Gain advisor script

This script will find out what strong messages percentage is and advise you to tune gain to keep it in range from 0.5% to 5%.

Script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# This script will find out what strong messages percentage is and
# advise you to tune gain to keep it in range from 0.5% to 5%.
# Evgeny Varnavskiy 2021

import json

with open('/run/readsb/stats.json') as f:
  data = json.load(f)

strong = data["total"]["local"]["strong_signals"]
total = data["total"]["local"]["accepted"][0] + data["total"]["local"]["accepted"][1]
perc = round((strong * 100 / total), 2)

print("Too strong messages percentage:", perc)

if perc > 5:
    print("Decrease gain")
elif perc < 0.5:
    print("Increase gain")
else:
    print("Gain optimal")

 

thanks! very cool!