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@inproceedings{schwanke:icalepcs2021-mobr02, author = {U. Schwanke and D. Melkumyan and T. Murach and I. Oya and T. Schmidt and G. Spengler and P. Wagner}, % author = {U. Schwanke and D. Melkumyan and T. Murach and I. Oya and T. Schmidt and G. Spengler and others}, % author = {U. Schwanke and others}, title = {{Control, Readout and Monitoring for the Medium-Sized Telesopes in the Cherenkov Telescope Array}}, booktitle = {Proc. ICALEPCS'21}, pages = {77--83}, eid = {MOBR02}, language = {english}, keywords = {controls, interface, software, hardware, monitoring}, venue = {Shanghai, China}, series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems}, number = {18}, publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland}, month = {03}, year = {2022}, issn = {2226-0358}, isbn = {978-3-95450-221-9}, doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-MOBR02}, url = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs2021/papers/mobr02.pdf}, abstract = {{The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. Its design comprises close to 100 imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes deployed at a southern (Paranal, Chile) and a northern (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) site. The inclusion of various array elements, like Large-Sized, Medium-Sized and Small-Sized Telescopes, instruments for atmosphere monitoring, etc, into the Array Control and Data Acquisition System (ACADA) poses a particular challenge which is met by an appropriate software architecture and a well-defined interface for array elements. This conference contribution describes exemplarily how the interface is implemented for the Medium-Sized Telescopes (MSTs, 12m diameter). The implementation uses the ALMA Common Software (ACS) as a framework for software applications facilitating the readout and control of telescope subsystems like the drive system or the pointing camera; the communication with subsystems takes advantage of the OPC UA protocol. It is also discussed what technologies (e.g. data bases) are used for the acquisition and storage of telescope-specific monitoring data.}}, }