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looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:31 pm
by hproe
I have scripts that retrieve and display sequence of RGBs and display them as a time series. The RGB formulas are equal/similar to those distributed with McV as a plugin. They all deliver individual RGBs through the function
The script accumulates the RGBs in the list
and finally creates a time series and displays it
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imageLoop=makeTimeSequence(imageSeq)
imLayer=imDisplay.createLayer('RGB Composite',imageLoop)
Now I have other RGB formulas that deliver the RGB with the alternative function
In this case there is a type conflict when the layer is created for a time series with greater than one RGB
visad.TypeException: FieldImpl.setSample: bad range type
Any idea what conversion(?) should be applied here.
cheers, HP
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:27 pm
by bobc
Hi HP -
I'm assuming that the function that is giving you the error message is mycombineRGB(). I'm replicating this error, and it comes when the RGB images are passed through makeTimeSequence(). After speaking with a programmer, I wrote up
Inquiry 2282 because the makeTimeSequence() function shouldn't be necessary to create a loop of RGB images.
One thing to note though is that combineRGB() and mycombineRGB() look to return the same thing. If your reason for using mycombineRGB() was to make use of the 'RGB Composite' display type, you can actually use this display type with combineRGB() as well.
Here's a script that I'm running to get the "RGB Composite" display type working using the combineRGB() function:
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from visad.meteorology import ImageSequenceImpl as ISI
addeParms = dict(
server = 'msg.ssec.wisc.edu',
dataset = 'MSG',
descriptor = 'FD',
coordinateSystem = LATLON,
location = (21,15),
size = (600,600),
unit = 'BRIT',
time = ('10:00:00','14:00:00')
)
dustLoop = []
for p in range (-5,0):
b7 = loadADDEImage(band=7, position=p, **addeParms)
b9 = loadADDEImage(band=9, position=p, **addeParms)
b10 = loadADDEImage(band=10, position=p, **addeParms)
dust = combineRGB(ISI([b7]), ISI([b9]), ISI([b10]))
dustLoop.append(dust)
imgSeqDust = makeTimeSequence(dustLoop)
dustPanel = buildWindow(height=800,width=1400)
dustLayer = dustPanel[0].createLayer('RGB Composite', imgSeqDust)
Please let me know if you actually were seeing the error message with combineRGB(), and if you have any other questions.
Thanks -
Bob Carp
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:28 pm
by hproe
Hi Bob -
Thank you very much for your hidden hint. In fact, I want to have the 'RGB Composite' display type (for fine-tuning ranges and gammas of generic RGBs). I am not sure why (quite some time ago) in my formulas for generic RGBs I implemented the combination
A. mycombineRGB() / RGB Composite
and not
B. combineRGB()/ RGB Composite
One possibility could be that with version B I can only produce one RGB sequence (manually or with a script). Any tentative to run a second job in the same session blocks McV and I have to kill her via the task manager (version A does not suffer from this problem). With this caveat, combination B is working fine.
cheers, HP
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:04 pm
by bobc
Hi HP -
I'm trying to replicate your problem in "B" of your last post. Are you running a recent nightly?
Thanks -
Bob
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:56 am
by hproe
Yes, I do. By a second job, I mean the same or a similiar one that retrieves and displays an RGB series, but not e.g. a script that saves the RGBs.
HP
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:46 pm
by bobc
Hi HP -
I'm running into a similar problem as you. I found that (with either single images or a loop) I could use the 'Three Color (RGB) Image' formula with the 'RGB Composite' display type only once per panel. If I try creating a second display in the same panel, then things kind of lock up. The display never completes and the status bar at the bottom of the Main Display says 'Creating Layers'. At this point, I found that I can hit the Stop sign in the Main Display, create a new tab, and use the 'RGB Composite' display type to create a loop in the new tab.
I did not run into this problem at all with the 'Three Color (RGB) Image (Auto-scale)' formula, where I could create multiple layers in the same panel using the 'RGB Composite' display type.
I wrote this up as
Inquiry 2296.
You mentioned "Any tentative to run a second job in the same session blocks McV and I have to kill her via the task manager". Were you working with multiple tabs/panels when you saw the problem, or were you working within the same tab/panel?
Thanks -
Bob
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 2:15 pm
by hproe
Hi Bob -
I'm coming to this problem area.
1.Has there been any progress? Under a recent 1.7beta1 in Windows 10 and using combineRGB/RGB Composite, running a second job still blocks McV even when running it in a second display tab. McV has to be killed through the task manager and the results of the first job get lost.
2. Under the thread 'looking for correct data type in RGB script' you wrote:
I did not run into this problem at all with the 'Three Color (RGB) Image (Auto-scale)' formula, where I could create multiple layers in the same panel using the 'RGB Composite' display type.
I wrote this up as Inquiry 2296.
It seems that display type 'Three Color (RGB) Image (Auto-scale)' has disappeared in 1.7beta1, hasn't it?
cheers, HP
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:38 pm
by jayh
Hi HP-
1. The programming staff has not had a chance to look at this inquiry. Since this is crashing your -V sessions, I will move the priority up so it gets looked at sooner.
2. The 'Three Color (RGB) Image (Auto-scale)' is a formula, and is in the formula list, it's not a Display Type. This behavior should not have changed in the beta version. If you are seeing something different, let us know.
Thanks, Jay
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:37 am
by hproe
Hi Jay -
1. Thanks for the promotion.
2. You are right. This is aka mycombineRGB, of course. I was confused.
cheers, HP
Re: looking for correct data type in RGB script
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:07 am
by hproe
Hi -
After more than a year Inq. # 2296 appears still to be open. The problem continues to disturb me quite a bit, i.e. not being able to add multiple displays to the same panel when using the display type 'RGB Composite' (as opposed to using '3 Color (RGB) Image'). I am preferring 'RGB Composite' because Layer Controls let's you tune the RGBs by varying range and gamma of the colour beams. With '3 Color (RGB) Image' ranges and gammas cannot be accessed.
cheers, HP