Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software

Davide Ricci; Andrea Baruffolo; Bernardo Salasnich; Daniela Fantinel; Josefina Urrutia; Sergio Campana; Riccardo Claudi; Pietro Schipani; Matteo Aliverti; Sagi Ben-Ami; Federico Biondi; Anna Brucalassi; Giulio Capasso; Rosario Cosentino; Francesco D'Alessio; Paolo D'Avanzo; Oz Diner; Hanindyo Kuncarayakti; Matteo Munari; Adam Rubin; Salvo Scuderi; Fabrizio Vitali; Jani Achrén; José A. Araiza-Durán; Iair Arcavi; Andrea Bianco; Enrico Cappellaro; Mirko Colapietro; Massimo Della Valle; Sergio D'Orsi; Johan Fynbo; Avishay Gal-Yam; Matteo Genoni; Mika Hirvonen; Jari Kotilainen; Tarun Kumar; Marco Landoni; Jussi Lehti; Gianluca Li Causi; Luca Marafatto; Seppo Mattila; Giorgio Pariani; Giuliano Pignata; Michael Rappaport; Marco Riva; Stephen Smartt; Massimo Turatto; Ricardo Zánmar Sánchez

doi:10.1117/12.2310092

Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software

Davide Ricci, Andrea Baruffolo, Bernardo Salasnich, Daniela Fantinel, Josefina Urrutia, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Anna Brucalassi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Oz Diner, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Adam RubinSalvo Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José A. Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Bianco, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Sergio D'Orsi, Johan Fynbo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Mika Hirvonen, Jari Kotilainen, Tarun Kumar, Marco Landoni, Jussi Lehti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Marco Riva, Stephen Smartt, Massimo Turatto, Ricardo Zánmar Sánchez

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SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope, currently in the final design phase. The main instrument goal is to allow the characterization of transient sources based on alerts. It will cover from near-infrared to visible bands with a spectral resolution of R 1/4 4500 using two separate, wavelength-optimized spectrographs. A visible camera, primarily intended for target acquisition and secondary guiding, will also provide a scientific "light" imaging mode. In this paper we present the current status of the design of the SOXS instrument control software, which is in charge of controlling all instrument functions and detectors, coordinating the execution of exposures, and implementing all observation, calibration and maintenance procedures. Given the extensive experience of the SOXS consortium in the development of instruments for the VLT, we decided to base the design of the Control System on the same standards, both for hardware and software control. We illustrate the control network, the instrument functions and detectors to be controlled, the overall design of SOXS Instrument Software (INS) and its main components. Then, we provide details about the control software for the most SOXS-specific features: Control of the COTS-based imaging camera, the flexures compensation system and secondary guiding.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V
Editors	Juan C. Guzman, Jorge Ibsen
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781510619678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310092
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018
Event	Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 13 Jun 2018

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Series	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10707
ISSN	0277-786X

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Conference	Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/6/18 → 13/6/18

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ricci, D., Baruffolo, A., Salasnich, B., Fantinel, D., Urrutia, J., Campana, S., Claudi, R., Schipani, P., Aliverti, M., Ben-Ami, S., Biondi, F., Brucalassi, A., Capasso, G., Cosentino, R., D'Alessio, F., D'Avanzo, P., Diner, O., Kuncarayakti, H., Munari, M., ... Zánmar Sánchez, R. (2018). Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software. In J. C. Guzman, & J. Ibsen (Eds.), Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V Article 107071G SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310092

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Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software. / Ricci, Davide; Baruffolo, Andrea; Salasnich, Bernardo et al.
Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V. ed. / Juan C. Guzman; Jorge Ibsen. SPIE, 2018. 107071G (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 10707).

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