RTS2: meta-queues scheduling and its realisation for FLWO 1.2m telescope

Petr Kubánek, Emilio Falco, Martin Jelínek, Michael Prouza, Jan Štrobl, Martin Fuchs, Javier Gorosabel, Alison B. Peck, Robert L. Seaman, Fernando Comeron
2012 Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV  
RTS2, or Remote Telescope System 2nd Version, is an open-source, distributed and modular observatory control system. During the course of its development lasting over a decade, the original goal to develop software capable of searches for optical transients of γ-ray bursts changed to develop a system for full control of large observatories executing complex observing scenarios. In this presentation, we would like to share our experience with meta-queues scheduling, developed primarily for
more » ... tion of the FLWO 1.2m telescope. Meta-queues scheduling allows observers to quickly build and combine different observational scenarios, while still retaining ToO and weather interruption capabilities. Thanks to the queues and scheduling graphical user interface, observers can use the system without the need to understand complex functions used in the traditional merit function scheduling. By combining meta-queues and merit function scheduling, observatories can offer different options to schedule their observations to their users, so the acquired data will match the observers' expectations.
doi:10.1117/12.926839 fatcat:6xdmbpqyrneq7igargpd7ec4ie