kuiper:m4k_operators_notes
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| - | =========M4K Operating Notes 7/09/18========= | + | =========Kuiper Telescope |
| **Please note, this is not a guide for operating the Mont4k instrument, just the telescope operating system, for more details about the M4K, please go to:** | **Please note, this is not a guide for operating the Mont4k instrument, just the telescope operating system, for more details about the M4K, please go to:** | ||
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| * In UPS room plug in: | * In UPS room plug in: | ||
| * GPS (gray AC cord). | * GPS (gray AC cord). | ||
| - | * Emergency Stop Power 110 VAC (yellow plug) | ||
| - In Dome | - In Dome | ||
| * Check to see if any electronics are plugged into the east or west orange outlets on the base of the telescope. If so, make sure they are turned off. | * Check to see if any electronics are plugged into the east or west orange outlets on the base of the telescope. If so, make sure they are turned off. | ||
| * Turn on Main Power. | * Turn on Main Power. | ||
| * Turn on Telescope Power. | * Turn on Telescope Power. | ||
| - | * Plug in associated power cables for instrumentation into orange outlets under scope if not plugged in already. | + | * Bottom of the telescope |
| - M4K | - M4K | ||
| - East Orange Outlet: | - East Orange Outlet: | ||
| * Camera power supply | * Camera power supply | ||
| - | * New power strip--has shutter, and shutter timing AC power cords plugged into it | ||
| - West orange outlet | - West orange outlet | ||
| - | * Guider chiller | + | * Two power strips |
| - | * Old power strip | + | |
| - Turn on instrument | - Turn on instrument | ||
| - M4K | - M4K | ||
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| * Plug in and turn on the following in the warm room: | * Plug in and turn on the following in the warm room: | ||
| * The power strip on the west wall (includes new Dome TV Camera) | * The power strip on the west wall (includes new Dome TV Camera) | ||
| + | * The computer racks that were plugged into orange outlet #4 on wall have been plugged into a power strip behind the monitors. Make sure the power strip gets plugged in. | ||
| + | * The CSS monitors (the four monitors mounted on the wall) need power. There is a black power strip labeled that needs to be plugged into the wall. | ||
| * BIGAUX | * BIGAUX | ||
| * All the monitors in the control room (BIGAUX, BIGCCD, Gerard, bigguider, and telescope camera monitor) | * All the monitors in the control room (BIGAUX, BIGCCD, Gerard, bigguider, and telescope camera monitor) | ||
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| * Under " | * Under " | ||
| * Watch the telescope move in the dome camera! | * Watch the telescope move in the dome camera! | ||
| + | * When moving with the Sky View window or entering Equatorial coordinates, | ||
| - Equatorial Coordinates | - Equatorial Coordinates | ||
| * In INDI control panel | * In INDI control panel | ||
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| * Click " | * Click " | ||
| * Watch the telescope move in the dome camera! | * Watch the telescope move in the dome camera! | ||
| - | * Note: The telescope will start moving after you click Set or hit Enter. | + | * Note: The telescope will start moving after you click Set or hit Enter. |
| =====Stopping the Telescope (From the Control Room)===== | =====Stopping the Telescope (From the Control Room)===== | ||
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| - In the INDI control panel | - In the INDI control panel | ||
| * TCS-NG-INDI | * TCS-NG-INDI | ||
| - | * Telemetry => Actions => Cancel | + | * Telemetry => Actions => Cancel; This ramps the telescope down slowly. |
| + | * Telemetry => Actions => Disable; This cuts power to the drives immediately. | ||
| - Emergency Stop button mounted on north wall (last resort!) | - Emergency Stop button mounted on north wall (last resort!) | ||
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| * **Don' | * **Don' | ||
| * Note: When you change the focus in the FOCUS-NG-INDI module, do not enter relative steps you want the focus to move. For example if the focus is at 300, and you want to move it to 350, type 350 in the box, not 50. | * Note: When you change the focus in the FOCUS-NG-INDI module, do not enter relative steps you want the focus to move. For example if the focus is at 300, and you want to move it to 350, type 350 in the box, not 50. | ||
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| + | ===Video finder scope=== | ||
| + | * You can now access the video finder scope both upstairs and downstairs over the internet. | ||
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| ===Limits=== | ===Limits=== | ||
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| - Complete "End of Normal Night of Observing" | - Complete "End of Normal Night of Observing" | ||
| - In Dome | - In Dome | ||
| - | * Turn off all instrument electronics, | + | * Turn off all instrument electronics, |
| - | * If in use: shut down laptop computer, and unplug laptop | + | * On the west side, two power strips are now plugged into the two outlets. |
| + | * If in use: shut down laptop computer, and unplug laptop from the orange UPS outlets located near the floor on the platform control console | ||
| + | * The focus is no longer operating off the orange extension cord that plugged into the powerstrip on the south end of the scope, it’s hardwired in, so you don’t have to worry about it. | ||
| * Turn off TCS computer using the light switch | * Turn off TCS computer using the light switch | ||
| * Turn off telescope power | * Turn off telescope power | ||
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| * Turn off main power | * Turn off main power | ||
| - In Control room | - In Control room | ||
| - | * On BIGAUX double click " | + | * On BIGAUX double click " |
| * Manually shutdown all computers. | * Manually shutdown all computers. | ||
| * Gerard | * Gerard | ||
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| * Unplug printer relay. | * Unplug printer relay. | ||
| * Unplug everything from orange outlets behind observer work station, as well as UPS outlets by the video finder scope monitor | * Unplug everything from orange outlets behind observer work station, as well as UPS outlets by the video finder scope monitor | ||
| - | * Unplug | + | * The computer racks that were plugged into orange outlet #4 on wall have been plugged into a power strip behind the monitors. Make sure the power strip gets unplugged. |
| + | * The CSS monitors (the four monitors mounted on the wall) must be unplugged. There is a black power strip labeled that needs to be removed from the wall. | ||
| - In UPS Room, unplug: | - In UPS Room, unplug: | ||
| + | * The emergency stop plug (bright yellow) no longer needs to be unplugged when going into lightning shutdown. | ||
| * GPS | * GPS | ||
| - | | + | * Shutdown UPS following instructions posted on board. |
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| =========Operating the Exhaust fan========= | =========Operating the Exhaust fan========= | ||
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