OT Release Notes: Avispa

The Avispa version of the Observing Tool was publicly released on 13 December 2006.   Summarised below are the most significant changes from the previous public release (Abeja) for off-site users:

• Modified instrument components and iterators
• Michelle: filter list updated
• T-ReCs: filter list updated; Occulting Bar added to Focal Plane Unit list.
• GNIRS: Bias level decoupled from read mode
• NIFS: automatic central wavelength settings for K_short and K_long gratings; Occulting Disk Offset changed to Mask Offset.
• User interaction and user interface features
• Improved non-sidereal support in the target component
• Name lookup for non-sidereal objects
• Remove redundant orbital elements formats from target component
• Current position button for non-sidereal targets
• Improvements and additions to guide star query algorithms
• The colors of organizational folders reflect observation status in the same way as the colors of scheduling groups
• Group button now a Group/Folder menu for faster folder creation
• OT browser table shows display values for filters/grating/slits etc.

Last update 4 December 2006; Bryan Miller