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Lightning Shutdown

  1. Complete “End of Normal Night of Observing” shutdown
  2. In Dome
    • Turn off all instrument electronics, including the camera shutter, and unplug two power strips and CCD power cord from orange plugs under the telescope.
    • On the west side, two power strips are now plugged into the two outlets. Those are what need to be unplugged for lightning shutdown on this side
    • If in use: shut down laptop computer, and unplug laptop from the orange UPS outlets located near the floor on the platform control console
    • Turn off TCS computer using the light switch
    • Turn off telescope power
    • Lower platform
    • Turn off main power
  3. In Control room
    • On BIGAUX double click “shutdown bigpop”, and click “shutdown bigpop” when prompted. You will need to enter the username “bigobs” and the Gerard password.
    • Manually shutdown all computers.
      • Gerard
      • BIGCCD
      • Bigguider
      • BIGAUX
    • Turn off printer.
    • Turn off Telcom server
    • Turn off and unplug power strip on west wall.
    • Unplug printer relay.
    • Unplug everything from orange outlets behind observer work station, as well as UPS outlets by the video finder scope monitor
    • Unplug computer racks (plugged into orange outlet #4 on wall below emergency stop)
  4. In UPS Room, unplug:
    • The emergency stop plug (bright yellow) no longer needs to be unplugged when going into lightning shutdown.
    • GPS
    • Shutdown UPS following instructions posted on board.
public/catalinas/bigelow/kuiper_61/lightning_shutdown.txt · Last modified: 2019/06/14 11:29 by mel