Dsp Astropix

Plugin: dsp_astropix
Author: Tom Smith

Description:

The AstroPix plugin renders planetary and star field graphics effects, and informational planet-related graphics. AstroPix requires that the Kepler plugin also be running.

Parameters:

NOTE: Configuration for this plugin has changed. See usage below.

| * -ssdata_dir | directory where relevant data files reside | || | * -show_orbits | Displays orbit lines for planets and moons | | * -show_barysystem | Displays the solar system mass tree | | * -show_night | Turns on night side rendering | | * -show_sky | Renders the atmosphere | | * -show_haze | Renders atmospheric haze effects | | * -show_stars | Displays… stars | | * -show_sun | Turns on the sun, and sets the light direction | | * -show_grid | Displays an inertial coordinate system grid around the selected origin | | * KEPLER_ORIGIN.parent | The parent parameter of KEPLER_ORIGIN defines which body to place at the origin for greatest precision |

Usage:

The astropix plugin is usually configured in "${USERDATA}/configs/astropix.cfg". Configuration can be done via command_line options, although the plugin has recently been updated so that configuration can occur during run-time. This is done via the control node "ASTROPIX_CONFIG". This allows features to be turned on and off and be reflected on all connected clients. It also allows the user to save the state of this node in a state file so that it will be reflected when loaded later.

Configuration of this node can be done via a GUI menu under "Options→AstroPix Config". For manual control, the node setup is as follows:

For each parameter, 1 is on, 0 is off.

• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.x - sky
• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.y - haze
• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.z - night
• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.P - orbits
• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.Y - grid
• ASTROPIX_CONFIG.R - stars

Currently, haze is not available.