MTRotator#

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Commands#

configureAcceleration#

Description: Specify a new maximum acceleration.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_configureAcceleration

alimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s2

Description: acceleration limit

configureEmergencyAcceleration#

Description: Specify a new emergency maximum acceleration. This is for the test/tuning purpose only. Remove this after the tuning is done.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_configureEmergencyAcceleration

alimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s2

Description: acceleration limit

configureEmergencyJerk#

Description: Specify a new emergency maximum jerk. This is for the test/tuning purpose only. Remove this after the tuning is done.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_configureEmergencyJerk

jlimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s3

Description: jerk limit

configureJerk#

Description: Specify a new maximum jerk. This is for the test/tuning purpose only. Remove this after the tuning is done.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_configureJerk

jlimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s3

Description: jerk limit

configureVelocity#

Description: Specify a new maximum velocity.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_configureVelocity

vlimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s

Description: Velocity limit

fault#

Description: Stop the rotator and send the system to the FAULT state. This is primarily for testing the low-level controller’s fault command.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_fault

move#

Description: Move to a specified position.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_move

position#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Desired position.

stop#

Description: Stop the MTRotator and go to enabled substate Stationary.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_stop

track#

Description: Specify the target position and velocity, in slewing/tracking mode. Call the trackStart command to enter this mode.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_track

angle#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Desired position at the time specified by “tai”.

velocity#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Desired velocity at the time specified by “tai”.

tai#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: TAI time of the “position” and “velocity” fields.

trackStart#

Description: Enter slewing/tracking mode (go to enabled substate SlewingOrTracking). Then specify the target path with a series of “track” commands. Finally, issue the “stop” command to end tracking/slewing.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_command_trackStart

disable#

Description: Transition from state Enabled to Disabled.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_disable

Category:

csc

enable#

Description: Transition from state Disabled to Enabled.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_enable

Category:

csc

exitControl#

Description: Transition from state Standby to Offline. Most CSCs will quit, but CSCs that support the enterControl command will keep running.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_exitControl

Category:

csc

setAuthList#

Description: Specify who can command this CSC.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_setAuthList

Category:

csc

authorizedUsers#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of authorized users currently allowed to command this CSC,

in the form user@host. If the first character is +/- then the specified users are added/removed. Duplicates are silently ignored. The CSC’s own user@host is silently ignored, because it is always authorized. For removal, CSCs that are not in the list are silently ignored. Whitespace is allowed after the optional initial +/- and after each comma.

nonAuthorizedCSCs#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of CSC’s not currently allowed to command this CSC,

in the form name[:index]. An index of 0 is stripped (name:0 becomes name). If the first character is +/- then the specified CSCs are added/removed. Duplicates are silently ignored. For removal, CSCs that are not in the list are silently ignored. Whitespace is allowed after the optional initial +/- and after each comma.

setLogLevel#

Description: Set the logging level.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_setLogLevel

Category:

csc

level#

IDL_Type:

int

Units:

unitless

Description: Logging level, as a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

subsystem#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: If this CSC itself has sub-ordinate components, they may be listed here. An empty string means the setting applies to all such sub-ordinate components, or just to this CSC itself.

standby#

Description: Transition from state Offline/Available, Disabled or Fault to Standby.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_standby

Category:

csc

start#

Description: Transition from state Standby to Disable, in a specified configuration.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_command_start

Category:

csc

configurationOverride#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description:

Configuration override in the form [{name}][:{version}]. For salobj-based CSCs: name is a filename with “.yaml” suffix and version is a git hash; for example:

  • “foo.yaml” specifies just a file. Two or three config files are loaded: “_init.yaml”, “_{site}.yaml” (if present), and “foo.yaml”.

  • “:37bf936” specifies just a git hash. One or two config files are loaded from the specified git commit: “_init.yaml” and “_{site}.yaml” (if present.

  • “bar.yaml:HEAD~2” specifies both a file and a git hash. Two or three config files are read from the specified git commit: “_init.yaml”, “_{site}.yaml” (if present), and “bar.yaml”.

Enumerations#

ControllerState:
  • Standby=0

  • Disabled=1

  • Enabled=2

  • Offline=3

  • Fault=4

OfflineSubstate:
  • PublishOnly=0

  • Available=1

EnabledSubstate:
  • Stationary=0

  • MovingPointToPoint=1

  • SlewingOrTracking=2

  • ControlledStopping=3

  • Initializing=4

  • Relative=5

  • ConstantVelocity=6

FaultSubstate:
  • NoError=0

  • EmergencyStopping=1

  • WaitClearError=2

ApplicationStatus:
  • EUI_CONNECTED = 0x4

  • COMMAND_REJECTED = 0x20

  • SAFETY_INTERLOCK = 0x40

  • EXTEND_LIMIT_SWITCH = 0x80

  • RETRACT_LIMIT_SWITCH = 0x100

  • ETHERCAT_PROBLEM = 0x200

  • DDS_COMMAND_SOURCE = 0x400

  • DDS_CONNECTED = 0x1000

  • DRIVE_FAULT = 0x2000

  • SIMULINK_FAULT = 0x4000

  • ENCODER_FAULT = 0x8000

ErrorCode:
  • CONTROLLER_FAULT

  • CONNECTION_LOST

  • NO_CONFIG

Events#

commandableByDDS#

Description: Can the CSC can control the MTRotator?

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_commandableByDDS

state#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: If true the CSC can control the MTRotator; else the Engineering User Interface has control.

configuration#

Description: MTRotator configuration.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_configuration

positionAngleLowerLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Minimum position.

positionAngleUpperLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Maximum position.

velocityLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s

Description: Maximum velocity.

accelerationLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s2

Description: Maximum acceleration.

emergencyAccelerationLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s2

Description: Maximum acceleration for emergency stops.

emergencyJerkLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s3

Description: Maximum jerk for emergency stops.

positionErrorThreshold#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Difference between commanded and actual position that may trigger a slew.

followingErrorThreshold#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Difference between commanded and actual position that triggers a following error fault.

trackingSuccessPositionThreshold#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Difference between commanded and actual position that triggers a tracklost event.

trackingLostTimeout#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

s

Description: Maximum interval between “track” commands before a tracklost event.

disableLimitMaxTime#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: Maximum time that one can disable position limit checking.

maxConfigurableVelocityLimit#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/s

Description: Maximum value that can be specified for velocityLimit, using the “configureVelocity” command or the EUI.

drivesEnabled#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Drives are enabled or not.

connected#

Description: State of TCP/IP connection to the low level controller.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_connected

connected#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Is the socket connected (true=yes, false=no)?

controllerState#

Description: State reported by the low level controller. All values except applicationStatus are 1 greater than those reported by the controller for temporary and historical reasons.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_controllerState

controllerState#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Basic state. A ControllerState enumeration value. The state names and meanings are the same as standard CSC summaryState, but the numeric values are ordered differently. We report the controller state in addition to summaryState because we need to report a summaryState even when the controller is not connected, and to aid diagnostics, e.g. in case the controller reports an unrecognized state.

faultSubstate#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Substate in FAULT mode. A FaultSubstate enumeration value.

enabledSubstate#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Substate in ENABLED mode. An EnabledSubstate enumeration value.

applicationStatus#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Application state. A bitmask of ApplicationStatus enumeration values.

inPosition#

Description: Is the rotator in position?

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_inPosition

inPosition#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: True if the rotator is in position, false otherwise.

interlock#

Description: Safety interlock engaged (preventing motion) or disengaged.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_interlock

engaged#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Is the interlock engaged (true) or not (false)?

target#

Description: Commanded target position, velocity and time.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_target

position#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Target position at the time specified by “tai”.

velocity#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Target velocity at the time specified by “tai”.

tai#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: TAI time of the “position” and “velocity” fields.

tracking#

Description: Specify whether the MTRotator is tracking.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_logevent_tracking

tracking#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Is the rotator tracking accurately? The value of Flags_trackingSuccess from the low-level controller.

lost#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Is the rotator doing badly at tracking? This uses a different algorithm than “tracking”. The value of Flags_trackingLost from the low-level controller.

noNewCommand#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: No new tracking command was received in time; tracking fails. The value of Flags_noNewTrackCmdError from the low-level controller.

authList#

Description: Who can command this CSC.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_authList

Category:

csc

authorizedUsers#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of authorized users currently allowed to command this CSC.

nonAuthorizedCSCs#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of CSC’s not currently allowed to command this CSC.

clockOffset#

Description: Clock error between a low-level controller and its CSC. Only relevant to CSCs that control a single low-level controller.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_clockOffset

offset#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: Low-level controller time - CSC time. For most CSCs this is only accurate to 0.01 seconds or so, and thus is only intended to detect gross error.

configurationApplied#

Description: Information about this CSC’s current configuration overrides.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_configurationApplied

Category:

configurable

configurations#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: A comma-separated list of configurations applied. If configuration comes from a clone of a git repo, or similar directory, then it will be a list of file names, without the file extension. Ignore whitespace after commas.

version#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Version of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo it will be a git hash.

url#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: URL of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo this will be a file URL. For a database it will be a standard database URL. This should always match the same-named field in configurationsAvailable.

schemaVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Version of config schema used by this CSC. For a configuration git repo, this is the name of a folder in the config package, and is typically something like “v1”. This should always match the same-named field in configurationsAvailable.

otherInfo#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: A comma-separated list of event topics (without the logevent prefix) used to publish the entire set of configuration parameters loaded by this CSC, and any other pertinent information. Ignore whitespace after commas.

configurationsAvailable#

Description: Available configuration overrides for this CSC.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_configurationsAvailable

Category:

configurable

overrides#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Available overrides as a comma-separated list. Each entry is a possible value of the configurationOverride field of the start command. Ignore whitespace after commas.

version#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Version of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo it will be a git hash.

url#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: URL of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo this will be a file URL. For a database it will be a standard database URL.

schemaVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Version of config schema used by this CSC. For a configuration git repo, this is the name of a folder in the config package, and is typically something like “v1”.

errorCode#

Description: Output when this CSC goes into the Fault state as an explanation of the problem.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_errorCode

Category:

csc

errorCode#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: A numeric error code.

errorReport#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: An string providing detailed information about the error.

traceback#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: An optional stack trace of the error condition.

heartbeat#

Description: Event output at regular intervals (typcally once per second) to show that the SAL component is alive.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_heartbeat

Category:

mandatory

heartbeat#

IDL_Type:

boolean

Units:

unitless

Description: Deprecated field that you should ignore.

logLevel#

Description: Current logging level.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_logLevel

Category:

mandatory

level#

IDL_Type:

int

Units:

unitless

Description: Current logging level, a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

subsystem#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: If this CSC itself has sub-ordinate components, they may be listed here. An empty string means the setting applies to all such sub-ordinate components, or just to this CSC itself.

logMessage#

Description: A log message.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_logMessage

Category:

mandatory

name#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Log name.

level#

IDL_Type:

int

Units:

unitless

Description: Message level, a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

message#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Log message.

traceback#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Exception traceback; “” if not an exception.

filePath#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Path to source file.

functionName#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: Function or method name.

lineNumber#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Line number in the file specified by filePath.

process#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: Process ID.

timestamp#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: The time at which the condition being reported was observed (TAI unix seconds). 0 if unspecified.

simulationMode#

Description: Current simulation mode.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_simulationMode

Category:

csc

mode#

IDL_Type:

int

Units:

unitless

Description: Current simulation mode; 0 for normal operation (no simulation); other supported values are specific to each CSC.

softwareVersions#

Description: Current versions of software in use by CSC.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_softwareVersions

Category:

mandatory

salVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

IDL_Size:

256

Units:

unitless

Description: This is the current version of SAL generation.

xmlVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

IDL_Size:

256

Units:

unitless

Description: This is the current version of CSC XML.

openSpliceVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

IDL_Size:

256

Units:

unitless

Description: This is the current version of OpenSplice.

cscVersion#

IDL_Type:

string

IDL_Size:

256

Units:

unitless

Description: The software version of this CSC.

subsystemVersions#

IDL_Type:

string

Units:

unitless

Description: A comma delimited list of key=value pairs relating subsystem name (key) to its version number (value). This may be left blank if there are no subsystems within this CSC.

summaryState#

Description: Current summary state of this CSC.

EFDB_Topic:

SALGeneric_logevent_summaryState

Category:

csc

summaryState#

IDL_Type:

long

Units:

unitless

Description: High level state machine state identifier.

Telemetry#

ccwFollowingError#

Description: Camera cable wrap following error.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_ccwFollowingError

positionError#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Rotator actual position - camera cable wrap actual position.

velocityError#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator actual velocity - camera cable wrap actual velocity.

timestamp#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: The time at which the rotation telemetry was measured (TAI, unix seconds).

The CCW position is extrapolated to this time.

electrical#

Description: Rotator drive/electrical information.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_electrical

copleyStatusWordDrive#

IDL_Type:

unsigned short

Units:

unitless

Count:

2

Description: Copley drive status word (0x6041).

copleyLatchingFaultStatus#

IDL_Type:

unsigned short

Units:

unitless

Count:

2

Description: Copley latching fault status register (0x2183).

copleyFaultStatus#

IDL_Type:

unsigned int

Units:

unitless

Count:

2

Description: Copley sticky amplifier event status register (0x2180).

motors#

Description: Data about the two rotator motors, in order A, B

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_motors

raw#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

unitless

Count:

2

Description: Motor encoder readings in raw counts.

torque#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

N m

Count:

2

Description: Motor torque.

current#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

A

Count:

2

Description: Motor current.

busVoltage#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

V

Description: Bus voltage for the pair of motors.

rotation#

Description: Demand and actual rotator position and velocity.

EFDB_Topic:

MTRotator_rotation

demandPosition#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Rotator position computed by the path generator.

demandVelocity#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator velocity computed by the path generator.

demandAcceleration#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator acceleration computed by the path generator.

actualPosition#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Rotator position computed from the encoders.

actualVelocity#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator velocity computed from the two linear encoders. Warning: not yet trustworthy.

debugActualVelocityA#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator velocity computed from linear encoder A. Warning: this field is purely for debugging the low-level controller. Do not rely on it.

debugActualVelocityB#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg/second

Description: Rotator velocity computed from linear encoder B. Warning: this field is purely for debugging the low-level controller. Do not rely on it.

odometer#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

deg

Description: Cumulative distance the rotator has traveled.

timestamp#

IDL_Type:

double

Units:

second

Description: Time at which telemetry was obtained. Will not be fully accurate until DM-26382 is implemented and the CSC updated to use it.