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Spot/Leopard
Spot is a software package for Spitzer observers to plan observations and submit proposals, and Leopard is a software package once used to query and download data from the archive. Since November 2010, Leopard can only be used to search through all planned and executed observations, i.e., to search the Reserved Observations Catalog. (NB: All data downloads must now be performed using the Spitzer Heritage Archive, SHA). Together, this group of cats is referred to as the "Spitzer Pride."
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Spot and Leopard v19 are the current software versions. To get version 19, download v18 and ensure that Options -> Auto-Update is selected in Spot/Leopard to obtain an automatic update of the software
- This software generally require JAVA version 1.5. They do appear to work properly with JAVA 1.6 on Mac OSX 10.6. Please report any problems that you might encounter running these programs under Snow Leopard.
- When attempting to run Spot on a Mac under Lion (MacOSX 10.7), you will encounter an error and Spot will not run. We are working to update Spot to run with Lion, however, in the meantime here is a workaround.
- Only the latest version of the software can connect to the servers at the SSC.
- If your system does NOT auto-update, then you DO NEED to grab the new packages from below and install them.
- Please note: The Windows installer does work, but you may see some errors if you don't have Java 1.5 pre-installed.
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Spot Documentation (v19)
Spot Documentation (v18)
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Leopard Documentation (v9)
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Spitzer Pride Software
| Installation Files |
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To Install the software |
Windows
Spitzer-pride18_0_1-windows.exe
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71MB |
- Click on the link and save the program to disk
- Run the program (double-click on it) to install it
- It will create two programs: spot and leopard
- You will need administrator privileges to install under Vista
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Solaris
Spitzer-pride18_0_1-solaris.sh |
86MB |
- Click on the link and save the program to disk
- To make the program executable type: chmod +x Spitzer-pride18_0_1-solaris.sh
- To install it type: ./Spitzer-pride18_0_1-solaris.sh
- It will create two programs: spot and leopard
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Linux
Spitzer-pride18_0_1-linux.sh
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80MB |
- Click on the link and save the program to disk
- To make the program executable type: chmod +x Spitzer-pride18_0_1-linux.sh
- To install it type: ./Spitzer-pride18_0_1-linux.sh
- It will create two programs: spot and leopard
- If using a 64-bit machine, please see note, 'For All Users,' below
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Mac OS X
Spitzer-pride19_1_0-mac.dmg
(if your computer does not automatically know what to do with this file, hold down the "alt" or "option" key and then click on the file to save it to disk.)
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75MB |
- In principle, you should have JAVA version 1.5.
- However, the software appears to behave properly with JAVA version 1.6 under Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). If you encounter problems, please follow the directions here or here, or contact us via the Helpdesk.
- Click on the link for the Spitzer Pride (here) and save the program to disk.
- Drag the Spitzer Pride folder icon from the pop-up window onto your hard disk (into whichever directory you want to install it).
- Run the program (double-click on it) to install it.
- It will create two programs: spot and leopard
- For Leopard, please be sure that the Leopard and Subscriber applications are in the same folder.
- Running Spot on Lion (OS X 10.7)
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Remember to download the documentation for Spot and Leopard as well as the software! If you find a bug, check the known bugs list for Spot or Leopard and if we don't already know about it, please submit a bug report.
For Solaris Users - The Solaris auto-update may take some time because it is going to download and install the new Java version 1.5. If you cancel the installation before it is complete, you will have to install Spitzer Pride from scratch by downloading the S18 software.
For Mac OS X Users - Spitzer Pride runs under Tiger (OSX 10.4) or Leopard (OSX 10.5), and appears to run properly under Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6). If you encounter problems, please follow the directions here, or contact us via the Helpdesk. To make Spot run under Lion (OSX 10.7), a workaround is available.
For All Users - If you decide to use a different Java Runtime Environment than is provided by our own installers, or are running on a platform other than our standard installations (this, e.g., applies to Linux 64-bit machines), then you should use this 'generic' installation: Spitzer-pride18_0_1-generic.sh. First, obtain (or locate) your own local Java 1.5.x installation. Then, click on the link here and save the program to disk. To make the program executable, type: chmod +x Spitzer-pride_18_0_1-generic.sh. Finally, to install it, type: ./Spitzer-pride_18_0_1-generic.sh. The installation script will ask you for the explicit path to your Java directory. Or, alternatively, you can run the programs thereafter by typing, e.g., for Spot: spot -jre <JRE_DIRECTORY>. For more information on this, see the Spot and Leopard documentation.
Find a bug?
Have you found a 'feature' in Spot or Leopard? If you think you have found a bug, before reporting it please check this list of known bugs in Spot, this list of known bugs in Leopard, read the Release Notes for Spot and Leopard, and the applicable sections of the Spot User's Guide and Leopard User's Guide. It may be a "feature" we already know about.
If you have found a real bug then please do let us know by sending the following information to the Spitzer Helpdesk:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your type of computer (PC, Solaris, Linux, Mac,...)
- Your operating system (Windows 2000, Solaris 2.5, Mac OS 10.2, ...)
- Your windowing system (CDE, Gnome, ...)
- Description of bug
- AOR file
- Spot or Leopard log file (see below)
Spot and Leopard Log Files - Each time you run Spot it creates a file called 'spot-DATE_TIME.log', and analogously for Leopard. It can be found in the default directory created when you install the software. The default directories (for both Spot and Leopard) are:
| Solaris/Linux/Mac | ~/.spot |
| Windows 95,98,ME | C:\spot |
| Windows NT,2000,XP | C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application\Data\spot |
| Windows Vista,7 | C:\Users\{username}\Application\Data\spot |
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