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.

• Startup
  • System Powerup
  • Software Startup
  • GUI Setup
  • Preparing For Operation
• System shutdown
  • Minimal shutdown
  • Standard Shutdown
  • Total Shutdown (for packing, etc.)
• Alignment
  • System Pupil Alignment
  • Coronagraph Alignment
• GUIs
  • Cameras
• Utilities
  • xctrl
  • lookyloo
  • logdump
  • cursesINDI
  • getINDI
  • setINDI
  • evalINDI
  • indiserver
  • The Eye Doctor
  • Focus Diversity Phase Retrieval (and correction)
• Applications
  • Overview
  • Cameras
  • Deformable mirrors
  • Stages and filter wheels
  • Networking
  • Power control devices
• A Beginner’s Guide to Using MagAOX
  • A Bit of Book-Keeping
  • Getting Started
  • The DMs
  • Now the Tip/Tilt mirrors
  • Filter Wheels, Final Power ups, and Final Checks
  • Now Align the System
  • Now align the WFS
  • Now for Cacao-ing
  • Getting a Response Matrix:
  • Closing the Loop!
  • Preparing camsci1 for images
  • To do stuff in Python
  • Safe Shutdown!