config.example

// EVERYTHING IN THIS FILE IS CASE SENSITIVE.
// NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS IN JSON, BUT FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES, THE LINES
// THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THIS FILE IF IT IS TO BE USED AS AN ACTUAL CONFIG
// FILE ARE PRECEDED BY A C-STYLE COMMENT ("//")
{
    // the title of the GUI window
    "title" : "Orientation Plot",
    
    // the gloabl sampling period of the data that is being displayed by the plot
    "period" : "0.005",
    
    // any positive integer number of samples (global) that the plot should display (the x axis bounds are 0 to (period * reclen))
    "reclen" : "1000", 
    
    // the global y axis bounds
    "ybounds" : [ "-10", "10" ],
    
    // filter taps for performing DSP on the sampled data (this feature is currently unused)
    "taps" : [ "0.08147998212219136", "0.31103962981825106", "0.44983457995100345", "0.31103962981825106", "0.08147998212219136" ],
    
    // the plots that are available
    "plots" : [
        {
            // name of the plot
            "name" : "Filter Roll",
            
            // the plot state that determines whether or not the plot is displayed by default ("active" or "inactive")
            // if this is left out, the state is assumed to be "inactive"
            "state" : "active",
            
            // 8 bit hex value of the form 0xNN that is the type of data that this plot is supposed to display
            "type" : "0x00",
            
            // the plot specific period (defaults to the global period if this is left out)
            "period" : ".010",
            
            // the plot specific reclen (defaults to the global reclen if this is left out)
            "reclen" : "500",
            
            // the plot specific y-axis bounds (defaults to the global ybounds if this is left out)
            "ybounds" : [ "-.5", ".5" ],
            
            // the plot specific filter taps (defaults to the global filter taps if this is left out)
            "taps" : [ "1", "1", "1" ]
        },
        {
            "name" : "Filter Pitch",
            "state" : "active",
            "type" : "0x01"
        }
    ],
    // that configuration for the plot data source
    "sources" : 
        { 
            // the data source that is active (this much match the name of one of the configurations below)
            "active" : "serial",
            
            // the configuration for each type of data source
            "configurations" : [
                {
                    // the name of the data source
                    "name" : "serial",
                    
                    // the serial ports that are available for use
                    // if left off, the GUI will try to auto-detect the ports that are available, which isn't really working
                    // on Windows yet, and doesn't work at on all Unix based systems
                    "ports" : [ "COM3", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7" ],
                    
                    // the actual serial configuration
                    "config" : 
                        {
                            // serial baud rate
                            "baud" : "115200",
                            
                            // the serial bytesize, which must be 6, 7, or 8
                            "bytesize" : "8",
                            
                            // the number of stop bits, which must be 1, 1.5, or 2
                            "stopbits" : "1",
                            
                            // the parity type, which must be N for none, E for even, O for odd, M for mark, or S for space
                            "parity" : "N"
                        }
                },
                {
                    "name" : "file",
                    "config" :
                        {
                            // file path for the file that shows the data to be plotted
                            "path" : "samples.log",
                            
                            // how the file data is handled, which only supports "loop" at the moment, which means that
                            // the data will get looped back around to the beginning when the end of the file is reached
                            "mode" : "loop"
                        }
                },
                {
                    "name" : "socket",
                    "config" :
                        {
                        }
                }
            ]
        }
}