1. SATSIGNAL Software
GEO Symposium 2016

2. Background Retired in October 2013 – nominally
Health issues in 2015 requiring emergency treatment and hospital stays in 2015 and 2016
Realisation that I may not be able or available to give the same support level as previously
But I don’t want to let my users down

3. Automated reporting
Since March 2016, daily report to EUMETSAT has been automated
Simple command script running under Windows-10
Since August 2014, TelliCast statistics automated
Worked with Arne van Belle on both ideas

4. New data
MTSAT 5-channels replaced by Himawari 16 channels

5. New software LRPT Image Processor – for Meteor M N2 LRPT data
Remove scan “distortion”
Combine channels to extract science data

6. Software updates AVHRR EARS Manager – add Edmonton station
GeoSatSignal – support GOMS and Himawari data, larger remaps
GRIB Viewer – support HSAF H15 data
HDF Viewer – support Fire Risk Map data, “snapshot” image output
MSG Data Manager – reporting updates, support Himawari data, FY-2G data, much other new data, better data error handling
WXtrack – new trackers, usability updates, DDE link updates

7. Licence changes
Hardware locking a nuisance for users and not productive for me
Now retired and desire to reduce administrative effort
All programs have been upgraded to be hardware unlocked
Small charge for upgrade, but covers all future versions

8. What is NOT planned
Support for NPP data – free software already available
Support for Sentinel data – free software from ESA available

9. Outstanding issues Segment timing
Used to be sent with timestamps in order of scan
Appears to have been stopped
So the last segment may not signify end-of-image
Hence incomplete data may be saved

10. Current challenges Windows-10 Does my software work under Windows-10?
24 x 7 systems
Avoiding automatic reboots
Tell Windows the Wi-Fi connection is metered
Does my software work under Windows-10?
YES!

11. Current challenges High Volume Service (HVS) Good antenna and LNB
Fast, well-optimised PC
Some very large files, not in segments
Take minimum data?
RAMdisk configuration

12. Question and answer session ...
.... over to you!