updates to remove restriction for emane in general and emane 1.2.1, should support at leat 1.0.1 possibly further back and can run without emane again, updated gui to ask users to install emane when not preset on the emane models panel

daemon/core/emane/emanemanifest.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 from core import logger
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 
+manifest = None
 try:
     from emane.shell import manifest
 except ImportError:
-    logger.info("emane 1.2.1 not found")
+    try:
+        from emanesh import manifest
+    except ImportError:
+        logger.warn("compatible emane python bindings not installed")
 
 
 def _type_value(config_type):
@@ -77,6 +81,10 @@ def parse(manifest_path, defaults):
     :rtype: list
     """
 
+    # no results when emane bindings are not present
+    if not manifest:
+        return []
+
     # load configuration file
     manifest_file = manifest.Manifest(manifest_path)
     manifest_configurations = manifest_file.getAllConfiguration()