Release 4.3 Document issue 3.0
Author : A B Gentles 20 Feb 1995
This manual does NOT give any ICL command names. Although the normal usage for the Autoguider should be via an ICL session, only a few of the ICL commands pertaining to the autoguider have been implemented, and the rest have not yet been defined. Operation of the autoguider via ICL should be done with reference to WHT-AUTO-3, the user manual for the autoguider D-task.
WHT-AUTO-1 Autoguider Network Interface Specification
WHT-AUTO-3 WHT Autoguider: D-task user-guide
"CCD guidance system for the William Herschel Telescope" D J Thorne et al, SPIE Vol1235 pp400-412
WHT-CCD-1 CCD Controller User Manual
Abbreviation Meaning ADC Analogue to Digital Converter AF2 AutoFib II instrument ( mounted at Prime focus ) CASS Cassegrain focal station CCD Charge Coupled Device CCDC CCD Controller DMS Detector Memory System ICL Instrument Control Language ( on the system computer ) PRIME Prime focus focal station RGO Royal Greenwich Observatory TCS Telescope Control system UES Utrecht Echelle Spectrograph, mounted at one of the Nasmyth Focii.
Table 1. Abbreviations
All Autoguider commands issued from the Engineering terminal are shown in Upright Helvetica font, for example: 1 AGSTAR
All Utility Network commands will be shown in courier font , for example SEL101(1)
All output from the Autoguider will be shown in courier font , for example
Guide star at border of CCD !