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1. Service Control 0 suspend Figure 2 5 The service parameters access window 2 2 THE LUCIFER SOFTWARE CONTROL CENTER 13 Accessing the configuration of a service If the access service parameters context menu item which is only available for RMI Services is selected the window shown in Figure 2 5 will appear The top part of this window displays information about the selected service such as the name of the service the version the host name and address it is running on and how long it has been running Below this information command line parameters that have been defined when the service was started are shown The List of the service configuration entries allows the selection of an entry which can be viewed see Figure 2 6 or edited Figure 2 7 by clicking on the corresponding button Finally the window allows stopping or suspending a service after a specified amount of time given in milliseconds Viewing a service configuration de rub astro lucifer control electronic hiramo ConfigHIRAMOSeryer lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 standalone n0 2 gt data usage program lt object types de rub astro lucifer control electronic hiramo ConfigHIPAMOServer lt value name TIMEQUT type int gt 000 lt value gt lt value name INITIALIZATION DELAY TIME type int gt 2000 lt value gt lt value nam TRY TIME type int gt 30000 lt value gt lt value nam
2. Choose a macro 4 09 s 4 09 Execute Macro ee Exit Figure 2 14 The read out engineer GUL 2 3 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 25 2 3 6 The MOS engineer GUI The MOS unit engineer GUI is currently not intended for use for other people than the MOS specialists at the MPE A separate manual will be provided from there LBT LUCIFER MAN 027 26 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Chapter 3 Technical procedure manual 3 1 Procedures 3 1 1 LUCIFER safe mode If the instrument is not in operation for several days it should be put in safe mode This means that the on instrument electronics MCE ROE are switched off and the detector put to a lower temperature of about 60K NOTE During the time needed for the detector to change its temperature the elec tronics have to be switched off The time for changing between 77K and 60K is approximately 35min The detector temperature must be monitored for about one hour to be sure that the expected end point is reached When putting the instrument again in operation mode i e detector at 77K it will take additionally about 2 3 hours until a stable image can be read from the instrument To access the instrument from the engineering account the laptop used for the MOS cabinet exchange user password known to authorized LBTO personel or one of LBTO workstations user password by LBTO can be used A NxClient connection
3. Service system Service manual Service manual 9 Service system 9 Service system Service system Service system Service system Service system Service system Service system Service _ system 0 Service system Service refreshtable discard terminals Jj Figure 2 2 The Software Control Center after the service has been started KNOWN ISSUE AT START UP STARTING A SERVICE BY HAND It may happen that the MOS Sequence Server still has a red light meaning it has not started properly Therefore it has to be done by hand Click in the table on the MOS Sequence Server row be careful because due to the nx connection the refresh of the table is a bit slow Use the right mouse button and choose start MOS Se quence Server Wait a few seconds press refresh table and check if the service is now running 2 2 THE LUCIFER SOFTWARE CONTROL CENTER 11 By using the right mouse button all services can be stopped or started By scrolling the table down the Applications are getting visible in a green font Here all available GUls can be started Besides the typical observing GUIs also the engineering GUIs are accessible 2 2 2 Configuring the software start and the services When a program is selected from the table shown in the Software Control
4. Osun L Figure 2 9 The expanded Control GUI with the motor control panel status bar showing the pathname of the file is showing modified at the end The color of the text indicates if the table that is currently shown has been loaded from the service in which case the color is green and the text begins with REMOTE FILE or from a local file red text color and LOCAL FILE at the beginning Loading a local file is possible using the File menu In this case too the loaded table is not used by the service directly To force the service to use the new or edited table the Commit to service button has to be pressed This only commits the currently displayed table and has to be repeated for all changed tables It is also possible to reload a table from the service in case of unwanted accidental changes using the Reload from table button The tables used by the service are saved separately in the lt lcsp_root gt lookupTables directory which is used by other services as well The files in this directory should not be accessed and edited directly using other tools like text editors Corrupted lookup table files will have a negative impact on the instrument performance and operations New lookup table entries can be added in the empty line at the end of the table To remove a line from the table the corresponding line has to be selected and the Remove Entry button has to be pressed Each table entry
5. v system Service SYS TimeServer e v system Service SYS MessageServer e v system Service S Journalizer e v system Service GEIRS 9 v system 8 Service PortServer L manual amp Service TelescopeServer e system Service CalibrationUnit e system Service PressureMonitor system 0 Service RackCoolingControl e system Service ONE TemperatureControl 0 v system Service ONE TemperatureMonitor e Middle manual 9 Service Two TemperatureMonitorLUCIFER2 manual 0 Service ONE TurboPumpMonitor e section v system Service HIRAMO Server e v system 0 Service LUCIFER MCU Server e system Service MOS MCU Server system Service MOS SwitchBox Server e v system Service ONE Weblo 1 e v system Service ONE Weblo 2 e v system Service ONE Camera Unit Server e system Service Compensation Mirror Server e v system amp Service ONE Detector Unit Server e system Service ONE Filter Unit Server refresh table Bottom section discard terminals a Figure 2 1 The Software Control Center main GUI when the software system is not running programs on the terminal is displayed here If a panel is no longer needed i e because the asso ciated program has been terminated it can be deleted by clicking on the discard terminals button When the system is started using the start button a splash screen appears that
6. The MOS acquisition procedure described in LUCIFER UM 1 2 will work only of the Ims file corresponding to the mask in use is found and readable by the software 3 1 3 Maintenance of the data directory data luci All scientific data taken with LUCIFER end up on the LUCIFER workstation in the data luci directory These data are visible from the observer session but this user only has read privileges Before a new science block starts typically once a month it is necessary to clean up the disk space in the data luci directory This must be done as user luci using the command ssh X luciGlucifer no other user observer or engineer can delete data from that directory The main tenance of this directory and check of the available disk space is the responsability of LBTO and should be included into the list of things to be done during the two technical nights preceding any science run Do not remove directory data luci ComTeamData_DoNotDelete 3 1 4 Regular checks of the instrument In the LBTO operational mode where an instrument specialist is not always on the mountain where observations are taking place it is fundamental that quick checks of the instrument take 30 CHAPTER 3 TECHNICAL PROCEDURE MANUAL MOS Mask Jd File masknumber maskid maskdescrp on isused LMS file vi 990063 Optic Sieve 990001 Spectro Sieve 0 1 2 3990031 990078 7990065 8995623 932121 MPIA6
7. is the focus offset from the reference focus for the camera This reference focus has been measured for the combination of the clear and the K filter and is stored in the service configuration Tables can be loaded in the same way as for the compensation mirror service and have to be committed to the service explicitly after they have been edited The focus control area To be able to work properly the detector focus service needs to know three parameters the currently selected camera and both filter wheel positions These can be set using the appropriate drop down box in the focus control panel in the upper right area of the window Unlike the compensation mirror GUI the current configuration used by the service is shown beneath the drop down boxes again in a text field with purple background The focus stage is not moved when new values are selected from the combo boxes only the new parameters are set To move the focus stage the buttons on the right side must be used Two initialization methods are possible for the focus stage Either the positive or the negative limit switches can be used and can be selected with the drop down box below the Initialize Unit button Initialization of the drive is only necessary when the camera has been changed The routine will move the stage to one of the limit switches and then back to the reference focus position To correct the focus for the currently selected filter combination the Adjust Focus butto
8. Ims file Dec09 mos1 80 TestMask lms 990001 25 13 MPE LS larcsec 990002 MPE 990003 26 78 MPE LS 0 5arcsec 990004 MPE 990005 MPE 990006 MPE 922231 14 72 MPIA engeli home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 32 engel1 Ims 910509 15 84 MPIA W3Bright home engineer Masks_Ims_file Dec09 mos1 48 W3Bright Ims 911548 16 83 MPIA W3KIt14 home engineer Masks_lms_file Dec09 mos1 49 W3KIt14 Ims 912600 17 45 MPIA W3KIt142 home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 50 W3KlIt142 Ilms 925727 18 91 MPIA W3KIt15 home engineer Masks_Ims_file Dec09 mos1 51 W3KIt15 Ims 931719 19 89 MPIA W3KIt16 home engineer Masks_Ims_file Dec09 mos1 53 W3KIt16 Ims 933225 20 82 MPIA W30H home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 54 W3OH Ims Figure 3 2 Excel sheet with mask information needed prior to a cabinet exchange e the mask name that will appear in the Instrument Control GUI e the Ims filename where the complete path where this file is stored is writen Most of these information are then taken over during the last step of the cabinet exchange when the masks are configured Fig 3 31 illustrates the information that engineers will have to update when configuring the masks The lms files collected have to be placed on the LUCIFER workstation in the Masks 1ms file directory under the engineer account It has been found practical to define a new subdirectory for each new observing block e g Mar2010 for all the LUCIFER March 2010 observations
9. of the panel where the new masks have been configured place regularly to make sure it is usable for the night Actions to be performed at least once a week by the instrument engineer specialists especially when observations are taking place Go the instrument platform and have a visual inspection of the instrument e Check all the cables nothing loose amp or damaged e Check the cooling flow level Open the electronic cabinet below the bridge and check temperatures pressures Go on the bridge and check the on board electronics all cables still well plugged no dam age Actions to be performed during the technical nights preceding science runs Check the instrument as indicated in the daily checks Perform instrument set_ups check grating tilts calibration unit in out lamps functioning Make some reads and check the detector darks and flat field aspects at least Perform some tests observations to check communication with TCS guiding and active op tics Actions to be performed daily by the LBTO astronomers on duty during science runs e Log onto the lucifer workstation as engineer 3 1 PROCEDURES 31 Open a terminal and check the instrument pressures and temperatures These information are provided from the command line showSupervisorStatus sh which also show the gradients and alarm status Open firefox select the LUCIFERI Web IO Control bookmarks and check that ROE amp MCE electronics a
10. panel of the service To be able to see this area correctly the window must be enlarged in the horizontal direction as shown in Figure 2 9 This panel allows direct control of the motors of the unit bypassing the Compensation Mirror service and should be used with care Especially the stop all motion button in the upper right corner should only be clicked in case of an emergency since it stops all movements except the MOS Unit which is controlled by a separate motor electronic inside the instrument immediately No further movement of any motor will be allowed after this until the allow motion button is pressed Note also that the information of the motor control area is not automatically updated since it bypasses the software service shown in the left area To get the current values i e switch and motor positions for this part of the user interface the update buttons have to be pressed For normal operation of the service the motor control GUI is not necessary and can and should be hidden Its primary use is to move the motor s of a unit in cases where the service is not working properly 16 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL ola Linear Interpolation Function M Linear Interpolation Function M progam address h messa OT CONTENT database OR CONTENT Synchronized Li eeem 0 0v Figure 2 8 The compensation mirror engineer GUI The lookup table area of the Comp
11. 4 lt value gt value nane CAMEPA WHEEL PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 12 lt value gt lt value name CAMERA WHEEL PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 2 lt value gt lt value name COLD CLAMP ONE PATTERH POSITION type int gt 15 lt value gt value name COLD CLAMP ONE PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value name COLD CLAMP TWO PATTERN POSITION type int gt 16 lt value gt lt value name COLD CLAMP TWO PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value names LCOEl CONNECTION STATUS BIT PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value name LCOE1 CONWECTION STATUS BIT PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 2 lt value gt lt value name LCOE2 MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 3 lt value gt lt value names LC0 2 MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS BIT PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 2 lt value gt value 1 083_ MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS BIT PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 5 lt value gt lt value name LCO0E3 MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 2 lt value gt lt value 1 04 MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS BIT PATTERN START POSITI type int gt 7 lt value gt lt value 084 MOTOR CONNECTION STATUS PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value name DEFAULT TEMPERATURE MODE type int gt 0 lt value gt value name DEF
12. 7 a9011 jhomelengineerMasks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 67 a9011 Ims 933150 68 9012 jhome engineerMasks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 68 29012 Ims 2933520 69 9013 jhomelengineerMasks Ims fileMar2010 mos1 69 39013 1ms 034243 MPIAT2 engel3 jhomelengineerMasks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 72 engel3 Ims 834446 MPIAT3 engeld iv Jhome engineerMasks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 73 engel4 Ims 934827 MPIA75 engel nomelengineerlMasks_Ims_file Mar2010 mos1 75 engel6 Ims 1933852 IMPIA 70 engelt jJhome engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 70 engel Ims 7934051 MPIA 71 engel2 J home engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 71 engel2 Ims _ SO HITA 1913746 MPE 124 GOOD Jhome engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 124 G00DSN Ims D jhomelengineerMasks Ims fileMar2010 mos1 127 GOODSN Ims 31600D jhomelengineerMasks Ims fileMMar2010 mos1 131 GOODSN Ims MPE134M67 jhome engineerMasks Ims fileMar2010 mos1 134 67 Ims 77 67 jhomelengineerMasks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 77 M67 Ims 7915732 JAIP 79 laecosmo jhome engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 79 laecosmo Ims 8920014 AIP 80 laecosmo j home engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 80 laecosmo Ims 1991901 05U 76 nac1333 Y j home engineer Masks Ims file Mar2010 mos1 76 ngc1333 Ims Figure 3 3 Example
13. AULT CHANNEL NUMBER typ t 1c value lt value name ADC OFFSET EPROR TEST CHANNEL type int 4 value lt value name CLOSED LOOP CHECK INTERVAL type int gt 1000 lt value gt value name CLOSED LOOP VOLTAGE TOLERANCE type float gt 2 66E 4 lt value gt lt object gt lt nracram gt Figure 2 6 The configuration view window The view configuration window see Figure 2 6 simply displays the configuration entries as they are stored in the XML file Since editing these files by hand can be very cumbersome a dedicated edit configuration window is provided This window is shown in Figure 2 7 Editing a service configuration In the window of Figure 2 7 the different configuration values can be edited directly without concern about the correct XML structure of the file When the OK button is selected the currently displayed configuration is written to disk and immediately used by the service Clicking on the cancel button reverts any changes made to that point and closes the edit window 14 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 3 VALUE name TIMEOUT type int VALUE name INITIALIZATION DELAY TIME type int VALUE name RETRY TIME type int VALUE name UPDATE INTERVAL type long E TIMEOUT VALUE name HIRAMO_CARD_NUMBER type int int VALUE name SWITCH_PORT_VALUE_PARAMTER_POSITION type in VALUE name CHANNEL_NUMBER_PARAMTER_POSITION
14. Center window a right click with the mouse will display a context menu Depending on the state of the software system i e running or not running different menu items are available see Figure 2 3 edit start descriptor edit start descriptor start HIRAMO Server start HIRAMO Server stop HIRAMO Server stop HIRAMO Server restart HIRAMO Servet restart HIRAMO Server access service parameter access service parameter Figure 2 3 The control context menu for an RMI service shown when the software system is not running left and when it is running right If the software system is not started only the first menu item edit start descriptor is available as shown on the left side of Figure 2 3 The right side of this figure displays the context menu when the software system is started and the selected program is currently running If the system is started but the selected program not currently running the first two entries of the context menu will be active not shown in Figure 2 3 To start a service or program manually the start lt name gt menu item can be selected Consequently the stop name stops the corresponding service or program The restart lt name gt menu item is only available for RMI services and allows restarting the service with the current configuration To start the service again after a configuration change it must be stopped first Editing the start configuration By selecting the ed
15. Control GUI changes to moving If the communication with the Calibration Unit after several attempts try at least three times did not work properly or OUT not reacting even though the message MOVING Calibration Unit appears it would be possible to control this unit via a separate web interface Open Firefox bookmark LUCIFER1 Web CalUnit or use 192 168 0 12 First one has to log in by clicking on Config in the left menu Choose Expert Mode Press button on right top Power On and reload Check if left side Power on status is ON Press button Command drive in on right side Then reload Check if status calibration unit motor in is ON Logout via config Session control and close the firefox window otherwise communication prob lems can occur again The GUI logs the user automatically out after a while For the next use a fully new restart of the web page is necessary in order to log in again BE AWARE The calibration unit will NOT move in out via scripts The calibration unit can be moved in out at any telescope instrument position Telescope Service In case of a hanging communication with the IIF TCS it might be necessary to stop and start the Telescope service from the Software Control Center Start Manager As far as there is no LST and UT update in the Telescope GUI even something is wrong with the IIF or any other T CS system If after a restart on the side the GUI is still no
16. LUCIFER Technical software and procedure manual Doc Name Doc Number Issue Number Issue Date Prepared by LBT LUCIFER MAN 032 1 2 pdf LBT LUCIFER MAN 032 1 2 19 03 2010 Volker Knierim amp Marcus J tte AIRUB W Seifert LSW N Ageorges MPE Recipient O Kuhn M Pedani D Thompson 19 01 2010 19 02 2010 18 03 2010 Distribution List Institute Company No of Copies Document Change Record Sect Paragr affected Reasons Remarks initial document Chap 4 Additional GUI descriptions Chap 5 Update Trouble Shooting New procedures description added Document reorganization Contents 5 7 A E 7 7 7 11 15 2 3 1 The compensation mirror servic Ie 15 al ho 5 od ee he ls 19 23 The erating unit 22 2 3 4 camera wheelservicd a a a e a a 23 2 3 5 Read out engineer 24 2 3 6 The MOS engineer GUJ 25 27 27 27 28 1 1 ici 29 Vau 29 iUud HS Read s MEE Sue rU Mu 32 CP II ee 32 daa ee Bee ee eee ds eb 34 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction This document organised in two main parts is addressed to the LUCIFER instrument support scientist and NOT to the observers Because of the described engineer access to the instrument only LUCIFER experts are allowed to use it Chapter 2 describes how t
17. T before at laptop workstation switch ROE and MCE via Web Interface on Switching MCE ROE on off is the button on the right lower side 3 1 2 Ims files amp cabinet exchange In preparation for an exchange of masks cabinet procedure described in LUCIFER LBT MAN 033 the gerber files need to be collected to be send to the mask manufacturer At that time the corresponding lms files have to be collected as well They are needed for the MOS acquisition In preparation of a cabinet exchange an Excel sheet Fig 3 2 needs to be prepared for the engineers That page needs to contain following informations e the mask ID e Two free columns where the engineers should write the cabinet slot in which the corresponding mask has been put and the frame used e the information from which institute that mask comes from 3 1 PROCEDURES Mask ID Cab Slot Frame Institute mask name 29 Ims filename 904059 10 42 MPE M076GOODSN 2 home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 76 GOODSN Ims 924350 11 96 MPE M101GOODSN 1 home engineer Masks_lms_file Dec09 mos1 101 GOODSN Ims 934121 12 38 M106GOODSN 4 home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 106 GOODSN Ims 944022 13 77 MPE M107GOODSN 3 home engineer Masks Ims file Dec09 mos1 107 GOODSN Ims Test mask to compare with LBTO similar mask 913947 22 92 MPE MO80TestMask 913947 home engineer Masks_Ims_file Dec09 mos1 80 TestMask Ims 913947 23 12 LBTO MO80TestMask 913947 home engineer Masks
18. are one has to login to the LUCIFER SUN V880 Server via an NXClient available on the computers Host name lucifer User engineer There a desktop icon Start LUCIFER Control SW is available Clicking this icon executes the start script LUCIFER SW START sh which is located in home engineer This will start the LUCIFER Software Control Center 8 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL If there is no start script available the software can be started via the command line cd home engineer lcsp dist export java jar lcsp jar start hd xml lcsp jar contains the whole LUCIFER software system and start hd xml is the current XML configuration file RULE Never edit start hd xml by hand unless you know what you are doing Both are located in the directory referred to as lt 1csp_root gt home engineer lcsp dist export The software system runs only once on the sun server although multiple instances of the LU CIFER Software Control Center can be started When the software is already running on the system the Control Center detects this automatically In the case the LUCIFER software is not running the LUCIFER Software Control Cen ter appears as shown in Figure PI The window is separated into three different sections The top section indicated in red in Fig ure EI contains the buttons to start and stop the software system with the configuration that is currently loaded It is also possible to close this window by clicki
19. consists of three values The Instrument Position consists of two angle values for the rotation R and elevation E angles This is also a key for the table which means that only one value pair of angles is allowed to exist in the table at a given time The other two values are the relative motor steps that are necessary to compensate the image flexure for the instrument position The origin is defined by the entry that has two 0 s for the motor steps and can be chosen arbitrarily It has been proven practice during the commissioning of the instrument to use the instrument position R 90 E 90 as reference and to provide correction values in intervals of 30 degree steps for the rotator 90 lt lt 450 and elevation 0 lt E lt 90 angles For instrument positions that are in between the defined position the motor step values to compensate the flexure are interpolated from the four surrounding positions The interpolation method that is used can be selected using the two drop down boxes below the table Currently only 18 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL a linear interpolation can be selected because it has been proven sufficient during commissioning The mirror control area Next to the lookup table panel the service control area is located see Figure 23 It consists of different sections allowing to set parameters for the service and to execute actions The color of the different GUI elements represents the type of in
20. d displayed in red color indicating that the tilt loop is closed but the grating tilt not stable yet After the tilt has been stabilized i e three subsequent measurements of the tilt voltage are within the tolerance limits of the target voltage the text color changes to green indicating a stable loop If the loop can not be stabilized within a time specified in the service configuration an error message will appear and the loop will be opened automatically When the loop is opened using the Untilt button the text color changes to black again Note before a new grating tilt value can be set a closed loop as to be opened first by clicking the Untilt button The Temperature Mode Control panel shown in the GUI in the lower right area is used to switch between COLD and WARM operation modes of the tilt electronics The WARM mode must only be used when the instrument is at room temperature in the integration hall Switching to the WARM mode when the instrument is not at room temperature will severely damage the instrument USE EXTREME CARE WHEN CHANGING THIS MODE 2 3 4 The camera wheel service The camera unit service see Fig is very simple and has no lookup tables The engineer GUI can be started using the GUI Camera Unit Engineer Client entry in the control center window It allows to initialize the camera wheel and to select one of the three different camera positions Additionally the GUI can also be used to move the pupi
21. e UPDATE INTERVAL type 1long gt 100 lt value gt lt value name HIPAMO CARD NUMBER type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value name SVITCH PORT VALUE PARAMTER POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value name CHANNEL NUMBER PARAMTEE POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value names GRATING UNIT TAPGET VOLTAGE PARAMETER POSITION types int 0c value lt value name GRATING UNIT CURRENT VOLTAGE PARAMETER POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value LOOP OUTPUT VOLTAGE PARAMETER POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value name TEMPERATURE MODE PARAMETEP POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value name LOOP STATUS PARAMETER POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value name ADC OFFSET ERROR PARAMETER POSITION type int gt 0 lt value gt lt value names DEBUG PATTEPN START POSITION type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value name DEBUG BIT PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 16 lt value gt value name GRATING UNIT PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 1 lt value gt lt value names GRATING UNIT PATTERN LENGTH type int gt 3 lt value gt lt value name FILTEF WHEEL ONE BIT PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 4 lt value gt lt value name FILTEP VHEEL ONE PATTERN LENGTH type int 4c value lt value names FILTEP WHEEL TWO PATTERN START POSITION type int gt 8 lt value gt lt value name FILTEP WHEEL TWO PATTERN LENGTH type int gt
22. ed not be started at system time and can be started as necessary A fourth type not shown in Figure 2 T exists that allows starting any executable code It is not necessarily needed but can be convenient to launch image viewers for example The use column is only meaningful for RMI Services that are shown in blue text The string SYS means that the service is a general system service and not associated to any instrument ONE indicates a service controlling LUCIFER1 TWO has the same meaning for LUCIFER2 The second last column state indicates if a program is running showing a green dot or a red dot if it is not running Finally the last column indicates if a process input output panel for the program exists By clicking the refresh table button the status of the system shown in the state column is refreshed The bottom section of Figure B I indicated in orange color shows the Process I O panel for the selected program of the table in the middle section All output that is normally printed by the 2 2 THE LUCIFER SOFTWARE CONTROL CENTER 9 zenter start hd xml Top section type use state j system E Deamon SYS rmid 1098 9 v system amp Service SYS ConfigServer e
23. ensation Mirror Control Window The Compensation Mirror service always has six tables loaded simultaneously two rotation di rections for each of the three cameras and the currently selected grating unit position When the grating unit position is changed the service automatically loads the new set of six tables for this new grating unit position In the upper left area of the GUI the currently used lookup tables can be displayed Only one table is visible at a time To view or edit a different table the drop down boxes above the table can be used Since the service has only six tables loaded for the currently selected grating only these six can be selected with the drop down boxes The grating for which the tables are displayed is shown above the drop down boxes To edit tables for a different grating unit position the corresponding grating has to be selected first see below The GUI loads a copy of each of the six tables from the service at startup which means that changes made to the table in the GUI are not send to the service directly When a table is modified the 2 3 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 17 File Compensation Mirror Control Lookup Table Control Panel Mirror Control Panel Flexure table used for mirror Grating position Mirror control Camera N1 8Camera Rotation Clockwise a mirror v mance unr fold mirror four motor 1 fold mirror four motor 2 Commi
24. figuration In total 24 lookup tables are needed two tables clock and counter clockwise rotation for each combination of the three camera and four grating unit positions Figure 2 8 shows the engineer access GUI for the compensation mirror service It has many simi larities to the GUIs used for the other instrument components e g FilterUnit GratingUnit so some of the information described here is also valid for the other GUIs described in the following sections The Compensation Mirror Control GUI can be started using the Software Control Cen ter described in the last chapter entry GUI Compensation Mirror Engineer Client After the interface has been loaded it will look similar to the one shown in Figure 2 8 The window shows three main areas found in nearly all engineer windows the top left area shows one lookup table that is used by the service Next to the table in the top right area of the window buttons and text areas for service control are located Below these two components a message area is displayed which shows all messages that are generated by the software The Automatic Update area at the bottom of the window can be used to alter the update interval of the displayed information The default is one seconds The size of the message area can be changed using the slider separating the upper from the lower part On the right corner of the window a second vertical slider is located that allows to open the motor control
25. formation that is displayed Values shown with a purple background represent data that is currently used by the service Values shown with a white background have only been set in the GUI so far and have to be send to the service first One example for this are the text fields for the rotator and elevation angles the two fields on the left are white and allow to type in new values for the corresponding angles However these new values are not used by the service until either the Return key is pressed which sets the value of the field the cursor is currently positioned in only or the Set Both button is clicked The drop down boxes for the mirror and the grating are shown in purple color to indicate that the information shown in these elements is actually set in the service Changing the these values in the GUI has immediate effect The rotation direction is only shown for information as are the current motor positions and cannot be set directly The rotation direction of the instrument is inferred from the change of the rotator values that are send to the service with increasing rotator angles representing clockwise rotation Before the mirror can be used it has to be initialized To be able to initialize the mirror a valid lookup table has to exist for the given grating and camera positions In this regard valid means that the relative mirror position for the current instrument position must be able to be calculated from the rotation and elevat
26. he filter unit service The initialization simply tests if the two filter wheels are in a defined position If this is not the case the unit is moved until it reaches the next filter position The filter that is in the optical beam is shown with a green background When a new position is selected the desired position is shown in a light yellow color and the panel becomes inactive It is thus only possible to move one filter wheel at a time The progress of the movement can be followed in the GUI by different buttons turning green when the corresponding filter is moving through the optical path When the new position has been reached the buttons become active again 22 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 2 3 3 The grating unit service low dispersion grating two LUT position Central Wavelength Tilt Voltage Grating Order Tilt Ang m 0 1 982 34541 2 032 293 Y o set tilt wavelength er a v v system nstrument ho 2010 01 11 13 48 28 5 pes al TimeClient syncOnServer 252 Synchronized on lucifer 10 144 0 211 1 d N imeDhent sypeOnServer282 Synchronized on lucifer 10 144 0 211 1 d ete ONE compensan eats dnServer 8 Synchronized on lucifert10 144 0 201y BEER 2 SSS a OT CONTENT database OR CONTENT Synchronized M Figure 2 12 The grating unit engineer GUI This service controls the pos
27. ile located in the lt 1csp root gt directory DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY For the MOS unit a separate configuration file is used and maintained by MPE Garching 2 8 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 15 2 3 Engineer access to the main instrument components SW Each component of the instrument is controlled by a dedicated software service that works in dependently from the others but relies on functions provided by other services In the following these different services and the way to control them will be discussed Note Engineer access to the different services is direct i e changing a parameter with the control GUI has immediate affect In particular the top level Instrument Manager service will be bypassed and is not notified of any changes To avoid unexpected behavior of the software the Instrument Manager has to be initialized again after the changes have been made at the engineer level 2 3 1 The compensation mirror service Image movements on the detector due to flexure are compensated via a movable mirror that is positioned by two independent motors Depending on the position of the instrument defined by the rotator and elevation angles the motors can be moved by a certain amount of steps to reposition the mirror so that the position of the image on the detector remains fixed The motor step values are defined by lookup tables that are loaded by the service depending on the current instrument con
28. ion angle values that exist in the table The service calculates the necessary mirror movements based on the current and next mirror positions in the coordinate system that is defined by the table values Two different initialization mechanisms are available The first is an absolute initialization of the mirror using the limit switches of the two motor axes When the mirror is initialized in this way both motors move until they reach the negative limit switch and then back to a reference position that is defined in the service configuration This is useful when the mirror is in an unknown position i e after instrument maintenance or if the mirror has moved a substantial amount out of the reference position The reference position is measured for the parked instrument with a rotator angle of 341 degrees and an elevation angle of 90 degrees So the initialization with the limit switches should be carried out at this position e g during daytime or before taking flats in the evening or in the morning The second initialization does not move the mirror and just re computes the relative mirror position based on the current instrument position This initialization is necessary whenever a new camera or grating has been selected in the GUI When the instrument is controlled from the Instrument Manager this is done automatically of course To switch between the two initialization methods the check box Force limit adjust is used When the box is set the ab
29. ions mirror three gratings The Tnitialize button is located there as well The initialization procedure is in principle analog to the filter unit service If the unit is not in a defined position the unit is moved until the next defined position is reached If the grating tilt loop is closed it will be opened during the initialization Note moving the unit to a new position is only possible if the tilt loop is not closed The Grating Tilt Control area is directly below the position buttons and allows to control the tilt loop Two different possibilities exist to tilt the gratings and can be selected by clicking on the set tilt voltage or set tilt wavelength buttons the former directly applies a set voltage to the tilt control loop and is used for calibration measurements for example The maximum and minimum allowed voltages are 4 9 and 4 9 volts respectively The second one uses a given central wavelength and looks up the corresponding tilt voltage depending on the chosen grating and order in the lookup tables Wavelengths that are not present in the table will be interpolated between the predecessor and successor elements No extrapolation beyond the lowest and highest wavelengths in the table is performed Pressing the Tilt button closes the loop and applies the desired voltage either directly or calculated from the look table to the tilt electronics The currently applied voltage values shown in the panel will begin to change an
30. it start descriptor menu item from the context menu the following window will appear Figure 2 4 The text that is entered in the name field of the window is the one shown name HIRAMO Server use Lucifer ONE Je service name 1098 HIRAMOServer priority 200 execution time 2000 working directory command 1 LDjava security policy java policy all Djava rmi activation port 1098 Djava rmi server codebase file l jesp jar cp Icsp jar command arguments 2 2 IesPJ main class de rub astro lucifer control electronic hiramo HIRAMOServer Lruntime java codebase file Icsp jar J Djava security policyzjava policy all unit 149 217 42 112 4009 program arguments lesu Figure 2 4 The start descriptor edit window that allows to change the start configuration and parameters of a program Shown is the start descriptor of an RMI service 12 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL in the table of the Software Control Center see Figures 2 1 and 2 2 The service name entry defines the URL of the distributed service It must always be of the following format protocol hostname port ServiceName The protocol is always rmi the host name is the name or IP address of the host where the RMI registry service is running The port number is the TCP port on that machine that the registry uses Finally the service name defines the name under which the service is bo
31. itioning of the grating unit and is also responsible for the correct tilt of the gratings for spectroscopy The user interface shown in Figure 2 12 can be accessed by starting the GUI Grating Unit Engineer Client in the Control Center The lookup table area The lookup tables of the grating unit define the mapping between central wavelengths and tilt voltage for each of the three gratings The tables entries contain the following fields the Central 2 8 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 23 Wavelength is a key for the table and specifies the wavelength that will be focused on the center of the detector The Tilt Voltage is the corresponding voltage that must be applied to achieve the desired central wavelength and must be within 4 9V and 4 9V The Grating Order field is the second key value in the table and defines the grating order that is used for the entry For the service the grating order is used as a filter for the entries to use when tilt voltages must be interpolated The only grating that is used in different orders is the high dispersion 210 zJHK grating The two other gratings are used in only one order The Tilt Angle field is currently not used by the software and for reference only The control panel for the grating unit Rhe control elements for the grating unit are located in the top right area The area is split into two sections the upper section allows to select the four different unit posit
32. l viewer in and out 24 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL CameraUnitEngineerGul Viewer Control Set Camera Positions PUPIL_VIEWER N30 Camera a N3 75Camera__ initialize Unit Initialize Pupil Viewer Edit Configuration a System Messages us ALL x PIT LL syste ALL instrume ALL M deb No M level host program address Edit pupil viewer config ilt database OR CONTENT Synchronized on Automatic Update Curent update every second inactive p Set update time in seconds al il Set update time Start Stop Figure 2 13 The camera unit engineer GUI 2 3 5 Read out engineer GUI This GUI see Fig 2 14 is similar to the normal user read out GUI described in the LUCIFER User Manual but accesses GEIRS directly More read out modes can be selected that are not available for the normal user and GEIRS macros can be executed ReadoutEngineerGUl File Panel Read Out Panel System Button Panel next file volker_ Type last file unknown not yet saved Select Mode DIT ins 1984 L Object undefined SavePath home observer data 20100204 NDIT n E es Observer Save of reads 1 z Show Display C integrated la Abort Show GEIRS Control GUI
33. n is used It will calculate the sum of the two individual focus offsets from the lookup table and move the stage accordingly Below the automatic focus control panel manual focus movements can be achieved by typing in focus offset values in the text area and pressing the Move Focus button This is useful for testing purposes for example Finally the current focus position is shown below the buttons The filter unit service The engineer GUI for the filter unit service can be used to move the filter wheels directly initialize the unit and specify the properties of the filter in both filter wheels The user interface can be started using the GUI Filter Unit Engineer Client entry of the control center The following window will appear see Figure 2 11 The structure of the GUI is the same as for the other services described above The lookup tables are shown in the left area For each filter wheel a separate lookup table is used Each entry of the table consists of 6 fields The Filter Position is the key for the table and defines the position of the filter 1 15 in the wheel The Filter Name is shown on all buttons for filter selection e g the buttons of the engineer window on the right as wall as the buttons in the main instrument GUI for the observers The filter names should not contain any spaces or the filter will not be selectable from observation scripts Additionally the name for the filter that is specified here defines
34. ng on the exit button The middle section green in Figure 2 T displays a table with the current startup configuration The table is ordered by different priorities where lower numbers correspond to a higher priority The priority is shown in the first row of the table The second column determines when the corre sponding program is started Two values are possible system and manual If system is selected the program is started when the whole software system is launched If manual is selected the program is not started with the system start but can be started manually at a later time This allows deactivating programs that are not needed or wanted at system start time The third col umn indicates different program types by showing them in different colors as well as with different names For the first of these types the RMI Daemon pink color only one entry is allowed to exist in the startup configuration This entry must have the highest priority and thus be displayed in the first row of the table The second type displayed in blue describes startup configuration entries that represent the distributed services of the software These services are the main components for operating the instrument and should be started together with the software system i e the entry in column two should be system The third type shown in green indicates normal Java applications that usually start different graphical user interfaces for software control These ne
35. o handle the LUCIFER Control Software Package Icsp It contains information on how to start and stop the software or parts of it change configurations and use the dedicated engineering tools Misconfigured configuration entries can severely damage the instrument Chapter 3 contains the description of some instrument specialist procedures as well as a short trouble shooting guide for most common failures CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 Technical software user manual 2 1 Starting the software Summary Under normal conditions the Lucifer control software LCSP is running continuously on the SUN V880 workstation which is located in the computer room close to the observing room behind the glass door After a restart of the workstation a software restart is of course necessary 1 Login to sun workstation lucifer as user engineer 2 Execute the Start LUCIFER Control SW which will bring up the LUCIFER Software Control Center 3 If software is not already running press the start button and wait approx 2 minutes 4 Open the Main Observer GUI and press the Initialize button 5 You are ready to observe with the instrument A more detailed description follows in the next chapters 2 2 The LUCIFER Software Control Center This chapter describes how the software system controlling the LUCIFER instrument can be started stopped and how it can be configured 2 2 1 Starting and stopping the software In order to start the softw
36. put 8 OFF M1 OUT swingarmup BW 55 Output 9 ler M2 IN unitturned in OFF 41 Output 10 lorF 3AC OK ONE is Output 11 bel last update Sat KWO05 31 01 2004 20 31 26 Reload Reload Web O Digital Homepage a mne A Done Figure 3 4 On the web page of the WebIO 2 the calibration unit can be controlled The Inputs column show the current status here power on and position out and the Outputs column the available commands power on power off drive in drive out drive stop Observer GUIs In case one of the observer GUIs is not working properly refreshing problems a restart of this GUI may help This can be done by using the different start scripts in the home observer bin directory start IMGUI sh start RMGUI sh start TMGUI sh Read Out GUI In order to have an error handled procedure which copies the LUCIFER data to the archive a kind of rsync daemon has been implemented into the software When choosing a new empty save directory for the LUCIFER images via the Read Out GUI be sure that as long as there is no first image in the directory the rsync will produce an error message that it can t copy fits As soon as there is a file written to this directory the message will no longer appear Engineering GUIs It may be necessary to resize the engineering GUIs to draw them correctly 34 CHAPTER 3 TECHNICAL PROCEDURE MANUAL 3 2 2 Hardware related Pressure Error Message From time to time an error message
37. re on bottom right information see section 3 1 1 Start LUCIFER SW Control Check that all needed servers are started e g telescope Currently all servers except the TemperatureMonitorLUCIFER2 TurboPumpMonitor should be started Open the Main Telescope GUI and make sure that UT and LST times are beeing updated If that is not the case then there is no data coming from the TCS subsystems so check and solve that problem If the TCS will be down for a longer period please stop the telescope service using the software control center Nevertheless each or TCS restart reboot needs also a restart of the LUCIFER Telescope Service Ideally also perform an instrument set up from the instrument control 32 CHAPTER 3 TECHNICAL PROCEDURE MANUAL 3 2 Trouble Shooting Guide 3 2 1 Software related Starting the software package After pressing the start button and waiting for all services it may happen that the MOS Sequence Server still has a red light meaning it has not started properly Therefore it has to be done by hand Click in the table on the MOS Sequence Server row be careful because due to the nx connection the refresh of the table is a bit slow Use the right mouse button and choose start MOS Sequence Server Wait a few seconds press refresh table and check if the service is now running Calibration Unit The error Calibration Unit cannot move can be ignored as long as the the status in the Instrument
38. se this grating only without any wavelength input MOS Unit As soon as the MOS status in the Instrument Control Panel turns to unknown the MPE MOS experts have to be called No other use of LUCIFER is allowed until the problem has been solved For more details see the MOS user guide delivered by MPE Garching LBT LUCIFER MAN 027 Error Committing new MOS setup results in no action after pressing the commit button Stop amp start the Instrument Manager from the Start Tool in the engineer session After a restart of the MOS server software the Instrument Control GUI will show the MOS panel in red due to a lost connection to the server The connection will be reloaded by clicking on the Initialize button
39. shows the current version number of the software and indicates starting of different programs Depending on the used configuration and the number of programs that should be started this process can take up to two minutes or longer After the software system has been started successfully a screen similar 10 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL to the one shown in Figure 2 2 will be displayed As can be seen in the figure the start button is now deactivated and the stop button is active When the stop button is clicked a dialog window asking for confirmation is displayed to avoid accidental stopping of the software system When the window is closed by clicking on the exit button or the close icon and the software system is found to be running a dialog window is shown asking to stop the software system also In either case if the no option is selected the RMI services are kept running and only the applications i e GUIs are closed Currently 18 01 2010 all services blue colored should show a green light but the Temperatur MonitorLucifer2 and TurboPumpMonitor services which show a red lamp indication after the start File Add system status STARTED services priority stat type use 0 system i RMI Deamon 55 tem Servi svs co titt IES manual 9 Service system Service system Service system Service system
40. solute initialization is carried out To manually compensate the flexure i e to test the flexure tables the Adjust Mirror button is used If the Show adjust first check box is selected the calculated motor steps are shown first before the mirror is actually moved The steps to move are calculated based on the angle values used for the last compensation or initialization of the mirror and the new ones Finally the Reset Mirror button reverts any mirror movements made since the last initialization Below the mirror control area of the window the button Edit configuration is located It can be used to access the configuration values of the service conveniently from the engineer interface and thus provides another way to alter the setup of a service from the one presented in the previous chapter However only the direct configuration values of the service can be accessed using this button no configuration values used for contacting other services that the compensation mirror service depends on like the motor control service are accessible 2 3 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 19 2 3 2 The detector unit focus service The service controlling the detector focus drive is similar to the one for the compensation mirror It is more simple because only one motor has to be controlled to position the detector correctly for a given combination of filters in the beam Figure 2 10 shows the engineer GUI for the de
41. t to service H Reload from service C Force limit adjust Osec find LUT position Instrument Position Motor 1 steps Y axis Motor 2 steps X TR ge UEEA tame 0 R 90 0 E30 0 0 la Rotation direction position new position Camera motion settings REMOTE FILE Mome engineer Acspidistiexport tookupTablesiN1_8_ClockW st al eps IN1 8 clockwise rotation Sept 2009 MIRROR 5 Adjust Mirror pam current move EE EI not moina Clockwise velocity 199 9923 new velocity 200 Set Angles Rotator angle 00 341 01 i Set Both Elev angle 00 0200 settings status MT Current motor positions positive limit dat Rotator angles interpolation Linear interpolation Function motor 1 46297 negative limit no data iiia aiii MN e d pue AS Elevation angle interpolation Linear Interpolation Function motor 2 50983 Ec 2j show all update Edit Configuration jw error All system ALL v instrument tevel host use program address message attachment filter NOT CONTENT database OR CONTENT Synchronized on Automatic Update Curent update every second inactive Setupdatetimeinseconds 1 Set update time
42. t updated a restart of the LUCIFER Telescope Service is necessary to get it running again In case of any not running TCS IIF the LUCIFER Telescope Service has to be stopped immediately Error in Subunit Any errors in a subunit of the instrument is reported by an error message an error pop up window and a red background color of the subunit panel In order to be functional again pushing the Initialize button is necessary 3 2 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE 33 File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help d gt El 0 nm ntpuns2168 012 ndex2 htm x gt Google E Getting Started E Latest Headlines 05 localhost localhost 05 LUCIFER Monitors Ov W amp T luci eb aux luci1 Web1O Digital 10 10087 LUCIFER1 Aux Rack Power Unit 57630 Home Sj User Inputs Outputs E Config Name State Counter Name State a 23 Aux Rack Power Status OFF 0 Calibration Unit power on OFF m MOS Aux Power Status OFF 0 Calibration Unit power off OFF Calibration Unit power status ON 16 command drivein Calibration Unit position IN OFF 41 command drive out OFF Calibration Unit position OUT BAI 55 command drive stop OFF Calibration Unit motor IN las Output 5 OFF Calibration Unit motor OUT OFF 46 Output 6 OFF Calibration Unit Position Error OFF 30 Output 7 OFF Calibration Unit E stop status IN o Out
43. tector focus control which can be started with the control center previous chapter using the GUI Detector Unit Engineer Client entry in the table The structure of the window is the same as for the compensation mirror the top left shows the lookup table data the top right the service control buttons In the bottom area a service panel is located tor camera N375Camera Commit table to service Reload table from service N3 75 Camera E POSITIVE LIMIT SWITCH F r 3 gam a Adjust F v v v aemus fio Em M T er NOT CONTENT database OR CONTENT Synchronized M Figure 2 10 The detector focus engineer GUI 20 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL The lookup table area The detector focus service used three lookup tables containing the focus offsets for a filter from the reference position For each camera a separate lookup table can be used but it has been proven sufficient to use only one table for the N1 8 and N3 75 cameras To configure this the filenames of the lookup tables for the two cameras have been set to the same value in the service configuration The lookup table has two entries the Filter Name is the key for the table and has to be specified exactly as in the filter unit service described in the next section Specifically no spaces should be present in the filter names for proper instrument operation from scripts The second parameter
44. the name that must be used for the detector focus service see previous section The Cut on wavelength and Cut off wavelength are defined to specify the wavelength in microns where the filter becomes transparent and opaque again respectively Values in these fields are currently not used by the software but can be used in a future release to prevent unsuitable filter combinations The last two entries are used to identify the clear and blind filter positions in the 2 3 ENGINEER ACCESS TO THE MAIN INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS SW 21 feruserinterface gui instrument filte Cut on wavelength Cut off wavelength clearfilter blind filter 0 LI 20H 1060 3clear 4blind 51 8Y2 TP gam beta 005 program address message bl IOT CONTENT database OR CONTENT Synchronized on Figure 2 11 The filter unit engineer GUI filter wheel This information is necessary for the correct operation of observation scripts It is not necessary to define filters for each position in a filter wheel Positions for which no information is provided will be shown as Undefined The Set Filter Position area The left area of the user interface allows to move the filter wheels into a new position and to initialize t
45. to the LUCIFER workstation has to be build up first using the engineer user password Firefox or a Web Browser should be opened and the LUCIFER1 Web IO Control bookmark selected From operational to safe mode First at laptop workstation switch ROE and MCE via Web IO Interface off Switching MCE ROE on off is the button on the lower right side To set the detector to the safe temperature the following procedure has to be used e The software tool can be started either a by clicking the desktop icon DetectorTemperature Control or b by calling the command detectorTemperatureControl sh from a terminal e Select option 2 Fig B I and confirm the setting For a detailed description of the software tool refer to LBT LUCIFER TN 016 27 28 CHAPTER 3 TECHNICAL PROCEDURE MANUAL Eile Edt Yew Termmal Tabs Help Figure 3 1 Selection window for detector temperature control From safe to operational mode Make sure the ROE amp MCE electronics are powered off To set the detector from safe to operational mode the following procedure has to be used e The software tool can be started either a by clicking the desktop icon Detector Temperature Control or b by calling the command detector TemperatureControl sh from a terminal e Select option 1 Fig 3 1 and confirm the setting For a detailed description of the software tool refer to LBT LUCIFER TN 016 After reaching the temperature of 77K NO
46. type int VALUE name GRATING UNIT TARGET VOLTAGE PARAMETER POS INITIALIZATION DELAY TIME 3 VALUE name GRATING UNIT CURRENT VOLTAGE PARAMETER PQ int VALUE name OPEN LOOP OUTPUT VOLTAGE PARAMETER POSIT VALUE name TEMPERATURE MODE PARAMETER POSITION type D VALUE name LOOP STATUS PARAMETER POSITION type int RETRY TIME 3 VALUE name OFFSET ERROR PARAMETER POSITION type i int VALUE name DEBUG BIT PATTERN START POSITION type int VALUE name DEBUG BIT PATTERN LENGTH type int E VALUE name GRATING UNIT BIT PATTERN START POSITION UPDATE INTERVAL VALUE name GRATING UNIT BIT PATTERN LENGTH type int long VALUE name FILTER WHEEL ONE BIT PATTERN START POSITIOI VALUE name FILTER WHEEL ONE BIT PATTERN LENGTH type in VALUE name FILTER WHEEL TWO BIT PATTERN START POSITIOT HIRAMO CARD NUMBER 0 VALUE name FILTER WHEEL TWO BIT PATTERN LENGTH type ir int D VALUE name CAMERA WHEEL BIT PATTERN START POSITION D VALUE name CAMERA_WHEEL_BIT_PATTERN_LENGTH type int de rub astro lucifer control electronic hiramo ConfigHIRAMOServer SWITCH PORT VALUE PARAMTER POSITION Figure 2 7 The edit configuration window The configuration of the software services is stored in the config xml f
47. und to the registry The priority defines the position of the entry in the table with higher numbers representing lower priorities All programs with the same priority are started simultaneously The starting of lower priority programs is suspended for the number of milliseconds that is given in the execution time field The meaning of the working directory field is straight forward and the command field defines the executable that should be started In principle any command line argument can be defined in this field For Java services and programs the class that should be started by the Java interpreter must be defined in the main class field The text areas for command arguments and program arguments allow defining these arguments which are passed to the command at execution time ReadoutManager Name ReadoutManager Host lucifer Usage Lucifer ONE IP Address 10 144 0 211 Version 30 11 2009 Up Time B hours 6 minutes 16 seconds Time Drift Synchronisation enabled Command Line Parameter key value PROGRAM_NAME ReadoutManager PROGRAM_USAGE 1 Configuration de rub astro lucifer control readout ConfigGEIRSService de rub astro lucifer operation readoutManager ConfigReadoutManager de rub astro lucifer operation readoutManager ConfigReadoutManagerService de rub astro util ConfigUtil de rub astro util message ConfigMessageClient a
48. will show up in the message panel Unable to get instrument pressures This message can be neglected Camera Problem When moving the camera to a new position mostly the N1 8 position it can happen that it does not reach its final position An error message and a pop up window will appear reporting that the camera is not initialized In most cases pressing the Initialize button will help to bring the camera into the right position Filter Wheel Problem When moving the filter wheels it can happen that they do not reach its final position An error message and a pop up window will appear reporting that the camera is not initialized In most cases pressing the Initialize button will help to bring the filter wheel s into a defined position Grating Unit If the wavelength input is out of the allowed range an error setting the grating will appear error no predecessor successor element That means the tilt is out of range The grating panel will turn to red Press Initialize to recover At high elevation angles or when the rotator is moving it may not be possible to stabilize the grating at the desired angle error grating tilt did not stabilize after 60s Iry again or wait until elevation is lower BE AWARE NO wavelength input possible for the 150 Ks grating since this grating is currently clamped at a fixed angle If you have set a wavelength for this grating you have to wait the timeout time 60s to get the error message U

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