/share/pserverf.sda3/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The CIMA WAPP software called 'Dual' was renumbered to
1.4.18 after the modification.
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sda3/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The CIMA WAPP software called 'Dual' was renumbered to
1.4.14 after the modification.
alfamotorwin program in CIMA version 3.0 called
'Next' has been upgraded with a 'Full control' button that offers more
buttons to enable and disable the motor, to restart the motor control
software of aeroncpu and to read out the motor status
flags. This extension to the window is intended for staff working on
problems with the ALFA motor. The version number for the 'Next'
version of CIMA was incremented to 3.0.02 after the upgrade.
alfa_mon.c and
alfa_motor.c in the CIMA WAPP package have been upgraded
so that important error messages now are logged to two new log files:
/share/cima/Logs/ALFA_monitor/alfa_mon.log and
/share/cima/Logs/ALFA_motor/alfa_motor.log,
respectively. If You want to see all the details in the communication,
you can kill the currently running program on aeroncpu
and restart it manually (from /home/cima/Wapp/Bin/Progs/Wapp) with the
-debug flag selected, for example like this:
/home/cima/Wapp/Bin/Progs/Wapp/alfa_motor -debug >
/tmp/motor.log &. The two programs will be automatically
restarted in the normal configuration whenever someone presses the
'Restart ALFA programs' in the CIMA 'Utilities' menu or uses the new
'Restart comm' button in alfamotorwin. The
alfa_motor.c program has also been modified to avoid a
potential problem with an unterminated string and to support the
upgrade of alfamotorwin mentioned above. The version
number of 'Dual' CIMA WAPP package was changed to 1.4.12 on 10
September when the first tests with a new version of
alfa_motor.c started.
/share/pserverf.sda3/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sdb1/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The version number of the WAPP software was not
changed after this modification.
alfa_mon.c program
used to communicate with ALFA as part of an attempt to understand a
communication problem. The CIMA WAPP software called 'Dual' was
renumbered to 1.4.10 after the fix.
horizon program has been modified to handle horizontal
coordinates in source catalogs as well as the usage of the actual
interim correlator bandwidth when calculating sky frequencies.
wapp_split' program, the move of
'asciidump' from /share/wappsrc/bin to
/home/cima/bin and some modification to the mailbox
socket address definitions file.
wapp_split', change of the WAPP
pulsar file writer to ensure that the pulsar headers are an even
8-bytes long, a correction of a FITS header bug affecting data taken
in horizontal coordinates, an upgrade of source rise and set
calculations to distinguish between the Gregorian dome and the
carriage house zenith angle limits, consolidation of several include
files and addition of better 'usage' messages for some commands in
'cima_wish'.
/share/pserverf.sdb1/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The version number of the WAPP software was not
changed after this change.
aostatus
display in the control room from the old version at
/home/aoui/bin/aostatus to the new version at
/home/cima/bin/aostatus. Observers should be advised that
the version at /home/aoui is unsupported and no longer
gives correct information. The version number of the 'Normal' version
of CIMA was increased to 2.2.26 after the upgrade.
aostatus and in version 2.3 of CIMA. The CIMA WAPP
software version number was increased to 1.4.04 after the
modification.
skyfreq' procedure and also to
correct a serious bug causing the CRVAL1 in the
CIMAFITS-headers to be wrong occasionally. CIMA was patched up to deal
with the new reply from 'skyfreq' (in the CIMA WAPP code)
as well as having some limits for ALFA bias voltages and cryo
temperatures modified. The version number was increased to 1.4.03 for
the 'Dual' version of the CIMA WAPP code and to 2.2.25 for the
'normal' version of CIMA.
alki. An adjustment was made to accomodate the
modified replies from 'sky2syn' (in the CIMA WAPP code)
as well as a correction of an old bug in the routine waiting for the
receiver to move into position. The version number was increased to
2.2.24 after the upgrade.
alki that is replacing the broken
control. The version number was increased to 2.2.23 after
the upgrade.
riseset' function in 'cima_wish' was
upgraded to take a single character epoch as a third argument. Since
'cima_wish' is part of the CIMA WAPP software, the 'Dual'
version number was increased to 1.4.01 after the upgrade.
aostatus' has been moved from '/home/aoui'
into the CIMA WAPP software and updated to deal with some of the newer
receiver filters. A number of new parameters from the SCRAM broadcasts
are now available in 'cima_wish'. The new version
includes changes both to CIMAFITS headers as well as WAPP pulsar
headers.
/share/obs4/usr/aoui have been reformatted to fully
comply with the CIMA requirements. This included adding columns for
coordinate type, velocity, velocity frame and velocity type for those
catalogs that did not have all of these columns. The
AO_HI_standards.list catalog was renamed to
galaxy_HI.cat. The lewis_gals.list and
lewis_gals2.list catalogs were renamed to
lewis_gals.cat and lewis_gals2.cat,
respectively, so that all standard catalogs use the
'.cat' suffix. A few old and non-general catalogs were
moved to /share/obs4/usr/aoui/old_cats. Copies of the
original catalogs before the change are located in
/share/obs4/usr/aoui/Previous.
Information about the general source catalogs as well as instructions
on how to create Your own source catalog is available on the CIMA source
catalogs page.
8 August 2007: ALFA monitor window update (Version 2.2)
The ALFA monitor window (alfamonwin) was upgraded to
again show data from all eight cryo temperature sensors after the ALFA
overhaul. The Vg voltages for beam 0A stage 3 and beam 1B stage 2 were
also updated. The normal CIMA version had its version number increased
to 2.2.20 after the upgrade.
27 February 2007: Fix of CIMA WAPP software
Two small fixes were made to the CIMA WAPP software. One was to add
some further zenith avoidance zone calculations to the
horizon program to support future CIMA versions. The
other was to change the level of a log message in the
caltrig. The version number of the CIMA WAPP software was
incremented to 1.3.05 after the modification.
15 February 2007: FITS bug correction and support for zenith avoidance
zone calculations
A missing assignment for a procedure used when determining the center
frequency to be written into the FITS-headers has been added. Code was
also added that can be used to check if and when a source is going to
pass through the zenith avoidance zone of the telescope. The 'Normal'
version of the CIMA WAPP software had its version number increased to
1.3.04 after the upgrade.
13 February 2007: Fix of CIMA WAPP software
Some duplicated error messages were removed and incorrect error
checking of the transmission of data from the WAPPs to WAPPDATA (and
the quick-look program) have been corrected. A remaining bug with some
FITS-header parameters when galactic coordinates are used was also
fixed, and the version number of the CIMA WAPP software was increased
to 1.3.03 afterwards.
8 February 2007: Doppler calculation for WAPP observations modified
The formulae used for Doppler calculations when observing with the
WAPPs have been changed to include the second-order term that so far
has been omitted (for a PostScript page with details, click here). New
code for dealing with sources using galactic coordinates in the
FITS-files were also added and some messages were changed. The
'Normal' version had its version number increased to 1.3.02 after the
upgrade.
7 February 2007: Fix of CIMA WAPP software for GALFA observations
A bug in the new CIMA WAPP software that prevented GALFA to understand
responses from the gpibsock program was fixed. The
'Normal' version had its version number increased to 1.3.01 after the
fix.
6 February 2007: New version of CIMA WAPP software installed (Version 2.1
and 2.2)
A new version of the CIMA WAPP software (which includes the programs
to control ALFA, GPIB and CALTRIG as well as SNAP and the Tcl/Tk
interpreter used for the CIMA programs) has been installed. It is
called 'Normal' and has the version number 1.3.00. The new version
improves error handling by writing more error messages to log files
and to the CIMA log window instead of just dumping them on an obscure
console somewhere. The code has also been checked for programming
errors and several bugs involving writing outside allocated
memory/array space as well as calling functions with the wrong number
or the wrong type of arguments have been fixed, which should make the
code more stable. Usage of proper include files and prototyping of all
functions have been included and all programs have been modified to
compile properly with a compiler using all warning options for bad
code. There has also been some minor bug fixes; for example, the
horizon program used by CIMA to calculate positions as
well as rise, set and slew times for objects in source catalogs have
been patched so that it can handle galactic coordinates correctly.
The two CIMA versions (2.1 and 2.2) have also been upgraded to support
the new CIMA WAPP version and the CIMA version numbers for the old and
normal versions were increased to 2.1.23 and 2.2.16, respectively.
One example of a new warning message is the "received duplicate
AGC-datablock" message sent from WAPPDATA. This happens when
the telescope parameters (AGC) have not been updated so that the old
values are rebroadcast. The scram-reader on WAPPDATA will send a
warning to CIMA when this happens (even if you are not using the
WAPPs). If you are taking data with the WAPPs at that moment, then the
FITS-writer will have to interpolate the positions for that
time-stamp.
This particular problem occurs a number of times a day, but earlier it
wasn't logged so noone knew when it happened. It is not known what
causes these repeats. They have a periodicity of 899 seconds but they
don't occur on every 899 second cycle. There is also a longer cycle so
that there are a couple of hours when they don't occur at all followed
by a couple of hours when there is a fairly high chance that they
occur.
5 February 2007: New CALTRIG and GPIB message support (Version 2.1 and
2.2)
Both CIMA versions (2.1 and 2.2) have been upgraded to support new
messages from CALTRIG and GPIBSOCK. This is done in anticipation of
a coming upgrade of the WAPP software. The CIMA version numbers for
the old and normal versions were increased to 2.1.22 and 2.2.15,
respectively.
30 January 2007: New WAPP message support (Version 2.1 and 2.2)
Both CIMA versions (2.1 and 2.2) have been upgraded to support new
messages from the WAPPs and WAPPDATA. This is done in anticipation of
a coming upgrade of the WAPP software. The CIMA version numbers for
the old and normal versions were increased to 2.1.21 and 2.2.14,
respectively.
18 January 2007: New directory for WAPP FITS-files
The FITS-files generated by the WAPPs are now written to
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sda3/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The version number of the WAPP software known as
'Default' was increased to 1.2.08 after this change.
4 December 2006: Modifications of WAPP software
The WAPP software was modified to add new capabilities to CIMA (mostly
needed for future version of CIMA): the horizon program
was improved and new coordinate conversion commands as well as a
number of new scram variables were added for CIMA. The version number
of the WAPP software known as 'Default' was increased to 1.2.07 after
this upgrade.
10 November 2006: New directory for WAPP FITS-files
The FITS-files generated by the WAPPs are now written to
/share/pserverf.sda3/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sdb1/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The version number of the WAPP software known as
'Default' was increased to 1.2.06 after this change.
31 October 2006: New spawners for GPIB and ALFA software
New spawner programs have been added to allow CIMA to restart the GPIB
socket communication program running on wappserv as well
as the two ALFA communication programs and the caltrig program running
on aeroncpu. A new library has been added to
libwapp that contains procedures for writing log messages
and sending log messages to CIMA. The old spawner program for the WAPP
software as well as the SNAP display has been updated to use this new
library. The version number of the WAPP software known as 'Default'
was increased to 1.2.03 after this change. All CIMA version were also
updated so that they can handle log messages sent via the new library
procedures.
7 September 2006: Log of loaded configuration files (Version 2.2)
CIMA was modified to write the names of any configuration file loaded
to the log file. The CIMA version number was increased to 2.2.08 after
this upgrade.
23 August 2006: Move of PGPLOT libraries (Version 2.2)
The two programs 'alfadatawin' and
'alfalogwin' have so far required that the PGPLOT
libraries are installed in /usr/local/pgplot on the Linux
machine where they are running. This has been modified so that they
now use general PGPLOT libraries installed on
/home/cima/Lib/Linux. The CIMA version number was
increased to 2.2.07 after this upgrade.
21 August 2006: Modification of horizon program
The output from the '-AZZA' option in the horizon program
has been modified. The version number of the WAPP software known as
'Default' was increased to 1.2.02 after this change. (This does not
really affect anything right now, since the '-AZZA' option won't be
used until in CIMA version 2.3.)
10 July 2006: Upgrade to use new WAPP software (Version 2.0)
The 2.0 version of CIMA was upgraded to make use of the new directory
for the WAPP software which was introduced on 22 March 2006. This was
a retro-fit to make sure that all currently used CIMA versions are
running the proper software. The CIMA version number was increased to
2.0.07 after this upgrade.
5 July 2006: Modification of horizon program
The horizon program used for example to generate the list
of available sources in various CIMA windows has been modified. The
new version does no longer have the bug that sometimes made a time
like '2:00' to be reported as '1:60'. It also has a new option '-AZZA'
which generates a list that not only shows ZA but also Az. The help
messages have also been updated. The version number of the WAPP
software known as 'Default' was increased to 1.2.01 after this change.
8 June 2006: Vacuum meter alarm added to alarm watch-dog (Version 2.1 and 2.2)
The ALFA vacuum meter status has been added to the list of things the
alarm watch-dog is looking for. An alarm will sound if the vacuum
meter has been left on for more than 5 minutes. Both CIMA version 2.1
and 2.2 have been upgraded receiving the new version codes, 2.1.17 and
2.2.02, respectively.
5 June 2006: New library structure on /home/cima/Libs
The library structure on /home/cima/Libs have been
rearranged to contain two separate directories for Linux-libraries and
Solaris-libraries. All CIMA WAPP code has been recompiled with the new
libraries but it has not yet been installed on the
/home/cima mirror on wappserv. The main
reason for the change is to add Linux Tcl/Tk libraries so that
cima_wish becomes self-contained. All users of CIMA will
be using the recompiled cima_wish. The two affected CIMA
versions, 2.1 and 2.2 have been modified to accomodate the changes and
their version codes have been increased to 2.1.16 and 2.2.01,
respectively. The WAPP software has been renamed to 'Default' after
this change and the new version code is 1.2.00.
23 May 2006: New directory for WAPP FITS-files
The FITS-files generated by the WAPPs are now written to
/share/pserverf.sdb1/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files. The version number of the WAPP software known as
'Normal' was increased to 1.1.06 after this change.
10 May 2006: CIMAFITS change
A bug related to the parallactic angle in CIMAFITS was corrected (see
the CIMAFITS
log for more details). The version number of the WAPP software
known as 'Normal' was increased to 1.1.05 after this change.
8 May 2006: ALFA motor position bug fixed
It seems that the value for the ALFA motor position read out directly
after a command to move ALFA has been sent sometimes is garbage. The
new system introduced on 2 May 2006 would occasionally transmit this
bad value over the scramnet. This bug has been patched in the WAPP
software known as 'Normal' and the version number has been increased
to 1.1.04.
2 May 2006: More frequent ALFA motor updates
Four server programs have been moved into the CIMA WAPP software
structure: 'alfa_mon', 'alfa_motor', 'caltrig' and 'gpibsock'. The
first two programs have been modified to allow the ALFA motor position
to be updated more frequently when the motor is being moved. The
software will also rebroadcast ALFA engineering data faster after a
command has been sent to ALFA. Otherwise the broadcast rate will
remain at about once per 5 seconds. The modifications were done to the
version of the WAPP software known as 'Normal' and the version number
has been increased to 1.1.03.
11 April 2006: New version of WAPP software
A new version of the WAPP software known as 'Normal' (1.1.02) has been
installed as the default version. This version includes a correction
to the WAPP library for the frequency bug reported on the CIMA user's
log page.
4 April 2006: Better version logging of WAPP software
The scripts used to start up the WAPP software on the WAPPs and on
WAPPDATA have been modified to be more robust. Better version logging
including version number has also been added.
22 March 2006: New directory for WAPP software
All high-level software needed to run the WAPPs has been moved from
/share/wappsrc to /home/cima/Wapp together
with snap, the pulsar quick-look facility;
wish_exec, the local version of the Tcl/Tk interpreter
and several help programs and data files like the mailbox definitions.
All the software has been recompiled using new up-to-date Makefiles
and put into a software structure similar to the one used for CIMA,
which allows several versions of the code to be available. The
selection of the WAPP software version is, however, not a user-choice,
like for CIMA, but a choice of the software administrator, which
selects which version to use by setting the symbolic link
/home/cima/Wapp/Bin to point to the desired version. The
proper way to access the WAPP software is to call the desired program
in the apropriate subdirectory (Linux, Solaris, Start or Wapp) below
/home/cima/Wapp/Bin/Progs.
The wish_exec program should now be launched via the script
/home/cima/Wapp/Bin/Progs/Start/cima_wish which can
handle both Solaris and Linux systems.
The 'normal' version of CIMA (version 2.1) has been updated to use
cima_wish and some other help programs now located in
/home/cima/Wapp/Bin/Progs. The version number has been
increased to 2.1.10 to indicate this upgrade. All older versions of
CIMA are still using the old code on /share/wappsrc.
14 December 2005: New directory for WAPP FITS-files
The FITS-files generated by the WAPPs are now written to
/share/pserverf.sda2/wappdata instead of
/share/pserverf.sdb1/wappdata. However, the proper way to
access the files is not to remember this new address but to use the
generic address /share/wappdata that contains links to
all FITS-files.
2 September 2005: Improved handling of remote observer info file
(Version 2.0)
The info file containing information about a remote observer is now
properly deleted when the CIMA session ends. Its contents is also
shown in the operator's chat box. These modifications have been added
to CIMA version 2.0.02.
17 June 2005: Added removal of CIMA mailbox definition file
(Version 1.2.03)
The mailbox definition file created by CIMA when a CIMA session is
started will now be deleted when exiting CIMA. To permit removal by
another user in case of CIMA not shutting down properly the permission
of this file (located in /tmp) is changed so that
everyone have write permission. These modifications have only been
made to version 1.2.03 of CIMA.
Old bad mailbox definition files could still be a potential problem on
computers where CIMA has been run in offline mode since these files
are owned by a certain user and are normally write-protected, making
it impossible for CIMA to overwrite them with a new version of the
file.
13 June 2005: Warnings about usage of CIMA on /home/aoui
Users running the old CIMA on '/home/aoui' will now get
warning messages that they are running unsupported software. A number
of the windows developed for ALFA will not run from
'/home/aoui/alfa' any longer but will just produce an
error message asking the user to use '/home/cima/bin'.
Although some software like 'aostatus' still resides on
'/home/aoui', the long-term goal is to move everything to
'/home/cima'.
24 May 2005: Modified FITS-file assignment routine installed
The routine for assigning FITS-file names have been modified to
provide proper sequential numbers even if the directory where the data
is written (as specified in /share/wappsrc/wappdata.dirs)
is modified during an observing session.
6 May 2005: Improved software for CIMA shutdowns (Version 1.2.02)
The software for shutting down CIMA has been improved. A new script to
clean up after CIMA in case something is hanging has been installed as
/home/cima/bin/clean_cima. This script replaces the old
script /home/aoui/bin/clear_gui. However, so far it is
only available for version 1.2.02 of CIMA.
25 April 2005: New duplicate CIMA log (Version 1.2.02)
A parallel log of the online observing sessions have been added. These
logs are going to /share/cima/Logs/Obs_logs. These logs
are not organized by project but are instead organised per day
(AST). The contents are a duplication of what goes into the normal
CIMA logs.
28 February 2005: Data synchronisation and timestamping moved to CIMA
The start synchronisation and timestamping was moved from the software
running on the WAPPs to CIMA, since big data transfers out from the
WAPP disks (which sometimes have to be done during observations) can
make the clocks on the WAPPs drift away many hundred milliseconds,
causing the WAPPs either to start on different seconds or assign the
wrong timestamps to the data taken. The new scheme should be more
robust provided that the computer running CIMA doesn't drift off more
than 200 milliseconds or the network is extremely slow.
The new scheme also provides proper start synchronisation regardless
of which WAPPs are being used or not. (Previously WAPP1 had to be used.)
Two ALFA modes still depend on timing done by the WAPPs though: the
drift chase and the basketweave. These modes can thus still be
affected by clock problems on the WAPPs.
9 February 2005: Move of code run on the WAPPS and pserverf
The software run on the WAPPs and pserverf have been
moved to new locations and the /etc/rc.d/rc.local have
been modified to reflect this change. The various pieces of code used
to be located in the directories /share/wappsrc/wapp,
/share/wappsrc/fits and
/share/wappsrc/utility. The software is now located in
the subdirectories Start and Wapp located
below /share/wappsrc/Software/Default/Progs or
/share/wappsrc/Software/Test/Progs depending on which
version of the code (default or test) that is used. The selection of
which version to use is done by setting a symbolic link in the
directory /share/wappsrc/Bin to point to the requested
version. The software should thus be addressed via this link and must
never be addressed directly. The address to the start scripts are thus
/share/wappsrc/Bin/Run/Start.
5 January 2005: Modification of 327 MHz default set-up file
The set-up file with default values for the 327 MHz receiver
ifsetup_327.iflo located in
/share/obs4/usr/aoui was modified to include default
values (260) for the four variables iflo(destX) (where
X is 0-3). This was done so that the Expert
control can be used for this receiver. The executive will crash
if these variables are not set.
22 December 2004: Modification of script on obsdisplay
The script which is run at boot-time on obsdisplay was
modified to comment out the call to the sysmon program that
is not operational anyway. The /share/cima disk was added
to the imported file systems so that the new versions of the programs
can write log files there rather than on /home/aoui/develop/log.
The boot-script was removed from /etc/rc.d/init.d and the version
used is now /home/aoui/bin/obsdisplay_start.