Version 0.8.1
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:34:18 GMT
- 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
Version 0.8
Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:16:37 GMT
- 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
Version 0.7
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:41:46 GMT
- 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)
Version 0.6
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:08:04 GMT
- 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
Version 0.5
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:00:58 GMT
- Changes:
- Added warning messages on GUI to display information relative to error / noise modelling
- Error and noise computation for OI_VIS (AMBER only) using the differential phase / amplitude algorithm (amdlib)
- Added a pop up to tell the user to check its VLTI OB file against ESO CfP rules
- Fixed some configuration for AMBER in Period 87 (wrong station ordering) and the
loading action to even load such observation files
- Correlated fluxes set in OI_VIS
- Proper noise computation for OI_VIS2 and OI_T3
- Updated AO and instrument configurations to compute noise (VLTI / CHARA)
- Added observation time and atmosphere quality in UV coverage settings
- Sampling time is set to the default sampling time of the instrument when the instrument is changed
- Added Moon almanach on observability plot (illumination fraction, moon rise and set)
- Added OI_T3 computation (bispectrum) in OIFits generation
- Fixed OIFits primary header to be used with ASPRO (Gildas)
- Added new action 'New Observation' to reset the GUI
- Fixed shortcuts for 'Open Observation' and 'Export to OB' actions in File Menu
- Added a confirm dialog on exit
- Added action 'Export to OIFits' in the File menu
- New OIFits tab panel to show a HTML representation of its content
- OIFits structure computed on the fly using the selected target and current UV coverage settings
- Added oitools module
- First public release of Aspro 2
- Fixed some JNLP problems in offline mode
- Added JNLP association with 'asprox' files to be opened at startup
Version 0.4
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:26:07 GMT
- Changes:
- Changed Observation file extension to 'asprox'
- New logo for Aspro 2
- Minor UI changes: new File menu actions (Export to OB and PDF) and modified layout on the UV Coverage Panel
- default minimum elevation changed to 30 degrees
- Fixed a side effect caused by the BaseLine Limits option that leaves the UV coverage empty
- Better Look of the table for model parameters
- Simplified descriptions for analytic models
- Export CHARA VEGA Observing Block with all targets (Star List)
- Better Look and Feel for the Preference View
- Added Model Image options (lut and size) as Preferences
- Added the limb darkened disk model in the model editor
- Added gaussian models in the model editor
- Added ring models in the model editor
- Add one button to normalize the flux weights in the model editor
- Add one preference to choose the default style of display for positions (Rho_Theta by default or X_Y) in the model editor
- Add the preferences window (displayed from the menu)
- New Interferometer Map Plot to display station positions and the chosen baseline
- A star name can be optionaly given to the star resolver in addition to the coordinates to enter manually a new target
- Several UI changes to manage HA min / max and the fringe tracker mode fields depending on the selected target in the UV Coverage Panel
- HA min / max and the fringe tracker mode are related to a specific target and persisted in the observation file
- Added date and time constraints on VLTI Observing Block: date is defined if night restrictions are enabled;
LST intervals are defined with the target observability (elevation > 30 deg + delay lines + shadowing) restricted by the HA min / max defined
in the UV Coverage Panel
Version 0.3
Wed, 19 May 2010 11:25:43 GMT
- Changes:
- Added VLTI configuration for the period 87 (new baselines) and fixed period 86
- Added VLTI configuration for the period 86 (idem period 85)
- Added VLTI configuration for the future PIONIER instrument (period 86)
- Added basic Observing Block for MIDI
- Fixed the contiguous date interval problem on observability plot
- Minor corrections on AMBER observing blocks (proper motion and RA/DEC format)
- Updated Aspro data model to keep simbad information like RA (HMS), DEC (DMS), Radial velocity, Identifiers and Object types
- Updated Target tooltip with new information
- Several fixes to convert sexagesimal RA/DEC in degrees (internal). Known problem: the previously saved files can not be load anymore
- The star resolver now supports RA/DEC coordinates to enter manually a new target (useful when simbad is down or no internet connection)
- Missing fluxes used in Observing Block set to -99
- Several minor UI changes for mac OS X platform (10.4 and more)
- Deployment: Pal library is embedded in its own Jnlp file to avoid signing issues
Version 0.2
Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT
- Changes:
- Added a transit mark and ticks for the elevation on the observability plot
- Export VLTI AMBER Observing Block (OB) for a single target (simple)
- Disable model image widgets when the current target has no defined model
- Do not use Rho / Theta for the first model in the model editor
- Replace instead of Append behaviour in the parameter table of the model editor
- Added circle and elongated disk models
- Rho / Theta editor instead of X/Y in the model editor
- First release of the model editor with only punct and disk models
- Enhanced UV coverage plot with several gui widgets to control the plot (U-V range, amplitude or phase)
- Better RGB color (LUT) conversion (linear) for visibilities
- Force LUT Color models to be 256 colors wide with black arround minimum value
- Imported Target Model from jmcs
- Corrected several minor style on charts
- Added target Model uv map on the uv coverage plot with zomming supported
Version 0.1
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT
- Changes:
- Minor bug fixed on UV Coverage plot when the observability displays the baseline limits
- Fixed PDF text rendering to support greek unicode characters
- UV Coverage plot showing observable ranges (sampling, instrument mode)
- UV Coverage plot showing rise/set tracks
- Star resolver bug fix for empty proper motion and parallax fields
- Added PDF generation for plots
- Added a best PoPs algorithm for the complete list of targets
- Fixed JMCS Star resolver for targets without proper motion nor parallax
- Added PoP user configuration
- Added CHARA switchyard (beam / station)
- Added PoP support
- Evaluate the best PoP configuration that gives the best observability range for a single target
- Added delay line / switchyard / channels in observability plot
- Added base line limits
- Enhanced GUI to set min elevation / detailed plot ...
- Complete rewrite of the ASPRO software as a desktop Java application