Tellique supporting software: TQCHANSEL

Introduction.

Installation: (Windows)

You need also some dll's, but these are the same as for xrit2pic. If you don't use xrit2pic you need to download and install them too. These dll's are now also in a self-installing executable.

By default everything is installed in:

C:\Program Files\xrit

First start.

• Start tqchansel. If recv-channels.ini isn't found you will get an error message, but the program will start.
  • From the menu choose: Preferences.
  • Click on "Search recv-channels.ini" and browse to the location where this file is stored.
  • Click on OK
  • Back in the Preferences window select "Save"
  • Click on "Restart".
  • Select channels you want to receive and click on 'Set' in the main window. If the original recv-channels.ini wasn't moved yet to recv-channels.ini.sav then this will happen now; you will get a message.

• Use Table: Enable this if you want to use the built-in channels table instead of the channels in your recv-channels.ini file.
• Hide buttons: Enable if you want a minimized tqchansel window at start. From the menu you can make the buttons visible, to do a selection.
• Show all channels: Show buttons for each channel (may be a lot: built-in table contains 33 channels!)
• Window height: Set height of window in case all channels are shown.
• Nr. buttons shown:Buttons of just these first channels are visible if the "Show all channels" choice is disabled.
• Hide menu: No menu. Note that all menu items have hotkey equivalents.

• To change the name of a button: Select the line, edit the name in the field "Edit button name" and click on "Change button name".
• To change the 'received' directory: Select the line, edit the directory name in the field "Edit dir name" and click on "Change dir name".
• To set one 'received' dir. for all channels: Select a line containing the correct dir. name or fill in the dir. in the "Edit directory name" field. Check "Use for all".
• To restore the original separate dir. names: Uncheck "Use for all".
• To change the order: Select a line and click on 'Shift row Up' or 'Down'.
• If all settings are done click on 'Save'.
• Click on 'Restart' to get the adapted tqchansel window.

Usage:

• Start tqchansel.
• Now you get a column of buttons; select what you want to receive and press: Set
• If you want to have buttons for all channels: Menu item 'All' (hotkey: 'a').
  (Default you will get only the first 6, see Preferences to change this amount.)
• If you want to reload in the button column what you did specify click on Get

Short keys (also in menu):

• h Show info and help
• t Show built-in channel table
• r Show channels activated
• a Switch between limited and all channels
• s Switch between buttons hidden and shown

Channels.

1. Use a recv-channels.ini containing:

   [*]
   target_directory=received    (or any other directory)
   

2. Use a recv-channels.ini containing your own channel definitions, e.g.:

   [EUMETSAT Data Channel 1]
   target_directory=received_avhrr
   
   [EUMETSAT Data Channel 2]
   target_directory=received
   

   Etc.
3. Start with option -use_tbl. An internal table will be used for both channels and target_directories.

1. The selector will use a built-in table for the channels to select.
   The target_directory defined in recv-channels.ini will be used.
   Example generated file if only HRIT is selected:

   #[EUMETSAT Data Channel 1]
   #target_directory=received
   
   #[EPS-10]
   #target_directory=received
   
   [EUMETSAT Data Channel 2]
   target_directory=received
   
   #[EUMETSAT Data Channel 3]
   #target_directory=received
   

   So, [*] is replaced with a full list of channels, with all channels not selected commented out.

2. The selector will only add comment signs at lines of channels not selected. Example:

   #[EUMETSAT Data Channel 1]
   #target_directory=received_avhrr
   
   [EUMETSAT Data Channel 2]
   target_directory=received
   

3. A built-in table will be used for both channel selection and target_directory definition. E.g.:

   #[EUMETSAT Data Channel 1]
   #target_directory=Ecast\Data Channel 1
   
   #[EPS-10]
   #target_directory=Ecast/EPS-10
   
   [EUMETSAT Data Channel 2]
   target_directory=Ecast\Data Channel 2
   
   #[EUMETSAT Data Channel 3]
   #target_directory=Ecast\Data Channel 3
   

• All lines not related to channels and target_directory will be copied from recv-channels.ini.sav to recv-channels.ini unchanged.
• Make sure recv-channels.ini is in a writeable location. If necessary you can specify a different location for recv-channels.ini in recv.ini:
  e.g.:
  channels_file=C:\
• If you use the [*] spec then make sure you define the temp_directory in recv.ini.