Operation of the MagAO-X instrument

The MagAO-X instrument has (at last count) several thousand controllable degrees of freedom, three computers, and dozens of processes. To manage that complexity, we have the guides and tools detailed herein.

Good starting points include the startup guide and the troubleshooting guide. Useful tools include xctrl, cursesINDI, and logdump.

Viewing camera output and DM input (really, any shared memory image) uses rtimv, which is documented in its own User Guide.

• System Startup
  • System Powerup
  • Software Startup
  • GUI Setup
• Daily Startup
• CACAO Setup
  • Terminal Interface Setup
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High-order Loop
  • Low-order T/T Loop
• Daily Shutdown
  • Lunch Break
  • Minimal shutdown
  • Standard Daily Shutdown
• System Shutdown
  • ICC and RTC Shutdown
  • Total Shutdown (for packing, etc.)
  • AOC Shutdown
• Alignment
  • System Pupil Alignment
  • Coronagraph Alignment
• Telemetry and Data Dashboard
  • Usage
• Creating a new MagAO-X app with Python
  • Creating the app
  • Defining configurable properties
  • Tell the build system about your app
  • Plumbing the device processs into MagAO-X
  • Starting your device
  • Hacking on your device
  • Logging to console and disk
• GUIs & TUIs
  • cursesINDI
  • Web GUI
  • Cameras
• Utilities
  • xctrl
  • lookyloo
  • logdump
  • getINDI
  • setINDI
  • evalINDI
  • indiserver
  • The Eye Doctor
  • Focus Diversity Phase Retrieval (and correction)
  • Shared Memory Transfer
• Applications
  • Overview
  • Cameras
  • Deformable mirrors
  • Stages and filter wheels
  • Networking
  • Power control devices