ITSTAMP
InstantTrack Timestamped Log Annotator

Description

ITSTAMP is a companion program for InstantTrack. It is designed for the special case where you have a file full of timestamped data records of satellite-related information, and wish to add the azimuth, elevation, and slant range for the satellite to each record. This can be useful when analyzing groundstation performance, for example.

ITSTAMP is a DOS command-line program that runs in text (TTY) mode.

System Requirements

To run ITSTAMP, any environment capable of running simple well-behaved text mode MS-DOS programs, including all versions of MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, and many emulation environments.

To make sense, though, you also need to be able to run InstantTrack on the same machine. See the InstantTrack system requirements.

Features

DOS command-line program
Uses InstantTrack's database for satellite elements and station locations
Accepts Unix-style timestamps
Accepts arbitrary (one-line) data formats after the timestamp
Uses InstantTrack default home station location by default
Can use another location from InstantTrack's database

Limitations

Input and output filenames must be specified on command line
Input record format is rather rigid

Example

C:\IT>itstamp 92112618.log 92112618.out ao-16 kb5mu     
C:\IT>

Current Status

Stable. No current development plans. The current released version is 1.01, released December 5, 1992.

History

November 1992 -- development started.
December 1992 -- stable version released

Known Bugs

None.

Distribution

ITSTAMP may be distributed freely (without modification) and may be used freely for non-commercial amateur radio purposes only.

Because ITSTAMP is based on code from InstantTrack, source code is not distributed.

Documentation

ITSTAMP.TXT - user manual (plain text, 5K)

Download

ITSTAMP 1.01 (zip file, 29K)

ITSTAMP InstantTrack Timestamped Log Annotator