The Data Processing Unit (DPU) is the scientific core of the EUCLID NISP instrument where data
processing is, for the first time on this type of instrument, performed in flight. The SQA process
for its ASW (Application Software) is described here: the standards, the quality targets, and the
tools used during the software lifecycle. A possible evolution of this framework using...
In INAF-OATo we are consolidating our experience in design and development of control SW for
different scientific instrumentation.
We are mainly focused on space missions, among them, Euclid in its final rush before launch,
Athena and Ariel; but we are also involved in a stratospheric baloon-based experiment.
In order to capitalize previous experiences and to optimize the effort facing so...
The PRISMA network is composed of many camera devices distributed in different parts of Italy
detecting fireballs everyday. Each camera produces images that must be synchronized in a server
and calibrated daily and monthly. In case of multiple detections (event), another process must be
run in order to perform other kinds of analysis. The entire network must be monitored in order to
detect...
PLICO (Python Laboratory Instrumentation COntrol) is a framework for developing instrument
control applications, such as the devices usually available in a scientific laboratory. It is entirely
written in Python and based on a client-server model, typically using zeromq as message dis-
patcher.
The creation of the framework was a response to the need to use the instrumentation...
SHARK-NIR, the new infrared, coronography-driven instrument for LBT, has been installed at its
bent gregorian left focus and is facing the commissioning phase.
We present the (ongoing) commissioning activities of SHINS, the SHARK-NIR INstrument control
Software.
The development of the control software is taking advantage from these hands-on sessions to reach
a stable, advanced phase.
We...
MAVIS (MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph) is a new instrument being built for the ESO’s Very Large Telescope.
MAVIS is currently approaching the Preliminary Design Review (end of Mar 2023) and it is composed of a multi conjugate adaptive optics module and two scientific channels, both operating in the visible range.
MORFEO (Multi conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT...
The ELT Instrument Framework Software (IWS), although in its pre-release phase, has reached
a significant maturity and is already being used to implement the control software of new VLT
instruments (such as FORS1 and CUBES). In this talk I will present our experiences in developing
the so-called “special devices” (i.e. devices lacking a standard, commonly adopted implementation)
for the...
After an introduction to Beckhoff PLCs and their development environment, I will describe low-
level software programming within the ELT framework. I will illustrate how standard and special
ESO devices are configured and conclude by briefly describing Siemens PLCs and their character-
istics.
A brief introduction to Morpheus and the RTC and where the SRTC fits in with respect to both. We
will discuss the methods with which we are facing the problem of its realization and the techniques
used up to now with particular attention to the analysis of the RTC toolkit provided by ESO. We
will also analyze the current state and where it’s headed in the future.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is an international effort to build two radio interferometers in
South Africa and Australia forming one Observatory monitored and controlled from global head-
quarters (GHQ) based in the United Kingdom at Jodrell Bank. SKA is highly focused on adopting
CI/CD practices for its software development. CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration \& Deliv-
ery...
The use of the graphical user interface in a control system is the challenge of every control room
and is often dominated by standalone applications. Web technologies allow us to overcome some
limitations of standalone applications, but also involve some obstacles. With Taranta we are dis-
covering a trend that prefers web technologies.
Taranta suite is a web-based toolset jointly...
Since 2020, ASTRON has chosen the TANGO Controls framework for the development of the
Monitor and Control Station software for LOFAR 2.0, a major upgrade regarding both software
and infrastructure facilities. INAF is currently involved in the Station software development both
in the Station Control team and in the Telescope Manager team, recently merged as a single team.
The present...
The ASTRI (”Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana”) and Mini-Array project is
a collaborative international effort led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)
for developing an array of nine 4m-class dual-mirror imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.
These telescopes will be sensitive to gamma-ray radiation at energies above 1 TeV. The...
The ASTRI Mini-Array, consisting of nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of the 4-m
class, is an international project led by INAF. The first telescope of the array was installed at the
Teide Observatory on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, the second half of 2022. All needed site
infrastructures, to host the telescope and the other eight that will arrive soon, have been built...
The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by INAF and devoted to imaging at-
mospheric Cherenkov light for very-high γ-ray astronomy. The project is deploying an array of 9
4-m class Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, in the
Canary Islands, most sensitive to γ-ray radiation above 1 TeV. The Supervisory Control and...
The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by INAF devoted to the construction
and operation of an array of nine 4m-class, dual-mirror Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov tele-
scopes located at the Teide Observatory (Canary Islands), sensitive to gamma-ray radiation at
energies above 1 TeV. Large volumes of monitoring and logging data result from the operation of
an array...
