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vatt:vatt_streamlined_warm_startup_checklist [2020/01/17 22:37]
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vatt:vatt_streamlined_warm_startup_checklist [2020/10/01 08:44] (current)
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| ^ ^Streamlined Warm Startup / Dec 9, 2019 / P Gabor, M Franz et al.^ ✔✘ ^ | ^ ^Streamlined Warm Startup / Oct 1, 2020 / P Gabor, M Franz et al.^ ✔✘ ^ |
| | |Before you get started it is always a good idea to check the weather| | | | |Before you get started it is always a good idea to check the weather| | |
| | |[[http://vatt.as.arizona.edu:42080|all-sky camera etc]] | | |[[http://10.0.2.11/local/viewer/axisvid.html|all-sky camera etc]]| | |
| | |[[http://vatt.as.arizona.edu:42090|Local Weather Station]]| | | | |[[http://vatt.as.arizona.edu:42090|Local Weather Station]]| | |
| | |[[http://vaticanobservatory.org/VATT/mgi-observatory/current-weather-condition-on-mt-graham|National Weather Service Forecast]]| | | | |[[http://vaticanobservatory.org/VATT/mgi-observatory/current-weather-condition-on-mt-graham|National Weather Service Forecast]]| | |
| |Control room|@ VATTCONTROL (console) while logged in to //vattcontrol// as //vattobs//| | | |Control room|@ VATTCONTROL (console) while logged in to //vattcontrol// as //vattobs//| | |
| |Control room|Start ''TCS_GLUE'' (double click desktop icon) | | | |Control room|Start ''TCS_GLUE'' (double click desktop icon) | | |
| |Control room|TCSglue main window: Make sure dome tracking is enabled (left-clicking on the dome-position field toggles between tracking enabled/disabled)| | | |Control room|''TCSglue'' main window: Make sure dome tracking is enabled (left-clicking on the dome-position field toggles between tracking enabled/disabled)| | |
| | |Control room|''TCSglue'' > ''Mount Control'' tab: Toggle the Telescope Control System's status bit regarding the dome slit: Click the ''Open Slit'' button (it will toggle to ''Close Slit''). The slit will then need to be opened from the dome in due course. **The dome slit control unit is deteriorating. As a consequence, the dome slit motor must be activated in the dome.. The Telescope Control System's status must anticipate the physical change.**| | |
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| |Dome|**Dome procedures**| | | |Dome|**Dome procedures**| | |
| |Dome|Remove Dome Short | | | |Dome|Remove Dome Short | | |
| |Dome|At quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position, plug dome shutters into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**).| | | |Dome|At quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position, plug dome shutters into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**).| | |
| | |Dome|Plugging this cord in the socket powers up a gray electric box above the quad. Open the dome slit by turning and holding the selector (aka turn) switch in the ''Open'' position until the dome slit is fully open. **If you forget to toggle the TCS status to the open-slit state, leaving it in the close-slit state, the TCS will close the slit immediately after you open it.**| | |
| |Dome|West door (leading to ladder to the roof) is to remain closed (for efficient airflow over the telescope)| | | |Dome|West door (leading to ladder to the roof) is to remain closed (for efficient airflow over the telescope)| | |
| |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** start filling science camera dewar with LN2 (attach the grounding wire to the mirror cell first, then to the camera; insert needle into the dewar, fasten it with the bungee cord, open the valve); if using remotely controllable valve follow [[instructions in a separate document|VATT:Jinvoo LN2 valve]]| | | |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** start filling science camera dewar with LN2 (attach the grounding wire to the mirror cell first, then to the camera; insert needle into the dewar, fasten it with the bungee cord, open the valve); if using remotely controllable valve follow [[instructions in a separate document|VATT:Jinvoo LN2 valve]]| | |
| |Control room|**PEPSI only:** TCSglue main window: **during PEPSI runs, disable derotator tracking**| | | |Control room|**PEPSI only:** TCSglue main window: **during PEPSI runs, disable derotator tracking**| | |
| |Control room|//If applicable,// right mouse click on the dome-position field opens offset input dialog box. Enter inputs and watch dome movement (floodlight on). Kill dialog box.| | | |Control room|//If applicable,// right mouse click on the dome-position field opens offset input dialog box. Enter inputs and watch dome movement (floodlight on). Kill dialog box.| | |
| | |Control room|Start INDI server (double click desktop icon): a terminal appears; you may minimize it. **The INDI server must be running in order to communicate with ''vatttel'', i.e., it must be running before you start ''azcam'', ''xephem'', ''PHD2'', etc.**| | |
| |Control room|Start "Secondary and Guidebox" GUI. A window opens: select VATT4k or VATTSpec. Another window opens. The top controls the M2 PI hexapod and the bottom controls various motors in and on the Guide box. The GUI is a browser window. The diagram and the text output box scale with CTRL+/- (or CTRL and mouse scroll wheel). Other elements scale when the window is resized.| | | |Control room|Start "Secondary and Guidebox" GUI. A window opens: select VATT4k or VATTSpec. Another window opens. The top controls the M2 PI hexapod and the bottom controls various motors in and on the Guide box. The GUI is a browser window. The diagram and the text output box scale with CTRL+/- (or CTRL and mouse scroll wheel). Other elements scale when the window is resized.| | |
| |Control room|Start autocollimation (more detailed instructions are in [[vatt:hexapod|a separate document]]): Press ''Connect'' button; field surrounding button should turn green; press ''Reference'' button; field surrounding it turns yellow(ish); wait for it to turn green; press ''Auto Collimate'' button; hit ''enter'' in Focus, TipX, and TipY boxes, to move secondary to previous night's final positions | | | |Control room|Start autocollimation (more detailed instructions are in [[vatt:hexapod|a separate document]]): Press ''Connect'' button; field surrounding button should turn green; press ''Reference'' button; field surrounding it turns yellow(ish); wait for it to turn green; press ''Auto Collimate'' button; hit ''enter'' in Focus, TipX, and TipY boxes, to move secondary to previous night's final positions | | |
| |Control room|Connect the Guidebox part of the GUI to the hardware by pressing the ''Connect'' button. After any loss of power to the Guidebox you must click ''Reference'' (the procedure takes several minutes). Use the ''Initialize'' button if one of the axes becomes unresponsive (e.g., stuck in a limit).| | | |Control room|Connect the Guidebox part of the GUI to the hardware by pressing the ''Connect'' button. After any loss of power to the Guidebox you must click ''Reference'' (the procedure takes several minutes). Use the ''Initialize'' button if one of the axes becomes unresponsive (e.g., stuck in a limit).| | |
| |Control room|Start INDI server (double click desktop icon): a terminal appears; you may minimize it| | | |
| |Control room|Start PHD2 (double click desktop icon): your main reference should be [[phd2:phd2_guiding_abbreviated|a separate dedicated document]]; instructions that follow here are simplified| | | |Control room|Start PHD2 (double click desktop icon): your main reference should be [[phd2:phd2_guiding_abbreviated|a separate dedicated document]]; instructions that follow here are simplified| | |
| |Control room|PHD2: Main tool bar, click icon that looks like a USB male connector: ''connect equipment'' window appears| | | |Control room|PHD2: Main tool bar, click icon that looks like a USB male connector: ''connect equipment'' window appears| | |
| |Control room|PHD2: ''connect equipment'', in the camera row, click on the icon that looks like a screwdriver and wrench in an "X": ''INDI Configuration'' window should appear| | | |Control room|PHD2: ''connect equipment'', in the camera row, click on the icon that looks like a screwdriver and wrench in an "X": ''INDI Configuration'' window should appear| | |
| |Control room|PHD2: ''INDI Configuration'' window: click the INDI button near the bottom of the window: ''INDI options'' window appear| | | |Control room|PHD2: ''INDI Configuration'' window: click the INDI button near the bottom of the window: ''INDI options'' window appear| | |
| |Control room|PHD2: ''INDI Options'' window: select ''Apogee CCD'' tab, check network settings (//the correct ones are on a blue Post-It at the bottom of the monitor//), and click the ''connect'' button in the ''Connection'' field: after a few seconds, a bunch of new fields and tabs appears. (The message "[ERROR] Model is not supported by the INDI Apogee driver" may mean that the camera is not powered up.) Check that the cooling system is on. Set binning to 8x8.| | | |Control room|PHD2: ''INDI Options'' window: select ''Apogee CCD'' tab (there are many tabs, and ''Apogee CCD'' is the right-most one; depending on the dimensions of the window, you may not see it at first; just scroll the tabs until you see it), and click the ''connect'' button in the ''Connection'' field: after a few seconds, a bunch of new fields and tabs appears. (The message "[ERROR] Model is not supported by the INDI Apogee driver" may mean that the camera is not powered up.) Check that the cooling system is on. Set binning to 8x8.| | |
| |Control room|PHD2: Close the two INDI-related windows. Back in the ''Connect Equipment'' window click the ''Connect'' buttons for ''Camera'' and ''Mount''. Ignore error message, "Bad-pixel map does not match camera..." If the Mount does not connect the first time (there may be an error message), try clicking the "Connect" again.| | | |Control room|PHD2: Close the two INDI-related windows. Back in the ''Connect Equipment'' window click the ''Connect'' buttons for ''Camera'' and ''Mount''. Ignore error message, "Bad-pixel map does not match camera..." If the Mount does not connect the first time (there may be an error message), try clicking the "Connect" again.| | |
| |Control room|Start XEPHEM (double click desktop icon)| | | |Control room|Start XEPHEM (double click desktop icon)| | |
