Package: rvdat 0.3.1

Michael OBrien

rvdat: Lightweight Access to 'VDAT' Shell Commands

Provides lightweight, R-friendly syntax for 'VDAT' shell functions.

Authors:Michael O'Brien [aut, cre], Benjamin L. Hlina [ctb]

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DESCRIPTION |NEWS
card.svg |card.png
rvdat/json (API)

# Install 'rvdat' in R:
install.packages('rvdat', repos = c('https://ocean-tracking-network.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/mhpob/rvdat/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://rvdat.obrien.page

On CRAN:

Conda:

4.43 score 1 packages 15 scripts 10 exports 2 dependencies

Last updated from:520f3ca3df. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: no.

TargetResultTimeFilesSyslog
linux-devel-x86_64OK106
source / vignettesOK158
linux-release-x86_64OK117
macos-release-arm64OK102
macos-oldrel-arm64OK83
windows-develOK113
windows-releaseOK93
windows-oldrelOK65
wasm-releaseOK102

Exports:skip_example_on_ciskip_example_on_runiversevdat_callvdat_herevdat_inspectvdat_templatevdat_to_csvvdat_to_foldervdat_to_jsonvdat_version

Dependencies:clisys

How to use rvdat
Getting started | Check the file's metadata | Converting VDAT file to a CSV | Converting a VDAT file to a CSV with time correction | Splitting a VDAT file into a folder of CSVs | Other file types

Last update: 2025-07-24
Started: 2024-01-06

Data within VDAT files
Data columns | HR2-180 VDAT, n = 25 | ATTITUDE, n = 7 | BATTERY, n = 11 | CFG_CHANNEL, n = 12 | CFG_STATION, n = 9 | CFG_STUDY, n = 7 | CFG_TRANSMITTER, n = 12 | CLOCK_REF, n = 9 | CLOCK_SET, n = 9 | DATA_ERROR, n = 5 | DATA_SOURCE_FILE, n = 5 | DEPTH, n = 7 | DEPTH_STATS, n = 11 | DET, n = 20 | DET_FILTER, n = 3 | DET_SENS, n = 25 | DIAG, n = 12 | DIAG_FAST, n = 10 | DIAG_HR2, n = 15 | EVENT, n = 13 | EVENT_FAULT, n = 9 | EVENT_INIT, n = 9 | EVENT_OFFLOAD, n = 13 | HEALTH_HR2, n = 9 | TEMP, n = 8 | TEMP_STATS, n = 11 | VR2AR VRL, n = 24 | HEALTH_VR2AR, n = 8 | VR2TX VRL, n = 24 | HEALTH_VR2TX, n = 8 | VR2W VRL, n = 26 | DIAG_VR2W, n = 8 | DIAG_VR2W_INTERIM, n = 8 | HEALTH_VR2W, n = 8 | VR2W180 VRL, n = 26

Last update: 2024-11-15
Started: 2024-01-10

Extracting environmental data with rvdat
Download the data | Convert VRL using rvdat | Read it into R | See what we've got | Other variables

Last update: 2024-11-15
Started: 2024-03-12

VDAT data structure
Row-by-row data description | Exploring the VDAT CSV's data structure | The first row contains metadata about vdat.exe, itself. | The next 20+ lines contain the column names of different subsets of the data. | The next ~7 rows contain receiver configuration | Logged data! | Detections are logged to the tenth of a millisecond | The last three rows are data associated with the download

Last update: 2024-11-15
Started: 2024-01-06