Wxtoimg hack

In this case WXtoImg ignores the enhancement chosen and produces a "Normal" enhancement image instead. I'm using WXtoImg under Linux, and the font sizes are very large or very small in some places. This is because the monitor size is not set correctly in your X-Windows configuration. You will need to add a line or correct the existing one that describes your monitor width and height in mm.

Then logout and log back in. Why do i get a "Runtime Error! Please contact the application's support team for more information", then you have a video driver problem. In most cases this will solve the problem. However, the issue surrounds displaying large images or many thumbnails in WXtoImg, so you can work around the problem, by decreasing the Maximum number of thumbnails in GUI Options to or less sometimes 50 or less.

And if you are performing image projection changes, by reducing the Projection scale. How can I get images that show exactly the data that was received from the satellite? Can I process old. WAV files from satellites that haven't transmitted for a long time? Exit WXtoImg and start it again. Click OK. Finally open your renamed file using Open Audio File. Why are some menu items gray and not selectable?

These items are available only in the upgraded version. Information on upgrading is available on the downloads page. Note that while in record mode or when images are being processed all of the options except Help , Stop , and Exit are gray. How do I display local time instead of UTC time? This applies only to copies of WXtoImg with an upgrade key installed.

To change time on the text overlays only , Open Text Options from the Options menu. Select OK. Hints for improving image quality. If you are using a narrow bandwidth scanner or communications receiver, then purchase an upgrade key, open Recording Options , and set receiver type to Scanner or Communications.

By doing this, the software will use special processing modes to dramatically improve image quality with colour enhancements. If you have a computer control cable for your receiver and the receiver is shown in the list, then select the specific receiver instead.

Even better images will be obtained when WXtoImg can control the receiver. For APT images set Despeckle to 2. On upgraded versions, set Minimum Solar Elevation for visible images to If you are producing an image for printing, set Gamma to none in the Options menu, and save the file as a PNG file by placing.

This will create much larger animations, but will greatly improve the quality. Note that you'll have to delete your existing animations before the change takes effect the codec is only set when the animation is created for the first time. This is usually necessary because the lossy JPEG format can cause colour shifts that adversely affect the 3-D effect. To remove the noisy portions of the image at the top and bottom, open the Recording Options This will ensure that recording only takes place while the satellite is at least 15 degrees above the horizon.

Note that the best value will depend on your environment and receiving equipment values between 8 and 18 would be typical. How can I create images that I can import into Digital Atmosphere? This applies to upgraded versions only. Set Projection to Orthographic.

Open Projection Options from the Options menu. Set Scale to or if you've changed the map width use the width of your DA map is in pixels.

Look at the DA map and guess as closely as possible the most northern and southern latitudes and the most eastern and western longitudes in degrees and decimal degrees. Use these values negative for south and west, positive for north and east for the North, South, West, and East boundaries. Set the Reference Longitude to the longitude at the centre of the DA map.

Set the Reference Latitude to the latitude at the centre of the DA map. How do I print an image? End the filename with. You may also want to set Gamma to none in the Options menu before saving the image. Once the image has been saved you can open it with a variety of programs, including photo editors or your Internet browser and print it. Why do the colours on my screen go strange when I run WXtoImg? This is because you have a graphics adapter set to Color 8-bit mode.

WXtoImg grabs all colours for it's own use -- which allows it to display much better images. You could try changing the display settings to True Color 24 or 32 bit or High Color 15 or 16 bit.

If your display adapter is not capable of more than colours and you really dislike this feature, it can be disabled by un-selecting Use private colormap , under GUI Options in the Options menu.

Remember to Save Options , then exit and restart the program. What does northbound 51 W mean? This is a description of the satellite pass. Southbound or northbound indicates the direction the satellite is traveling. The maximum elevation in this case 51 degrees is given next.

Note that the maximum elevation will be between 0 and 90 degrees with 90 indicating a direct overhead pass. This is followed by an either E east or W west to indicate if the satellite is traveling to the east or west of you at the time of the maximum elevation. I just want a nice false coloured image. How do I do that? Select these under the Enhancements menu. What does WXtoImg mean?

WXtoImg is shorthand for "WX to image" weather satellite to image. Can I build movies from polar orbiting satellites? Yes, if you have purchased the upgrade. Here's how to do it:. Open the Image and Movie Options This will result in movies which are very large, but will provide a better 3-D effect.

Otherwise use the MJPG codec. Open the Record dialog from the File menu. Ensure that Record and auto process is selected. Ensure Create Movie s is selected. Then click on the Movie Settings button. Select the enhancements you would like for the movie. A movie will be made for each selected enhancement. Set the Minimum percent of projection filled to Now click on the Record button. Each time a satellite passes a frame will be added to movie s. You can view the movies that have been produced by selecting View Movie from the File menu.

Can I build movies from a bunch of old images, raw images or recordings? Yes, if you have purchased the upgrade and if using processed or raw images, the images were produced by WXtoImg. Select Linear constant from the Contrast sub-menu in the Options menu.

This helps to ensure that each frame in the animation will have similar brightness and contrast. Select Full from the Illumination Compensation sub-menu in the Options menu. This also helps to ensure that each frame in the animation will have similar brightness and contrast. Change the AVI Scale to 1.

If you wish to alter the size of the movie, use the Projection Scale in the Projection Options dialog under the Options menu instead. Open the Projection Options dialog from the Options menu. You can change the Centre Longitude if desired to some longitude near you, or leave it blank. Now set the North, South, West and East boundaries. Try setting them to about 10 degrees north, south, west and east of your location. Latitude and longitude must be entered as a decimal number in degrees and fractions of degrees.

Use positive numbers for north and east, negative numbers for south and west. You must enter a value for all four bounds. Please follow our installation notes when using the original installation instead. Next, on the same window, it is necessary to change the frequencies of NOAA 18 to For Windows users we recommend using our custom pre-configured installation of WXtoImg with NOAA 17 already deactivated and satellite frequencies correctly set.

After that, lets configure the satellites we want to visualize by clicking on the arrow and go to Configure. So you can search for NOAA and add the 15, 18 and 19 satellites to the tracking list. Create any name you want I will name MyGroundStation and pick up a location or if you know your coordinates, fill with it. After that, hit OK button.

You should return to the main screen with all satellites on it. So now, you just need to program yourself to be available when a satellite passes over your ground station. So just have attention when it will pass over your station. Before moving to the next step, please have at least 10 minutes on the clock before the satellite passes.

After you open, it will probably ask you to configure the GQRX. If not, click at the to open the configuration. Since the total bandwidth we need is about 40kHz, we can super-sample and decimate to increase the ADC resolution. So with a 32x decimation, we should increase 2. It also filters some of the noise because of the low pass filter to decimate. This gives us a better SNR at the output. So you can get 3. Because of that I use 2.

After recording I noticed that the folder field was empty, and my file went to limbo. Now we have the basic configuration of the GQRX done. So now lets setup the demodulator. In the Receiver Options configure:. In set your satellite Frequency:. So there are few adjustments to be done. First of them is the Center Frequency.