HD53869: IMMERSIVE CONFIGURATION CREATES /TMP/MPKCONFIGFILE WITH COMMA S AS DECIMAL DELIMITERS INSTEAD OF POINTS

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Immersive configuration
  creates /tmp/MPKConfigFile with commas as
  decimal delimiters instead of points
  1. Launch CATIA
  2. Create Immersive Configuration with Immersive
  System Assistant
  3. Take the Immersive Configuration in use
  4. Select Set as current VR Configuration.
  5. Select Add in VR Configuratios list.
  6. Select OK.
  7. If the configuration already exists, overwrite it
  by pressing Yes.
  8. Accept Warning "Restart session to take this
  modification into account" by pressin OK.
  9. Select File -> Exit.
  10. Restart CATIA
  11. Open the Immersive Configuration
  12. Start Immersive system by selecting View ->
  Full Screen.
  13. CATIA or ENOVIA will now parse the
  Immersive congiuration file Config.xml, and tries to
  create the MPK configuration file
  /tmp/MPKConfigFile, but following output is written
  to the console:
  Starting CATIA V5 program. Please wait...
  VR Configuration
  file: /usr/people/ctahell/CATIA/PMR1/Config.xml
  SUCCESS loading VR Configuration file : You may
  activate MPK to
  support this multi-window configuration.
  CATVRLauncher > ENV : /tmp/MPKConfigFile
  CATVRLauncher > Created file /tmp/MPKConfigFile
  for MPK Configuration
  Configuring Bird. Please wait...
  Bird configuration successful.
  Bird driver declared to V5 broker.
  Bird driver declared to V5 broker.
  [W] OSM-PAR: : 1 warning(s) found during
  evaluation
  mpk: Error: /tmp/MPKConfigFile, line 4:
  unexpected token '00000000'
  no config created by MPK
  11. When /tmp/MPKConfigFile is edited and decimal
  delimiters (commas)
  "," are changed to points ".", the MPK configuration
  may be parsed and
  the Immersive Configuration will be created. Some
  local setting or
  environment parameter makes the decimal
  delimiter in MPK configuratio
  file to be comma instead of point.
  The environment parameters are attached as:
  Enviroment parameter_Confg.xml.txt
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Immersive configuration creates /tmp/MPKConfigFile with comma s
  as decimal delimiters instead of points
  Immersive configuration
  creates /tmp/MPKConfigFile with commas as
  decimal delimiters instead of points
  1. Launch CATIA
  2. Create Immersive Configuration with Immersive
  System Assistant
  3. Take the Immersive Configuration in use
  4. Select Set as current VR Configuration.
  5. Select Add in VR Configuratios list.
  6. Select OK.
  7. If the configuration already exists, overwrite it
  by pressing Yes.
  8. Accept Warning "Restart session to take this
  modification into account" by pressin OK.
  9. Select File -> Exit.
  10. Restart CATIA
  11. Open the Immersive Configuration
  12. Start Immersive system by selecting View ->
  Full Screen.
  13. CATIA or ENOVIA will now parse the
  Immersive congiuration file Config.xml, and tries to
  create the MPK configuration file
  /tmp/MPKConfigFile, but following output is written
  to the console:
  Starting CATIA V5 program. Please wait...
  VR Configuration
  file: /usr/people/ctahell/CATIA/PMR1/Config.xml
  SUCCESS loading VR Configuration file : You may
  activate MPK to
  support this multi-window configuration.
  CATVRLauncher > ENV : /tmp/MPKConfigFile
  CATVRLauncher > Created file /tmp/MPKConfigFile
  for MPK Configuration
  Configuring Bird. Please wait...
  Bird configuration successful.
  Bird driver declared to V5 broker.
  Bird driver declared to V5 broker.
   W  OSM-PAR: : 1 warning(s) found during
  evaluation
  mpk: Error: /tmp/MPKConfigFile, line 4:
  unexpected token '00000000'
  no config created by MPK
  11. When /tmp/MPKConfigFile is edited and decimal
  delimiters (commas)
  "," are changed to points ".", the MPK configuration
  may be parsed and
  the Immersive Configuration will be created. Some
  local setting or
  environment parameter makes the decimal
  delimiter in MPK configuratio
  file to be comma instead of point.
  The environment parameters are attached as:
  Enviroment parameter_Confg.xml.txt
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN
  ENOVIA
  Incident Diagnosis
  does not work
  Restriction Explanation
  Immersive configuration
  creates /tmp/MPKConfigFile with comma s as
  decimal delimiters instead of points
  By-Pass
  Edit /tmp/MPKConfigFile and  changedecimal
  delimiters (commas) "," to points ".".  the MPK
  configuration will be parsed and
  the Immersive Configuration will work fine.
  .
  

Temporary fix

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