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	Warm Startup / Jan 27, 2018 / P Gabor	✔✘
	Assuming there is time to turn the thermal system on for a couple of hours before opening VATT
Basement	Check dry air supply system dew point (typ. ~ -47)
Basement	Turn on building & pier fans
Dome	Open dome register vents (there are four of them)
Dome	Open dome shutter (slit) manually: plug dome into the power socket (note on safety: this ensures dome short is out: tether attached to cord); operate the dome shutter by turning the control button on the electric box on the silo wall to the SE
Dome	Open West door (leading to ladder to the roof) and wedge it in the fully open position
Control room	Turn on the main dome fan (green button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door)
	Dome ventilation running
	Even at wam startup it is prudent to reboot VATTEL and M2 PI Controller
Control room	Kill the TCSglue; make sure M2 Controller is disconnected; kill all GUIs (if any)
TCS room	Turn M2 PI Controller off
TCS room	Reboot VATTtel: press tiny “Reset” button, wait for the green “Run” and “Pass” LEDs, and for “Guider OK” on the monitor
TCS room	M2 PI Controller will need to be turned on later
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Turn cell fans “ON”
Silo 2nd lvl	NESLAB: Check coolant level
Silo 2nd lvl	NESLAB: Simultaneously: toggle fron panel ON/OFF switch to “ON” & slowly raise manual valve lever (to minimize vibration)
Silo 2nd lvl	NESLAB: Also simultaneously: watch pneumatic-actuated valves “OPEN”
Silo 2nd lvl	NESLAB: Check pressure gauge (usually well above the nominal 60 psi)
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Wait for “NESLAB is On” to appear
Control room	@ VATTCONTROL (console) (follow this procedure only if VATTTEL is already booted)
Control room	Start APPS ⇒ VATT ⇒ TCS_GLUE
Control room	THERMAL tab: note temperature differential (strut & mirror)
Control room	THERMAL tab: radio button “ON” (do not use setpoint; setpoint to be used EXCLUSIVELY to change mirror temperature fast in time-critical situations; CLOSE SUPERVISION REQUIRED)
	Themal system running
	In immediate preparation of opening
Dome	Start filling science camera dewar with LN2
Dome	Fill out LN2/camera log – listen for full dewar, cease flow when dewar is full
Dome	Check dome shutter is plugged into the wall power socket
Dome	Turn on power supply of finder telescope camera (on top of box on South side of East fork)
Dome	Open finder telescope objective cover (CAUTION: check for snow on dome shutter if needed)
Dome	Check derotator rotation is at “home”/startup/init position and cable wrap is not twisted
Dome	SBIG guider camera power supply (mounted on upper SW side of homed guider): Turn power “ON”
Dome	Disconnect LN2 filler hose from camera dewar, move storage dewar off of telescope platform and south, to dome silo wall)
Dome	Remove camera ground wire and clip it on silo, near storage dewar
Dome	Disengage stow pins, note telescope is south heavy if mirror cover is closed (which it should be), and must be raised slightly in elevation towards zenith with hand pressure, until marks align. Failure to do this usually binds stow pins, resulting in failure of pins to fully release.
Dome	Check azimuth axis “home” (pointers best visible from lower level by the entrance to dome)
Dome	Check AZ hard stop flippers are showing green sides north.
Dome	Close and lock West door (leading to ladder to the roof) for safety reasons (a person on the roof could get swept down by the rotating dome's shutters)
	Dome actions done
Basement	STEP ONE (labeled as such): Pull out red switch, upper left corner of control box
Basement	After recirculation pump starts, check flow meter by oil tank
Basement	Check that one chiller is “ON” (green indicator) (alternates between chillers #1 & #2, each on/off cycle)
Basement	Check oil temp set point (61 F)
Basement	Check oil temp actual (should rise immediately after recirculation pump starts, then settle at or very slightly above set point)
Basement	Check oil level light “OK” (if it's going to go out because of low oil level, it will do so after recirculation pump and/or pressure pumps have been started. May come back on after more running, as oil returns from azimuth bearing)
Basement	STEP TWO (labeled as such): Rotate pumps switch clockwise to “ON”
Basement	Check low side (feed pump) pressure rising
Basement	WAIT FOR HIGH PRESSURE PUMP TO START
Basement	Check high pressure side: pressure and flow “OK” after running awhile
Basement	Hydrostatic bearing oil system on
Basement	USE HEARING PROTECTION PROVIDED IF STAYING TO OBSERVE OPERATION OF PUMPS (muffs are by light switch)
	Basement actions done
TCS room	M2 PI Controller: turn on
TCS room	Toggle power switches “ON”: AZ, EL, DEROTATOR & DOME amplifiers (should see some AMPERES on dome amp readout). DO NOT POWER UP COUNTERWEIGHTS AMPLIFIER
Everywhere	Close building blackout shades
Control room	Turn off the main dome fan (red button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door)
Control room	TURN ON ALL VIDEO MONITORS, dome flood (left of the SW balcony door) & intercom (volume “up” listening to Dome)
Control room	Start APPS ⇒ VATT ⇒ GUIDER_APP (look for SBIG emblem on video monitor)
Control room	Start APPS ⇒ VATT ⇒ XEPHEM
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Open dome shutter (slit), listen for sound of proper operation in intercom
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Open mirror cover, listen for sound of proper operation in intercom
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Enable drives (automatically releases brake)
Control room	DO NOT PRESS “Calibrate” on the MOUNT CONTROL tab!!! Could cause malfunction!!!
Control room	TCSglue main window: Turn on dome tracking by left clicking on the button displaying dome position
Control room	If needed, right mouse click on dome control button will open offset input dialog box. Enter inputs and watch dome movement (floodlight on). Kill dialog box.
Control room	Start New Secondary mirror GUI (icon bottom left) and follow instructions to start autocollimation
Control room	XEPHEM: Calendar NOW button: PRESS
Control room	XEPHEM: Update button (on bottom of dialog box): PRESS
Control room	XEPHEM: Calendar looping NOW button: PRESS
Control room	XEPHEM: Watch “N Steps” value decrease: 99999x
Control room	XEPHEM: “Data” menu: Load/delete local files
Control room	XEPHEM: Dialog box/“filter” field: ENTER PATH TO USER FILES
Control room	XEPHEM: “View” menu: Open Sky View
Control room	XEPHEM: SKY VIEW WINDOW: “Telescope” menu: “Configure” window: Radio buttons (both checked/activated by default. Leave them that way): Show skyview marker; Enable Telescope GoTo; Radio button: Telecscope “running”: toggle on with mouse click
Control room	Warning box (“OK” verification): DISMISS
Control room	XEPHEM: Back to: SKY VIEW WINDOW (to perform TELESCOPE INITIALIZATION): Find a bright star near the meridian, at Elevation ~45°; Based on RA and DEC, picture 1st move in ALT – AZ telescope will make; After selecting star in Sky View window, pick Tel GoTo; WATCH telescope to see whether it is moving as envisaged. BE READY with software stop (hover mouse over “STOP” button); Watch for target star to go through finder field on monitor (usually exits the frame near upper left)
Control room	MOUNT CONTROL tab: Open paddle, select 100 arcsec/sec rate
Control room	Paddle: push telescope (usually NORTH) until object is recovered in finder-telescope monitor
Control room	Paddle: push telescope until object is in grease pencil cross-hairs circle
Control room	TCSglue main window: “Init co-ords” radio button: turn “ON” with mouse click (this can be done more than once without harmful effects)
Control room	Turn on the main dome fan (green button on a strip to the right of the SW balcony door)
Control room	turn intercom down
Control room	Open Trouble Report (TRVATT) in browser, and note opening time, outside ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity & direction
	TELESCOPE “Go Live” SEQUENCE done
Control room	XEPHEM SKY VIEW WINDOW: Data menu: search memory & select target; Command Telescope: “GoTo” with mouse click
Control room	WATCH telescope to see whether it is moving as envisaged. BE READY with software stop (hover mouse over “STOP” button).
Control room	TCSglue main window: select filter
Control room	XEPHEM SKY VIEW WINDOW: “Go To” telescope to the collimation object (magnitude < 7)
Control room	Paddle: Jog selected object into finder telescope monitor cross hairs
Control room	TCSglue main window: Init co-ords (do this again because it will improve localized pointing: collimation object is in the vicinity of the science target)
Control room	Check/optimize telescope focus with science camera (prior to collimation)
Control room	“Autocollimation” must be running throughout the collimation & focusing procedure!
Control room	Adjust focus with New Secondary GUI, taking an exposure with the science camera and evaluating the distribution curve fit in IRAF xgterm
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guide box” tab: reset guider & user offsets
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guider” pull-down menu: select “View Field Center” (inserts pickoff mirror)
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Camera” tab: INIT CAMERA; set 2 sec exposure; “START” (sets timer box in motion)
Control room	Paddle: push collimation object to center of guider monitor @ rate of 5 sec/sec. DO NOT USE GUIDER STAGES TO CENTER OBJECT.
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guide box” tab: defocus to obtain “donut” (user offset: cca -25)
Control room	Reduce guide camera contrast until appropriate amount of splotchiness in “donut” to ascertain even distribution of energy.
Control room	New Secondary GUI: adjust TipX, TipY to even out light distribution in “donut”, re-centering object with paddle
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guide box” tab: refocus (adjust user offset; it will be a value close to 0)
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guide box” tab: select U-mirror
Control room	Check/optimize telescope focus with science camera (after collimation)
	Collimation & focusing achieved
Control room	XEPHEM GoTo target using Skyview or Data search/load dialog box OR enter RA-Dec in TCSglue main window
Control room	Use Paddle to center target in the Finder
Control room	Take image with main science camera to check the field; use paddle to adjust; re-initialize coordinates as required
	Target acquired
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Guide box” tab: check that User X,Y offsets are 0; maintain the focus user offset determined after collimation
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Camera” tab: set integration time to 0.5 s
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “Catalog” tab: select a circle (representation of a star) to move the guider camera stage (in this case the APP will adjust focus automatically; moving the stage by setting offsets may cause defocusing); watch the Guider camera output on monitor VERY CAREFULLY; if a star streaks by, wait until the motion is completed and then try to return to the star by setting offsets (the camera's field is cca 5×5 offsets units); adjust guider focus by setting an offset (sensitive to a single offset unit)
Control room	VATT Guider APP: “AutoGuider” tab: place the yellow square around the star; check that a centroid is calculated (line at the bottom of the window) and a red dot indicating the position of the centroid appears in the yellow square; open “Markers…” window, and press “Mark Pt.”; in the main window toggle last button to “Guiding…”
Control room	VATT Guider APP: if chopping required, set up additional markers by moving the telescope (paddle in jog mode), pressing “Mark Pt.” and naming the new marker; then chop by switching between the markers using the pull-down menu with the list of marker names (top right corner of the APP window)
	Guiding set up

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