Direct-CCD GUI Documentation - Release Notes

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

Version History

v2.0 (2019-02-25)

Installed the official release version of the new Direct GUI.

v2-beta-0033 (2019-02-11)

Enabled the Focus exposure type.

v2-beta-0032 (2019-01-31)

Ported the Direct (ccdgui, X11) to macOS/Cocoa.

The filters may be defined on the Configuration window.

Added FITS records:

FFLAMPS : flat field lamps from the M2-GUI.

M2FOCUS : M2 focus from the M2-GUI.

DATASEC, TRIMSEC : standard NOAO keywords.

Changed FITS records: --- please let me know if this creates a problem ---

SITELONG = -70.70384 (was -70.70387)

Removed FITS records: --- please let me know if this creates a problem ---

ASECS, DSECS, VGAUGE, IGAUGE

These keywords do not have any meaning in the context of the Direct-CCD instrument and were only in the FITS header because the ccdgui is shared between multiple instruments.

Default data path is /Volumes/DATA_DUPONT/DIRECT_CCD/utYYMMD1_D2.

Open the data path(s) in a Finder window via the File--Show_DataFolder menu.

Interaction with the M2-GUI:

• Read the FF-Lamp status and M2-Focus from the M2-GUI running on vinchuca (iMac on TO console). These are written to the FITS header (keywords: FFLAMPS, M2FOCUS).

Interaction with the TeleGUI:

• Please offset the M2-focus via the TeleGUI:
  
• The Object and Comment edit fields on the GUI are automatically filled with the values in the ObjectList of the TeleGUI when the SendToTCS button is pressed.
• The SkyMap displays the position of each exposure onto the SkyMap as a green rectangle the size of the CCD array.

v1.5 and older