SuperDARN Radar Schedule Maker

The radar schedule maker generates site specific schedule files based on the provided generic schedule file.

Install Radar Schedule Maker

1. Install the necessary packages
   • Python 3
2. Clone the git hub repository to your local machine
3. Update the SuperDARN SWG provided schedule file, run:
   git submodule update --remote
4. Install the "schedule_files" directory at the same level as "radar_schedule_maker"

Directory Structure
|
| - radar_schedule_maker/
| | - external/
| | - tests/
|
| - schedule_files/
| | - kod/
| | - mcm/
| | - sps/
| | - ade/
| | - adw/

Run Radar Schedule Maker

1. Update the SuperDARN SWG provided schedule file, run:
   git submodule update --remote
2. Run Scheduler using:
   python3 schedule_maker.py -a --sitelist kod.d mcm.a sps.a
   (This generates schedule for Kodiak, McMurdo, and South Pole)

Arguments and Flags

1. Sites - There are two ways to specify the sites
   1. --sitelist
      Specify the radar(s) and channel(s) in <site id>.<channel letter> format, takes a list of arguments
   2. --site and --channel
      Specify the site ids in a list following --site and the channel letter following --channel. The scheduler will create schedules for all site and channel combinations.
2. --year or -y - Specify the desired year of the schedule file, defaults to the year of the previous month.
3. --month or -m - Specify the desired month of the schedule file, defaults to the previous month.
4. --header - Prints the header for the radar before the schedule. This should only be used for new files.
5. --append or -a- Appends the new schedule to the end of an existing radar specific schedule file.
6. --auto - Removes user prompts to allow the script to run in an automated way.

Adding Modes

Modes can be added to the 'radar_modes.py' file under the "Mode" key. For special modes, add a key pair in the format 'Special:[SCAN NAME]': '[SCAN PARAMETERS]'

Note, the schedule maker is currently set up to only allow one control program. If more are required, it will require some changes to the radar mode data structure.