Index: trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.c	(revision 17264)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.c	(revision 17489)
@@ -1513,2 +1513,33 @@
 }
 
+psMetadata *pmConfigFitsType (const pmConfig *config, const psMetadata *camera, const char *fitsType)
+{
+    bool mdok;
+
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, NULL);
+    PS_ASSERT_METADATA_NON_NULL(camera, NULL);
+    PS_ASSERT_STRING_NON_EMPTY(fitsType, NULL);
+
+    psMetadataItem *item = psMetadataLookup(camera, "FITSTYPES"); // Item with the file rule of interest
+    if (!item) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, false, "Unable to find FITSTYPES in the camera configuration.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!metadataItemReadFile(item, "FITS Types")) {
+        psError(PM_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Unable to read file rules for camera.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    assert(item->type == PS_DATA_METADATA);
+    psMetadata *fitstypes = item->data.md; // FITS Types from the camera configuration
+
+    // select the name from the FITSTYPES
+    psMetadata *scheme = psMetadataLookupMetadata(&mdok, fitstypes, fitsType);
+    if (!scheme) {
+	psWarning("Unable to find specified FITS Type %s in camera configuration.", fitsType);
+	return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return scheme;
+}
Index: trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.h	(revision 17264)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/config/pmConfig.h	(revision 17489)
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  *  @author Eugene Magnier, IfA
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.33 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2008-02-22 20:20:38 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.34 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2008-04-28 21:13:46 $
  *  Copyright 2005-2006 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
  */
@@ -176,4 +176,7 @@
     );
 
+// look up the specified fitstype, interpolating the file if needed
+psMetadata *pmConfigFitsType (const pmConfig *config, const psMetadata *camera, const char *fitsType);
+
 /// @}
 #endif