@inproceedings{713b37c0c656402698bd078f21ac4b4c,
title = "MAVIS instrument control software: Toward the preliminary design",
abstract = "The MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph (MAVIS) is a new instrument being built for the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). It will operate at the Nasmyth focus of {"}UT4{"}telescope and it is composed of two main parts: a Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) module and two post focal scientific channels, an imager and an integral field spectrograph, both operating in the visible spectrum. The project is approaching the final steps of the preliminary design phase and it is expected to have the first light in 2027. We present the status of the Instrument Control Software (ICSS). In particular, we focus on the software architecture and the interaction between ICSS and real-time computer (RTC), telescope control system (TCS) and VLT Laser Guide Stars Facility (4LGSF). Besides the complexity of the instrument, we present a software architecture that is simple and still maintains modularity, guaranteeing the overall functionality of the instrument.",
keywords = "ELT, VLT, control software, instrument, interfaces, software architecture",
author = "E. Costa and B. Salasnich and A. Baruffolo and M. Colapietro and N. Doucet and D. Fantinel and A. Puglisi and F. Rigaut and F. Rossi and S. Savarese and P. Schipani",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII 2022 ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 21-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2629785",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jorge Ibsen and Gianluca Chiozzi",
booktitle = "Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII",
address = "United States",
}