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Configuring and using INTREPID (R04)

1. 3 4 of your computers available RAM in Mb You should set the value of the tiling variables so that while the CPU is kept busy the computer should not thrash the hard disc drive with heavy virtual memory demands You can use your system activity monitor to observe swap space usage vs CPU usage For optimum performance adjust the tiling variables to keep the CPU as close to 100 as possible Modifying configuration files Parent topic You may wish to modify configuration cfg files or the Project Manager menu file Configuring and according to your requirements See Configuration cfg files menu and m Roy intrepidlock in INTREPID database file and data structures R05 for full details about configuration files Some settings in these files can prevent INTREPID working if they are incorrect Please contact our technical support service before modifying them if you are at all unsure about the implications of changing them Accessing INTREPID datasets and tools using other software Parent topic You can access INTREPID datasets and tools using other software Configuring and f using In this section INTREPID R04 Geosoft Oasis Montaj access to INTREPID tools e ERMapper access to datasets e ArcView MapInfo and ERMapper access to datasets INTREPIDlynx Print Map output in ARC INFO format e ModelVision Geosoft Oasis Montaj access to INTREPID tools Parent topic See Geosoft Oasis montaj access to INTREPID tools in
2. Toolkit useful MKS Toolkit e Provides access to common UNIX utilities such as vi grep and awk under Windows Enables you to write UNIX shell scripts eg Korn and C shell Enables you to mount SCSI tape devices and extract data from tar format tapes Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 4 Library Help Top 4 Back gt Space for temporary files Parent topic Configuring and using INTREPID R04 Make sure you have sufficient disc space on your computer for temporary files See Temporary directories in INTREPID database file and data structures R05 and section install cfg in INTREPID database file and data structures R05 for more information Diagnostic reporting options Parent topic Configuring and using INTREPID R04 Library Help Top INTREPID reports its progress whilst processing your data Under UNIX the report text appears in the background window stdout of the INTREPID task You can redirect the report to a text file by launching the tool with a command and adding a redirection specification For example redirecting to intrepid 1log gridding exe gt intrepid log Under Windows INTREPID automatically saves the report to a file called nt username log in the install_path tmp directory where install_pathis the location of your INTREPID installation and username is your Windows user name Y
3. a swapl Number of files Solaris Parent topic By default Solaris allows only 64 open files When working with an INTREPID Configuring dataset this translates to 32 vector dataset fields INTREPID can reserve and reuse orba the last two file channels if you have more than 32 fields Alternatively request under Solaris i i x and SunOS your systems administrator to increase the number of files to say 256 Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 3 Library Help Top lt 4 Back gt Accessing INTREPID data from both UNIX and Windows Parent topic INTREPID automatically converts data when you are accessing it from both UNIX Configuring and and Windows environments You will however need to attend to some aspects of using INTREPID R04 drive path and file names When using INTREPID interactively you will naturally use the notation appropriate to the system you are using When using INTREPID in batch mode you will need to modify the task job or hard copy map specification files to allow for drive names vs letters Drive names vs drive letters Under UNIX disc drives have names similar to directory names whereas under Windows disc drives have a single letter followed by a colon You must modify your task specification files and hard copy specification files or use variables accordingly for each system See Compatibility between Wi
4. IDS VECTOR Clip_Line_Tool jclipline exe VECTOR Menu extension example You can add options to the Project Manager menu that launch other applications You can also create your own INTREPID tools and include them in the menu This illustration shows how you can add your own menu to the Project Manager menu using the menu definition language Scripts Contour_flight_A4 Colour_Stack_A4 Stack_Al_land Stack_Al_port Contour_flight_A4 launch_cf4 Colour_Stack_A4 launch_cs4 Stack_Al_land launch_sp11 Stack_Al_port launch_splp File Edit Level Gridding Composition Visual Filter Modei Radiometrics Utility Scripts Help Current Directory Stack_Al_land Stack_Al_port Current Selection Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt
5. INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 1 Library Help Top lt 4 Back gt Configuring and using INTREPID R04 Top In this chapter Configuring INTREPID under Windows Configuring INTREPID under Solaris and SunOS Accessing INTREPID data from both UNIX and Windows Space for temporary files e Diagnostic reporting options INTREPID Memory limits and tiling e Modifying configuration files e Accessing INTREPID datasets and tools using other software e Accessing data created by other software e Customising the Project Manager menus Configuring INTREPID under Windows Parent topic These notes assume that you are installing INTREPID to the directory Configuring and c intrepid Adjust the paths given here according to your installation drive and using INTREPID R04 directory In this section e Windows System settings e Program Manager launch Windows System settings Parent topic INTREPID obtains its settings from install cfg in the INTREPID config oe directory See INTREPID system parameters and install cfg R07 under Windows Program Manager launch Parent topic The INTREPID installer puts an entry for INTREPID in the Start menu and an icon Configuring on the desktop INTREPID under Windows You can set up any shortcut or icon that executes install_path bin jfmanager exe where install_path is the location of your INTREPID installation for example c Program Files intrepi
6. Introduction to INTREPID Accessing R02 for instructions INTREPID datasets and tools using other software Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 6 Library Help Top lt 4 Back gt ERMapper access to datasets Parent topic ERMapper and INTREPID grid datasets have identical formats Provided you have eel configured ERMapper with the datum and projection of the grid it can display any INTREPID grid dataset datasets and tools using other software ArcView Mapinfo and ERMapper access to datasets INTREPIDlynx Parent topic You can access INTREPID vector and grid datasets and INTREPID tools using Accessing ArcView MapInfo and ERMapper through INTREPIDlynx See INTREPIDLynx enero access for ArcView MapInfo and ERMapper T29 for full details datasets and tools using other software Print Map output in ARC INFO format Parent topic The INTREPID Map Print tool can generate format vector files for contours and Se flight path plots in ARC INFO format See The devices cfg file in Map Send composition configuration files R21 tools using other software ModelVision Parent topic If you wish to access INTREPID datasets using ModelVision consult the ModelVision Accessing documentation or contact Encom technical support for assistance INTREPID datasets and tools using other software Accessing data created by ot
7. ager or the File and Help menus in Old Project Manager Specifications for these menus reside in the INTREPID software File type notation You can specify the following file types in the Project Manager menu File type Description ANY Any file GRIDS Any grid dataset format that INTREPID can read or write VECTOR Any vector dataset format that INTREPID can read or write INTREPIDJOB Task specification job files INTREP IDMAP Map specification map files in MAPCOMP language 3DMODEL 3D GeoModeller projects Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 9 Library Help Top lt 4 Back gt Project Manager menu definition sample Here is a sample of code from the current Project Manager menu file Dataset Import Import_Ascii_Columns Export Subsection Merge_Dataset Append Dataset Remove_Duplicates Import import exe ANY Export export exe GRIDS VECTOR Import_Ascii_Columns asciiimport exe ANY Subsection subset exe GRIDS VECTOR Merge_Dataset MergeFields exe VECTOR Append_Dataset AppendTable exe VECTOR Remove_Duplicates RemoveDuplicates exe VECTOR Editing Spreadsheet_Editor Profile_Editor Flight_Path_Editor Clip _Line_Tool Spreadsheet_Editor dbedit exe GRIDS VECTOR Text_Editor AsciiEditor sh Profile Editor pedit exe VECTOR Flight_Path_Editor fedit exe GR
8. d If you include the INTREPID installation path in the PATH environment variable of your computer or shell you can start INTREPID using the command jfmanager exe from a command window See Including the INTREPID installation folder in PATH in INTREPID system parameters and install cfg RO7 If you want to use the Old Project Manager use the instructions above with the application file fmanager exe Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 2 Library Help Tops s lt sSSS Ba Configuring INTREPID under Solaris and SunOS Parent topic You can find the system parameters associated with these operating systems in Configuring and install cfg See INTREPID system parameters and install cfg R07 for INTREPID ros details In this section e System parameters e Virtual memory Number of files Solaris System parameters Parent topic You must set the system parameter LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the dynamic Configuring libraries install_path bin where instal1_path is the location of your ea INTREPID installation under Solaris and SunOS Virtual memory Parent topic You may need to adjust the virtual memory settings for these computers Configuring in INTREPID Solaris virtual memory under Solaris and SunOS Use the commands mkfile 100m swap1 swapon swapl SunOS virtual memory Use the commands mkfile 100m swap1 swapon
9. e current Project Manager Parent topic Customising the Project Manager menus The Old Project Manager menu file is similar but without some features described here If you want to customise the Old Project Manager menu file examine it and use the existing syntax as a guide Contact our technical support service if you need help gt gt To modify the Project Manager menu Edit the menu file using any text editor Subsystem Begin Subsystem End The entire menu definition must be between these lines Project Manager FileManager Begin FileManager End The entire menu definition must be between these lines Old Project Manager Single_words INTREPID uses spaces to distinguish between items in the menu definition If an item has more than one word you must join the words with some character other than a space Underscore _ is the most popular character for this purpose MenuBar describes the menu names in the menu bar See examples following menuname menuitem menuitem defines the items in a menu e g Edit SpreadSheet Profile FlightPath menuitem command filetype filetype defines the command to be executed if the user chooses this menu item and the file or dataset type that it processes Example SpreadSheet dbedit exe GRIDS VECTOR specifies a group separator in the menu e g Filter Line Spatial Pre_post Grid There is no user access to the Utility or Help menu in Project Man
10. her software Parent topic Using INTREPID you can oo Directly open and directly write to data files in a number of formats This is INTREPID R04 different to importing data into an INTREPID dataset because the INTREPID tool opens the data directly and saves it back into its native format See e Direct access by INTREPID in INTREPID direct access import and export formats R11 e Direct access to relational databases R16 Import and export data between INTREPID datasets and a wide variety of data formats See Import and export formats in INTREPID direct access import and export formats R11 Importing to INTREPID datasets T05 Exporting from INTREPID datasets T07 Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 7 Library Help Top lt 4 Back gt Customising the Project Manager menus Parent topic You can find the system parameters associated with these products or operation Configuring and modes in install cfg See INTREPID system parameters and install cfg using INTREPID R04 RO7 for details In this section Paths filenames and system parameters e How to customise the menus Paths filenames and system parameters Parent topic INTREPID constructs the Project Manager menus from information in a menu file Customising the Menus files are located in the install1_path config directory where penne install_path
11. is the location of your INTREPID installation menus Tool Platform File Name Project Manager All fmanager cfg Old Project Windows menunt Manager UNIX menu You can modify the menu files For example you can add startup commandes for other software on your system for easy access while using the Project Manager Multiple versions of the menus file The current Project Manager only supports a single menu specification file fmanager cfg If you want multiple versions you need to maintain them yourself and rename them to fmanager cfg yourself If yu are using the Old Project Manager you can have a number of versions of the menu file INTREPID uses the menu file according to the value of the system parameter INTREPID_MENU Before launching the Project Manager set this variable to contain the name and full path of the required menu file See INTREPID system parameters and install cfg R07 for instructions about system parameters Contact our support service for detailed help if you want to edit menus or have alternate menus for different purposes If INTREPID_MENU has no value NULL INTREPID will use the file with name shown in the table above in the directory install_path config Library Help Top 2012 Intrepid Geophysics 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 8 Library Help Top 4 Back gt How to customise the menus These specifications are for th
12. ndows and UNIX in INTREPID task specification job files R06 and Compatibility of MAPCOMP between Windows and Unix in MAPCOMP Map Specification Language R20 for further instructions Case sensitivity UNIX traditionally has long case sensitive drive directory and file names Windows supports long directory and file names but it uses them case insensitively You will reduce any problems arising from this difference by establishing an upper and lower case convention for your data INTREPID itself is only partially case insensitive so we recommend that you do establish the convention Forward slash and backslash INTREPID will automatically interpret path names in task job or hard copy map specification files no matter which platform you are using and no matter whether you use or LSB MSB automatic conversion INTREPID will seamlessly convert data between different methods of floating point number representation least significant byte first LSB vs most significant byte first MSB under different operating systems Access to UNIX features from Windows Hint If you are regularly accessing INTREPID datasets or importing data across a network where you are using a Windows computer and the data resides on a UNIX system you will find that INTREPID accesses the data seamlessly You may however wish to use some UNIX features not normally available under Windows In this case you may find software package such as Cygwin or MKS
13. ou can configure this file to go into a different directory eg your working directory Each time you execute a task INTREPID will append the report to nt username log file If you delete or rename nt username log INTREPID will start a new nt username log For more information about starting INTREPID see How to start INTREPID Overview in Introduction to INTREPID R02 2012 Intrepid Geophysics lt 4 Back gt INTREPID User Manual Configuring and using INTREPID R04 5 Library Help Top ss itsi s i i i i i i t TT Back INTREPID Memory limits and tiling Parent topic You can find the system parameters associated with these products or operation Configuring and modes in install cfg See INTREPID system parameters and install cfg INTREPID R04 ROT for details When you are processing grid datasets INTREPID stores the whole grid in memory wherever possible If the grid is too large to fit in memory INTREPID processes a section at a time This process is called tiling INTREPID has a criterion for deciding whether tiling is necessary If the number of grid cells is greater than the value of the system parameter INTREPID_MEMORY then INTREPID will use tiling Grid size limits for tiling INTREPID requires approximately 25 bytes of memory for each grid cell We recommend that you set the INTREPID_MEMORY maximum numbers of grid cells to process without tiling to be 2 3 to

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