DCU (Deployable Calibration Unit) Software - Release Notes

The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science (Carnegie Observatories), Pasadena, CA

Location of this document: http://instrumentation.obs.carnegiescience.edu/Software/DCU/notes.html

Version History

1.3 , 1.2 , 1.1 , 1.0

v1.3 (2017-09-05)
  • Send a notification when Mcal or the FFS deploys or retracts.
    • M2FS is currently the only instrument that listens to the Mcal notifications.

    v1.2 (2017-05-16)
  • 64-bit (deployment target macOS-10.9+)
  • Disable AppNap at startup.
  • Store Preferences in /Users/Shared/Library/Preferences/
    • Survives account reset.
  • Display on the GUI when the DCU is deployed.
  • Added menu entry File--ShowLogfile.
  • Updated link to the Software Documentation (Help menu).

    • v1.1 (2013-09-27)
  • Send "dcustat string" to the TCSIS at startup of the GUI and at the beginning and end of each motion.
    • string is from this list: {"out", "in/ffs", "in/mcal", "moving", "unknown"}.

    v1.0.1 (2013-09-23)
  • Fix PLC name in the DCU-PLC combo-box.
    • v1.0 (2013-08-24)
  • Installation on 'zorro' (binary: /Users/Shared/) and 'guanaco' (binary and sources: /Users/m2fs/DCU)

    • v0.9 (2013-08-15)
  • Test installation on 'zorro'
    • v0.8 (2013-06-21)
  • Test with Pato Jones: Results

    • 2013-06-24, Christoph C. Birk, Carnegie Observatories