Object Ephemeris Translation Software

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Class in Zendir.Classes | Inherits from Software

Declaration

class ObjectEphemerisTranslationSoftware;

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Description

This software converts any objects’ transform message to an ephemeris message for tracking purposes.

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Properties

Declared	Description
In_TransformMsg	The transform message of the object that is being tracked. This is optional,if the ‘TrackedObject’ variable is set.
Offset_B	The offset for the ephemeris position output from the target’s origin, in the body frame.This is used for cases where the user would like to track the position of a component.
Out_EphemerisMsg	The Ephemeris message generated from the object.
Out_NavigationTranslationMsg	The navigation translation message generated from the objectstransform data, in another form.
TrackedObject	The physical object that is being tracked. This is optional if the ‘In_TransformMsg’variable is set, but if both are set, the software will use the transform message ofthe tracked object.

Inherited	Description
IsEnabled	Is true if the object is currently enabled.
Name	The display name or tag of this object.
Parent	The currently attached parent object (if any).

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Methods

Inherited	Description
Disable	Disable the software componentDerived classes should clear any output messages
Enable	Enable the software component
FindParentWithID	Returns an attached parent that satisfies the specified ID.
FindParentWithType	Returns an attached parent that satisfies the specified type.
FindRootWithID	Returns a root object that satisfies the specified ID.
FindRootWithType	Returns a root object that satisfies the specified type.
Initialise	This method is called whenever some key parameters are changedand any new local variables are required to be recalculated. Thiscan be called by the software chains if a configuration of somevalues are updated.