Hardware supported by RTS2
This is list of devices supported by RTS2. Support is intended primary for Linux. Please contact us for details of device support.
Mounts
EPICS based mounts, particularly CAHA 1.23m (driver is close-source, EPICS connection is public)
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Millennium Mount with Dynostar X3
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MDM custom protocol (read-only for telescope movement; close-source)
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Johnson 1.5m UNAM (proprietary bridge)
Customs drivers, including modelling capability
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Any telescope supported with INDI protocol (with rts2-teld-indi-bridge)
CCDs
Full range of the
SBIG parallel and USB port cameras<
All Starlight Linux minidriver based cameras (Starlight XPress, FLIcam, cookbook..)
Apogee cameras, including ALTA family (most probably only with patched drivers - instructions are provided)
FLI cameras supported with libfli
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custom CCDs controlled with EDT board
CAHA-MPIA?? range of CCDs
ARC / Leach controlled CCDs (version 1.7 and 2.0 of the
API)
MI CCD Moravian Instruments CCDs
some Webcams with
V4L driver
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GigE cameras (closed source, available through
ProjectSoft)
Focusers
Filter wheels
Field rotators
Photomultipliers
Mirrors
Dome controllers
Cupola controllers
Meteo stations
All meteo stations supported with
Meteo package (Davis Vantage,..)
All meteo stations which can transmit to RTS2 UDP packets (as does one at the
Pierre-Auger site)
Comedi supported data acquisition boards
Cloud and rain sensors
Custom OpenSource MRAKOMĚR series cloud sensors
MRAKOMĚR 3 and
MRAKOMĚR 4.1 its sold by
UST in theirs
e-shop. MRAKOMĚR is suitable for hard weather conditions.
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Boltwood Cloud Sensor II
UPS
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All UPS supported by
APC UPSD (but if you can, avoid it and use NUT)
Sensors, special devices
Cryocoon cryogenic controller
Keithley (pico)ampermeters (various models)
Phytron stepper motors
Aerotech arm (A3200)
MS257 monochromator
MS260 monochromator (and probably other Newport / Oriel models)
DS21 stepper motor
Newport light source
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Lakeshore cryogenic controller (325, 330, 340)
TRIAX Series (Jobin Yvon/Horiba) monochromator
Newport MM2500 stepper controller
Rotronic MOK-WIN/ HygroWin humidity and temperature sensor
ThorLabs laser source
NI Motion based PCI stepper motor controllers (NI 7332 with MID-7604 is tested)
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HP Agilent E3631A tripower supply
Zolix OmniLambda 150
ThorLabs PM100D photodiode