TELESCOPE CONTROL REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

These are the authoritative references to telescope control operations via the LSI-11/23 control computer or related operations on max, the telescope operator's workstation.

TCS Software versions: (not links)

• 1999-A: Monitor display to TV controllers
• 1999-B: Monitor display to Wyse terminal or equivalent
• 1999-C: Monitor display to Xterm window or VT-102/ANSI terminal
• 2000-A: Monitor display to Xterm window
  NOTE: There is currently no year-2000 version that displays to the TV monitors.

TCS Documentation:

• TCS Monitor Display in Xterm window
• Technical description of Xterm Monitor Display System
• Formatting 8" Diskettes
• Copying 8" diskettes
• Editing Forth
• Compiling TCS versions from floppies
• Preparing a set of new year's diskettes
• Switching TCS 8" floppy drive assemblies
• BDV11 PROM boot card
• Y2K FAQ

Sky map stuff:

• Pointing sky map document
• Things to be done for Pointing
• Printing the sky map procedures document

Networking stuff:

• Configuring Win95 for networking
• Configuring H-P printers for networking

Comm link stuff:

• Introduction to the Computer to TCS Communications manual
• Summary of comm link commands
• Detailed descriptions of comm link commands
• Serial port and cable details
• Printing the comm link commands document

NewDAS:

• NewDAS operational document
• Compiling NewDAS: Win95
• Compiling NewDAS: old Compaq
• Things still to do for NewDAS

Other stuff:

• Helpful tricks
• Pointing status overview (Obsolete)
• Pointing tests: March 1998 (Obsolete)
• Pointing tests: June 10, 1998 (Obsolete)
• SuperTech pointing test: June 26, 1998 (Shows the fundamental pointing problem)
• Incremental Encoder Problems: November, 1998 (Illustrates the mechanical cause of the problem)

Comments/Questions? harwood@hgea.org