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1. An arrow is displayed pointing in the Up direction Z dot A red amp white dot showing the current zenith position Random offset Pan center Star colors Toggles on off the color code assignment for each star in the map Prin Guider Shows Hide guide probe one Sec Guider Shows Hide guide probe two Ctr Guider Camera FOV Shows Hide the science camera field of view User Overlay Show Hide the user catalog objects Youar Fy P _ ir g North East S s Q gt Xcmap Figure 2 2 The position angle PA is the angle between Yemap axis and the North axis Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 4 Chapter 2 GUI Reference 2 1 2 MAIN gt File gt Airmass Window This window will show an air mass extinction graph 2 2 MAIN gt Telescope Selector Box Use this selector box to select the observatory parameters to use When using SAM this box should always show the label SOAR 2 3 MAIN gt Guider Use this selector box to select the guider subsystem to use When using SAM this box should always show the label SAM_GDR e e sami OAYop e e ee eo e s e Xgp a z e a e Figure 2 3 The skymap window Use the TEL and PA buttons to update the field coordinates and rotation The tiny yellow boxes represent the guide probes GP1 to the right and GP2 to the left Camera field rotation in red might differ from current configuration 5 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5
2. cat gs3rc This is the GMAP program home directory setenv GMAPHOME GS3 This is where the catalogs live setenv GMAPCATS GS3 catalogs This is where the configuration files live setenv GMAPCONFIG GMAPHOME config Bitmaps setenv BMPDIR GMAPHOME share bitmaps 4 2 Configuration Files The environment variable GMAPCONFIG defines the place where the configuration files live 4 2 1 egmap dat This file is composed of multiple sections The user can hand edit this file to modify parameter values By including the word default in the line following the section name the entry is set as the default one A detailed description of each section follows 4 2 1 1 Telescope section name Label with the observatory name This name is showed in the Telescope selector box in the main GUI window longitude Observatory longitude in deg East is positive latitude Observatory latitude in deg North is positive 9 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros 4 2 1 2 Camera section name Camera displayed identification This label will be used in the camera selector box in the main GUI window nchips Number of CCD chips in the science camera choffx1 1 n x offset in arc seconds choffy1 1 n y offset in arc seconds dimx Number of pixels in x dimy Number of pixels in y pixscale Size of each pixel in arc seconds rot Camera FOV rotation with respect to the
3. 6 05 27 40 8 69 08 05 7 05 09 30 39 69 07 45 8 05 57 34 69 11 48 9 05 58 54 68 31 06 10 05 32 19 8 67 31 16 11 05 30 21 66 53 02 12 04 50 37 69 59 06 13 05 13 10 88 69 07 02 9 14 05 57 45 68 27 36 15 05 14 36 63 57 18 19 06 25 49 68 55 12 20 06 10 42 71 31 42 21 03 10 29 68 35 54 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 12
4. guide probes in degrees 4 2 1 3 Guider section name Displayed identification offaxis x Displacement in x in arc seconds The value is used for all guide probes offaxis y Displacement in y in arc seconds The value is used for all guide probes field w Field width of camera in x field h Field width of camera in y unit x Size of x unit in arcseconds Only valid when nguider has NOT been defined unit y Size of y unix in arcseconds Only valid when nguider has NOT been defined center x center y px Is the size of the guide box in pixels For SAM each APD can be think of as a pixel of size TBD arcseconds 2X2 in total nguider Is the number of guide probes for the guider mode lt N gt N is the guider number Mode 0 for rectangular coordinates and 1 for polar coordinates scale Guide probe scale in mm arcsec Used to calculate the x y coordinates in mm displayed in the sky map Only valid when nguider has been defined xlo lt N gt ylo lt N gt xhi lt n gt yhi lt N gt Range of motion for guide probe N in units of arcseconds Only valid when nguider has been defined psize lt N gt Is the size of each pixel in arc seconds Only valid when nguider has been defined Only valid when nguider has been defined Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 10 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros 4 2 1 4 Server section The GS3 communication infrastructure is built upon the SOAR communication library SC
5. Guide Star Selection Software User s Manual SOAR Adaptive Module SAM Revision 2 5 September 2013 D Sono 2OAR Change Record Version Date Description Owner Name 2 4 0 04 01 2011 First table entry Rolando Cantarutti 2 5 0 09 04 2013 Updates Add chapter on user catalogs Rolando Cantarutti Contents Getting Things Running 1 1 Starting the GMAP Softwar Gin tas 1 1 1 Launching GS3 from ICSOFT updated 04sep2013 1 1 2 Launching GS3 from the command liN o ooooconiccnocnoonnoccnoncnoncnnnnnnconnnn 1 2 Stopping the GMAP Softwalle scccscccsssssscssercessccserseseceseccesscesntsenseesnees 1 3 Environment Variables s siiosisanidaceadindiianrduddanrvidorduenrestosniednceastedvenssaaoriuaseneeins GUI Reference 2 DATING El MO aces sae AAA OR eile 2 1 1 MAIN gt File gt Skymap Window cccccssccsseeseeeteeeseeceeeeeseeeeaeeeseeeees 2 1 2 MAIN gt File gt Airmass WindOW ccscccssccssccesscessessnscessesenscesnnsenss 2 2 MAIN gt Telescope Selector BoX ccsssccsscsssrssssccssccesscessesenscesecsensceeensns 23 MAIN ia Common Operations 3 1 Interactively Selecting a Guide Star Using GSB cooconncnincnocinoncocnnoncnrnconcnnnannnos S FIU E A A ed 3 1 2 LGS Modern rail actas Configuration Files and Macros 4 1 Environment File OM ld 4 2 Configuration Fiesta A co 4 2 CSMAp AA ARA de Telescope Sections n
6. LN The SCLN is an implementation of a network communication layer that suites the interoperability requirements of the SOAR telescope environment Each section starting with the server keyword defines a client server pair with the corresponding listening port server ICS ip _server X X X X ip _client X X X X ip port xxxxx For more information on the SCLN and its protocol read the document SOAR Communication Library New available at the SAM web site archive 11 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 Chapter 5 User Guide Stars Chapter 5 User Guide Stars It is possible to include a user defined star catalog The catalog takes the form of a text file with the reserved name usercar txt that includes a list of coordinates of equinox 2000 The catalog is selectable from the skymap catalog menu for display and star selection When other catalog is selected the stars in the user catalog that fall in the field will be displayed as white circles for reference Each line of the text file corresponds to one object There are three space separated fields object number RA coordinate in hours west positive and Dec coordinate in degrees north positive Optionally a fourth field specifying magnitude can be included otherwise a dummy magnitude of 10 1 will be assigned for cosmetic purposes cat Catalogs usercat txt 1 05 08 45 79 68 45 38 6 2 05 30 40 8 67 17 17 3 05 42 08 6 69 12 44 4 05 13 38 9 65 27 52 5 05 27 48 68 59 12
7. September 2013 Chapter 3 Common Operations Chapter 3 Common Operations 3 1 Interactively Selecting a Guide Star Using GS3 3 1 1 i 3 1 2 NGS Mode 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 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 LGS Mode Point the telesc
8. e mount coordinates Guide probes coordinates get updated as well PA Button Use this button to retrieve the current SAM position angle Guide probe coordinates get updated as well FC Button Use this button to reset the offset between the center of the field star right over the WES and the mount coordinates Select a star press this button and then press the Tel button to update the map Mainly useful under SAM NGS operation mode 3 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 Chapter 2 GUI Reference FO Button Use this button to reset the offset between the center of the field and the mount coordinates The offset is calculated as the difference between the distance between the mount and the selected star and the distance between the selected star and the center of the field as reported by the ICSOFT Useful under SAM LGS operation mode Zoom Arrows Button Use the arrow buttons to zoom in and out the skymap Catalog Menu Use this menu to select among the available catalogs If a catalog is selected while not having installed the correspondent database the selection will be ignored See section TBD for configuring a user defined short catalog Features Menu N vector Two arrow vectors are displayed in the upper right corner of the sky map window The long arrow represents the north direction The short arrow represents east To refresh the icon press the PA button so the position angle gets updated from the ICSOFT Up vector
9. efresh 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 A Q Os II a wnt oy Figure 3 1 The cross mark the telescope coordinates in the sky map The circle is the selected star The triangle is the field center Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 8 Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros Chapter 4 Configuration Files and Macros Configuration files provide a mean to set multiple system parameters to some predefined value Some o f 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 GS3 program 4 1 Environment File gs3rc By default this file is installed in the home directory as gs3rc note the dot at the beginning Though not strictly necessary it is advisable to include this file in the login shell startup script so the environment variables in it get defined when the user log on to the account When the start_gs3 command is executed the gs3rc file gets sourced to ensure the environment variables are defined and only then the application starts
10. ope 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 3 Put the active focus on the SAMI GUI and press F3 to activate the interactive selection cursor Select a star by putting the cursor on top of a star and pressing C The field coordinates of the star in units of CCD pixels 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 7 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 Chapter 3 Common Operations 6 10 11 12 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 contents get updated again Identify and 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 between star and field center calculated using SAMI and ICSOFT The offset is sent back automatically to the ICSOFT Press the Tel button in the sky map window to r
11. reno senasa aas GeabuadectsscecedecoteesvedeceeGtees C mera SOCE OMS ii AO DA ad A Sasha Ed o AAA A Server SOCUOMS sc 6ss0ssseosveescsdsdenscaesd E E User Guide Stars iii Chapter 1 Getting Things Running Chapter1 Getting Things Running This user manual is intended to describe the use o f the SAM Guide Star Selection Software GS3 from the user s point of view It is not a programming manual 1 1 Starting the GMAP Software You can either launch the GS3 utility program from the Instrument Control Software ICSOFT or from your favorite terminal Both ways will be described here 1 1 1 Launching GS3 from ICSOFT updated 04sep2013 1 With the ICSOFT running select the Guide Probes Tab from the main GUI window 2 Press the button labeled GMAP CATALOGS The button is near the center of the pane 1 1 2 Launching GS3 from the command line Open a shell window and invoke the GS3 software with the following command cd home GS3 bin start_gs3 options Normally you will invoke GS3 with no options Valid option values are listed below h Prints a usage message C catalog A catalog name C S SAO C p PPM cg GSC cu USNO SA C O USNO AO f font name Set font used 1 2 Stopping the GMAP Software To stop the GS3 application select Exit from the File menu 1 3 Environment Variables GMAP reads some environment variables to locate some special files that are normally handled by the initialization
12. script start_gs3 GMAPCATS Defines the place where the star catalogs are installed Typically points to 1 Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 Chapter 1 Getting Things Running directory Catalogs GMAPCONFIG Defines the path to the configuration files Typically will point to GS3 config Rtsoft User Manual Rev 2 5 September 2013 2 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 SAN GHap 2 60 i SOAR SAMGDR SAMI Tel Gdr SAM GDR o Cam SAMI o AM 1 000 UT 14 36 22 ST 13 39 39 Parallactic Angle 90 04 Cass Angle 89 96 R A Equinox Dee PosAngl 0 00 TTP1 rafoo dec o oo x 0 00 y 0 00 TTP2 rafoo dec o oo x 0 00 y 0 00 Figure 2 1 Main GUI Use the File menu to open the skymap window 2 1 MAIN gt File Menu 2 1 1 Skymap Menu Option Open and close the sky map window Read section 2 1 1 below Airmass Menu Option Open the air mass window Read section 2 1 2 below Exit Menu Option Terminates the application MAIN gt File gt Skymap Window Set Button Centers the field to the star just selected P1 P2 Button Send the coordinates of the currently selected star to the ICSOFT The coordinates will be displayed in the GP1 GP2 Target indicator of the Guide Probes Tab in the ICSOFT GUI Tel Button Use this button to retrieve the current telescop

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