NIRSPEC Mechanism GUI

NIRSPEC Mechanism GUI

This GUI is meant to give a realtime view of the current state of all the NIRSPEC mechanisms. While the mechanisms can be manipulated from this GUI manually, the instrument configuration is usually done from the EFS GUI.

NIRSPEC Motor States

Spectrometer Control

Hatch (Open, Closed):
Light coming in from the telescope (Open)
Fold Mirror (In, Out):
Directs light from the Cal Unit into the instrument and blocks light from the telescope (In)
Rotator (physical angle):
NIRSPEC internal image rotator
Filter:
Science filter selection to match appropriate wavelength coverage
Slit:
Slit selection
EC Grating (angle):
Echelle Angle setting
XD Grating (angle):
Cross Disperser Grating setting

Calibration Unit Control

FEU flip (In, Out):
Allows light from the Cal unit to Bipass the FEU light path (In)
Pinhole (In, Out):
Puts a pinhole in the Cal unit unit beam to simulate a point source (In)

Slit Camera Control

Filter:
SCAM filter selection (default=Shortpass)
Last modified: 01/01/2021 04:16
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