Supply and Installation of A-Step Mount Drive

Descriptions

The testing will be done at Laboratoire Lagrange, which is equipped with adequate facilities including a low temperature enclosure. The software development will also be done at Laboratoire Lagrange. All the logistics related to Concordia is fully managed by the French and Italian polar agencies IPEV and PNRA. The telescope runs in automatic mode and can be remotely controlled. Laboratoire Lagrange will be responsible for the robotic operations and yearly maintenance (one or two collaborators go on site every summer campaign). Daily maintenance will be handled by the winter-over crew as in previous years. The telescope is owned by Laboratoire Lagrange so the organisation will be decided only by the parties mentioned in this proposal., CNRS will openly collaborate with the University of Birmingham on the tools and procedures needed to properly read and manipulate PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) controllers used to tune a telescope's direct-drive mount securely and accurately. This transfer will take the form of detailed documentation.