Aviosense MODE_S

Quantitative analysis of MODE-S information on the possible turbulence assessment of commercial aircraft

Description

Processed data from many MODE-S receivers are available. These data comprise a large number of parameters in a high frequency. Using these data, statements on turbulence are to be made with the help of different approaches. Due to the very different aircraft characteristics, a normalized approach has to be used.

Aviosense MODE_S aims to make statements on turbulence using available data from MODE-S receiversn thanks a automated procedure for data transfer and calculation of the given approach while increasing the temporal and spatial scale of the data set used for the calculation

First steps

Prerequisite

Python

Aviosense MODE_S is a python project. To run the app you must have Python 3.7.7 installed. Newer version of Python have not been tested. You could also simply download the standalone mode_s binaries.

Dependencies

The list of all dependencies can be found in .\requirements.txt. Those will be automatically installed during the setup. See setup

Install

From Binaries

Download the mode_s binaries and unzip it. Easy

From Source

Manually

To install Aviosense MODE_S via the source follow the following step (or copy the commands below)

1. Clone the repo locally
2. Enter the cloned repo
3. Start powershell
4. Run the setup.ps1 script

Commands

Copy the command below in the CMD with admin rigths:

git clone https://github.com/JosephBisso/aviosense_mode_s.git aviosense_mode_s
cd aviosense_mode_s
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command ".\setup.ps1"

Note: The setup.ps1 script will install all the requirements inside .\requirements and copy the sqldrivers stored .\lib into the sqldrivers path of the PySide2 python package (Recommanded). If you don't want this, you could run instead (in powershell):

.\setup.ps1 --venv

A virtual python environment will be automatically created. All packages and the sql drivers will be udpated there.

Run the app

From Binaries

Start the app with a double click. Should be easy

From Source

Run the app in powershell using the run.ps1 script:

• The default mode is the GUI Mode
• The log file of the app can be found in src/mode_s.log
• To run the app in loop, run with the parameter --loop
• You can see all other parameter by looking into the helper with the following command:

.\run.ps1 -h

MODE-S Helper

usage: main.py [-h] [-t] [-it] [-v] [-d] [--local] [-la latitude_minimal]
               [-LA LATITUDE_MAXIMAL] [-lo longitude_minimal]
               [-LO LONGITUDE_MAXIMAL] [-bd BDS] [-id id_minimal]
               [-ID ID_MAXIMAL] [-l LIMIT] [-dl DURATION_LIMIT] [-n MEDIAN_N]
               [-p [PLOTS [PLOTS ...]]]
               [-pa [PLOT_ADDRESSES [PLOT_ADDRESSES ...]]] [--plot-all]

Framework for automatic Mode-S data transfer and turbulence prediction.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t, --terminal        Whether the app should run only on the terminal
  -it, --interactive    Whether the app should run interactively on the
                        terminal
  -v, --verbose         Whether the app should run only on the terminal
  -d, --debug           Whether the app should run only on debug mode
  --local               Whether the app should should connect to local
                        database
  -la latitude_minimal, --latitude-minimal latitude_minimal
                        The desired minimal latitude. If not set, all
                        available latitudes are evaluated
  -LA LATITUDE_MAXIMAL, --latitude-maximal LATITUDE_MAXIMAL
                        The desired maximal latitude. If not set, all
                        available latitudes are evaluated
  -lo longitude_minimal, --longitude-minimal longitude_minimal
                        The desired minimal longitude. If not set, all
                        available longitudes are evaluated
  -LO LONGITUDE_MAXIMAL, --longitude-maximal LONGITUDE_MAXIMAL
                        The desired maximal longitude. If not set, all
                        available longitudes are evaluated
  -bd BDS, --bds BDS    The desired bds. If not set, all available bds are
                        evaluated
  -id id_minimal, --id-minimal id_minimal
                        The desired minimal id. If not set, all available ids
                        are evaluated
  -ID ID_MAXIMAL, --id-maximal ID_MAXIMAL
                        The desired maximal id. If not set, all available ids
                        are evaluated
  -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT
                        The desired limit for the mysql commands. (default =
                        500000)
  -dl DURATION_LIMIT, --duration-limit DURATION_LIMIT
                        The desired flight duration limit in minutes for the
                        analysis. (default = 10)
  -n MEDIAN_N, --median-n MEDIAN_N
                        The desired n for the median filtering. MUST BE ODD.
                        (default: n=3)
  -p [PLOTS [PLOTS ...]], --plots [PLOTS [PLOTS ...]]
                        The desired plots. POSSIBLE VALUES: ['occurrence',
                        'bar_ivv', 'filtered', 'interval', 'std', 'location',
                        'heat_map']
  -pa [PLOT_ADDRESSES [PLOT_ADDRESSES ...]], --plot-addresses [PLOT_ADDRESSES [PLOT_ADDRESSES ...]]
                        The addresses of the desired plots.
  --plot-all            Plot all addresses for the desired plots.

Use the App

Build the binairies from Source

If needed, you can build the binary from Source. You can use the build.ps1 script or whatever tool you want.
You would need to install pyinstaller if you want to use the build.ps1 script. Install it with the following command:

pip install pyinstaller

Bugs and issues