TCS is the online Telescope Control System maintained by the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). TCS was commissioned in 1999 and is still maintained as a general purpose observing user interface at Parkes and Mopra.

The application consists of:

  • The TCS graphical user interface (TCS GUI) written in Glish/Tk running on a Unix workstation.
  • A Glish client running on the same host as the TCS GUI serving as a communications channel between the TCS GUI and the controller.
  • The telescope controller running on a Unix host.

The TCS User Interface manual is available here;

More information is available from John Reynolds (John.Reynolds@atnf.csiro.au)