MONSOON Image Acquisition MONSOON Image Acquisition System ConfigurationSystem Configuration

““Managing complexity”Managing complexity”

Cerro Tololo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Inter-American ObservatoryObservatory

National Optical National Optical Astronomy Astronomy ObservatoryObservatory

G. Rahmer & P. C. MooreG. Rahmer & P. C. Moore

SOFTWARE

CFG FILE

VIDEO BOARD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

VIDEO BOARD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

How do we store configuration info for a system?

SOFTWARE

CFG FILE

VIDEO BOARD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

VIDEO BOARD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

SOFTWARE

CFG FILE

VIDEO BOARD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

VIDEO BOARD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

SOFTWARE

CFG FILE

VIDEO BOARD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

VIDEO BOARD #1

FUNCTIONS LIST

SOFTWARE

CFG FILE

VIDEO BOARD #N

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #N

CFG FILE

CLOCK BRD #N

FUNCTIONS LIST

VIDEO BOARD #N

FUNCTIONS LIST

How do we store configuration info for a complex system?

Our solution: Manage complexity in a STRUCTURED way

XML Web browser

The MONSOON Configuration Data Hierarchy

MONSOON ROOT

SYSTEM

SOFTW ARE

SUPERVISOR PAN FOCAL PLANE

DHE CHASSIS

DHE BOARD DHE BOARD TRANSITION

FUNCTIONS FUNCTIONS

COEFFICIENTS COEFFICIENTS

SIGNALSSIGNALS

SIGNALS

SIGNALSSIGNALS SIGNALS

SIGNALS

POW ER POW ER

SIGNALS

SIGNALS

COEFFICIENTS

SYSTEMSYSTEM

Logica l s ignal link

Phys ica l s ignal link

M NSN SOFTW AREM NSN TRANSITION

M NSN DHE BOARDM NSN DHE CHASSIS

M NSN PANM NSN FOCAL PLANE

M ONSOON DOCDESCRIPTOR

(DTD)

CONFIGURATIONGENERATOR

(XSL)

M ONSOON PPXCONFIGURATION FILES

DISPLAYTRANSLATOR

(XSL)

CONFIGURATIONVIEW ER

(W EB BROW SER)

M NSN TOOLBOX(JAVA - SERVLET)

M ONSOON FORM STEM PLATE (XM L)

XML

TOOLBOXTRANSLATOR

(XSL)

M NSN SUPERVISORM NSN SYSTEM

M ONSOON ROOT(XM L)

M ONSOON FORMDESCRIPTOR

(DTD)

The MONSOON Configuration Toolbox