... The mirrorCtrl mirror controller actor controls one telescope mirror. It accepts desired orientation and commands mirror motion accordingly. ... It is presently designed to command a Galil mirror controller , but one may add support for other low-level motion controllers. mirrorCtrl is written pure Python. ... Home the desired actuators, where actuator list is a comma-separated list of actuator letters A through F (but some mirrors have fewer than 6 actuators). 2.5m M1 valid actuators: A-F . ...

... Statistic files are managed using file generation sets and scripts in the ./scripts directory of this distribution. ... Each valid update appends a line of the following form to the current element of a file generation set named peerstats : . ... This keyword allows the (otherwise constant) filegen filename prefix to be modified for file generation sets, which is useful for handling statistics logs. filegen name [ file filename ] [ type typename ] [ flag flagval ] [ link | ...

... SciSim release covered by this note . ... Data-Analysis-with-SAS in a simple and standardised way, and should allow calibration experts to re-assess the reliability of the different elements of XMM-Newton simulations. ... Also, a release of all calibration files to be used in the reduction, through the SAS, of SciSim generated data, is coordinated with this release. ... Furthermore, two SAS tasks (odffix and epicproc) had to be updated to make possible a proper SAS data reduction of simulated data. ...

... Tiny Tim has been used for generating Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) point-spread functions (PSFs) for deconvolution, algorithm testing, proposal planning, and optical studies. ... Tiny Tim is a stand-alone program for simulating HST PSFs as viewed with the on-board imaging cameras (WF/PC-1, WFPC2, FOC, COSTAR/FOC). ... The measured aberrations for FOC f/96, WF/PC-1 PC6, WFPC2, and COSTAR/FOC are used by Tiny Tim . ... Figure: FOC f/96 observed and Tiny Tim model PSFs (pre-COSTAR) at 253 nm. ...

Next: FIT/ROMAFOT Up: The Interactive Path Previous: FIND/ROMAFOT . ... To examine the catalogue table created by the command FIND/ROMAFOT one should use the command ``M'' followed by the sequential position of the object. ... A subframe with the selected star at the center is presented to the user. ... During the examination of the objects passed by FIND/ROMAFOT it often happens that several stars are asked to fit together in the same window and some of these are in the catalogue table. ...

... casa::RegexBase . ... find (const Char *s, String::size_type len, Int &matchlen, String::size_type pos=0) const =0 . ... match (const Char *s, String::size_type len, String::size_type pos=0) const . ... rfind (const Char *s, String::size_type len, Int &matchlen, String::size_type pos= String::npos ) const . ... search (const Char *s, String::size_type len, Int &matchlen, Int pos=0) const . ... String::size_type find(const Char *s, String::size_type len, Int &matchlen, String::size_type pos=0) const;...

... Bus Hound may be the very first product of its kind -- a software bus analyzer for capturing device I/O and protocol. ... When the capture buffer fills to capacity, Bus Hound can be configured to stop the capture process or continue capturing, keeping the most recent acquired data. ... IDE : Bus Hound captures command and data transfers for ATA and ATAPI devices. ... B us Hound captures I/O using a device driver. ... The below figure demonstrates how Bus Hound captures data for SCSI devices. ...

Next: *.imh and *.qp Extensions Up: IRAF/PROS Files Previous: IRAF Image Arrays . The x-ray data are stored in QPOE files (Quick Position-Ordered Events, *.qp ) rather than image arrays. ... Note that, unlike IRAF images, QPOE files have no associated header file, and are always stored in the current directory, unless explicitly specified otherwise. Non-PROS IRAF tasks can also access QPOE data files in place of image arrays. ... rp110590.qp[pi=2:30] . ... The ROSAT PSPC qp file images are . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... ClassљList . ... Refraction Class Reference . ... virtual voidљ . forward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . ... backward ( Vec3d &altAzPos) const . Remove refraction from position ("reduce"). ... forward ( Vec3f &altAzPos) const . ... setupGLSLTransform ( StelGLSLShader *shader) . ... virtual void Refraction::backward . ... virtual void Refraction::disableGLSLTransform . ... virtual void Refraction::forward . ... virtual void Refraction::setGLSLUniforms . ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

... p12mProg program design . p12mProg commands . mode we use to run the p12m controller . ... The p12mProg is the AO control program for the 12meter telescope. ... Send commands to the 12m controller over ethernet (using some modbus over ethernet routines) . ... turn on,off, set modes, track objects . ... ephmFileNm: name of ephemeris file that was loaded . ... For more info on ephemeris tracking, see : pnt ephm command for 305 meter . ... The p12m controller settings used by the p12mProg are: . ...

Software . This section describes miscellaneous software, such as a spreadsheet program (20/20), a calculator (CALC), and a program for printing sky plots (FINDER). 20/20 is a spreadsheet program available on KEPLER and DEVVAX. ... To start 20/20, you would type the following command: . ... Most users will want to specify either VT100 or VT220, although there are more then 50 valid terminal types recognized by the program, including Tektronix and Wyse terminals. ... Basic Commands: . ... CALC . ...

... SDSSmosaic allows you to create science image mosaics of SDSS frames in 3 easy steps, described below (see Usage). ... SDSSmosaic requires a standard IRAF installation (including STSDAS and tables packages); python (including urllib); SExtractor and Swarp by E. Bertin (can be obtained at http://astromatic.iap.fr/software/ ). ... The package is developed by Stefano Zibetti (2009-.. ... If you received this package from a third party, please notify the author ( zibetti at arcetri.astro.it ). ...

... The essence of the solution is to generate a virtual PC on your desktop PC and install an old Linux distribution, circa 2006, in that. ... There are two major free virtual machines available for Linux, these are VirtualBox and KVM. ... Boot the virtual machine. ... Install a Linux 2.6 kernel if it isn't installed by default (you'll need to reboot the virtual machine after this step): . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/TrolleySoftware) ...

XmTel is intended for interactive remote telescope operation. It is not primarily a robotic telescope control system, but rather a "hands-on" remote telescope interface with a server that permits remote operation and robotic control by making use of INDI for command line, scripted, and and interactive operation. ... We have adapted this telescope to the Galil controllers, and the Galil driver included here will operate a wide class of telescopes with that modification. ...

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... From the top-level of the Apache source tree, type: cd support [ENTER] . ... From support/suexec.h /* * HTTPD_USER -- Define as the username under which Apache normally * runs. ... See the suEXEC documentation for more detailed * information. */ #define USERDIR_SUFFIX "public_html" /* * LOG_EXEC -- Define this as a filename if you want all suEXEC * transactions and errors logged for auditing and * debugging purposes. */ #define LOG_EXEC "/usr/local/apache/logs/cgi.log" /* Need me? ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... ALMA . ... ARC Staff at ESO . ... The European ALMA Regional Centre (ARC) provides the interface between the ALMA project and the European science community. ... Below you can read the latest Announcements from the European ARC Network.. ... The call for 1-mm Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) proposals to use phased ALMA at Band 6 in Cycle 4, in collaboration with the Event Horizon Telescope Consortium (EHTC), will be released to coincide with the ALMA Cycle 4 Call for Proposals in March 2016...