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Temperature Control

 

The CASPIR detector array must be held accurately at its operating temperature  of 32 K. This is achieve by the use of a Lakeshore Cryotronics Model 330 temperature controller which is located on top of the Cassegrain Instrument Rack in the 2.3 m Nasmyth Lab. This controller can be configured through front panel controls, or via RS-232 commands. While the infrared control software is running, a subprocess continually monitors both the array temperature, which is actively servoed to a preset value, and a second temperature sensor attached to the camera body. These functions are controlled through the following DCL TEMPERATURE commands:





Kabal
Thu Jun 5 16:44:21 EST 1997