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Welcome to the POCS (Panoptes Observatory Control System) wiki!

Please see the main PANOPTES website: http://projectpanoptes.org/

How To

Setting up a Unit

Your unit needs to perform certain tasks on a schedule. For this, set up the crontab.

Raspberry Pi

Note: This is not currently part of the standard build and is provided for those who like to tinker.

Running a Unit

Got everything built and want to check your alignment? Do a [Polar Alignment Test].(https://github.com/panoptes/POCS/wiki/Polar-Alignment-Test).

Development

Want to help with some coding? Coding in PANOPTES.
Exciting new feature? Fixing a bug? Learn about the PANOPTES Feature Development Process.
Your new feature is definitely going to need a test. See how to Write Tests for POCS.
A bunch of new features? Time for a bigger and better version of POCS? Creating a New Release.

Background

How does POCS know what to do next? Via the POCS State Machine!
But how does POCS know which target to look at? The scheduler.
Confused about RA/Dec and how POCS knows where to look? Coordinates Standard.