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vatt:vatt_don_warm_startup_checklist [2024/06/11 20:49]
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vatt:vatt_don_warm_startup_checklist [2024/08/06 13:00] (current)
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| |Control room|XEPHEM: main window: click "Now" on top right and "Update" in bottom bar, then toggle the small "RT" button to the right of ''Looping'' ((These steps were unnecessary at one stage of software development.)); check that the bottom bar says ''Stop''|| | | |Control room|XEPHEM: main window: click "Now" on top right and "Update" in bottom bar, then toggle the small "RT" button to the right of ''Looping'' ((These steps were unnecessary at one stage of software development.)); check that the bottom bar says ''Stop''|| | |
| |Control room|XEPHEM: Open SKY VIEW window: go to the pull-down menu ''View'', and select the penultimate item, ''Sky view''. || | | |Control room|XEPHEM: Open SKY VIEW window: go to the pull-down menu ''View'', and select the penultimate item, ''Sky view''. || | |
| |Control room|XEPHEM: Open INDI window: go to the pull-down menu ''View'', and select the item, ''INDI''. || | | |Control room|XEPHEM: Open INDI window: go to the pull-down menu ''Telescope'', and select the item, ''INDI panel''. || | |
| |Control room|XEPHEM > INDI: locate the word ''Connect''; there is a little square button to its left. It is probably engaged (depressed). Make sure it is disengaged (). || | | |Control room|XEPHEM > INDI: locate the word ''Connect'' (bottom of the window); there is a little square button to its left. It is probably engaged (depressed). Make sure it is disengaged. || | |
| |Control room|XEPHEM: SKY VIEW window: We used to click grid control (under Images menu) twice, turning RA–DEC grid off and then Alt–Az grid on. This does not seem to work anymore. In the "Control" pull-down menu select "Options", which opens a new window, and toggle "Alt-Az" at the top left of the window.|| | | |Control room|XEPHEM: SKY VIEW window: We used to click grid control (under Images menu) twice, turning RA–DEC grid off and then Alt–Az grid on. This does not seem to work anymore. In the "Control" pull-down menu select "Options", which opens a new window, and toggle "Alt-Az" at the top left of the window.|| | |
| |Control room|Start Trouble Report (TRVATT): In menu bar at top of //vattcontrol// desktop, start Firefox; Trouble Report page will open ([[https://cbtest.as.arizona.edu/mtnops-trouble-report/]]). Fill in pertinent fields along top (Observer(s), Instrument, Operator(s), etc.).|| | | |Control room|Start Trouble Report (TRVATT): In menu bar at top of //vattcontrol// desktop, start Firefox; Trouble Report page will open ([[https://observer-report.as.arizona.edu/]]). Fill in pertinent fields along top (Observer(s), Instrument, Operator(s), etc.).|| | |
| | 8-) |You can use meteorological data from TPView > Main Controls > Meteo Data (''Trends'' may provide values more representative; the plot shows moving averages depending on the horizontal scale). You may still benefit from the VATT Weather Dashboard (wfrog, the ''3 Hours'' tab). || | | | 8-) |You can use meteorological data from TPView > Main Controls > Meteo Data (''Trends'' may provide values more representative; the plot shows moving averages depending on the horizontal scale). You may still benefit from the VATT Weather Dashboard (wfrog, the ''3 Hours'' tab). || | |
| | ^TELESCOPE "Go Live" SEQUENCE COMPLETE|| | | | ^TELESCOPE "Go Live" SEQUENCE COMPLETE|| | |
