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Control, Readout and Monitoring for the Medium-Sized Telesopes in the Cherenkov Telescope Array |
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- U. Schwanke, G. Spengler
HU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- D. Melkumyan, T. Murach, T. Schmidt, P. Wagner
DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
- I. Oya
CTA, Heidelberg, Germany
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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.
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※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2021-MOBR02
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Received ※ 06 October 2021 Accepted ※ 09 February 2022
Issue date ※ 09 February 2022 |
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