Instrument Responsible

The instrument PI (or Work Package officer for ESO built instruments) has single point responsibility and authority for deliverables specified in the contract. In the case of externally developed instruments the Instrument Responsible in the Instrumentation Division is the only formal point of contact between ESO and the instrument consortium and is responsible for the proper execution of the contract and acceptance of the deliverables. In close consultation with him/her additional communication lines can be developed e.g. for technical and software aspects with no contractual impact. In the context of the DFS the Instrument Responsible will have the final responsibility for the performance of the different DFS products like Phase II, ETCs, and pipelines. He needs to be assisted in this by a number of persons.

The Instrument Responsible defines:

• which instrument templates and standard settings will be supported by the pipeline.
• data formats and data dictionary in conformity to DICB ([11]), integrating the information necessary for the Data Flow.
• maintenance procedures to produce and control the standard settings.
• engineering calibration procedures.
• calibration data needed.

He/she prepares the following documents:

• the general instrument software requirements including the Data Flow User Requirements document.
• the initial Calibration Plan and specifies quality criteria for the ETCs, Pipeline and Quality Control.
• the requirements for the maintenance and engineering software.

He/she validates and approves Phase II products, Calibration Plan, Reduction Recipes, Pipelines, archive procedures and GUIs