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Warm Shutdown / July 8, 2021 / P Gabor, D Brown ✔✘
Control roomTurn on dome floodlight (left of the SW balcony door)
Control roomTurn off the main dome fan (red button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door)
Control roomTCSglue main window: STOW; watch telescope move
Control roomMOUNT CONTROL tab: Disable drives (listen for air being released from brake)
Control roomMOUNT CONTROL tab: Close mirror cover (listen for sound of proper operation)
Control roomMOUNT CONTROL tab: Close dome shutter (slit) (listen for sound of proper operation)
Control roomTSCglue main window: stop dome tracking (toggling the button)
Control roomXEPHEM: If applicable, load data memory window: KILL (“X” out)
Control roomXEPHEM: main window, File pull-down menu: select Quit and answer in the affirmative that you wish to exit XEPHEM
Control roomPHD2: click the Connect icon (looks like a male USB connector) on the main task bar; click Disconnect camera and mount; exit PHD2
Control roomSecondary and Guidebox GUI: Secondary (top part): copy values to trouble report, turn off autocollimation, disconnect; Guidebox (bottom part): disconnect; kill the terminal in which the Secondary and Guidebox INDI is running
Control roomINDI: find the terminal in which INDI is running and kill it
Control roomTHERMAL tab: radio button OFF
Control roomCONTROL tab: cell fans OFF
Silo 2nd lvlNESLAB: Simultaneously: toggle fron panel ON/OFF switch to “OFF” & slowly lower manual valve lever
TCS roomToggle power switches “OFF”: AZ, EL, DEROTATOR & DOME amplifiers
TCS roomM2 PI Controller: turn off
TCS roomOPTIONAL (useful once or twice a week): turn off VATTtel and Guider Control Box
BasementSTEP TWO (labeled as such): Rotate pumps switch counterclockwise to “OFF”
BasementSTEP ONE (labeled as such): Push in red switch, upper left corner of control box
BasementTurn off building & pier fans
DomeEngage stow pins (~0 on LCD readout)
DomeVATT 4k CCD Imager only: connect camera ground wire
DomeVATT 4k CCD Imager only: place LN2 dewar under telescope, connect hose and charge camera dewar with LN2
DomeVATT 4k CCD Imager only: fill out camera LN2 log sheet
DomeOptional: Power “OFF” guider camera power supply (white in-line switch). Especially in hot weather it may be better to keep it powered up, with the thermoelectric cooling running.
DomeClose finder telescope objective cover
DomeTurn off power supply of finder telescope camera (on top of box on South side of East fork)
DomeDome vent registers: leave OPEN if weather is expected to stay good, otherwise CLOSE
DomeUnplug power to dome shutter
DomeDome short can stay “OUT” if weather is expected to remain good, otherwise “IN”
DomeVATT 4k CCD Imager only: LN2 dewar can stay in place during the day
Control roomTurn OFF dome flood light (switch to the left of the SW balcony door
Control roomTurn OFF remaining TV feed monitors and intercom
Control roomPEPSI only: shut down VNC connection to PEPSI by going to the terminal whence it was launched and killing the process with CTRL-C; log out of vattarchive on both terminals
Control roomComplete and submit Trouble Report; print out a copy (CTRL-P) and file it
Control roomPower down Xterm monitors (some of them do not sleep automatically)
everywhereMake sure that the building is locked before going to bed
vatt/vatt_warm_shutdown_checklist.txt · Last modified: 2022/04/14 05:36 by paul