TeleGUI/GMap Software Documentation - Release Notes

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


Location of this document: http://instruments.obs.carnegiescience.edu/Software/GMAP/notes.html


Version History

v1.8, v1.7, v1.6, v1.5, v1.4, v1.3, v1.2, v1.1, v1.0


v1.8.2 (2017-03-17)
  • Fixed a bug in the logfile permissions.
  • v1.8.1 (2017-01-20)
  • Interactions with the new instrument GUIs (macOS/Cocoa):
  • v1.8 (2016-08-24)
  • Added a window to control the FF-lamps (Main menu: View--FF_Lamps).
  • Added controls to change the M2-Focus.
  • Note: These features require that the M2-GUI is running (typically on 'vinchuca').


    v1.7 (2016-02-11)
  • Added the WFCCD guider geometry.
    The WFCCD guider geometry had been "lost" since the introduction of the TeleGUI (replaced GMAP in 2011).

  • v1.6 (2015-03-09)
  • Removed unused Swope code:
    The old Swope guider has been replaced by a new IMB (2 guiders and 2 filter wheels).
    There is now a specialized Swope GUI that controls both the IMB and the 4Kx4K CCD camera.
  • Added the Show AppSupport entry to the File menu.
    The Application Support folder contains the Objects directory.
  • Cleaned up the code that handles the communication with the TCS:
  • I removed the MACS (DOS TCS) option and communicate exclusively with the new Linux based TCS.
  • The code now targets Mavericks (MacOS-X 10.9) and is compiled as a 64-bit binary.

  • v1.5.2 (2014-04-28)
  • Fixed crash at startup when the initial setup was read from an obsolete preferences file.
  • v1.5.1 (2014-04-24)
  • Fixed sign error in 'guider_imb.xml'.
  • v1.5 (2014-04-16)
  • Read the cassegrain rotator position from the new TCS.
  • The object lists are expected in /Users/Shared/Library/Application Support/TeleGUI/Objects/ .
  • The star catalogs (GSC,USNO,etc) are read from /Users/Shared/CATS/
  • Use the 'UT' from the TCS to synchronize the GUI clock.
  • Swope Guider: Park positions and limits are stored in the Shared preferences.
  • The logfile is written to /Users/Shared/Library/Logs/TeleGUI/ .

  • v1.4 (2013-10-15)
  • Added the Swope TCS.
  • Added the guider stage control window at the Swope telescope.
  • Note: The TCS has to be in On/old at the Swope telescope.


    v1.3 (2013-08-12)
  • Added a new feature that allows the cursor-keys to move the telescope by a small amount.
    Each key stroke moves the telescope the amount shown in the popup-menu. This allows the observer to guide manually.
    Note-1: The 'TeleGUI' window requires the keyboard focus before it can move the telescope.
    Note-2: Multiple key strokes will be buffered and executed together (sum-of-offsets) once the previous move has finished.

  • v1.2 (2013-05-23)
  • Added proper motion to the object list.
  • The following catalogs are now part of the TeleGUI application and will be automatically installed at startup in the ~/Library/Application Support/TeleGUI/ directory:
    • cset.objects: bright stars near the zenith
    • persson.objects: IR standard stars
    • twilight.objects: areas without any bright objects
    • bs.objects: bright stars at various declinations (pointing model)

  • v1.1 (2013-04-26)
  • Updated the TCS interface to use either the new (Linux) TCS or the old (DOS/MACS) TCS.
  • Note: Please select On/new unless there is a problem with the new TCS.


    v1.0 (2011-07-25)
  • TeleGUI/GMAP software installed at the DuPont telescope.
  • This is a MacOS-X port of the GMAP (X11) software.

  • 2011-06-24, Christoph C. Birk, Carnegie Observatories