NGAO Control Systems Group Status Plans Issues NGAO

NGAO Control Systems Group Status, Plans & Issues NGAO Team Meeting August 19, 2008 Erik Johansson Jimmy Johnson, Doug Morrison, Ed Wetherell

Controls Team • • Erik Johansson (Lead) Jimmy Johnson (Technologist) Ed Wetherell (Electronics) Doug Morrison (Software) 2

Status • Held Controls Team kickoff meeting on 8/5. • Set up Controls Team Twiki page: – Keck/NGAO Web > Controls. Systems • 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: – – 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. 3

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 K 1 LGS • Continue in Sep with work on: – – Operational Concept Documents Updating Requirements Change control document SW and Component standards documents 4

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 5