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TCSng Rough Operating Notes 10/26/15
Cold Start Power Up Seqence
UPS Room
Start UPS by following instructions on cork board
In UPS room plug in:
GPS (gray AC cord).
Emergency Stop Power 110 VAC (yellow plug)
Rack power 110 VAC, (white and black twist lock)
Rack ground, (black plug)
Turn on rack power (black breaker).
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.
Turn on Main Power.
Turn on Telescope Power.
Plug in associated power cables for instrumentation into orange outlets under scope if not plugged in already.
M4K
East Orange Outlet:
Camera power supply
Shutter power supply
West orange outlet
Guider chiller
Powerstrip
Turn on instrument
M4K
Camera power dupply
Shutter power supply
Powerstrip
Guider chiller
Guider/Filter wheel bok
Guider power supply
Control Room
Plug in the following in the warm room:
Plug in Gerard
Plug in the power strip on the west wall (includes new Dome TV Camer)
Plug in BIGAUX
Plug in all the monitors in the control room (BIGAUX, BIGCCD, Gerard, bigguider, and telescope camera monitor)
Plug in printer relay
Turn on the following in control room
Dome TV Camera (white and black toggle switch attached to monitor) and monitor
If using M$K
Turn on bigccd 1 or 2 depending on which computer is in use
Turn on bigguider computer
BIGAUX
Gerard (under bigccd monitor)
Turn on laser printer
Starting TCSng
Log into Gerard using the kuiper password on the white board.
Double Click “Safe Telescope Button” icon.
Double Click “Paddle” icon.
Double click “INDI Server” icon.
Double Click “Xephem” icon.
Click “RT” button under looping if Xephem is not updating the time.
Click “View” and Select “Sky View”.
In the “INDI Panel” window that opens connect to each of the following modules:
Expand “TCS-NG-INDI”
Telemetry
Connection
ON
Expand “Dome-NG-INDI”
Dome Control
Connection
ON
Expand “FOCUS-NG-INDI”
Focus Control
Connection
ON
You should now have information in each module updating regularly.
Stopping the Telescope (From the Control Room)
Five wasy to stop the telescope when moving
Use the Large “Cancel” button from the “Safe Telescope Program”
Use F9 key to cancel motion and ramp down speed (note: this does not stop the telescope from tracking )
Use the F10 Key to disable the telescope, this is a hard stop, only use in emergency!
In the “Indi Panel” window
TCS Module
Telemetry
Actions
Cancel
Emergency Stop button on old blue TCS rack (last resort!)
Moving the Telescope
YOU MUST FIRST GO INTO THE DOME AND MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR TO MOVE THE SCOPE (ladders out of the way, elevator down etc).
To Enable Telescope:
In Indi Control Panel:
Enter TCS-NG-INDI module
Telemetry
Actions
Click “Enable”
Note red light next to the Actions tab turns green.