Wendelstein Observatory control software

Jan M. Snigula; Claus Gössl; Mihael Kodric; Arno Riffeser; Michael Wegner; Jörg Schlichter

doi:10.1117/12.2231399

26 July 2016 Wendelstein Observatory control software

Jan M. Snigula, Claus Gössl, Mihael Kodric, Arno Riffeser, Michael Wegner, Jörg Schlichter

Proceedings Volume 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV; 99132G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231399
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

LMU Munchen operates an astrophysical observatory on Mt. Wendelstein1. The 2m Fraunhofer telescope^{2, 3} is equipped with a 0.5 x 0.5 square degree field-of-view wide field camera⁴ and a 3 channel optical/NIR camera^{5, 6}. Two fiber coupled spectrographs^7-9 and a wavefront sensor will be added in the near future. The observatory hosts a multitude of supporting hardware, i.e. allsky cameras, webcams, meteostation, air conditioning etc. All scientific hardware can be controlled through a single, central "Master Control Program" (MCP). At the last SPIE astronomy venue we presented the overall Wendelstein Observatory software concept¹⁰. Here we explain concept and implementation of the MCP as a multi-threaded Python daemon in the area of conflict between debuggability and Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY).

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Jan M. Snigula, Claus Gössl, Mihael Kodric, Arno Riffeser, Michael Wegner, and Jörg Schlichter "Wendelstein Observatory control software", Proc. SPIE 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, 99132G (26 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231399

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