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Smart Release Notes
v8.0.4 (to come)
Main improvements:| Adopt/ISAP | fixed a bug for which operations made in ISAP on optimal spectra would cause all the data to be masked |
v8.0.3 (10/30/09)
Download SMART v8.0.3 Main improvements:| Adopt | Possibility to constrain a range for sources extracted with optimal extraction |
| Adopt | Possibility to overplot IRAC and MIPS images in Adopt/Skyplot |
| Adopt | Possibility to pop out the image in Adopt/Skyplot |
| Adopt | Choice between log scale and linear scale image in Adopt/Skyplot |
| Adopt | Possibility to save the fits image displayed in Adopt/Skyplot |
| Adopt | The cut along the slit of the background image can be overplotted to the source spatial profile |
| Dataset manager | possibility to import ascii spectra in the manager without having to go through ISAP. These should have the .txt or .dat extension. A window will appear to choose the units, such as what is the case when importing spectra into ISAP |
| ISAP | Problem when changing units to large strings. Results in crash for tools like black body fitting |
| ISAP | unit change window was modified to be more user friendly and avoid crashes when wrong unit format is entered |
| Adopt | (fixed in 8.0.4) the 'Full' collapse used to plot the spatial profile does not perform the full collapse but the default collapse |
| Adopt | (fixed in 8.0.4) crashes when no IRAC or MIPS images found for the Skyplot |
| Adopt | (fixed in 8.0.4) the skyplot can crash in certain conditions when calculating the spatial cut |
v8.0.2
Download SMART v8.0.2 Main improvements:| Adopt | ISAP and Adopt can be used simultaneously |
| Adopt | Spectra exported to ISAP via Adopt now use the same ISAP instance |
| Adopt | The bug concerning the sign of the v-value (when using Adopt/Skyplot to specify a source's position) is now fixed |
| Adopt | Corrected a minor bug causing a crash when checking the extent of a source with Adopt and the fit results in unrealistically large numbers |
v8.0.1
Download SMART v8.0.1 Bug fixes:| Adopt | Bug in the RSRF iresulting in wrong flux, especially visible for SL1 nod 1 |
| Adopt | The on-the-fly PSF for sources offset in the dispersion direction was not scaled correctly, resulting in flux levels similar to when using a normal (centered) PSF |
| Adopt | ISAP and Adopt have incompatible display properties. The code will now prevent execution of one when the other is running |
| Adopt | (fixed in 8.0.2) the v-value can have the wrong sign in some cases, depending on (DEC,PA) when using the Skyplot |
v8.0.0
Download SMART v8.0.0 Main improvements:| Adopt | Optimal extraction is available via a new GUI. See documentation |
| Adopt | Optimal extraction of sources with significant offsets in the dispersion direction |
| Adopt | Optimal extraction of multiple sources |
| Adopt | Optimal extraction of sources with complex backgrounds |
| Adopt | Possibility to check spatial extent of source |
| Adopt | New source finder with accuracy better than 1/50th of a pixel |
| ISAP | Possibility to call PAHFIT from ISAP. PAHFIT should be installed on the system beforehand |
| ISAP | Possibility to display spectral lines in ISAP, redshifted or not |
| Version | Possibility to check if a newer SMART version exists (Help->check update) |
v7.0.1
Download SMART v7.0.1 Main improvements:| Dataset manager | Automatic cleaning performs better with no bugs due to NaNs? |
| Dataset manager | Improvements of the Combining DCEs task |
| Scripting | Provided scripts in $SM_HOME are up to date |
| ISAP | Spectra can be imported in ISAP when launching ISAP from the command line with no input AAR |
| Source finder | (fixed in 7.1.0) Tapered extractions of s18.7 data might result in either a source not found or a crash during extraction |
v7.0.0
Download SMART v7.0.0 Main improvements:| Calibration | Compatibility with s18.7 calibration release |
| Calibration | calibration files are now chosen automatically depending on the data file version. The choice is based on the value of the CAL_SET keyword. The automatic choice is made via the GUI only. For scripts, there is now a convenient way to set the calibration file version using: sm_cal_set, cal_version='18_7' (note the underscore). Then any kind of override can be done. |
| Dataset manager | possibility to clean many images at once using IRSCLEAN from the dataset manager. If only BCD images are selected then the RMASK from IRSCLEAN is used. If BMASKs are selected as well, then the BMASK corresponding to a given image is also used in addition to the RMASK. Note: the file names must be standard (i.e., with '_bcd', '_bmask' in the string). Note: IRSCLEAN must be installed by the user beforehand. |
| Dataset manager | possibility to combine DCEs from a given exposure ID. Any number of DCEs/ExpIDs/AORKeys can be selected for this to work: only DCEs from a given AORKey AND ExpID? will be combined. If only BCD images are selected then the DCEs are combined using a simple mean. If uncertainty files are selected as well, then they are used to perform an error-weighted mean. Note: again, the file names must be standard (i.e., with '_bcd', '_func' in the string). |
| General | There is no default extraction anymore, and if a source is not found (for tapered column), there will be a message asking what to do. Also, if the source is found very far away from the nod position, there will be a warning message. Reminder: for scripts, sm_bcd_isap needs to have the /script_mode keyword set. You also need to specify the extraction type even when it's a full extraction. This is done by adding the S_EXTY30 header keyword. |
| Compatibility | code compatible with MacOS? up to at least Leopard 10.5.7 |
| Compatibility | code compatible with IDL at least 7.0 |
| ISAP | ISAP GUI has been upgraded to be more user-friendly |
| ISAP | Line flux measurements now work for Cubism-imported spectra. |
| ISAP | (fixed in next version) Impossibility to import spectra in ISAP when launching ISAP from the command line with no input AAR |
| Source finder | (fixed in 7.1.0) Tapered extractions of s18.7 data might result in either a source not found or a crash during extraction |
v6.4.0
Download SMART v6.4.0| . | Added new program to convert IPAC tables to fits |
| . | Off-nod extractions are not output by default |
| . | Added new program to check for overrides |
| . | New error estimates in image combination |
| . | new LH spectral extraction algorithm accordingly to the s17.2 calibration |
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