The architecture and initial results of the large millimeter telescope control system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Souccar, Kamal ^a   Smith, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MERLAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Large millimeter telescope; LMT; Telescope control; Telescope drive system; Telescope servo system

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT EFFECTS; AZIMUTH TRACKS; CIRCULAR TRACKS; CONTROL UNIT; DRIVE CONTROL; DRIVE SYSTEMS; GEAR RIMS; LARGE MILLIMETER TELESCOPE; LMT; SAFETY INTERLOCKS; SERVO CONTROL; SERVO ERROR; SERVO SYSTEM; TELESCOPE CONTROL; TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM; TRACKING ACCURACY; WHEEL-ON-TRACK;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DRIVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIO TELESCOPES; SERVO AMPLIFIERS; SPACE TELESCOPES; WHEELS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 66749095500     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790245     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. D. Smith and K. Souccar, "A Polynomial-based trajectory generator for improved telescope control," in Proc. SPIE Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, (2008).
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3. K. Souccar, G. Wallace, and D. Malin, "A reusable automatically generated software system for the control of the Large Millimeter Telescope," in Proc. SPIE 4848, pp. 35-42, (2002).