Telescope Control System
for the OVRO 40-m and 5.5-m antennas

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Contents

1. Introduction
   • Owens Valley Radio Observatory
   • 40-m Antenna
     • Surface Accuracy and Efficiency
     • Drive Performance
   • 5.5-m Antenna

2. User Interface Program
   • Computer Hardware
   • Software Organization
     • Terminal Interface Program (TIP)
     • Command and Control Program (CCP)
     • Satellite Program (SAT)
   • Starting Up
   • Command Syntax
     • Argument Types
     • Time and Angle Specification
   • Using Schedules
   • Using Source Catalogs
     • Display of currently loaded catalogs
     • The format of catalog entries
     • The format of planetary ephemerides
     • Checking individual entries
   • Control and Monitor Modes
   • Saving and Restoring the State of the UIP

3. Command Vocabulary

4. Radiometry Procedures
   • AVERAGE
   • CAL
   • DUMP
   • FINDFOCUS
   • FLUX
   • POINT
   • SCAN
   • SKYDIP
   • TSTP
   • TSYS
   • ZERO_LEVEL

5. Experiment Setup
   • Introduction
   • Antenna Pointing
   • Focus
   • Offsets
   • Choosing a Source
   • Receiver and Backend
   • Radiometry Setup
   • Miscellaneous Setup
   • Example

6. File Locations
   • Log and Monitor Files
   • Schedule Files
   • Program Files
   • Source Code

7. Digital Serial Link

8. OVCM Recovery Plan