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Components and Operation of the ROTSE-III Telescope System
Eli Rykoff
University of Michigan
- Don Smith
University of Michigan
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
ROTSE-III Data Acquisition System
Introduction
The Daemons
The ROTSE Daemon:
rotsed
The Clamshell Daemon:
clamd
The Spot Daemon:
spotd
The Camera Daemon:
camerad
and
camserverd
The Schier Mount Daemon:
schierd
The Weather Daemon:
weathd
The Alert Daemon:
alertd
The Astronomical Scheduler Daemon:
astrod
The User Daemon (
userd
) and the ROTSE User Shell (
rush
)
How To Run the ROTSE-III System
Introduction
System Files
Starting the System
Monitoring Logfiles with
tail -f
The DAQ System:
rotsed
Online Analysis: The PacMans
Shutting Down the ROTSE System
The Rotse User Shell:
rush
Starting
rush
Shell Information
rhelp
: The Help Command
rstat
: The Status Command
rmode
: The Mode Command
Clamshell Commands
Mount Commands
Focus Commands
Camera Commands
Alert Commands
Pointing Model Logging Commands
True Realtime Status Monitoring with
rmonitor
The ROTSE-III Configuration Files
General Configuration File Information
rotsed.conf
alertd.conf
astrod.conf
camerad.conf
camserverd.conf
clamd.conf
schierd.conf
The Focus Model Data File
spotd.conf
userd.conf
weathd.conf
Rotse-III Scheduling
Introduction
astrod
and
rotsed
astrod.conf
Daemon Parameters
Exposure Parameters
Sky Patrol Parameters
Burst Follow-up Parameters
Scheduling Parameters
Triggers and Schedules
Triggers: Defining Imaging Sequences
Defining Schedule Items
burst.conf
Guest User Schedule Submission
Polar Alignment and Pointing Models
Introduction
Polar Alignment
General Information
TelRad Alignment
Two-Star Pointing
Finding the Telescope Pole Offset - Mechanically
Finding the Telescope Pole Offset - with Tpoint
Calculating a Two-Star Matrix
A Simple Tpoint Model
Adjusting the Polar Alignment
Using Tpoint
Refining the Pointing Model
Tpoint Formulas
Building A Better Focus Model
Introduction
The Focus Model
The Focus System
The Basics
Manually Monitoring the Focus Gradient
Setting Up an Automated Focus Run
Constructing a Focus Model
Image Correction and Calibration Images
Introduction
Dark Images
Obtaining Dark Images
Creating a Median Dark
Flat Fields
Twilight Flats
Scheduling a Twilight Flat
Making a Twilight Flat
Sky Flats
Making a Sky Flat
Fringe Maps
Making a Fringe Map
Fitting the Fringe Map
Updating the Automated Pipeline Files
Performing Image Correction:
corr_im_fast
and
new_dfc
Introduction
What
corr_im_fast
Does
What
new_dfc
Does
Uncorrecting Images:
uncorrect
Realtime Data Analysis and Monitoring Telescope Operations
Introduction
Realtime Automated Analysis
sexpacman
idlpacman
Burst Response Analysis in Real-time
Manual Data Analysis
Creating Object Lists Manually
Match Structures
Relative Photometry
Operational Status and Monitoring
rotsepager
Realtime Status Monitoring over the WWW
Troubleshooting
Introduction
Tips and Tricks
Help! The system won't start!
Problem: The system is already running
Problem: The system crashed and left a lockfile
Problem: A daemon configuration file has an error
Problem: A daemon hasn't died properly from a previous run
Problem: A temporary problem with the i/o box
Help! The camera isn't working right!
The
camserverd
logfile
Problem: The image is saturated
Problem: The power supply has died
Help! The mount is having ``issues''!
Problem: The mount control software is not running
Problem: The encoder is dirty or misaligned
Problem: The balance is off or a cable is snagged
ROTSE-III File Naming Conventions
Three-Letter Acronyms (TLA)
Coordinates or ID Numbers
Instrument Designation and Index Number
Optional Modifiers
Match Structures
Standard Data Directory Structure
FITS File Information
FITS File Description
Accessing FITS Files: Command Line
Primary FITS Headers:
mhead
Image Data:
ds9
Binary Structure Data
Accessing FITS Files: IDL
Primary FITS Headers:
headfits.pro
Image Data:
readfits.pro
Binary Data:
mrdfits.pro
Accessing FITS Files: C
ROTSE-III Data Products
Raw Images
Corrected Images
sobj
Files
cobj
Files
Match Structures
Relative Photometry-Corrected Match Structures
Index
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