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 |
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.
The 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 via distributed Ethernet IO devices.
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, TO Panel, and TO Hand Paddle | 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel.doc | 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel.pdf |
| 1102 | T3Remote GUI | 1102_t3remote.doc | 1102_t3remote.pdf |
| 1103 | TCS3 Commands | 1103_commands.doc | 1103_commands.pdf |
| 1104 | T3io and other TCS3 network communications | 1104_network_communications.doc | 1104_network_communications.pdf |
| ID | Description | .doc | PDF or html |
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| 1201 | TCS3 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