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EnviHam Support Software

EnviHamBrowse

User Guide

EnviHam file browser

Displays coverage of EnviHam image files and opens VISAT to view selected images, as well as other useful functions. Much faster than using VISAT itself to assess coverage. Best used with its companion program EnviHamManager which converts files into faster versions at the time of reception.
  • Display the coverage area of received files, filtered according to date, file type, or image type. Information about each image, including thumbnail images, is displayed as a popup.
  • Display the coverage area of manually-selected files.
  • Display the coverage area of the last file received.
  • Launch the VISAT viewer for selected images, using the fastest available file type (preferably DIMAT - the native VISAT file format).
  • Display the associated JPG files for selected images.
  • Generate DIMAT and JPG files for selected images, if they were missed by EnviHamManager.
  • Delete all files associated with selected images.
  • Move specified files associated with selected images to an archive directory, and delete the rest.
  • Version 0.1.0 110225 Initial release.
  • Version 0.1.1 110303 Fix display where image length > 1 rev. Minor improvements.
  • Version 0.1.2 110326 Circumvent library bug whereby some files were occasionally missed.
  • Version 0.2.0 110420 Now works best with companion program EnviHamManager. Major enhancements - see User Guide. In particular:
    • Preview of JPG files produced by EnviHamManager.
    • Latest file display.
    • Manual conversion to DIMAT & JPG file formats (automatically done by EnviHamManager).
    • Improved date filtering.
    • Inbuilt settings editor.
  • Version 0.2.1 110505 Worked around problem with pconvert not converting files in root directory of a drive.
  • Version 0.2.2 110518 Should be used with BEAM/VISAT version 4.9.0.1 or later.
    • Add popup thumbnails for MER_FRS files.
    • Deletes and archives selected images.
    • Handles multiple file conversions.
    • Add Next & Prev date buttons.
    • Add Save buttons to log windows.
    • Update display after conversion, deletion, and archive.
  • Version 0.2.3 110608
    • Thumbnails larger, size can be varied, available for all file types.
    • File types to be archived can be selected.
  • Version 0.2.4 110621
    • Minor bug fixes & improvements.
  • Version 0.2.5 110722
    • Minor improvements.
  • Version 0.2.6 110809
    • Prevent crash when attempting to do JPG conversion of overlarge ATS files.
  • Version 0.2.7 111121
    • Map and log pages now have choice of colour scheme.
    • Settings validation and popup layout improved.
    • Add option to use start date only for single day range.
    • Move action buttons to RH side. Useful for 16:9 monitors.
    • Add receiving station filter.
    • Remove file type filter.
    • Thumbnails also archived.
  • Version 0.2.8 111128
    • Fix bug which prevented thumbnails working if there were dots in the directory.
    • Add Exif info to JPG & thumbnails (fields ImageDescription = original filename without ext, Software).
EnviHamManager

User Guide

EnviHam file manager

Manages reception of EnviHam image files
  • Move files from reception directory to processing directory if required (allows for separate reception PC).
  • Automatic conversion to DIMAT and JPG file formats, plus thumbnail creation.
  • Display thumbnails of most recent files.
  • Cleanup of old files.
  • Reception monitoring and statistics display showing the number of files received and the number of failures over various time periods.
Companion program to EnviHamBrowse
  • Version 0.1.0 110430 Initial release.
  • Version 0.2.0 110503 Add reception statistics graphs and remove original failure detection.
  • Version 0.2.1 110505 Worked around problem with pconvert not converting files in root directory of a drive.
  • Version 0.2.2 110518
    • Create thumbnail at same time as jpg in support of EnviHamBrowse.
    • Correct statistics file counts if nothing received today.
    • Add Save button to log/statistics pages.
  • Version 0.2.3 110608 Incorrectly titled 0.2.2; date correct.
    • Add last received thumbnail display.
    • Increase thumbnail size.
    • Improve file reception failure reporting.
  • Version 0.2.4 110623
    • Allow for separate receiving directory (cf EUMETCast software) - allows for separate reception PC.
    • Minor bug fixes & improvements.
  • Version 0.2.5 110721
    • Add disk utilisation scales.
  • Version 0.2.6 110810
    • Prevent crash when attempting to do JPG conversion of overlarge ATS files.
  • Version 0.2.7 111117
    • Catchup mode added, so that files received earlier can be processed, not just new ones.
    • Option to delete raw files without processing. Useful if you're not interested in ATS images.
    • Finer control over cleanup & processing settings.
    • Log pages now have choice of colour scheme.
    • Settings validation and popup layout improved.
    • Fix bug which would prevent startup if an initial directory was dud.
  • Version 0.2.8 111127
    • Save latest thumbnails to special directory if specified in settings.
    • Use file move rather than copy+delete if possible (may improve performance if same PC).
    • Fix bug which prevented thumbnails working if there were dots in the directory.
    • Add Exif info to JPG & thumbnails (fields ImageDescription = original filename without ext, Software).

BUFR File Support Software

BUFRdisplay

User Guide

Typical EUMETCast BUFR files

BUFR file analysis, decoding, and display program

Program to analyse and decode BUFR files, and display geographical data in a variety of formats.
  • Version 0.1.2 101004 Initial release.
  • Version 0.1.3 101009 Fix map window geometry. Error console enabled temporarily.
  • Version 0.1.4 101015 Internal errors now reported to GUI.
  • Version 0.1.5 101222 Shrinks window if necessary to accomodate lower screen y resolutions.
  • Version 0.2.0 110430 Major enhancements - see User Guide. In particular:
    • Doesn't lockup with uncompressed data files (e.g. SYNOP), although still not fully supported for display.
    • Improve colour palettes - now user-definable, with a greater range of colours.
    • Improve map with country boundaries.
  • Version 0.2.1 111005 Reorganise screen layout to accomodate lower screen y resolutions.
  • Version 0.2.2 120116
    • BUFR files with excess free space at the end now recognised properly.
    • Remove reporting of internal errors to the GUI, which had proved unreliable and sometimes caused lockups - now sent to file data_BUFRdisplay\err.log. Avoids need to use -de option.
    • Improve error reporting when copying cached data files.
  • Version 0.2.3 120219 Add user-specified file filter.
BUFRextract

Command-line BUFR file decoding program

  • Version 0.1.0 100627 Initial release.
  • Version 0.1.1 100630 Use PARutil to purge PAR cache.

Utility Software

getCharts

Automatic file downloader

Perl program for automatic download of files at scheduled times according to a configuration file. Handles ftp and http transfers plus a large range of configurable features. See the included readme file for more details.
  • Version 1.3.0 051201 Add individual http & ftp server authentication options, plus other minor changes - see the readme file.
  • Version 1.3.1 060119 Fix bug which omitted leading zeroes from %a & %b substitutions.
  • Version 1.4.0 060205 Add wildcard specifications for ftp transfers.
  • Version 1.5.0 060616 Add date variables %%z, %%m, %%d, %%c, %%a, %%b, which are the same as those with a single % but omit leading zeroes.
  • Version 1.6.0 060625 Add date variable %n - month in 3-character text format (e.g. JUN).
  • Version 1.7.0 061211 Add STARTNOW option to prevent processing of past files when the program is started, and allow repeat times to be specified in minutes as well as hours.
  • Version 1.8.0 080107 Add variables derived from the source file upload date/time, including slot number calculation.
  • Version 1.8.1 080108 Add time-based slot number.
  • Version 1.8.2 080130 Allow = in urls.
  • Version 1.9.0 080313 Add STAMPFORMAT option to allow different auto-timestamp formats.
  • Version 1.10.0 081220 Add PLUGIN option to files to allow plugin scripts to be used for specialised filename processing.
ftpChart

Automatic download of weather charts by ftp

Perl script for automatic download of weather charts by ftp transfer.

Just an example of how to do it - use getCharts in preference.

httpChart

Automatic download of weather charts by http

Perl script for automatic download of weather charts by http transfer.

Just an example of how to do it - use getCharts in preference.



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