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TCS Software Design Review
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Have we understood all the requirements? Do we understand all the quirks of the hardware? Is the design capable of doing the job? Can it be completed with the available resources? Can it be commissioned in an acceptable time? Can this system be supported & maintained?
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Servo system Encoders Drive motors Demand posn (in encoder units) Sky position (in RA,Dec) Coord conversion & Pointing model Autoguider Instrument computer(s)
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors 1970s TCS
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors 1970s CAMAC TCS ICS
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors 1980s CAMAC TCS (TEL) VAX
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors Late 1990s TCS UNIX ?
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors Early 2000s TCS CCSGATE UNIX (PTCS) (THI) Auto- guider
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PTCS THI Telescope independent Telescope dependent Hardware GUI Instruments
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PTCS THI Telescope independent Telescope dependent Hardware GUI Instruments RA, Dec Encoder units, Motor voltages Axis positions in radians
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PTCS THI Hardware GUI Instruments (2) Trigger with axis positions (1) Read encoders (3) Kick with demand positions (4) Servo control
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Rate generator Encoders Drive motors Early 2000s TCS CCSGATE UNIX (PTCS) (THI) Auto- guider
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Encoders Drive motors 2007 onwards TCS (PTCS) (THI) Auto- guider
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1) Drive and Encoders AAT-specific issues
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1)Drive and Encoders 2)AAT pointing terms AAT-specific issues
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Implementation
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Stage 1 Restage Please Initial obey Last stage Finished Restage Stage 2 Restage Please Restage An ADAM/DRAMA Staged Action
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Stage 1 Restage Please Initial obey Last stage Finished Restage Stage 2 Restage Please Restage ADAM/DRAMA Concurrent Actions Stage 1 Restage Please Initial obey Stage 2 Restage Please Restage
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Stage 1 Restage Please Initial obey Last stage Finished Restage Stage 2 Restage Please Restage ADAM/DRAMA Cancelling an Action Stage 1 Restage Please Initial obey Cancel Finished Cancel ‘Kick’
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Testing
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Servo loop tests Demand posn (in encoder units) Sky position (in RA,Dec) Coord conversion & Pointing model TPOINT reverse conversion in Simulator Same sky position (in RA,Dec) ?
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