Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software
Abstract
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope, currently in the final design phase. The main instrument goal is to allow the characterization of transient sources based on alerts. It will cover from near-infrared to visible bands with a spectral resolution of using two separate, wavelength-optimized spectrographs. A visible camera, primarily intended for target acquisition and secondary guiding, will also provide a scientific "light" imaging mode. In this paper we present the current status of the design of the SOXS instrument control software, which is in charge of controlling all instrument functions and detectors, coordinating the execution of exposures, and implementing all observation, calibration and maintenance procedures. Given the extensive experience of the SOXS consortium in the development of instruments for the VLT, we decided to base the design of the Control System on the same standards, both for hardware and software control. We illustrate the control network, the instrument functions and detectors to be controlled, the overall design of SOXS Instrument Software (INS) and its main components. Then, we provide details about the control software for the most SOXS-specific features: control of the COTS-based imaging camera, the flexures compensation system and secondary guiding.
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@article{arxiv.1809.01565,
title = {Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software},
author = {Davide Ricci and Andrea Baruffolo and Bernardo Salasnich and Daniela Fantinel and Josefina Urrutia and Sergio Campana and Riccardo Claudi and Pietro Schipani and Matteo Aliverti and Sagi Ben-Ami and Federico Biondi and Anna Brucalassi and Giulio Capasso and Rosario Cosentino and Francesco D'Alessio and Paolo D'Avanzo and Oz Diner and Hanindyo Kuncarayakti and Matteo Munari and Adam Rubin and Salvatore Scuderi and Fabrizio Vitali and Jani Achrén and José Antonio Araiza-Duran and Iair Arcavi and Andrea Bianco and Enrico Cappellaro and Mirko Colapietro and Massimo Della Valle and Sergio D'Orsi and Johan Fynbo and Avishay Gal-Yam and Matteo Genoni and Mika Hirvonen and Jari Kotilainen and Tarun Kumar and Marco Landoni and Jussi Lehti and Gianluca Li Causi and Luca Marafatto and Seppo Mattila and Giorgio Pariani and Giuliano Pignata and Michael Rappaport and Marco Riva and Stephen Smartt and Massimo Turatto and Ricardo Sanchez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01565},
year = {2018}
}
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8 pages, 5 figures