(meteorobs) successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code

[Esko Lyytinen]

Actually I do not know the METEOR program and the next may be somewhat 
different from this, but I tell here on this anyway.

I have had in use for may years the program JAnalyzer that works in Java 
and consequently ought to work in diferent platforms with Java available.
I had it in my own use only in MS Windows, but others have tested this 
with some Linux and also on Apple Macintosh. And they reported that it 
works ok.
This program was coded by my second son Olli.

The program does not do sound-recording and playback. It creates visual 
time-spectrum images and can automatically count meteors from (narrow 
band) radio signal.

Unfortunately there are not proper instructions for this. Maybe not a 
lot of such are needed if one does not make his own definitions and only 
uses some previously made definitions.

It is quite flexible. One can have in simultaneous use spectrum images 
of different time and frequency resolutions.
One, that I always have in use in the meteor reception with this is a 24 
hour display with 48 rows half an hour each and with a frequency band of 
(about) 50 Hz.
( A very stable receiver is needed to use this display because of the 
narrow band.)
In addition more fast and more wide band displays can be used at the 
same time and also have the counting of meteors.

If there might be of interest, I could write some English instructions. 
But this will not happen now very soon, because of other things.  ( 
Completing the instructions of the fb_entry program has beed delayed 
because of the British grazer-fireball. For those interested on this 
program (possibly allready downloaded it), I inform that this task is 
now advancing further.)

Just now this is not in use because I made some other tests with the 
computer soundcard. But this has been working simultaneously with (a two 
core PC) video-reception by mans of two program (from the sam video 
signal), UFOCapture and VideoAnalyzer. The Janalyzer (with two different 
spectrum windows and meteor counting) only takes about 2 % of the 
processor time (the video programs together about 55 %).

(As to that also mentioned VideoAnalyzer, this is in extensive use in 
our Finnish Fireball Working Group, but probably not at all in abroad. 
There are (unfortunately only) Finnish language instructions to this at:
http://petk.suntuubi.com/fi/VideoAnalyzer/
)

Esko


> Would you know if this will run in Wine under Linux?
>
> If not, is there a tutorial to write a similar meteor counter app in Ubuntu?
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jay Salsburg <jsalsburg at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> I successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code into a Windows Console
>> EXE using FreeBasic. http://www.amsmeteors.org/mallama/mallama11.html
>>
>> Because my computer does not have the legacy A to D card the program
>> expects, it does not work correctly but it runs, processing False Triggers.
>>
>> In addition to this, I created an executable "Audio Recorder" in VB6 that
>> runs on XP and Win7. Hopefully, I can migrate the "METEOR" Code into the
>> Audio Recorder to create a new hybrid App that will run on Newer Hardware.
>>
>> In my last correspondence, I made a mistake. In haste I contributed the
>> METEOR program to Christian Steyaert. I was mistaken.
>>
>> The Code is from Anthony Mallama dated 1996 and 1997.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jay Salsburg [mailto:jsalsburg at bellsouth.net]
>> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 12:02 AM
>> To: 'Meteor science and meteor observing'
>> Subject: adapt the Legacy Code named "METEOR by RADIO"
>>
>> I have been experimenting with creating a "Sound Recorder" App that will
>> work with XP to Win7 machines. The problem I faced was that there is no
>> fresh code that will work on both Windows OS and compile on the same
>> Compiler. I solved the problem by abandoning the New Visual Studio Compiler
>> and reverting to Visual Basic 6 which is near 10 years old. The Test
>> successfully Compiles a Sound Recording/Play-Wav/MP3 App that works on both
>> XP and Win7. Next is to start integrating the Contributed Code if possible,
>> all the while, testing its function and utility on young Hardware.
>>
>> The reason to do this is to adapt the Legacy Code named "METEOR by RADIO"
>> published by Christian Steyaert at
>> http://www.amsmeteors.org/ams-programs/radio-observing/
>>
>> Jay Salsburg
>>
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