Instrument Control Software (ICS)

This section describes the ICS part.

 

  • GEIRS: It is an already existing GEneral InfraRed instrument Software once intended to control all MPIA/CAHA in-house infrared cameras. It shall control all PANIC hardware like in other CAHA instruments and the telescope interface. The main part shall be the control of the detector and the data readout.
  • Observation Tool (OT): This software package will allow high level control of the instrument based on a GUI. This tool shall provide a higher level of abstraction to the user in order to allow an easier observation procedure. It will provide a set of predefined observation templates with some parameters to be set by the user. The user can choose some of these templates, define his/her own observation template or control directly the observation using high/medium level commands.