1. Monitoring and User Interface Display German Schumacher Software Engineering Lead JTM, Mar 7, 2017

2. From LSE-30: Observatory System Spec.
Specification: LSST Observatory shall monitor system and instrument performance on a regular (daily where appropriate) basis with the goal of detecting sudden as well as gradual performance changes.

3. From LSE-30: Observatory System Spec.
Specification: The LSST Observatory shall provide facilities (physical and software) for the visualization of a variety of types of data produced by the Observatory at the locations specified in OSS-REQ-0006, including:
Catalog data derived from image analysis
Calibration data and data products, including images and spectra from the ancillary telescopes and cameras in the Observatory
Data quality metrics derived from the analysis of the Observatory's raw data
Engineering and facilities data, including monitoring and diagnostic data from the Observatory and data processing systems
Data processing metadata
Selected reference datasets from external sources (e.g., astrometric catalogs)

4. From LSE-30: Observatory System Spec.
These facilities shall provide for at least the following types of displays:
Statistical, including histograms, correlation plots, and basic statistical data reductions on selected data
Temporal, showing time histories of selected parameters and of statistical properties of acquired data
Spatial, displaying data overlaid on associated images

5. Monitor and User Interface
At a high level of abstraction then, it would be necessary to explore and evaluate the following categories of technologies, for the implementation of Monitor and User Interface components, associated with the design of multiple advanced visualization elements:
Web-based. The optimal way to generate, format and transport packets of information compatible with the use of browsers.
Graphing libraries. A way to represent information in terms of graphs, images, tables, animation, time-series, etc., and superposition of them.
Look and feel. Concepts associated with the organization of information visually, multiple views coordination, the use of colors, shapes, density of information, etc.
Observing room. Proposals for the hardware setup of the science and operations workstations where operators, engineers and astronomers on duty will sit and work cooperatively.

6. INRIA’s Design Plan
The purpose of this project is to design and develop user interface components for the LSST control room, and to make a proposal for the hardware setup (general layout, workstations and shared screens) that will display those components and enable users to interact with them.
An important focus of this work is to investigate how to best support troubleshooting, maintenance, analysis activities and decision-making at large in the control room through the design of highly-interactive visual representations of data relevant to OCS, as provided mainly through the DDS middleware.

7. Status summary of all main systems, including:
Display Contents
Status summary of all main systems, including:
Telescope and subsystems
Power
HVAC equipment
Network connectivity
Security and safety of summit building
Component location on device drawing
Display and most important, site-wide messages including alarms, incidents, unusual weather conditions or reminders about maintenance actions that affect multiple groups.

8. Display Contents
Environmental and seeing conditions both external and internal, in the form of sky camera images, cloud distributions, weather data, seeing data from instruments, internal dome and telescope temperatures, etc.
Survey progress and associated image quality information.
Subsystem performance monitoring in real time.
Data trends analysis display.
Camera status.
Data Management status.

9. Observing Display (from SOAR)
CAMERA STATUS
SKY CONDITIONS
TARGET REGIONS
MOUNTAIN OPERATOR