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Last Updated Jan 2001

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COMPASS Software Development

All software currently being developed on the WindowsNT4.0 operating system with Intel based machines. Mixed language development environment.

Schema:

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0
Objectivity 5.0 C++ binding

Access:

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 - access library
Digital Visual Fortran 5.0 - interface to calibration tasks
RogueWave Tools.h++ 7.0.6

Catalog Processing/Application Development:

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 - database transaction control
Digital Visual Fortran 5.0 - object cross matching, astrometric, and photometric calibration

Visualization/User Interface:

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 - HTM AstroMap Library/sky partitioning
Visualization Toolkit(VTK) - OpenGL C++ library
Visual J++ and JDK 1.1x

Source Code Control

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0


COMPASS Hardware Configuration

COMPASS – HSM

Raid Array: 8 disks at ~100GB
DLT jukebox: 46 DLT’s, ~55GB/tape
OTG DiskXtender: Setup (screen shots), Database disks, Oop and Cim files

Network

DELL 6100 Server, configured with 1 GB RAM, 2 cpus,
Wide-differential SCSI controller->Digital StorageWorks Raid Array ( ~ 350GB)
TCPIP network protocol
Pathworks disk client/server