(meteorobs) successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code

Thu Oct 18 23:07:43 EDT 2012

I tested it in Linux and it runs without errors. But I don't have a
radio connected to the computer so I haven't tested its functionality.
Thanks for sharing this software.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Esko Lyytinen <esko.lyytinen at jippii.fi> wrote:
>
> You can now download the JAnalyzer from:
> http://lyytinen.name/esko/JAnalyzer.zip
>
> The zip contains the jar file and quick-start instructions, that I today
> quickly wrote, and two example session files.
> These examples are mutually similar except I now adjusted one for a more
> wide screen (than I had previosusly in actual use), horizontally 1600 pixels
> or bigger.
>
> These instructions are mainly for the use of predefined session files and
> there are practically no instructions of how to make such. But I think that
> looking the program selections and options etc, and with some testing even
> this will not prove difficult without much instructions.
>
> Doing that minor modification, I also noticed this strange thing. I did this
> modificaion with my Win 7 laptop.
> Every time when this program automatically saves the more fast spectrum
> image (now about once evry 40 minutes) the programs "stops to think" for
> about 13 seconds and the next one starts 13 secondes later than the saved
> ended. Also the 24 hour image (and porbably also the data frame for
> counting) seems to loose this 13 seconds of data every time the program
> saves that (or probably any) image.
>
> I did NOT notice such thing earlier and now went to check for old saved
> images with the XP in which this has been in real use. No such data loss did
> seem to happen there. That XP ís about as powerful (two core-) as this
> laptop, but with even a lot less powerfull XP's no such thing has been seen.
> I also tried to increase the priority of this, but with no help in this.
> I don't know what this now does, maybe every time reads almost the whole
> hard drive directories trough ?
>
> I hope that it does make this thing with Linux etc, probably and hopefully
> not.
>
> Another thing that I now also noticed, that is not harmfull at all. I had
> accidentally started two different JAnalyzers. It is not much of wonder that
> both seemed to be running ok, but the thing that both seemed to get access
> to the same soundcard microphone data simultaneously was something that I
> did not expect. It is another thing if other operating systems and sound
> cards will also allow this.
>
> Acrually, even without this possible property, the pogram can be defined to
> use more than one "Data Frame window" to simulaneously count as separate,
> meteor of more than one station carriers, if both (all) are simultaneously
> in the same USB or SSB audio band at more than about 150 Hz of each other.
>
> I will be glad to hear if this works in Linux'es ( Ubuntu .. ) etc or not
> and also on other experiences. And I will try to give some moderate level
> help if needed, if I can.
>
> Esko
>
>
> Thanks! I'm looking forward to see the jar file so I can test it in Ubuntu.
> :)
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Esko Lyytinen <esko.lyytinen at jippii.fi>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Jay,
>
> As told, the code is made by my son Olli, more or less according to what I
> wanted.
> ( There was a previous Windows exe program for the same purpose. This could
> do practically the same thing for my meteor reception, but was much less
> flexible. For example one could not change the narrow reception window
> frequency.
> You can see some details of this, including several "pieces" of the 24 hour
> display and different programs comparison table, at Ilkka Yrjölä site:
> http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh5iy/
> Select from the left MS observing with VHF .... " .. in several places in
> this longish windows..
> This was also downloadable from there, and there still seems to be the link
> "downloadable from here", but this leads to nothing.
> Actully I do recommend rether to use the JAnalyzer even with Windows
> computers.
> )
>
> I would now prefer to give only the compiled program JAnalyzer.jar .
>
> If someone has real needs and/or plans to develop it further or correct
> something, or get it working in a platform where it may not work, I think
> that also the source code will be available to this, but then I must ask
> Olli for permissions to this.
>
> I will have the jar file together with a sample ses file available in a few
> days, possibly allready later today.
>
> coming back to this,
> Esko
>
> 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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