Bernese GPS Software Version 5.0 - Bernese GNSS Software

3.4 Create Station Files
A default session table is copied into the new campaign (${P}/MYCAMP/STA/SESSIONS.SES)
when the subdirectories are created (see Section 3.1). Use ”Menu>Campaign>Edit session table” to
check and adapt the entries. The default settings work well for a 24-hour processing scheme.
Two types of session tables exist:
• The fixed session table explicitly defines each session to be processed by a separate
entry.
• The open session table uses wildcards (???) which are automatically replaced by the
day of year according to the current session. The session table contains one line for
each session of a day.
A mixture between the two types is not permitted. In Figure 3.1 two examples for open
session tables referring to a daily session and to hourly sessions are shown. We recommend
to use the open session definition. More information about the session definition strategy
may be found in the corresponding online help.
Use dialogue ”Menu>Configure>Set session/compute date” to select one of your sessions as the current
session to be processed. This is mandatory for Version 5.0 of Bernese GPS Software in order
to use the menu variables (see Section 18.5). The current session is displayed in the status
line of the menu. The session selection dialogue may also be used to convert dates (button
COMPUTE). The current session is set using the buttons Set (dialogue box remains open) or
OK (dialogue box is closed). Using the buttons +1 and -1 you may increment or decrement
the current day by one. The session character may be specified in field “Session Char”, the
name of a session table in field “Session Table”.
In field “Job ID” a job identification character may be specified. This Job ID can be used
to distinguish multiple input files for a given program. It is appended to the extension of
the input files in your user specific panel directory (e.g., ${U}/PAN/GPSEST.INP T1). In this
way it is possible to predefine panels with different settings of options for the same program
which you may in the following address with the job identification character. The Job ID
defines the value of the predefined menu variable $J (see Section 18.5.1), which you may use
in all input panels. It may be used, e.g., to easily distinguish the temporary file if you run
the same program more than once at the same time. Technically, there are no restrictions
about the length of the Job ID. We recommend to use not more than two characters.
3.4 Create Station Files
For a number of station files the menu of the Bernese GPS Software, Version 5.0 , provides
input masks for editing (”Menu>Campaign>Edit station files”). This is a convenient way for most
applications. Because all station files are ASCII files you can use your favorite text editor
for browsing and modifying, too. Take care on the file format in this case.
When creating a new station file a dialogue “Select Skeleton Coordinate File” appears for most
file types. Cancel the dialogue box to get a plain input mask for the new station file. If you
select a coordinate file all its station names are inserted into the input mask as default in
the station name columns for the new file to be created. For some file types an additional
input mask appears for creating a new file.
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