Introduction

Purpose and Scope

This document provides the instruction of a user manual for the Data Display Tool (DDT).

The Data Display Tool is a collection of libraries and applications that shall be used in the scope of the ESO ELT for the transfer, display and manipulation of data coming from the telescope.

The DDT is grouped into the components Data Transfer, Data Visualisation, Image Handling and Python Components.

In this manual these components will be described from the user’s point of view. It will be described how these components can be built, deployed, configured and used. It contains an overview on the various command-line arguments and configuration items.

The manual will also contain a list of all library functions and interfaces (API). For the visualisation components it will be described how these elements are integrated in tools like the Qt Creator / Designer and how the user can use them to build customized applications.

The document is divided into sections for each of the components describing each component in detail.