Abstract Details

Name: Debangana Sarkar
Affiliation: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Conference ID: ASI2021_569
Title : Real-time Weather Monitoring Software for MACE Gamma ray Telescope
Authors and Co-Authors : D Sarkar, N Chouhan, R Thubstan,S M Yusuf ; Astrophysical Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085
Abstract Type : Poster
Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques
Abstract : Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment (MACE) is a ground based gamma ray telescope setup at Hanle, Ladakh India. The telescope consists of various subsystems like Telescope Control Unit, Active Mirror Alignment System, Camera Electronics and Signal Processing System, MACE Operator Console, Weather Monitoring System (WMS), Sky Monitoring System etc. WMS comprises of Weather Station data logger which gives the details of the weather conditions at the observational site. WMS provides parameters which are are used as an interlock for telescope operation. The major challenge was to integrate the WMS hardware components with MACE Operator Console and monitoring of the weather data parameters like temperature, humidity ,wind speed etc, in real time. WMS Server software was designed and implemented to interact with the WMS hardware components and MACE OC. MACE OC sends commands for retrieving weather information and weather interlocks are checked before proceeding with observation. WMS Server Software sends weather data at 1min interval to MACE OC for continuous monitoring of the weather conditions. For real time monitoring of the weather data , GUI based Real-Time Data Analyzer is developed using QT. The data analyzer represents weather parameter visualization, calculates hourly average weather parameter variations of parameters. The Data Analyzer stores the data in SQL database for future data analysis. If provides a feature for populating the databases which is used to generate yearly and monthly minimum, maximum and average values of different weather parameters. The Server software and Data Analyzer are installed at telescope site and operational. In this paper we shall present the software design and implementation of the WMS Server software and QT based Real time weather data analyzer.