Abstract:
Throughout this summer, the majority of all the mathematical
operations on GTC data originally done through IDL code have been transferred
to a C environment. The C code can then be integrated into a monitoring
system for GTC experiments. Data from GTC will be shuttled to scripts which
will run the C routines and send them to ElVis, a Java based graphing
utility. ElVis will then display the graphs on the web for observation. The
code will also be packaged into APIs useable by AVS/Express to achieve an
Integrated Data Analysis & Visualization Environment (IDAVE).
Chromium, a program specifically catered for tiled displays and parallel
rendering, has been installed on the High Resolution Display Wall to allow
AVS/Express to run on the tiled display. Chromium overcomes many of its
predecessor's (WireGL) pitfalls, including more complete OpenGL support as
well as parallel rendering possibilities and efficient tile sorting methods.
The parallel API support in Chromium will also be of great help to Ensight
Gold, which will have a new version released later in the year, and will be
catered specifically to chromium in its parallel visualizations.