Hemant Shukla (Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology ), Stephen Scott (Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology ), Simon Weaver (Principia College, IL )
Reference URL: http://ovro.caltech.edu/mm
We present the next generation array monitor and control software developed at CalTech's millimeter array at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO). The software is based on the client/server architecture and provides remote access for controlling, motoring and troubleshooting. The data from the array is stored in the shared memory area. The TCP/IP sockets establish client/server connections for displaying and updating data. The Java client uses graphical interface for data display and update. The server software is developed in C++ and runs on a machine running SVR4 UNIX at the host end. The client software provides access over the Web through Java supporting machine architectures and operating systems. Security algorithms are also implemented to authenticate remote access. The design of the software makes it easily portable to any other observatory with very little modification.