MIKE-GUI Software Documentation

The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science (Carnegie Observatories), Pasadena, CA

Version 3.8

Christoph C. Birk (birk AT obs DOT carnegiescience DOT edu)

Location of this document: https://carnegie-observatories.github.io/mike/MIKE/

  • News
  • X11 (v2): Screen Shots and GUI Documentation (deprecated)
  • Aqua (v3): Screen Shots and GUI Documentation
  • Flamp-GUI (MIKE-Fibers, legacy)
  • MIKE webpage at LCO
  • PLC Memory Addresses
  • PLC Slit and Focus tables

    News

    Starting with version v3.6, release notes will be maintained at the github repository at github.com/carnegie-observatories/mike/releases.
    Unreleased
  • Lamp auto-off after 30 minutes of real idle time (no exposure running), measured from the last lamp change or exposure; the lamp is no longer switched off during a sequence of exposures. The warning window stays open until closed and the event is logged (MIKE-56). See Lamp.
  • The GUI always uses the light appearance.
  • Fixed the QuickLook magnifier circle placement and the overview click position.
    • v3.8 (2026-05-05)
  • The About panel (and the TCP/IP 'version' command) show the release version and git commit.
    • v3.7 (2026-01-28)
  • Documentation moved to carnegie-observatories.github.io/mike.
  • The readout message shows the elapsed wall time.
    • v3.6 (2025-07-31)
  • Added the idle-lamp auto-off.
    • v3.5/v3.4.1 (2024-12-11)
  • Added the 'runtime' command to the TCP/IP interface.
    • v3.4 (2024-09-09)
  • Added the diffuser status on the GUI.
    • The GUI presents a warning dialog if a science exposure (ImageType=Object, Exp.Time>=60) is taken.
  • Added the diffuser status via TCP/IP interface.
    • v3.3.8 (2024-07-11)
  • Added a work-around to a PLC bug handling negative temperatures.

    • Release Notes

    April 2003, Christoph C. Birk, Carnegie Observatories