Software Group

Responsibilities

The software group is responsible for:

Operations Troubleshooting Support and Procedures

• Telescope, Mountain, and Tucson Troubleshooting Procedures and Support Schedule

Software Development

• Development of the high level Telescope Control System (TCS) software

Building and Installing Software

• Build and Install instructions

Software Releases

• Software Release Notes

Computer and Network Administration

• Computer System Administration for Linux and Windows operating system computers
• Network Administration for Tucson and the telescope
• Database Administration for Tucson and the telescope

Computer Services:

• LBTO software version control system SVN repository
• Web Calendar service
• LBTO internal Phonebook and Account Management System using LDAP
• Mailing Lists management service
• Problem Reporting and Tracking service using IssueTrak
• Wiki
• DNS

Software Quality Assurance

• Requirements Management Process

Meetings

The software group meets every Monday at 11:30 to discuss coordination of the current week's work activities and to review critical and high IssueTrak issues. The group also meets on alternating Tuesday mornings to discuss design issues and to share ideas about TCS development, and administrative topics. When the discussion warrants it, teams working on software for instruments are invited to participate. In general, presentations are short and informal.

LBTO Software Development Workshops

• Workshop 2006 information
• Workshop 2007 information