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1. 1 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference Chapter 2 GUI Reference When the application starts the user is presented with a single window containing the most relevant system status variables Figure 1 If the boot process ended with no failures then the operational state is signaled and the application is ready to receive commands SAM its conmo diia 3 9 Ro to are res As vision 0 000 Mo 0o RR LS Static um Totalfum Initializing Log Module Laser Laser LGSTT HRCAM Power Shutter Loop k ant initialize history library Can t initialize the command parser library Carit initialize the comm servers Error while executing init macro RTC COMM LINK AOM COMM LINK Can t connect to the LM sybsystem Error while reading AOM status rommere i C omean Carit read configuration fie Carit connect to TCS Error while reading TCS info NO FAULTS Can t read telemetry file NO FAULTS Can t read instruments file NO FAULTS Can t start AOM Manager NO FAULTS Can t start ATC Manager NO FAULTS Can t start LGSM Manager NO FAULTS Can t start TCS Manager NO FAULTS No Faults REFRESH Figure 1 Main GUI The most relevant status variables are displayed The actual user interface may look a bit different 2 1 MAIN gt Menu Bar At the very top of the main window is the menu
2. Shows the current focus position for guide probe 1 2 in mm Blinks when moving Solid red when fault Grayed when disabled GP1 GP2 RA Shows the current RA coordinate of guide probe 1 2 GP1 GP2 Dec Shows the current Dec coordinate of guide probe 1 2 GP1 GP2 Epoch Shows the epoch of the current RA Dec coordinates of guide probe 1 2 L R U D Offset Buttons Offset the guide probe position by a user defined step size The step size is defined by the value Step Selector control small medium large ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 12 Chapter 2 GUI Reference Step Selector Use this control to set the size of the step when doing and offset with the LRUD Offset buttons The three step sizes are predefined in the icsoft ini file by the SLOW MEDIUM and FAST keywords Link Selector Use this control to select a single guide probe or link their actions The position of this selector affects the actions of offsetting the guide probes resetting the APDs toggling the APDs high voltage and calibrating the APD bias levels GMAP CATALOGS Button Use this button to open the GMAP catalog interface APD HV Use this switch to turn ON and OFF the high voltage to the APDs When turned ON the over current protection will be activated regardless of a real over current condition Use the Reset APD control to clear that condition Reset APD Control Use this button to clear the over current state conditi
3. Remaining time before the SCLH software forbids the LASER from operate SLCH Override LED Indicator Shows the current state of the SLCH interlock override OVERRIDE green amp blinking or ENGAGE solid black When a fault the word ERR is set ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 8 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 14 MAIN gt TCS Parameters Pane MOUNT RA Indicator String indicating the current mount RA coordinate in units of hours MOUNT DEC Indicator String indicating the current mount Dec coordinate in units of degrees MOUNT HA Indicator String indicating the current mount HA coordinate in units of hours LST Indicator String indicating the local sidereal time in units of hours MOUNT EL Indicator String indicating the current mount elevation in units of degrees MOUNT AZ Indicator String indicating the current mount azimuth in units of degrees Rotator Angle Indicator String indicating the current rotator mechanical angle in units of degrees SAM PA Indicator String indicating the current SAM position angle in units of degrees SOAR M3 Position Indicator String indicating the current SOAR M3 turret position UT Indicator String indicating the current universal time in units of hours F OFFSET X Y Indicators String indicating the current field offset as reported back by GMAP after an FO operation 2 15 MAIN gt Operation Tab TURSIM MANNA NI kd Triplet VISITOR WFS Fold INSTRUMENT 4 4 4
4. or use the browse button to select the file 2 Press the Load Catalog button to load the contents of the file into the guide stars table 3 Click on the table line corresponding to the guide star candidate 4 Press the Check P1 P2 button to make sure the coordinates of the guide star candidate are within range of the current guide field If the coordinates are not within range an information message is showed at the Events Commands list box 5 Press Set P1 P2 to set the selected guide star coordinates as the target coordinates for the next guide star acquisition The coordinates are copied to the target P1 P2 indicators 3 14 Selecting a Guide Star From the Yale Bright Star Catalog The Yale Bright Star Catalog is available to peek a list of close by guide star candidates 1 Select the radio button labeled Yale Bright Star Catalog 2 Select the source of the reference coordinates Select Telescope Coordinates to use the current RA Dec coordinates of the telescope as informed by the TCS Select User Coordinates to manually enter the coordinates in the selected system RA Dec Az El HA Dec 3 Press the Closest Bright Stars buttons The guide stars table gets updated with a list of near by stars 4 Click on the table line corresponding to the guide star candidate 5 Press the Check P1 P2 button to make sure the coordinates of the guide star candidate are 23 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 Novemb
5. November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 10 MAIN gt SOAR M3 Pane SOAR M3 EL Slide Indicator Presents the elevation of the SOAR M3 mirror in units of arc seconds In close loop the pointer will typically sit around zero SOAR M3 AZ Slide Indicator Presents the azimuth of the SOAR M3 mirror in units of arc seconds In close loop the pointer will typically sit around zero 2 11 MAIN gt LLT M3 Pane 2 12 2 13 LLT M3 EL Slide Indicator Presents the elevation of the LLT M3 mirror in units of arc seconds In close loop the pointer will typically sit around zero LLT M3 AZ Slide Indicator Presents the azimuth of the LLT M3 mirror in units of arc seconds In close loop the pointer will typically sit around zero MAIN gt AO Loop Parameters Pane rO m Wind m s 0 210 Var C M rad2 Operation Mode Figure 5 The RTSOFT produce estimates once every few seconds for r0 wind speed and the variance of the corrected modes r0 m Indicator Seeing estimate produced by the RTSOFT once every few seconds Wind m s Indicator Wind speed estimate produced by the RTSOFT once every few seconds VAR C M rad2 Indicator Variance of the corrected modes in rad2 produced by the RTSOFT once every few seconds Operation Mode Indicates what operation mode is active TSNGS NGS TSLGS or LGS MAIN gt SLCH Parameters Pane SLCH State Indicator String indicating the current state of the SLCH interlock Time s Indicator
6. To gather more information based on the current condition of this box the user should always look at the instrument diagram in the Operation Tab see section 2 15 2 below and at the faults table in the Maintenance Tab see section 2 21 below 2 3 MAIN gt General Control Pane Clear Alarms Button Clears the alarm signal Note that if an error condition is still present in the system the alarm condition will be signaled again Maintenance Button Currently DISABLED EXIT Button Prompts the user to terminate the application 2 4 MAIN gt Control Loop Status Pane SOAR M3 Loop LED Indicator Indicates the M3 control loop status open or closed This indicator goes ON when the guider probes tip tilt loop is closed When a fault the word ERR is set SOAR Mount Loop LED Indicator Indicates the Mount control loop status open or closed This indicator goes ON when the SOAR mount loop is closed When a fault the word ERR is set LLT M3 Loop LED Indicator Indicates the Laser Launch Telescope LLT M3 control loop status open or closed This indicator goes ON when the LLT M3 loop is closed When a fault the word ERR is set DM Loop LED Indicator Indicates the AO control loop status open or closed This indicator goes ON when the AO loop is closed When a fault the word ERR is set Running Script LED Indicator It turns ON to indicate that a LUA script is being executed 2 5 MAIN gt Selector Mirror Pane Selector Mirror Str
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8. bar It includes several menu options and most of them just open a Labview remote panel to the desired graphic interface running in a different processor For details on the actual remote panel functionality please refer to the corresponding subsystem user manual For example to get information on the RTC Loop GUI see the RTSOFT user manual 2 1 1 MAIN gt Menu Bar gt AO Loop Menu Show AO Loop GUI Opens a Labview remote panel to the RTC Loop GUI window Reconstructor Error Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Reconstructor Error Analysis window Show DM GUI Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC DM GUI window AO Loop Data Recorder Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC AO Loop Data 3 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 1 2 2 1 3 Recorder GUI window MAIN gt Menu Bar gt TT Loop Menu Show TT Loop GUI Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC TT GUI window TT Probes Flux Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC TT flux charts window Statistics Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC probes error signal GUI window TT Loop Data Recorder Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC TT loop data recorder GUI window MAIN gt Menu Bar gt WFS Menu Show WES GUI Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC WFS GUI window Show WES Display Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC WES Display window Slopes Statistics
9. sequence See the RTC indicator go TBD 3 5 Using TURSIM 1 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Right click over the TURSIM picture The TURSIM pop up menu is displayed Select Injection Arm gt In from the menu Wait for the injection arm picture to appear in the diagram Right click over the TURSIM picture w Select Dimmer gt On Wait for the light indicator to go yellow Right click over the TURSIM picture d Oy E A Select Dimmer gt Intensity gt value 21 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 3 Common Operations 8 9 Right click over the TURSIM picture Select Phase Screen 1 2 gt In Wait for the phase screen icon to move in 10 Right click over the TURSIM picture 11 Select Phase Screen gt Speed gt velocity Wait for the velocity indicator to reach the desired value 3 6 Adjusting TURSIM light source 1 2 Select the WFS ADC TURSIM Tab from the main GUI window Use the L R U D Offset Buttons section Error Reference source not found to move the light source while looking at the tilt residual section 2 9 Repeat until the tilt error is typically in the range 0 1 0 1 3 7 Flattening the DM 1 2 3 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window Right click over the DM picture The DM pop up menu is displayed Select STATIC FLAT from the menu 3 8 Flattening the DM taking rotation into account 1 2 3 Select the Operation T
10. test point ID Label string test point name Units test point measurement units Help brief test point description Stime sampling time in seconds Min minimum legal value for the test point Max maximum legal value for the test point The ICSOFT will save every Stime seconds the test point value to the ICSOFT log file The Label and Units keyword will be used to format the telemetry table and charts see section 2 20 above 4 1 5 instruments ini The instrument ini file is used to populate the Instrument Selector Box Control see section 2 15 above It include multiple sections one for each instrument defining a label and a configuration macro 29 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros Right now the configuration macro selects the right FOLD2 mirror position for the instrument INTRUMENT NUMBER unique number for this section ID unique number uses as the instrument ID Name text string with the instrument name Macro instrument macro to configure SAM For example to add SAMI to the instrument ini file edit the file defining an ID then Name SAMI as the name and finally Macro sami mc as the initialization macro 4 1 6 Iltfoc ini This is TBD but after conversations with RT he most probably will gave me a polynomial fit to the function relating LGS distance in Km to LLT focus position in mm The lltfoc ini file includes a single section with the coeffi
11. the new field center offsets Left click on a star inside the patrol field to select a guide star A white circle around the star signals that the star has been selected Press P1 P2 button to send the coordinates of the selected star to the ICSOFT The guide star candidate coordinates are loaded into the target indicators in the Guide Probes Tab of the ICSOFT main GUI window 3 15 2 LGS Mode Point the telescope to the science field and take a picture with SAMI mscdisplay the image It is important to have the whole picture coordinates right You can check that by simply moving the cursor around and watch for the coordinates not resetting to zero when changing detector Put the active focus on the SAMI GUI and press F3 to activate the interactive selection cursor ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 24 10 11 12 Chapter 3 Common Operations Select a star by putting the cursor on top of a star and pressing C The offset between the SAM field center and the star is sent to the ICSOFT If not already running GS3 this is a good time to launch the GS3 program either manually or from the ICSOFT Catalogs Tab Select the Skymap menu option from the File menu in the main GUI window The sky map windows shows up Press the Tel button in the sky map window to grab the field coordinates The window contents get updated Press the PA button in the sky map window to update the position angle The window cont
12. user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault the word ERR is 17 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference set LASER Shutters Control Open Close the LASER shutter by running the LaserShutterClose lua and LaserShutterOpen lua scripts LASER Diode Control ON OFF LASER diode LASER 220 V Control ON OFF LASER power SLCH Interlock Control Override Engage the SLCH Interlock in the SLGSOFT SDN 8401 Override will last no longer than as specified in the SLCHWINDOW keyword in the icsoft ini file A progress bar will be visible next to the push buttons indicating the time left before the override window is over 2 19 MAIN gt ADC TCS Inner Indicator deg The current inner element absolute position in deg Outer Indicator deg The current outer element absolute position in deg ADC Compensation Control Use this switch to turn the ADC compensation ON OFF Inner deg Numeric Control Use this box to enter a target position angle in deg for the inner element Outer deg Numeric Control Use this box to enter a target position angle in deg for the outer element SET Inner amp Outer Button This button commands the ADC inner and outer elements to the target positions in the Inner and Outer input boxes STOP Button Stop the ADC motion in both the inner and outer elements ADC Mode Radio Button Use this radio button control to select if the inner and outer element p
13. 3 Scripts 4 3 1 Coded Names 4 3 2 Instrument Initialization Scripts For each instrument to be used with SAM and initialization script is provided The script name is defined in the instrument ini file and it is executed when an instrument gets selected using the Instrument Selector Box see section 2 15 above Typically this script will command the output selector mirror to move to the position that will feed light to the instrument and will adjust the WFS focus position if needed An example follows depicting SAMI the dedicated science CCD cat ICsoft scripts sami lua sam command LOG SAMI setup Adjust WFS focus sam command LOG Adjusting WFS focus sam wait until end AOM WFS FOCUS MOVE 80 3 15000 Select SAMI port sam command LOG Moving Output Selector Mirror Out sam wait until _end AOM OUTSEL MOVE OUT 15000 sam command LOG SAMI setup done Other commands can be included here as needed 4 3 3 User defined scripts User defined scripts should be placed in the ICsoft scripts directory They will be automatically displayed in the scripts list box in the Operation Tab see section 2 15 1 above ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 32 Chapter 5 Log Files Chapter 5 Log Files When the ICSOFT first runs it opens a regular text file to save log messages describing run time events Events can be of several types including type alarm type command type status and type simple event For details on the
14. Instrument Control Software User s Manual SOAR Adaptive Module SAM Revision 3 7 0 November 2013 Change Record Version Date Reorder update sections 2 4 to 2 14 Update sections 2 15 2 2 18 2 10 and 4 1 1 Description Owner Name 3 5 1 July 22 2013 Fix LASER Tab documentation R Cantarutti 3 6 0 September 11 2013 Add SLCH Interlock Override control indicator R Cantarutti 3 7 0 November 28 2013 R Cantarutti Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Things RUNNINQ oomcoccononannnnrnornoon L 1 1 Starting the Instrument Control Software 1 1 2 Stopping the Instrument Control Software cssccssccssscssssesscessccenscesscsssscessccessceeassenscesaneeees 1 1 3 Environment Variable ICSOHT HOME 1 14 Command Line RE 1 Chapter 2 GUI Reference cccsceseessesseeseeseeeeeeees VDA DIN MED EE 3 2 1 1 MAIN gt Menu Bar gt AO Loop Mec ie 3 2 1 2 MAIN gt Menu Bar gt TT Loop E UE 4 2 1 3 MAIN gt Menu Bar gt WES Men 4 22 MAIN gt G n ral Stats Pa a 4 2 2 1 MAIN gt General Status gt Comm Limnks nono nnnnnnos 4 2 2 2 MAIN gt General Status gt Last Error Message BoX scccssccsscseescesscssssceseccenscessessnscesneees 4 23 MAIN gt General Control Pame ii 5 DA WADING gt Control eet tdt 5 2 5 MAIN gt Selector Mirror PE A AAA A ee 5 25 MAIN Loop ee 5 E INE ee Se Commands DO O rad 6 2 8 MAIN gt Guide Pro
15. Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Slopes Statistics GUI window Subapertures Flux and FWHM Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Subapertures Flux and FWHM GUI window Histogram Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Frame Histogram GUI window Bias Calibration Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Bias Calibration Tool window Static Aberrations Opens a Labview remote panel presenting the RTC Static Aberrations Tool window 2 2 MAIN gt General Status Pane 2 2 1 MAIN gt General Status gt Comm Links The comm link indicators uses a color code to represent the status of the connection RED Problems WHITE No Conn GREEN OK Clients Indicator Indicates the status of the connections to remote systems AOM LGSM RTC and TCS Servers Indicator Indicates the status of incoming connections to the ICS SAMI and VISITOR 2 2 2 MAIN gt General Status gt Last Error Message Box The box displays the last warning or error message produced by the system When no warnings or errors are present the box is solid green When a warning message is produced the box goes yellow Finally when an error messages is produced the box goes red ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 4 Chapter 2 GUI Reference The box stays red and displaying the error messages even if the fault condition is fixed To refresh the box contents and color press the Clear Alarms button see section 2 3 below
16. The control stays disabled while the Range Gate is armed Pockels Cell High Voltage Button Control Use this control to turn the Pockel Cell high voltage ON OFF Range Gate Button Control Use this control to ARM DISARM the range gate synchronization RGate Sync Mode Slide Switch Use this control to select between the two synchronization modes available LASER and AUTO When LASER is selected the WFS shutter actuates after a fix delay in synchronism with the LASER output trigger When AUTO is selected the WFS shutter control signal auto regenerates at a fix rate Acquisition Camera LED Indicator Lit when the WFS acquisition camera is turned ON When ON the indicator blinks to warn the user about a thermal source inside the SAM main module When a fault the word ERR is set Acquisition Camera Button Use this button to open the Acquisition Camera Viewer program Acquisition Camera Power Toggle Control Use this switch to turn the camera ON OFF TURSIM Dimmer String Indicator Reports the current TURSIM light source intensity from 15 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 1 100 Note that this is NO indicator of the light source being ON or OFF When a fault the indicator background turns red and the word ERR is set When the dimmer is disabled the indicators turns gray L R U D Offset Buttons Offset the guide probe position by a user defined step size The step size is defined by the v
17. Y Y S Se Ge Min 0 3 Average 1 0 Figure 6 Clicking on a device picture Guide Probes DM TURSIM ADC FP WES Shutter and OSM brings up a pop up menu with available actions Operation Mode Selector Box Selects the operation mode NGS TSNGS LGS or TSLGS by running the associated configuration script NGS lua TSNGS lua LGS lua and TSLGS lua 9 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference Set Operation Mode Button Control Use this button to execute the script associated to the selected operation mode Instrument Selector Box Selects between dedicated science CCD and visitor instrument The box lists the instruments defined in the instrument ini file see section 4 1 5 below When an instrument is selected the script associated to that instrument in the configuration file is used to set the SAM module Set Instrument Button Control Use this button to execute the script associated to the selected instrument LGS Configuration Combo Box Use this drop down menu two select between three available configurations 7 Km 10 Km and 13 Km Each selection will run associated Lua script LGS7KM lua LGS10KM lua and LGS13KM lua Look for the scripts in the ICsoft scripts directory Set Distance Button Control Use this button to execute the script associated to the LGS configuration selected using the LGS Distance combo box 2 15 1 Scripts Controls The ICSOFT includes a LUA scripting engine When a
18. ab from the main GUI window Right click over the DM picture The DM pop up menu is displayed Select ROTFLAT from the menu 3 9 Recording a new Flatten DM file 1 2 3 4 3 10 Close and open the loop on a suitable source TURSIM will do Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window Right click over the DM picture The DM pop up menu is displayed Select SAVE AS FLATTEN Resetting the WFS Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Right click over the WFS picture The WFS pop up menu is displayed Select Reset WFS from the menu ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 22 Chapter 3 Common Operations 3 11 Tracking with the ADC 1 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Right click over the ADC picture The ADC pop up menu is displayed 3 Select In from the menu Wait for the ADC icon to move in The ADC state LED indicator flashes indicating the motion is active 4 Select the WFS ADC TURSIM Tab from the main GUI window 5 Switch ON the ADC Compensation Control 3 12 Selecting the output port 1 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Click on the Instrument selector box and select the instrument attached to the desired port 3 Wait for the associated script to finish The currently selected port is indicated by the Selector Mirror indicator 3 13 Selecting a Guider Star From a User Defined Catalog 1 Enter the name of the user catalog in the catalog input box
19. alue Step control 2 18 MAIN gt LLT LASER Tab M1 X mm Shows the current X coordinate of LLT M1 in mm M1 Y mm Shows the current Y coordinate of LLT M1 in mm L R U D Offset Buttons Offset the LLT M1 position by a user defined step size The step size is defined by the value in the Step control Step mm Use this control to set the size of the step when doing and offset with the LRUD offset buttons The three step sizes are predefined in the icsoft ini file by the M1SLOW M1MEDIUM and M1FAST keywords M2 Focus mm Numeric and Slide Indicator Shows the current focus position for M2 in mm M2 Focus mm Numeric Control User defined focus position for M2 in mm Move M2 Button Commands the M2 focus control to move to the user defined focus position LLT Power LED Indicator Show the current state of the LLT power When ON the indicator is solid green When OFF indicator blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault condition had been detected the indicator turns solid red ON Button Turns the LLT power ON OFF Button Turns the LLT power OFF LLT Shutter String Indicator Show the current state of the environmental cover of the LLT When OPEN the indicator is solid blue When CLOSED or MOVING the indicator blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault condition had been detected the indicator turns solid red OPEN Shutter Butto
20. bes Status Parameters Dane anno cononnnnaannn oros 6 SE MAIN ES O Lats Pe ee 7 2 10 MAINS SOAR M3 PE A AA A A A oid E AA T ae 8 211 MAIN EEE MS EE 8 2 12 MAIN gt Loop Parameters Pasa a nio ra 8 2 13 MAIN gt SLCH Barameterg anonn rena a E TA N T E a a a 8 2 14 MAIN gt TGS Barameterg AER EE sesvsees E ari e so seeds sus oe sevens Ei EASTER EEN 9 215 MAIN Operation Td 9 2115 1 Scripts Control EE 10 As E a a a ia a i a e rr 10 2 16 MAIN gt Catalogs Tab ODEDPRECATEDI E 11 217 MAIN gt G id Prob s EE 12 218 MAIN WFO TU RSM NK EEN 14 2 T9 MAIN gt LET ALASER Tibi EEN 16 E E EH LEE 18 A Telemety AAA a aun eice nd biased in ems cut iets te aie 19 2 22 MAINZ MatpntenapnGg eigene Negi de eege gege NEE 19 2 22 1 MAIN gt Maintenance gt RTC AOM LM TCS Manager 19 2 22 2 MAIN gt Maintenance gt Sync RTC AOM ccssscsscssscesscesescessseserecessesecessseeesaesens 20 Chapter 3 COMMON OperatiONS ooccocccoccnoncnenoroaraa 2 Sel Centering a Guide Probe ita 21 iii 3 2 Parking EE Probe tos 21 3 3 Guid Probe APD A Chi y at OU ege eege EE Ee 21 3 4 Guide Probe APD Bias Callbr OM men anti 21 SE E E LEE EE 21 3 6 Adjusting TURSIM RE e EE 22 3 7 Elatening the D Mirad ETEEN 22 3 8 Flattening the DM taking rotation into account 22 3 9 Recording a new Flatten DM D aii 22 310 Resetting th WES EE 22 3 11 Tr cki g with the RE 23 3 12 Selecting the Output POT EE 23 3 13 Selecting a Guider Star From
21. ched instrument setup script is executed see section 4 1 5 2 The WFS focus is adjusted depending on the current operation mode using the values in the wfsfoc ini file see section 4 1 8 Note that this override focus adjustments done by the instrument script 3 The TURSIM injection arm is moved IN or OUT depending on the current operation mode ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 20 Chapter 3 Common Operations Chapter 3 Common Operations 3 1 Centering a Guide Probe 1 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Right click over the Guide Probe picture The Guide Probe pop up menu is displayed 3 Select Center Probe from the menu 3 2 Parking a Guide Probe 1 Select the Operation Tab from the main GUI window 2 Right click over the Guide Probe picture The Guide Probe pop up menu is displayed 3 Select Park Probe from the menu 3 3 Guide Probe APD Activation 1 Select the Guide Probes Tab from the main GUI window 2 Select the guide probe to operate guide probe 1 2 or both with Link Selector control 3 Toggle the APD HV control See the APD HV and APD Overcurrent indicators go on 4 Reset the protection with the Reset APD control See the APD Overcurrent indicator go off 3 4 Guide Probe APD Bias Calibration 1 Select the Guide Probes Tab from the main GUI window 2 Select the guide probe to operate guide probe 1 2 or both with Link Selector control 3 Press the BIAS button to start a calibration
22. cients of a 9th order polynomial To use a lower order just set the upper order coefficients to zero GENERAL a0 2 0 al 2 0 a2 0 a3 0 a4 0 a5 0 a6 0 a 0 a8 0 a9 0 OO0OO0OO0OO0OOOO 4 1 7 rgatedelay ini This is TBD but probably a polynomial fit will be used to relate the LGS distance in Km to the range gate delay in ns The rgatedelay ini file includes a single section with the coefficients of a 9th order polynomial To use a lower order just set the upper order coefficients to zero GENERAL a0 2 0 al 2 0 a2 0 a3 0 a4 0 a5 0 a6 0 a 0 a8 0 a9 0 OO0OO0OO0OOOOO 4 1 8 wfsfoc ini This is TBD but after conversations with RT he most probably will gave me a polynomial fit to the function relating LGS distance in Km to WFS focus position in mm The wfsfoc ini file includes two sections the GENERAL section includes the coefficients of a 9th order polynomial for the fit To use a lower order just set the upper order coefficients to zero ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 30 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros For example the section labeled NGS set the nominal WES position in mm when under NGS and TSNGS operation modes GENERAL a0 2 0 al 2 0 a2 0 a3 0 a4 0 a5 0 a6 0 a 0 a8 0 a9 0 NGS FOCUS WFS focus under NGS mode in mm OO0OO0OO0OO0OO0OOO 4 1 9 Dmflat_rot1 txt Text file containing the coefficients to adjust the flat DM voltages The f
23. ents get updated again Right click on the same star you just click on SAMI display and then press the FO button This will calculate the offset between the center of the field and mount coordinates taking into account the offset reported by SAMI to the ICSOFT The offset is sent automatically to the ICSOFT Press the Tel button in the sky map window to refresh the screen and reflect the new field center offsets Left click on a star inside the patrol field to select a guide star A white circle around the star signals that the star has been selected Press P1 P2 button to send the coordinates of the selected star to the ICSOFT The guide star candidate coordinates are loaded into the target indicators in the Guide Probes Tab of the ICSOFT main GUI window 25 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 3 Common Operations vi A QH Lol OF I QH Gol Of Figure 8 The cross mark the telescope coordinates in the sky map The circle is the selected star The triangle is the field center 3 16 Adjusting the time to automatically open the AO and LLT loops Edit the icsoft ini file and change the value for keyword SLCHAUTOOPEN to control the time before the LCH closure to automatically open the AO and LLT loops ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 26 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros Configuration files provide a mean to set multiple system parameters
24. er 2013 Chapter 3 Common Operations within range of the current guide field If the coordinates are not within range an information message is showed at the Events Commands list box Press Set P1 P2 to set the selected guide star coordinates as the target coordinates for the next guide star acquisition The coordinates are copied to the target P1 P2 indicators 3 15 Selecting a Guide Star Interactively Using GMAP Guide star candidates can be interactively selected using the GMAP sky map For details read the GMAP User Manual 3 15 1 NGS Mode 1 Point the telescope to the science field and put the natural guide star on the WFS Use the WFS acquisition camera to aid in that task If not already running GS3 this is a good time to launch the GS3 program either manually or from the ICSOFT Catalogs Tab Select the Skymap menu option from the File menu in the main GUI window The skymap windows shows up Press the Tel button in the sky map window to grab the field coordinates The window contents get updated Press the PA button in the sky map window to update the position angle The window contents get updated again Assuming that the natural guide star is now on the sky map right click on the star and press the FC button to grab the offset between the mount and the center of the SAM field The offsets are sent automatically to the ICSOFT Press the Tel button in the sky map window to refresh the screen and reflect
25. ffset to apply Useful to Pass the value to the FocusOffset lua script MAIN gt Telemetry Tab Telemetry Table The telemetry table presents a snapshot of the telemetry test points available By double clicking on each line the Telemetry Chart will start plotting the selected testpoint See the telemetry ini file description in section Error Reference source not found Error Reference source not found for details on the test points format Telemetry Chart This chart get updated with data coming from the currently selected test point in the telemetry table When a test point is selected the chart is first initialized with the historical data available in the log file From then on the chart is updated with the new values Sample Length Control Indicates how many points should be read from the log file before starting to update the Telemetry Chart MAIN gt Maintenance Faults Table This sheet presents the list of known faults as defined in the faults ini file The column labeled Alarms shows the date and hour at which an alarm event was caught Use the Refresh button to update the sheet entries Refresh Button Use this button to refresh the Faults Table entries Last Faults Last five warnings and errors encountered by the application Command Box Input box to enter string commands For a complete list of the available string commands read the ICSOFT Programmer Manual Send Write the command entered in the Command input box to a so
26. ftware hardware module Response Reply to the last command sent to a software hardware module 19 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 21 1 MAIN gt Maintenance gt RTC AOM LM TCS Manager Connected LED Indicates that the manager is connected CLOSE Use this button to close the manager window Name This is the name of the server as declared in the soar_comms ini file Address This is the IP address of the server as declared in the soar_comms ini file Port This the port in which the server listen to incoming connections as defined in the soar_comms ini file Fetch Status Turn this switch ON to enable the continuous poll for status updates to the server Update Turn this switch ON to see the messages interchanged between the manager and the server CLEAR Press this button to clear the contents of the messages list Messages When the Update Option has been selected this list box presents the messages exchanged between the manager and the remote server 2 21 2 MAIN gt Maintenance gt Sync RTC AOM By pressing this buttons the ICSOFT synchronize the remote application to the current local parameters RTC 1 The operation mode is set to the ICSOFT operation mode TSNGS NGS LGS or TSLGS 2 The Range Gate Delay is set using the LASER altitude set in the ICSOFT The Delay is calculated using the coefficients in the rgatedelay ini file see section 4 1 7 AOM 1 The atta
27. hen manually move the guide probe making M3 follow until you get the natural guide star right in the WES Record the guide probe position Now acquire the guide star using the Acquire GS button and record the guide probe position Subtract the recorded values to obtain the amount to add to the current quad sensor offsets Hand edit the icsoft ini file to enter the new values Re start the application to grab the new values 37 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 8 Glossary Chapter 8 AO DM DSP DAQ Effective Compensation FITS FWHM GLC G Matrix G Matrix H Matrix H Matrix ICSOFT Integrator Interaction Matrix Kolmogorov Law LGS LLT Modal Coefficients Modal Reconstructor Glossary Adaptive Optics Deformable Mirror Digital Signal Processing Data Acquisition Maximum order compensation for a given reconstructor matrix Flexible Image Transport Format Full Width at Half Max Ground Layer Compensation Slopes in x and y are related to aberrations by the gradient matrix G Inverse of the gradient matrix G Interaction matrix Reconstructor matrix Instrument Control Software Supervisory control application that handles the business logic of the SAM instrument Digital controller Measured residuals are added to the previous signal with some gain The relation between the WFS and the DM in an AO system is characterized by the interaction matrix H The Kolmogorov model of the
28. icator Show the current position of the WFS f 10 adjustment mechanism When the mechanism is ACTIVE the indicator blinks When a fault condition in the mechanism has been detected the indicator background turns solid red When the mechanism has been disabled the indicator turns gray Bias Subtraction LED Indicator Indicates wether WFS bias subtraction is enabled or disabled When a fault the word ERR is set Bgnd Subtraction LED Indicator Indicates wether WFS background subtraction is enabled or disabled When a fault the word ERR is set WES Focus mm Numeric Control Use this control to change the WFS focus WES Focus Move Button Press this button to actually move the WFS focus stage to the value entered in the WFS Focus mm numeric control LGS Distance Km String Indicator Shows the range gate setting for the artificial star distance This is effectively the delay between the LASER pulse and the moment in which the Pockels Cell is open If a fault is found the indicator turns red and the word ERR is set Gate Km String Indicator Shows the range gate setting for the gate width This is effectively the time the Pockels Cell stays open If a fault is found the indicator turns red and the word ERR is set RGate Sync Mode String Indicator Shows the current synchronization mode for the Pockels ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 14 Chapter 2 GUI Reference Cell LASER or AUTO The indicator blinks if LASER is not se
29. iew It is not a programming manual For implementation details please read the IC Software Programmer Manual ICSPM 1 1 Starting the Instrument Control Software a Turn on the instrument control computer an wait for the system to boot b Log on as user ao c Open a shell window and invoke the instrument control application with the following command cd home ao ICsoft Bin Labview ICsoft vi lt options gt d Optionally you can press the button labeled ICSOFT in the task bar 1 2 Stopping the Instrument Control Software To stop the ICSOFT application click the EXIT button A dialog box will prompt for confirmation Select YES 1 3 Environment Variable ICSOFT HOME The location of the ICSOFT is defined by an environment variable included in the cshrc file Right now this variable is pointed to the home ao ICsoft directory To check its value type at the command prompt of your favorite terminal the following command setenv ICSOFT HOME home ao ICsoft 1 4 Command Line Options The ICSOFT accepts a few command line options to customize its behavior Valid options are listed below aom The ICSOFT starts with the AOM manager disabled Im The ICSOFT starts with the LM manager disabled rtc The ICSOFT starts with the RTC manager disabled tcs The ICSOFT starts with the TCS manager disabled For example to start the ICSOFT with all outgoing connections turned off you would type samics aom lm rtc tcs
30. ile is 60 lines long and each line correspond to DM actuator line number Each line in turn contains three coefficient to calculate the actuator voltage as Voltate P P cos ROT P sin ROT 1 Where ROT is the current Nasmyth rotator angle 4 1 10 faults ini The ICSOFT logging and error handling infrastructure is built upon the FaultsLib software module The configuration file for that module defines error codes and their corresponding error messages 0 ID Fault identification number What The fault label Help Brief description of the fault Limit Number of occurrences to raise an alarm LogAlways TRUE or FALSE The error code assignment to a certain fault condition is hard coded in the software and the configuration file makes possible to hand edit the error message content If the Limit keyword is set to 1 then fault condition gets ignored If the LogAlways keyword is set to TRUE then the event will be logged independent of if there was an error or not 4 2 Macros The ICSOFT executes an initialization macro when it first starts The macro is the AO software initialization macro initics mc This macro is the last initialization done by the AO software before it enters operational mode So it is the appropriate place to set parameters or override some default parameter values Right now the initics mc macro is empty 31 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros 4
31. implementation of the logging mechanism read the ICSPM The events and the conditions in which a log message is generated is hard coded into the ICSOFT but certain flexibility exists when it comes to define error messages associated to error codes A configuration file called faults ini section 4 1 10 above exists that serves as a look up table between error codes and error messages The logging engine when given an error code searches the right error message and then produces the corresponding log message The actual log file can be found under directory home ao ICsoft logs which is typically a link to a user defined directory Each line in the log file starts with a time stamp that includes date and time in YYMMDD HH MM SS format Then a label describes what type of event alarm status etc the log message refers to A second label states the name of the originator that is the piece of software code that produced the event This second label is most useful for debug purposes The line ends with the log message describing the event This last message does not follow a predefined format We use the system utility log rotate to manage the ICS log file The configuration file is in etc logrotate d icsoft cat etc logrotate d icsoft home ao ICsoft logs log compress daily rotate 30 The above keeps the last thirty days logs in compressed format The Logrotate utility is executed as a crontab job by the cron daemon on a dai
32. ing Indicator Shows the currently selected instrument SAMI or VI The selected instrument defines the output selector mirror position When the output selector mechanism is active the indicator blinks When a fault condition has been detected the indicator background color turns red and the word ERR appears 2 6 MAIN gt Control Loop Buttons Pane SOAR M3 Loop Button Control Open Close the SOAR M3 mirror control loop Telescope TT Laser and AO parameters get automatically recorded into the log file SOAR Mount Loop Button Control Open Close the SOAR mount control loop Telescope TT Laser and AO parameters get automatically recorded into the log file Guide Stars Button Control Use this button to select and show the Guide Probes Tab 5 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference gt Initializing Log Module gt Initializing Command Parser gt Reading Configuration File gt Initializing Comm Server gt Executing Init Macro gt WARNING RTC might need to be synchronized after last reconnection gt WARNING 40M might need to be synchronized after last reconnection D Al Figure 2 Scripts can redirect their output to this box by using the LOG command LLT M3 Loop Button Control Open Close the LLT M3 mirror control loop Telescope TT Laser and AO parameters get automatically recorded into the log file AO Loop Button Control Open Close the AO control lo
33. initions instruments ini List of instruments and their location lltfoc ini Polynomial coefficients relating focus to LGS distance 27 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros File Name Description rgatedelay ini Polynomial coefficients relating range gate delay to LGS distance telemetry ini Multiple sections describing test point viserver ini Labview remote panel definitions wfsfoc ini Polynomial coefficients relating WES focus and LGS distance 4 1 1 csoft ini The file has only one section General The user can hand edit this file to modify parameters values The following is an example of how this file looks like Some of the parameters values will be replaced when the application program exists GENERAL FLENGTH 65666 INSTRUMENT VISITOR MODE LGS LGSDISTANCE 11 0 P1XUP 0 P1XDOWN 50 P1YUP 50 P1YDOWN 50 P2XUP 50 P2XDOWN 0 P2YUP 50 P2YDOWN 50 SLOW 0 20 MEDIUM 0 30 FAST 10 00 LLTFLENGTH 1000 OBSLATITUDE 30 238 OBSLONGITUDE 70 734 OPOFFSETX 0 0 OPOFFSETY 0 0 GPOFFSETX 0 0 GPOFFSETY 0 0 GP1APDX 0 55 GP1APDY 0 10 GP2APDX 0 80 GP2APDY 0 30 SAMIFCX 1946 SAMIFCY 2077 6 SAMIROT 0 SAMISCALE 0 0453825 SLCHWINDOW 3600 SLCHRESET 1 SLCHSHUTLIM 5 SLCHAUTOOPEN 3 Nw an ax Ne ys Ss Ne Ne Ns Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ns Ne Ne Ne Ne Ss Ns Ne Ne Ne Na Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne e ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Telescope focal Length in mm Current in
34. lected to warn the user about a status not useful for normal operation If a fault is found the indicator turns red and the word ERR is set Pockels Cell Set Point KV String Indicator Show the output high voltage setting for the Pockels cell driver When a fault condition has been detected the indicator background turns solid red and the word ERR is set If the Pockels cell high voltage is off the indicator blinks to warn the user about a status not useful for normal operation Pockels Cell High Voltage LED Indicator Lit when the Pockels Cell high voltage is ON When the high voltage is off the LED blinks to warn the user of state non useful for normal operation When a fault has been detected the word ERR is set Range Gate Armed LED Indicator Lit when the range gate has been armed When not armed the LED blinks to warn the user of a state not useful for normal operation When a fault has been detected the word ERR is set LGS Distance Km Numeric Control Use this control to enter at what distance is the LLT focused LGS Gate Km Numeric Control Use this control to enter the size of the gate around the LGS Distance value For example a distance of 7 Km and a size of 0 3 Km will open a gate between the 6 85 Km and 7 15 Km Set Range Gate Button Control Press this button to configure the Range Gate using the LGS Distance and LGS Gate values Read the programmer manual for details on how the Range Gate parameters are obtained
35. ly basis see etc cron daily directory for logrotate We adjusted it to run at midday cat etc crontab run parts 01 root run Darts etc cron hourly 00 12 root run_parts etc cron daily 22 12 0 root run parts etc cron weekly 42 12 1 root run parts etc cron monthly Note The whatis database update has to be removed 5 1 Type Alarm Events Events of type alarm produced by the ICSOFT can trigger the alarm flag Each error code defined in the faults ini configuration file has an associated counter that keeps track of consecutive type alarm events When three alarm messages in a row for a given error code are detected the global alarm flag is 33 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 5 Log Files raised The number of type alarm events in a row is actually configurable in the faults ini configuration file see section 4 1 10 above ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 34 Chapter 6 Acquisition Camera Software Chapter 6 Acquisition Camera Software 6 1 User Interface 6 1 1 Main GUI 6 1 2 Image Display 6 1 2 1 Cross Hair A green cross hair is available for helping defining a reference position e g field stop position in NGS mode and laser guide star in LGS mode When the program first starts the last stored position is used to draw the cross hair Left clicking in the image display moves the cross hair to the cursor position Options for controlling the cross hair attributes are a
36. n Commands the environmental cover to move to the OPEN position CLOSE Shutter Button Commands the environmental cover to move to the CLOSE position Acquisition Mirror String Indicator Show the current state of the acquisition mirror When OUT the indicator is solid blue When IN or MOVING the indicator blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault condition had been detected the ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 16 Chapter 2 GUI Reference indicator turns solid red IN Button Commands the acquisition mirror to move to the IN position OUT Button Commands the acquisition mirror to move to the OUT position PHM1 X1 Y1 X2 Y2 Shows the Laser flux over the LLT M1 mirror The photo diodes are evenly spaced in the border of the mirror PHM2 Shows the Laser flux in over the LLT M2 mirror Diode State String Indicator Shows the current state of the LASER diode ON OFF STANDBY When ON the indicator is solid blue When in OFF or STANDBY state the indicator blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault condition had been detected the indicator turns solid red Selector State String Indicator Shows the current state of the LASER selector mechanism IN or OUT When OUT the indicator is solid blue When IN or moving the indicator blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault condition had been detected
37. oftware Programmer Manual SOAR Adaptive Module Gradient averaged within the sub aperture and expressed in units of phase difference between the edges of sub aperture Digital controller that counter acts the effect of delay in the loop Singular Value Decomposition The interaction matrix is inverted using SVD Singular values below some threshold are set to zero Tip Tilt Probe Turbulence Simulator 39 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 8 Glossary WES Wavefront Sensor WCoG Method Weighted Center of Gravity Improved center of gravity with different weight to each pixel depending on their flux Input disturbance correction and residuals are represented as Zernike Coetticiens coefficients of Zernike modes ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 40
38. on On success the APD over current indicator should be turned off see section 2 8 above TAKE BIAS Button Use this button to estimate the bias for the guide probe APDs The bias calibration is then subtracted before doing centroid calculations GP1 GP2 Target RA Presents the RA coordinate of the guide star candidate to be acquired with guide probe GP1 GP2 Target Dec Presents the Dec coordinate of the guide star candidate to be acquired with probe GP1 GP2 Epoch Presents the epoch of the RA Dec coordinates of the guide star candidate to be acquired with the guide probe GP1 GP2 Weight Set the relative weight assigned to the guide probe This weight defines the relative contribution of the probe to the total tilt error Acquire GS1 GS2 Button Use this button to move the guide probe stages to the position indicated in the Target indicators Move GP1 GP2 Buttons Commands the P1 P2 stage to move to the X Y user defined positions Move F1 F2 Button Commands the P1 P2 focus control to move to the user defined focus position STOP Button Command the stages to stop PARK Button Command the stages to move to the park position by executing the GP lt N gt park lua script GP1 GP2 To Stack Buttons Move the current GP1 GP2 RA Dec Epoch coordinates to the stack Use this button to grab the current probe coordinates and save them for later use GP1 GP2 Light Indicator Show the cur
39. on has been detected the word ERR is set Lock GP1 GP2 Button Control Use this button to lock the guide star on the probe When locked the tilt error signal coming from the probe will be used for compensating the tilt 2 9 MAIN gt WFS Status Pane WES Mini Frame WFS 5 4 Flux Ke sec we WFS Focus mm 2 Residual Only Mode Coef um Static um Total um pri 0 519 0 000 0 519 MSC 0 686 0 000 0 686 Defocus 34 0 089 0 000 0 089 Figure 4 Uncheck the Residual Only check box to show the total aberrations for each mode residual DM LGS Boolean Indicator The indicator will show a picture of the artificial guide star whenever the Lase diodes are on and the two shutters are opened Nothing is shown otherwise WES Spots Display Picture indicator presenting a preview of the current WFS display updated every second WES Flux Ke sec Indicator Presents the average flux per sub aperture in the WFS WES Focus mm String Indicator Shows the current WFS focus position in mm When the mechanism is moving it blinks When the mechanism has been disabled the indicator turns grey When a fault had been detected the background color turns to red and the word ERR is set Residual Only Check Box Uncheck this box to show the total aberrations residuals DM Zernike Coefficients Table Modal estimation of the first three Zernike Modes tilt in x and y plus defocus 7 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0
40. op Telescope TT Laser and AO parameters get automatically recorded into the log file Laser Button Control Use this button to select and show the LLT Laser Tab OPEN ALL LOOPS Button Control Use this button to execute the associated OpenAllLoops lua LUA script The script will typically contain commands to open all the control loops 2 7 MAIN gt Events amp Commands Box This box serves as an information window to display commands executed in the system the result of certain operations events recorded by the ICS etc Scripts also can direct their output to this box by using the LOG command see section 2 8 MAIN gt Guide Probes Status Pane Figure 3 During normal operation the Over Current LED has to be off To clear an over current condition use the Reset control in the Guide Probes Tab GP1 GP2 Flux K e sec Shows the average total flux received by guide probe 1 2 in K ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 6 Chapter 2 GUI Reference e sec GP1 GP2 X Y Centroid error in X and Y GP1 GP2 HV LED Indicator Shows if the high voltage is being applied to the APDs When a fault condition has been detected the word ERR is set GP1 GP2 Over Current LED Indicator Shows is the over current protection has been activated During normal operation this LED has to be off To clear an over current condition use the Reset control in the Guide Probes Tab see section 2 16 below When a fault conditi
41. ositions will be calculated using the zenith distance and rotator angle as informed by the TCS or user defined values ZD deg Box User defined Zenith distance in deg To be used when Manual Mode has been selected Rotation deg User defined rotator angle in deg To be used when Manual Mode has been selected SET ADC Button Use this button to command the inner and outer elements of the ADC to move to the position that will compensate for the given Zenith distance and rotation Depending on the mode selected AUTO MANUAL the Zenith distance and rotation will be obtained from the TCS or from user defined values ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 18 2 20 2 21 Chapter 2 GUI Reference Offset Pad Use this pad to run the dither scripts NorthOffset lua SouthOffset lua WestOffset lua and EastOffset lua Offset Numeric Control Use this cotntrol to set the dither value Useful to pass the value to the dither scripts NorthOffset lua SouthOffset lua WestOffset lua and EastOffset lua Dither Pad Use this pad to run the dither scripts UpDither lua DownDither lua LeftDither lua and RightDither lua Dither Numeric Control Use this cotntrol to set the dither value Useful to pass the value to the dither scripts UpDither lua DownDither lua LeftDither lua and RightDither lua Focus Offset Button Use this button to run the FocusOffset lua script Focus Offset Numeric Control Use this control to set the amount of o
42. rent 0 100 dimmer setting When a fault condition 13 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 17 has been found the background is solid red and the word ERR is set GP1 GP2 Light Control Use this control to turn the guider probe reference light ON OFF The intensity of the light can be adjusted from the guide probe pop up menu in the picture diagram in the Operation Tab see section 2 15 2 above GP1 GP2 Light LED Indicator The indicator reports the light is ON or OFF When a fault condition has been found the word ERR is set MAIN gt WES TURSIM Tab WES Frame Time ms Numeric Indicator Shows the time between frames in the WFS If a WES fault is detected in the RTC the indicator background turns solid red WES Dimmer String Indicator Reports the current WFS reference light intensity from 1 100 Note that this is NO indicator of the reference light being ON or OFF When a fault it turns red and the word ERR is set When the dimmer has been disabled the indicator turns gray WES Ref Beam String Indicator Show the current position of the reference beam arm stage IN or OUT When the mechanism is ACTIVE or IN the indicator blinks to to warn the user about a status not useful for normal operation When a fault condition in the mechanism has been detected the indicator background turns solid red When the mechanism has been disabled the indicator turns gray WES F 10 mm String Ind
43. s of the SOAR telescope environment Each section in the configuration file for this software module defines a client server pair with the corresponding listening port CommLib Version Version for which this configuration is usable RTC IP Server IP address of the server IP Client IP address of the client IP Port Remote port number For more information on the SCLN and its protocol read the document SOAR Communication Library New available at the SAM web site archive 4 1 3 viserver ini The ICSOFT uses Labview remote panels to display some interfaces and charts The remote panel technology allows to open a GUI located in another computer as it has been opened locally The viserver ini file includes multiple sections with information regarding the name and location of the remote GUI The ICSOFT invokes the remote panel using the section labels in this file NAME unique label identifying the remote panel VINAME name of the remote VI of the GUI ADDRESS remote machine IP address PORT remote machine listening port 4 1 4 telemetry ini The ICSOFT use the telemetry ini file to format the telemetry test points and figure out the sampling period for logging telemetry data The file includes multiple sections each one corresponding to a different test point The ICSOFT hard wires the ID to the test point to link it to a section TESPOINT NUMBER unique number for this section ID unique number used as the
44. script is executed the output is presented at the Events 8 Commands Box Scripts Use this control to select a script from the scripts directory RUN Execute the selected macro STOP Abort the current macro execution Pause Allows to pause and resume the execution of a macro 2 15 2 Graphic View The user is presented with a graphic view showing the current instrument setup including light path light sources and element positions The display area of the picture control is context sensitive so when the mouse pointer is placed over a certain device the correspondent label and information pane are lighted Clicking on a device picture Guide Probes DM TURSIM ADC FP WES Shutter and OSM brings up a pop up menu with available actions When a device is not initialized or faulted its device label blinks indicating its current state The WES label for example blinks to indicate that a mechanism focus reference beam arm stage f 10 adjustment is ACTIVE When a fault condition has been detected in at least one of the mechanisms besides blinking the label background color turns solid red and the label text changes to ERR DM MENU ROTFLAT Flattens the DM based on a previously saved list of voltages including a correction factor based on the current rotator angle ZERODM Set all DM voltages to zero ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 10 Chapter 2 GUI Reference SAVE AS FLATTEN Save the currently applied DM voltages
45. strument label Current operation mode TSNGS NGS TSLGS LGS Current LGS distance in Km stage right limit in mm stage left limit in mm stage up limit in mm stage down limit in mm stage right limit in mm stage left limit in mm stage up limit in mm P2 stage down limit in mm Short step size in mm Medium step size in mm Large step size in mm Laser Telescope focal length in mm Observatory Latitude in deg Observatory Longitude in deg Guide probes offset due to optics in x mm Guide probes offset due to optics in y mm Offset between mount and field center in x mm Offset between mount and field center in y mm Offset between encoder and quad sensor in x mm Offset between encoder and quad sensor in y mm Offset between encoder and quad sensor in x mm Offset between encoder and quad sensor in y mm Field center location in SAMI in x pixels Field center location in SAMI in y pixels SAMI rotation SAMI scale in arcsec pixel SLCH override time window in units of seconds Cadence for watchdog reset in SLGSOFT in seconds Above this number the dome is considered open Time before LCH closure to automatically open loops 28 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros 4 1 2 soar_comms ini The ICSOFT communication infrastructure is built upon the SOAR communication library SCLN The SCLN is an implementation of a network communication layer that suites the interoperability requirement
46. the indicator turns solid red If the mechanism has been disabled the indicator turns gray Power WATT Numerical Indicator Total output power When a fault condition has been detected the indicator turns solid red Chiller Temperature C Numerical Indicator The chiller working temperature When a fault condition has been detected the indicator turns solid red Box Temperature C Numerical Indicator The temperature inside the LASER box When the temperature is out of its normal range of operation 25 C 10 the indicator turns red LASER Shutter LED Indicator The indicator is solid green when the shutter is OPEN Otherwise it blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault the word ERR is set LASER Safety Shutter LED Indicator The indicator is solid green when the shutter is OPEN Otherwise it blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault the word ERR is set Box Heater LED Indicator The indicator is solid green when the heater is ON Otherwise it blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault the word ERR is set LASER 220 V LED Indicator The indicator is solid green when power is on Otherwise it blinks to warn the user about a status non useful for normal operation When a fault the word ERR is set Interlock LED Indicator The indicator is solid red when the interlock is engaged and it blinks to warn the
47. to disk as the new set of voltages to flatten the DM WFS MENU Reset re start WFS readout Calibrate Bias Obtain an averaged bias to be used when doing bias subtraction Calibrate References Reset all references to current average spot x y position WES Reference Arm WES Reference Light GP MENU Center Probe Park Probe Dimmer Reset APD ES MENU ESOPEN ESCLOSE SLEEP WAKE TURSIM MENU TURSIM IN TURSIM OUT Phase Screen 1 Phase Screen 2 Dimmer ADC MENU ADCIN ADCOUT AUTO SET FP MENU In Out USER MENU ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference RECORD DONE TARGET SpotOffset NoOffset SLEEP WAKE 2 16 MAIN gt Guide Probes Tab L RI 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 po 00 00 00 _ 00 00 00 0 _ o0 oow0 w 0 00 Ion Ion MOON E Gei GPI E sell ad Gs2 GP2 _Move GP1_ r _Move GP2 0 000 0 000 45 990 ke ke Eeee ba fassen e um stor bam Case A SS SS bom orrioste p ooo eegal Figure 7 Turn the APD high voltage ON and the reset the over current condition to start using the guide probes Actual pane may differ a bit GP1 GP2 X mm Shows the current X coordinate of guide probe 1 2 stage in mm Blinks when moving Solid red when fault Grayed when disabled GP1 GP2 Y mm Shows the current Y coordinate of guide probe 1 2 stage in mm Blinks when moving Solid red when fault Grayed when disabled GP1 GP2 Z mm
48. to some predefined value Some of the parameters can be changed by the user during run time others will remain fixed and can only be changed by editing the files and restarting the ICSOFT application A detailed description of the configuration files macros and their parameters follows nt telemetry Iltfoc ini E _ gt W WG soar viserver ini comms ini Figure 9 Configurationfiles and script dependencies 4 1 Configuration Files Most configuration files follow a common format Files are divided in multiple sections each one beginning with a keyword enclosed in square brackets Each section lists a parameter name followed by an equal sign and its value A semicolon marks the beginning of a short parameter description Section Keyword Parameter Value this is the parameter description Other files are ordinary text files containing a list of space separated fields Table 1 lists the core set of configuration files The name and relative path of these files is fixed and can not be modified since they arehard coded in the ICSOFT Some of these files have keywords to point to other configuration files which can have user defined names All configuration files are expected to live in the directory home ao ICsoft config Table 1 Parameter files and their description File Name Description icsoft ini ICSOFT parameters soar_comms ini SOAR communication library parameters faults ini Faults def
49. turbulence distortions prescribes the specific form of the phase structure function for the optical wave Laser Guide Star Laser Launch Telescope Zernike mode coefficients Error signal delivered by the WFS is converted into modal amplitudes by matrix G Amplitudes are weighted and transformed to voltages by ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 38 NGS Noise Propagation Optimal G Reconstructor P Matrix P Matrix PXI Reconstructor Matrix Regularization Parameter RTC RTCORE RTSOFT RTSPM SAM Slope Smith Predictor SVD SVD Reconstructor TIP TURSIM Chapter 8 Glossary matrix P Natural Guide Star Noise propagation is described by the covariancematrix of Zernike noise coefficients Optimal modal reconstructor Takes into account the information on the statistics of the input disturbance contained in the Noll covariance matrix and correlated centroid noise Aberrations are related to DM voltages by the projection matrix P Inverse of the protection matrix P modular instrumentation standard based on CompactPCI developed by National Instruments with enhancements for instrumentation Inverse of the interaction matrix H Setting this parameter gt O helps balancing the noise and input signal in case when the noise is strong The reconstructor with the right choice of this parameter gives the smallest RMS wavefront error Real Time Computer Real Time Core Real Time Software Real Time S
50. vailable via a pop up menu 6 1 2 2 Pop Up Menu By right clicking in the image display area a pop up menu is opened The available options are described below Save to Disk Use this option to save a snapshot to disk in FITS file format Force Mono Scale Lock Cross Hair When the cross hair is locked left clicking in the image display does not change its position Show Cross Hair Toggles between showing and hiding the cross hair Cross Hair Set Record the current cross hair position The coordinates get saved to the configuration file acqcam ini Cross Hair Recall Re position the cross hair to the last recorded position The software reads the coordinates stored in the configuration file acqcam ini Zoom Factor 10 100 6 2 Configuration File A single configuration file acqcam ini is available The file is in sub directory bin pc x86 under directory home ao Prosilica_GigE_SDK CROSS HAIR XPOS YPOS 35 ICSOFT User Manual 3 7 0 November 2013 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 Can t Find Guide Stars 7 1 1 I 2 NGS Mode Check using the WFS Acquisition Camera that the natural guide star is in the WFS sensor Check using GMAP that the natural guide star is in the center of the field If not use the FC button to correct the field center offsets Remember to press Tel to refresh the screen 7 2 Tweaking Quad Sensor Offsets 1 D eh ee E O Lock the star using M3 and t

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