introducing the astronomical digital video system...
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Introducing the Astronomical Digital Video System
(ADVS) Tony Barry, Dave Gault, and Hristo Pavlov
WSAAG and IOTA
Presented to Lucky Star Kick-Off Meeting Workshop 18th - 19th April 2016
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Introduction
Dave Gault ADVS Quality Assurance
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Typical Video Occultation Observing Equipment
The tortured signal path
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The search for a more efficient Signal Path and better Signal/Noise
Creation of; The Working Group on Scientific Video Astronomy Tony Barry, Dave Gault and Hristo Pavlov First meeting Easter Monday, 25th April 2011
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Selecting and developing the equipment
Tony Barry ADVS Hardware
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Creating ADVR and Data Reduction Software
Hristo Pavlov ADVS Software
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ADV File Format
HEADER DATA SECTIONS DEFINITION
SYSTEM METADATA TABLE
DATA BLOCKS
INDEX TABLE
USER METADATA TABLE
IMAGE (BAND2)
IMAGE (BAND3)
IMAGE (BAND1)
METADATA
FITS
IMAGE (BAND1)
IMAGE (BAND2)
IMAGE (BAND3)
METADATA
ADV
IMAGE (BAND1) STREAM1 (IMAGES/BAND1)
FRAME1
IMAGE (BAND1) IMAGE (BAND1) IMAGE (BAND1)
IMAGE (BAND1)
FRAME2
FRAME3
FRAME4
FRAME N
METADATA METADATA
STREAM2 (STATUS DATA/BAND2)
METADATA INDEX (FAST ACCESS)
IMAGE (BAND3) FRAME N
IMAGE (BAND3) IMAGE (BAND3) IMAGE (BAND3) IMAGE (BAND3) FRAME4
FRAME3
FRAME2
FRAME1
Astro Digital Video (ADV) File Structure
http://www.astrodigitalvideo.com.au/CurrentADVFileFormat.pdf
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ADV Status Stream
1. GAIN 2. GAMMA 3. OFFSET (BRIGHTNESS)
4. SYSTEM TIME 5. ADVR SYSTEM MESSAGES
6. TIMESTAMP 7. EXPOSURE 8. TRACKED SATELLITES 9. GPS FIX STATUS
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ADVR – Software Considerations
Able to tolerate random OS slowness Optimized for performance (speed) Robust Easy to use
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ADVR
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QA Testing
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Introducing SEXTA
VEXA and EXTA by Gerhard Dangl
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Introducing Star-Chamber
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ADVS Effort at a Glance 350 days 30 meetings 1,200 emails 271 cups of tea (with milk) $7,900 budget 19,400 lines of code 200 pages of documentation 3 working prototypes @ 2.1kg each Hours worked: Don’t ask! No animals were harmed during the development
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ADVS – Shortcomings 4 years later
Linux is not easy to learn Dedicated Linux box/partition is required which not
many amateurs are ready to embrace Linux lacks many software tools used by amateurs Amateurs prefer Windows Digital cameras are more expensive Digital cameras are less sensitive than WAT-910HX/
BD (currently preferred camera for occultations)
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TACOS-BD
Various options for computer control on Windows
Highly sensitive WAT-910BD video camera
Neat housing with Arduino-Nano controller
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Thank You! – Questions?