JMMC - Aspro2 Releases

Aspro2 Releases: Aspro2 version 0.8.1

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:34:18 +0000

Features:

Corrected AMBER noise parameters: visibility and phase bias set to 5% and 3 deg respectively
Updated PIONIER instrument configuration: corrected noise parameters and added spectral modes (LARGE-H, SMALL-H and BROAD-H)
Improved Java Web Start packaging (JNLP) to provide faster downloads
Added ESO P89 configuration
Added one preliminary OIFits viewer: only square visiblity (VIS2) vs radius plot is available with error bars when the noise modeling is able to compute them
Fixed CHARA delay line configuration: E1 cart moves in range [-1.4 to +44.0] like others (july 2011)
Updated CHARA VEGA (2T/3T/4T) configuration (beams and station reference per baseline)
Corrected zenithal restriction to 4 degrees applied to UT and AT telescopes according to "ESO Call for Proposals – P88 (UT)" (VLTI)
Updated CHARA configuration to have both MIRC_5T and MIRC_6T configurations
Updated CHARA configuration using the latest official configuration file (telescopes.chara)
Better File choosers: use the last used directory (per file type and saved in user preferences)
Filled "OBSERVATION.DESCRIPTION.NAME" in VLTI OBs to help P2PP users better navigate among targets
Changed OIFits file extension to '.fits'
Added 'Export targets to Observing blocks' in the File menu to export all targets at once (VLTI)
Allow zooming on the observability plot (targets and time range)
Changed color for orphan calibrators in the observability plot
Added 'Center plot arround night' preference to have the complete night centered on the observability plot
Added civil and nautical twilight zones and a new preference 'Twilight used as Night limit' to choose which twilight limits are used for night restrictions
Added a new preference 'Default min Elevation' set to 45 degrees by default

Changes:

Changed VOTable message handler (SAMP) to accept PIVOT messages using VOTable for targets
Added 'Send StarList to PIVOT' action (SAMP)
Enhanced performance to find best PoPs (CHARA)
Fixed logging configuration to avoid important performance loss during observability computations (best PoPs)
Major performance improvements to determine best PoPs (CHARA) in the observability computation
Added information about best / good PoPs in the warning messages displayed by the status indicator (CHARA)
Updated Export to Observing blocks (VEGA, VLTI) to use the user minimum elevation instead of 30 deg (required by ESO OB)
Minor ergonomic change: when the target editor is opened, the 'Targets' tab is displayed by default; when the UV coverage plot is selected, the 'Models' tab is displayed instead.
Minor changes related to CHARA VEGA Observing blocks (spectral type format, disk diameter set from SearchCal diameters)
Fixed export OB for CHARA VEGA to handle properly calibrators in the StarList format
Automatic Pops set with values defined in CHARA VEGA configuration dedicated to June 2011 run (read-only)
Added CHARA VEGA configuration dedicated to June 2011 runs and minor changes in CHARA configuration (sorted instrument list)
Added 'Scroll view' checkbox button to see all targets (or only some of them) on the observability plot
Enable mouse zooming on the observability plot
Always show the scrollbar (with margins) on the observability plot

Bug fixes:

Corrected effective wavelength in OIFits output (channel center)
Fixed alternative distribution package (JAR file): missing jMAL embedded libraries
Fixed out of range exception when mouse zooming on UV Coverage Panel arround borders
Fixed exception when exporting an Observing block and the spectral type is undefined for one target (SearchCal calibrator)
Changed PIONIER OB template to take 100 scans of DARK instead of 50
Fixed bug related to SearchCal integration: always use the bright scenario as the faint scenario is not available for all instrumental bands
Adapt the number of visible targets on the observability plot when the application window is resized

Aspro2 Releases: Aspro2 version 0.8

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:16:37 +0000

Changes:

Added Button 'Sort by R.A.' in the target editor to sort both science and calibrator targets by their right ascension
Added calibrator information (SearchCal) in the observation file and display important ones in the target editor (diameters)
Updated plots (Interferometer Map, Observability and UV Coverage) to display data for all selected instrument configurations
Major refactoring to compute observability and UV Coverage for all selected instrument configurations
Important changes in the user interface (main panel) to allow multi selection of instrument configurations and use the main target list to select the current target used in the UV Coverage Panel
Added VLTI configuration for Period 88

Aspro2 Releases: Aspro2 version 0.7

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:41:46 +0000

Changes:

Fixed VLTI configuration for the PIONIER instrument (period 86 and 87)
JSAMP library updated to release 1.2 that fix shutdown notification problems when the user closes any JMMC application.
Optimisation: the model image is not computed if it is useless
Actions Export to OIFits / PDF waits for computations to be done
Internal changes related to computations running in background (concurrency and consistency)
Updated Export to Observing Blocks to support calibrators: the selected science target is exported to a science OB and its calibrators to calibrator OBs.
Added Observing Blocks for PIONIER instrument
Added CHARA PAVO instrument: PAVO_2T and PAVO_3T (3T)
Updated default file names for exports (PDF, OB, OIFits) to be more meaningful
Updated Observability plot to display science targets with their calibrators
Updated target lists to display science targets with their calibrators
Advanced drag and drop support to associate calibrators to (science) targets in the target editor
Updated target editor to flag a target as a calibrator
Added a version attribute in the Observation file to handle model conversions
Updated the Observation data model: targets have an ID attribute (derived from target name) used to associate user informations: description, calibrator flag and calibrator list per target
Added action to open the SimBad web page for the current target in the Target editor
Fixed the selected target when opening the target editor and synchronize the selected target between 'Model' and 'Target' tabs
Added new Target editor to let the user edit target fields (magnitudes ...) and provide user information per target
SearchCal integration: use deletedFlag to filter calibrators to mimic SearchCal delete action and display HD identifier instead of HIP identifier to mimic SearchCal view
Added new preference for Time reference (LST or UTC)
Updated Observability plot: better position and automatic font size for hour annotations
Modified JMMC trademark (less important)
Updated night area color: lighter to have better grayscale prints
Totally rewritten CHARA configuration thanks to official configuration file (telescopes.chara)
Added VEGA_4T (preliminary support) and change ordering for instruments (2T, 3T, 4T)
Automatic PDF orientation (observability) according to the number of targets
Added an optional scrollbar and better handling for a lot of targets on the observability plot
Smaller font size for time annotations on the observability plot
Added the zenithal restriction (VLTI) in the observability computation (elevation limit of 89 degrees)
Added the zenithal restriction (CHARA) in the observability computation (elevation limit of 85 degrees)
Fixed concurrency bugs related to the SimBad star resolver: the search field is disabled while processing a request to avoid concurrent requests
Fixed bug related to sampling periodicity: use the instrument default sampling time when an invalid value is detected
SearchCal integration through SAMP VO protocol: send the selected target to let SearchCal find calibrators and process SearchCal response to extract calibrators
LITpro integration through SAMP VO protocol: send models and generated oifits for the selected target

Bug fixes:

Fixed major bug on target model editor when the user changes the selected target while editing a parameter value
Fixed bug when computing HA max (0 instead of a negative value)

Aspro2 Releases: Aspro2 version 0.6

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:08:04 +0000

Changes:

Formatted DIT value in warning messages coming from noise modeling (FT or saturation)
Added warning messages on GUI to indicate unobservable target and invalid HA min/max settings
Added tooltips on target list and PoPs field
Fixed window size problem for the 1280 x 800 resolution
Added a confirm dialog for the 'New Observation' action
Use an hour angle axis when the observability displays the baseline limits
Normalize model flux weights to compute visibilities
Added CHARA instruments: CLASSIC (2T) and CLIMB (3T)
Better exception handling and user messages
Unexpected exceptions are now propagated to the feedback report
Added 'Aspro 2 / JMMC' label on plots
Fixed FT_SENSOR value (FINITO or NONE) in AMBER Observing blocks
Remove Astrogrid Pal library
Fixed memory leak related to Preference listeners
Offical release of Aspro 2

Bug fixes:

Limit the memory footprint when the sampling periodicity is very small (less than 1 minute). First 500 HA samples are computed and the following warning is displayed: 'Too many HA points (...), check your sampling periodicity. Only 500 samples computed'
Fixed bug when the UV Max value is set to 0. This slider has now a minimum value set to the smallest baseline length of the selected interferometer
Fixed bug concerning random dates: the LST axis is corrupted (Requires 'lower' < 'upper')
Fixed bug in HA min/max restrictions: invalid values can cause a NegativeArrayException
Added the following message when the user use the 'Export to OIFits' action and the oifits is null : 'There is currently no OIFits data (no target or your target is not observable)'
Corrected focus problem with the action 'Export to an Observing block' and added an user message if there is no target to export