TY - GEN
T1 - The WEAVE observatory control system
AU - Picó, Sergio
AU - Abrams, Don Carlos
AU - Benn, Chris
AU - Dominguez, Lilian
AU - Fariña, Cecilia
AU - Delgado, Jose Miguel
AU - Martin, Carlos
AU - Cano, Diego
AU - Salasnich, Bernardo
AU - Guest, Steve
AU - Gribbin, Frank
AU - Skvarč, Jure
AU - Gafton, Emanuel
AU - Dalton, Gavin
AU - Middleton, Kevin
AU - Trager, Scott
AU - Aguerri, J. Alfonso
AU - Bonifacio, Piercarlo
AU - Vallenari, Antonella
AU - Carrasco, Esperanza
PY - 2018/7/10
Y1 - 2018/7/10
N2 - WEAVE is the next-generation spectroscopic facility for the William
Herschel Telescope (WHT) 1,2. WEAVE offers multi-object (1000
fibres) and integral-field spectroscopy at two resolutions (R 5000,
20000) over a 2-deg field of view at prime focus and will mainly provide
follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (GAIA) surveys. The
Observatory Control System (OCS) is
responsible for providing the software control and feedback framework
through which WEAVE will be operated. This paper summarizes the design
of the different OCS subsystems and the interfaces between them and
other WEAVE components. In the remainder of this paper, Section 2
outlines the other WEAVE systems with which the OCS interacts, Section 3
describes the system architecture, Section 4 comments on
system-architecture decisions, Section 5 describes the main components
of the OCS, Section 6 outlines the life-cycle of an OCS Observing Block
and, finally, Section 7 gives an overview of the OCS testing plan.
AB - WEAVE is the next-generation spectroscopic facility for the William
Herschel Telescope (WHT) 1,2. WEAVE offers multi-object (1000
fibres) and integral-field spectroscopy at two resolutions (R 5000,
20000) over a 2-deg field of view at prime focus and will mainly provide
follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (GAIA) surveys. The
Observatory Control System (OCS) is
responsible for providing the software control and feedback framework
through which WEAVE will be operated. This paper summarizes the design
of the different OCS subsystems and the interfaces between them and
other WEAVE components. In the remainder of this paper, Section 2
outlines the other WEAVE systems with which the OCS interacts, Section 3
describes the system architecture, Section 4 comments on
system-architecture decisions, Section 5 describes the main components
of the OCS, Section 6 outlines the life-cycle of an OCS Observing Block
and, finally, Section 7 gives an overview of the OCS testing plan.
U2 - 10.1117/12.2312638
DO - 10.1117/12.2312638
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Proceedings of the SPIE
SP - 107042A
BT - Proceedings Volume 10704, Observatory Operations
PB - SPIE.Digital Library
T2 - SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018
Y2 - 10 June 2018 through 15 June 2018
ER -