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SETI
- Allen Telescope Array
- Optical SETI
- Interstellar Message Construction
- Project Phoenix 1995-2004
- Background Science
- History of SETI
- Center for SETI Research Team
- Other people doing SETI
- Hollywood's View of SETI
Past Observing Campaigns
Parkes, Australia
Control Panels
Main Grapical User Interface
The screen image below shows the main graphical user interface. The Phoenix GUI allows the observer to submit observations, edit the order of observations, and send commands to the subsystems. The screen is divided into three sections that monitor and control the status of observations in the system. The bottom section shows the queued "activities" (observations waiting to run). The middle section shows the activities that are "running" in the system and their states. The top section shows candidate signals (not identified as interference in the database) that will be checked by the Follow-Up Detection Devices (FUDD).
Main GUI
TSS Monitor Display
The same monitor that displays the Execution GUI also shows a "status board" for the subsystems. This gives the observer a quick visual cue if any problems occur in the subsystems or in the communication between the subsystems. The two Targeted Search System units are referred to as TSS A and TSS B. The letter L or R following a subsystem name indicates the polarization that it processes. MCSA L indicates a Multichannel Spectrum Analyzer processing the Left Circular Polarization. Each Pulse Detector (PD) processes both polarizations.
Tss Monitor
Control Room
Phoenix Workstations
Project Phoenix uses a bank of five computer displays (four X-stations and an HP9000/735 workstation) to monitor and control the Targeted Search System. The HP735 (leftmost in the picture) operates one of the 10 MHz TSS units, monitors the power and temperature sensors in the MRF, provides diagnostic information on several subsystems, and displays status information about the Mopra telescope. One X-station (second from the left) runs the main graphical interface and is connected to an HP9000/755 workstation in the MRF. The HP755 runs the overall system control software and operates the other 10 MHz TSS unit. The next two X-stations are used for graphical display of data, one for each TSS unit. The X-station on the right is used to view the results from the signal detection and follow-up procedures, for miscellaneous editing and data display.
Safety Equipment
The close-up above shows the typical displays on the leftmost monitors. Note the speakers visible at the right. These are not used to listen to extraterrestrial broadcasts, but are part of the system that monitors conditions in the MRF. Any unusual conditions, such as high temperature in a rack, are announced to the observer. To make sure the observer is alert and ready to respond to any such warning message, an ample supply of "lollies" (candies) is available in the jars on top of the monitors.