Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: the control system of the unit telescopes

Chris Mayer; Marion Fisher; Alan Greer; James Parkhurst; Philip Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.788376

14 July 2008 Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: the control system of the unit telescopes

Chris Mayer, Marion Fisher, Alan Greer, James Parkhurst, Philip Taylor

Proceedings Volume 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II; 701907 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788376
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

This paper describes the telescope control system for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer. To achieve the rapid development time required by the project we made use of two software packages, LabVIEW from National Instruments and TCSpk from Tpoint Software. The telescope control system is built from a set of components that conform to a standard interface and implement a set of component specific commands. Data is distributed throughout the system in a uniform manner by an event system that uses the publish-subscribe paradigm.

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Chris Mayer, Marion Fisher, Alan Greer, James Parkhurst, and Philip Taylor "Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: the control system of the unit telescopes", Proc. SPIE 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, 701907 (14 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788376

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