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| Paper: |
LBTO Alarm Notification/Management and Error Diagnostic Tools |
| Volume: |
495, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIV (ADASS XXIV) |
| Page: |
367 |
| Authors: |
De La Peña, M. D.; Biddick, C.; Summers, K.; Summers, D. |
| Abstract: |
The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO) Telescope Control System (TCS) is
comprised of fifteen subsystems and accepts commands from the operator, as well as
from six pairs of instruments. To the operator
the TCS presents as a high-level set of GUIs with each GUI corresponding to
one specific subsystem and providing full state information and varying degrees of
control. The TCS GUIs not only provide the operators with broad control over all aspects
of the telescope, but each individual GUI also reports problems within its domain
through the use of color-coded messages and widgets indicating the seriousness of the
issue. While there is significant problem reporting available to the operator,
until recently there was no centralized and persistent visual indication or
“annunciator” display for issues. In order to provide a way to present problems
in a centralized and persistent fashion with “on-the-spot guidance” to ease the job
of the operator and to have an
acknowledge capability, the LBTO project decided to leverage an existing Alarm Handler
which is a GUI client application associated with the Experimental Physics and Industrial
Control System (EPICS)1.
This paper briefly describes the TCS sources of problem reporting
information and how the EPICS Alarm Handler supplements the current system. |
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