The INO340 stands for Iranian National Observatory, which is an Alt-Az reflecting optical telescope with 3.4m main
mirror diameter. At the moment, the conceptual design of telescope control system (TCS) has been finished and the
detailed design is developing. Distributed control system configuration has been selected for the architecture of TCS
design. TCS is responsible for the control of the telescope structure with its mirrors including 3 major subsystems:
TCSS, MCS and AOS. All subsystems of TCS are designed with an adequate safety subsystem. This paper presents the
TCS architecture of INOCS, and then it focuses on the requirements and the major functionalities of MCS. We provide
different analysis of MCS using related parameters such as wind effect, encoder resolution and etc. Based on the
simulation results the optimum sets of parameters and functions of different modules are concluded. The Alt balancing
and mirror cover sub-systems are also briefly presented. Finally, we present the evaluation results of MCS design based
on the pre-defined telescope requirements.
The Iranian National Observatory telescope (INO340) is a 3.4m Alt-Az reflecting optical telescope under design and development. It is f/11 Ritchey-Chretien with a 0.3° field-of-view. INO340 telescope control system utilizes a distributed control system paradigm that includes four major systems: Telescope Control System (TCS), Observation System Supervisor (OSS), Interlock System (ILS) and Observatory Monitoring System (OMS). The control system software also employs 3-tiered hierarchical architecture. In this paper, after presenting the fundamental concepts and operations of the INO340 control system, we propose the distributed control system software architecture including technical and functional architecture, middleware and infrastructure design and finally the software development process.
In order to meet high image quality requirements of the INO340 telescope, one of the significant issues is the design and
development of the Telescope Control System (TCS) architecture. The architecture of TCS is designed based on
distributed control system configuration, which consists of four major subsystems: Telescope Control System supervisor
(TCSS), Dome Control System (DCS), Mount Control System (MCS), and Active Optic System (AOS). Another system
which plays important role in the hardware architecture is Interlock System (ILS), which is responsible for safety of
staff, telescope and data. ILS architecture is also designed, using distributed system method based on the fail-safe PLCs.
All subsystems of TCS are designed with an adequate safety subsystem, which are responsible for the safety of the
subsystem and communicates through reliable lines with the main controller, placed in control room. In this paper, we
explain the innovative architecture of Telescope Control System together with Interlock System and in brief show the
interface control issues between different subsystems.
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