External Data Plug-in and Data Extraction Tool
The EXTDATA Plug-in provides the ability to import external data sources into SNAP for animation. External data could be obtained from data acquisition systems used to record experimental data or any type of calculated data. The NRC DB Data Extraction tool is used to creating EXTDATA ready data files from NRC Databank platform independent binary files. This tool is installed with the plug-in.
To install the plugin and Data Extraction Tool, first download the Installer ExtDataLocalInstall.jar, to a temporary directory. Then stop the calculation server, and run the installer with:
java -jar ExtDataLocalInstaller.jar
This launches the installer, which will prompt for the installation directory for the Data Extraction Tool application and the directory of your SNAP installation. Once finished, restart the calculation server to complete the installation.
Refer to the Getting Started instructions for information on importing experimental data and running the data extraction tool.
Change Log
UPDATE 10/25/2006:
- Fixed an intermittent problem that could occur when the data is used as a slaved data source.
- Updated to release the data file when the job is unloaded by the calculation server.