TMS Meeting Minutes, September 23, 2021 Attendees: Andrew, Bo Xin, Breann, Heejoo, John, Trenton, Yang (Zoom Meeting) Updates: * John sent out an update from t...
TMS Meeting Minutes, December 9, 2021 Attendees: Andrew, Breann, Christian, Heejoo, John, Olga, Trenton, Yang (Zoom Meeting) TMS Operations: * There were no op...
TMS Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2022 Attendees: Andrew, Breann, Christian, Heejoo, John, Olga, Trenton (Zoom Meeting) Winter Storm: * Snow on top of the dome m...
AutoGuider and Wavefront sensing units The units are responsible for autoguiding and active optics control. They come in two flavours, from AIP (PEPSI, LUCI) and ...
Alarm Handler Software The Alarm Handler software is a third party Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) package (http://www.aps.anl.gov/epic...
Acronyms and Definitions in common use within the LBT Active Optics Works by "actively" adjusting the telescope's mirrors. Actuator A one or two axis pn...
THIS PAGE IS OBSOLETE Build and Installation Procedures for the EPICS Input/Output Controllers (IOCs) on 64 bit machines The following notes provide details on...
THIS PAGE IS OBSOLETE Using the Alarm Hander for Development on a Programmer Workstation Instructions for Getting/Running the ALH with Your Working Version of...
Archive Software * LBT Archive Troubleshooting Guide (INAF, Fall 2017) Archive Startup Procedure (Adapted from an email to IT from Cristina June 2015) There a...
LBTO AzCam Server Software Notes This is the beginning of a general page for details about LBTO's use of the AzCam software. There is a CAN document with some o...
Computer Shutdown Sequence Only a few manual actions are needed after an automated shutdown sequence has occurred. Manual Actions needed AFTER the auto shutdow...
Computer Shutdown and Startup Procedures Computer room shutdowns/startups are mostly automated. A script monitors UPS status and commands shutdown(s) as needed....
Computer Startup Sequence This procedure assumes that power was lost on the mountain, hosts are down, but clean power is now back On Line. Do NOT begin this pr...
The attached MS Word documents are from Doug Summers about his own analysis of Pointing models constructed from PCS logging data. The following VCAN documents may...
Guiding Control System Controls AGW units. Runs full guiding for LUCI, MODS / PEPSI (secondary focus) and PEPSI PFU (tertiary focus). LBTI/LN and LBC have own aut...
GCS and AGw Filters GCS is calling PCS setGuideWavelength every time a "setFilter" is done whether from the GCS GUI or from a GCS client or when GCS forces a fi...
GCS ALH Guidance Page This page was created to be referenced from the ALH GUI. However, this page is not actually referenced because the alarms it addresses do n...
GCS Software Description The GCS subsystem is the control software for the LBT off axis autoguiding and wavefront sensing hardware (AGW). The GCS supports two di...
GCS Software Description Notes GCS acquires using an image specified by the guidecam_ROI values in the configuration file sent to azcamserver with the binning p...
INDI at LBTO LBTO is implementing INDI (Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface) as the mechanism for instruments to provide data to the observatory and for the ...
Notes about Instrument Software Alarms via ALH To Do * EPICS DB and TCS DD details * separate IOC for instrument data to look at timestamps? * Guidance ...
Instrument / Facility Host Contacts The following contact information can be used for any issues with instrument or TCS system shutdown/startup, as referenced in ...
Instrument Software Notes * Instrument Interface Description T481s00016 in progress , defines the data required from instruments to the observatory (alarms...
Integration Testing of BBB LBC CCD Controller Still To Do * several software issues were found in the July/Aug testing on the mountain. See Software/LBCBBB...
LBC Software Rehost Notes Initially, we were on a path to rehost the LBC software to newer machines and operating systems. However, SkyTech is working on new CCD...
Mount Control System MCS is part of TCS. It runs on tcs computers. Its main purpose is to provide GUI for MCSPU. RA/Dec tracking is controlled by PCS, which sends...
MODS Instrument Control Build and Installation Instructions The MODS instrument control software will reside in the LBTO SVN repository under https://svn.lbto.org...
MODS Software Description This page was created from an outline Rick Pogge created about software while preparing for the MODS2 PAO. The first version is mostly...
MODS Software Handover The ideal handover scenario includes planning, presentation, training, a build/run exercise and a support agreement with the developer. Th...
MODS Instrument Software Notes These are Kellee's notes on MODS instrument software. * Software/MODSSoftwareHandover here are links to our wiki pages for...
OT Scripting OT scripting backend DNS: otscripting.lbto.org Currently as of Apr 2018, the otscripting.lbto.org , with ip: 150.135.245.17, is based on a Tucson VM,...
Software Application level Checkouts After Power Up After infrastructure, computers, TCS, and instruments are restarted following a power outage and the basic fun...
IOC and Alarm Handler Release Notes 11 Jan 2018 * Added IT channels for NFS mount monitoring (IT 6921): it.db, ALH IT.alhConfig, scripts for setting/getting IT...
Application Dependencies on mounted disks (NAS/Synology) This page is an attempt to capture NFS mounted disk dependencies that require actions on other hosts to f...
Software Release Notes for Build "2012B" Release Date: Feb 04, 2012 Generic Release Name: 2012B Public Release Name: General release 2012B General Descripti...
Software Release Notes for Build "2012C" Release Date: Mar 08, 2012 Generic Release Name: 2012C Public Release Name: general release 2012C General Descripti...
Software Release Notes for Build "2012H" Release Date: September 26, 2012 Generic Release Name: 2012H Public Release Name: General Release 2012H General Descrip...
Software Release Notes for Build "2016B" Release Date: Sep 08/09, 2016 Release Name: 2016B General Description: Rollup of changes and patches since 2016A (see 20...
Software Release Notes for Build "2017A" Release Date: Jun 29, 2017 Release Name: 2017A General Description: Rollup of changes and patches since 2016B. Telescop...
Software Release Notes for Build 36 Release Date: Jan 21, 2010 Generic Release Name: B36 Public Release Name: General Development Telescope Operator Overvi...
Software Release Notes for Build "BP13" Release Date: Oct 6, 2011 Generic Release Name: BP13 Public Release Name: Non sidereal Observing first version release B...
Summer Shutdown 2022 activities planning LUCI * lucix.luci spare checkout * goal: lucix.luci configured, tested, and available as hot spare if luci.luci...
Summer Shutdown Software Checklist Things that are turned off/disabled during Summer Shutdown, that we have to remember to turn back on/enable. TCS 2018 ...
Telescope Control System TCS is controlling the LBTO observatory. It's various subsystems control and provides a readout of sensors on the building, mount, rotato...
TCS Testing using IRTC, LBC, and MODS Some instrument testing we can do ourselves as the software group, we do not require an astronomer. IRTC Simple script fo...
TMS Meeting Minutes, December 17, 2020 Attendees: Andrew, Breann, Heejoo, John, Trenton, Matthieu, Olga, Yang (Zoom Meeting) Meeting Notes: * Andrew does not l...
TMS Meeting Minutes, September 2, 2021 Attendees: Andrew, Heejoo, John, Olga, Trenton, Yang (Zoom Meeting) Andrew's Thermal Analysis * fill in from recording ...
Telemetry Data Visualization Software Design Initial Design Thoughts Doug Summers, 23 July 2015: 1 A "standard Dygraph" should be prototyped. You have already...
Understanding LBTO's UMAC UMAC stands for Universal Motion and Automation Controller. It is a motion controller line manufactured and sold by DeltaTau engineering...
LBTO TCS Simulator The TCS simulation has been packaged to run as a "virtual machine appliance" which is supplied by LBTO to instrument builders. Once this applia...
Two Different ways to run Simulation There are two different ways to use the TCS (Telescope Control System) and the MCSPU (Mount Control System Processor Unit) i...
ARGOS DX Swing Arm Incident 2015/04/24 24.04.2015 around 17:00 local time, with the Handover from ARGOS day time activities to the Telescope night time operation ...