The telemetry control center supports two interfaces:
- Graphical User Interface: This is the main user interface, which displays telemetry charts on screen.
- Command Line Interface: This is the auxiliary interface, which saves telemetry charts to disk in batch mode.
The following command invokes the GUI interface:
java -jar TelemetryControlCenter.jar configFile
The telemetry control center GUI interface consists of:
The control window allows you to control the display of telemetry charts, while the chart display windows are actually responsible for displaying the charts. The number of chart display window is determined by the maximum number of charts in a scene in the configuration file. You can display and hide the individual chart display window using the control window.
The telemetry control center GUI interface operates in two modes: automatic mode and manual mode. The operating mode can be changed through the "pause/continue" button in the control window. In automatic mode, the application cycles through all scenes defined in the configuration file. The time each scene is displayed is also controlled by the configuration file. In manual mode, you can choose the scene to display through the "scene" menu on the control window. You can also step forward to the next scene or step backward to the previous scene using the "forward/backward" buttons.
The command line interface is designed to save telemetry charts in batch mode. The command line interface is invoked through the following command:
java -jar TelemetryControlCenter.jar configFile -saveCharts png|svg saveChartRootDir
Table 6.1. Command Line Arguments
| Argument Index | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | The path to the configuration file. |
| 1 | It's always "-saveCharts". |
| 2 | The format in which the telemetry charts are saved. Currently, PNG and SVG are supported. |
| 3 | The root directory in which the telemetry charts are saved. |