The purpose of this application is to provide to the user an indication as to whether the actuators or strain gauges associated with each of the segments of the NAOMI deformable mirror are working within their expected limits during NAOMI operations. The application consists of a single window which contains a graphical representation of the NAOMI deformable mirror. Each one of the 76 segments is associated with three actuators which collectively , can move the segment in three dimensions. Each of the actuators has a range of 0-8192 with the midrange value being 4096. As the measured value of an actuator deviates from the midrange value, the colour of the actuator on the display will change accordingly.

The default colour of an actuator which is currently set to the midrange value of 4096 is black. As the actuator measurements deviate from the midrange value up until the user-defined threshold limit, the actuator will be displayed using a progressively lighter shade of grey until it reaches the user-defined limit at which point it will be represented by the colour white.

At the point that the actuator measurement exceeds the user-defined threshold limit, the colour of the actuator will turn a dull red to indicate that a limit has been exceeded.

The application is designed to be left running throughout NAOMI operations, the overhead incurred by the realtime system as a result of the application running is minimal.

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