thonny-astro-pi-replay

A plugin to run the Astro Pi Replay tool inside Thonny.

Instead of running your program with the Thonny's Python interpreter, this plugin installs an Astro Pi Replay button in Thonny's Run menu which makes it easy to run your program using the Astro Pi Replay tool - just click the button to simulate your program on the ISS!

Installation

• Open Thonny and navigate to Tools > Manage plug-ins...
• In the window that appears, type 'thonny-astro-pi-replay' and hit the search button.
• You should get a 'thonny-astro-pi-replay' result in the list. Click on the blue text (a URL) saying 'thonny-astro-pi-replay' and then click the install button.
• Restart Thonny

If installation is successful, you should see the "Astro Pi Replay" button in the "Run" menu:

Selecting this option Use this to run the current open program using the Astro Pi Replay tool!

Changing the photography type

The plugin supports changing the photography type replayed from VIS to IR or vice versa. To change the plugin settings, go to the "Tools" menu and click the "Manage Astro Pi Replay plugin" option. This will bring up the following dialog:

Select the desired photography mode using the dropdown and then click the "Save" button.