1 INTRODUCTION 7

1.1 Purpose 7

1.2 Scope 8

1.3 Applicable Documents 8

1.4 Reference Documents 8

1.5 Abbreviations and Acronyms 9

1.6 Glossary 9

1.7 Stylistic Conventions 10

1.8 Naming conventions 10

1.9 Problem Reporting/Change Request 10

2 USER'S GUIDE 11

2.1 Overview 11

2.1.1 User Station 11

2.1.2 Workstation 12

2.1.3 LCU 12

2.1.4 ACE 12

2.2 Control panel 12

2.3 Getting started 12

2.3.1 Simple Demo session 12

2.3.2 LCU simulated session 15

2.3.3 ACE simulated session 17

2.4 Exposure definitions 18

2.4.1 Exposure types 18

2.5 Operational modes and simulation 18

2.6 Operational states 19

2.7 Running the system 19

2.7.1 Start the control panel 20

2.7.2 Check CCD camera configuration 20

2.7.3 Set the operational mode 20

2.7.4 Start the control software 20

2.7.5 Define exposure setups 21

2.7.6 Control exposures 21

2.7.7 Failure report 21

2.7.8 Analyse images 22

2.7.9 Monitor telemetry and temperature values 22

2.7.10 Shut-down the control software 22

2.7.11 Shutdown the panels 22

3 REFERENCE 23

3.1 Panels 23

3.1.1 ccdCtrl(1) 24

3.1.2 ccdTelemetry(1) 29

3.1.3 ccdOpMode(1) 31

3.2 Scripts 32

3.2.1 ccdDemo.sh(1) 33

3.2.2 ccdStart.sh(1) 34

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