TeleGUI/GMap Software Documentation - Release Notes

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

Version History

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):

• The Object and Comment edit fields on the instrument GUIs are automatically filled with the values in the ObjectList when the SendToTCS button is pressed.
• The SkyMap displays the position of each exposure as a green rectangle the size of the CCD array.

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The old Swope guider has been replaced by a new IMB (2 guiders and 2 filter wheels).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.