first test of thomson mappings. I have no clue if it works or not sin…

…ce to be honest the TDI hash should not be needed if one truly uses the whole string inside a mdsvalue command. The TDI hash was primarily used for exp2itm to know that the string was to be interpreted as a mdsvalue input and not as a signal name under jet() method.....

mappings/thomson_scattering/globals.json

@@ -1,5 +1,68 @@
 {
     "Comment": "Add any variables in here that are needed by your mappings",
     "Templating": "These can be used for substitution in the signal names",
-    "Hello": "World"
+    "Hello": "World",
+    "CH_NAMES": [
+        "CH1",
+        "CH2",
+        "CH3",
+        "CH4",
+        "CH5",
+        "CH6",
+        "CH7",
+        "CH8",
+        "CH9",
+        "CH10",
+        "CH11",
+        "CH12",
+        "CH13",
+        "CH14",
+        "CH15",
+        "CH16",
+        "CH17",
+        "CH18",
+        "CH19",
+        "CH20",
+        "CH21",
+        "CH22",
+        "CH23",
+        "CH24",
+        "CH25",
+        "CH26",
+        "CH27",
+        "CH28",
+        "CH29",
+        "CH30",
+        "CH31",
+        "CH32",
+        "CH33",
+        "CH34",
+        "CH35",
+        "CH36",
+        "CH37",
+        "CH38",
+        "CH39",
+        "CH40",
+        "CH41",
+        "CH42",
+        "CH43",
+        "CH44",
+        "CH45",
+        "CH46",
+        "CH47",
+        "CH48",
+        "CH49",
+        "CH50",
+        "CH51",
+        "CH52",
+        "CH53",
+        "CH54",
+        "CH55",
+        "CH56",
+        "CH57",
+        "CH58",
+        "CH59",
+        "CH60",
+        "CH61"
+    ] 
 }

mappings/thomson_scattering/mappings.json

@@ -9,17 +9,77 @@
     },
     "ids_properties/provider": {
         "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
-        "VALUE": "Gabor Szepesi",
+        "VALUE": "Rui Coelho",
         "COMMENT": "Automatic from PPF metadata"
     },
     "ids_properties/creation_date": {
         "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
-        "VALUE": "TO BE ADDED",
-        "COMMENT": "Automatic from PPF metadata"
+        "VALUE": "11.11.2024",
+        "COMMENT": "Ideally from system date..."
     },
     "ids_properties/node": {
         "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
         "VALUE": 1,
         "COMMENT": "Provenance for the whole IDS"
+    },
+    "channel": {
+        "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
+        "VALUE": "{{ length(CH_NAMES) }}"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/name": {
+        "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
+        "VALUE": "{{ at(CH_NAMES, indices.0) }}"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/position/r": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/TE\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = dim_of(_aux,0)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/position/z": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/Z\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = value_of(_aux)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/position/phi": {
+        "MAP_TYPE": "VALUE",
+        "VALUE": 0
+    },
+    "channel[#]/t_e/data": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/TE\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = value_of(_aux)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/t_e/time": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/TE\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = dim_of(_aux,1)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/n_e/data": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/NE\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = value_of(_aux)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
+    },
+    "channel[#]/n_e/time": {
+       "MAP_TYPE": "PLUGIN",
+        "PLUGIN": "MDSPLUS",
+        "ARGS": {
+            "signal": "%TDI%_aux=jet(\"PPF/HRTS/NE\",{{ SHOT }}); _sig = dim_of(_aux,1)"
+        },
+        "COMMENT": "The final syntax of this string may change"
     }
 }