rtms-python

Python communication library for the KT-RTMS software. You must have the KT-RTMS installed on a system with the Remote Control plug-in activated. Please contact Konrad Technologies for assistance.

Installing rtms-python

rtms-python can be installed using pip:

pip install konradtechnologies-rtms-python

Examples

Example Python scripts can be found in the examples/ folder.

Using rtms-python

The rtms-python package provides an overall class for communication to KT-RTMS, RtmsClient

# Instantiate the RTMS client object (does not connect yet)
rtms_client = RtmsClient(ip_address)

# Connect to the instrument
rtms_client.connect()
...
# Perform functions
...
# Disconnect from the instrument
rtms_client.disconnect()

Static Radar Targets

Static radar targets can be defined using the RadarTarget class and sent to the instrument.

# Create two radar targets
target_list = [RadarTarget(distance=35, rcs=15, velocity=0, azimuth=0, elevation=0),
               RadarTarget(distance=100, rcs=30, velocity=0, azimuth=0, elevation=0)]

# Send the targets to RTMS
rtms_client.set_radar_targets(target_list)

Dynamic Radar Targets

Dynamic radar targets can be defined using the DynamicRadarTarget class and executed by the Python script. In this configuration, Python sends a new set of targets to the instrument every 100 msec. This can achieve psuedo- dynamic linear targets.

# Create two dynamic targets
# The first target will move out from 20 m to 80 m at 10 m/sec, then back to 40 m at 20 m/sec.
moving_target_1 = [DynamicRadarTarget(start_x=0, start_y=20, end_x=0, end_y=80, rcs=30, velocity=10),
                   DynamicRadarTarget(start_x=0, start_y=80, end_x=0, end_y=40, rcs=30, velocity=20)]

# The second target will move from 100 m to 120 m at 5 m/sec.
moving_target_2 = [DynamicRadarTarget(start_x=0, start_y=100, end_x=0, end_y=120, rcs=30, velocity=5)]

# Send the targets to RTMS
rtms_client.set_dynamic_range_targets([moving_target_1, moving_target_2])

Note that since this script is executed by Python (and not by the KT-RTMS software), it may expirience jitter and latency, especially if other applications are running simultaneously.

Taking RF Measurements

If the KT-RTMS RF Measurements plug-in is activated on the system, one can take RF measurements. This is typically done in three steps: measurement configuration, initiating the measurement, and fetching results.

To configure the instrument for an RF measurement, there are typically a few parameters one should set:

• Measurement duration
• RF trigger parametesr
• Specific measurement parameters
• Enabling which specific measurements to take

As an example, this code sets the instrument up for a 1 msec acquisiton, measuring EIRP, occupied bandwidth, linearity, and phase noise of the signal:

# Set an acquisition time of 1 msec
rtms_client.set_measurement_duration(1E-3)

# Set up a rising edge trigger at 20 dBm
rtms_client.configure_trigger(enabled=True, level=20, edge=RtmsTriggerEdge.RISING)

# Configure the OBW and phase noise measurements
rtms_client.configure_measurement_obw_percent(percent=99)
rtms_client.configure_measurement_phasenoise(offset_frequencies=[10E3, 100E3, 1E6, 10E6])

# Set all measurements active
rtms_client.set_active_measurements(eirp=True, obw=True, linearity=True, phasenoise=True)

Then, once all the measurement configuration has been defined, one can initiate the measurement:

# Initiate the measurement and block until complete and results are ready
rtms_client.initiate_measurement(wait_until_complete=True)

Finally, the measurement results can be fetched. Each measurement result is returned as a dictionary of measurements.

# Fetch results
eirp_results = rtms_client.get_measurement_results_eirp()
print(eirp_results)

obw_results = rtms_client.get_measurement_results_obw()
print(obw_results)