Computer Science – Programming Languages
Scientific paper
Jun 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993pasp..105..616s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 105, no. 688, June 1993, p. 616-624.
Computer Science
Programming Languages
2
Data Acquisition, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Telescopes, Software Tools, Programming Languages, Real Time Operation, Unix (Operating System), Wyoming
Scientific paper
We describe the University of Wyoming telescope control and data- acquisition software system. The software was designed to be maintainable, portable, and inexpensive. Moreover, the software was designed to allow rapid communication between the hardware, the data- acquisition processes, and the tracking processes, while leaving each distinct. We show how the new real-time features embodied in the POSIX.4 standard and implemented in the Unix compatible LynxOS operating system allow us to perform all of our tasks on a single 80486 machine with a standard Unix-like environment, with outstanding real-time performance. We discuss our telescope pointing model, which allows us to point with a root-mean-square error of less than 5 arcsec over the sky with the 2.3-m telescope. For more detailed investigation and use, we will make the software available through anonymous FTP.
Dumbrill Daniel
Grasdalen Gary L.
Howell Robert R.
Spillar Earl J.
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