Quickstart

Warning

PlatoSim is currently only available to memebers of the PLATO Mission Consortium (with a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement: NDA). Thus, to install (or download) the PlatoSim software, please contact one of the PlatoSim developers for the credentials (username and password).

• All information needed to install and update PlatoSim is described in the sections: Installation and Running PlatoSim. Please, follow these instructions carefully before running PlatoSim.

• The PlatoSim software package includes a Python interface (with a suite of tools) which we explain in our Python tutorials. We highly recommend to use this interface to avoid sudden software errors when updating your code (since our Python interface is kept backward compatible with previous software versions).

• Particularly relevant for simulating multi-camera imagette time series or light curves, the PlatoSim toolkit called PLATOnium may be of interest.

• In case of questions or problems, see our Troubleshooting section.

• For more information about the building blocks of PlatoSim, consult the Architecture section and the PlatoSim3 paper.