Description | Example | Return Message | Group

Cov Access (Single Object Coverage)

Compute or clear single object coverage calculations

Syntax

Cov <ObjectPath> Access {ComputeOption} [<Parameters>]

Related Commands

Description

Use the Cov command with the Access {CovOption} to compute coverage to a single object. For single-object coverage, <ObjectPath> can be a facility, place, target, vehicle (any type), sensor, receiver, transmitter or radar.

For calculating coverage area access see the Cov Access command.

{ComputeOption} can be:

{ComputeOption} <Parameter> Description
Compute [{TimeInterval} | UseObjectTimes] [{ReportOption} "<ReportStyle>" ["<FilePath>"]]

For valid {TimeInterval} values see Time Options.

Specify UseObjectTimes to use the longest interval of the combined objects that make up the Object Coverage.

See the table below for description of {ReportOption} parameters.

Clear N/A Remove all settings and calculations for the object coverage definition.
ClearAccesses N/A Clear the accesses for the object coverage definition.

The following table describes the {ReportOption} values for the Compute {ComputeOption}.

{ReportOption} Description
SaveAs The "<FilePath>" is required. This option will create and save an ASCII file.
Export The "<FilePath>" is required. This option will create and save an ASCII file. This file will be formatted in accordance with the Export options set for STK. See ExportConfig.
Display This option will create and display a report in STK.

Note: This option is only available when running STK Desktop.

Graph This option will create and display a graph in STK.

Note: This option is only available when running STK Desktop.

GraphSave The "<FilePath>" is required. This option will create a graph and save it as bitmap file (.bmp).

Example

To compute single-object coverage for the ERS1 satellite:

Cov */Satellite/ERS1 Access Compute

To save single-object coverage data reported in the Coverage report for the ERS1 satellite to a file called covfile.rpt:

Cov */Satellite/ERS1 Access Compute SaveAs "Coverage" "C:\stk\User\covfile.rpt"

To display a graph of single-object coverage data reported in the FOM Value report for the ERS1 satellite:

Cov */Satellite/ERS1 Access Compute Graph "FOM Value"

To compute single-object coverage data for one hour and Export the reported data to a file:

Cov */Satellite/ERS1 Access Compute "1 Jul 2005 12:00:00.00" "1 Jul 2005 13:00:00.00" SaveAs "Coverage" "C:\stk\User\covExport.rpt"

ReturnMessage

If activated, Connect returns an acknowledgement message.

Group Membership

This command belongs to the following group(s):

Coverage

Version

10

STK Programming Interface 11.0.1