CCD-Server Software Documentation

When you are starting the CCD-Server program 'by hand' the source-environment variable is usually not properly set. Therefore I always create a link in $HOME to the various .s-files on each ccdXX computer.
For regular operations, where the CCD-Server program is started automatically (by the ccdservd meta-server), the startup-script defines the appropriate source-environment variable.

CCD-Server GUI

• IMACS
• B&C
• CAPS-Cam
• LDSS3
• MagE
• MIKE
• M2FS

IMACS

Syntax: imacserver [-h pixels] [-c color] [-X] [-o]

-h : font height in pixels (eg. '-h 18' uses a height of 18)

-X : no GUI (server) mode

-o : offline (data simulator)

-c : {2,4} selects f/2 or f/4 version (not yet implemented)

File : [menu] :

Reset : reset the DSP and upload its code

Help : show locations of the documentation in a dialog box

Exit : close GUI

Options : [menu] :

DataPath : set data (save) path

DewarStatus : open a window with CCD temperature(s) and dewar pressure

CCD-Voltages: open a window to set the CCD bias- and clock-voltages

Disk : [bar] : disk status

ExpTime

[edit] : set exposure time (seconds)

[output] : current time during exposure

Loops

[edit] : set (repeat) loop number

[output] : current loop number

ExpMode

[menu] :

• Auto : open during exposure
• Dark : keep shutter closed

[menu] : readout mode

• Full : full readout of selected chips
• Subraster : define subraster(s) for readout

Binning

[menu] : {1,2,3,4} readout binning factor for rows and columns

[icon] : chip selection

Start : [button] : start exposure (loop sequence)

File# : [edit] : next filename number

Pause : [button] : close shutter and pause exposure

Abort : [button] : abort readout and dump data

Shutter : [menu] : open/close shutter manually

Gain : [menu] : select {high,low} gain

CDST : [edit] : set pixel time

ClkDir : [menu] : set readout direction {right,left}

Message : [output] : server status messages

Boller & Chivens Spectrograph

Syntax: bncserver [-h pixels] [-X] [-o]

There is no '-c' (color) switch.

CAPS-Cam

Syntax: capserver [-h pixels] [-X] [-o]

There is no '-c' (color) switch.

ReadMode

[menu] :

• FF-only : full-frame only
• GW-only : guide-window only
• FF+GW : full-frame and guide-window readout

Shutter

[menu] :

• dark : keep shutter closed
• used : open shutter during exposure

GuideExp : [edit] : guide-window exposure time

[output] : current guide-window time during exposure

[output] : current guide-window exposure number

GuideGuo : [edit] : guide-window geometry [x y w h]

PixTime : [edit] : clocking parameter

State : [output] : system state flags

Hold_RLS : [edit] : clocking parameter

Hold_RR : [edit] : clocking parameter

LDSS3

Syntax: ldss3server [-h pixels] [-c color] [-X] [-o]

-c : {2,4} selects 2- or 4-output mode

MagE

Syntax: mageserver [-h pixels] [-c color] [-X] [-o]

There is no '-c' (color) switch.

MIKE

Syntax: mikeserver [-h pixels] [-c color] [-X] [-o]

-c : {red,blue} selects MIKE-red or MIKE-blue camera

OpAmp : [menu] : select op-amp {A,B}

Heater : [edit] : set heater value {1,200}

Temp : [output] : show CCD-temperature

M2FS

Syntax: pfserver [-h pixels] [-X] [-c #] [-o]

-c : {red,blue} selects the color

Meta-Server (ccdservd)

Location	ccdXX computer(s)	Instrument	Startup-Script(s)
Clay	ccd04, ccd05, ccd09	MIKE	~/MIKE/mike_red , ~/MIKE/mike_blue
Clay	ccd04, ccd05, ccd09	M2FS	~/M2FS/m2fs_R , ~/M2FS/m2fs_B
Clay	ccd04, ccd05	LDSS3 (OCIW/retired)	~/LDSS3/ldss3_server
Baade	ccd03	MagE	~/MAGE/mage_server
Baade	ccd03, ccd07, ccd08	IMACS	~/IMACS/imacs_long, ~/IMACS/imacs_short
duPont	ccd10, ccd11	CAPS-Cam	~/CAPS/caps_server
duPont	ccd10, ccd11	B&C	~/BNC/bnc_server
duPont	ccd10, ccd11	Direct / Echelle / WFCCD	~/CCD/ccd_server
Swope	ccd12, ccd13	4Kx4K	~/CCD/ccd_server

This is an example startup-script (ldss3_server):

#!/bin/sh
export LDSS3HOME; LDSS3HOME=$HOME/LDSS3
export LDSS3SRC;  LDSS3SRC=$LDSS3HOME/src
export LDSS3BIN;  LDSS3BIN=$LDSS3HOME/src
cd $LDSS3BIN
./ldss3server -o -X >& /dev/null &

su birk -c /home/birk/CCDSERVD/ccdservd.sh 

#!/bin/sh
cd $HOME/CCDSERVD
./ccdservd >& /dev/null &

Setting Up a New ccdXX Computer

• Install Fedora-8
• disable/stop all services that are not necessary
• ensure no crontab (or similar) jobs are scheduled (root)
• setup the firewall
• create ccdlab and birk accounts
• setup /etc/rc.local