Requirement | Description | Done? | Date | Updater |
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Write TPOINT Files |
The Computing IPT software must be capable of writing a properly-formatted TPOINT star position file which allows for proper analysis of OPT pointing measurements. |
Yes |
2007/04/15 |
Jeff Mangum |
The Dreaded Manual Mode |
It must be possible to perform OPT measurements in “manual mode”, independent of the scheduling software. |
No |
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Star Selection GUI |
Must be able to select a list of several hundred stars with appropriate criteria (lying within specified magnitude, LST, elevation, and time ranges, isolated, etc.) from the Tycho2 database. This selection should be done with a simple GUI which allows for target list editing before submission. A model for this tool would be the “Tycho” GUI developed for the AEG testing. |
No |
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Spirograph |
It should be possible to command the antenna in a spiral pattern. |
Yes |
2007/02/15 |
Jeff Mangum |
Set and Query Pointing Model Terms |
It must be possible to set and query the current pointing model terms in use. |
Yes |
2007/02/14 |
Jeff Mangum |
Record Time-Stamped (Az,El) |
The antenna must be capable of recording time-stamped Az-El coordinates during position tracking. |
Yes |
2007/02/10 |
Ralph Marson |
OPT Signal Multi-Availability |
The OPT signal must be available both to the monitor and control system and any real-time monitoring systems (such as video monitors in the ATF Control Building). |
Yes |
2007/02/10 |
Ralph Marson |
OPT M&C Points Available |
It must be possible to access all OPT monitor and control points from either a command line or a GUI. |
Yes |
2007/01/24 |
Ralph Marson |
OPT Focus Control |
It must be possible to make real-time changes to the OPT focus and monitor the effect of those changes on a video monitor. |
Yes |
2007/01/24 |
Ralph Marson |
Manual Mode Writes to Archive |
Manual mode observations must write data to the archive to be accessible for later analysis. |
No |
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Manual and Automatic Mode Writes ASCII |
Manual and automatic (using the scheduling software) mode observations must write data to a simple ASCII file for simple data quality investigation. |
No |
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Log Messaging of Position Corrections |
Log messaging should indicate magnitude of position corrections due to precession and pointing model. |
No |
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Dump Star Centroids at >= 1 Hz |
Must be able to dump derived star centroid (Az,El) positions to an ASCII text file at rates of at least 1 Hz (faster would be better). |
No |
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Daytime Observations |
It should be possible to perform daytime observations with the OPT using the IR filter. |
Yes |
2007/02/16 |
Jeff Mangum |
Antenna Steerable |
The antenna must be steerable and capable of pointing and tracking a given (Az,El) direction at sidereal rates. |
Yes |
2007/02/01 |
Ralph Marson |
Antenna Offset Positioning |
It must be possible to command the antenna to perform offset positioning using both the Mount GUI and from a script. |
Yes |
2007/02/15 |
Jeff Mangum |
All TPOINT Terms Available |
All possible pointing model terms available within the TPOINT analysis package (and the tcspk pointing kernel) must be available for inclusion in the online pointing model. |
No |
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Task | Description | Done? | Date | Updater |
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Weather Data |
Automated VLA weather (P,T,RH) input into M&C system. |
Yes |
2007/04/20 |
Jeff Mangum |
TAI2UTC Fix |
Fix default TAI2UTC setting at M&C level. Currently automatically set to 33 sec. Should be 0. |
Yes |
2007/03/05 |
Ralph Marson |
Target (Az,El) to logs |
Write target (Az,El) to logs for debugging access. |
Yes |
2007/04/01 |
Jeff Mangum |
TPOINT file writing |
Write correct (Az,El) values to TPOINT file. |
Yes |
2007/04/15 |
Jeff Mangum |
Out-of-Range Position Behaviour |
When the Mount receives a commanded position out-of-range, should just skip to next star. |
No |
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On-Source Criterion |
Should be within position tolerance in both coords for at least 3 TEs before starting to collect frames. |
No |
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