PiMan: system manager for "Pi of the Sky" experiment

Mikolaj Cwiok; Lech Mankiewicz; Krzysztof Nawrocki; Marcin Sokolowski; Grzegorz Wrochna

doi:10.1117/12.674907

26 April 2006 PiMan: system manager for "Pi of the Sky" experiment

Mikolaj Cwiok, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Marcin Sokolowski, Grzegorz Wrochna

Proceedings Volume 6159, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV; 61590M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674907
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV, 2005, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

This paper describes PiMan, a CORBA based system manager of the "Pi of the Sky" experiment. The "Pi of the Sky" experiment, located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile searches for rapidly changing optical objects such as Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB). The system is composed of two CCD cameras located on paralactic mount and operated by a PC, equipped with the dedicated software. The software, divided into modules that correspond to hardware or logical components, controls all aspects of data collection and on-line data analysis. The PiMan assures communication between modules, coordinates their behavior and gives possibility to operate the system automatically and to control it remotely over low bandwidth and unstable link.

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Mikolaj Cwiok, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Marcin Sokolowski, and Grzegorz Wrochna "PiMan: system manager for "Pi of the Sky" experiment", Proc. SPIE 6159, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments IV, 61590M (26 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674907

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