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AAUSAT4 Beacon Parser

Software for parsing AAUSAT4 beacons using a bluebox.

Installation:

$ git clone https://github.com/aausat/aausat4_beacon_parser.git
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python parser.py -h
usage: parser.py [-h] [--lat LAT] [--lon LON] [--alt ALT] [--disable-doppler]
                 [--enable-reporting] [--hexstr HEXSTR]

AAUSAT4 Beacon Parser

optional arguments:
  -h, --help          show this help message and exit
  --lat LAT           Latitude of ground station (N), e.g. 55.6167
  --lon LON           Longitude of ground station (W), e.g. -12.6500
  --alt ALT           Altitude of ground station (meters), e.g. 10
  --disable-doppler   Disables doppler tracking.
  --enable-reporting  Enables automatic reporting of received packets.
  --hexstr HEXSTR     Decodes the hex string and exits.

When start the program for continuous decoding (with a BlueBox), the location of the ground station is specified as arguments when the program is started (or the --disable-doppler flag). The location is used for doppler tracking.

If the --enable-reporting flag is specified, all raw data will be forwarded to the AAUSAT4 team.

$ python parser.py --lat 55.6167 --lon -12.6500 --alt 10 --enable-reporting

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