/el positions by querying each individual rotator’s `get_azel()` method.
`init_rx`()	Wrapper for `protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.init_rx()`
`init_rxtx`()	Wrapper for `protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.init_rxtx()`
`power_down`()	This method is called when class destroys and can be overloaded to perform tasks such as powering down amplifiers etc.
`power_up`()	This method is called when class initialises and can be overloaded to perform tasks such as powering on amplifiers etc.
`set_azel`(az, el[, block])	Set the az/el pointing for each installed `rotators`
`set_rangerate`(range_rate)	Set the range_rate for all installed radios.
`start_track`(nid_or_pdata, **kwargs)	Non-blocking tracking.
`stop_track`([block])	Stop tracking satellite.
`stow`([block])	Stow all installed `rotators`.
`terminate`()	Wrapper for `protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.terminate()`
`track`(nid_or_pdata, **kwargs)	Track satellite
`transmit`(msg[, wait])	Send bytes to satellite Should normally be a wrapper for `protocols.protocolbase.ProtocolBase.send_bytes()`

Attributes

`MONITOR_SAVE_DT_NOTRACK`	The time interval at which to run the monitor callback when not tracking
`MONITOR_SAVE_DT_TRACK`	The time interval at which to run the monitor callback while tracking
`monitor`	Set / Get a `Monitor`.
`propagator`	Set / Get a propagator.
`protocol`	Property to set/get the current protocol.
`protocols`	A list of protocols (see `ProtocolBase` ) that are installed on the groundstation
`radios`	A list of radios (see `RadioBase` ) that are installed on the groundstation
`rotators`	A list of rotators (see `RotatorBase` ) that are installed on the groundstation
`rpcserver`	Assign an `RPCServer` to the Ground Station if you want to be able to call its methods remotely over XMLRPC.
`scheduler`	The currently associated `Scheduler`.

Inherited from base class