TCC Documentation

The TCC is a telescope control system developed to control telescopes at Apache Point Observatory. The available documentation is as follows:

• TCC Manuals:
  • TCC User's Guide explains how to use the TCC from an Astronomer's point of view.
  • TCC Commands describes the commands in detail.
  • TCC Operator's Manual explains how to install and maintain the TCC.
  • TCC Version History
  • TCC Message Keyword Dictionary describes the keywords output by the TCC.
  • TPOINT manual, by Pat Wallace, explains how to fit pointing models using TPOINT.
  • Instrument Data Fitting explains how to fit scale and orientation parameters in instrument data files.
  • TCC UDP Packets describes the data format of UDP packages output by the TCC.
  • Software license
  • Changes from the Old TCC describes the changes from the original TCC to the first release of this TCC.
• Doxygen source code documentation
• Devices controlled by the TCC
  • mirrorCtrl mirror controller actor. This is a high level interface to a Galil mirror controllers. You can talk to one using the tcc command talk mirror_name "mirrorCtrl command" for example talk sec showparams
  • Galil mirror controllers. You can talk to one using the tcc command talk mirror_name "galil Galil command" for example talk sec "galil XQ#SHOWPARAMS"
  • Axis controllers. You can talk to one using the command talk axis_name "axis controller command" for example talk az "MS.DUMP"
• Packages used by the TCC
  • twistedActor actor package upon which tcc is based
  • coordConv coordinate conversion package used by the TCC
• Papers (some of which are outdated)