Control software and scheduling of the Liverpool Robotic Telescope

Iain A. Steele; D. Carter

doi:10.1117/12.278824

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18 September 1997 Control software and scheduling of the Liverpool Robotic Telescope

Iain A. Steele, D. Carter

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Proceedings Volume 3112, Telescope Control Systems II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278824
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Liverpool Telescope will be a fully robotic 2 m telescope situated in La Palma and managed from Liverpool John Moores University. The data flows between the robotic components of the telescope are discussed and the functionality of those components described. We pay particular attention to the design of the telescope scheduler. Using simulations we show that a relatively simple dispatch scheduler may be tuned to produce a schedule that has acceptable trade-offs between conflicting scheduling criteria.

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Iain A. Steele and D. Carter "Control software and scheduling of the Liverpool Robotic Telescope", Proc. SPIE 3112, Telescope Control Systems II, (18 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278824

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