Instrument control software development process for the multi-star AO system ARGOS

M. Kulas; L. Barl; J. L. Borelli; W. Gässler; S. Rabien

doi:10.1117/12.926051

24 September 2012 Instrument control software development process for the multi-star AO system ARGOS

M. Kulas, L. Barl, J. L. Borelli, W. Gässler, S. Rabien

Proceedings Volume 8451, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II; 845109 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926051
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The ARGOS project (Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System) will upgrade the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) with an AO System consisting of six Rayleigh laser guide stars. This adaptive optics system integrates several control loops and many different components like lasers, calibration swing arms and slope computers that are dispersed throughout the telescope. The purpose of the instrument control software (ICS) is running this AO system and providing convenient client interfaces to the instruments and the control loops. The challenges for the ARGOS ICS are the development of a distributed and safety-critical software system with no defects in a short time, the creation of huge and complex software programs with a maintainable code base, the delivery of software components with the desired functionality and the support of geographically distributed project partners. To tackle these difficult tasks, the ARGOS software engineers reuse existing software like the novel middleware from LINC-NIRVANA, an instrument for the LBT, provide many tests at different functional levels like unit tests and regression tests, agree about code and architecture style and deliver software incrementally while closely collaborating with the project partners. Many ARGOS ICS components are already successfully in use in the laboratories for testing ARGOS control loops.

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M. Kulas, L. Barl, J. L. Borelli, W. Gässler, and S. Rabien "Instrument control software development process for the multi-star AO system ARGOS", Proc. SPIE 8451, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II, 845109 (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926051

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