Hound
ELINT for DCS

• Index

Contents

• Marker managment
• Class HOUND.Contact.Emitter
• Getters and Setters
• Data Processing
• Helper functions
• Comms functions

Modules

• HOUND
• HOUND.Logger
• HOUND.DB
• HOUND.Config
• HOUND.Utils
• HOUND.EventHandler
• HOUND.Contact.Base
• HOUND.Contact.Estimator
• HOUND.Contact.Datapoint
• HOUND.Contact.Emitter
• HOUND.Contact.Site
• HOUND.Comms.Manager
• HOUND.Comms.InformationSystem
• HOUND.Comms.Controller
• HOUND.Comms.Notifier
• HOUND.ElintWorker
• HOUND.ContactManager
• HOUND.Sector

Scripts

• HoundElint

Module HOUND.Contact.Emitter

HOUND.Contact.Emitter (Extends HOUND.Contact.Base) Contact class.

containing related functions

Marker managment

Class HOUND.Contact.Emitter

Getters and Setters

Data Processing

Helper functions

Comms functions

Marker managment

HOUND.Contact.Emitter.calculatePoly (uncertenty_data[, numPoints[, refPos]])

calculate uncertenty Polygon from data

Parameters:

• uncertenty_data uncertenty data table
• numPoints number of datapoints in the polygon (optional)
• refPos center of the polygon (DCS point) (optional)

Returns:

Polygon created by inputs

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:drawAreaMarker (numPoints)

Draw marker Polygon

Parameters:

• numPoints integer number of points to draw (only 1,4,8 and 16 are valid)

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:updateMarker (MarkerType)

Update marker positions

Parameters:

• MarkerType type of marker to use

Class HOUND.Contact.Emitter

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:New (DcsObject, HoundCoalition[, ContactId])

create new HOUND.Contact instance

Parameters:

• DcsObject emitter DCS Unit
• HoundCoalition coalition Id of Hound Instace
• ContactId specify uid for the contact. if not present Unit ID will be used (optional)

Returns:

HOUND.Contact instance

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:destroy ()

Destructor function

Getters and Setters

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getName ()

Get contact name

Returns:

String

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getType ()

Get contact type name

Returns:

String

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getId ()

Get contact UID

Returns:

Number

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getTrackId ()

get Contact Track ID

Returns:

string

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getPos ()

get current extimted position

Returns:

DCS point - estimated position

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getWavelenght (isTracking)

get radar transmission wavelength @ param[type=bool] isTracking detemins which frequency range will be retunred

Parameters:

• isTracking

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getElev ()

get current estimated position elevation

Returns:

int Elevation in ft.

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getLife ()

get unit health

Returns:

1. unit HP points
2. Unit HP in percent

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:isAlive ()

check if contact DCS Unit is still alive

Returns:

bool True if object is considered Alive

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:setDead ()

set internal alive flag to false This is internal function ment to be called on "S_EVENT_DEAD" unit will be changed to Unit.name because DCS will remove the unit at the end of the event.

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:updateDeadDcsObject ()

update the internal DCS Object Since March 2022, Dead units are converted to staticObject on delayed death

Data Processing

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:CleanTimedout ()

Remove stale datapoints

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:countPlatforms ([skipStatic])

return number of platforms

Parameters:

• skipStatic if true, will ignore static platforms in count (optional)

Returns:

Number of platfoms

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:countDatapoints ()

returns number of datapoints in contact

Returns:

Number of datapoint

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:AddPoint (datapoint)

Add Datapoint to content

Parameters:

• datapoint HOUND.Contact.Datapoint

HOUND.Contact.Emitter.triangulatePoints (earlyPoint, latePoint)

Take two HOUND.Contact.Datapoints and return the location of intersection

Parameters:

• earlyPoint HOUND.Contact.Datapoint
• latePoint HOUND.Contact.Datapoint

Returns:

Position

HOUND.Contact.Emitter.calculateEllipse (estimatedPositions[, refPos[, giftWrapped]])

Calculate Cotact's Ellipse of uncertenty

Parameters:

• estimatedPositions List of estimated positions
• refPos reference position to use for computing the uncertenty ellipse. (will use cluster avarage if none provided) (optional)
• giftWrapped pass true if estimatedPosition is just a giftWrap polygon point set (closed polygon, not a point cluster) (optional)

Returns:

None (updates self.uncertenty_data)

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:calculateExtrasPosData (pos)

calculate additional position data

Parameters:

• pos basic position table to be filled with extended data

Returns:

pos input object, but with more data

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:processIntersection (targetTable, point1, point2)

process the intersection

Parameters:

• targetTable where should the result be stored
• point1 HOUND.Contact.Datapoint Instance no.1
• point2 HOUND.Contact.Datapoint Instance no.2

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:processData ()

process data in contact

Returns:

HoundEvent id (HOUND.EVENTS)

Helper functions

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:useUnitPos (unitPosMarker)

Use DCS Unit Position as contact position

Parameters:

• unitPosMarker marker type to use for unit (see HOUND.MARKER)

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:export ()

Generate contact export object

Returns:

exported object

Comms functions

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getTextData (utmZone, MGRSdigits)

return Information used in Text messages

Parameters:

• utmZone (bool) True will add UTM zone to response
• MGRSdigits (Number) number of digits in the MGRS part of the response (eg. 2 = 12, 5=12345)

Returns:

GridPos (string) MGRS grid position (eg. "CY 564 123", "DN 2 4") Return BE (string) Bullseye position string (eg. "035/15", "187/120")

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getTtsData (utmZone, MGRSdigits)

return Information used in TTS messages

Parameters:

• utmZone (bool) True will add UTM zone to response
• MGRSdigits (Number) number of digits in the MGRS part of the response (eg. 2 = 12, 5=12345)

Returns:

GridPos (string) MGRS grid position (eg. "Charlie Yankee one two Three four") Return BE (string) Bullseye position string (eg. "Zero Three Five 15")

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generateTtsBrief (NATO)

Generate TTS brief for the contact (for ATIS)

Parameters:

• NATO (bool) True will generate NATO Brevity brief

Returns:

string containing

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generateTtsReport ([useDMM[, preferMGRS[, refPos]]])

Generate TTS report for the contact (for controller)

Parameters:

• useDMM if true. output will be DM.M rather then the default DMS (optional)
• preferMGRS if true output will be MGRS rather then Lat/Lon (not Currently used) (optional)
• refPos position of reference point for BR (Not Currently Used) (optional)

Returns:

generated message

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generateTextReport ([useDMM[, refPos]])

Generate Text report for the contact (for controller)

Parameters:

• useDMM if true. output will be DM.M rather then the default DMS (optional)
• refPos position of reference point for BR (optional)

Returns:

generated message

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:getRadioItemText ()

generate Text for the Radio menu item

Returns:

string

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generatePopUpReport (isTTS, sectorName)

generate PopUp report

Parameters:

• isTTS Bool. If true message will be for TTS. False will make a text message
• sectorName string Name of primary sector if present function will only return sector data

Returns:

string. compiled message

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generateDeathReport (isTTS, sectorName)

generate Radar dead report

Parameters:

• isTTS Bool. If true message will be for TTS. False will make a text message
• sectorName string Name of primary sector if present function will only return sector data

Returns:

string. compiled message

HOUND.Contact.Emitter:generateIntelBrief ()

Generate Intel brief Message (for export)

Returns:

string - compiled message