> Yes.. And there's no standard form that I've been able to discern for how > those polynomials are specified. It's > vehicle/spacecraft/instrument/software tool specific. > > So if you're writing a program to handle it automatically, you need to code > up something special each time. These days, we get telemetry calibration in > forms like .pdf files generated from a word document, plots from Matlab, > Excel spreadsheets in some unique form, various and sundry import/export > files from whatever program they're using to process telemetry, and so
There is a standard for this but it's horrible and no one implements it completely or perfectly. http://www.wsmr.army.mil/RCCsite/Documents/124-11_TMATS%20Handbook/124-11%20TMATS%20Handbook.pdf Some of us have a better system than passing spread sheets or PDFs. I'm seeing consolidation to an type of XML based system. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.