WHT Telescope Control System

Release Notes for Version W29

TCS-WHTREL-29

Issue: 0.1 2006-05-27

Author: M P Fisher

tcsman@ing.iac.es


1. Summary

This document summarises the changes made to the latest version in the W27 release tree of the WHT Telescope Control System, W27-1-4, to produce the release tree W29.

2. Release History

Version Date Description Author(s)
W9-0-0 26-Sep-1999 First version built with VMS 7.1 MPF
W10-1-0 22-Oct-1999 New commands CLONE & GOMOON; updated IERS params & GHRIL IR derot model RPC/MPF
W12-0-6 17-Mar-2000 Display instrument rotator limits, add INGRID support RPC
W14-1-4 2-Aug-2000 New command SLOWOFF, write sky PA not mount PA in headers, update GHRIL IR derot corrections RPC
W14-1-6 21-Aug-2000 Add support for NAOMI autoguider RPC
W14-1-7 1-Sep-2000 Encoder & autoguider logs are stored on separate disk RPC
W14-1-8 15-Sep-2000 Default to DRAMA comms RPC
W14-1-10 6-Nov-2000 FOCUS & DOME commands always send completion status to DRAMA RPC
W14-1-11 18-Nov-2000 TELD timeout values changed for INGRID compatibility RPC
W14-1-14 5-Jan-2001 New Cass & GHRIL pointing models, IERS update RPC
W15-0-0 6-Mar-2001 Revert to correct version of time-to-limits code MPF
W15-1-0 29-Mar-2001 Fix problem with RA, Dec having half true value in headers MPF
W15-1-1 28-Apr-2001 Revert to old Cass & GHRIL pointing models MPF
W16-0-0 4-Jun-2001 New Cass & GHRIL pointing models, improved SLOWOFF command, add TWEAK as a DRAMA action MPF
W16-0-1 12-Jul-2001 New position of azimuth zeroset target MPF
W16-1-0 12-Oct-2001 Same as W16-0-1, but using DRAMA v1.3 MPF
W17-1-0 1-Sep-2001 Simultaneous use of TCS from DECnet & DRAMA, log TELD messages, uses DRAMA v1.3 MPF
W17-2-0 24-Oct-2001 Start TELD from menu, log focus encoder, ICL command completion fixed MPF
W17-4-0 30-Oct-2001 Negative longitude for headers, fix problems with data blocks sent to dtasks MPF
W17-5-0 15-Jul-2002 Fixed memory leak RR/MPF
W17-5-1 3-Jan-2003 Add support for acquisition TV as AF2 autoguider MPF
W18-0-0 22-Jan-2003 New LOG command, fix rotator glitch at azimuth reversal, focus-temp correction at Prime MPF
W18-0-4 17-Feb-2003 Add LIRIS values MPF/FJG
W19-0-0 9-Mar-2003 New logging process logs to 30 minute ring file, focus data logged continuously. MPF
W20-0-1 14-Apr-2003 Configure NAOMI in GRACE, replacing UES. FJG
W20-1-0 26-May-2003 Encoder logging bug fixes. MPF
W20-1-3 10-Jul-2003 New GRACE pointing model. MPF
W20-1-4 22-Aug-2003 Uses new SDSU autoguider for INTEGRAL. MPF
W21-2-1 18-Sep-2003 Implementation of nominal positional offset, and ability to use cumulative slow offsets. CTRL-C from a script no longer stops the telescope. MPF
W21-2-2 9-Oct-2003 New altitude target zeroset position. MPF
W21-3-0 21-Nov-2003 Fix bug in differential tracking. MPF
W21-3-1 6-Dec-2003 Uses new SDSU autoguider for Cass. FJG
W22-0-0 17-Dec-2003 Extra focus items added to TCS FITS packet. MPF
W23-0-0 12-Jan-2004 Improved TCS-ICS DRAMA communication; improved reporting of tracking status. MPF
W23-1-1 12-Mar-2004 System catalogue stored with TCS version tree. New Prime pointing model. MPF
W23-1-2 30-Apr-2004 Add support for instrument Ultracam. FJG
W23-1-3 7-Jul-2004 Add support for SCAM/STJ with UV derotator in GHRIL FJG
W23-1-4 10-Jul-2004 STJ autoguiding parameters corrected FJG
W25-0-0 6-Sep-2004 Revamp FITS packet; check if ICS disk mounted MPF
W25-0-1 1-Oct-2004 Azimuth transition radius was reduced. MPF
W25-2-0 2-Dec-2004 Uses VMS 7.3-2. New menu layout at login. MPF
W25-3-0 19-Feb-2005 Increase pagefile quota for creation of cloned displays. MPF
W27-0-0 15-Apr-2005 New DRAMA action PULLIN, completes once guide star is in position. MPF
W27-1-0 16-Jun-2005 Fix focusrun bug, increase PULLIN timeout to 1 minute. MPF
W29-0-0 25-May-2006 Improve servo to fix azimuth oscillations; increase RPC timeout; update Cass pointing model. MPF

3. Hardware and Firmware Modifications

None

4. Deliverables and Installation

5. Reasons for release

W29-0-0

New features

Defects fixed

6. Known problems and restrictions

Enhancements are noted in the TCS Work List which can be found in BSCW under ING Engineering Projects - Telescope Control Systems - 0004 Project Plans.

7. Compatibility

8. Software changes

W29-0-0

W29-0-0 comprises the following subsystem versions; any changes made to a subsystem since W27-1-4 are listed.

ALTAZLIB v2-00

BUILD v1-01

CAMACDB v0-1

DISPLAY v2-01

GSEXAM v0-1

INCLIB v6-08

MONITOR v1-02

MSG v1-00

NETSERVER v0-7

OUTLOG v0-05

POINT v0-6

RUN v2-02

SHARE v0-3

SYNC v6-01

SYSCOMP v1-06

TCSLIB v1-02

TELD v6-04

TV v1-04

USER v5-07

WHT v2-10

WHTINIT v4-02