Enables you to define the number of elements and their placement. Lines in the file starting with a hash symbol (#) are treated as a comment line.
| Keyword | Description |
|---|---|
| AsciiDataElementPattern v1 | Indicates the data format and version of the data format. This is a required keyword and must be the first line in the file. |
| Element Positions |
One element position per line, specified as a space-separated pair of numbers: x y, where x and y are in number of wavelengths (lambdas). Elements specified in the file are assigned an ID starting with 0 for the first x,y pair read in and ending with an ID of N-1, with N-1 for the Nth x,y pair. Element positions are expected to be on a rectangular grid or a triangular grid. |
Element Configuration File Sample Format
Following is an example file for a 7-element linear array:
# This is a comment line # Sample of a 7-element ULA with 0.5 spacing. # First non-comment line is a tag indicating the type of file followed by the file format version. # Remaining non-comment lines are positions of the elements with following format: # <x0> <y0> where xi yi represent position of ith element in wavelenghts (lambdas) and 0,0 is at mechanical boresight.
# <x1> <y1>
# ... ...
# <xi> <yi>
AsciiDataElementPattern v1 -1.5 0.0 -1.0 0.0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.0