10-Mar-2005
Dear RHESSI software users, Last night we uploaded a bunch of new routines to the hessi atest directory. The new software includes a new version of the image object that handles multi-image cubes as well as single images. With the new software, it's easy to write and read image cube FITS files, and view the images in the cube several different ways including making MPEG and JavaScript movies. In addition there are some changes to the basic object routines to speed up processing for all the RHESSI software. The new version should be fully compatible with the old version for single images, so existing scripts should continue to work. However, it would good to switch to the new set of parameter names that work for single or multi-image cubes (as described in the link below). Also, existing image cube FITS files can still be read with the new software although it's slower Please refer to http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/~kim/hsi_image_howto.html for documentation on the command line calls to the new object. (The link to this document is in the Imaging / Overview page of the RHESSI Data and Software Center.) The GUI has been modified to take advantage of the new image object features. Please refer to http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/~kim/GUI_changes_March2005.html. (The link to this document is in the Software / Documentation page of the RHESSI Data and Software Center.) As usual, if you have a problem with the new software, please report it to hessibugs@hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov. And if you need to remove the new routines from your IDL path, type hsi_remove_atest in a new session of SSW IDL. Kim and Andre