The MGSE software for the on-ground gamma-ray calibration of the AGILE payload

AGILE is an ASI (Italian Space Agency) Small Space Mission for high energy astrophysics in the range 30 MeV - 50 GeV successfully launched on 23 April 2007 and currently fully operative. The on-ground Gamma Ray calibration of the Payload have been carried out 18 months before launch at the Beam Test Facility - INFN LNF (Roma) using a complement of mechanical and electrical equipment and computer systems specifically developed to that purpose. In particular, a specific software has been designed and developed to automate the operations of the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) which positions the Payload in front of the Beam. In this paper the architecture and the performance of the software will be described and discussed.