- Completely automatic ingest and output of all LRIT and HRIT data available from EUMETCast, MSG direct broadcast, GOES and MTSAT, with no user intervention required after configuration.
- Multi-threaded, layered architecture allowing simultaneous ingest from different services and scaling to multiple processors.
- Designed to meet CGMS and EUMETSAT specifications for implementation and timeliness.
- Comprehensive software user guide and on-line help system.
- Automatic data transfer from Dartcom USB LRIT/HRIT receiver, Reed-Solomon decoding and file assembly, with Rice packet decompression for GOES LRIT data.
- Automatic file acquisition from DVB software for EUMETCast.
- Rolling archiving of acquired raw files covering up to 7 days.
- Filtering by service, file type, data type and product, allowing unwanted data to be discarded collectively or selectively.
- Automatic decryption of encrypted files via decryption key unit (supplied separately by service provider if required).
- Rolling archiving of decrypted files covering up to 7 days.
- Automatic decompression of compressed files.
- Rolling archiving of decompressed files covering up to 366 days, structured in folders by data type, date and time if required.
- Automatic preview creation, with map overlays and geographical position read-outs on image previews.
- Output of image data as Dartcom iDAP images, navigated and calibrated where possible for albedo or temperature, with choice of single plane (greyscale) or multi-plane (false colour), whole image or selected area, sub-sampling by factor or to size, enhancement, vector map overlays, manual or automatic file naming and rolling archiving covering up to 366 days.
- Output of image data as PGM files, with 8-bit or 16-bit data, header files for third-party software, whole image or selected area, sub-sampling by factor or to size, manual or automatic file naming and rolling archiving covering up to 366 days.
- Output of text data (such as service messages) via e-mail (access to SMTP server required).
- User-friendly interface with flexible configuration facilities and comprehensive status displays including image previews.
- Detailed activity logging, on-screen alarms and e-mail alarms (access to SMTP server required), with monitoring of free disk space and breaks in data stream.
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File acquisition settings tab
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Decryption and decompression settings tab
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Data output settings tab
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Map overlay settings window
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Dartcom iDAP image output settings window
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