Control Room Software and Hardware Development for a Radio Telescope

Control room software communicates with the back-end and front-end software to maintain the appointments and database. Control room hardware consists of motor driver, PLC, power supplies, and sensor interfaces. Control room software controls the PLC operations to move the radio telescope at the appropriate locations using azimuth and elevation motors and receives astronomical data from the SpectraCyber. This paper describes the control room software and hardware development for a radio telescope as well as the laboratory testing of the complete system.