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QSAS:
Science Analysis Software for Space Plasmas
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QSAS current version is 3.1.7
Both Windows and Macintosh versions are complete and self contained. It is no longer necessary to install QT5 or CDF.
This is an end of branch release.
QSAS version 3.1.7
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Fixes leap seconds being inserted 10 days too early(!) in reading CDF TT2000 data (e.g. MMS)
QSAS version 3.1.6
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Allows version 3.1 to read savesets from QSAS version 3.2
QSAS version 3.1.5
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Plugin updates
- Help pages re-written
- Bug fixes and interface improvements
- Structural re-arrangement to provide simple plugin makefile template
- Faster and smaller XML savesets
QSAS version 3.1.1 to 3.1.4
QSAS version 3.1.0
- New Analysis methods, and array ops in own menu
- MMS handling added
- Toolbars added (turn on/off as default in profiles)
- DVOS error handling feedback added
- Batch processing added
- Numerous bug fixes
- QDOS based plugins no longer supported
QSAS version 3.0.6
- All plugins migrated to DVOS
- PNG and PDF bug fixes
- This is an end of branch release. Subsequent releases (from 3.1.0) will not support QDOS based plugins
The
migration also involves progressively moving to xml savesets. If you
have an old saveset (.qss folder) that does not open under the latest
release you will need to open it in version QSAS_2_4_13 and re-save
(this will convert binary save files to xml). See QSAS 2_4.
QSAS
is a software package which provides a flexible, extendable environment
for the selection, manipulation, and display of space physics data.
QSAS is written in C/C++ and is compiled using the gnu compiler set,
and makes use of several elements of third-party software, including Qt
(http://qt-project.org/downloads), cdf (http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and PLplot (http://plplot.sourceforge.net/).
Currently available for Linux, Mac OSX and
Windows.
Obtaining QSAS
Please email CSC
Support each time you download a qsas distribution, stating which
version, so that we can keep users informed of changes and monitor levels of
interest. QSAS is provided free under GPL public licence, see licence file.
Linux users
should download the source distribution which builds itself using a
build script (QSAS_3_1/bin/build). Edit the script to give the location of the QSAS
distribution after download and the target directory for installing QSAS
into, along with QT, and CDF installations on your platform, then type
'./build qsas' in the bin directory of the distribution:
QSASlinux.tar.gz
Mac OSX users should download the disk image.
Extract and drag
the folder QSAS_3_1 to /Applications.
The first time a new QSAS version is run
it may be necessary to open System Preferences -> Security &
Privacy
and select 'anywhere' from 'Allow apps downloaded from'. Once QSAS has
been launched for the first time this may be restored to your own
preferred security settings.
This also contains the full src tree and can be built from the script bin/build in the case of local difficulties.
Launch QSAS on the Mac by double clicking on the QSAS icon /Applications/QSAS_3_1/QSAS.
Contact CSC
Support for earlier versions of the operating system.
Windows users should download the following archive:
After unzipping, a QSAS31 folder will be created. If
you place the QSAS31 directory inside C:\Program Files\QSAS, i.e., so
that you have C:\Program Files\QSAS\QSAS31, it is ready to use.
Start QSAS by double-clicking QSAS.bat. You can also make shortcuts to this launcher.
If you install QSAS somewhere else, edit the first line of the QSAS.bat
script to point to your installation directory. If QSAS launches but
instantly dies, try to run this script from within a CMD console to
inspect any error messages which may be output. Usually the problem is
in the PATH specification, related to the installation location.
On platforms where it does not run out of the box, it is possible to
build from source. In which case it will also be necessary to install
msys2 (part of the MinGW package) and NASA's CDF libraries, available
from:
http://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/wiki/MSYS2%20installation/,
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/sw_and_docs.html
See the instructions in QSAS31/docs for more details. The msys2
installation will fetch and install both mingw and Qt5 for you, which
are the remaining items necessary to build QSAS.
Documentation
- QSAS Help Pages (html) and other documentation are included in all
distributions in the directory doc.
Acknowledging QSAS
in Publications
The preferred wording for acknowledging use of QSAS
in publications is "Data analysis was done with the QSAS science analysis
system provided by the United Kingdom Cluster Science Centre (Imperial College
London and Queen Mary, University of London) supported by The Science and
Technology Facilities Council (STFC)" or similar wording as appropriate.
Authors
This software is maintained by the CSC Team at IC. The team members have included, in alphabetical order, Tony Allen
(A.Allen@ic.ac.uk), Stuart Bale, Janet Barnes, Nora Bounaira, David Burgess, Gareth Chisham, Markus Fraenz, Anthony Hare, James
Meakin, Alban Rochel, Steve Schwartz (S.Schwartz@ic.ac.uk)
and Abdeslam Serroukh. Current team members are shown with an email address.
Please address all comments to csc-support-dl.
QSAS is developed as part of the
Cluster Science Centre within the UK and funded by the Science and Technology
Facilities Council (STFC). The software is provided as is under the GPL public licence,
though QM and IC retain the copyright. No liability is accepted for any damage
resulting from the installation or use of this software, and no guarantee of
its suitability is implied for any use other than the scientific visualisation
and manipulation of Cluster science data. Copyright.
Last up-dated 21 February 2017
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