CCD flux measurement system PROHERMES

At the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA) a new, PC based, 14 bit CCD video flux measurement system, called PROHERMES, has been introduced to improve t he precision of data acquisition and includes with Optimas(R) a flexible, m ore user friendly, easy adaptable software environment. The hardware and so ftware is described. Macros have been created to meet the special requireme nts of the tasks at the PSA. As an example for a macro, the program flow st ructure is given for the acquisition of the moving-bar sequence to measure the performance of receivers like in the REFOS project. The results are exp orted to Excel. The comparison with the former measurement system HERMES II concludes the new system as an important progress. Future efforts will foc us on the further automation of nux measurements and heliostat controls.