CHANGELOG

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.7.4] - 2020-05-31

Note that we skipped 0.7.2 and 0.7.3.

Bug fixes

  • Package name is panoptes-pocs for namespace consistency. (#971)
  • README changed to rst. (#971)

[0.7.1] - 2020-05-31

If you thought 9 months between releases was a long time, how about 18 months! :) This version has a lot of breaking changes and is not backwards compatible with previous versions. The release is a (big) stepping stone on the way to 0.8.0 and (eventually!) a 1.0.0.

The entire repo has been redesigned to support docker images. This comes with a number of changes, including the refactoring of many items into the panoptes-utils repo.

There are a lot of changes included in this release, highlights below:

Warning

This changelog is likely missing some things. The release was large. Too large. If you think something might be working different that just might be true. Check the forums.

Added

  • Storing an explicit safety collection in the database.
  • Configuration file specific for testing rather than relying on pocs.yaml.
  • Convenience scripts for running tests inside docker container:
    scripts/testing/test-software.sh
  • GitHub Actions for testing and coverage upload.

Changed

  • Docker as default. (#951).

  • Weather items have moved to aag-weather.
    • Two docker containers run from the aag-weather image and have a docker/docker-compose-aag.yaml file to start.
  • Config items related to the configuration system have been moved to the Config Server in panoptes-utils repo.
    • The main interface for POCS related items is through self.get_config, which can take a key and a default, e.g. self.get_config('mount.horizon', default='30 deg').
    • Test writing is affected and is currently more difficult than would be ideal. An updated test writing document will be following this release.
  • Logging has changed to loguru and has been greatly simplified:
    • get_root_logger has been replaced by get_logger.
  • The per-run logs have been removed and have been replaced by two logs files:
    • $PANDIR/logs/panoptes.log: Log file meant for watching on the
      command line (via tail) or for otherwise human-readable logs. Rotated daily at 11:30 am. Only the previous days’ log is retained.
    • $PANDIR/logs/panoptes_YYYYMMDD.log: Log file meant for archive
      or information gathering. Stored in JSON format for ingestion into log analysis service. Rotated daily at 11:30 and stored in a compressed file for 7 days. Future updates will add option to upload to google servers.

  • loguru provides two new log levels

    • trace: one level below debug.
    • success: one level above info.
  • Breaking Mount: unparking has been moved from the

    ready to the slewing state. This fixes a problem where after waiting 10 minutes for observation check, the mount would move from park to home to park without checking weather safety.

  • Documentation updates.

  • Lots of conversions to f-strings.

  • Renamed codecov configuration file to be compliant.

  • Switch to pyscaffold for package maintenance.

  • “Waiting” method changes:
    • sleep has been renamed to wait.

  • All status() methods have been converted to properties that return a useful dict.

  • Making proper abstractmethods.

  • Documentation updates where found.

  • Many log and f-string fixes.

  • pocs.config_port property available publicly.

  • horizon check for state happens directly in run.

Removed

[0.6.2] - 2018-09-27

One week between releases is a lot better than 9 months! ;) Some small but important changes mark this release including faster testing times on local machines. Also a quick release to remove some of the CloudSQL features (but see the shiny new Cloud Functions over in the panoptes-network repo!).

Fixed

  • Cameras
  • Use unit_id for sequence and image ids. Important for processing
    consistency [#613].
  • State Machine

Changed

  • Camera
  • Remove camera creation from Observatory [#612].
  • Smarter event waiting [#625].
  • More cleanup, especially path names and pretty images [#610, #613,
    #614, #620].
  • Mount
  • Testing
  • Caching some of the build dirs [#611].
  • Only use Mongo DB type during local testing - Local testing with
    1/3rd the wait! [#616].
  • Google Cloud [#599]
  • Storage improvements [#601].

Added

  • Misc
  • CountdownTimer utility [#625].

Removed

  • Google Cloud [#599]
  • Reverted some of the CloudSQL connectivity [#652]
  • Cameras
  • Remove spline smoothing focus [#621].

[0.6.1] - 2018-09-20

Lots of changes in this release. In particular we’ve pushed through a

lot of changes | (especially with the help of @jamessynge) to make the development process a lot | smoother. This has in turn contribute to the quality of the codebase.

Too long between releases but even more exciting improvements to come! Next up is tackling the events notification system, which will let us start having some vastly improved UI features.

Below is a list of some of the changes.

Thanks to first-time contributors: @jermainegug @jeremylan as well as contributions from many folks over at https://github.com/AstroHuntsman/huntsman-pocs.

Fixed

  • Cameras
  • Fix for DATE-OBS fits header [#589].
  • Better property settings for DSLRs [#589].
  • Pretty image improvements [#589].
  • Autofocus improvements for SBIG/Focuser [#535].
  • Primary camera updates [#614, 620].
  • Many bug fixes [#457, #589].
  • State Machine
  • Many fixes [#509, #518].

Changed

  • Mount
  • POCS Shell: Hitting Ctrl-c will complete movement through states
    [#590].
  • Pointing updates, including auto_correct [#580].
  • Tracking mode updates (fixes for Northern Hemisphere only!)
    [#549].
  • Serial interaction improvements [#388, #403].
  • Shutdown improvements [#407, #421].
  • Dome
  • Changes from May Huntsman commissioning run [#535]
  • Messaging
  • Better and consistent topic terminology [#593, #605].
  • Anticipation of coming events.
  • Misc
  • Default to rereading the fields file for targets [#488].
  • Timelapse updates [#523, #591].

Added

  • Cameras
  • Basic scripts for bias and dark frames.
  • Add support for Optec FocusLynx based focus controllers [#512].
  • Pretty images from FITS files. Thanks @jermainegug! [#538].
  • Testing
  • pyflakes testing support for bug squashing! :bettle: [#596].
  • pycodestyle for better code! [#594].
  • Threads instead of process [#468].
  • Fix coverage & Travis config for concurrency [#566].
  • Google Cloud [#599]
  • Added instructions for authentication [#600].
  • Add a pan_id to units for GCE interaction[#595].
  • Adding Google CloudDB interaction [#602].
  • Sensors
  • Much work on arduinos and sensors [#422].
  • Misc
  • Startup scripts for easier setup [#475].
  • Install scripts for Ubuntu 18.04 [#585].
  • New database type: mongo, file, memory [#414].
  • Twitter! Slack! Social median interactions. Hooray! Thanks
    @jeremylan! [#522]

[0.6.0] - 2017-12-30

Changed

  • Enforce 100 character limit for code
    159.
  • Using root-relative module imports
    252.
  • Observatory is now a parameter for a POCS instance
    195.
  • Better handling of simulator types
    200.
  • Log improvements:
  • Separate files for each level and new naming scheme
    165.
  • Reduced log format
    254.
  • Better reusing of logger
    192.
  • Single shared MongoClient connection
    228.
  • Improvements to build process
    176, 166.
  • State machine location more flexible
    209, 219
  • Testing improvments
    249.
  • Updates to many wiki pages.
  • Misc bug fixes and improvements.

Added

  • Merge PEAS into POCS
    169.
  • Merge PACE into POCS
    167.
  • Support added for testing of serial devices
    164, 180.
  • Basic dome support
    231, 248.
  • Polar alignment helper functions moved from PIAA
    265.

Removed

  • Remove threading support from rs232.SerialData
    148.

[0.5.1] - 2017-12-02

Added

  • First real release!
  • Working POCS features:
  • mount (iOptron)
  • cameras (DSLR, SBIG)
  • focuer (Birger)
  • scheduler (simple)
  • Relies on separate repositories PEAS and PACE
  • Automated testing with travis-ci.org
  • Code coverage via codecov.io
  • Basic install scripts