Changelog

v0.19.0 (2022-05-17)

  • Getter/setter methods in Module must be async.

  • get_task() in TaskScheduler is now async.

  • Lots of bug fixes.

v0.18.0 (2022-03-13)

  • New IGain interface.

v0.17.0 (2022-02-14)

  • Restructuring robotic system.

v0.16.0 (2022-01-14)

  • Added new exceptions.

  • Use those new exceptions to keep track of errors over time and raise SevereErrors.

  • Add new state to module, so that a severe error can put a module into an error state.

  • Added get_state() and get_error_string() methods to modules.

v0.15.0 (2021-12-29)

  • Added Comm implementation for SliXMPP (which should now be default) and moved old comm.xmpp to comm.sleekcmpp.

  • Using asyncio throughout the project, all method and event handlers are async now, as well as open/close methods.

  • Got rid of multi-threading as best as possible.

  • VFS now also uses asyncio.

v0.14.2

  • Fixed a bug with Poetry

v0.14.1

  • Added possibility to use class hierarchy for events, i.e. subscribe to a class and receive all derived events.

  • Change to Poetry as build system

v0.14 (2021-11-03)

  • Guiding modules accept a pipeline now, so more image processors than just Offsets can run.

  • Renamed ICameraBinning, ICameraExposureTime and ICameraWindow and removed the “Camera” part.

  • Added meta attribute (temporary storage, not I/O persistent) to Image.

  • Extracted IImageGrabber from ICamera and renamed expose() to grab_image().

  • Added new IVideo interface and a corresponding BaseVideo module.

  • Raising exception, if XmppComm cannot connect to server, allowing for graceful exit.

  • On shutdown, wait for hanging threads, and kill them after 30 seconds.

  • Multi-processing for the pipeline, using ccdproc now.

  • New interface IPointingSeries, giving access to methods at the telescope that support pointing series.

  • Send logs in thread.

  • Added concept of image processors that take an Image as parameter and return it after some processing.

  • Added new NStarOffsets image processor (T. Masur).

  • Improved scheduler.

  • Added pipelines that take a list of image processors (see Pipeline mixin).

  • Re-organized all get_object methods.

  • Improved type hints throughout the code.

  • Renamed all coordinated interfaces (IRaDec, etc) to IPointing*, i.e. IPointingRaDec.

  • Renamed all offset interfaces to IOffsets*, i.e. IOffsetsRaDec.

  • Renamed IFitsHeaderProvider to IFitsHeaderBefore and also renamed its only method.

  • Added IFitsHeaderAfter to fetch FITS headers after an exposure as well.

  • Moved functionality from Module to Object.

  • New meta data system for images.

  • Renamed IStoppable to IStartStop.

  • Added new proxy interfaces in interfaces.proxies. All proxies now derive from these interfaces instead of the original ones.

  • And a lot more cleanup and re-organization.

v0.13 (2021-04-30)

  • Added a Telegram bot module.

  • Added a module for a Kiosk mode, in which pictures are published on a webpage.

  • Added new IImageFormats interface for cameras that support multiple ones (e.g. grayscale and color).

  • Moved more enums into utils.enums, like WeatherSensors and MotionStatus.

  • Added list_binnings() to IBinning interface and (temporary) default implementation in BaseCamera.

  • Restructured image processors into pyobs.image.processors.

  • Split photometry into separate SourceDetection and Photometry interfaces, added DaophotSourceDetection, and PhotUtilsPhotometry.

  • Sending events non-blocking, which might solve some problems with disappeared XMPP clients.

  • Added lots of documentation, which included setting __module__ for many classes.

v0.12 (2021-01-01)

  • Changed PyObsModule to Module.

  • Removed possibility for network configs.

  • Added MultiModule, which allows for multiple modules in one process.

  • Flat scheduler: add options for readout times.

  • New OnlineReduction module for reduction during the night.

  • Fixed bug that sometimes appears in the interface caching for Comm.

  • LcoTaskArchive: added MoonSeparationConstraint, fixed AirmassConstraint.

  • Optimized Scheduler by only scheduling blocks that actually have a window in the given range.

  • Added module Seeing that extracts FWHMs from the catalogs in reduced images and calculated a median seeing.

  • Introduced concept of Publishers, which can be used to publish data to log, CSV, and hopefully later, database, web, etc.

  • Created new Object class that handles most of what Module did before so that Module only adds module specific stuff.

  • Added some convenience methods for reading/writing files to VFS.

  • Added new IConfig interface which is implemented in every module and allows remote access to config parameters (if getter/setters are implemented).

  • Removed count parameter from ICamera.expose().

  • Removed exposure_time parameter from ICamera.expose() and introduced IExposureTime interface.

  • Removed image_type parameter from ICamera.expose() and introduced IImageType.

  • Moved ImageType enumerator from ICamera to utils.enums.

v0.11 (2020-10-18)

  • Major changes to robotic system based on LCO portal.

  • Setting filter/window/binning in acquisition.

  • Added WaitForMotion and Follow mixins.

  • Added support for flats that don’t directly scale with binning.

  • New module for acoustic warning when autonomous modules are running.

  • Improved SepPhotometry by calculating columns used also by LCO.

  • New interface for Lat/Lon telescopes, e.g. solar telescopes.

v0.10 (2020-05-05)

  • Re-factored acquisition modules and added one based on astrometry.

  • Added combine_binnings parameter to FlatFielder, which triggers, whether to use one function for all binnings or not

  • Added get_current_weather() to IWeather

  • New FlatFieldPointing module that can move telescope to a flatfield pointing

  • Changed requirements in setup.py and put packages that are only required by a server module into [full]

  • Removed HTTP proxy classes

  • Some new mixins

v0.9 (2020-03-06)

  • working on robotic system based on LCO portal

v0.8 (2019-11-17)

  • Added module for bright star acquisition.

  • Added and changed some FITS header keywords.

  • Added module for flat-fielding.

  • Changed some interfaces.

  • Added basic pipeline.

  • Started with code that will be used for a full robotic mode.

  • Re-organized auto-guiding modules.

  • and many more…