The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI)

K. Honscheid; T. Abbott; J. Annis; E. Buckley-Geer; F. Castander; J. Eiting; M. Gladders; M. Haney; I. Karliner; D. Kau; K. Kuehn; S. Kuhlmann; T. Qian; M. Selen; J. Thaler; D. Tucker; A. Zhao

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The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI)

K. Honscheid, T. Abbott, J. Annis, E. Buckley-Geer, F. Castander, J. Eiting, M. Gladders, M. Haney, I. Karliner, D. Kau, K. Kuehn, S. Kuhlmann, T. Qian, M. Selen, J. Thaler, D. Tucker, A. Zhao

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We describe the data acquisition and control system of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which will be the primary instrument used in the Dark Energy Survey (DES). DECam will be a 3 sq. deg. mosaic camera mounted at the prime focus of the Blanco 4m telescope at the Cerro-Tololo International Observatory (CTIO). The DECam data acquisition system (SISPI) is implemented as a distributed multi-processor system with a software architecture built on the Client-Server and Publish-Subscribe design patterns. The underlying message passing protocol is based on the SML inter-process communication software developed at CTIO [1]. For the DECam read-out and control system this software package was ported from LabVIEW to the Python and C programming languages. A shared variable system was added to support exchange of telemetry data and other information between different components of the system. In this paper we discuss the SISPI architecture, new concepts used in the design of the infrastructure software and provide an overview of the remaining components of the DES read-out and control system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787926
State	Published - 2008
Event	Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II - Marseille, France Duration: Jun 26 2008 → Jun 28 2008

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7019
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	6/26/08 → 6/28/08

Keywords

Blanco
CTIO
Camera
Control system
Dark Energy Survey
Data acquisition
Survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Honscheid, K., Abbott, T., Annis, J., Buckley-Geer, E., Castander, F., Eiting, J., Gladders, M., Haney, M., Karliner, I., Kau, D., Kuehn, K., Kuhlmann, S., Qian, T., Selen, M., Thaler, J., Tucker, D., & Zhao, A. (2008). The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI). In Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II [701911] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7019). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787926

The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI). / Honscheid, K.; Abbott, T.; Annis, J.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Castander, F.; Eiting, J.; Gladders, M.; Haney, M.; Karliner, I.; Kau, D.; Kuehn, K.; Kuhlmann, S.; Qian, T.; Selen, M.; Thaler, J.; Tucker, D.; Zhao, A.

Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II. 2008. 701911 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7019).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Honscheid, K, Abbott, T, Annis, J, Buckley-Geer, E, Castander, F, Eiting, J, Gladders, M, Haney, M, Karliner, I, Kau, D, Kuehn, K, Kuhlmann, S, Qian, T, Selen, M, Thaler, J, Tucker, D & Zhao, A 2008, The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI). in Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II., 701911, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7019, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, Marseille, France, 6/26/08. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787926

Honscheid, K. ; Abbott, T. ; Annis, J. ; Buckley-Geer, E. ; Castander, F. ; Eiting, J. ; Gladders, M. ; Haney, M. ; Karliner, I. ; Kau, D. ; Kuehn, K. ; Kuhlmann, S. ; Qian, T. ; Selen, M. ; Thaler, J. ; Tucker, D. ; Zhao, A. / The read-out and control system of the DES camera (SISPI). Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II. 2008. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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