function setProdType(){
	ptFromCookie = _get_cookie('prodSelectorProdType');
	if(ptFromCookie != ""){
		//alert(ptFromCookie);
		ptype = ptFromCookie;
		if(ptype == "camera")
			sindex = "0";
		else if(ptype == "thermal")
			sindex = "1";
		else
			sindex = "2";
		document.getElementById("prodType").selectedIndex = sindex;
		if(ptype == "camera")
			MenuUpdater.changeProdType("camera");
		else if(ptype == "thermal")
			MenuUpdater.changeProdType("thermal");
		else
			MenuUpdater.changeProdType("video");
		//alert(ptFromCookie);
	}
	sessionKeeper();
}

function sessionKeeper(){
var obj = "";
var imgObj = "";
var imgPath ="";
var prodName = "";
var prodLink = "";
var prodId = "";

	fromCookie = _get_cookie('prodSelectorCookie');
	if(fromCookie != ""){
		modelsArray = fromCookie.split(",");
		//alert(modelsArray);
		for(var i = 0; i < modelsArray.length; i++){
			duplicate = false;
			//alert(modelsArray[i]);
			try{
				//alert(modelsArray[i]);
				obj = document.getElementById("compare_"+modelsArray[i]);
				imgObj = "img_";
				imgPath = document.getElementById("img_"+modelsArray[i]).src;
				prodName = document.getElementById("prodname_"+modelsArray[i]).firstChild.nodeValue;
				prodLink = document.getElementById("prodPageLink_"+modelsArray[i]).href;
				prodId = modelsArray[i];
				for(var j = 0; j < Comparison.slots.length; j++){
					if(Comparison.slots[j] == modelsArray[i])
						duplicate = true;
				}
				if(!duplicate)
					Comparison.addToCompare(obj, imgObj, imgPath, prodName, prodLink, prodId, false);
			}
			catch(e){
			}
			//alert(modelsArray.length);
		}
	}
	
	sendAjaxRequest('','');
	
}

function setSelectionCookie(sel, val){
	//alert(sel + " " + val);
	selCookie = _get_cookie("prodSelections");
	if(val != false)
		val = 1;
	else
		val = 0;
	if(selCookie != ""){
		if(selCookie.indexOf(sel+"=1") == -1 && val != 0){
			//alert(sel+"=1");
			_set_session_cookie("prodSelections", selCookie + "," + sel + "="+val); // add the value to the cookie
		}
		else{
			cookieArr = selCookie.split(",");
			valuesToKeep = "";
			for(var i = 0; i < cookieArr.length; i++){
				if(cookieArr[i] != ","){
					if(cookieArr[i] != sel+"="+val){
						valuesToKeep += cookieArr[i]+",";
					}
				}
			}
			_set_session_cookie("prodSelections", valuesToKeep);
		}
	}else
		_set_session_cookie("prodSelections", sel+"="+val);
}