Index: /trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c
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--- /trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c	(revision 11350)
+++ /trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c	(revision 11351)
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 # include "ppImage.h"
 
+// the top portion of this function is equivalent to psphotParseCamera,
+// but different in a few important ways.  
 bool ppImagePhotom (pmConfig *config, pmFPAview *view) {
 
@@ -12,15 +14,4 @@
 
     psphotModelGroupInit ();
-
-    // select recipe options supplied on command line
-    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes, PSPHOT_RECIPE);
-
-    // set default recipe values here
-    // XXX place this in a psphot library function?
-    psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "FITMODE",         PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default fitting mode", "NONE");
-    psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BREAK_POINT",     PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default break point",  "NONE");
-    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "ZERO_PT",         PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default zero point",    25.00);
-    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BACKGROUND.XBIN", PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default binning",          64);
-    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BACKGROUND.YBIN", PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default binning",          64);
 
     // find or define a pmFPAfile PSPHOT.INPUT
@@ -39,4 +30,24 @@
 	outfile->freeLevel = PM_FPA_LEVEL_FPA;
     }
+
+    // if we have requested PSPHOT.SRC (externally supplied sources), attempt to resolve it 
+    if (psMetadataLookupPtr(NULL, config->arguments, "PSPHOT.SRC")) { 
+	pmFPAfileDefineFromArgs (&status, config, "PSPHOT.SRC", "SRC");
+	if (!status) {
+	    psError(PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Failed to find/build PSPHOT.SRC");
+	    return status;
+	}
+    }
+
+    // select recipe options supplied on command line
+    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes, PSPHOT_RECIPE);
+
+    // set default recipe values here
+    // XXX place this in a psphot library function?
+    psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "FITMODE",         PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default fitting mode", "NONE");
+    psMetadataAddStr (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BREAK_POINT",     PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default break point",  "NONE");
+    psMetadataAddF32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "ZERO_PT",         PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default zero point",    25.00);
+    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BACKGROUND.XBIN", PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default binning",          64);
+    psMetadataAddS32 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BACKGROUND.YBIN", PS_META_NO_REPLACE, "default binning",          64);
 
     // determine PHOTCODE from fpa & view, overwrite in recipe