JObserve: Java based Observe
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in fall 2009: our focus has shifted to beta testing the new software, we don't
expect any further releases of JObserve.
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What is it?
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JObserve is a rewrite of the older observe program for
generating observing schedules for the VLA. Among the
features of JObserve are:
- Point and click graphical user interface
- Extensive on line html based user and software documentation.
- Written in Java to provide portability.
- Internet access to the most recent calibrator and frequency information.
- "Undo" of last editing function.
- Read source lists or entire schedules from text file.
- Several report generators.
- Save/restore environment.
- Read existing VLA schedule.
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See also the Cookbook
for JObserve for hints on using the latest release. The
Cookbook for the previous release (1.6.5) is also
available.
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What state is it in?
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JObserve is still very much a work in progress; new bugs
are discovered monthly, some of them are critical. We release
new versions of JObserve every three to six months or so;
interested parties should consider joining the
jobserve-annouce mailing list (see below) to recieve
notification via email when that happens.
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Distributions
have been rolled for i386 glibc 2 based Linux (tested under
RedHat 9 and gentoo)
and Sun Sparc Solaris. A kit is available for porting JObserve
to other operating systems that have a modern version (1.4.2) of the
Java Virtual Machine. We hope to release a Java Web Start version
for Windows soon, perhaps by mid-August.
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Who should I contact?
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Send questions and comments to
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