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TY - CONF AU - Baldini, V. AU - Calderone, G. AU - Cirami, R. AU - Coretti, I. AU - Cristiani, S. AU - Di Marcantonio, P. AU - Mégevand, D. AU - Santin, P. AU - Zerbi, F. ED - Corvetti, Lou ED - Riches, Kathleen ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - The Instrument Control Electronics of the ESPRESSO Spectrograph @VLT J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2015, Melbourne, Australia, 17-23 October 2015 C1 - Melbourne, Australia T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 15 LA - english AB - ESPRESSO, the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observations, is a super-stable Optical High Resolution Spectrograph for the Combined Coudé focus of the VLT. It can be operated either as a single telescope instrument or as a multi-telescope facility, by collecting the light of up to four UTs. From the Nasmyth focus of each UT the light is fed, through a set of optical elements (Coudé Train), to the Front End Unit which performs several functions, as image and pupil stabilization, inclusion of calibration light and refocusing. The light is then conveyed into the spectrograph fibers. The whole process is handled by several electronically controlled devices. About 40 motorized stages, more than 90 sensors and several calibration lamps are controlled by the Instrument Control Electronics (ICE) and Software (ICS). The technology employed for the control of the ESPRESSO subsystems is PLC-based, with a distributed layout close to the functions to control. This paper illustrates the current status of the ESPRESSO ICE, showing the control architecture, the electrical cabinets organization and the experiences gained during the development and assembly phase. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 689 EP - 692 KW - controls KW - PLC KW - electronics KW - software KW - interface DA - 2015/12 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-148-9 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2015-WEPGF001 UR - http://jacow.org/icalepcs2015/papers/wepgf001.pdf ER -