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HP- > Institution: EUMETSAT > Package Version: 2.0 > Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1; > Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; > java.version:1.5.0_06; java.home:C:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.0\\jre; > j3d.version:1.3.2 fcs (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun Microsystems, Inc.; > j3d.renderer:OpenGL; > Inquiry: Hi > > According to the User Guide in the imagedefaults.xml you may specify a > dataset together with > the server name, sperated by a colon. I tried with examples given in the > guide, in particular > the first one accessing adde.ucar.edu. This one only works when you delete the > dataset part and puti it manually into the Data Chooser. Sometimes we find it confusing. ;-) I think it's a class of terminology between the docs and the widget. imagedefaults uses McIDAS language (group/descr) and the widget uses dataset/image data type. There are three widgets in the chooser that make up the server:group/descr triad: Server: - the server portion Dataset: - the group portion Image Data Type: - the descriptor So, if you have adde.ucar.edu:RTIMAGES/GE-IR you would put adde.ucar.edu for the Server widget, RTIMAGES for the Dataset widget and select the appropriate Image Data Type that corresponds to GE-IR. Confusion in the latter is further compounded by the fact that the widget shows the descriptive name, so on adde.ucar.edu, GE-IR corresponds to GOES-East 10.7 um IR. At least your datasets don't have descriptive names. ;-) > The second one I find rather puzzleing. EUM_AD/M8 is the dataset. What about > the > server name? Any of server:group/descr fields are optional. This allows you some flexibility so you can set up redundant servers with the same group/descr data and all will get the same default values. not having the server is equivalent to *:EUM_AD/M8. When we create case studies, we may change the group name (e.g. RTIMAGES to CASE1) but keep the descriptor the same so we can have */GE-IR which would apply to all groups that have a descriptor of GE-IR (e.g. RTIMAGES/GE-IR or CASE1/GE-IR). > Most probably it's me that does not understand properly the default setting > in this > context. Since this is the first pass at this page, we'd welcome suggestions for improvement. Hopefully the explanation above will help in the mean time. I'm off to camp with the family today, so have a great weekend! Don Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HTX-814999 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open