platospec

Ground-based support for exoplanetary space missions.

Table of Contents

• Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)
  • Download all-in-one package
• Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
  • Dependencies
  • Pucheros Autoguider GUI
  • Pucheros Expose GUI
  • Telescope Control GUI
  • E152 Watchdog GUI
• Install OEM Windows 10 to KVM
• Usage ASCOL simulator
• Set MTU on network interface cards La Silla computers
  • Temporary setup
  • RaspberryPi /etc/dhcpcd.conf
  • Ubuntu /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml
  • Debian /etc/network/interfaces

workstation$ git clone https://github.com/jan-fuchs-fuky/platospec.git platospec

All programs directory must be copy to /opt.

All programs log directory must be writable for normal user.

Create following directories and this directories must be writable for normal user:

$ mkdir -p /data/pucheros_guiding/
$ mkdir -p /data/pucheros_guiding/INCOMING/
$ mkdir -p /data/pucheros_sci/

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)

Download all-in-one packages

The easiest way to run all programs. Copy all from directory packages to /opt.

# apt install xpa-tools saods9

Telescope Control GUI

$ /opt/ascol_client/bin/ascol_client

Pucheros Autoguider GUI

$ /opt/indi_autoguider/bin/indi_autoguider

Pucheros Expose GUI

$ /opt/pucheros_expose_gui/bin/pucheros_expose

E152 Watchdog GUI

$ /opt/e152_watchdog/bin/e152_watchdog

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

Dependencies

Download INDI Core Library from https://github.com/indilib/indi and install:

# apt install git cdbs dkms cmake fxload libev-dev libgps-dev libgsl-dev libraw-dev \
libusb-dev zlib1g-dev libftdi-dev libgsl0-dev libjpeg-dev libkrb5-dev libnova-dev \
libtiff-dev libfftw3-dev librtlsdr-dev libcfitsio-dev libgphoto2-dev build-essential \
libusb-1.0-0-dev libdc1394-22-dev libboost-regex-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libtheora-dev \
libnova-dev libfftw3-dev swig

$ unzip indi-master.zip
$ mkdir libindi_build
$ cd libindi_build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr . ../indi-master
$ make
# make install

Download pyindi-client from https://github.com/indilib/pyindi-client and install:

# python3 setup.py install

Install:

# apt install libpython3.9-minimal python3-astroplan python3-astropy python3-astroquery \
libpython3.9-stdlib python3-opencv python3-dbus python3-humanize python3-zeroc-ice \
python3-matplotlib python3-numpy python3-pexpect python3-photutils python3-pyqt5 \
python3-requests python3-sdnotify python3-skimage python3-socketio rsync saods9 \
xpa-tools

Pucheros Autoguider GUI

Run

workstation$ /opt/indi_autoguider/bin/indi_autoguider.py

Pucheros Expose GUI

Run

workstation$ /opt/pucheros_expose_gui/bin/pucheros_expose.py

Telescope Control GUI

Run

workstation$ /opt/telescope_control_gui/bin/ascol_client.py

E152 Watchdog GUI

Run

workstation$ /opt/e152_watchdog/bin/e152_watchdog.py

Install OEM Windows 10 to KVM

Check if OEM license is available for motherboard:

# strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
MSDMU
TDELL  CBX3
AMI
ZNIO3-WP4QR-OPK8E-756XR-LMMRT

Create new virtual machine by virt-manager and edit setup:

# cd /usr/share/seabios/
# cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/SLIC > slic.bin
# cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM > msdm.bin
# dmidecode -t 0 -u | grep $'^\t\t[^"]' | xargs -n1 | perl -lne 'printf "%c", hex($_)' > smbios_type_0.bin
# dmidecode -t 1 -u | grep $'^\t\t[^"]' | xargs -n1 | perl -lne 'printf "%c", hex($_)' > smbios_type_1.bin

# virsh edit win10
<domain type='kvm' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
  <name>win10</name>
  <uuid>d699ab6d-b195-4899-b953-57d5021686ba</uuid>
  ...
  </devices>
  <qemu:commandline>
    <qemu:arg value='-acpitable'/>
    <qemu:arg value='file=/usr/share/seabios/slic.bin'/>
    <qemu:arg value='-acpitable'/>
    <qemu:arg value='file=/usr/share/seabios/msdm.bin'/>
    <qemu:arg value='-smbios'/>
    <qemu:arg value='file=/usr/share/seabios/smbios_type_0.bin'/>
    <qemu:arg value='-smbios'/>
    <qemu:arg value='file=/usr/share/seabios/smbios_type_1.bin'/>
  </qemu:commandline>
</domain>

Usage ASCOL simulator

Set paths IceSSL.CAs and IceSSL.CertFile in etc/ice_client.cfg and etc/ice_server.cfg. Certificates and keys for testing purpose are in directory ssl.

$ cd platospec/telescope/
$ ./test/ascol_simulator.py
$ ICE_CONFIG=/home/user/git/platospec/telescope/etc/ice_server.cfg ./bin/ascol_server.py
$ ICE_CONFIG=/home/user/git/platospec/telescope/etc/ice_client.cfg ./bin/ascol_client_cli.py

Set MTU on network interface cards La Silla computers

Temporary setup

New solution:

# ip link set dev eno1 mtu 1280

Old solution:

# ifconfig eth0 mtu 1280

RaspberryPi /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# vim /etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook
#!/bin/bash
ifconfig eth0 mtu 1280

# chmod u=rwx,og=rx /etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook

Ubuntu /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml

network:
    ethernets:
        eno1:
            mtu: 1280
            addresses:
            - NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN/NN
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp6: false
            gateway4: NNN.NNN.NNN.N
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                - 8.8.8.8
                - 8.8.4.4
    version: 2

Debian /etc/network/interfaces

auto en01
iface en01 inet static
    address NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN
    netmask NNN.NNN.NNN.N
    network NNN.NNN.NNN.N
    gateway NNN.NNN.NNN.N
    mtu 1280