NGAO Control Systems Group
Status, Plans & Issues
NGAO Team Meeting
August 19, 2008
Erik Johansson
Jimmy Johnson, Doug Morrison, Ed Wetherell
Controls Team
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Erik Johansson (Lead)
Jimmy Johnson (Technologist)
Ed Wetherell (Electronics)
Doug Morrison (Software)
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Status
• Held Controls Team kickoff meeting on 8/5.
• Set up Controls Team Twiki page:
– Keck/NGAO Web > ControlsSystems
• Most of team not available until start of FY-09
– Currently updating schedule based on availability
– Shuffling tasks to continue progress in remainder of FY-08
• Working on interpreting the WBS entries and determining the
required (optimum) deliverables for the major tasks:
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Requirements: OCD, SRD, FRD
Overall Controls Architecture
Overall SW architecture
MCS, UI, AO controls, Laser controls architectures
• Initial discussions with Jimmy Johnson and Doug Morrison
regarding SW framework options for NGAO controls.
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Plans
• Intro to AO presentation for controls team, 8/28
• Controls Team meeting, 8/29, to discuss:
– NGAO WBS
– Project assignments
– Goals and deliverables for the PD phase
• Work with Peter to update the schedule
• Little work on NGAO for next 2-3 weeks due to higher priority work
on K1 LGS
• Continue in Sep with work on:
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Operational Concept Documents
Updating Requirements
Change control document
SW and Component standards documents
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Issues
• Concerns regarding the cost cap and associated re-plans:
– Impractical to design to every possible scenario
– Need some kind of baseline from which to proceed
– Need entire NGAO team on the same page
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