NRAO Applications Users Group Meeting - PRELIMINARY AGENDA Date: 2008-08-27 (Wednesday) Time: 1300 MDT (1500 EDT) Video Hub: SOC-conf Rooms: SOC317/CV209 Phone-in: (575) 835-7940 NOTE: THIS NUMBER NO LONGER WORKS ******************************************************************* Agenda: Send items for inclusion to smyers 1. CASA General News o News on the CASA Manager search o Gustaaf is organizing a Fall AOC CASA Tutorial (in October or November). o CASA web page I have done significant updating of the page since Patch 2, take a look (comments welcome): http://casa.nrao.edu 2. Version 2.2 (Beta Patch 2) status o This is the current released version plus updates. See: http://casa.nrao.edu/betarelease.shtml Note that the Beta is now "open", with direct download possible. o There will be an update Patch 2.2 this week to fix a plotxy 64bit startup issue o There is an updated 21-Aug-2008 Cookbook also: http://casa.nrao.edu/Doc/Cookbook/casa_cookbook.pdf o Updated post-Summer School scripts are posted: http://casa.nrao.edu/casatraining.shtml#scripts 3. Version 2.3 (Beta Patch 3) development and testing o Development freeze scheduled for Sept 15, release Oct 15 o key NAUG testing will be near or after Sept 15 freeze o see main event below 4. Planning (beyond Patch 3) o parallelization effort - new cluster for development purchased o viewer task force o plotting refurbishment 5. Main Event - Patch 3 features and testing o Data Handling - importasdm (support for ATF and EVLA proto-widar) - exportuvfits (support for ASDM to AIPS in simple modes) o Calibration - cross-spw support for BPOLY (polynomial bandpasses) - channel exclusion for BPOLY (e.g. maskedge, maskline in sdfit) o Imaging - widefield task - heterogeneous array support (e.g. different dish sizes) o Analysis - imfit (single Gaussian) o Plotxy - improved axes labels (get rid of default offset behavior) - expand flags (channels and correlations) - bug fixes o CASAViewer - printing to PNG (can set size of output image) - printing to PS (postscript commands instead of to raster) - save/restore settings o ALMA Simulator - now can add noise See: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/SimulatorCookbook o Single Dish - a number of single-dish task improvements o Test/Use Cases We would like to add new cases for scripts and regressions. Example cases would include: - VLA 43GHz line obs (with fast switching) - VLA low-frequency/widefield continuum ******************************************************************* The agendas for past NAUG meetings are archived at: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/naug/agenda/ The minutes for past NAUG meetings are archived at: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/naug/minutes/