This is a version of LSR AstroCam Pixcel modified for driving infrared astronomical instruments based on Rockwell Hawaii and Picnic MCT arrays using the LSR Astrocam 4100 CCD controller
The hardware and software is installed as desccribed in the LSR Astrocam documentation. The enclosed changed files are then copied over the top of the normal distribution.
A change to the registry selects the particular instrument.
Instrument | Value |
Testing and default | 0 |
CIRSI | 4 |
COHSI | 5 |
UFTI | 6 |
Most of the functions normally required at the telescope are on
a new control panel called INFRARED next to the current
CAMERA and SEQUENCE controls. The existing controls
still work and allow expert users to adjust parameters such as
the readout rate and gain.
The operation of the camera has been designed to reduce errors
at the telescope. The settings which need changing during an observing
run are all collected together on the single control. Other parameters
which can be changed to adjust to different observing schemes
or local operations are altered by editing the configuration file.