Recent developments for the Large Binocular Telescope Guiding Control Subsystem

T. Golota; M. D. De La Peña; C. Biddick; M. Lesser; T. Leibold; D. Miller; R. Meeks; T. Hahn; J. Storm; T. Sargent; D. Summers; J. Hill; J. Kraus; S. Hooper; D. Fisher

doi:10.1117/12.2057244

18 July 2014 Recent developments for the Large Binocular Telescope Guiding Control Subsystem

T. Golota, M. D. De La Peña, C. Biddick, M. Lesser, T. Leibold, D. Miller, R. Meeks, T. Hahn, J. Storm, T. Sargent, D. Summers, J. Hill, J. Kraus, S. Hooper, D. Fisher

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Proceedings Volume 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III; 91522F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057244
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) has eight Acquisition, Guiding, and wavefront Sensing Units (AGw units). They provide guiding and wavefront sensing capability at eight different locations at both direct and bent Gregorian focal stations. Recent additions of focal stations for PEPSI and MODS instruments doubled the number of focal stations in use including respective motion, camera controller server computers, and software infrastructure communicating with Guiding Control Subsystem (GCS). This paper describes the improvements made to the LBT GCS and explains how these changes have led to better maintainability and contributed to increased reliability. This paper also discusses the current GCS status and reviews potential upgrades to further improve its performance.

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T. Golota, M. D. De La Peña, C. Biddick, M. Lesser, T. Leibold, D. Miller, R. Meeks, T. Hahn, J. Storm, T. Sargent, D. Summers, J. Hill, J. Kraus, S. Hooper, and D. Fisher "Recent developments for the Large Binocular Telescope Guiding Control Subsystem", Proc. SPIE 9152, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III, 91522F (18 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057244

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