JMMC - SearchCal FAQ Releases News

SearchCal News: Planned SearchCal Outage on March 15 2010

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:03:03 +0000

As posted here, Vizier will be unaccessible sometime between 8:00 and 12:00UT on Monday, March. 15 2010.
In consequence, SearchCal will be unavailable as well during this period, as it relies on CDS catalogs to retrieve calibrators data.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

SearchCal News: Planned SearchCal Outage on Feb. 8 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:42:29 +0000

As posted here, CDS will be unaccessible sometime between 8:00 and 10:30UT on Monday, Feb. 8 2010.
In consequence, SearchCal will be unavailable as well during this period, as it relies on CDS catalogs to retrieve calibrators data.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

SearchCal release notes: Version 4.1.2

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:00:04 +0000

BUGFIX: Fixed unit conversion problem while filtering stars on RA separation.
BUGFIX: Change science object star detection distance from 0.01 degrees to 1 arcsecond.
BUGFIX: Corrected Spectral Type filter to ignore 'SB' as 'S' and 'B' spectral type tokens.
CHANGE: Updated acknowledgment to include involved laboratory's names.
CHANGE: Replaced custom SIMBAD resolution system with common JMMC one.
CHANGE: Removed legacy "Query : Get Star" menu item.
CHANGE: Enhanced numerical precision throughout all computed values (especially errors).
CHANGE: Enhanced HTML exports.
CHANGE: Added easily readable catalog names in cell tooltips, legend view and legend preference pane.
FEATURE: Added white spaces as a valid separator for science object coordinates input.
FEATURE: Revamped simple/detailed results view settings to add "full results" support.

SearchCal News: Planned SearchCal Outage on Dec. 12 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:42:52 +0000

As posted here, CDS will be unaccessible from 7:00 to 13:00 GMT on Saturday, Dec. 12 2009.
In consequence, SearchCal will be unavailable as well during this period, as it relies on CDS catalogs to retrieve calibrators data.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

SearchCal release notes: Version 4.1.1

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:58:27 +0000

BUGFIX: Corrected a bug that prevented I, J and H bands to be used.
BUGFIX: Changed 'VarFlag3' column for 'VFlag' column in the detailled bright N column set.
CHANGE: Re-ordered default columns in detailled views.

SearchCal release notes: Version 4.1

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:42 +0000

BUGFIX: Enforce use of the default Apple menu bar on Mac OS X.
BUGFIX: Prevent file overwritting while saving or exporting data.
CHANGE: Removed all references to unused CHARM catalog.
CHANGE: Removed all references to unused CHARM catalog.
FEATURE: Added spectral binary detection (from SBC9 catalog, with Multiplicity filter).
FEATURE: Added desktop application creation from JNLP.
FEATURE: Added automatic opening of '.scvot' files.
FEATURE: Added a Help menu item to open SearchCal hot news RSS feed.

SearchCal release notes: Version 4.0.1

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:42 +0000

BUGFIX: Corrected diameter columns in simple bright view for N band.
BUGFIX: Corrected visibility column in detailled bright view for N band.
BUGFIX: Added missing F12 column in simple bright view for N band.
BUGFIX: Corrected CSV and HTML export.
BUGFIX: Workaround a known Java 1.5.0_16 bug that prevented the load of user manual.
CHANGE: Changed HD and HIP cells tooltips to make explicit reference to SIMBAD.
CHANGE: Removed unused query preference pane.
FEATURE: Added a new application icon.
FEATURE: Added user manual.

SearchCal News: SearchCal is back !

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:16:25 +0000

VizieR is running again, so is SearchCal !

SearchCal News: SearchCal is down

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:56:16 +0000

UPDATE : everything is fine again !

As VizieR seems broken for the moment, SearchCal will be unavailble till CDS manage to get back up and running.
We will post an update when everything is back to normal.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

SearchCal News: SearchCal Service up

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:42:25 +0000

The searchCal service comes back thanks to the CDS team job. They updated quickly their web service to fix the problem.
Please apologize for this interruption.

SearchCal News: Temporary SearchCal Failure

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:54:30 +0000

The service is now stopped. We are working on to make it back ASAP.
Please

SearchCal News: SearchCal is now back and running !

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:28:47 +0000

We updated our server as fast as possible to use the newly installed CDS machine.
We apologize for any inconvenience this interruption caused to you.

SearchCal News: Temporary SearchCal Failure

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:22:05 +0000

CDS encountered hardware problems which has as side effect to break the SeachCal program. We are working on to recover the service.

SearchCal release notes: Version 4.0

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:46:27 +0000

Complete rewrite of our client as a full-featured desktop-class Java application.
Our server is now wrapped and available as a VO-compliant webservice.

SearchCal FAQ: What is the maximum size of the queried area ?

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:15:09 +0000

The maximum size is:
- 240 minutes for RA range;
- 30 degrees for DEC range.

By the way, no bigger values can be entered in the query fields !

SearchCal FAQ: What is the main SearchCal web page?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:35:41 +0000

Visit http://www.jmmc.fr/searchcal

SearchCal FAQ: What is the main SearchCal web page?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:35:41 +0000

Visit http://www.jmmc.fr/searchcal