Installing The ISAP GUI

The ISAP GUI and the routines that it uses are all written in pure IDL. There are no calls to external code e.g. FORTRAN , C etc. Installation is easy,

• FTP (PUT A MARKER HERE To ftp link?) the ISAP code.
• Set up your IDL path to ensure that it points to the standard IDL libraries and the IDL ASTROLIB.
• Now the installation depends on the platform:
  • VAX/VMS
    • You can browse these pages directly from the ISAP GUI session. Execute the following two DCL commands.
      Assign "http://ast.star.rl.ac.uk/isouk/iso/lws/isap/gui_isap.html"www_home
      www :== $disk$user1:[mosaic]MOSAIC-24A-AXP
    • Set your display for IDL. e.g.
      set display/create/transport=tcpip/node=130.246.33.20
      REMEMBER to enter your display number not mine!
    • Make a file called isap_gui_start. It should contain the following lines:

      .size 50000 10000       ; increase program code size. Just temporary
                              ; until the code shrinks again. Honestly.
      
      res=expand_path('+idl_dir:[LIB]')
      !path = res + ',' + !path
      res=expand_path('+[conman.isap_v21]')
      !path = !path + ',' + res
      
      
      ;* Directory defines. These point to the various directories
      ;* where a user want to read/write data.
      
      defsysv,'!isap_fits','disk$user1:[conman.isap_fits]'
      defsysv,'!isap_xdr', 'disk$user1:[conman.isap_xdr]'
      defsysv,'!isap_ascii','disk$user1:[conman.isap_ascii]'
      defsysv,'!sap_gui',1
      
      ;* GUI defines - these system variables define various changeable values
      ;* used in the GUI. Some are fixed values, others get changed within the
      ;* GUI as it operates.
      ;*
      ;* Here is a spare copy of the originals:
      ;*
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_errorbars','no'        ; initially no errorbars on plots
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_main_x',650         ; x pixels on main cw_draw window
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_main_y',350         ; y pixels on main cw_draw window
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_avg_x',350          ; x pixels on main average draw windows
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_avg_y',350          ; y pixels on main average draw windows
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_rebin_x',350        ; x pixels on main rebin draw windows
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_cw_rebin_y',350        ; y pixels on main rebin draw windows
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_button_columns',15     ; how many buttons in selections
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_main_x_pixels',750     ; width of button boxes on main gui
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_main_y_pixels',60      ; height of button boxes on main gui
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_colours','yes'         ; use colour colour table? Or mono?
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_psym',3                ; symbol used for default plotting
      ;* defsysv,'!gui_show_masked',0         ; show masked data? 0 = no
      ;*
      defsysv,'!gui_errorbars','no'
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_main_x',650
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_main_y',350
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_avg_x',350
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_avg_y',350
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_rebin_x',350
      defsysv,'!gui_cw_rebin_y',350
      defsysv,'!gui_button_columns',15
      defsysv,'!gui_main_x_pixels',750
      defsysv,'!gui_main_y_pixels',60
      defsysv,'!gui_colours','yes'
      defsysv,'!gui_psym',3
      defsysv,'!gui_show_masked',0
      ;*
      sci_anal5
      
      

  • Sun ??
    • Make a file called isap_gui_start:
• Copy at least 1 LWS LSAN or SWS SWAA data set into your data area. The data can be taken directly from your CD i.e in FITS format.
• now you have the above file and your data, you need only type "IDL ISAP_GUI_START" and the GUI session will be started.
• The GUI Guide should be your next step.

ISAP GUI

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Last update: 25-July-96
Sarah Unger (sju@astro1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk)