Data Acquisition and Control System for High-Performance Large-Area CCD Systems

摘要

Astronomical CCD systems based on second-generation DINACON controllers weredeveloped at the SAO RAS Advanced Design Laboratory more than seven years agoand since then have been in constant operation at the 6-meter and Zeiss-1000telescopes. Such systems use monolithic large-area CCDs. We describe thesoftware developed for the control of a family of large-area CCD systemsequipped with a DINACON-II controller. The software suite serves foracquisition, primary reduction, visualization, and storage of video data, andalso for the control, setup, and diagnostics of the CCD system.