Briefing Tool Update

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Briefing Tool Update
June 13, 2006

• Herb Grote
• ESRL/GSD/ISB
• Boulder, CO

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Workstation Evolution
RSA
2005
2006
2007
2008
FXC
v3.00
v4.00
v5.00
ALPS
OB7.1
OB8
OB6
DevTK
AWIPS/SOA
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FXC EnhancementsFXC 3.0

• Slide Show line cursor
• AFOS text menu file
• OB3 Radar Keys
• Distance-bearing
• Range-bearing
• HTML templates
• Drawing tool (symbols, etc)
• Slideshow GUI redesign

• Dwell time (Slide Proc)
• Multiple Slide Show folders
• Copy between folders
• Help-file search
• Web posting
• R911 support (XML)
• Installation scripts
• IPC (sockets)
• User Guide (WWW)

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FXC EnhancementsFXC 4.0

• Lambert conformal with 2SP
• Font orientation along long.
• Image glyphs for drawings
• Grouping of objects
• Overlaying saved drawings
• Saving map color, other
• New AWIPS models
• Web applet (briefing)
• Enhanced install mgt script

• Contour Editing
• Drawing into each frame
• Drawing rectangle
• Drawing circles
• Text with colored shadows
• More text font sizes
• Optional line smoothing
• Transparent PNG
• Creating GIS world file
• Procedure with JPEG gen.

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Advanced Linux Prototype System (ALPS)

• Accelerate the HP to Linux transition
• Address key AWIPS architectural issues
• (e.g. Data access, Adding Functionality)
• Evolutionary changes to AWIPS, not the
• next generation system

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Expanding the Power of AWIPS with Plugins

• Herb Grote
• ESRL/GSD/ISB
• February 2, 2006

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What is a Plugin?

• Extends system capabilities
• Installed by user or automatically downloaded
• Plug-and-Play
• Technology used by Web Browsers
• Maintained separately

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AWIPS Plugins

• Extends AWIPS functionality
• Easily integrated
• Copy to reserved plugin directory
• Restart workstation
• Automatically populates menu
• Written in variety of languages (incl. Java)
• Replaces AWIPS C Extensions

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Interactive Capability

• API handles mouse events
• needed for drawing, sampling, etc
• Obtains display status
• needed for graphic overlays, data processing
• Displays images and graphics
• Currently, data API not provided

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Display Architecture
Display Process
Plugin Processes

Baselines
Display
IGC
X11
Drawing
Mouse / Keyboard
Plugin Server
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Interactive Drawing Plugin
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Plugin Data Access

• Data API in early design phase
• Will support remote and local data access
• Image and graphic display generation
• Display process (IGC) controls overlays,zoom,
  toggling, fading, animation,
• Image transparency (alpha blending)added

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Data Access Flexibility
OPeNDAP Server
Location Table
URL
Remote Database
Data Request
fln
NAS
Local Database
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Multiple Image Overlays
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Long-term Design Concept

• Plugin repository
• Automated Delivery System
• Common Application Visualization Environment
  (CAVE)
• Integration of global data sets
• Plugins for ocean data processing

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Service Support
Data Servers

Network Services
AWIPS
Plugin
Local Data
Plugin Repository
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API Status and Plans

• Several Plugins have been developed for
  demonstration, written in C and Java.
• Extensions have been converted to Plugins
  (points, baselines, home, WarnGen )
• Plugin test driver (X-display) has been written.
• Plugin Developers Package available (API, Doc)
• Basic drawing/annotation Plugin demonstrated
• lines, polygons, fronts, text, ..
• modify lines, smooth, change attributes, ...

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Current Efforts

• Plugin Developers Package
• Basic drawing/annotation Plugin
• lines, polygons, fronts, text, ..
• modify lines, smooth, change attributes, ...
• Conversion of HydroView to Plugin
• Enhancing Plugin API
• Support for non-plan view displays
• Collaboration

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Summary

• FSL working with NWS to expedite full transition
  to new Linux based architecture.
• The distributed data concept is flexible and can
  be introduced gradually.
• The new API provides the infrastructure for
  integration of other AWIPS packages

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AWIPS Evolution(SOA)

• Raytheon

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Task Order Roadmap
3 m
T0
6 m
15 m
3.25 yr
3.5 yr
Plan
Analysis
TO 2
TO 1
Architecture Migration (ADE)
TO 3
TO 4
TO 6
TO 5
TO 7
TO (M)
TO (D)
Application Migration
Application Migration Analysis
First Deployment
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System capabilities available as network services
Thick Client
Thin Client
Network transport protocals jmshttphttpssoapf
tptcp
AWIPS Site 1
AWIPS Site 2
AWIPS Sites n
NAS Data Storage
NAS Data Storage
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THE END
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Alpha Channel Blending