Below is a screenshot of the main "Controls" tab of the TCS, where everything required for routine observing is located. There is one other tab, for more rarely used "Advanced" functions. The Controls tab is split into four main panels: command of the telescope and instrument selection on the left; the status of each subsystem in the middle; time and positional information and the LCU on the upper right; and important buttons that need to be easily accessible on the bottom right.
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[[File:LesediTCScontrolsTabAnnotated_20220216v4.png|thumb|1000px850px|frame|left|The main Controls tab of the TCS indicates the status of all subsystems; displays the time, telescope and dome position; gives access to a target catalogue; and allows the user to slew and offset the telescope, adjust the focus focus and select the required instrument.]]
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*'''Green''': a subsystem or state is either selected (e.g. in the screenshot above, the telescope the Mookodi instrument is selected), or is in the correct state for observing (e.g. mirror covers open, dome shutters open, telescope tracking, dome tracking, rotator tracking).
*'''Orange''': a subsystem is in an inappropriate state for observing. If the mirror covers or dome shutters are closed, their indicators would turn orange; likewise if the lights are switched on, their indicators would be orange.
*'''Blue''': a parameter which that has a range of permissible numerical values is indicated in blue, e.g. azimuth, RA, airmass, etc.
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