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-^ ^Streamlined Warm Startup / Sep 11, 2020 / 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://10.0.2.11/local/viewer/axisvid.html|all-sky camera etc]]| | |  |[[http://10.0.2.11/local/viewer/axisvid.html|all-sky camera etc]]| |
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 |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**| |
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 |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]]| |
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 |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 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 | |
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