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 ^ Comments & suggestions welcome ^ ^ Comments & suggestions welcome ^
  
-^ ^Warm Startup / Jun 14, 2021 / P Gabor, M Franz et al.^^ ✔✘ ^  +^ ^Warm Startup / Jun 14, 2021 / P Gabor, M Franz et al.^^ ✔✘ |  
-|  |Before you get started it is always a good idea to [[vatt:vatt_weather|check the weather]] and other conditions. In particular, || |+|  |Before you get started it is always a good idea to [[vatt:vatt_weather|check the weather]] and other conditions. In particular, ... || |
 | ::: | :!: make sure to be in lightning shutdown if there is a risk of lightning, and || ::: | | ::: | :!: make sure to be in lightning shutdown if there is a risk of lightning, and || ::: |
-| ::: | :!: do not open the dome or run the fans when there is smoke and ash.|| ::: |+| ::: | :!: do not open the dome or run the fans when there is smoke and ash. || ::: |
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 | ^ :!: ALWAYS BE WITHIN EARSHOT OF A TWO-WAY RADIO TUNED TO THE MGIO REPEATER! :!: || | | ^ :!: ALWAYS BE WITHIN EARSHOT OF A TWO-WAY RADIO TUNED TO THE MGIO REPEATER! :!: || |
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 | ^ Cameras || | | ^ Cameras || |
-| | =) At all times, take advantage of the Hikvision and Axis cameras in order to monitor the status of the telescope. [[vatt:surveilcams|Dome, Security & Finderscope Cameras]] || |+| | =) At all times, take advantage of the Hikvision and Axis cameras in order to monitor the status of the telescope. [[vatt:surveilcams|Dome, Security & Finderscope Cameras]] || |
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 | ^ Porch doors || | | ^ Porch doors || |
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 | |=) Once every few days it is prudent to reboot ''VATTtel''. 8-) [[vatt:vatt_reboot_vatttel|Reboot VATTtel]] daily.  || | | |=) Once every few days it is prudent to reboot ''VATTtel''. 8-) [[vatt:vatt_reboot_vatttel|Reboot VATTtel]] daily.  || |
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-^ ^**Thermalizing M1 and its mirror cell** ^^ ^ +^ ^**Thermalizing M1 and its mirror cell** ^^ | 
-| | =) When night and day temperatures inside the dome differ greatly (wintertime; greenhouse effect), it is advisable to take a couple of hours before opening to thermalize. The chief remedy is to open the dome slit because the outside air is significantly cooler than the air inside the dome. See [[vatt:vatt_gradual_thermalization|Gradual Thermalization]]|| |+| | :!::!::!: **Thermal shock is a 8-O danger m( to glass integrity :!::!: NEVER open the mirror cover if the mirror is more than 5°C warmer than ambient air** :!::!::!: || | 
 +| | =) When night and day temperatures inside the dome differ greatly (wintertime; greenhouse effect), it is advisable to take a couple of hours before opening to thermalize. The chief remedy is to open the dome slit because the outside air is significantly cooler than the air inside the dome. See [[vatt:what_is_new_at_vatt|What's New at VATT]] || |
 | | =) In summertime, nights are often warm on Mt Graham, with relatively small night/day temperature differences.|| | | | =) In summertime, nights are often warm on Mt Graham, with relatively small night/day temperature differences.|| |
 | |=) The outside air temperatures are often too high in the afternoons, so that opening the dome is not very useful until dusk/sunset.|| | | |=) The outside air temperatures are often too high in the afternoons, so that opening the dome is not very useful until dusk/sunset.|| |
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 |Dome |Opening the dome slit is the most effective way of letting the hot air out of the dome. But, around the equinoxes, the setting sun will shine on the secondary barrel. This is to be avoided. :!: Keep the sun off the secondary barrel :!: || | |Dome |Opening the dome slit is the most effective way of letting the hot air out of the dome. But, around the equinoxes, the setting sun will shine on the secondary barrel. This is to be avoided. :!: Keep the sun off the secondary barrel :!: || |
 |Dome/ Control room **later** |Open dome shutters (slit) about half way: at quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position plug dome into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**); operate the dome shutters by turning the control button on the electric box on the silo wall to the SE; stop the opening about half way by unplugging the power cord; this keeps the sun off the secondary barrel |Open dome shutters (slit) fully: at quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position plug dome into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**). No further action required in the dome: Shutters can be opened fully using TCSglue. | | |Dome/ Control room **later** |Open dome shutters (slit) about half way: at quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position plug dome into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**); operate the dome shutters by turning the control button on the electric box on the silo wall to the SE; stop the opening about half way by unplugging the power cord; this keeps the sun off the secondary barrel |Open dome shutters (slit) fully: at quad box on curved wall below the dome short installation position plug dome into the power socket (**note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord**). No further action required in the dome: Shutters can be opened fully using TCSglue. | |
-|Dome|Check dome home position ([[vatt:miscellaneous_tips|Homing the Dome]]) and if necessary, correct it by lifting the encoder wheel, spinning it about ½ - turn (usually clockwise as viewed from the top) and immediately setting the wheel back down, into contact with the abrasive surface. Watch dome position until it settles down (usually overshoots at least twice, at varying velocities).|| | 
 |Dome|Check derotator position (home switch magnet is showing, near sensor, to its right); check cable wrap is not twisted|| | |Dome|Check derotator position (home switch magnet is showing, near sensor, to its right); check cable wrap is not twisted|| |
 |Dome|Turn on power supply of the legacy finder telescope camera (on top of box on South side of East fork)|| | |Dome|Turn on power supply of the legacy finder telescope camera (on top of box on South side of East fork)|| |
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 |Control room|Turn on the intercom (pressing the buttons marked ''Dome West'' and ''Dome South'', depending on which area you want to monitor more closely; for general use, ''Dome West'' is better)|| | |Control room|Turn on the intercom (pressing the buttons marked ''Dome West'' and ''Dome South'', depending on which area you want to monitor more closely; for general use, ''Dome West'' is better)|| |
 |Control room|Turn on the main dome fan (green button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door); adjust the speed to maximum by turning the knob on the top of the strip counter-clockwise to the limit (yes, 0 = the highest speed); listen to sound of proper operation over the intercom|| | |Control room|Turn on the main dome fan (green button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door); adjust the speed to maximum by turning the knob on the top of the strip counter-clockwise to the limit (yes, 0 = the highest speed); listen to sound of proper operation over the intercom|| |
-|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 ^PEPSI ^Other instruments | |
 +|Control room | :!: The Derotator tracking __must__ be ''off'' at all times. :!: The Derotator tracking is turned ''on'' every time VATTtel is (re)booted. To turn ''off'', click on the Derotator field, click on the derotator position field, opening a small dialog box, toggle the tracking there, wait for TCS to react (status "Derotator tracking is off" in the Derotator field), and close the dialog box. |The Derotator tracking should be ''on'', which is the default when VATTtel is (re)booted. | |
 |Control room|FIXME <del>MOUNT CONTROL tab: Wait for ''NESLAB is On'' to appear</del> See [[vatt:what_is_new_at_vatt|What's New at VATT]]|| | |Control room|FIXME <del>MOUNT CONTROL tab: Wait for ''NESLAB is On'' to appear</del> See [[vatt:what_is_new_at_vatt|What's New at VATT]]|| |
 |Control room|FIXME <del>THERMAL tab: note temperature differential (strut & mirror)</del> See [[vatt:what_is_new_at_vatt|What's New at VATT]]|| | |Control room|FIXME <del>THERMAL tab: note temperature differential (strut & mirror)</del> See [[vatt:what_is_new_at_vatt|What's New at VATT]]|| |
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 |everywhere|Shutter all windows with blackout shades and curtains (with the exception of the window by the SW porch door in the control room; this can be useful to check the sky brightness visually, as the cameras are very sensitive and may create the false impression that the sky is brighter than it truly is) || | |everywhere|Shutter all windows with blackout shades and curtains (with the exception of the window by the SW porch door in the control room; this can be useful to check the sky brightness visually, as the cameras are very sensitive and may create the false impression that the sky is brighter than it truly is) || |
 |Control room|Turn big fan down to speed 8 (knob on top of strip to the right of SW balcony door), to make the dome comfortable for procedures to be carried out there, and later, when conducting startup procedures in the control room, to hear the sounds from the dome better over the intercom || | |Control room|Turn big fan down to speed 8 (knob on top of strip to the right of SW balcony door), to make the dome comfortable for procedures to be carried out there, and later, when conducting startup procedures in the control room, to hear the sounds from the dome better over the intercom || |
-|Control room|TCSglue main window: turn on dome tracking|| |+|Control room|TCSglue main window: turn on dome tracking. :?: Are you sure the dome short is out? :?: || | 
 +|Dome|Check dome home position ([[vatt:miscellaneous_tips|Homing the Dome]]) and if necessary, correct it by lifting the encoder wheel, spinning it about ½ - turn (usually clockwise as viewed from the top) and immediately setting the wheel back down, into contact with the abrasive surface. Watch dome position until it settles down (usually overshoots at least twice, at varying velocities).|| |
 |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** start filling science camera dewar with LN2; if using remotely controllable valve follow [[VATT:Jinvoo LN2 valve|instructions in a separate document]]|| | |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** start filling science camera dewar with LN2; if using remotely controllable valve follow [[VATT:Jinvoo LN2 valve|instructions in a separate document]]|| |
 |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** fill out LN2/camera log – listen for full dewar, cease flow when dewar is full|| | |Dome|**VATT 4k CCD Imager only:** fill out LN2/camera log – listen for full dewar, cease flow when dewar is full|| |
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 |Control room|Enable ''Live View'' from the  Hikvision dome, the Hikvision new FinderScope camera, and the Axis thermal IR P12 camera ([[vatt:surveilcams|Dome, Security &amp; Finderscope Cameras]])|| | |Control room|Enable ''Live View'' from the  Hikvision dome, the Hikvision new FinderScope camera, and the Axis thermal IR P12 camera ([[vatt:surveilcams|Dome, Security &amp; Finderscope Cameras]])|| |
 |Control room|**Mandatory for remote operation:** check that Skype is running on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet A using the Skype username and password listed on the intercom unit|| | |Control room|**Mandatory for remote operation:** check that Skype is running on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet A using the Skype username and password listed on the intercom unit|| |
-|Control room|**PEPSI only:** , log in to //vattarchive// as //vattobs//|| | 
 |Control room|**PEPSI only:** At the HP ThinPro xterm unit closest to the old printer, open a terminal and start the VNC viewer using this command: ''vncviewer –via ajarvinen@ssh.lbto.org –shared –viewonly 192.168.164.19:1'' (pressing the "Up" arrow at the command prompt should load this stored command). Enter password when prompted.|| | |Control room|**PEPSI only:** At the HP ThinPro xterm unit closest to the old printer, open a terminal and start the VNC viewer using this command: ''vncviewer –via ajarvinen@ssh.lbto.org –shared –viewonly 192.168.164.19:1'' (pressing the "Up" arrow at the command prompt should load this stored command). Enter password when prompted.|| |
 |Control room|**PEPSI only:** At the "principal" HP ThinPro xterm unit (at the angle of the table; this unit will run a ''VATTcontrol'' session), keep a browser window displaying http://10.0.2.11/local/viewer/axisvid.html.|| | |Control room|**PEPSI only:** At the "principal" HP ThinPro xterm unit (at the angle of the table; this unit will run a ''VATTcontrol'' session), keep a browser window displaying http://10.0.2.11/local/viewer/axisvid.html.|| |
 |Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Make sure dome shutters (slit) are open (visual inspection via Dome camera). If they are closed, press ''Open Slit'', listening for sound of proper operation over the intercom and/or watching the dome cameras.|| | |Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Make sure dome shutters (slit) are open (visual inspection via Dome camera). If they are closed, press ''Open Slit'', listening for sound of proper operation over the intercom and/or watching the dome cameras.|| |
 |Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Open mirror cover, listening for sound of proper operation over the intercom|| | |Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Open mirror cover, listening for sound of proper operation over the intercom|| |
-|Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Enable drives (automatically releases brake: listen over intercom for a "clunk")|| | +|Control room|MOUNT CONTROL tab: Enable drives (automatically releases brake: listen over intercom for a "clunk") :?: Are you sure (1) the stow pin is out, (2) the hydrostatic oil bearing is active, (3) the drive amplifiers are on :?: || | 
-|Control room|TCSglue main window: **PEPSI only** Make absolutely certain that :!: Derotator tracking is disabled :!: : click on the derotator position field, opening a small dialog box, and toggle the tracking there, then close dialog box|| | +| ^ PEPSI only ^ Other instruments | | 
-|Control room|TCSglue main window: Enable Derotator tracking if disabled: click on the derotator position field, opening a small dialog box, and toggle the tracking there, then close dialog box|| |+|Control room|TCSglue main window: Make absolutely certain that :!: Derotator tracking is disabled :!: To turn ''off'', click on the Derotator field, click on the derotator position field, opening a small dialog box, toggle the tracking there, wait for TCS to react (status "Derotator tracking is off" in the Derotator field), and close the dialog box. |TCSglue main window: Enable Derotator tracking if disabled: click on the derotator position field, opening a small dialog box, and toggle the tracking there, then close dialog box| |
 |Control room|:!: **DO NOT "Calibrate"** :!:|| | |Control room|:!: **DO NOT "Calibrate"** :!:|| |
 |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)|| |
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 |Control room|__Start "Secondary and Guidebox" GUI__ using the desktop launcher. This will open a Firefox browser window should Firefox not be running yet. If Firefox is already running, an error message will appear. Simply open a Firefox tab manually and go to ''localhost:4002/guidebox_4k.html''. Select VATTSpec or VATT4k (default for all other instruments). The top controls the M2 PI hexapod and the bottom controls various motors in and on the Guide box. 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__ using the desktop launcher. This will open a Firefox browser window should Firefox not be running yet. If Firefox is already running, an error message will appear. Simply open a Firefox tab manually and go to ''localhost:4002/guidebox_4k.html''. Select VATTSpec or VATT4k (default for all other instruments). The top controls the M2 PI hexapod and the bottom controls various motors in and on the Guide box. 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; M2 will move 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; M2 will move 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). In more extreme cases, e.g., coming out of lightning shutdown, the guide box is likely to run into communication problems. The remedy is to run the ''INDImon'' script (its launcher on ''VATTcontrol'''s desktop is labeled ''Restart indidriver''), selecting option ''(3) Filter/Guidebox driver''.|| |+|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). In more extreme cases, e.g., coming out of lightning shutdown, the guide box is likely to run into communication problems. The remedy is to run the ''INDImon'' script (its launcher on ''VATTcontrol'''s desktop is labeled ''Restart indidriver''), selecting option ''(3) Filter/Guidebox driver'' (to the following query, type "Y" followed by ''Enter'').|| |
 |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, 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.) Set binning to 8x8 and check that the cooling system is on.|| | +|Control room|PHD2: ''INDI Options'' window: select ''Apogee CCD'' tab, check network settings, 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.) In the ''Main'' tab, check that the cooling system is on: Click ''Cooler on''. In the ''image settings'' tab, set binning to 8x8: type 8 in the two boxes and hit ''Set''. A green bullet should appear on the left. || | 
-|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'' (**PEPSI:** do not connect ''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)|| |
 |Control room|XEPHEM: main window: click "Now" on top right and "Update" in bottom bar, then toggle the small "RT" button to the right of ''Looping'' ((These steps were unnecessary at one stage of software development.)); check that the bottom bar says ''Stop''|| | |Control room|XEPHEM: main window: click "Now" on top right and "Update" in bottom bar, then toggle the small "RT" button to the right of ''Looping'' ((These steps were unnecessary at one stage of software development.)); check that the bottom bar says ''Stop''|| |
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 |Control room|XEPHEM: //If applicable,// dialog box/"filter" field: ENTER PATH TO USER FILES || | |Control room|XEPHEM: //If applicable,// dialog box/"filter" field: ENTER PATH TO USER FILES || |
 |Control room|XEPHEM: A new version made this unnecessary: <del>Make sure that XEPHEM communicates with the telescope: In the "Telescope" pull-down menu, select "INDI Panel", which opens, and then toggle "Connect" at the panel's bottom. Check that there is a graphical representation of the telescope's position (bull's eye) in the SKY VIEW chart.</del>|| | |Control room|XEPHEM: A new version made this unnecessary: <del>Make sure that XEPHEM communicates with the telescope: In the "Telescope" pull-down menu, select "INDI Panel", which opens, and then toggle "Connect" at the panel's bottom. Check that there is a graphical representation of the telescope's position (bull's eye) in the SKY VIEW chart.</del>|| |
 +|Control room|XEPHEM: Open SKY VIEW window: go to the pull-down menu ''View'', and select the penultimate item, ''Sky view'' || |
 |Control room|XEPHEM: SKY VIEW window: We used to click grid control (under Images menu) twice, turning RA–DEC grid off and then Alt–Az grid on. This does not seem to work anymore. In the "Control" pull-down menu select "Options", which opens a new window, and toggle "Alt-Az" at the top left of the window.|| | |Control room|XEPHEM: SKY VIEW window: We used to click grid control (under Images menu) twice, turning RA–DEC grid off and then Alt–Az grid on. This does not seem to work anymore. In the "Control" pull-down menu select "Options", which opens a new window, and toggle "Alt-Az" at the top left of the window.|| |
 |Control room|8-) First initialization of coordinates can be performed shortly after sunset, using a very bright star (<2mag).|| | |Control room|8-) First initialization of coordinates can be performed shortly after sunset, using a very bright star (<2mag).|| |
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