Speaker
Description
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 overview covers the general system architecture, the hierarchy among TANGO de-
vices, the software tools used in the system and shows some representative use cases and tech-
nical challenges. Moreover, the Station Control team is developing new software extensions to
the PyTango framework in order to possibly overcome some technical difficulties and add specific
missing features.
