Workdocumentation 2018-08-18
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
// rvp6LittleEndian converts the raw two byte tuple of little endian encoded composite products
// to radar video processor values (rvp-6). NaN may be returned when the no-data flag is set.
func (c *Composite) rvp6LittleEndian(tuple [2]byte) float32 {
var value int = 0x0F & int(tuple[1])
value = (value << 8) + int(tuple[0])
if tuple[1]&(1<<5) != 0 { // error code: no-data
return NaN
}
if tuple[1]&(1<<6) != 0 { // flag: negative value
value *= -1
}
conv := c.rvp6Raw(value) // set decimal point
// little endian encoded formats are also used for mm/h
if c.DataUnit != Unit_dBZ {
return conv
}
// Even though this format supports negative values and custom
// precision they do not make use of this and we still have to subtract
// the bias and scale it (RADVOR FX, dBZ)
return toDBZ(conv)
}