Improvements to SHINS, the SHARK-NIR instrument software, during the AIT phase

Davide Ricci; Fulvio Laudisio; Sona Chavan; Marco De Pascale; Andrea Baruffolo

doi:10.1117/12.2629469

29 August 2022 Improvements to SHINS, the SHARK-NIR instrument software, during the AIT phase

Davide Ricci, Fulvio Laudisio, Sona Chavan, Marco De Pascale, Andrea Baruffolo

Proceedings Volume 12189, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII; 1218920 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629469
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Abstract

In the context of SHARK-NIR (System for coronagraphy with High Order adaptive optics in Z and H band), we present the development of SHINS, the SHARK-NIR INstrument control Software, in particular focusing on the changes introduced during the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) phase. SHARK-NIR observing sessions will be carried out with ”ESO-style” Observation Blocks (OBs) based on so-called Templates scripts that will be prepared by observers. We decided to develop Templates also for the large number of AIT tests (flexures, coronagraphic mask alignment, scientific camera performances...). Here we present the adopted HTTP API for the OBs generation and a web-based frontend that implements it. Taking advantage of this approach, we decided to expose APIs also for individual device movement and monitoring, as well as for general status. These APIs are then used in the web-based instrument control and synoptic panels. During the recent AIT phase, a potential collision issue between two motorized components emerged. While we are exploring the possibility of a hardware interlock, we present a software solution developed at the Observation Software level, that is also available while using other software such as engineering panels. The system is based on three protection layers and it has been successfully tested.

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Davide Ricci, Fulvio Laudisio, Sona Chavan, Marco De Pascale, and Andrea Baruffolo "Improvements to SHINS, the SHARK-NIR instrument software, during the AIT phase", Proc. SPIE 12189, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII, 1218920 (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629469

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