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 ARICA-2 Image Data Extractor  ver.1.0
 Windows console program written in Python 3
 Release date: September 29, 2026
 @ 2026 JA3TDW
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1. What is ARICA-2 Image Data Extractor?
ARICA-2 Image Data Extractor(AIDE) is a command-line program
that extracts image data from ARICA-2 CSV files downloaded
from the SatNOGS DB and saves them to a output file in the
KISS frame format.

2. System Requirements
AIDE has been verified to run on the Japanese version of
Windows 11. It should also work on non-Japanese versions of
Windows. The Python 3 runtime environment is not required.


3. Usage
1) Extract the downloaded AIDE.zip in to a folder.
2) Place the ARICA-2 CSV file(input.csv) into the folder.
3) Open the console, move to the folder and run aide.exe.
4) The extracted image data will be saved to output.txt.

*The LastWeek version CSV file is recommended.

4. How to generate JPEG images
1) Download the image decoder(ARICA-2_Image_Decode.py) from
   the following website and place it in the folder-3.1).
2) Configure the initial settings as described in the PDF;
   "ARICA-2 Image Analysis"
3) When the script is executed, the complete set of analysis
   results ncluding a JPEG image will be saved in the folder
   specified in the script.

*To run the script, the Python runtime environment and several
 modules imported in the script are required.
*Download Website for ARICA-2_Image_Decode.py and PDF describing how to use it:
 https://sites.google.com/phys.aoyama.ac.jp/sakamotolab/research/current_space/ARICA-2/amateur
