(meteorobs) OT -Making the Sentinels Python "Get Mask" button to work.

[stange]

This button at the bottom of Python's program never worked correctly for me, 
and maybe for others too. The reason I found has turned out to be the format 
in which the mask is saved. To get the button to work correctly....

1) Save the python mask as an "UPPER CASE" .TIF file. Lower case .tif will 
not work with the button. The file sizes are different too for the same 
image, so it is not just a typing problem.

2) Put the .TIF file in the python main directory. You will do a one-time 
"teach the button" routine. Click "Get Mask". Then click "File", "Read 
image", and show the button where the file is located, and open the file. A 
reversed image of your mask appears.

3) Now click "Settings", Upload Mask", and enter in the threshold value, 27 
(for example). Click "OK".

4) Proceed with your normal "Snapshot" & "Watch" for meteors routine.

What you have done is (taught) the button to remember (where) the mask is, 
and to remember (what) the threshold value is you last used. It will 
automatically setup Sentinel the same way from this time on, with just a 
single click of that button. You may want to change the threshold from 
time-to-time. To do that just change the "Upload Mask" value as before when 
the mask image appears.

Hope the info.is helpful.  -YCSentinel