Access Report

Note

This feature has been re-factored to the Post Processor. See Detection Report in the Post Processor documentation.

access_report … end_access_report
access_report
   default_sensor ...
   file_prefix    ...
   file_format    ...
   report         ...
end_access_report

Access Reports provide start time, end time, and the duration of platforms’ visibility to each other. Input options for detecting platform(s), detected platform(s), and detecting sensor(s) are available.

Note

Access reports are computed with Sensors; therefore, access is defined to be a function of sensor detection, not simply geometry. For example, a WSF_RADAR_SENSOR will usually not detect all platforms within line-of-sight due to signal-to-noise limitations provided in the sensor definition. The accuracy of the report is also limited by the sensor’s frame_time.

Commands

default_sensor <sensor-type>

Specify the name of a default Sensor type definition that will be used to generate the access reports (only in the case where no <sensor-name> is provided in report command specifications). If this command is provided, the sensor type will be cloned and added to the specified <detector-platform>.

file_prefix

Specify the output file prefix. The file extension is specified by the file_format command.

file_format { csv | tsv }

Specify the output file format, which must be either of csv (comma-separated variables) or tsv (tab-separated variables).

Default csv

Note

The csv file_format can be viewed in Microsoft Excel, but the formats for start and end times must be changed by selecting cells in the spreadsheet and using the Format Cells… option to select a compatible format (i.e., m/d/yyyy h:mm.000 ).

report { <detector-platform> | all } to { <detectee-platform> | all } [ using { <sensor-name> | all } ]

Specify which access events are to be reported in the output file. Selections for each detector-detectee pair should be provided. optionally, a sensor name on the detector can also be specified, in which case access is only computed for that particular sensor. If no sensor is specified, all sensors on the detecting platform will be used to compute access separately. For each selection, the keyword all can be inserted, meaning that access will be computed for all detectors, detectees, and / or sensors.

Examples

Access of one platform by one sensor on one platform

access_report
   file_prefix access_report_test
   report haystack to RADIO_ROSTO_(RS-15)(23439) using radar // A sensor named 'radar'
                                                             // must be defined on platform 'haystack'.
end_access_report

Access of all platforms by one sensor on one platform

access_report
   file_prefix access_report_test
   file_format tsv   // specify tab-separated values format
   report haystack to all using radar
end_access_report

Access of one platform by sensors on all platforms

access_report
   file_prefix access_report_test
   report all to RADIO_ROSTO_(RS-15)(23439)
   default_sensor TELESCOPE // Instance of sensor type TELESCOPE will be placed on platforms without
                            // other sensor definitions, and it will be used on those platforms to compute access
                            // (sensor type TELESCOPE must be defined elsewhere in the input).
end_access_report