3.5m Operations Software

General Information

• ARC 3.5m main site for telescope and instrument information.
• Telescope Control Documentation includes site-common and SDSS information.
• Gnats Bug Database (requires authentication)

TUI Telescope User Interface

• TUI Documentation
• Download TUI program files

Instruments

Instrument command and reply manuals. For more general information see ARC 3.5m.

• Agile ICC
• ARCTIC ICC
• DIS Commands
• DIS Keywords
• APO's best guess of the Echelle ICC commands.
• Echelle motor control computer manual
• GIFS Commands and Keywords
• Shack Hartmann
• SPIcam user's guide
• TripleSpec and its slitviewer: commands and and keywords.

Other Actors

• telmech controls the telescope enclosure, mirror covers, rotator, and eyelids.
• tlamps controls the calibration lamps on the secondary truss.
• TCC Telescope Control Computer
• Telescope Hardware Controllers: axis controllers, mirror controllers, etc.

Hub

• auth controls how (TUI) users log in.
• bcast allows commanders to pretend to be actors.
• ecamera controls the echelle slitviewer camera.
• NEW guider software guider for all guide cameras
• dcam, gcam, ecam. Control the guiders.
• gmech controls the NA2 guider filter and piston (focus).
• instExpose controls exposure sequences.
• keys returns saved data from a specified actor.
• perms controls who can send commands to what.

Miscellaneous

• Instrument Control Computer Design the basics of writing an ICC
• TclActor manual. TclActor is the base code used for various actors including Agile ICC and gmech. A precursor is used for Apollo ICC.
• 3.5m Engineering Papers.
• RJ11-Based Serial Distribution
• VMS 7.3 manuals for the TCC.
• 35m Telemetry documentation.
• Control System Studio for APO Download - tool to monitor 3.5m telemetry.