OpenSF v3.11.0 has been released and can be downloaded here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features and Improvements

  • OpenSF is now based on Java 11 (OpenJDK 11)

  • OpenSF installation package is now provided with JRE
    *** A local installation of Java is no longer required to execute OpenSF ***

  • Enabled sharing single openSF installation between by multiple users
    *** Each user keeps simulation configuration/results in separate workspace *** 
  • Upgraded Eclipse RCP to the latest version 2021-09 (4.21)
  • Enabled support for 0-length strings in openSF/Parameter Editor
  • Improved the Tool Editor dialog
  • Added a warning when loading timeline XML files without execution modes
  • Improved ‘Check for Updates’ by including details about latest version
  • Improved uninstaller to allow user to retain/remove simulation data
  • Upgraded installer to the latest version of Install4J
  • Updated openSF splash screen

Corrections

  • Updated uninstaller to ensure all installation files are removed
  • Fixed UX interaction that made collapse the whole tree fields (on Windows)
  • Removed log message in Windows associated to link creation
  • Handling of case-sensitive database names specified in the SUM
  • Corrected the import of openSF Database when validating input data file
  • Corrected user/group permissions set during installation

All Release Notes are available here

Version 2.5.3 of the S2G Data Viewer has been released and can be downloaded here.

Release Notes are available here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features

  • S2G has been built using the latest DFDL4S v1.7.0 library
    • Internal changes have been performed in S2G to adapt to DFDL4S API
  • New Open File dialog
    • Implemented ‘drag & drop’ gesture to open files
    • It is possible to open a list of files at once or a folder containing a list of files (files must be of the same type)
  • New feature to search and filter data product given a data field value
    • Pre-defined list of fields are provided in pull-down menu
    • Custom field can be provided by manually typing the path to the field or pasting the content of the “Copy Path / Copy Value” from the clipboard
  • Added support for Reed Solomon computation in CADU files Sentinel-5/MetOp-SG-A/B (R-S code (255,223) with I=4)

Corrections

  • ANR-242ab: Plots improvements
    • In plots with APID (hex) selected for the /y axis, the values do not increase based on ‘hex’ value
    • Axis ticks for integer data values should not contain decimal digits —> New type yyType=“Integer”
  • ANR-253: Stylesheet is not applied to XML report in web browser due to web browser security restricting local file loads by local pages
  • ANR-255: S2G reports the expected SSC wrapping as an “Invalid SSC Gap detected”

New Mission Schemas

  • Biomass X-Band

Updated Mission Schemas

  • Aeolus X-Band
  • EarthCARE X-Band
  • MetOp-SG-A Ka-Band
  • MetOp-SG-B Ka-Band
  • MTG Ka-Band
  • Sentinel-1 X-Band
  • Sentinel-2 X-Band
  • Sentinel-3 X-Band
  • Sentinel-4 Ka-Band
  • Sentinel-5 X-Band
  • Sentinel-5P X-Band
  • Sentinel-6 X-Band
  • Seosat X-band
  • Swarm S-Band

New mission schemas are available for S2G Data Viewer and DFDL4S library.

The mission schemas can be downloaded through the check for updates mechanism within S2G (Help–> Check for Updates) or obtained from the S2G mission schemas page 

New Mission Schemas

  • Biomass X-band v1.0.1

The following Instrument Source Packets types are decoded:

  • Instrument Science Packets
  • Instrument Ancillary Packets (both RXM-H and RXM-V)
  • Platform Ancillary Packets

 

OpenSF v3.10.0 has been released and can be downloaded here.

User registration is required. Please find detailed instructions here.

New Features and Improvements

  • Added support for local storage to replace use of MySQL

    • MySQL is no longer a requirement to run an E2E Simulation with OpenSF
  • Enabled support for latest version of MySQL (8.0) and Maria DB (10.5.2)
  • Added support for CLI based on options (as per ESA Generic E2E Simulation ICD 1.4.0)
  • Enabled support for modules without input/output files/folders
  • Enabled support for Modules using only Global Configuration
  • “Using Docker in OpenSF Simulations” tutorial added to the User Manual
  • Enabled explicit warning about use of parameter iteration in time-driven sessions
  • Enabled use of commas in String typed parameters in Parameter Editor
  • Upgraded to latest ESA Community License (Permissive)

Corrections

  • Improved sanitization of command line options passed to the modules
  • Corrected suffix of Database XML export files
  • Corrected resolution of relative path for Module executable

All Release Notes are available here

ESA generic E2E simulator Interface Control Document (v1.4.0) has been published and can be downloaded here.

The updated document improves the CLI specification to allow more robust and flexible invocation (including support for optional configuration, input and output files) by a compliant orchestrating framework, such as openSF.

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