SMART Cook Book

Setting up a Project

All work done in SMART is organized into projects. (Only one Project may be open at any one time.) A project contains one or more datasets which in turn contain data.
The data may be Basic Callibrated Data (BCD) FITS files or it may be data that has already been processed in some way by SMART and can then be recalled for further processing.

The "SMART Project Manager" window is the starting point for using SMART.
All data processed in SMART is organised into "projects". A project can be created in SMART, saved and loaded back in later.
Projects are stored on disk with the extension ".smp" (SMART project).
Each project contains one or more "datasets" in which data (images and/or spectra) is organized.

The Project Manager has four toolbar options "Project", "Calibration", "Tools" and "Help".

• "Project" shows the Project drop down menu. This has five options :
• "New" opens a new project.
• "Load" loads an existing project. Clicking this option will display a selection box listing existing projects. (File type ".smp".)
• "Save" saves (or re-saves) a project under its existing name as a ".smp" file.
• "Save as" saves a project under a new name as a ".smp" file.
• "Exit" exits the Project Manager.
• "Calibration" shows the Calibration drop down menu. This has one option :
• "Setup" invokes the Calibration Selection? window.
• "Tools" shows the Tools drop down menu. This has three options :
• "Start IDEA" invokes the SMART IDEA Main Window window.
  

  Note :

  At least one Dataset (see below) must have been created or loaded into the Project Manager before "Start IDEA" can be used.

• "Start SMTV" invokes the SMTV File Viewer?.
• "Start IDP3" invokes the IDP3 FITS File Viewer?.
• "Help" shows the help drop down menu. This has one option :
• "SMART help" will display the SMART help WWW page. A login is required.

The foot of the Project Manager box has two buttons, "Add Dataset" and "Exit".

• "Add Dataset" adds a new, empty dataset to the current Project.
• "Exit" exits the Project Manager.

Work done in SMART is organized into projects. Only one Project may be open at any one time.
To begin a new project click on "Project" on the Project Manager toolbar and then "New" on the resulting drop down menu.
This will display a box entitled "New Project". Type in a name of choice, (eg. "Analysis1") and then click on "OK" to set up the new project.
(Clicking "Cancel" will cancel the set up.)

Once set up a project can always be accessed by clicking "Load" on the "Project" drop down menu.

Within a project data is organized into Datasets. Each project must contain at least one dataset. Datasets are numbered sequentially, 1,2,3... etc.
Each dataset contains one or more records, which are the actual data being worked on with SMART.

Once a new project is begun the Project Manager window header will change to display the name of the project.
A line "Dataset n (0 records)" will appear in the Project Manager box, where "n" is the first unassigned dataset number within the current project.
Click this to highlight it and four new buttons will appear in foot of the Project Manager Box :

• "Add records/Edit Dataset" displays a new window entitled "Dataset: Dataset n". (This window can also be displayed by double clicking on "Dataset n (0 records)"
• "Rename Dataset" will rename a dataset within this project. Clicking it displays a name box, type in the new name and click "OK" to confirm, "Cancel" to cancel.
• "Delete Dataset" will delete the dataset from this project.

Additional datasets can be added by clicking the "Add Dataset" button. This will display an additional window where the new dataset name can be input.
(Click "OK" to confirm addition, "Cancel" to cancel.)

Dataset Manager

The window "Dataset: Dataset n" lists the name(s) of each dataset and its Object name, BCDID, AOR key, Exposure ID, DCE number, Module, RA, Dec, and Type of file.

Below the list of data files are three rows of buttons.
The first row, "Data", "Noise", "Bmask" and "All" allows selecting particular plane(s) to view from a multi-plane image. The default is "Data".
The selected choice determines which plane(s) are displayed if a multi plane image is selected for viewing with the "View" button. (See below.)
This ONLY effects file viewing. It has no effect at all on extraction.

The second row of buttons is "Browse" and "Close" :

• "Browse" - clicking it displays a selection box for browsing new data.
• "Close" closes the window and returns to the Project Manager.

To add data click on "Browse". This will display a file selection box, select a file to be added (FITS type) and click "OK". (Clicking "Cancel" will cancel the selection.)
This will be listed in the "Dataset" window. In the project manager box the listing will change to "Dataset n (1 records)". Further files can be added if wanted.
(See also SMART Cursor, Mouse and Exit Properties? for bulk selection of multiple files.)
Once files have been selected they will be displayed in the dataset window. To select an indivdual file click on it and its name will higlight.

The third row of buttons is "Delete", "Sort", "View", "Header", "Extract", "Rename", "!ImOps", "View Stack", "Export List" and "Annotations" :

• "Delete" deletes a file from the dataset.
• "Sort" is currently unavailable for use.
• "View" displays a drop down menu with three choices :
  • "SMTV/ISAP" invokes the SMTV File Viewer?.
  • "IDP3/ISAP" invokes the IDP3 File Viewer?.
  • "Quick Look/ISAP" invokes the Quick Look File Viewer?.

  All three of these are image (2-D) viewers. If a spectrum (or spectra) (1-D) is (are) selected for viewing then the main SMART IDEA Main Window will be invoked and the spectrum (spectra) displayed there.
  For a multi plane image the image displayed is determined by the setting of the "Data/Noise/Bmask/All" radio buttons. (See above.)
  

• "Header" displays FITS file header information in a seperate window. (Click "Done" at the foot of this window to return to "Dataset".)
• "Extract" displays the data extraction selection window. See SMART Data Extraction? for more information.
• "Rename" will rename a file within the dataset. Clicking it displays a name box, type in the new name and click "OK" to confirm, "Cancel" to cancel.
• "!ImOps" invokes a window called Image Operations?. This allows arithmetic operations on two or more dataset files. To use it first highlight the relevant files and then click on "!ImOps".
• "View Stack" (greyed out at first) displays a list of indivdual datasets which have been combined into a stack. Highlight the relevant dataset, (with a stacked status of "Yes"), and the "View Stack" button will become active. Clicking on it displays a window headed " Stack of [Dataset Name] listing the data sets in the stack. Click on "Done" at the bottom of this window to return to the "Dataset" window.
• "Export List" exports a list of files in the current dataset.
• "Annotate" displays the Annotations? window.