Changeset 400 in ntrip for trunk/BNC/bncwindow.cpp

Timestamp:

Feb 14, 2007, 3:45:16 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

weber

Message:

* empty log message *

File:

• trunk/BNC/bncwindow.cpp (modified) (5 diffs)

trunk/BNC/bncwindow.cpp

@@ -137 +137 @@
   _proxyHostLineEdit  = new QLineEdit(settings.value("proxyHost").toString());
   _proxyHostLineEdit->setMaximumWidth(12*ww);
-  _proxyHostLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>You may like to run BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN). LANs are often protected by a proxy server. Enter your proxy server host IP name or number and port number in case one is operated in front of BNC. If you don't know the IP and port of your proxy server, check out the proxy server settings of your Internet browser or ask your network administrator.</p><p>Note that IP streaming may generally be denied in a LAN. In such a case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of his security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to involved NTRIP broadcasters. If that doesn't work out, run BNC outside your LAN on a host that is connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).</p>"));
+  _proxyHostLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>You may want to run BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN). LANs are often protected by a proxy server. Enter your proxy server host IP name or number and port number in case one is operated in front of BNC. If you don't know the IP and port of your proxy server, check out the proxy server settings of your Internet browser or ask your network administrator.</p><p>Note that IP streaming may generally be denied in a LAN. In such a case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of his security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to involved NTRIP broadcasters. If that doesn't work out, run BNC outside your LAN on a host that is connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).</p><p>Default values for 'Proxy host' and 'Proxy port' are empty option fields, assuming that no proxy server is operated in front of BNC.</p>"));
   _proxyPortLineEdit  = new QLineEdit(settings.value("proxyPort").toString());
   _proxyPortLineEdit->setMaximumWidth(9*ww);
-  _proxyPortLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>You may like to run BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN). LANs are often protected by a proxy server. Enter your proxy server host IP name or number and port number in case one is operated in front of BNC. If you don't know the IP and port of your proxy server, check out the proxy server settings of your Internet browser or ask your network administrator.</p><p>Note that IP streaming may generally be denied in a LAN. In such a case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of his security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to involved NTRIP broadcasters. If that doesn't work out, run BNC outside your LAN on a host that is connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).</p>"));
+  _proxyPortLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>You may want to run BNC in a Local Area Network (LAN). LANs are often protected by a proxy server. Enter your proxy server host IP name or number and port number in case one is operated in front of BNC. If you don't know the IP and port of your proxy server, check out the proxy server settings of your Internet browser or ask your network administrator.</p><p>Note that IP streaming may generally be denied in a LAN. In such a case you need to ask your network administrator for an appropriate modification of his security policy or for the installation of a TCP relay to involved NTRIP broadcasters. If that doesn't work out, run BNC outside your LAN on a host that is connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).</p><p>Default values for 'Proxy host' and 'Proxy port' are empty option fields, assuming that no proxy server is operated in front of BNC.</p>"));
   _waitTimeSpinBox   = new QSpinBox();
   _waitTimeSpinBox->setMinimum(1);
@@ -148 +148 @@
   _waitTimeSpinBox->setMaximumWidth(9*ww);
   _waitTimeSpinBox->setValue(settings.value("waitTime").toInt());
-  _waitTimeSpinBox->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>BNC lets you output synchronized observations epoch by epoch. When feeding a real-time GNSS engine waiting for input, BNC ignores whatever is received later than 'Wait for full epoch' seconds. A value of 3 to 5 seconds could be an appropriate choice for that, depending on the latency of the incoming streams and the delay you can accept for your real-time GNSS product.</p><p>Default value for 'Wait for full epoch' is 1 second. Note that 'Wait for full epoch' does not influence the RINEX file contents. Observations received later than 'Wait for full epoch' seconds will still be included in the RINEX files.</p>"));
+  _waitTimeSpinBox->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>BNC lets you output synchronized observations epoch by epoch. When feeding a real-time GNSS engine waiting for input, BNC ignores whatever is received later than 'Wait for full epoch' seconds. A value of 3 to 5 seconds could be an appropriate choice for that, depending on the latency of the incoming streams and the delay you can accept for your real-time GNSS product.</p><p>Note that 'Wait for full epoch' only concerns the ASCII output and the binary output and does not influence the RINEX file contents. Observations received later than 'Wait for full epoch' seconds will still be included in the RINEX files.</p>"));
   _outFileLineEdit    = new QLineEdit(settings.value("outFile").toString());
   _outFileLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Enter the full path for a file to save synchronized observations in a plain ASCII format.</p><p>Default value is an empty option field, meaning that no ASCII output file is created.</p>"));
@@ -157 +157 @@
 _rnxPathLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Observations can be converted to RINEX Version 2.11. Enter a path for saving the RINEX files in a directory. If this directory does not exist, BNC will not create RINEX files.</p><p>Default value for 'RINEX directory' is an empty option field, meaning that streams are not converted to RINEX.</p>"));
   _rnxScrpLineEdit    = new QLineEdit(settings.value("rnxScript").toString());
-_rnxScrpLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Whenever a RINEX file is saved, you may like to compress, copy or upload it immediately via FTP. For that you enter the full path of a script or batch file which is then called to carry out these operations. The RINEX file path will be passed to the script as a command line parameter (%1 on Windows systems, $1 on Unix/Linux systems).</p><p>The triggering event for calling the script or batch file is the end of a RINEX file interval. If that is superposedby a stream outage, the triggering event is the stream reconnect.</p>"));
+_rnxScrpLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Whenever a RINEX file is saved, you may like to compress, copy or upload it immediately via FTP. For that you enter the full path of a script or batch file which is then called to carry out these operations. The full RINEX file path will be passed to the script as a command line parameter (%1 on Windows systems, $1 on Unix/Linux systems).</p><p>The triggering event for calling the script or batch file is the end of the 'RINEX file interval'. If that is superposed by a stream outage, the triggering event is the stream reconnect.</p><p>Default value for 'RINEX script' is an empty option field, meaning that no script or batch file shall be called."));
   _rnxSkelLineEdit    = new QLineEdit(settings.value("rnxSkel").toString());
   _rnxSkelLineEdit->setMaximumWidth(5*ww);
-  _rnxSkelLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Whenever BNC generates a new RINEX file, it first tries to retrieve information needed for RINEX headers from so-called public RINEX header skeleton files which are derived from sitelogs. However, it may happen that public RINEX header skeleton files are not available, its contents is not up to date, or you need to have additional/optional records in the RINEX header.</p><p>For that BNC allows to introduce personal skeleton files that contain the header records you would like to see. You may derive a personal RINEX header skeleton file from the information given in an up to date sitelog. A file in the 'RINEX directory' with the extension 'RINEX skeleton extension' is interpreted by BNC as a personal RINEX header skeleton file for the affected stream.</p>"));
+  _rnxSkelLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Whenever BNC generates a new RINEX file, it first tries to retrieve information needed for RINEX headers from so-called public RINEX header skeleton files which are derived from sitelogs. However, it may happen that public RINEX header skeleton files are not available, its contents is not up to date, or you need to have additional/optional records in the RINEX header.</p><p>For that BNC allows to introduce personal skeleton files that contain the header records you would like to see. You may derive a personal RINEX header skeleton file from the information given in an up to date sitelog. A file in the 'RINEX directory' with the extension 'RINEX skeleton extension' is interpreted by BNC as a personal RINEX header skeleton file for the affected stream.</p><p>Default value for 'RINEX skeleton extension' is 'SKL', meaning that BNC will include the contents of probably existing files with this extension into the affected RINEX file headers.</p>"));
   _rnxAppendCheckBox  = new QCheckBox();
   _rnxAppendCheckBox->setCheckState(Qt::CheckState(
                                     settings.value("rnxAppend").toInt()));
-  _rnxAppendCheckBox->setWhatsThis(tr("When starting BNC, new RINEX files are created by default. Probably existing files will be overwritten. However, it may be desirable to append observations to already existing RINEX files following a restart of BNC after an intentional 'Stop', a system crash or a crash of BNC. Hit 'Append files' to continue with already existing files and thus save what has been recorded so far. Note that option 'Append files' also concerns the 'ASCII output file' and the 'Log' file."));
+  _rnxAppendCheckBox->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>When starting BNC, new RINEX files are created by default. Probably existing files will be overwritten. However, it may be desirable to append observations to already existing RINEX files following a restart of BNC after an intentional 'Stop', a system crash or a crash of BNC. Hit 'Append files' to continue with already existing files and thus save what has been recorded so far.</p><p>Note that option 'Append files' also concerns the 'ASCII output file' and the 'Log' file.</p>"));
   _rnxIntrComboBox    = new QComboBox();
   _rnxIntrComboBox->setMaximumWidth(9*ww);
@@ -184 +184 @@
   _logFileLineEdit->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>BNC's run-time comments as shown in the 'Log' section can be saved in a file through entering the full path for a 'Log' file.</p><p>Default value for 'Log' is an empty option field, meaning that BNC's run-time comments are not saved in a file.</p>"));
   _mountPointsTable   = new QTableWidget(0,7);
-  _mountPointsTable->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Streams selected for retrieval are listed in the 'Mountpoints' section. Button 'Add Mountpoints' opens a window that allows you to select data streams from an NTRIP broadcaster by their mountpoints. To delete a stream, select it by mouse click and hit 'Delete Mountpoints'. For adding or deleting several streams simultaneously, highlight them using +Shift and +Ctrl.</p><p>BNC automatically selects one out of several internal decoders for a stream based on its 'format' and 'format-details' as given in the source-table. It may happen that you need to overrule the automated decoder selection. Therefore BNC allows to edit the decoder string (first double-click, then edit field 'decoder', then hit Enter). Decoder strings allowed to be introduced are 'RTCM_2.x', 'RTCM_3', and 'RTIGS'.</p><p>BNC allows to retrieve streams from Virtual Reference Stations. Whether a stream comes from a physical Reference Station (RS) or a Virtual Reference Station (VRS) is indicated in column 'type'. For retrieving a VRS stream, an approximate rover position is required to be send in NMEA format to the NTRIP broadcaster. In return, an individual user-specific data stream is generated, usually by a network RTK software. This stream is tailored exactly to the latitude and longitude shown in the 'lat' and 'long' columns. You may change these values (first double-click, then edit fields 'lat' and/or 'long', then hit Enter) according to your needs. The position has to be introduced in northern latitude degrees (example for northern hemisphere: 52.436, example for eastern hemisphere: -24.567) and eastern longitude degrees (example: 358.872 or -1.128). Editing the 'lat' and 'long' values is only possible for VRS streams. The position must point to a location within the service area of the affected RTK network.<p>"));
+  _mountPointsTable->setWhatsThis(tr("<p>Streams selected for retrieval are listed in the 'Mountpoints' section. Button 'Add Mountpoints' opens a window that allows to select data streams from an NTRIP broadcaster by their mountpoints. To delete a stream, select it by mouse click and hit 'Delete Mountpoints'. For adding or deleting several streams simultaneously, highlight them using +Shift and +Ctrl.</p><p>BNC automatically selects one out of several internal decoders for a stream based on its 'format' and 'format-details' as given in the source-table. It may happen that you need to overrule the automated decoder selection. Therefore BNC allows to edit the decoder string (first double-click, then edit field 'decoder', then hit Enter). Decoder strings allowed to be introduced are 'RTCM_2.x', 'RTCM_3', and 'RTIGS'.</p><p>BNC allows to retrieve streams from Virtual Reference Stations. Whether a stream comes from a physical Reference Station (RS) or a Virtual Reference Station (VRS) is indicated in column 'type'. For retrieving a VRS stream, an approximate rover position is required to be send in NMEA format to the NTRIP broadcaster. In return, an individual user-specific data stream is generated, usually by a network RTK software. This stream is tailored exactly to the latitude and longitude shown in the 'lat' and 'long' columns. You may change these values (first double-click, then edit fields 'lat' and/or 'long', then hit Enter) according to your needs. The position has to be introduced in northern latitude degrees (example for northern hemisphere: 52.436, example for southern hemisphere: -24.567) and eastern longitude degrees (example: 358.872 or -1.128). Editing the 'lat' and 'long' values is only possible for VRS streams. The position must point to a location within the service area of the affected RTK network.<p>"));
 
   _mountPointsTable->horizontalHeader()->resizeSection(1,25*ww);
@@ -264 +264 @@
   _log->setReadOnly(true);
 
-  _log->setWhatsThis(tr("BNC comments its activities in the 'Log' section. Information is given on the communication between BNC and the NTRIP broadcaster as well as on problems that may occur concerning communication link, stream availability, stream delay, stream conversion etc."));
+  _log->setWhatsThis(tr("BNC comments its activities in the 'Log' section. Information is given concerning reconnections to the NTRIP broadcaster(s) following outages, stream delays, stream conversion etc."));
 
   layout->addWidget(new QLabel("Proxy host"),                    0, 0, 1, 2);