diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/casapy2bbs.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/checkBBSskymodel.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/parmdbplot.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotcorrmatrix.py -text
+CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotexport.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plothistogram.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotwindow.py -text
 CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/solverdialog.py -text
diff --git a/CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotexport.py b/CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotexport.py
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+++ b/CEP/Calibration/BBSControl/scripts/plotexport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Solver statistics preferences dialog
+#
+# File:           plotpexport.py
+# Author:         Sven Duscha (duscha@astron.nl)
+# Date:           2011-12-20
+# Last change;    2012-01-10
+#
+# This class displays an export dialog for the solver statistics plotter
+# to export data in ASCII or Matlab format (using scipy.savemat)
+# TODO
+
+
+from PyQt4.QtCore import *
+from PyQt4.QtGui import *
+import os
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+
+
+
+class plotexport(QDialog):
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+      QDialog.__init__(self)
+      
+      self.parent=parent
+      #self.perIteration=self.parent.parent.perIteration
+      #self.useScipy=self.parent.parent.useScipy
+      
+      self.path=""                  # path to export data to
+      self.format="ASCII"           # format to export to (ASCII or Matlab, default=ASCII)
+      self.parmList=[]              # List of parameters (parmdb and solver) to export
+      
+      # Interval to export data over
+      self.xIntervalMin=None
+      self.xIntervalMax=None
+
+      self.createWidgets()          # Create Widgets
+      self.createLayouts()          # Create Layouts
+      self.createConnections()      # create connections between widgets
+      
+    def createWidgets(self):
+      print "createWidgets()"             # DEBUG
+      
+      # Group boxes to group widgets into logical units
+      self.parmGroup=QGroupBox()
+      self.parmGroup.setTitle("Parameters to export")
+      self.parmGroup.setToolTip("select parameters to export")
+      self.formatGroup=QGroupBox()
+      self.formatGroup.setTitle("Format settings")
+      self.formatGroup.setToolTip("format settings")
+      
+      self.parmComboBox=QComboBox()
+      self.parmComboBox.setMaxVisibleItems(4)
+      self.solverComboBox=QComboBox()
+      self.solverComboBox.setMaxVisibleItems(4)
+      
+      
+      self.fileDialog=QFileDialog()
+      self.fileDialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog.AnyFile);
+      urls=[]
+      urls.append(QUrl.fromLocalFile(os.environ['HOME']))
+      if os.path.exists('/data/scratch/' + os.environ['USER']):
+        urls.append(QUrl.fromLocalFile('/data/scratch/' + os.environ['USER']))
+      self.fileDialog.setSidebarUrls(urls);
+      self.saveButton=QPushButton("Save as")
+      self.saveButton.setMaximumWidth(120)
+      self.filenameLineEdit=QLineEdit()
+      self.filenameLineEdit.setReadOnly(True)
+      self.filenameLineEdit.setText(os.environ['HOME'])
+      self.filenameLineEdit.setText(self.path)
+
+
+      self.formatComboBox=QComboBox()
+      self.formatComboBox.addItem("ASCII")
+#      if self.parent.parent.haveModule('scipy') == True or self.parent.parent.haveModule('scipy.io') == True:
+#         self.exportComboBox.addItem("Matlab")      
+
+      self.rangeComboBox=QComboBox()
+      self.rangeComboBox.addItem("plotted x_min to x_max")
+      self.rangeComboBox.addItem("complete selection")
+      self.rangeComboBox.addItem("complete set")
+      
+      self.exportButton=QPushButton("Export")
+      self.exportButton.setToolTip("export selected data")
+      self.cancelButton=QPushButton("Cancel")
+      self.cancelButton.setToolTip("Cancel export and close dialog")
+
+      # Window settings
+      self.setMinimumWidth(400)
+      self.setMinimumHeight(400)
+      self.setMaximumWidth(400)
+      self.setMaximumHeight(400)
+      self.setWindowTitle("Export Data")
+  
+      self.updateComboBoxes()
+  
+    def createConnections(self):
+      print "createConnections()"      # DEBUG
+
+      self.connect(self.saveButton, SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.saveAs)
+      self.connect(self.exportButton, SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.exportData)
+      self.connect(self.cancelButton, SIGNAL('clicked()'), SLOT('close()'))
+      
+    def createLayouts(self):
+      print "createLayouts()"               # DEBUG
+      
+      self.parametersLayout=QVBoxLayout()
+      self.parmGroup.setLayout(self.parametersLayout)
+
+      self.fileNameLayout=QHBoxLayout()
+      self.fileNameLayout.addWidget(self.saveButton)
+      self.fileNameLayout.addWidget(self.filenameLineEdit)
+
+      self.formatLayout=QVBoxLayout()
+      self.formatLayout.addWidget(self.rangeComboBox)
+      self.formatLayout.addWidget(self.formatComboBox)
+      self.formatGroup.setLayout(self.formatLayout)
+      
+      self.buttonLayout=QHBoxLayout()
+      self.buttonLayout.addWidget(self.exportButton)
+      self.buttonLayout.addWidget(self.cancelButton)
+
+      # Combine all layouts into mainLayout
+      self.mainLayout=QVBoxLayout()
+      self.mainLayout.addWidget(self.parmGroup)
+      self.mainLayout.addWidget(self.formatGroup)
+      self.mainLayout.addLayout(self.fileNameLayout)
+      self.mainLayout.addLayout(self.buttonLayout)      
+      self.setLayout(self.mainLayout)          
+    
+    def updateParmComboBox(self):
+      print "updateComboBox()"              # DEBUG
+      self.deleteEntriesComboBox()          # Delete entries in parmComboBox
+      # Read entries from solverQuery table
+      #for i in range(0, self.parent.parametersComboBox.count()):
+      #  self.parmComboBox.addItem(self.parent.parametersComboBox.itemText(i))               
+ 
+    def updateComboBoxes(self):
+      print "updateFormatComboBox()"        # DEBUG
+      self.deleteEntriesComboBox()
+
+      # loop over parms and add them to parmComboBox
+      self.formatComboBox.addItem("ASCII")
+#      if self.parent.parent.useScipy==True:      # Check availability of scipy
+#        self.formatComboBox.addItem("Matlab")
+      
+      self.addEntriesParmComboBox()
+      self.addEntriesSolverComboBox()
+      
+    def deleteEntriesComboBox(self):
+      print "deleteEntriesParmComboBox()"   # DEBUG
+      
+      # Loop over elements in parmComboBox with parmDB parameters
+      i=self.parmComboBox.count()
+      while i > 0:     # Delete entries in parmComboBox
+        print "removing i = ", i, parmComboBox.currentText()          # DEBUG
+        self.parmComboBox.removeItem(i-1)
+        i=self.parmComboBox.count()
+
+      i=self.formatComboBox.count()
+      while i > 0:   # Delete entries in formatComboBox
+        print "removing i = ", i, self.formatComboBox.currentText()   # DEBUG
+        self.formatComboBox.removeItem(i-1)
+        i=self.formatComboBox.count()
+
+      i=self.solverComboBox.count()
+      while i > 0:   # Delete entries in solverComboBox
+        print "removing i = ", i, self.solverComboBox.currentText()   # DEBUG
+        self.solverComboBox.removeItem(i-1)
+        i=self.solverComboBox.count()
+    
+    def addEntriesParmComboBox(self):
+      print "addEntriesParmComboBox()"      # DEBUG
+
+    def addEntriesSolverComboBox(self):
+      print "addEntriesSolverComboBox()"    # DEBUG
+      
+    def saveAs(self):
+      print "saveAs()"                      # DEBUG
+      self.path = unicode(self.fileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, 'Save file'))
+      self.filenameLineEdit.setText(self.path)
+
+    
+    def exportData(self):
+      print "exportData()"                  # DEBUG
+      
+    
+    #****************************************
+    #
+    # Helper functions
+    #
+    #**************************************** 
+      
+      
+# Main function used for debugging
+#
+def main():
+  print "main()"        # DEBUG
+
+  app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+  form=plotexport(app)
+  
+  form.show()
+  app.exec_()
+      
+      
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    main()
+    
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