Transcript Video Switch GUI - Adaptive optics

By: Jennifer Liem
Internship: Textron
Mentors: Randy Goebbert,
Nathan Kimura,
Ross Matoi
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Introduction and key terms
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Background information
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Design
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Implementation
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Challenges
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Final Results
Stabilized
 High accuracy
 Optical
 Tracking
 System
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◦ A NAVSEA (Naval Sea Systems Command) telescope
used to track satellites, missiles, and other celestial
objects.
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 User
Datagram Packets
 Connectionless
Protocol
◦ email instead of phone call
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No error checking
◦ Faster data transmission
◦ Less bandwidth needed
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G – Graphical
U –User
I - Interface
An interface that allows the user to
interact with the computer using a
mouse.
 Tool
Command Language
◦ Easy string based scripting language
 Toolkit
◦ Used with TCL to create the Graphical
part of the user interface.
 Platform
independent.
◦ Build in Unix used in Windows
Implementation Design
 Build the GUI to given specifications.
 Connect all the devices together correctly
and test each component.
 Use the serial device server to reach video
control switch.
 Send commands to the video control switch
over network using UDP and confirm
results.
SHOTS
TELESCOPE
SYSTEM
Outputs
Video Control
Switch
Serial Device
Servers
Network
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Design Specifics:
◦ One input may have many outputs (Not vice
versa).
◦ Load in configuration and labels files
◦ Save current configuration to a file.
◦ Communicate with a Serial Device Server over
Ethernet.
◦ Display the current configuration in real time.
◦ Simplicity
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Unfamiliar with TCL/TK language in Linux
environment.
◦ Normally used csh in windows
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Networking
◦ Incorporating a networking feature into a program
◦ Working with UDP
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Sent out: “**Y<output#>,<input#>!!”
Receives:
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Hardware Problems
◦ Faulty cables
◦ Serial Device Servers
 Can only be fully configured using Internet Explorer (IE).
 Configurations have a tendency to change.
 Reboot about every 6 hours. (Loss of Connection)
SHOTS
TELESCOPE
SYSTEM
Inputs/
Outputs
Video Control
Switch
Serial Device
Servers
Network
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Was able to successfully communicate with the
server and switch.
Create the GUI with a few add-ons but still
meets the specifications.
Documentation for testing and setting up the
devices.
Serial Device Servers changed over to static IP.
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Akamai Workforce:
◦ Scott Seagroves, Lynne Raschke, Lisa Hunter, Lani Lebron, Mark Hoffman,
Dave Harrington, Ryan Montgomery, Isar Mostafanezhad, Mark Pitts,
Sara Sonnet.
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Textron Systems:
◦ Mentors: Randy Goebbert, Nathan Kimura, Ross Matoi
◦ Advisor: Don Ruffato
◦ Everyone at Textron
Funding By:
The Akamai Internship Program is funded by the Center for Adaptive Optics through
its National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center grant (#AST987683) and by grants to the Akamai Workforce Initiative from the National Science
Foundation and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (both administered by NSF,
#AST-0710699) and from the University of Hawaii