Contents

• List of Figures
• Introduction
• System Overview
  • ZP ranger hardware
  • ZY ranger software
  • Servo System
    • Resetting the LM628
    • Loading the PID filter values
    • Axis amplifiers
    • Finding home
    • Pointing the Laser Beam
  • Coordinate System
  • Data Acquisition System
  • Range Calculation
  • Time System
    • Year 2000 compliance and Leap Seconds
  • Power Supplies and Environment
  • Communications
  • Program Interface
    • Command String Format
    • Local (Console), batch (file) or TCP operation
    • Transaction ID ticket
    • Time Stamp
    • Command Execution
    • Simple Scheduler
  
  
• Operation
  • Booting the ZY
  • Connecting to ZY
  • Using Commands
  • Initializing the ZY
    • CUBES.INI example
    • ZY.INI example
    • ZP011.INI example
  • Servo Operation
    • Preparing the Servo System for Operation
    • Finding Home Position
    • Using the Servos
  • Data Acquisition
    • Data Acquisition Sub-System
    • Direct Memory Access (DMA)
    • Using A/D commands
    • Data Acquisition Timings
  • Watch Dog Timer
  • Reset log
  • Safety
    • Auto/Manual Switch
    • Software Control of Laser and Servo Systems
  • Troubleshooting
    • Communications Problems
    • Servo Problems
    • Data Acquisition Problems
  • Other Operational Issues
    • Power Outages
    • Data Reduction
  
  
• List of Commands by Function
  • Instrument Control
  • Data Acquisition
  • Servo
  • Pointing
  • High level, or Cube Commands
  
  
• Detailed Description of Commands
  • ABA
  • ABP
  • ABV
  • ACP
  • ACU
  • ALPHA
  • AMP
  • AXIS
  • AXS
  • AZM
  • BETA
  • BP
  • BYE
  • CIL
  • CMEAS
  • COO
  • CWT
  • CYC
  • D0
  • DAT
  • DSP
  • DST
  • ELV
  • ENTEMP
  • ERL
  • EZ
  • FHM
  • FIL
  • FKD
  • FKI
  • FKP
  • FLT
  • FSI
  • GRI
  • GTI
  • IDX
  • IFF
  • INI
  • INITZY
  • LIMIT
  • MAG
  • MO
  • MPC
  • NUM
  • ORD
  • PHI
  • PS
  • QQQ
  • RAD
  • RDF
  • RDS
  • REFR
  • REPEAT
    • REPEAT, subfunction 0: List all scheduled commands
    • REPEAT, subfunction 1: Add a command string
    • REPEAT, subfunction 2: Remove a command by name
    • REPEAT, subfunction 3: Remove a command by TID
    • REPEAT, subfunction 4: Remove all commands
  • RST
  • SCN
  • SEQ
  • SFQ
  • STI
  • STS
  • STT
  • STW
  • TN (Experimental)
  • TR
  • TRG
  • TS
  • TSP
  • VER
  • VHM
  • WAI
  • WCNT
  • WMD
  • WTMO
  • WTOL
  • XOFF
  • XON
  • ZPNAME
  
  
• Installing the ZY systems
  • Requirements
  • ZY Boot Diskette Archive
    • Layout of the Archive
    • Directory NDIS
    • Directory PCTCP
    • File AUTOEXEC.BAT
    • File CONFIG.SYS
    • File RLOAD.EXE
  • Creating a Boot Diskette
  • ZIY FTP Server
  
  
• ZY Tools and Accessories
  • Introduction
  • CAMERA.EXE
  • VY.EXE
  • T.EXE
  • RLOAD.EXE
  • The Status Panel, SPAN.EXE
  • Frame Grabber Viewer
  • 140' Telescope HA & DEC Data Acquisition
  • 630TEST.EXE
  
  
• ZY System Resource Maps
  • ZY IRQ line usage map
  • ZY I/O port usage map
  • ZY DMA channel usage map
  
  
• Software Development Tools
  • Language and Compiler
  • Revision Control System
  
  
• ZY and EMS 3.0 Memory
  • EMS 3.0 Interface
    • Introduction to EMS 3.0
    • The EMM Interface
  • Using C++ Objects with EMM 3.0
  
  
• Bibliography
• About this document ...