FacilityAssociationsFile

This attribute is a link to a file that defines which tracking strands ODTK can create within a scenario which have many facility objects and are configured to simulate or process GroundTDOA or GroundFDOA measurements. The purpose of this file is to limit the permutations of possible tracking strands that ODTK would otherwise automatically generate. If there are dozens of facilities in a scenario that are configured with GroundTDOA or GroundFDOA measurement statistics, the calculation of all possible permutations of tracking strands can slow processing when opening object properties or closing the scenario. Having this file specify which strands ODTK may form will, in such cases, greatly increase program response times. If you edit the contents of the file while the scenario is open, you can use the following functional attribute to reload the file: ReloadFacilityAssociationsFile.

The format of the file is:

# Comments
Primary_Facility_Name1
   Secondary_Facility_Name1
   Secondary_Facility_Name2

Which will result in these available tracking strands:

"* - <TS2>.Secondary_Facility_Name1 - <TS1>.Primary_Facility_Name1"
"* - <TS3>.Secondary_Facility_Name2 - <TS1>.Primary_Facility_Name1"

where <TS1>, <TS2>, and <TS3> are the names of the parent tracking strand for each of the facilities.

For a sample file, see FacilityAssociations.txt