Upgrade and standardization of real-time software for telescope systems at the Gemini telescopes

William N. Rambold; Pedro Gigoux; Cristian Urrutia; Angelic Ebbers; Philip Taylor; Mathew J. Rippa; Roberto Rojas; Tom Cumming

doi:10.1117/12.2057464

18 July 2014 Upgrade and standardization of real-time software for telescope systems at the Gemini telescopes

William N. Rambold, Pedro Gigoux, Cristian Urrutia, Angelic Ebbers, Philip Taylor, Mathew J. Rippa, Roberto Rojas, Tom Cumming

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Proceedings Volume 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III; 915213 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057464
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The real-time control systems for the Gemini Telescopes were designed and built in the 1990s using state-of-the-art software tools and operating systems of that time. Since these systems are in use every night they have not been kept upto- date and are now obsolete and very labor intensive to support. Gemini is currently engaged in a major upgrade of its telescope control systems. This paper reviews the studies performed to select and develop a new standard operating environment for Gemini real-time systems and the work performed so far in implementing it.

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William N. Rambold, Pedro Gigoux, Cristian Urrutia, Angelic Ebbers, Philip Taylor, Mathew J. Rippa, Roberto Rojas, and Tom Cumming "Upgrade and standardization of real-time software for telescope systems at the Gemini telescopes", Proc. SPIE 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III, 915213 (18 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057464

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