Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nimpa.293..148b&link_type=abstract
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 293, Issue 1-2, p. 148-153.
Physics
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Scientific paper
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope are state-of-the-art submillimeter and infrared facilities operated by the Joint Astronomy Centre at the 14000 ft summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The real-time control of these telescopes has to account for the continually moving source, the earth's motion and the effects of the earth's atmosphere. The control of the entire system has to consider interaction and synchronisation between telescope and instruments, the high data-rate of some instruments, and an astronomical signal several orders of magnitude fainter than the background. Both control systems are implemented using the Astronomical Data Acquisition and Monitoring (ADAM) system. ADAM comprises a set of tools that allows the development of multiple interacting tasks which control the telescope and instruments, direct the overall operation and interact with the user. ADAM, a developing standard within the British astronomical community, is in use at sites around the world and allows the transport of systems and subsystems between sites with little modification. The problems of telescope and instrument control are considered here, together with a brief description of the interface to users and the philosophy of ADAM.
Bridger Alan
Fuka Mary
Prestage Richard
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