System Architecture for Development and Supervision of Robotic Astronomical Telescope

Abstract

In this paper the novel control and communication scheme designed to ease the development and maintenance of the robotic astronomical telescope device is presented. The proposed solution allows the user to remotely access any signal in the controller of the telescope without imposing any additional overhead during telescope operation. The implemented scheme can be used by both an automated control system and human operators for easy supervision, control, and maintenance of the device.