v1.4

Sample Configs have been added for the following satellites:

• EWS-G1 (GOES-13) GVAR - Thanks @ZbychuButItWasTaken! Hope you have a beefy computer to view 'em
• GEO-KOMPSAT 2A (GK-2a) LRIT. Fixes #39 - Thanks @KiwiInNZ!

Changes in this release:

• See the "Breaking Change" section below before updating! The imagery categories in the main menu are now customizable! Instead of being stuck with "Full Disk", "Level 2 Imagery", "EMWIN Imagery", and "Mesoscale Imagery", you can now change the name, icon, and contents of all these pages - and add your own categories!
• On GOES-16/18, NWS Images are now viewable
• On GOES-16/18, the "Level 2 Imagery" has been renamed to "Non-CMIP Imagery" by default
• Image filenames can now be parsed if the name or timestamp are in different parts of the filename. See the config docs for supported modes.
• Added some missing emwin imagery into sample emwin.ini configs
• Reduced network overhead for a more responsive experience
• Improved error handling - most errors will now display on the screen instead of making the program lock up at "Loading, Please Wait..."
• Removed GOES-17 from sample configs. If you need GOES-17 configs for Vitality GOES v1.4 or newer, get them from here: https://github.com/JVital2013/vitality-goes/tree/1c7f5c06809a88a19d62be90af2706b37acfb05e/configs
• Other bug fixes

Breaking Changes

There have been major changes to the configuration in this version

• config.ini is now the only hard-coded config file
• To load other ini files (categories) and their associated imagery, config.ini must have a [categories] section with one or more ini files defined under it
• Each of these secondary ini files must also have a [_category_] header at the top to define its name and icon
• Secondary ini files can also be named anything

See the config docs for details on configuration. Scriptconfig.ini has not been affected by this change - although you can remove the GOES-17 references within it.

Migrating an old configuration to 1.4+

Assuming you want to keep loading your original abi.ini, meso.ini, l2.ini, and emwin.ini files, here's how to migrate:

1. In config.ini, add a categories section after the [general] section:

   [categories]
   abi = abi.ini
   meso = meso.ini
   l2 = l2.ini
   emwin = emwin.ini

2. Edit abi.ini and add the following at the very top:

   [_category_]
   title = "Full Disk"
   icon = globe-americas

3. Edit l2.ini and add the following at the very top:

   [_category_]
   title = "Non-CMIP Imagery"
   icon = atom

4. Edit meso.ini and add the following at the very top:

   [_category_]
   title = "Mesoscale Imagery"
   icon = search-plus

5. Edit emwin.ini:
   • Add the following at the very top:

     [_category_]
     title = "EMWIN Graphics"
     icon = image

   • For every EMWIN image defined, rename the path setting to filter and remove the file extension
   • Add the following lines into every image defined in emwin.ini, replacing GOES16 with GOES18 if necessary:

     mode = emwin
     path = {GOES16}/emwin

The only difference between the old and new abi.ini, l2.ini, and meso.ini files is the addition of the [_category_] header, but the emwin.ini conversion is trickier because it now acts like other secondary ini files, whereas before it was a special case.

Here is an comparison between and old and new emin.ini image section:

Note: the sample configs for GOES-16 and GOES-18 now have a new nws.ini file. If you're migrating, you might want to grab one of the nws samples and incorporate it into your setup!

Full Changelog: v1.3...v1.4