• Corrected a bug introduced in a recent version of the aspro scripts which prevented to add different telescope configurations in the uv positions list file (oipt_psf.uvt).

• Introduced a new task in the ASPRO suite to handle the user-providen models, instead of the inaccurate procedure used before. Thus, the Fourier transform of the user model will be better sampled (giving better "background images" in the u,v coverage plots), and its values will match the visibilities stored in the u,v tables by the uv_model task (used in "interferometric observables explorer" panel).
• Caution: in authenticated mode, some ASPRO-produced files may have been written on your personal directory during a previous session and cannot be overwritten directly by ASPRO who fails silently and may produce false results . We are currently looking into that. In the meantime, it is prudent to delete with the file exchange applet all files that are not directly useful for your current project previous to the use of ASPRO.

• Java Gui Server/client has been updated on 13-sep-2006, introducing a better handling of long XML command sequences. This improved by a very large factor (up to 100!) the rendering speed of complicated graphics. ( You can make complicated graphics only with the full aspro interface, so the gain for AMBER and MIDI users is marginal). The version of the Java Applet called by your browser is now a property of the "config pane" of the "start" panel.

• release for support of period 79. Large changes have been entered both in the script and in the the program aspro working behind the scenes:
  • new scheme for telescope selection: now by configuration. Uses a simpler choice: MIDI or AMBER, that's all.
  • updated checks for object magnitude vs. sensitivity of telescope+instrumental setup
  • images in plots are now embedded in the svg file sent to the client: faster, surer.
  • uv model (background image in uv plots) is now plotted by aspro_the_program, not by aspro_the_script: for internal reasons, improves speed.
  • help on instruments is provided as a web link to the original CallForPorposals.
• PTI, BURE and GI2T have been removed from the list of known interferometers.
• ASPRO now produces OI_FITS files (task uvttooifits and "MISC.">"Export UV Table as OI_FITS" menu).

• new oipt version correcting SPRs 9, 10 and 11. Additionally, a bug was found where partial derivatives of the binary model were computed, and the help on models is more acurate.

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