SMART IDEA Main Window

The SMART IDEA Main window provides multiple functionality for processing data. Normally it is invoked automatically when an extraction is run from the Project Manager. It can also be invoked in two other ways :

1. From the "Start IDEA" option on the Project Manager "Tools" menu.
2. Directly from the ">IDL" prompt, see Scripting Guide for details.

The SMART IDEA Main window is derived from the ISO Project IDEA GUI. (Formerly known as the IDEA window.)
Much of the functionality is similar. (The Original ISAP online help can be seen at the main ISAP Web Site.)

Viewing Data

On first appearance the SMART IDEA Main Window is often blank, even if data has just been extracted. To display data do the following :

1. The window will display the "prime" data set. If only one data set has been loaded/extracted then it automatically becomes the prime data set. If two or more data sets have been loaded/extracted the first one is assumed by default to be the prime data set. The name of the current prime data set is displayed in the top left hand corner of the window in the box labeled "Prime:".
2. Select which BCD(s), order(s), slit position(s) and module(s) to display. The prime data set will be checked and the window displays a series of radio buttons numbered for each BCD, order, slit position and module in it. These are displayed in the boxes immediately above the data display (black) area on the window. If there is only one BCD, order, slit position or module then the relevant radio button is automatically switched to "on" (display). If there are two or more BCDs, orders, slit positions or modules then all the associated radio buttons are set to "off" (non-display). There will also be an extra radio button, "All", which can switch all other radio buttons in its row on or off. Select the BCDs, orders, slit positions and modules you want to display. (First time users may best be served by clicking "All" for each case where there is more than one radio button.)
3. Display the selected data by clicking on the "Plot" button at the left hand side of the window.

   f a valid combination of radio buttons has not been selected a warning message will appear in a pop-up "Acknowldege" window. The message text will be "Please include the following in your Selection, then press plot:" This will be followed by a list of one or more of BCDs, Orders, Slit Positions or Modules depending on which needs selection. EG. For orders :

   Click "OK" on the "Acknowledge" window and then select the relevant BCDs, Orders, Slit Positions or Modules radio button(s). Then click on "Plot" again. The data will display.

4. The default data display is unconnected dots. If you want to see the data displayed in some other form (EG. connected line)
   click on the "Style" button at the left hand side of the window.
   This will display the IDEA Plot Style Preferences window. Select the display style options you want.
   (EG. To display a connected line click on "Line Style: Connected", then "Apply" to return to the IDEA Main window with the new style.)
5. To see and work with second or subsequent data sets click on the "Store" button at the left hand side of the window.
   This will display the IDEA Stored Data Sets window. This lists all data sets currently loaded into the IDEA Main window.
   Selecting options from this window allows changing the prime data set, exporting data sets as files (various formats) and several other operations.
   

   Once a second or subsequent data set has been chosen as "prime" you may need to again select relevant BCDs, orders, slit positions or modules and click "Plot" to display it.

Working With Data

1. To run one of the many available applications on the data shown in the display area first draw a box round it with the right hand mouse button.
   

   Only data in the drawn box will be processed by the selected application. Data outside the selected box will be ignored and not processed by the application.

   Once a box is drawn the IDEA Applications window will appear. Select an application by clicking on the relevant button. Depending on the application selected one or more further windows may appear. Once an application is completed the application modified data will be returned to the IDEA Main window as a new data set. This new data set exists only in virtual storage in the data display area. To save it click on the "Store-Prime" button at the top of the IDEA Main window. The data will automatically become the prime data set and be saved with a new name of the form "App:!PreviousName", where "App" is a designator specific to the just used Application. This new data set will be listed on the IDEA Stored Data Sets window and its name will be displayed in the top left hand corner of the window in the box labeled "Prime:".

2. IDEA Basic Analyis provides a general introductory example to using the IDEA Main Window.
3. IDEA Positional Description provides a positional listing and explanation of all buttons on the IDEA window.
4. IDEA Alphabetical Listing provides an alphabetical listing of all buttons on the IDEA window.
5. IDEA Applications provides a listing and explanation of all IDEA Applications.

Saving Data

Processed data may be saved in a variety of different ways :

1. Directly to external files from the IDEA Main Window. To do this click on the "Store" button and take the "Choose and Apply Function" and "Write to disk in" options from the IDEA Stored Data Sets window.
   This will allow processed data to be exported out of SMART as :
   • FITS Format
   • ASCII Format
   • ISAP-XDR Format
2. Back into the Dataset Manager during processing. Click on the "Copy to dataset manager" botton on the left hand side of the IDEA Main Window. This will copy all spectra currently in the IDEA Main window to the Dataset Manager for storage while leaving the IDEA Main window open and active to continue analysis. Copied spectra are stored in the Dataset Manager with the names assigned to them in the IDEA Main window.
3. Back into the Dataset Manager at the end of processing. On exiting the IDEA Main Window by clicking the "QUIT" button two pop-up boxes will display. Firstly "SMART-IDEA Exit" asking "Do you really want to exit?" :

   

   Assuming you actually want to leave the IDEA Main Window click on "Yes". A second box then appears "Update Project" asking "Do you want to save your spectral data to the Project Manager?"

   

   Clicking "Yes" will copy all spectra currently in the IDEA Main window to the Dataset Manager?, then close the IDEA Main Window.
   Clicking "No" will close the IDEA Main Window and all data currently in it will be lost.