JKT Telescope Control System Release Notes for Version J11 TCS-JKTREL-11 Issue: 1.2 2002-11-05 Author: M P Fisher tcsman@ing.iac.es

1. Summary

This document summarises the changes made to the latest version in the J10 release tree of the JKT Telescope Control System, J10-0-1, to produce the release tree J11.

2. Release History

3. Hardware and Firmware Modifications

None

4. Deliverables and Installation

• The CMS classes necessary to build TCS versions in the J11 release tree are defined in Section 8, they are also defined in the version files in [JKT_LOGIN.VERSION].
• CMS libraries containing the source code for the TCS, the PLOT and CAMTEST utilities, and the build procedures are held on LPAS3; the root directory for the CMS libraries is defined by the logical name SOURCE_DIR.
• The release notes document for the J11 release tree (this document) is stored in ~docs/tcs/jktrel/tcs-jktrel-11/tcs-jktrel-11.html
• The Latex source for the JKT User Manual is stored in ~mpf/docs/tcs/jkt_manual/. Note that this file needs updating. The Postscript version is in www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/observing/manuals/ps/tcs/jkt.ps

5. Reasons for release

J11-0-0

New features

• The login window disappears once the TCS has been started.
• TELD is started from a detached process.
• TELD messages are logged to a file.
• More robust method of reading the autoguider packets from CAMAC.
• Encoder logs include the focus encoder.
• Longitude is now correctly negative in the FITS headers.

Defects fixed

• None.

J11-1-0

New features

Defects fixed

• FR 14848 : TELD crashed due to a memory leak

6. Known problems and restrictions

Defect reports outstanding

• FR 10851 : CALIBRATE star S19+07 is a visual binary
• FR 14423 : JAG filter status incorrect, because USER window was on hold screen

Other problems

7. Compatibility

• Compatible with TPOINT v4.4-4.

8. Software changes

J11-0-0

J11-0-0 comprises the following subsystem versions; any changes made to a subsystem since J10-0-1 are listed.

BUILD v0-6

• Unchanged

CAMACDB v0-1

• Unchanged

DISPLAY v2-00

• Unchanged

EQUATLIB v1-0

• Unchanged

GSEXAM v0-1

• Unchanged

INCLIB v4-00

• Changes to support WHT and INT, they are not relevant to the JKT.

JKT v1-03

• Improved method of reading the autoguider 3340 CAMAC module.

JKTINIT v1-5

• IERS parameters updated.
• Use correct encoder index for focus and dome mechanisms in MEC_AL_ENCLIST.

MONITOR v0-3

• Unchanged

MSG v0-7

• Unchanged

NETSERVER v0-3

• This subsystem is not used by the JKT TCS.

POINT v0-5

• Unchanged

RUN v1-03

• TELD is started as a detached process.
• TELD CEFs are initialised before TELD is started.

SHARE v0-3

• Unchanged

SYNC v3-01

• Focus encoders are included in encoder logs.
• New improved code to read 3340 CAMAC modules.

SYSCOMP v1-01

• Ensure the COMMON block used for TCS-TELD communication is empty before use.
• CONFIG block is always sent to TELD on startup.

TCSLIB v1-02

• New routine used by 3340 CAMAC code.

TELD v5-02

• Log messages to a file.
• TELESCOPE symbol is obtained from logical name set in the version file.
• The correct telescope name is written in the startup message.
• Initialise CEFs before starting TELD.
• Get latitude and longitude from CONFIG block, where longitude is negative, and not from sla_OBS which returns a west longitude as positive.

TV v1-00

• Support new autoguiding algorithm (not currently used at JKT).

USER v4-03

• Improved communication with TELD.

J11-1-0

J11-1-0 is the same as j11-0-0 apart from changes to the following subsystems.

OWNINIT v1-6

• New pointing model, upated IERS parameters.

TELD v5-03

• Memory leak fixed