Mission Configuration
The current appendix defines how mission configuration works in PLANET.
Mission Configuration Synchronisation
The first important thing to mention is that mission configuration is now exclusively performed from the ground.
There is no more need to duplicate the configuration files on the onboard servers for a given mission.
Once a PLANET onboard server gets connected to PLANET ground server, it automatically receives the last mission configuration and updates the local onboard instance accordingly.
If a mission configuration update is detected, a popup will appear in the bottom left of PLANET application to warn the user of the configuration change.
Mission update popup
Clicking on 
button will refresh the current
mission with the new configuration.
Mission Configuration Content
The mission configuration is a file in JSON format.
This section describe each possible primary key of the mission configuration file.
Key: weather
The weather key allows to configure the weather controls in the navigation view.
Key: tracking
The tracking key allows to configure trackers parameters such as the HUD.
Key: telemetry
The telemetry key allows to customize the telemetry view, by defining parameters names and units for each stream.
Key: aero
The aero key allows to customize the aero layers, especially the HUD associated to ADSB vehicles.
Key: dropsondes
The dropsondes key allows to customize the geomarkers associated with ASPEN-QC dropsondes reports, as well as their header. It also allows to edit specific lines in the raw dropsonde report files to correct possible wrong defaults.
Date related elements can be dynamically added to the header from the report’s data by inserting ‘%(key)s’ in the character string.
{
"weather": {
"products": {
"rdt_msg": {
"info": {
"source": "Meteo France",
"palette": {
"img": "/palette_rdt_msg.png",
"width": "150",
"height": "200"
},
"refresh_rate": "15 minutes"
},
"type": "vector",
"opacity": 1,
"visible": false,
"ground_only": true
},
"lightning": {
"info": {
"source": "Blitzortnung",
"refresh_rate": "1 minute"
},
"type": "vector",
"opacity": 1,
"visible": false
},
"sat_msg_ir": {
"info": {
"source": "Meteo France",
"palette": {
"img": "/palette_sat_msg_ir.png",
"unit": "Temp (°C)"
},
"refresh_rate": "15 minutes"
},
"type": "image",
"opacity": 0.5,
"visible": false
},
"radareu_mfr": {
"info": {
"source": "Meteo France",
"palette": {
"img": "/palette_radareu_mfr.png",
"unit": "dBZ"
},
"refresh_rate": "15 minutes"
},
"type": "image",
"opacity": 0.5,
"visible": false
},
"sat_msg_vis": {
"info": {
"source": "Meteo France",
"refresh_rate": "15 minutes"
},
"type": "image",
"opacity": 0.5,
"visible": false
}
}
},
"tracking": {
"default": {
"hud": {
"values": {
"gps_msl_alt": "alt"
}
}
}
},
"telemetry": {
"default": {
"streams": {
"POSITION": {
"track": {
"unit": "deg"
},
"gps_msl_alt": {
"unit": "m"
},
"true_heading": {
"unit": "deg"
}
}
}
}
},
"dropsondes": {
"header": "HEADING:UZDL99 EDZW %(dd)s %(HH)s%(MM)s",
"geomarkers": {
"rel": {
"group": "dropsondes_rel",
"color": "blue"
},
"spg": {
"group": "dropsondes_spg",
"color": "red"
}
},
"pre_edit": {
"search_pattern": "A11",
"edited_line": "%(1)s %(2)s %(3)s %(4)s %(5)s 9999.00 99.99 %(8)s %(9)s 999.00 %(11)s %(12)s %(13)s %(14)s %(15)s %(16)s %(17)s %(18)s %(19)s %(20)s\n"
}
}