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Remote Control of Astronomical Instruments via the Internet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Michael C.B. Ashley
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia. mcba@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au
Paul W. Brooks
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia. mcba@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au
James P. Lloyd
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Extract

A software package called ERIC is described that provides a framework for allowing scientific instruments to be remotely controlled via the Internet. The package has been used to control four diverse astronomical instruments, and is now being made freely available to the community. For a description of ERIC’s capabilities, and how to obtain a copy, see the conclusion to this paper.

Type
The First JACARA International Antarctic Astronomy Meeting
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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