                                                           From: A.Longinotti
                                                           Date: 15 October 2001


             VLT-SW-OCT2001 - RELEASE NOTES FOR INS COMMON SOFTWARE
             ======================================================

These notes take as reference for comparison the last external release (MAR2001).

All existing packages run both on fullCCS and ccsLite.

Packages BOSS, XXXX, TPL, STOO, ICB have been tested, and therefore
are supported, only on HP-UX (not on Solaris).

                                 New packages
                                 ------------

None

                               Existing packages
                               -----------------

XXXX:
        - VLTSW20010320: ICS stand-alone panel added (xxipan).
        - VLTSW20010144: Exposure meter device added.
        - VLTSW20010501: Adam temperature sensors replaced with Esters DC24.
        - VLTSW20010502: Omega CN76000 controller replaced with Omega CN77000.
        - VLTSW20010259: Example of historian tables.
        - VLTSW20010260: More examples in xxi module.

ICB:
        - VLTSW20010320: New ICS stand-alone panel added (icbpan, xxipan).
                         User Manual: VLT-MAN-ESO-17240-2606
        - VLTSW20010071: icbMOT_GRATING2: ORDER keyword support added.
        - VLTSW20010072: icbMOT_POS: Temperature related term added.
        - VLTSW20010287: icbMOT_POS: Instr. specific user unit conversions support added.
        - VLTSW20010144: New device icbMOT_EXPM (exposure meter).
        - VLTSW20010501: New device icbSEN_ESTERS (Esters DC24).
        - VLTSW20010502: New device icbSEN_CN77000 (Omega CN77000).
        - VLTSW20010255: Support to regularly copy ICS WS OLDB attributes into LCU OLDB.
        - VLTSW20010254: Declare individual LCUs not available.
        - VLTSW20010257: Report standard sensors in the logMonitor.
        - VLTSW20010258: Support for statistics on sensor values in ICB WS part.
        - VLTSW20010256: More FITS keywords added to the header.
        - VLTSW20010259: Support for historian tables.
        - VLTSW20010261: Report lamp status in FITS header only if ON.
        - VLTSW20010404: Reply to STATUS command reports also on WS assemblies.

BOSS:
        - Super OS (SOS) facility support completed.
          SOS is an OS that coordinates other OS-es.
        - VLTSW20010448: Include TELESCOPE keyword in headers. 
        - VLTSW20010495: Merging headers which contain the same keywords. 
        - VLTSW20010010: Simplified configuration. 
        - VLTSW20010222: Auto exposure table refreshing. 
        - VLTSW20010084: Allow more detectors on the subsystemlist (bug fix).
        - VLTSW20010104: Allow setup while exposure is running.
        - VLTSW20010011: Command ONLINE is updated to carry out 
                         additional actions on certain subsystems.
        - VLTSW20010494: Auto mode setting when there is only one mode. 
        - Repeat last exposure without sending the setup parameters again.
        - Auto invalidate exposure when neccessary.
        - Command WAIT updated to handle 'simultaneous' WAIT commands. 
        - Command FORWARD updated to handle multiple replies.
        - Improved performance of file handling.

SLX/OSLX:
        - VLTSW20010135/VLTSW20010075: Improved precision handling in oslx classes. 
        - VLTSW20010522: Don't remove spaces in  comments.   
        - VLTSW20010283: Added new categories: AOS COU and ISS.
        - VLTSW20010118: New function to return name of dictionary (oslxDICTIONARY).
        - VLTSW20010495: New functions to change category in the header keywords 
                         (oslxFITS_EXT)and to hanlde SOS hierachical setup keywords 
                         (oslxFITS_BASE).
        - VLTSW20010248: New functions to recover from  failed/aborted operations.
        - VLTSW20000469,VLTSW20010283,VLTSW20010117, VLTSW20010137: 
                         Bug fixes (oslxSHORT_FITS, oslxFITS, oslxFITS_EXT).
        - VLTSW20010283: slx/oslx manpage update    
   
TPL:    
        - VLTSW20010020: Tool to order FITS keywords on category inside *.tsf files

CTOO:
        - SPRs fixed.

STOO:
        - SPRs fixed.

DXF:
        - VLTSW20010324: documentation improved.
        

IST:
        - VLTSW20010247: istDiskMon class improved.
        - VLTSW20010347: documentation improved.

PCO:
        No Changes.

MISC:
        No Changes.


                               Obsolete packages
                               -----------------

FHT:
        Not supported any more.

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