NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility(IRTF), Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
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TCS3 - Telescope Control System 3 NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility(IRTF), Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii |
The TCS3 is the Telescope Control System built to replace TCS1, the original facility control system (Master Bus Electronics/LSI-11/23/Forth) built in the 1970s.
TCS3 software runs under Linux. The servo control is performed by a PMAC controller with custom built electronics. Many facility systems are monitored and controlled using opto22 devices, a distributed Ethernet IO unit.
TCS3 has been used for observing since Aug 28,2008.
TCS1 was officially decommissioned on Dec 31, 2008, and removed from the IRTF during 2009.
| ID | Description | .doc | PDF or html |
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| 1101 | MCC GUI and TO_Panel | 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel.doc | 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel.pdf |
| 1102 | t3remote | 1102_t3remote.doc | 1102_t3remote.pdf |
| 1103 | TCS3 Commands | 1103_commands.doc | 1103_commands.pdf |
| 1104 | Network Communications | 1104_network_communications.doc | 1104_network_communications.pdf |
| ID | Description | .doc | PDF or html |
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| 1201 | Operators Guide | 1201_Operators_Guide.doc | 1201_Operators_Guide.pdf |
| 1202 | Pointing Run Procedures | 1202_pointing_run.doc | 1202_pointing_run.pdf |
| 1203 | Determining and Using New Encoder Ratios | 1203_encoder_ratio.doc | 1203_encoder_ratio.pdf |
The above documents as 1 big PDF: tcs3_users_manual_all.pdf