Devices and software for optical panoramic observations with microsecond time resolution

The set of equipment and software of MANIA experiment for search for and study of astrophysical objects variability with time resolution of 1 us is described. Observations are carried out at the Russian 6-meter telescope by means of universal photospectropolarimeter. This device is equipped with different optical units which implement four observational modes--spectroscopic, spectropolarimetric, photometric, and photopolarimetric. The use of position-sensitive detector with set of microchannel plates gives possibility to register object photon fluxes in different colour bands and for different orientations of polarizer simultaneously. Acquisition system ''Quantochron 4-48'' on line with computer accumulates observational data with time resolution of 1 microsecond. The features of software intended for processing of panoramic data of high time resolution are discussed