(meteorobs) successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code

[Jay Salsburg]

Hello Esko

Could you share where you got the Source Code for JAnalyzer or post the
Source Code like, for instance, in code.google.com so we can use it?

Thank you

Jay Salsburg


-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Esko Lyytinen
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5:05 AM
To: Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code


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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