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== User Manual ==
Here is a link to the .pdf copy of the [http://www.saao.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/tcsman74_v10.2.pdf 74" TCS user manual], v. 10.2, updated Nov. 2014.
=== Start-up Recipe===
1. Switch ON '''lighting circuits''' at entrance to dome.
2. Switch OFF all downstairs & observing '''floor lights''' ([http://topswiki.saao.ac.za/index.php/19m#Light_switches having trouble finding the switches]?)
3. Check weather -- '''only proceed if windspeed < 60 km/h; humidity T_external - T_dewpoint > 1.5.'''
4. Check '''Telescope Power Control''' is set to PLC at top of stairs (should be the default).
5. Turn on '''Telescope Power'''. ''Manual'': Press and hold the green button for 3 sec. under "Power" on the control panel in the warm room. ''TCS'': take control and press box labeled "Telescope Power".
6. Open '''dome shutters'''. (TCS/ grey panel on N. pier)
7. Open '''mirror covers''' (TCS/buttons on telescope base)
8. Switch '''dome rotation''' to Auto (blue console N. pier)
9. Lower '''windblind''' (if appropriate; TCS/grey panel N. pier)
10. Switch on '''slow motion drive/tracking'''. ("SMD" switch on control panel/TCS "Tracking" button).
11. Initialise '''XY-slides''' (TCS).
=== Light switches ===
# The observing floor, using the panel on the North pier. If the switch does not work the first time, press the "Request Control" button at the top of the panel and try again.
# The catwalk, using the button on the orange control cabinet by the dome shutters.
== Telescope ==
