VLT Software Workshop
April 1999

The workshop

Agenda

The second day consisted of several rather in-depth presentations of instrumentation software components, and several CCS software modules. There was also a show-around for UVES (which at that point was almost ready for shipment to Paranal) and the VLT Control Model (the computers and some other hardware used to simulate a VLT unit telescope).

The third and last day was filled mainly with data-flow presentations, and some more tutorials about specific CCS modules.

The detailed final agenda is available in postscript and in pdf format.

Presentations

• VLT Control Software Overview (G. Raffi)

• Overview of the task of the first day (E. Allaert)

• Setting up the programming environment (G. Filippi)

• Introduction to the panel-editor (M. Comin)

• Central Control Software (B. Gilli). This file contains the viewgraphs of all CCS presentations given by B. Gilli: CCS-part1, CCS-part2, scan system and database optimization.

• Database Loader and Extended CCS (G. Chiozzi)

• LCU common software (B. Gustafsson). The software presented here, and also used later on as part of the evh-presentation, is in the module lcumod. This also contains the software for the motors (see below).

• Motor control software (P. Duhoux). The software presented here is part of the module lcumod (see above).

• The Sequencer & BOB for testing (E. Allaert)

• A roadmap for the VLT software documentation (G. Filippi)

• Instrumentation software overview (P. Biereichel): page 1, 2 and 3.

• INS common software (E. Allaert)

• The ISAAC installation tool (S. Skole)

• The test camera software architecture (R. Schmutzer).

• Real-time Display (P. Biereichel): viewgraph page 1, 2, 3 and 4. The demo-software for integrating RTD into a panel is contained in panrtd, panrtd2 and rtdq4.

• ESO detector software: technical CCDs (P. Duhoux), scientific CCDs - FIERA (C. Cumani), infra-red detectors and IRACE (J. Stegmeier)

• Telescope software interfaces (R. Karban) and TIF for the test camera (R. Schmutzer).

• Event Handler (G. Chiozzi). The software presented here is part of the wa software module. You will also need lcumod (see above, under LCU common software and motor control software).

• The UVES software architecture (A. Longinotti). This file is gzip-ed (uncompressed it is over 5 MB).

• Data flow system overview (P. Quinn) (not yet available in electronic form)

• Templates and observation blocks (E. Allaert)

• Phase II preparation and observation handling tools (D. Silva) (not yet available in electronic form)

• The data interface control board (B. Leibundgut): introduction, data interface control document, current status and instrument specifics.

• The on-line archive facility (M. Albrecht). Remark that this is a pdf-file.

• Data flow for VLT instruments (P. Grosbol)

• Instrument pipelines (K. Banse) (not yet available in electronic form)

• Exposure time calculators (P. Ballester) (not yet available in electronic form)

• The panel-editor - advanced concepts (M. Comin). The example-panels shown in this presentation are part of the panel software module as from version 4.23 onwards (see subdirectory panel/docExamples).