The ATF software controls the telescope, CCD cameras, dome and filter wheel in a complelely automated way. The software consists of several UNIX drivers, hardware interface daemons, and X-Windows Motif client applications.
Communication is via stream pipes.
User-friendly script language for observing requests. Optimization of scheduling requests using a sorting algorithm to minimize time between observation and transit. Catalogs for solar system objects with built-in orbital elements. Thermal frames are scaled appropriately by exposure time. Automated logging on a per-schedule basis.