Index: /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/camera.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/camera.config	(revision 12562)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/camera.config	(revision 12563)
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 # File formats that we know about
 FORMATS		METADATA
+	EARLY	STR	cfh12k/format_mef_early.config
 	MEF	STR	cfh12k/format_mef.config
 	SPLIT	STR	cfh12k/format_split.config
@@ -87,5 +88,5 @@
         PSASTRO         STR     cfh12k/psastro.config          # psastro details
 	#PPSTATS		STR	cfh12k/ppStats.config		# ppStats recipe
-	#PPIMAGE         STR     cfh12k/ppImage.config		# ppImage recipe
+	PPIMAGE         STR     cfh12k/ppImage.config		# ppImage recipe
 END
 
Index: /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/format_mef_early.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/format_mef_early.config	(revision 12563)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/cfh12k/format_mef_early.config	(revision 12563)
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# "mcshort" is a MegaCam camera with only the central six chips --- it's faster than the entire FPA.
+# The spliced MecaCam data is stored in single extensions for each chip
+
+# How to recognise this type
+RULE	METADATA
+	TELESCOP	STR	CFHT 3.6m
+	DETECTOR	STR	CFH12K
+	INSTRUME	STR	CFH12K Mosaic
+	EXTEND		BOOL	T
+        IMAGESWV        STR     CFHT DetCom v3.25 (Jun 13 2001)
+END
+
+FILE	METADATA
+	# How to read this data
+	PHU		STR	FPA	# The FITS file represents an entire FPA
+	EXTENSIONS	STR	CHIP	# The extensions represent chips
+	FPA.NAME	STR	EXPNUM	# A PHU keyword for unique identifier
+	CHIP.NAME	STR	CHIPID	# An extension keyword for unique identifie
+	EXTWORD         STR     CHIPID
+END
+
+# What's in the FITS file?
+CONTENTS	METADATA
+	# Extension name, chip name:component cell
+	 0		STR	ccd00:Amp:cell
+	 1		STR	ccd01:Amp:cell
+	 2		STR	ccd02:Amp:cell
+	 3		STR	ccd03:Amp:cell
+	 4		STR	ccd04:Amp:cell
+	 5		STR	ccd05:Amp:cell
+	 6		STR	ccd06:Amp:cell
+	 7		STR	ccd07:Amp:cell
+	 8		STR	ccd08:Amp:cell
+	 9		STR	ccd09:Amp:cell
+	10		STR	ccd10:Amp:cell
+	11		STR	ccd11:Amp:cell
+END
+
+# Specify the cells
+CELLS		METADATA
+	cell		METADATA
+		CELL.BIASSEC.SOURCE	STR	HEADER
+		CELL.TRIMSEC.SOURCE	STR	HEADER
+		CELL.BIASSEC		STR	BIASSEC
+		CELL.TRIMSEC		STR	DATASEC
+		CELL.X0			S32	0
+	END
+END
+
+# How to translate PS concepts into FITS headers
+TRANSLATION	METADATA
+	FPA.TELESCOPE	STR	TELESCOP
+	FPA.INSTRUMENT	STR	INSTRUME
+	FPA.DETECTOR	STR	DETECTOR
+        FPA.AIRMASS     STR     AIRMASS
+	FPA.OBSTYPE	STR	OBSTYPE
+	FPA.OBJECT	STR	OBJECT
+        FPA.FILTERID    STR     FILTER
+        FPA.FILTER      STR     FILTER
+        FPA.POSANGLE    STR     ROTANGLE
+        FPA.RA          STR     RA
+        FPA.DEC         STR     DEC
+        FPA.RADECSYS    STR     RADECSYS
+	FPA.FOCUS	STR	TELFOCUS
+	FPA.TIME	STR	MJD-OBS
+	FPA.TIMESYS	STR	TIMESYS
+	FPA.ALT		STR	TELALT
+	FPA.AZ		STR	TELAZ
+	FPA.TEMP	STR	DETTEM
+	FPA.EXPOSURE	STR	EXPTIME
+	CHIP.TEMP	STR	DETTEM
+        CELL.EXPOSURE   STR     EXPTIME
+        CELL.DARKTIME   STR     DARKTIME
+	CELL.TIME	STR	MJD-OBS
+        CELL.GAIN       STR     GAIN
+#       CELL.READNOISE  STR     RDNOISE
+        CELL.SATURATION STR     SATURATE
+	CELL.TIMESYS	STR	TIMESYS
+        CELL.XBIN       STR     CCDBIN1
+        CELL.YBIN       STR     CCDBIN2
+#	CELL.BAD	STR	BADLEVEL
+END
+
+# Default PS concepts that may be specified by value
+DEFAULTS        METADATA
+	CHIP.XSIZE		S32	2048
+	CHIP.YSIZE		S32	4612
+	CELL.XSIZE		S32	1024
+	CELL.YSIZE		S32	4612
+	CELL.READNOISE          F32     10.0
+	CELL.READDIR		S32	1		# Cell is read in x direction
+        CELL.BAD                S32     1600
+	CELL.XPARITY		S32	1
+	CELL.YPARITY		S32	1
+	CELL.Y0			S32	0
+	CHIP.X0.DEPEND		STR	CHIP.NAME
+	CHIP.X0		METADATA
+		ccd00	S32	10
+		ccd01	S32	2048
+		ccd02	S32	4096
+		ccd03	S32	6144
+		ccd04	S32	8192
+		ccd05	S32	10240
+		ccd06	S32	0    
+		ccd07	S32	2048 
+		ccd08	S32	4096 
+		ccd09	S32	6144 
+		ccd10	S32	8192 
+		ccd11	S32	10240
+	END
+	CHIP.Y0.DEPEND		STR	CHIP.NAME
+	CHIP.Y0		METADATA
+		ccd00	S32	10
+		ccd01	S32	10
+		ccd02	S32	10
+		ccd03	S32	10
+		ccd04	S32	10
+		ccd05	S32	10
+		ccd06	S32	4128
+		ccd07	S32	4128
+		ccd08	S32	4128
+		ccd09	S32	4128
+		ccd10	S32	4128
+		ccd11	S32	4128
+	END
+	CHIP.XPARITY		S32	1
+	CHIP.YPARITY.DEPEND	STR	CHIP.NAME
+	CHIP.YPARITY	METADATA
+		ccd00	S32	+1
+		ccd01	S32	+1
+		ccd02	S32	+1
+		ccd03	S32	+1
+		ccd04	S32	+1
+		ccd05	S32	+1
+		ccd06	S32	-1
+		ccd07	S32	-1
+		ccd08	S32	-1
+		ccd09	S32	-1
+		ccd10	S32	-1
+		ccd11	S32	-1
+	END
+END
+
+# How to translation PS concepts into database lookups
+DATABASE	METADATA
+	TYPE		dbEntry		TABLE		COLUMN		GIVENDBCOL	GIVENPS
+#	CELL.GAIN	dbEntry		Camera		gain		chipId,cellId	CHIP.NAME,CELL.NAME
+#	CELL.READNOISE	dbEntry		Camera		readNoise	chipId,cellId	CHIP.NAME,CELL.NAME
+
+# A database entry refers to a particular column (COLUMN) in a
+# particular table (TABLE), given certain PS concepts (GIVENPS) that
+# match certain database columns (GIVENDBCOL).
+END		
+
+
+# Where there might be some ambiguity, specify the format
+FORMATS		METADATA
+	FPA.RA		STR	HOURS
+	FPA.DEC		STR	DEGREES
+	FPA.TIME	STR	MJD
+	CELL.TIME	STR	MJD
+END
+