PING Wizard
Light-weight interface for running PING Ecosystem utilities.
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Overview
As of v4.0, PINGWizard is the recommended interface for running
PINGMapperand other utilities in the PING Ecosystem.
PINGWizard is a light-weight interface for launching PINGMapper utilities, including running the tests, processing a sonar log, batch process multiple sonar logs, and updating the installation.
For most users, PINGWizard is the recommended way to interact with the PING ecosystem after installation. It keeps common tasks point-and-click while PINGInstaller manages setup and updates behind the scenes.
There are two options for launching PINGWizard: a) with a shortcut or b) from the Miniforge/conda prompt.
Option A - Shortcut
During installation, you were prompted to select a location to save a batch (Windows) or bash (Linux/Mac OS) shortcut file. This file contains the commands to activate the ping conda environment and run PINGWizard.
On Windows, simply double click the PINGWizard.bat file:
On Linux/Mac OS, open a command prompt, change directory to where you saved the shortcut, and launch the bash script by entering the following and press Enter:
./PINGWizard.sh
Option B - Conda Command Prompt
Open the Miniforge Prompt used during installation. Launch PINGWizard by entering the following and pressing Enter:
conda run -n ping python -m pingwizard
PINGWizard will launch and present a menu of buttons to run various PINGMapper utilities:
Press one of the buttons to:
- Run PINGMapper on a single sonar log.
- Run PINGMapper on a batch of sonar log..
- Test PINGMapper on a small dataset Recommended if you just installed/updated PINGMapper.
- Test PINGMapper on a large dataset Recommended if you just installed/updated PINGMapper.
- Update PINGMapper Recommended to run routinely.
If you are new to PINGMapper, this is the recommended place to start after installation.