Troubleshooting Tip: gtobssim.par

If you are having trouble running the Python GUI because you are running from a read-only place, download the gtobssim.par to a local directory using this procedure.

1. Go to viewCVS.

2. Click on ScienceTools.

3. From the pulldown menu, select the version of ScienceTools you are running (e.g., v6r0p5).

   

4. Click on the Show button.

5. Click on cmt.

6. In the requirements row, click on Rev. x.xxx.

7. Scroll down until you find a use statement for observationSim and make note of the version number.

   

8. Return to the top of viewCVS.

9. Click on observationSim.

10. From the pulldown menu, select the version of observationSim that you made note of above (e.g., v5r9p5), and click on the Show button.

11. Click on pfiles.

12. Click on Download tarball.

13. Extract gtobssim.par to your local directory and set $PFILES environment variable accordingly.