Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/douggillespie/PAMGuard into main

Conflicts:
	src/Array/ArrayDialog.java
	src/PamModel/PamModel.java
	src/clickDetector/layoutFX/clickClassifiers/SweepClassifierSetPaneFX.java

src/Acquisition/AcquisitionControl.java

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ import Acquisition.sud.SUDNotificationManager;
 import Array.ArrayManager;
 import Array.PamArray;
 import Array.Preamplifier;
+import PamController.DataInputStore;
+import PamController.InputStoreInfo;
 import PamController.OfflineFileDataStore;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnitGUI;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ import PamController.PamControllerInterface;
 import PamController.PamGUIManager;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
 import PamController.PamSettings;
+import PamController.RawInputControlledUnit;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamModel.PamModel;
 import PamModel.SMRUEnable;
 import PamUtils.FrequencyFormat;
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ import PamguardMVC.dataOffline.OfflineDataLoadInfo;
  * @see Acquisition.DaqSystem
  *
  */
-public class AcquisitionControl extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings, OfflineFileDataStore {
+public class AcquisitionControl extends RawInputControlledUnit implements PamSettings, OfflineFileDataStore, DataInputStore {
 
 	protected ArrayList<DaqSystem> systemList;
 
@@ -849,4 +853,24 @@ public class AcquisitionControl extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings
 		return sudNotificationManager;
 	}
 	
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getRawInputType() {
+		DaqSystem system = acquisitionProcess.getRunningSystem();
+		if (system == null) {
+			return RAW_INPUT_UNKNOWN;
+		}
+		else {
+			return system.isRealTime() ? RAW_INPUT_REALTIME : RAW_INPUT_FILEARCHIVE;
+		}
+	}
+	@Override
+	public InputStoreInfo getStoreInfo(boolean detail) {
+		return getDaqProcess().getStoreInfo(detail);
+	}
+	@Override
+	public boolean setAnalysisStartTime(long startTime) {
+		return getDaqProcess().setAnalysisStartTime(startTime);
+	}
+	
 }

src/Acquisition/AcquisitionProcess.java

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package Acquisition;
 
+import java.awt.Window;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -19,7 +21,13 @@ import Filters.FilterBand;
 import Filters.FilterParams;
 import Filters.FilterType;
 import Filters.IirfFilter;
+import PamController.DataInputStore;
+import PamController.InputStoreInfo;
+import PamController.OfflineDataStore;
+import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
 import PamController.PamController;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.ReprocessManager;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamController.status.BaseProcessCheck;
 import PamController.status.ProcessCheck;
 import PamDetection.RawDataUnit;
@@ -36,7 +44,10 @@ import PamguardMVC.PamProcess;
 import PamguardMVC.PamRawDataBlock;
 import PamguardMVC.RequestCancellationObject;
 import PamguardMVC.dataOffline.OfflineDataLoadInfo;
+import dataGram.DatagramManager;
+import dataMap.OfflineDataMapPoint;
 import pamScrollSystem.AbstractScrollManager;
+import pamScrollSystem.ViewLoadObserver;
 
 /**
  * Data acquisition process for all types of input device. 
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ import pamScrollSystem.AbstractScrollManager;
  * @see PamguardMVC.PamDataUnit
  *
  */
-public class AcquisitionProcess extends PamProcess {
+public class AcquisitionProcess extends PamProcess implements DataInputStore {
 	
 	public static final int LASTDATA = 2; // don't use zero since need to see if no notification has been received. 
 	
@@ -524,11 +535,11 @@ public class AcquisitionProcess extends PamProcess {
 			return;
 		}
 		
-
 		systemPrepared = runningSystem.prepareSystem(acquisitionControl);
 
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	public void setSampleRate(float sampleRate, boolean notify) {
 		acquisitionControl.acquisitionParameters.sampleRate = sampleRate;
@@ -1224,5 +1235,27 @@ public class AcquisitionProcess extends PamProcess {
 		return daqStatusDataBlock;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public InputStoreInfo getStoreInfo(boolean detail) {
+		if (runningSystem instanceof DataInputStore) {
+			return ((DataInputStore) runningSystem).getStoreInfo(detail);
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean setAnalysisStartTime(long startTime) {
+		if (runningSystem instanceof DataInputStore) {
+			return ((DataInputStore) runningSystem).setAnalysisStartTime(startTime);
+		}
+		else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	
 
 }

src/Acquisition/FileInputSystem.java

@@ -558,7 +558,10 @@ public class FileInputSystem  extends DaqSystem implements ActionListener, PamSe
 		//		if (fileInputParameters.recentFiles == null) return false;
 		//		if (fileInputParameters.recentFiles.size() < 1) return false;
 		//		String fileName = fileInputParameters.recentFiles.get(0);
-		return runFileAnalysis();
+		if (runFileAnalysis() == false) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	public File getCurrentFile() {
@@ -737,6 +740,8 @@ public class FileInputSystem  extends DaqSystem implements ActionListener, PamSe
 	@Override
 	public boolean startSystem(AcquisitionControl daqControl) {
 
+
+		
 		if (audioStream == null) return false;
 
 		dontStop = true;
@@ -1146,6 +1151,7 @@ public class FileInputSystem  extends DaqSystem implements ActionListener, PamSe
 	protected void fileListComplete() {
 		if (GlobalArguments.getParam(PamController.AUTOEXIT) != null) {
 			System.out.println("All sound files processed, PAMGuard can close on " + PamController.AUTOEXIT);
+			PamController.getInstance().setPamStatus(PamController.PAM_COMPLETE);
 			PamController.getInstance().batchProcessingComplete();
 		}
 	}

src/Acquisition/FolderInputSystem.java

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import pamguard.GlobalArguments;
 import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioFileManager;
 import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioFileFilter;
 import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioSystem;
+import PamController.DataInputStore;
+import PamController.InputStoreInfo;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnitSettings;
 import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamSettings;
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ import PamView.panel.PamProgressBar;
  * @author Doug Gillespie
  *
  */
-public class FolderInputSystem extends FileInputSystem implements PamSettings{
+public class FolderInputSystem extends FileInputSystem implements PamSettings, DataInputStore {
 
 	//	Timer timer;
 	public static final String daqType = "File Folder Acquisition System";
@@ -138,6 +140,9 @@ public class FolderInputSystem extends FileInputSystem implements PamSettings{
 		}
 		String[] selList = {globalFolder};
 		folderInputParameters.setSelectedFiles(selList);
+		// need to immediately make the allfiles list since it's about to get used by the reprocess manager
+		// need to worry about how to wait for this since it's starting in a different thread. 
+		makeSelFileList();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -827,5 +832,53 @@ public class FolderInputSystem extends FileInputSystem implements PamSettings{
 		folderInputPane.setParams(folderInputParameters);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public InputStoreInfo getStoreInfo(boolean detail) {
+		if (allFiles == null || allFiles.size() == 0) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		WavFileType firstFile = allFiles.get(0);
+		long firstFileStart = getFileStartTime(firstFile.getAbsoluteFile());
+		WavFileType lastFile = allFiles.get(allFiles.size()-1);
+		long lastFileStart = getFileStartTime(lastFile.getAbsoluteFile());
+		lastFile.getAudioInfo();
+		long lastFileEnd = (long) (lastFileStart + lastFile.getDurationInSeconds()*1000.);
+		InputStoreInfo storeInfo = new InputStoreInfo(acquisitionControl, allFiles.size(), firstFileStart, lastFileStart, lastFileEnd);
+		if (detail) {
+			long[] allFileStarts = new long[allFiles.size()];
+			for (int i = 0; i < allFiles.size(); i++) {
+				allFileStarts[i] = getFileStartTime(allFiles.get(i).getAbsoluteFile());
+			}
+			storeInfo.setFileStartTimes(allFileStarts);
+		}
+		return storeInfo;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean setAnalysisStartTime(long startTime) {
+		/**
+		 * Called from the reprocess manager just before PAMGuard starts with a time
+		 * we want to process from. This should be equal to the start of one of the files
+		 * so all we have to do (in principle) is to set the currentfile to that index and 
+		 * processing will continue from there. 
+		 */
+		if (allFiles == null || allFiles.size() == 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < allFiles.size(); i++) {
+			long fileStart = getFileStartTime(allFiles.get(i).getAbsoluteFile());
+			if (fileStart >= startTime) {
+				currentFile = i;
+				PamCalendar.setSoundFile(true);
+				PamCalendar.setSessionStartTime(startTime);
+				System.out.printf("Sound Acquisition start processing at file %s time %s\n", allFiles.get(i).getName(),
+						PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(fileStart));
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	}
+
 
 }

src/Acquisition/offlineFuncs/OfflineWavFileServer.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioFileManager;
 import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioFileLoader;
 import Acquisition.pamAudio.PamAudioFileFilter;
 import PamController.OfflineFileDataStore;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
 import PamguardMVC.dataOffline.OfflineDataLoadInfo;
 import dataMap.OfflineDataMap;
@@ -188,5 +189,4 @@ public class OfflineWavFileServer extends OfflineFileServer<FileDataMapPoint> {
 		
 	}
 
-
 }

src/Array/ArrayDialog.java

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import PamView.help.PamHelp;
  */
 public class ArrayDialog extends PamDialog implements ActionListener {
 
-
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 	static private ArrayDialog singleInstance = null;
@@ -58,9 +57,6 @@ public class ArrayDialog extends PamDialog implements ActionListener {
 	private ArrayDialog(Frame parentFrame) {
 		super(parentFrame, "Pamguard hydrophone array", false);
 
-//		JPanel p = new JPanel();
-//		p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
-//		p.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 		JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
 		JSplitPane splitPanel = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT);
 		mainPanel.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, splitPanel);
@@ -78,7 +74,6 @@ public class ArrayDialog extends PamDialog implements ActionListener {
 		instrumentIdentityPanel = new InstrumentIdentityPanel();
 		//		eastPanel.add(environmentPanel.getEnvironmentPanel());
 
-
 		hydrophoneDiagram = new HydrophoneDiagram(this);
 		JPanel westPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
 		westPanel.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, hydrophoneDiagram.getPlotPanel());

src/PamController/DataInputStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package PamController;
+
+/**
+ * Functions for a data input store. There is a fair bit of overlap for this and 
+ * OfflineDataStore, but the OfflineDataStore is really about stuff that can provide
+ * data offline which needs mapping. This is specifically about data which will be input
+ * during 'normal operation, i.e. sound acquisition and Tritech sonar data 
+ * (a plugin, but coming down the tracks at us all). 
+ * @author dg50
+ * @see OfflineDataStore
+ * @See DataOutputStore
+ *
+ */
+public interface DataInputStore {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get information about the input store (e.g. start times of all files). 
+	 * @param detail
+	 * @return information about data input. 
+	 */
+	public InputStoreInfo getStoreInfo(boolean detail);
+
+	/**
+	 * Set an analysis start time. This might get called just before
+	 * processing starts, in which case 
+	 * @param startTime
+	 * @return ok if no problems. 
+	 */
+	public boolean setAnalysisStartTime(long startTime);
+
+}

src/PamController/DataOutputStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package PamController;
+
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Functions for a data output store. there is a fair bit of overlap for this and 
+ * OfflineDataStore, but the OfflineDataStore is really about stuff that can provide
+ * data offline which needs mapping. This is specifically about data which will be stored
+ * during 'normal operation, i.e. binary and database modules. 
+ * @author dg50
+ * @see OfflineDataStore
+ * @See DataInputStore
+ *
+ */
+public interface DataOutputStore extends OfflineDataStore {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the store status, i.e. does it exist, does it contain data, if so over what date range, 
+	 * etc. 
+	 * @param getDetail
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public StoreStatus getStoreStatus(boolean getDetail);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Delete all data from a given time, in all data streams. 
+	 * @param timeMillis time to delete from (anything >= this time)
+	 * @return true if it seems to have worked OK. False if any errors (e.g. database or file system error). 
+	 */
+	public boolean deleteDataFrom(long timeMillis);
+	
+}

src/PamController/InputStoreInfo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package PamController;
+
+import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
+
+public class InputStoreInfo {
+
+	private DataInputStore dataInputStore;
+	private int nFiles;
+	private long firstFileStart, lastFileStart, lastFileEnd;
+	private long[] fileStartTimes;
+	
+	public InputStoreInfo(DataInputStore dataInputStore, int nFiles, long firstFileStart, long lastFileStart, long lastFileEnd) {
+		super();
+		this.dataInputStore = dataInputStore;
+		this.nFiles = nFiles;
+		this.firstFileStart = firstFileStart;
+		this.lastFileStart = lastFileStart;
+		this.lastFileEnd = lastFileEnd;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the nFiles
+	 */
+	public int getnFiles() {
+		return nFiles;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the firstFileStart
+	 */
+	public long getFirstFileStart() {
+		return firstFileStart;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the lastFileStart
+	 */
+	public long getLastFileStart() {
+		return lastFileStart;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the lastFileEnd
+	 */
+	public long getLastFileEnd() {
+		return lastFileEnd;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return String.format("%s: %d files. First start %s, last start %s, last end %s", dataInputStore.getClass().getName(), nFiles, 
+				PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(firstFileStart), PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(lastFileStart),
+				PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(lastFileEnd));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the dataInputStore
+	 */
+	public DataInputStore getDataInputStore() {
+		return dataInputStore;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the start times of all files in data set. 
+	 * @param allFileStarts
+	 */
+	public void setFileStartTimes(long[] allFileStarts) {
+		this.fileStartTimes = allFileStarts;
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the fileStartTimes
+	 */
+	public long[] getFileStartTimes() {
+		return fileStartTimes;
+	}
+	
+
+
+}

src/PamController/OfflineDataStore.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package PamController;
 
 import java.awt.Window;
 
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import dataGram.DatagramManager;
 import dataMap.OfflineDataMapPoint;
 import pamScrollSystem.ViewLoadObserver;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public interface OfflineDataStore {
 
 	/**
 	 * Moved this function over from binary data store. 
-	 * Many storage systems may notbe able to do this, but some might !
+	 * Many storage systems may not be able to do this, but some might !
 	 * @param dataBlock
 	 * @param dmp
 	 * @return 
@@ -63,4 +64,5 @@ public interface OfflineDataStore {
 	 * @return the datagramManager
 	 */
 	public DatagramManager getDatagramManager();
+	
 }

src/PamController/PamController.java

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import PamController.command.MultiportController;
 import PamController.command.NetworkController;
 import PamController.command.TerminalController;
 import PamController.command.WatchdogComms;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.ReprocessManager;
 import PamController.masterReference.MasterReferencePoint;
 import PamController.settings.output.xml.PamguardXMLWriter;
 import PamController.settings.output.xml.XMLWriterDialog;
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 	public static final int PAM_STALLED = 3;
 	public static final int PAM_INITIALISING = 4;
 	public static final int PAM_STOPPING = 5;
+	public static final int PAM_COMPLETE = 6;
 
 	// status' for RunMode = RUN_PAMVIEW
 	public static final int PAM_LOADINGDATA = 2;
@@ -705,7 +707,7 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 		Platform.exit();
 		
 		// terminate the JVM
-		System.exit(0);
+		System.exit(getPamStatus());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1022,6 +1024,24 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 		return foundUnits;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Get an Array list of PamControlledUnits of a particular class (exact matches only). 
+	 * @param unitClass PamControlledUnit class
+	 * @return List of current instances of this class. 
+	 */
+	public ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> findControlledUnits(Class unitClass, boolean includeSubClasses) {
+		if (includeSubClasses == false) {
+			return findControlledUnits(unitClass);
+		}
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> foundUnits = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < getNumControlledUnits(); i++) {
+			if (unitClass.isAssignableFrom(pamControlledUnits.get(i).getClass())) {
+				foundUnits.add(pamControlledUnits.get(i));
+			}
+		}
+		return foundUnits;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether a controlled unit exists based on it's name. 
 	 * @param the controlled unit name e.g. "my crazy click detector", not the default name. 
@@ -1191,6 +1211,23 @@ public class PamController implements PamControllerInterface, PamSettings {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * 
+		 * This needs to be called after prepareproces. 
+		 * Now we do some extra checks on the stores to see if we want to overwite data, 
+		 * carry on from where we left off, etc. 
+		 */
+		if (saveSettings && getRunMode() == RUN_NORMAL) { // only true on a button press or network start. 
+			ReprocessManager reprocessManager = new ReprocessManager();
+			boolean goonthen = reprocessManager.checkOutputDataStatus();
+			if (goonthen == false) {
+				System.out.println("Data processing will not start since you've chosen not to overwrite existing output data");
+				pamStop();
+				setPamStatus(PAM_IDLE);
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (saveSettings) {
 			startTime = PamCalendar.getSessionStartTime();
 //			System.out.printf("Saving settings for start time %s\n", PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(startTime));

src/PamController/RawInputControlledUnit.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package PamController;
+
+public abstract class RawInputControlledUnit extends PamControlledUnit {
+
+
+	public static final int RAW_INPUT_UNKNOWN = 0;
+	public static final int RAW_INPUT_FILEARCHIVE = 1;
+	public static final int RAW_INPUT_REALTIME = 2;
+	
+	public RawInputControlledUnit(String unitType, String unitName) {
+		super(unitType, unitName);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Type of data input, which can be one of RAW_INPUT_UNKNOWN (0),
+	 *  RAW_INPUT_FILEARCHIVE (1), or RAW_INPUT_REALTIME (2)
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public abstract int getRawInputType();
+
+}

src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessChoiceDialog.java

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package PamController.fileprocessing;
+
+import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
+import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
+import java.awt.Window;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
+import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
+
+import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
+import PamView.dialog.PamDialog;
+import PamView.dialog.PamGridBagContraints;
+import PamView.dialog.warn.WarnOnce;
+import PamView.panel.PamAlignmentPanel;
+
+public class ReprocessChoiceDialog extends PamDialog {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	private static ReprocessChoiceDialog singleInstance;
+	
+	private JRadioButton[] choiceButtons; 
+	
+	private ReprocessStoreChoice chosenChoice = null;
+
+	private StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary;
+	
+	private ReprocessChoiceDialog(Window parentFrame, StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary) {
+		super(parentFrame, "Existing Output Data", false);
+		this.choiceSummary = choiceSummary;
+		JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+		JPanel infoPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
+		infoPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Data Summary"));
+		mainPanel.add(infoPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+		GridBagConstraints c = new PamGridBagContraints();
+		c.gridx = c.gridy = 0;
+		String inStr = String.format("Input data dates: %s to %s", PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(choiceSummary.getInputStartTime()),
+				PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(choiceSummary.getInputEndTime()));
+		infoPanel.add(new JLabel(inStr), c);
+		c.gridy++;
+		String outStr = String.format("Output data dates: %s to %s", PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(choiceSummary.getOutputStartTime()),
+				PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(choiceSummary.getOutputEndTime()));
+		infoPanel.add(new JLabel(outStr), c);
+		String stateStr;
+		if (choiceSummary.isProcessingComplete()) {
+			stateStr = "Processing appears to be complete";
+		}
+		else {
+			stateStr = "Processing appears to be partially complete";
+		}
+		c.gridy++;
+		infoPanel.add(new JLabel(stateStr), c);
+		
+		
+		JPanel choicePanel = new PamAlignmentPanel(new GridBagLayout(), BorderLayout.WEST);
+		choicePanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Chose what to do"));
+		c = new PamGridBagContraints();
+		mainPanel.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, choicePanel);
+		List<ReprocessStoreChoice> userChoices = choiceSummary.getChoices();
+		choiceButtons = new JRadioButton[userChoices.size()];
+		ButtonGroup bg = new ButtonGroup();
+		for (int i = 0; i < userChoices.size(); i++) {
+			ReprocessStoreChoice aChoice = userChoices.get(i);
+			choiceButtons[i] = new JRadioButton(aChoice.toString());
+			choiceButtons[i].setToolTipText(aChoice.getToolTip());
+			choicePanel.add(choiceButtons[i], c);
+			c.gridy++;
+		}
+		setDialogComponent(mainPanel);
+		getCancelButton().setVisible(false);
+	}
+	
+	public static ReprocessStoreChoice showDialog(Window parentFrame, StoreChoiceSummary choices) {
+//		if (singleInstance == null || singleInstance.getOwner() != parentFrame) {
+			singleInstance = new ReprocessChoiceDialog(parentFrame, choices);
+//		}
+		singleInstance.setVisible(true);
+		return singleInstance.chosenChoice;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean getParams() {
+		List<ReprocessStoreChoice> userChoices = choiceSummary.getChoices();
+		for (int i = 0; i < choiceButtons.length; i++) {
+			if (choiceButtons[i].isSelected()) {
+				chosenChoice = userChoices.get(i);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (chosenChoice == ReprocessStoreChoice.OVERWRITEALL) {
+			String w = "Are you sure you want to delete / overwrite all existing output data ?";
+			int ans = WarnOnce.showWarning("Overwrite existing data", w, WarnOnce.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
+			if (ans == WarnOnce.CANCEL_OPTION) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return chosenChoice != null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void cancelButtonPressed() {
+		chosenChoice = null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void restoreDefaultSettings() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+}

src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+package PamController.fileprocessing;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import PamController.DataInputStore;
+import PamController.DataOutputStore;
+import PamController.InputStoreInfo;
+import PamController.OfflineDataStore;
+import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
+import PamController.PamController;
+import PamController.PamGUIManager;
+import PamController.RawInputControlledUnit;
+import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
+import PamView.dialog.warn.WarnOnce;
+import pamguard.GlobalArguments;
+
+/**
+ * Set of functions to help decide what to do when reprocessing. 
+ * These are probably all called from AcquisitionProcess, but it's easier to have them in their own class. 
+ * @author dg50
+ *
+ */
+public class ReprocessManager {
+	
+	/**
+	public ReprocessManager() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+	
+	/*
+	 *  run checks on the output data storage system. If data already exist in the output
+	 *  we may not want to start again.  
+	 */
+	public boolean checkOutputDataStatus() {
+		
+		StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary = null;
+		if (isOfflineFiles()) {
+			choiceSummary = checkIOFilesStatus();
+		}
+		else {
+			/*
+			 *  don't really need to do anything for real time processing since adding
+			 *  more data to existing stores is normal behaviour. 
+			 */
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (choiceSummary == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		if (choiceSummary.getInputStoreInfo() == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		// need to decide what to do based on the list of possible choices. 
+		ReprocessStoreChoice choice = chosePartStoreAction(choiceSummary);
+		
+		if (choice == ReprocessStoreChoice.DONTSSTART) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		boolean deleteOK = deleteOldData(choiceSummary, choice);
+		boolean setupOK = setupInputStream(choiceSummary, choice);
+		
+		return true;
+		
+	}
+	
+
+	private boolean setupInputStream(StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary, ReprocessStoreChoice choice) {
+		// work out the first file index and send it to the appropriate input module. 
+		long deleteFrom = getDeleteFromTime(choiceSummary, choice);
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> inputStores = PamController.getInstance().findControlledUnits(DataInputStore.class, true);
+		if (inputStores == null || inputStores.size() == 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		InputStoreInfo inputInfo = null;
+		boolean OK = true;
+		for (PamControlledUnit aPCU : inputStores) {
+			DataInputStore inputStore = (DataInputStore) aPCU;
+			OK &= inputStore.setAnalysisStartTime(deleteFrom);
+//			System.out.println("Input store info: " + inputInfo);
+		}
+		return OK;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Just gets on and does it. The user should already have been asked what they 
+	 * want to do, so don't ask again. 
+	 * @param choiceSummary
+	 * @param choice
+	 */
+	private boolean deleteOldData(StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary, ReprocessStoreChoice choice) {
+		long deleteFrom = getDeleteFromTime(choiceSummary, choice);
+		// go through the data stores and tell them to delete from that time. 
+		if (deleteFrom == Long.MAX_VALUE) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> outputStores = PamController.getInstance().findControlledUnits(DataOutputStore.class, true);
+		boolean partStores = false; 
+		boolean ok = true;
+		for (PamControlledUnit aPCU : outputStores) {
+			DataOutputStore offlineStore = (DataOutputStore) aPCU;
+			ok &= offlineStore.deleteDataFrom(deleteFrom);
+		}
+		return ok;
+	}
+
+
+	private long getDeleteFromTime(StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary, ReprocessStoreChoice choice) {
+		if (choice == null) {
+			return Long.MAX_VALUE; // I don't think this can happen, but you never know. 
+		}
+		Long t = null;
+		switch (choice) {
+		case CONTINUECURRENTFILE:
+			t = choiceSummary.getInputTimeForIndex(choiceSummary.getFileIndexBefore(choiceSummary.getOutputEndTime()));
+			break;
+		case CONTINUENEXTFILE:
+			t = choiceSummary.getInputTimeForIndex(choiceSummary.getFileIndexAfter(choiceSummary.getOutputEndTime()));
+			break;
+		case DONTSSTART:  // we should'nt get here with this option. 
+			return Long.MAX_VALUE;
+		case OVERWRITEALL:
+			return 0; // delete from start. (
+		case STARTNORMAL: // we should'nt get here with this option. 
+			return Long.MAX_VALUE;
+		default:
+			break;
+		
+		}
+		if (t == null) {
+			// shouldn't happen, don't do any deleteing
+			return Long.MAX_VALUE;
+		}
+		else {
+			return t;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Check the output of current files and databases and return a flag to PamController saying whether or
+	 * not processing should actually start, possibly overwriting, or if we need to not start to avoid overwriting. 
+	 * @return true if processing should start. 
+	 */
+	private StoreChoiceSummary checkIOFilesStatus() {	
+		/**
+		 * Get information about the input. 
+		 * 
+		 */
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> inputStores = PamController.getInstance().findControlledUnits(DataInputStore.class, true);
+		if (inputStores == null || inputStores.size() == 0) {
+			return new StoreChoiceSummary(null, ReprocessStoreChoice.STARTNORMAL);
+		}
+		InputStoreInfo inputInfo = null;
+		for (PamControlledUnit aPCU : inputStores) {
+			DataInputStore inputStore = (DataInputStore) aPCU;
+			inputInfo = inputStore.getStoreInfo(true);
+//			System.out.println("Input store info: " + inputInfo);
+		}
+		StoreChoiceSummary choiceSummary = new StoreChoiceSummary(inputInfo);
+		
+		if (inputInfo == null || inputInfo.getFileStartTimes() == null) {
+			choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.STARTNORMAL);
+			return choiceSummary;
+		}
+		
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> outputStores = PamController.getInstance().findControlledUnits(DataOutputStore.class, true);
+		boolean partStores = false; 
+		for (PamControlledUnit aPCU : outputStores) {
+			DataOutputStore offlineStore = (DataOutputStore) aPCU;
+			StoreStatus status = offlineStore.getStoreStatus(false);
+			if (status == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (status.getStoreStatus() == StoreStatus.STATUS_HASDATA) {
+				status = offlineStore.getStoreStatus(true); // get more detail.  
+				partStores = true;
+				System.out.printf("Storage %s already contains some data\n", offlineStore.getDataSourceName());
+				choiceSummary.testOutputEndTime(status.getLastDataTime());
+				choiceSummary.testOutputStartTime(status.getFirstDataTime());
+			}
+		}
+				
+		if (partStores == false)  {
+			choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.STARTNORMAL);
+			return choiceSummary;
+		}
+		if (choiceSummary.getInputStartTime() >= choiceSummary.getOutputEndTime()) {
+			/*
+			 *  looks like it's new data that starts after the end of the current store,
+			 *  so there is no need to do anything.  
+			 */
+			choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.STARTNORMAL);
+			return choiceSummary;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * If we land here, it looks like we have overlapping data. so need to make a decision
+		 * First, check to see if processing has actually completed which will be the case if 
+		 * the data time and the end of the files are the same. 
+		 */		
+		choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.DONTSSTART);
+		choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.OVERWRITEALL);
+		if (choiceSummary.isProcessingComplete() == false) {
+			choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.CONTINUECURRENTFILE);
+			choiceSummary.addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice.CONTINUENEXTFILE);
+		}
+		
+		return choiceSummary;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Either opens a dialog to ask the user, or uses a choice entered into the command line for nogui mode. 
+	 * Decide what to do with stores that already have data. Can return continue from end or overwrite
+	 * in which case stores will be deleted and we'll start again. The chosen action will need to be
+	 * communicated to the various inputs. 
+	 * @param choices 
+	 */
+	private ReprocessStoreChoice chosePartStoreAction(StoreChoiceSummary choices) {
+		/**
+		 * Do we really have to deal with multiple inputs ? Can I envisage a situation where there is
+		 * ever more than one input going at any one time ? not really, but should I add code 
+		 * to make sure that there really can be only one ? i.e. two daq's would be allowed for real 
+		 * time processing, but only one for offline ? could do all I guess by looking at sources of 
+		 * all output data blocks and doing it on a case by case basis. All we have to do here though 
+		 * is to get an answer about what to do. 
+		 */
+		// see if we've got a global parameter passed in as an argument
+		String arg = GlobalArguments.getParam(ReprocessStoreChoice.paramName);
+		if (arg != null) {
+			ReprocessStoreChoice choice = ReprocessStoreChoice.valueOf(arg);
+			if (choice == null) {
+				String warn = String.format("Reprocessing storage input parameter %s value \"%s\" is not a recognised value", ReprocessStoreChoice.paramName, arg);
+				WarnOnce.showWarning("Invalid input parameter", warn, WarnOnce.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+			}
+			if (choice == ReprocessStoreChoice.CONTINUECURRENTFILE || choice == ReprocessStoreChoice.CONTINUENEXTFILE) {
+				if (choices.isProcessingComplete()) {
+					return ReprocessStoreChoice.DONTSSTART;
+				}
+			}
+			return choice;
+		}
+		if (PamGUIManager.getGUIType() == PamGUIManager.NOGUI) {
+			System.out.println("In Nogui mode you should set a choice as to how to handle existing storage overwrites. Using default of overwriting everything");
+			return ReprocessStoreChoice.OVERWRITEALL;			
+		}
+		
+		// otherwise we'll need to show a dialog to let the user decide what to do 
+		ReprocessStoreChoice choice = ReprocessChoiceDialog.showDialog(PamController.getMainFrame(), choices);
+		
+		return choice;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return true if we seem to be reprocessing offline files. 
+	 * Note that this might be the Tritech data as well as the sound acquisition so 
+     * have added an abstract intermediate class on the controlled units so we can check them all. 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean isOfflineFiles() {
+		ArrayList<PamControlledUnit> sources = PamController.getInstance().findControlledUnits(RawInputControlledUnit.class, true);
+		if (sources == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (PamControlledUnit pcu : sources) {
+			RawInputControlledUnit rawPCU = (RawInputControlledUnit) pcu;
+			if (rawPCU.getRawInputType() == RawInputControlledUnit.RAW_INPUT_FILEARCHIVE) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

src/PamController/fileprocessing/ReprocessStoreChoice.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package PamController.fileprocessing;
+
+/**
+ * Choices on what to do when re-processing data and finding that output data already exist. 
+ * @author dg50
+ *
+ */
+public enum ReprocessStoreChoice {
+	
+	
+	STARTNORMAL, CONTINUECURRENTFILE, CONTINUENEXTFILE, OVERWRITEALL, DONTSSTART;
+
+	public static final String paramName = "-reprocessoption";
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		switch (this) {
+		case STARTNORMAL:
+			return "Start normally. No risk of overwriting";
+		case CONTINUECURRENTFILE:
+			return "Continue from start of last input file processed";
+		case CONTINUENEXTFILE:
+			return "Continue from start of next input file to process";
+		case DONTSSTART:
+			return "Don't start processing";
+		case OVERWRITEALL:
+			return "Overwrite existing output data";
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public String getToolTip() {
+		switch (this) {
+		case STARTNORMAL:
+			return "No risk of data overlap, so system will start normally";
+		case CONTINUECURRENTFILE:
+			return "System will work out how far data processing has got and continue from the start of the file it stopped in";
+		case CONTINUENEXTFILE:
+			return "System will work out how far data processing has got and continue from the start of the file AFTER the one it stopped in";
+		case DONTSSTART:
+			return "Processing will not start. Select alternative storage locations / databases and try again";
+		case OVERWRITEALL:
+			return "Overwrite existing output data. Existing data will be deleted";
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+
+}

src/PamController/fileprocessing/StoreChoiceSummary.java

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+package PamController.fileprocessing;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import PamController.InputStoreInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Summary information about the data stores. 
+ * @author dg50
+ *
+ */
+public class StoreChoiceSummary {
+	
+	private long outputEndTime;
+	
+	private long outputStartTime;
+	
+	private List<ReprocessStoreChoice> choices = new ArrayList<>();
+	
+	private InputStoreInfo inputStoreInfo;
+	
+	public StoreChoiceSummary(InputStoreInfo info, ReprocessStoreChoice singleChoice) {
+		this.inputStoreInfo = info;
+		addChoice(singleChoice);
+	}
+
+	public StoreChoiceSummary(long outputEndTime, InputStoreInfo inputStoreInfo) {
+		super();
+		this.outputEndTime = outputEndTime;
+		this.inputStoreInfo = inputStoreInfo;
+	}
+	
+	public StoreChoiceSummary(InputStoreInfo inputInfo) {
+		this.inputStoreInfo = inputInfo;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the number of choices. If it's only one, then there
+	 * isn't a lot to do. If it's >1, then need a decision in the 
+	 * form of a command line instruction or a user dialog. 
+	 * @return number of choices. 
+	 */
+	public int getNumChoices() {
+		return choices.size();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Is processing complete, i.e. last time in output matches last time 
+	 * in input data. 
+	 * @return true if processing appears to be complete. 
+	 */
+	public boolean isProcessingComplete() {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		long inputEnd = getInputEndTime();
+		long outputEnd = getOutputEndTime();
+		long diff = inputEnd-outputEnd;
+		return (diff < 1000);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a reasonable choice to what the user can select to do. 
+	 * @param choice
+	 */
+	public void addChoice(ReprocessStoreChoice choice) {
+		choices.add(choice);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the start time of the first input file
+	 */
+	public Long getInputStartTime() {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return inputStoreInfo.getFirstFileStart();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the start time of the first input file
+	 */
+	public Long getInputEndTime() {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return inputStoreInfo.getLastFileEnd();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the outputEndTime
+	 */
+	public long getOutputEndTime() {
+		return outputEndTime;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the last data time, but only if the passed value
+	 * is not null and is bigger than the current value. 
+	 * @param lastDataTime 
+	 * @return largest of current and passed value. 
+	 */
+	public long testOutputEndTime(Long lastDataTime) {
+		if (lastDataTime == null) {
+			return this.getOutputEndTime();
+		}
+		setOutputEndTime(Math.max(outputEndTime, lastDataTime));
+		return getOutputEndTime();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the last data time, but only if the passed value
+	 * is not null and is bigger than the current value. 
+	 * @param lastDataTime 
+	 * @return largest of current and passed value. 
+	 */
+	public long testOutputStartTime(Long firstDataTime) {
+		if (firstDataTime == null) {
+			return this.getOutputStartTime();
+		}
+		if (outputStartTime == 0 || firstDataTime < outputStartTime) {
+			outputStartTime = firstDataTime;
+		}
+		return getOutputStartTime();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param outputEndTime the outputEndTime to set
+	 */
+	public void setOutputEndTime(long outputEndTime) {
+		this.outputEndTime = outputEndTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the inputStoreInfo
+	 */
+	public InputStoreInfo getInputStoreInfo() {
+		return inputStoreInfo;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param inputStoreInfo the inputStoreInfo to set
+	 */
+	public void setInputStoreInfo(InputStoreInfo inputStoreInfo) {
+		this.inputStoreInfo = inputStoreInfo;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the choices
+	 */
+	public List<ReprocessStoreChoice> getChoices() {
+		return choices;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the outputStartTime
+	 */
+	public long getOutputStartTime() {
+		return outputStartTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param outputStartTime the outputStartTime to set
+	 */
+	public void setOutputStartTime(long outputStartTime) {
+		this.outputStartTime = outputStartTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the index of the file that starts before or exactly at the given time. 
+	 * @param inputEndTime
+	 * @return index of file, or -1 if none found. 
+	 */
+	public int getFileIndexBefore(Long inputEndTime) {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		long[] fileStarts = inputStoreInfo.getFileStartTimes();
+		if (fileStarts == null) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		for (int i = fileStarts.length-1; i>= 0; i--) {
+			if (fileStarts[i] <= inputEndTime) {
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the start time in millis of a file for the given index. 
+	 * @param fileIndex
+	 * @return file time, or null if no file available. 
+	 */
+	public Long getInputTimeForIndex(int fileIndex) {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		long[] fileStarts = inputStoreInfo.getFileStartTimes();
+		if (fileStarts == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		if (fileIndex < 0 || fileIndex >= fileStarts.length) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return fileStarts[fileIndex];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the index of the file that starts after the given time. 
+	 * @param inputEndTime
+	 * @return index of file, or -1 if none found. 
+	 */
+	public int getFileIndexAfter(Long inputEndTime) {
+		if (inputStoreInfo == null) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		long[] fileStarts = inputStoreInfo.getFileStartTimes();
+		if (fileStarts == null) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < fileStarts.length; i++) {
+			if (fileStarts[i] > inputEndTime) {
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	
+	
+}

src/PamController/fileprocessing/StoreStatus.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package PamController.fileprocessing;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import PamController.OfflineDataStore;
+
+/**
+ * Class to carry information about an OfflineDataStore. Used when restarting offline
+ * processing to help work out if we should overwrite, start again, etc.  
+ * @author dg50
+ *
+ */
+abstract public class StoreStatus {
+	
+	public static final int STATUS_MISSING = 1;
+	
+	public static final int STATUS_EMPTY = 2;
+	
+	public static final int STATUS_HASDATA = 3;
+
+	private OfflineDataStore offlineDataStore;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Time of first data, may be null if detail not asked for or if 
+	 * hasData is false. 
+	 */
+	private Long firstDataTime; 
+	
+	/**
+	 * Time of last data, may be null if detail not asked for or if 
+	 * hasData is false. 
+	 */
+	private Long lastDataTime;
+	
+	/**
+	 * General status flag. 
+	 */
+	private int storeStatus;
+
+	public StoreStatus(OfflineDataStore offlineDataStore) {
+		this.offlineDataStore = offlineDataStore;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the amount of free space for this storage. 
+	 * @return free space in bytes. 
+	 */
+	public abstract long getFreeSpace();
+
+	public long getFreeSpace(String currDir) {
+		if (currDir == null) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		File dirFile = new File(currDir);
+		long space = 0;
+		try {
+			space = dirFile.getUsableSpace();
+		}
+		catch (SecurityException e) {
+			System.out.printf("Security exception getting space for %s: \n%s\n", currDir, e.getMessage());
+		}
+		return space;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the firstDataTime
+	 */
+	public Long getFirstDataTime() {
+		return firstDataTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param firstDataTime the firstDataTime to set
+	 */
+	public void setFirstDataTime(Long firstDataTime) {
+		this.firstDataTime = firstDataTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the lastDataTime
+	 */
+	public Long getLastDataTime() {
+		return lastDataTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param lastDataTime the lastDataTime to set
+	 */
+	public void setLastDataTime(Long lastDataTime) {
+		this.lastDataTime = lastDataTime;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the storeStatus
+	 */
+	public int getStoreStatus() {
+		return storeStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param storeStatus the storeStatus to set
+	 */
+	public void setStoreStatus(int storeStatus) {
+		this.storeStatus = storeStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the offlineDataStore
+	 */
+	public OfflineDataStore getOfflineDataStore() {
+		return offlineDataStore;
+	}
+	
+
+}

src/PamModel/PamModel.java

@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ final public class PamModel implements PamModelInterface, PamSettings {
 			mi.setMaxNumber(1);
 		}		
 		
-
 		/*
 		 * ************* End Utilities  Group *******************
 		 */
@@ -1272,6 +1271,7 @@ final public class PamModel implements PamModelInterface, PamSettings {
 								String help = null;
 								int ans = WarnOnce.showWarning(PamController.getMainFrame(), title, msg, WarnOnce.WARNING_MESSAGE, help, e1);
 								System.err.println("Exception while loading " +	className);
+								System.err.println(e1.getMessage());								
 								continue;
 							}
 						}						

src/PamUtils/worker/filelist/WavFileType.java

@@ -55,9 +55,19 @@ public class WavFileType extends File {
 	 * @return the audioInfo
 	 */
 	public AudioFormat getAudioInfo() {
+		if (audioInfo == null) {
+			audioInfo = getAudioFormat();
+		}
 		return audioInfo;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the audio format. 
+	 * @return the audio format.
+	 */
+	private AudioFormat getAudioFormat() {
+		return getAudioFormat(this);
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Get the audio format. 

src/PamView/component/DataBlockTableView.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
 import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 
 	private SwingTableColumnWidths columnWidths;
 
+	/**
+	 * Most work will run off a copy of the data. 
+	 * Makes it easier to include data selectors, etc. 
+	 */
+	private ArrayList<T> dataUnitCopy;
+	
+	private Object copySynch = new Object();
+
 	public DataBlockTableView(PamDataBlock<T> pamDataBlock, String displayName) {
 		this.pamDataBlock = pamDataBlock;
 		this.displayName = displayName;
@@ -141,6 +150,9 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
             String tip = null;
             java.awt.Point p = e.getPoint();
             int rowIndex = rowAtPoint(p);
+            if (rowIndex < 0) {
+            	return null;
+            }
             int colIndex = columnAtPoint(p);
             int realColumnIndex = convertColumnIndexToModel(colIndex);
             T dataUnit = getDataUnit(rowIndex);
@@ -201,10 +213,14 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 	 * @return data unit for the table row. 
 	 */
 	private final T getDataUnit(int tableRow) {
-		synchronized (pamDataBlock.getSynchLock()) {
+		synchronized (copySynch) {
 			int rowIndex = getDataIndexForRow(tableRow);
 			if (rowIndex < 0) return null;
-			return pamDataBlock.getDataUnit(rowIndex, PamDataBlock.REFERENCE_CURRENT);
+			if (dataUnitCopy == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return dataUnitCopy.get(tableRow);
+//			return pamDataBlock.getDataUnit(rowIndex, PamDataBlock.REFERENCE_CURRENT);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -212,10 +228,13 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 	 * Get the number of rows in the table - default behaviour is the 
 	 * number of rows in the datablock, but this may be overridded if
 	 * data are being selected in a different way. 
-	 * @return numer of table rows to show. 
+	 * @return number of table rows to show. 
 	 */
 	public int getRowCount() {
-		return pamDataBlock.getUnitsCount();
+		if (dataUnitCopy == null) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return dataUnitCopy.size();
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -227,7 +246,10 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public int getDataIndexForRow(int tableRow) {
-		int nRow = pamDataBlock.getUnitsCount();
+		if (dataUnitCopy == null) {
+			return tableRow;
+		}
+		int nRow = dataUnitCopy.size();
 		if (!isViewer) {
 			tableRow = nRow-tableRow-1;
 		}		
@@ -244,12 +266,14 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 
 		@Override
 		public void addData(PamObservable o, PamDataUnit arg) {
-			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+			DataBlockTableView.this.updatePamData();
+//			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
 		}
 		
 		@Override
 		public void updateData(PamObservable observable, PamDataUnit pamDataUnit) {
-			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+			DataBlockTableView.this.updatePamData();
+//			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -258,6 +282,15 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 		}
 
 	}
+	
+	private void updatePamData() {
+		synchronized (copySynch) {
+			dataUnitCopy = pamDataBlock.getDataCopy();
+		}
+		blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+	}
+	
+	
 	private class MouseAction extends MouseAdapter {
 
 		/* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -304,7 +337,11 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 	 * @return Array of multiple rows selected. 
 	 */
 	public T[] getMultipleSelectedRows() {
-		synchronized(pamDataBlock.getSynchLock()) {
+		if (dataUnitCopy == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+//		synchronized(pamDataBlock.getSynchLock()) { // synch not needed with data copy. 
+		synchronized (copySynch) {
 			int[] selRows = testTable.getSelectedRows();
 			if (selRows == null) {
 				return null;
@@ -337,12 +374,14 @@ public abstract class DataBlockTableView<T extends PamDataUnit> {
 
 		@Override
 		public void scrollValueChanged(AbstractPamScroller abstractPamScroller) {
-			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+//			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+			updatePamData();
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public void scrollRangeChanged(AbstractPamScroller pamScroller) {
-			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+//			blockTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
+			updatePamData();
 		}
 		
 	}

src/PamguardMVC/uid/binaryUIDFunctions.java

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.comparator.NameFileComparator;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ public class binaryUIDFunctions {
 //    			System.out.println("Warning - no " + filePrefix + " binary files found in " + binStore.getBinaryStoreSettings().getStoreLocation());
 				return maxUID;
 			}
-			Collections.sort(binFiles);
+			Collections.sort(binFiles, NameFileComparator.NAME_COMPARATOR);
 
 			// loop through the binary files from the last one to the first, and stop as
 			// soon as we find

src/RightWhaleEdgeDetector/RWEProcess.java

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public class RWEProcess extends PamProcess {
 			minSoundType = rweControl.rweParameters.minSoundType;
 			classifier.setSoundData(getSampleRate(), sourceDataBlock.getFftLength(),
 					sourceDataBlock.getFftHop());
+			System.out.println("Create right whale channel process " + iChannel);
 		}
 		
 		

src/SoundRecorder/RecorderControl.java

@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ public class RecorderControl extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings {
 
 	public boolean restoreSettings(PamControlledUnitSettings pamControlledUnitSettings) {
 		recorderSettings = ((RecorderSettings) pamControlledUnitSettings.getSettings()).clone();
-		newParams();
 		/*
 		 * Then check to see if there is a command line override of the currently stored folder name. 
 		 */
@@ -450,6 +449,9 @@ public class RecorderControl extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings {
 				System.err.println("Unable to set recording storage folder " + globFolder);
 			}
 		}
+
+		newParams();
+		
 		return true;
 	}
 

src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryOutputStream.java

@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 
 		boolean open = openPGDFFile(outputFile);
 		
+//		System.out.println("Open outout file " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+
 		if (open) {
 			addToDataMap(outputFile);
 		}		
@@ -260,6 +262,7 @@ public class BinaryOutputStream {
 
 	public synchronized boolean closeFile() {
 		boolean ok = true;
+//		System.out.println("Close output file " + mainFileName);
 		if (dataOutputStream != null) {
 			if (currentDataMapPoint != null) {
 				currentDataMapPoint.setBinaryFooter(footer);

src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryStore.java

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import dataGram.DatagramManager;
 import dataMap.OfflineDataMap;
 import dataMap.OfflineDataMapPoint;
 import PamController.AWTScheduler;
+import PamController.DataInputStore;
+import PamController.DataOutputStore;
 import PamController.OfflineDataStore;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnitGUI;
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ import PamController.PamSettingsGroup;
 import PamController.PamSettingsSource;
 import PamController.StorageOptions;
 import PamController.StorageParameters;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamController.status.ModuleStatus;
 import PamController.status.QuickRemedialAction;
 import PamModel.SMRUEnable;
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ import binaryFileStorage.layoutFX.BinaryStoreGUIFX;
  *
  */
 public class BinaryStore extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings, 
-PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
+PamSettingsSource, DataOutputStore {
 
 	public static final String fileType = "pgdf";
 
@@ -1119,6 +1122,8 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 
 	String lastFailedStream = null;
 
+	private BinaryStoreStatusFuncs binaryStoreStatusFuncs;
+
 	public boolean removeMapPoint(File aFile, ArrayList<PamDataBlock> streams) {
 		BinaryHeaderAndFooter bhf = getFileHeaderAndFooter(aFile);
 		if (bhf == null || bhf.binaryHeader == null) {
@@ -1361,6 +1366,26 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 		return newFile;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Find the noise file to match a given data file. 
+	 * @param dataFile data file. 
+	 * @param checkExists check the file exists and if it doens't return null
+	 * @return index file to go with the data file. 
+	 */
+	public File findNoiseFile(File dataFile, boolean checkExists) {
+//		String filePath = dataFile.getAbsolutePath();
+//		// check that the last 4 characters are "pgdf"
+//		int pathLen = filePath.length();
+//		String newPath = filePath.substring(0, pathLen-4) + indexFileType;
+		File newFile = swapFileType(dataFile, noiseFileType);
+		if (checkExists) {
+			if (newFile.exists() == false) {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+		return newFile;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Create an index file (pgdx) name from a data file (pgdf) file name
 	 * @param dataFile data file name
@@ -1494,7 +1519,7 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 	 * @param folder folder to search
 	 * @param filter file filter
 	 */
-	private void listDataFiles(ArrayList<File> fileList, File folder, PamFileFilter filter) {
+	public void listDataFiles(ArrayList<File> fileList, File folder, PamFileFilter filter) {
 		File[] newFiles = folder.listFiles(filter);
 		if (newFiles == null) {
 			return;
@@ -1690,7 +1715,7 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 	 * @param binaryObjectData
 	 * @param dataSink
 	 */
-	private void unpackAnnotationData(int fileVersion, PamDataUnit createdUnit, BinaryObjectData binaryObjectData, BinaryDataSink dataSink) {
+	protected void unpackAnnotationData(int fileVersion, PamDataUnit createdUnit, BinaryObjectData binaryObjectData, BinaryDataSink dataSink) {
 		
 		//System.out.println("Hello annotation  " + binaryObjectData.getAnnotationDataLength());
 		if (binaryObjectData.getAnnotationDataLength() == 0) {
@@ -2217,7 +2242,7 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 	
 	
 
-	private boolean reportError(String string) {
+	boolean reportError(String string) {
 		System.out.println(string);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -2385,6 +2410,7 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 		}
 		else {
 			reportError("No valid header in file " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+			inputStream.closeFile();
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -2515,4 +2541,17 @@ PamSettingsSource, OfflineDataStore {
 		return binaryStoreSettings.getNoiseStoreType();
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public StoreStatus getStoreStatus(boolean getDetail) {
+		if (binaryStoreStatusFuncs == null) {
+			binaryStoreStatusFuncs = new BinaryStoreStatusFuncs(this);
+		}
+		return binaryStoreStatusFuncs.getStoreStatus(getDetail);
+	}
+	@Override
+	public boolean deleteDataFrom(long timeMillis) {
+		BinaryStoreDeleter storeDeleter = new BinaryStoreDeleter(this);
+		return storeDeleter.deleteDataFrom(timeMillis);
+	}
+	
 }

src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryStoreDeleter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+package binaryFileStorage;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.comparator.NameFileComparator;
+
+import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
+import PamUtils.PamFileFilter;
+import PamguardMVC.DataUnitBaseData;
+import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
+import PamguardMVC.PamDataUnit;
+
+public class BinaryStoreDeleter {
+
+	private static final int FILE_DELETE_ERROR = 1;
+	private static final int FILE_TOO_EARLY = 2;
+	private static final int FILE_DELETED = 3;
+	private static final int FILE_PARTIAL_DELETE = 4;
+	
+
+	private BinaryStore binaryStore;
+	
+	private FileFilter directoryFilter;
+	
+	private BinaryStoreStatusFuncs binaryStoreStatusFuncs;
+
+	public BinaryStoreDeleter(BinaryStore binaryStore) {
+		this.binaryStore = binaryStore;
+		directoryFilter = new DirectoryFilter();
+		binaryStoreStatusFuncs = new BinaryStoreStatusFuncs(binaryStore);
+	}
+
+	public boolean deleteDataFrom(long timeMillis) {
+		if (timeMillis == 0) {
+			return deleteEverything();
+		}
+		else {
+			return deleteFrom(timeMillis);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private class DirectoryFilter implements java.io.FileFilter {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean accept(File pathname) {
+			return pathname.isDirectory();
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	private boolean deleteEverything() {
+		ArrayList<File> fileList = new ArrayList<File>();
+		String root = binaryStore.binaryStoreSettings.getStoreLocation();
+		if (root == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		File rootFolder = new File(root);
+		PamFileFilter binaryDataFilter = new PamFileFilter("Binary Data Files", BinaryStore.fileType);
+		binaryDataFilter.addFileType(BinaryStore.indexFileType);
+		binaryDataFilter.addFileType(BinaryStore.noiseFileType);
+		binaryDataFilter.setAcceptFolders(true);
+
+		binaryStore.listDataFiles(fileList, rootFolder, binaryDataFilter);
+		int errors = 0;
+		for (File aFile : fileList) {
+			try {
+				aFile.delete();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				errors++;
+			}
+		}
+		deleteEmptyFolders();
+		return errors == 0;
+	}
+
+	private boolean deleteFrom(long timeMillis) {
+		/*
+		 *  need to go through the data one stream at a time so that 
+		 *  we can pick files off from the end of the list. 
+		 */
+		ArrayList<PamDataBlock> streams = BinaryStore.getStreamingDataBlocks(true);
+		int errors = 0;
+		for (PamDataBlock aBlock : streams) {
+			boolean ok = deleteFrom(aBlock, timeMillis);
+			if (!ok) {
+				errors++;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		deleteEmptyFolders();
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean deleteFrom(PamDataBlock aBlock, long timeMillis) {
+		System.out.printf("Deleting binary data for %s from %s\n", aBlock.getDataName(), PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(timeMillis));
+		BinaryDataSource dataSource = aBlock.getBinaryDataSource();
+		if (dataSource == null) {
+			return true; //  don't see how this can happen. 
+		}
+		// first deal with pgdf and pgdx files, then noise. 
+		String filePrefix = dataSource.createFilenamePrefix();
+		List<File> binFiles = binaryStore.listAllFilesWithPrefix(filePrefix);
+		if (binFiles == null || binFiles.isEmpty()) {
+			return true; // nothing to delete. 
+		}
+		Collections.sort(binFiles, NameFileComparator.NAME_COMPARATOR);
+		for (int i = binFiles.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			int ans = deleteFileFrom(aBlock, binFiles.get(i), timeMillis);
+			if (ans == FILE_TOO_EARLY) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete a specific file from a specific time. If the start of the file 
+	 * is after timeMillis, delete the entire file, otherwise it will have 
+	 * to be a partial delete. 
+	 * @param aBlock 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param timeMillis
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private int deleteFileFrom(PamDataBlock aBlock, File dataFile, long timeMillis) {
+		File indexFile = binaryStore.findIndexFile(dataFile, true);
+		if (indexFile == null) {
+			indexFile = dataFile;
+		}
+		File noiseFile = binaryStore.findNoiseFile(dataFile, true);
+		// get the header. 
+		boolean headOk = false;
+		BinaryHeader binaryHead = new BinaryHeader();
+		try {
+			FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(indexFile);
+			DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(fis));
+			headOk = binaryHead.readHeader(dis);
+			fis.close();
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			headOk = false;
+		}
+		if (headOk == false || binaryHead.getDataDate() >= timeMillis) {
+			boolean deleteOk = deleteFileSet(dataFile);
+			return deleteOk ? FILE_DELETED : FILE_DELETE_ERROR;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Now need to see if the file is earlier than we want, in which case we return 
+		 * immediately and won't look at any more files. 
+		 */
+		BinaryFooter fileEnd = binaryStoreStatusFuncs.findLastData(dataFile);
+		if (fileEnd == null) {
+			// the file has no footer and no data, so must be corrupt, so delete it.
+			boolean deleteOk = deleteFileSet(dataFile);
+			return deleteOk ? FILE_DELETED : FILE_DELETE_ERROR;
+		}
+		if (fileEnd.getDataDate() <= timeMillis) {
+			/*
+			 *  this file is earlier than our delete time, so we don't want to delete it
+			 *  and need to send a message saying not to delete anything else either. 
+			 */
+			return FILE_TOO_EARLY;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * If we land here, it looks like we're in the realm of needing to partially delete
+		 * a file / set of data and noise files. What a pain ! Will need to do 
+		 * the deleting and update the index file. f** knows what to do about a 
+		 * serialized datamap. 
+		 */
+		partialCopyFile(aBlock, dataFile, timeMillis);
+		if (indexFile != null) {
+			partialCopyFile(aBlock, indexFile, timeMillis);
+		}
+		if (noiseFile != null) {
+			partialCopyFile(aBlock, noiseFile, timeMillis);
+		}
+		
+		return FILE_PARTIAL_DELETE;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean partialCopyFile(PamDataBlock aBlock, File dataFile, long timeMillis) {
+		System.out.printf("Partial delete of file %s from %s\n", dataFile.getAbsoluteFile(), PamCalendar.formatDBDateTime(timeMillis));
+		try {
+			BinaryInputStream inputStream = new BinaryInputStream(binaryStore, aBlock);
+			if (inputStream.openFile(dataFile) == false) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			
+			BinaryDataSource dataSource = aBlock.getBinaryDataSource();
+
+			File tempFile = new File(dataFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".tmp");
+			BinaryOutputStream outputStream = new BinaryOutputStream(binaryStore, aBlock);
+			dataSource.setBinaryStorageStream(outputStream);
+			
+			BinaryObjectData binaryObjectData;
+			BinaryHeader bh = inputStream.readHeader();
+			if (bh==null) {
+				return false; 
+			}
+			outputStream.writeHeader(bh.getDataDate(), bh.getAnalysisDate());
+			ModuleHeader mh = null;
+			
+			BinaryFooter bf = null;
+			int inputFormat = bh.getHeaderFormat();
+			while ((binaryObjectData = inputStream.readNextObject(inputFormat)) != null) {
+
+				switch (binaryObjectData.getObjectType()) {
+				case BinaryTypes.FILE_FOOTER:
+					// this is unlikely to happen, since we'll probably already have found an index file. 
+					bf = new BinaryFooter();
+					bf.readFooterData(binaryObjectData.getDataInputStream(), inputFormat);
+					bf.setDataDate(timeMillis);
+					outputStream.writeFileFooter(bf);
+					break;
+				case  BinaryTypes.MODULE_HEADER:
+					mh = dataSource.sinkModuleHeader(binaryObjectData, bh);
+					outputStream.writeModuleHeader();
+					break;
+				case  BinaryTypes.MODULE_FOOTER:
+					ModuleFooter mf = dataSource.sinkModuleFooter(binaryObjectData, bh, mh);
+					outputStream.writeModuleFooter();
+					break;
+				case BinaryTypes.DATAGRAM:
+//					dataSource.
+					break;
+				default: // should be data. 
+					DataUnitBaseData baseData = binaryObjectData.getDataUnitBaseData();
+					if (baseData == null) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (baseData.getTimeMilliseconds() > timeMillis) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					/*
+					 *  otherwise we need to store this data unit. I think we can just copy in the
+					 *  existing binary data to the new file non ? Might mess the datagram slightly, 
+					 *  but that is only in the index file and can sort itself out.  
+					 *  better to make a data unit and then rewrite it I think. 
+					 */
+					PamDataUnit dataUnit = dataSource.sinkData(binaryObjectData, bh, inputFormat);
+					if (dataUnit != null) {
+						dataUnit.getBasicData().mergeBaseData(binaryObjectData.getDataUnitBaseData());
+						binaryStore.unpackAnnotationData(bh.getHeaderFormat(), dataUnit, binaryObjectData, null);
+						dataSource.saveData(dataUnit);
+					}
+					
+				}
+			}
+
+			outputStream.closeFile();
+			inputStream.closeFile();
+
+			/*
+			 * Now file final stage - copy the temp file in place of the 
+			 * original file. 
+			 */
+			boolean deletedOld = false;
+			try {
+				deletedOld = dataFile.delete();
+			}
+			catch (SecurityException e) {
+				System.out.println("Error deleting old pgdf file: " + dataFile.getAbsolutePath());
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+
+			boolean renamedNew = false;
+			try {
+				renamedNew = tempFile.renameTo(dataFile);
+			}
+			catch (SecurityException e) {
+				System.out.println("Error renaming new pgdf file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath() + 
+						" to " + dataFile.getAbsolutePath());
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			if (renamedNew == false) {
+				if (deletedOld == false) {
+					binaryStore.reportError("Unable to delete " + dataFile.getAbsolutePath());
+				}
+				return binaryStore.reportError(String.format("Unable to rename %s to %s", 
+						tempFile.getAbsolutePath(), dataFile.getAbsolutePath()));
+			}
+			
+			return true;
+					
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete a set of files, including main data file, index file and noise file. 
+	 * @param dataFile
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private boolean deleteFileSet(File dataFile) {
+		System.out.printf("Deleting full file set for %s\n", dataFile.getAbsoluteFile());
+		boolean deleteOk = true;
+		try {
+			File indexFile = binaryStore.findIndexFile(dataFile, true);
+			File noiseFile = binaryStore.findNoiseFile(dataFile, true);
+			deleteOk &= dataFile.delete();
+			if (indexFile != null) {
+				deleteOk &= indexFile.delete();
+			}
+			if (noiseFile != null) {
+				deleteOk &= noiseFile.delete();
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			deleteOk = false;
+		}
+
+		System.out.printf("Deleting full file set %s for %s\n", deleteOk?"OK":"Error", dataFile.getAbsoluteFile());
+		
+		return deleteOk;
+		
+	}
+
+	private void deleteEmptyFolders() {
+		String root = binaryStore.binaryStoreSettings.getStoreLocation();
+		if (root == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Iterate through the root folder first and then call a 
+		 * recursive function to delete sub folders. this will stop the 
+		 * root folder from being deleted, but sub folders will get deleted if 
+		 * they have no files (of any type) in them. 
+		 */
+		File rootFolder = new File(root);
+		File[] subFolders = rootFolder.listFiles(directoryFilter);
+		if (subFolders == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < subFolders.length; i++) {
+			deleteEmptyFolders(subFolders[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void deleteEmptyFolders(File file) {
+		File[] subFolders = file.listFiles(directoryFilter);
+		for (int i = 0; i < subFolders.length; i++) {
+			deleteEmptyFolders(subFolders[i]);
+		}
+		// see if there is anything at all in this folder
+		File[] remaining = file.listFiles();
+		if (remaining.length == 0) {
+			try {
+				file.delete();
+			}
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				System.out.printf("Binary folder %s cannot be deleted: %s\n", file.getAbsolutePath(), e.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryStoreStatus.java

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+package binaryFileStorage;
+
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
+
+public class BinaryStoreStatus extends StoreStatus {
+
+	private BinaryStore binaryStore;
+	
+	private BinaryHeader firstHeader;
+	
+	private BinaryFooter lastFooter;
+	
+	private BinaryFooter lastData;
+
+	public BinaryStoreStatus(BinaryStore binaryStore) {
+		super(binaryStore);
+		this.binaryStore = binaryStore;
+	}
+
+	public BinaryStoreStatus(BinaryStore binaryStore, BinaryHeader firstHead, BinaryFooter lastFoot,
+			BinaryFooter lastData) {
+		super(binaryStore);
+		this.binaryStore = binaryStore;
+		this.firstHeader = firstHead;
+		this.lastFooter = lastFoot;
+		this.lastData = lastData;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Long getFirstDataTime() {
+		if (firstHeader != null) {
+			return firstHeader.getDataDate();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long getLastDataTime() {
+		if (lastData != null) {
+			return lastData.getDataDate();
+		}
+		if (lastFooter != null) {
+			return lastFooter.getDataDate();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the firstHeader
+	 */
+	public BinaryHeader getFirstHeader() {
+		return firstHeader;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param firstHeader the firstHeader to set
+	 */
+	public void setFirstHeader(BinaryHeader firstHeader) {
+		this.firstHeader = firstHeader;
+		if (firstHeader != null) {
+			setFirstDataTime(firstHeader.getDataDate());
+		}
+		else {
+			setFirstDataTime(null);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the lastFooter
+	 */
+	public BinaryFooter getLastFooter() {
+		return lastFooter;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param lastFooter the lastFooter to set
+	 */
+	public void setLastFooter(BinaryFooter lastFooter) {
+		this.lastFooter = lastFooter;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the lastData
+	 */
+	public BinaryFooter getLastData() {
+		return lastData;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param lastData the lastData to set
+	 */
+	public void setLastData(BinaryFooter lastData) {
+		this.lastData = lastData;
+		if (lastData != null) {
+			setLastDataTime(lastData.getDataDate());
+		}
+		else {
+			setLastDataTime(null);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getFreeSpace() {
+		return getFreeSpace(binaryStore.getBinaryStoreSettings().getStoreLocation());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Looking overall for first header, last footers, etc. 
+	 * @param blockStatus
+	 */
+	public void considerBlockStatus(BinaryStoreStatus blockStatus) {
+		considerFirstHeader(blockStatus.firstHeader);
+		considerLastFooter(blockStatus.lastFooter);
+		considerLastData(blockStatus.lastData);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Take a footer for last data with the later date
+	 * @param footer
+	 */
+	private void considerLastData(BinaryFooter footer) {
+		if (footer == null || footer.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (lastData == null || lastData.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			lastData = footer;
+		}
+		if (footer.getDataDate() > lastData.getDataDate()) {
+			lastData = footer;
+		}		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Take a footer for last footer with the later date
+	 * @param footer
+	 */
+	private void considerLastFooter(BinaryFooter footer) {
+		if (footer == null || footer.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (lastFooter == null || lastFooter.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			lastFooter = footer;
+		}
+		if (footer.getDataDate() > lastFooter.getDataDate()) {
+			lastFooter = footer;
+		}		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Take a header for the first header with the earliest date. 
+	 * @param header
+	 */
+	private void considerFirstHeader(BinaryHeader header) {
+		if (header == null || header.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (this.firstHeader == null || firstHeader.getDataDate() == 0) {
+			this.firstHeader = header;
+		}
+		if (header.getDataDate() < firstHeader.getDataDate()) {
+			firstHeader = header;
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/binaryFileStorage/BinaryStoreStatusFuncs.java

@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+package binaryFileStorage;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.comparator.NameFileComparator;
+
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
+import PamUtils.PamFileFilter;
+import PamguardMVC.DataUnitBaseData;
+import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
+
+/**
+ * Set of functions used at restarts to determine the status of the binary store. 
+ * @author dg50
+ *
+ */
+public class BinaryStoreStatusFuncs {
+
+	private BinaryStore binaryStore;
+
+	public BinaryStoreStatusFuncs(BinaryStore binaryStore) {
+		this.binaryStore = binaryStore;
+	}
+
+	public StoreStatus getStoreStatus(boolean getDetail) {
+		BinaryStoreStatus binStoreStatus = new BinaryStoreStatus(binaryStore);
+		binStoreStatus.setStoreStatus(checkStoreStatus());
+		if (getDetail && binStoreStatus.getStoreStatus() == StoreStatus.STATUS_HASDATA) {
+			binStoreStatus = getStoreDetail(binStoreStatus);
+		}
+		return binStoreStatus;
+	}
+
+	private BinaryStoreStatus getStoreDetail(BinaryStoreStatus binStoreStatus) {
+		// go through every stream and find it's first and last data times.
+		long lastTime = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+		long firstTime = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+		ArrayList<PamDataBlock> streams = BinaryStore.getStreamingDataBlocks(true);
+		for (PamDataBlock aBlock : streams) {
+			BinaryDataSource dataSource = aBlock.getBinaryDataSource();
+			if (dataSource == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			BinaryStoreStatus blockStatus = getStreamStartEnd(dataSource);
+			binStoreStatus.considerBlockStatus(blockStatus);
+		}
+
+		return binStoreStatus;
+	}
+
+
+	private BinaryStoreStatus getStreamStartEnd(BinaryDataSource dataSource) {
+		String filePrefix = dataSource.createFilenamePrefix();
+		List<File> binFiles = binaryStore.listAllFilesWithPrefix(filePrefix);
+		if (binFiles == null || binFiles.isEmpty()) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Collections.sort(binFiles, NameFileComparator.NAME_COMPARATOR);
+		BinaryHeader firstHead = findFirstHeader(binFiles);
+		BinaryFooter lastFoot = findLastFooter(binFiles);
+		BinaryFooter lastData = findLastData(binFiles);
+		BinaryStoreStatus storeStatus = new BinaryStoreStatus(binaryStore, firstHead, lastFoot, lastData);
+		return storeStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the last footer. This may be in the last file, but may not be if things 
+	 * crashed and the last file didn't get completed, i nwhich case it will be in 
+	 * the file before. 
+	 * @param binFiles
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private BinaryFooter findLastFooter(List<File> binFiles) {
+		for (int i = binFiles.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
+			File aFile = binFiles.get(i);
+			/*
+			 *  if the last file was completed correctly, it will have an index file. If there isn't 
+			 *  an index file it's very unlikely there will be a footer in the main file 
+			 */
+			File indexFile = binaryStore.findIndexFile(aFile, true);
+			if (indexFile == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			BinaryHeaderAndFooter headAndFoot = binaryStore.readHeaderAndFooter(indexFile);
+			if (headAndFoot != null && headAndFoot.binaryFooter != null) {
+				return headAndFoot.binaryFooter;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the last time of any data, whether it's from a header, footer, or actual data. 
+	 * @param binFiles
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private BinaryFooter findLastData(List<File> binFiles) {
+		for (int i = binFiles.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
+			File aFile = binFiles.get(i);
+			BinaryFooter bf = findLastData(aFile);
+			if (bf != null) {
+				return bf;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the last data in a file. Hopefully this comes 
+	 * from the footer, but it might have to look at all data if
+	 * the footer is absent or the index file missing. 
+	 * @param aFile
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public BinaryFooter findLastData(File aFile) {
+		Long lastUID = null;
+		Long lastTime = null;
+		Long firstUID = null;
+
+		File indexFile = binaryStore.findIndexFile(aFile, true);
+		if (indexFile != null) {
+			BinaryHeaderAndFooter headAndFoot = binaryStore.readHeaderAndFooter(indexFile);
+			if (headAndFoot != null && headAndFoot.binaryFooter != null) {
+				return headAndFoot.binaryFooter;
+			}
+		}
+		/*
+		 *  otherwise it would seem that we've a file without a valid end, so unpack it and
+		 *  get the UID and time of the last item in the file. Can return these in the form of
+		 *  a BinaryFooter since it's pretty much the same information needed.  
+		 */
+		BinaryInputStream inputStream = new BinaryInputStream(binaryStore, null);
+		try {
+			// need to work through the file now. 
+			if (inputStream.openFile(aFile) == false) {
+				return null;
+			};
+			BinaryObjectData binaryObjectData;
+			BinaryHeader bh = inputStream.readHeader();
+			if (bh==null) {
+				inputStream.closeFile();
+				return null; 
+			}
+			int inputFormat = bh.getHeaderFormat();
+			while ((binaryObjectData = inputStream.readNextObject(inputFormat)) != null) {
+				if (binaryObjectData.getTimeMilliseconds() != 0) {
+					lastTime = binaryObjectData.getTimeMilliseconds();
+				}
+				BinaryFooter bf;
+				switch (binaryObjectData.getObjectType()) {
+				case BinaryTypes.FILE_FOOTER:
+					// this is unlikely to happen, since we'll probably already have found an index file. 
+					bf = new BinaryFooter();
+					if (bf.readFooterData(binaryObjectData.getDataInputStream(), inputFormat)) {
+						if (bf.getDataDate() != 0) {
+							inputStream.closeFile();
+							return bf;
+						}
+					}
+					break;
+				case  BinaryTypes.MODULE_HEADER:
+					break;
+				case  BinaryTypes.MODULE_FOOTER:
+					break;
+				case BinaryTypes.DATAGRAM:
+					break;
+				default: // should be data. 
+					DataUnitBaseData baseData = binaryObjectData.getDataUnitBaseData();
+					if (baseData != null) {
+						if (baseData.getTimeMilliseconds() != 0) {
+							lastTime = baseData.getTimeMilliseconds();
+						}
+						if (baseData.getUID() != 0) {
+							lastUID = baseData.getUID();
+							if (firstUID == null) {
+								firstUID = lastUID;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			System.out.printf("Corrupt data file %s: %s\n", aFile, e.getMessage());
+//			return null;
+		}
+		try {
+			if (inputStream != null) {
+				inputStream.closeFile();
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			
+		}
+		if (lastTime != null && lastUID != null) {
+			BinaryFooter bf = new BinaryFooter();
+			bf.setHighestUID(lastUID);
+			bf.setLowestUID(firstUID);
+			bf.setDataDate(lastTime);
+			bf.setFileEndReason(BinaryFooter.END_CRASHED);
+			return bf;
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the first header. This can be read from a data file whether or not there was a 
+	 * valid index file created. 
+	 * @param binFiles
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private BinaryHeader findFirstHeader(List<File> binFiles) {
+		BinaryHeader binaryHead = new BinaryHeader();
+		DataInputStream dis = null;
+		for (File aFile : binFiles) {
+			try {
+				dis = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(aFile)));
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+				binaryHead = null;
+				continue;
+			}
+			try {
+				dis.close();
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+				
+			}
+		}
+		return binaryHead;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *  first simple status check to see if there are any files there at all. 
+	 */
+	private int checkStoreStatus() {
+		String currDir = binaryStore.binaryStoreSettings.getStoreLocation();
+		if (currDir == null) {
+			return StoreStatus.STATUS_MISSING;
+		}
+		File currfolder = new File(currDir);
+		if (currfolder.exists() == false) {
+			return StoreStatus.STATUS_MISSING;
+		}
+		// look for files in the folder. 
+		boolean hasFiles = hasAnyFiles(currfolder);
+		if (hasFiles) {
+			return StoreStatus.STATUS_HASDATA;
+		}
+		else {
+			return StoreStatus.STATUS_EMPTY;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasAnyFiles(File currFolder) {
+		PamFileFilter filefilter = new PamFileFilter("data files", ".pgdf");
+		File[] list = currFolder.listFiles(filefilter);
+		if (list == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+			if (list[i].isDirectory()) {
+				if (hasAnyFiles(list[i])) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			if (list[i].getAbsolutePath().endsWith(".pgdf")) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

src/clickDetector/layoutFX/clickClassifiers/SweepClassifierSetPaneFX.java

@@ -1661,21 +1661,20 @@ public class SweepClassifierSetPaneFX extends SettingsPane<ClickTypeProperty> {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-//		@Override
+		protected void enableControls() {
-//		protected void enableControls() {
+				checkMultiChan();
-//				checkMultiChan();
+			
-//			
+				enableBearings.setEnabled(multiChan);
-//				enableBearings.setEnabled(multiChan);
+				bearingsExcludeBox.setEnabled(multiChan);
-//				bearingsExcludeBox.setEnabled(multiChan);
+				minBearing.setEnabled(multiChan);
-//				minBearing.setEnabled(multiChan);
+				maxBearing.setEnabled(multiChan);
-//				maxBearing.setEnabled(multiChan);
+			
-//			
+				if (!multiChan) return;
-//				if (!multiChan) return;
+				
-//				
+				bearingsExcludeBox.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
-//				bearingsExcludeBox.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
+				minBearing.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
-//				minBearing.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
+				maxBearing.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
-//				maxBearing.setEnabled(enableBearings.isSelected());
+		}
-//		}
 
 		@Override
 		protected void disbleControls(boolean disable) {
@@ -1708,7 +1707,7 @@ public class SweepClassifierSetPaneFX extends SettingsPane<ClickTypeProperty> {
 //			}
 //		}
 //		else multiChan = true;
-////		Debug.out.println("Check multi-channel: " + multiChan);
+  		Debug.out.println("Check multi-channel: " + multiChan);
 		
 		return multiChan; 
 	}

src/cpod/CPODControl.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import PamController.PamControlledUnitSettings;
 import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
 import PamController.PamSettings;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamView.PamDetectionOverlayGraphics;
 import PamView.PamSymbol;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;

src/d3/D3Control.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import com.opencsv.CSVReader;
 import com.opencsv.exceptions.CsvException;
 
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import d3.calibration.CalFileReader;
 import d3.calibration.CalibrationInfo;
 import d3.calibration.CalibrationSet;
@@ -487,4 +488,5 @@ public class D3Control extends OfflineFileControl {
 	public D3DataPlotProvider getD3DataPlotProvider() {
 		return d3DataPlotProvider;
 	}
+
 }

src/decimator/DecimatorControl.java

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamControllerInterface;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
 import PamController.PamSettings;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataUnit;
 import PamguardMVC.PamProcess;

src/difar/beamforming/BeamformControl.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import PamController.PamControlledUnitSettings;
 import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
 import PamController.PamSettings;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamUtils.PamUtils;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
 import PamguardMVC.PamProcess;
@@ -197,5 +198,6 @@ public class BeamformControl extends PamControlledUnit implements PamSettings, O
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return beamformProcess;
 	}
+
 }
 	

src/generalDatabase/DBControlUnit.java

@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ import generalDatabase.backup.DatabaseBackupStream;
 import pamScrollSystem.ViewLoadObserver;
 import pamViewFX.pamTask.PamTaskUpdate;
 import PamController.AWTScheduler;
+import PamController.DataOutputStore;
 import PamController.OfflineDataStore;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
 import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamControllerInterface;
 import PamController.PamGUIManager;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamController.status.ModuleStatus;
 import PamController.status.QuickRemedialAction;
 import PamguardMVC.PamDataBlock;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ import backupmanager.BackupInformation;
  * @see DBControl
  *
  */
-public class DBControlUnit extends DBControl implements OfflineDataStore {
+public class DBControlUnit extends DBControl implements DataOutputStore {
 
 
 	
@@ -492,5 +494,15 @@ public class DBControlUnit extends DBControl implements OfflineDataStore {
 		return backupInformation;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public StoreStatus getStoreStatus(boolean getDetail) {
+		return getDbProcess().getStoreStatus(this, getDetail);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean deleteDataFrom(long timeMillis) {
+		return getDbProcess().deleteDataFrom(timeMillis);
+	}
+
 
 }

src/generalDatabase/DBProcess.java

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package generalDatabase;
 
 import generalDatabase.ColumnMetaData.METACOLNAMES;
+import generalDatabase.clauses.FixedClause;
+import generalDatabase.clauses.FromClause;
+import generalDatabase.clauses.PAMSelectClause;
 import generalDatabase.pamCursor.PamCursor;
 import generalDatabase.ucanAccess.UCanAccessSystem;
 
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ import java.sql.SQLWarning;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ import loggerForms.formdesign.FormEditor;
 import PamController.PamControlledUnit;
 import PamController.PamController;
 import PamController.PamFolders;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
 import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
 import PamUtils.PamFileChooser;
 import PamView.dialog.warn.WarnOnce;
@@ -1446,4 +1452,141 @@ public class DBProcess extends PamProcess {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the store status for use with pre-process checks. 
+	 * @param getDetail get full details of start and end times. 
+	 * @return database store status. 
+	 */
+	public StoreStatus getStoreStatus(DBControlUnit dbControlUnit, boolean getDetail) {
+		DatabaseStoreStatus dbStoreStatus = new DatabaseStoreStatus(dbControlUnit);
+		// and work out if any tables have anything in them already ...
+		int status = 0;
+		if (dbControlUnit.getConnection() == null) {
+			status = StoreStatus.STATUS_MISSING;
+		}
+		else {
+			boolean anyData = hasAnyOutputData(); 
+			if (anyData) {
+				status = StoreStatus.STATUS_HASDATA;
+			}
+			else {
+				status = StoreStatus.STATUS_EMPTY;
+			}
+		}
+		if (status == StoreStatus.STATUS_HASDATA && getDetail) {
+			getStoreLimits(dbStoreStatus);
+		}
+		dbStoreStatus.setStoreStatus(status);
+		return dbStoreStatus;
+	}
+
+	private void getStoreLimits(DatabaseStoreStatus dbStoreStatus) {
+		ArrayList<PamDataBlock> allDataBlocks = PamController.getInstance().getDataBlocks();
+		PamTableDefinition tableDefinition;
+		SQLLogging logging;
+
+		// for each datablock, check that the process can log (ignoring GPS process)
+		for (int i = 0; i < allDataBlocks.size(); i++) {
+			PamDataBlock aBlock = allDataBlocks.get(i);
+			logging = aBlock.getLogging();
+			if (logging == null) {
+				continue; 
+			}
+			if (aBlock.getMixedDirection() != PamDataBlock.MIX_INTODATABASE) {
+				continue; // don't want things like GPS data. 
+			}
+			getStoreLimits(aBlock, dbStoreStatus);
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get first and last records for a table. 
+	 * @param aBlock
+	 * @param dbStoreStatus
+	 */
+	private void getStoreLimits(PamDataBlock aBlock, DatabaseStoreStatus dbStoreStatus) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		SQLLogging logging = aBlock.getLogging();
+		PamConnection con = databaseControll.getConnection();
+		SQLTypes sqlTypes = con.getSqlTypes();
+		String q1 = String.format("SELECT MIN(UTC) FROM %s",sqlTypes.formatTableName(logging.getTableDefinition().getTableName())); 
+		Long t = getUTC(con, q1);
+		dbStoreStatus.testFirstDataTime(t);
+		String q2 = String.format("SELECT MAX(UTC) FROM %s",sqlTypes.formatTableName(logging.getTableDefinition().getTableName())); 
+		Long t2 = getUTC(con, q2);
+		dbStoreStatus.testLastDataTime(t2);
+	}
+
+	private Long getUTC(PamConnection con, String qStr) {
+
+		Object utcObject = null;
+		try {
+			PreparedStatement stmt = con.getConnection().prepareStatement(qStr);
+			ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery();
+			if (result.next()) {
+				utcObject = result.getObject(1);
+				
+			}
+			result.close();
+			stmt.close();
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return null;
+		}
+		if (utcObject == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		Long millis = SQLTypes.millisFromTimeStamp(utcObject);
+		return millis;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Is there any data in any output tables ? 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private boolean hasAnyOutputData() {
+		ArrayList<PamDataBlock> allDataBlocks = PamController.getInstance().getDataBlocks();
+		PamTableDefinition tableDefinition;
+		SQLLogging logging;
+
+		// for each datablock, check that the process can log (ignoring GPS process)
+		for (int i = 0; i < allDataBlocks.size(); i++) {
+			PamDataBlock aBlock = allDataBlocks.get(i);
+			logging = aBlock.getLogging();
+			if (logging == null) {
+				continue; 
+			}
+			if (aBlock.getMixedDirection() != PamDataBlock.MIX_INTODATABASE) {
+				continue; // don't want things like GPS data. 
+			}
+			// get a record count.
+			Integer count = logging.countTableItems(null);
+			if (count != null && count > 0) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public boolean deleteDataFrom(long timeMillis) {
+		ArrayList<PamDataBlock> allDataBlocks = PamController.getInstance().getDataBlocks();
+		PamTableDefinition tableDefinition;
+		SQLLogging logging;
+
+		// for each datablock, check that the process can log (ignoring GPS process)
+		boolean ok = true;
+		for (int i = 0; i < allDataBlocks.size(); i++) {
+			PamDataBlock aBlock = allDataBlocks.get(i);
+			logging = aBlock.getLogging();
+			if (logging == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			PAMSelectClause clause = new FromClause(timeMillis);			
+			ok &= logging.deleteData(clause);
+		}
+		return ok;
+	}
+
 }

src/generalDatabase/DatabaseStoreStatus.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package generalDatabase;
+
+import PamController.fileprocessing.StoreStatus;
+
+public class DatabaseStoreStatus extends StoreStatus {
+
+	private DBControlUnit dbControl;
+
+	public DatabaseStoreStatus(DBControlUnit dbControl) {
+		super(dbControl);
+		this.dbControl = dbControl;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getFreeSpace() {
+		String name = dbControl.getDatabaseName(); // may not have the path, which is what we need. 
+		return getFreeSpace(name); // this may not work, particularly for server based systems. 
+	}
+
+	public void testFirstDataTime(Long t) {
+		if (t == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (getFirstDataTime() == null) {
+			setFirstDataTime(t);
+		}
+		if (t < getFirstDataTime()) {
+			setFirstDataTime(t);
+		}
+	}
+	public void testLastDataTime(Long t) {
+		if (t == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (getLastDataTime() == null) {
+			setLastDataTime(t);
+		}
+		if (t > getLastDataTime()) {
+			setLastDataTime(t);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/generalDatabase/PamTableDefinition.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import PamUtils.PamCalendar;
  * tables. Also used to prepare Sql statements for writing and
  * reading back data.
  * 
- * I did a bit of redifining what columns are used for on 4 Oct, 2012. 
+ * I did a bit of redefining what columns are used for on 4 Oct, 2012. 
  * PCLocalTime was a UTC time from the PC of the time analysis took place. 
  * When running in real time, this would be the same as the data in the UTC column
  * (give or take the odd second for data to get through the system). I've now defined

src/generalDatabase/PamTableItem.java

@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ public class PamTableItem implements Cloneable {
 //	}
 	
 	public String getDeblankedStringValue() {
-		if (sqlType != Types.CHAR || value == null) {
+//		if (sqlType != Types.CHAR || value == null) {
+//			return null;
+//		}
+		if (value instanceof String == false) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		return ((String) value).trim();

src/generalDatabase/SQLLogging.java

@@ -705,11 +705,20 @@ public abstract class SQLLogging {
 		if (pamConn == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
 		SQLTypes sqlTypes = pamConn.getSqlTypes();
 		//the clause contains 'WHERE' so it's possible to make a null one.
-		String qStr = String.format("SELECT COUNT(%s.Id) FROM %s %s",
+		String qStr;
+		if (pamViewParameters == null) {
+			qStr = String.format("SELECT COUNT(Id) FROM %s",
+					pamTableDefinition.getTableName());
+		}
+		else {
+			qStr = String.format("SELECT COUNT(%s.Id) FROM %s %s",
+					pamTableDefinition.getTableName(),
 					pamTableDefinition.getTableName(),
 					pamViewParameters.getSelectClause(sqlTypes));
+		}
 		int count = 0;
 		try {
 			PreparedStatement stmt = pamConn.getConnection().prepareStatement(qStr);

src/generalDatabase/sqlite/SqliteSystem.java

@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ public class SqliteSystem extends DBSystem implements PamSettings {
 		if (commandName == null) {
 			return;
 		}
-		setDatabaseName(commandName);
+		File commandFile = new File(commandName);
+		// check the file end is of the right type. Some batch systems may not get this right. 
+		commandFile = PamFileFilter.checkFileEnd(commandFile, "sqlite3", true);
+		setDatabaseName(commandFile.getAbsolutePath());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -303,6 +306,30 @@ public class SqliteSystem extends DBSystem implements PamSettings {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean checkDatabaseExists(String dbName) {
+		String commandName = GlobalArguments.getParam(DBControl.GlobalDatabaseNameArg);
+		if (commandName != null) {
+			return checkCommandLineDatabase();
+		}
+		return super.checkDatabaseExists(dbName);
+	}
+
+	private boolean checkCommandLineDatabase() {
+		String commandName = GlobalArguments.getParam(DBControl.GlobalDatabaseNameArg);
+		if (commandName == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		File dbFile = new File(commandName);
+		dbFile = PamFileFilter.checkFileEnd(dbFile, ".sqlite3", true);
+		commandName = dbFile.getAbsolutePath();
+		if (dbFile.exists() == false) {
+			// create a new database without asking. 
+			createNewDatabase(commandName);
+		}
+		return dbFile.exists();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String getDatabaseName() {
 		/*
@@ -311,6 +338,9 @@ public class SqliteSystem extends DBSystem implements PamSettings {
 		 */
 		String commandName = GlobalArguments.getParam(DBControl.GlobalDatabaseNameArg);
 		if (commandName != null) {
+			File dbFile = new File(commandName);
+			dbFile = PamFileFilter.checkFileEnd(dbFile, ".sqlite3", true);
+			commandName = dbFile.getAbsolutePath();
 			return commandName;
 		}
 		

src/pamguard/Pamguard.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import PamController.PamGUIManager;
 import PamController.PamSettingManager;
 import PamController.PamguardVersionInfo;
 import PamController.pamBuoyGlobals;
+import PamController.fileprocessing.ReprocessStoreChoice;
 import PamModel.SMRUEnable;
 import PamUtils.FileFunctions;
 import PamUtils.PamExceptionHandler;
@@ -250,6 +251,15 @@ public class Pamguard {
 					// auto exit at end of processing. 
 					GlobalArguments.setParam(PamController.AUTOEXIT, PamController.AUTOEXIT);
 				}
+				else if (anArg.equalsIgnoreCase(ReprocessStoreChoice.paramName)) {
+					String arg = args[iArg++];
+					ReprocessStoreChoice choice = ReprocessStoreChoice.valueOf(arg);
+					if (choice == null) {
+						String warn = String.format("Reprocessing storage input parameter %s value \"%s\" is not a recognised value", ReprocessStoreChoice.paramName, arg);
+						WarnOnce.showWarning("Invalid input parameter", warn, WarnOnce.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+					}
+					GlobalArguments.setParam(ReprocessStoreChoice.paramName, arg);
+				}
 				else if (anArg.equalsIgnoreCase("-help")) {
 					System.out.println("--PamGuard Help");
 					System.out.println("\n--For standard GUI deployment run without any options.\n");