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1 INTRODUCTION
The software described in this manual is intended to be used in the ESO VLT project by ESO and authorized external contractors only.
While every precaution has been taken in the development of the software and in the preparation of this documentation, ESO assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damage resulting from the use of the software or of the information contained herein.
1.1 Purpose
This document is the Software part of the CCD cameras User Manual. At the moment it is a stand-alone document. It is proposed to transform it at a later stage into a chapter of the CCD cameras User Manual, which should include system, hardware and software aspects
It is intended to provide people who want to operate a camera as stand-alone instrument, e.g. for laboratory or on-line tests, with all the necessary information.
The manual assumes that the reader has some experience with astronomical CCD cameras. It is not intended to be an introduction to CCD cameras, and therefore it uses common terminology in this field (e.g. pixel, binning, readout, frame-transfer chip, etc.) without further explanations.
In addition to the Introduction, this manual contains the following chapters:
User's Guide: it contains information about:
Reference: manual pages of panels and scripts used.
The CCD control software is going to be used by several categories of users. The information related to this software package has been spread over several documents, in order to give each user an easier access only to the information he needs (see also section Purpose in [14]).
The following table presents the complete list of documents available about the CCD software, together with a summary of the contents and the category of users who may be interested in reading them.
1.2 Scope
The present document is intended to be used for both scientific and technical CCD cameras based on the ACE controller.
For CCD cameras using the FIERA controller, refer to [19].
1.3 Applicable Documents
The following documents, of the exact issue shown, form a part of this document to the extent specified herein. In the event of conflict between the documents referenced herein and the contents of this document, the contents of this document shall be considered as a superseding requirement.
1.4 Reference Documents
The following documents contain additional information and are referenced in the text.
1.5 Abbreviations and Acronyms
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this document:
1.6 Glossary
No special definition is introduced in this manual
1.7 Stylistic Conventions
The following styles are used:
bold in the text, for commands, file names, etc. as they have to be typed.
italic in the text, for parts that have to be substituted with the real content before typing.
<name> in the examples, for parts that have to be substituted with the real content before typing.
The bold and italic styles are also used to highlight words.
1.8 Naming conventions
This implementation follows the naming conventions as outlined in [2].
1.9 Problem Reporting/Change Request
The form described in [7] shall be used.
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