Description:

Array configuration design and performance evaluation software by Mattieu de Villiers (mattieu@...). Four versions are available:

1. iAntConfig2022 - MacOS (works on Big Sur, Monterey)
2. iAntConfig - OS X program (works on Leopard /Snow Leopard / Lion)
3. AntConfigServer - OS X command line program
4. AntConfig - Windows program (older version - further development discontinued)

iAntConfig2022 (for MacOS)

Identical to below except that the project was resurrected and packaged by Ludwig Schwardt to successfully compile and run on modern MacOS versions Big Sur, Monterey, and hopefully beyond.

Download iAntConfig2022.dmg

iAntConfig (for OS X)

iAntConfig helps the user to design an interferometer layout for radio astronomy. The program allows the user to import or create layouts which can be further tweaked or optimized. Regions and altitude maps can be used to enforce real world constraints.

The layouts are interactively simulated for given observation settings, and are characterised by evaluating performance metrics. These, and other simulation results can be viewed side-by-side, or in an overlapped manner in order to compare the behaviour of different layouts effectively.

iAntConfig is the successor of the Windows program AntConfig and uses the simulation core AntConfigServer. This program is suitable for large scale interferometer design where earth curvature plays a significant role.

System Requirements:

1. Macintosh running OSX Leopard / Snow Leopard / Lion
2. MacBookPro? recommended
3. A 'Mighty Mouse' if you dont have a MAC trackpad.
4. 2GB RAM

For download, see attached files for OS X:

• iAntconfig03t.app.zip
• layoutsourceexamples.zip

For help, look at the attached videos:

• iAntConfig 1 - Workspace.mov
  
• iAntConfig 2 - Observation settings.mov
  
• iAntConfig 3 - Layouts.mov
  
• iAntConfig 4 - Trees.mov
  
• iAntConfig 5 - Colour.mov
  
• iAntConfig 6 - Popup windows.mov
  
• iAntConfig 7 - Ideal weighting and Optimization.mov
  
• iAntConfig 8 - Constraints.mov
  
• iAntConfig 9 - Performance graphs.mov
  

AntConfigServer (for OS X)

AntConfigServer is a unix based command line program that can either be used directly, or indirectly through Matlab or Python scripts. Its functions are to perform simulations, evaluate the performance of a layout and also to optimize layouts. The source code is identically used in iAntConfig.

Using AntConfigServer with Matlab offers greater flexibility for batch mode evaluation of layouts than is possible using the iAntConfig interface.

The Matlab interface also gives direct programmatic access to all variables.

For download, see attached file for OS X:

• AntConfigServerPackage20090429.zip

Note: Development of the Windows version of AntConfig provided here is discontinued and replaced by the iAntConfig OS X program above.