Use Case:
Set Nasmyth Wheel
Description:
Set Nasmyth wheel to required position
This action is dedicated
to optical alignment procedures and is therefore not foreseen to be
used during normal operation
where the Nasmyth wheel shall be set to
the specific position allowing the telescope beam to reach M9.
The allowed positions are:
- Flat Retro-Reflecting Mirror
- Free Hole
- 2 positions for Alignment Tools (optical fibres or other dedicated devices)
The Observation mode position is the Free Hole, whereby the device
shall be switched Off.
On the Alignment Tool positions, it is possible to chop the wheel
between 2 close positions of a given stroke.
Role(s)/Actor(s):
Primary: Maintenance
Secondary: Nasmyth sub-system
Priority: Major
Performance:
less than 10 seconds for motion to a predefined position;
less than 1 second for chopping on Alignment Tool positions.
Frequency: During optical
alignment procedures only, typ. before and after alignment procedures.
Preconditions:
Basic Course: Motion to a predefined position
- Send command SETPATH <FREE|RETRO|TOOL1|TOOL2>
to set the Nasmyth wheel to given predefined position
Exception Course: Command failed
| ATCS gets actual Nasmyth Wheel position
Exception Course: Command failed
Subflow: Move to different wheel position
|
- ATCS sends command to Nasmyth Wheel device
Exception Course: Command failed
- ATCS returns OK reply
Subflow: Move to different wheel position
- ATCS switch off
Nasmyth Beacons
Exception Course: Command failed
Postcondition: Nasmyth Beacons switched off
Alternate
Course: Chopping on Alignment Tool position
- Send command SETPATH <TOOL1|TOOL2>,<stroke>
to chop the Nasmyth wheel of a given stroke off the specified
Tool position
Exception Course: Command failed
- ATCS sends command to Nasmyth sub-system
Exception Course: |Chopping stroke| > 15mm
Exception Course: Command failed
- ATCS returns OK reply
Exception Course: Command failed
- ATCS returns ERROR reply
Postcondition: Nasmyth wheel not moved
Exception Course: |Chopping stroke| > 15mm
- ATCS returns ERROR reply
Postcondition: Nasmyth wheel not moved
Postconditions:
- Nasmyth wheel at given position
- Nasmyth beacons switched off
Issues to be Determined or Resolved:
Notes:
- The chopping stroke is to be given in mm. This corresponds to an
angular offset of:
offset = atan(stroke/wheelRadius) radians.
where wheelRadius = 60mm (see FISBA document VLT-TRE-FIS-151100-032).
- The command GETPATH returns the name of the wheel position
and the stroke value when applicable
Last modified: Fri Nov 23 10:41:30 UTC 2001