This document contains user notes for the control software for 8k/WFI.
A PostScript version of this document is available as 8k.ps (or compressed using gzip: 8k.ps.gz). A rtf version of this document (compatible with many word processors) is available as 8k.rtf. An acrobat (pdf) version of this document is available as 8k.pdf.
Software integration and customization was carried out by Hubert Yamada (yamada@ifa.hawaii.edu). Please direct all requests for software support to this address.
Detcom and director of developed and maintained by Sidik Isani at The Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, who is now at the University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy.
The original wfi program for the control of the filter wheel and shutter were written by Yanko Inanov.
Additional code was taken from various software written by Andrew Pickles.
This document was written by Hubert Yamada (Home page http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/, e-mail yamada@ifa.hawaii.edu) for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.
The most recent version of this document may be found at http://ccd.ifa.hawaii.edu/8k/
The 8k/WFI control software consists of a pair of programs, called detcom and director which were developed by Sidik Isani. The software has been supplemented by some additional programs in order to control the filter wheel and shutter of the Wide Field Imager (WFI) and to provide telescope control and telescope information.
Detcom and director are documented elsewhere (at http://software.cfht.hawaii.edu/de tcom/). This document will not attempt to duplicate that material. This document is not a tutorial. Instead, it will give a brief description of the commands that are most useful to the normal observer, with more detailed descriptions of commands that are specific to 8k/WFI at the UH 2.2m Telescope. It also provides brief answers to some frequently asked questions.
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