Monday, March 26, 2012

Problems of 3/26/2012

It has been a productive month. We are now at a point where the telescope systems are all working together. From this point on (unless something breaks) we should be able to perform observation tests and see how it all works together. The only hard part we are still having is pointing the telescope. Sometimes it seems to have a mind of its own.

Software
  • Focus driver needs a little tweaking and testing - DONE
  • Add user friendly GUI to control primitive features of the system - Website in progress - PARTIALLY COMPLETE
  • TESTING and LOADS of it
  • Nagios setup to point to new devices- BORAT online, other devices still need work
  • Udev rules added to BORAT - DONE
Hardware
  • Motion sensor wiring done, just need to connect each sensor via breadboard/connectors
  • Weather sensor needs calibration
  • New cable end for dome control cable - DONE
  • Dome driver updated for new protocol - DONE
  • Fan controller and Focuser in single box with single power supply - Waiting for shipment
  • Cable rewire/Cable management, hellish mess right now - DONE
Security
  • ZM also needs to be finished setting up - DONE
  • ZM notification needs to be solved - DONE
  • Motion detectors need to be wired in and fully tested
  • Need some minor integration with IR+ZM+Lights work in combination
  • Motion detection system needs some arduino code - DONE
Posted by Anonymous at 1:56 PM

2 comments:

  1. CharlieMarch 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM

    Hi, i have an astrohaven 12ft dome but i don´t have documentation, i need the documentation to develope a program to open and close the dome. Do you know something? Thanks!

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    1. AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 4:34 PM

      Hi Charlie,

      Actually we do have the documentation. The manual on provides only details on the older motor control system. The newer system has a heart beat mechanism.

      Commands to actually open and close the domes. These commands only run one side of the dome at a time. (Manual says don't do both sides because may overload electrical system):
      CMD_A_OPEN 'a'
      CMD_B_OPEN 'b'
      CMD_A_CLOSE 'A'
      CMD_B_CLOSE 'B'

      If you keep sending a open or close command the controller will reply with these characters:
      POLL_A_OPENED 'x'
      POLL_B_OPENED 'y'
      POLL_A_CLOSED 'X'
      POLL_B_CLOSED 'Y'

      Heart beats with the newer version:
      STATUS_AB_OPEN '3'
      STATUS_A_OPEN '2'
      STATUS_B_OPEN '1'
      STATUS_AB_CLOSED '0'

      If you need I can email you a python program we used for testing. I also have a RTS2 ahe driver that you can check out here http://rts-2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rts-2/trunk/rts-2/src/dome/

      Look @ ahe.cpp and ahe.h

      If you need more help email me at lee.lorenzo@gmail.com Best of luck

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