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Contents
Contents
The Green Bank Telescope
Laser Metrology System
ZY Version 2.5 Software Interface
Reference Manual
Ramón E. Creager
March 11, 2002
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
Explanation
ZY.INI example
Explanation
ZP011.INI example
Explanation
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
Simple Measurement Times
SCN 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
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Ramon E. Creager 2002-03-11
