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An Overview of the SUSI Control System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. A. Minard
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
A. J. Booth
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
W. J. Tango
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
T. Ten Brummelaar
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
H. Bennis
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
S. M. Owens
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Dept, School of Physics, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia

Abstract

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The SUSI control system is a distributed real-time system currently consisting of 17 processors. A custom real-time operating system and network protocols ensure synchronous operation of servo loops across multiple processors.

Type
Instrumentation and Techniques
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

References

Davis, J., Tango, W. J., Booth, A. J., Minard, R. A., ten Bummelaar, T. and Shobbrook, R.R.: 1992, ‘An Update on SUSI’, To appear in Proceedings of ESO Conference on High Angular Resolution in Astronomy.Google Scholar