SLR station Riga software upgrade

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SLR station Riga software upgrade

• K.Salminsh
• Institute of Astronomy University of
  Latviakalvis_at_lanet.lv

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Software subsystems

• RT Telescope control
• Event timer RT 2006
• Data management, postprocessing, predictions

15th International Laser Ranging Workshop. 15-20
October 2006, Canberra, Australia
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Why upgrade?

• New data formats e.g. CPF, CRD
• Current workflow involves too much manual
  operations
• No network support
• Maintenance issues

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Key elements

• Based on existing SLR data processing software
• RDBMS for data storage
• XML based formats for the ranging data
• Remote access capability
• Multitier application architecture

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Software organization
CPFdownload
SatComp II
Meteo
DB
SLRS Monitor
Laser
Tracking log
WWW SLRS monitor
Additionalparameters
Range bias reports
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Station monitor
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Prediction generation
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Data postprocessing
RTS 2006
Amplitude correction
Calibration
EDF
Postprocessing
CRD
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kHz ranging support(SatComp 2k)

• Data size
• Compression reduces 40
• Data offloading from database to the external
  storage

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Additional features

• Automatic error reporting
• Internal tests