Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- vatt:vatt_warm_shutdown_checklist [2012/09/14 12:39]
admin created
+++ vatt:vatt_warm_shutdown_checklist [2022/04/14 05:36] (current)
paul
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+^ ^ Warm Shutdown / July 8, 2021 / P Gabor, D Brown ^ ✔✘ ^
-===Rolf's Modified VATT Warm Shutdown Check List 2006-05-05===
+|Control room|Turn on dome floodlight (left of the SW balcony door)| |
-        Last updated:
+|Control room|Turn off the main dome fan (red button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door)| |
-        Dec 12 2011 RAJ
+|Control room|TCSglue main window: STOW; watch telescope move| |
+|Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Disable drives (listen for air being released from brake)| |
-=====2nd floor control room=====
+|Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Close mirror cover (listen for sound of proper operation)| |
+|Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Close dome shutter (slit) (listen for sound of proper operation)| |
-      - turn off the dome fan
+|Control room|TSCglue main window: stop dome tracking (toggling the button)| |
-      - stow telescope (using "Stow" button in the VATT TCS/IF gui)
+|Control room|XEPHEM: //If applicable,// load data memory window: KILL ("X" out)| |
-      - disable drives ("Disable drives" in the TCS "mount control" view) // **NB: only when telescope is balanced, i.e., before closing mirror cover!**
+|Control room|XEPHEM: main window, ''File'' pull-down menu: select ''Quit'' and answer in the affirmative that you wish to exit XEPHEM| |
-      - close the mirror cover ("Close M-Cover")
+|Control room|PHD2: click the ''Connect'' icon (looks like a male USB connector) on the main task bar; click ''Disconnect'' camera and mount; exit PHD2| |
-      - close the dome shutter ("Close Slit")
+|Control room|Secondary 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| |
-      - turn off autocollimation (VGAG-->"Secondary" menu)
+|Control room|INDI: find the terminal in which INDI is running and kill it| |
-      - turn off the mirror thermal system (TCS "thermal" view "Off")
+|Control room|THERMAL tab: radio button ''OFF''| |
-      - turn off the mirror cell fans ("Cell Fans Off" in TCS "mount control")
+|Control room|CONTROL tab: cell fans ''OFF'' | |
-      - in XEphem, disable "running" in the telescope control window and close \\ it, then exit the "Sky View" window, then at the bottom of the main // XEphem window hit "Stop", then exit XEphem altogether.
+|Silo 2nd lvl|NESLAB: Simultaneously: toggle fron panel ON/OFF switch to "OFF" & slowly lower manual valve lever| |
-      - exit the VGAG window and the square TCS window; leave the TCS/IF gui \\ open if you want to keep reading UT during subsequent calibrations
+|TCS room|Toggle power switches "OFF": AZ, EL, DEROTATOR & DOME amplifiers| |
-      - turn off the guider, finder, and all-sky monitors
+|TCS room|M2 PI Controller: turn off| |
+|TCS room|//OPTIONAL (useful once or twice a week):// turn off VATTtel and Guider Control Box | |
+|Basement|STEP TWO (labeled as such): Rotate pumps switch counterclockwise to "OFF"| |
-=====2nd floor TCS/instrument room=====
+|Basement|STEP ONE (labeled as such): Push in red switch, upper left corner of control box| |
+|Basement|Turn off building & pier fans| |
-      - turn off the power amplifiers for derotator, azimuth, elevation and \\ dome.
+|Dome|Engage stow pins (~0 on LCD readout)| |
+|Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** connect camera ground wire| |
-=====2nd floor pier=====
+|Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** place LN2 dewar under telescope, connect hose and charge camera dewar with LN2| |
+|Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** fill out camera LN2 log sheet| |
-      - turn off the NESLAB (almost close the valve before switching off)
+|Dome|//Optional:// 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. | |
+|Dome|Close finder telescope objective cover| |
-=====basement=====
+|Dome|Turn off power supply of finder telescope camera (on top of box on South side of East fork)| |
+|Dome|Dome vent registers: leave OPEN if weather is expected to stay good, otherwise CLOSE| |
-      - turn off the oil system by first turning off the knob labeled #2, then \\ pushing in the mushroom button labeled #1.
+|Dome|Unplug power to dome shutter| |
-      - turn off the pier and building fans, then turn off the light.
+|Dome|Dome short can stay "OUT" if weather is expected to remain good, otherwise "IN"| |
+|Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** LN2 dewar can stay in place during the day| |
-=====dome=====
+|Control room|Turn OFF dome flood light (switch to the left of the SW balcony door| |
+|Control room|Turn OFF remaining TV feed monitors and intercom| |
-      - close the finder cover
+|Control room|**PEPSI 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| |
-      - unplug the finder power adapter
+|Control room|Complete and submit Trouble Report; print out a copy (CTRL-P) and file it| |
-      - turn off the SBIG camera
+|Control room|Power down Xterm monitors (some of them do not sleep automatically)| |
-      - unplug the dome power (yellow plug)
+|everywhere|Make sure that the building is locked before going to bed| |
-      - connect the grounding wire (from the mirror cell to dewar as indicated) \\ then fill the dewar
-      - let the rubber hose thaw, then remove needle from dewar, disconnect the \\ grounding wire (dewar side first), and move LN2 tank out of the way.
-      - (put in the stow pins in case of a full shutdown)
-      - (put in the dome short in case of a full shutdown)
-      - check that the West door is locked, turn off the fluorescent lights
-=====2nd floor control room=====
-      - turn off the incandescent telescope flood light.
-      - lock the doors to both balconies.
-      - turn off all lights.

MOON

User Tools

Site Tools

Differences

Page Tools