FIESTool

To streamline the reduction of FIES data, a version of the interface was produced that runs 24/7, without the need of user intervention, saving resources and storing the data in a predictable way, which makes it easier to distribute the reduced products. The automatically reduced spectra are saved on the user and archive DVDs produced each night.

Along with this automated FIESTool, we have developed and implemented a ``viewer'' program for the reduced spectra, independent of FIESTool, such that users can view the data without the need to connect to the automatically running FIESTool session. In principle the on-line version of FIESTool can still be used by the observers in the control room, but the reduced data written to DVD is independent of what the user does.

A simple cosmic-ray clipper was added in FIESTool as an extra reduction step before spectral extraction. This to weed out the strong cosmics that can inhibit proper 'optimal' extractions.

Various small improvements were made to the FIESTool documentation, and updates were made to described the changes presented above.