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/* Emergency Stops */
== Recent Updates ==
In October 2023, a new autoguider system was installed on SpUpNIC, which means that SpUpNIC users now need to log into a new TCS PC, tcs74v4.suth. For the time being, HiPPo users will continue to use tcs74v3.suth. This is phase one of the project to install an instrument selector on the 1.9m, that will allow both SpUpNIC and SHOC, or HiPPo and SHOC, to be simultaneously mounted on the telescope.
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== Emergency Stops ==
Before proceeding any further please familiarize yourself with the emergency stops throughout the facility and on the TCS. There are two hardware emergency stops: one located on the control room mimic panel and another on the control panel on the dome floor. These buttons will stop ALL telescope and dome movements including the dome shutters and tracking (slow motion drive). Control can only be re-enabled once the emergency stop button has been released by twisting it out of its pressed in position. During an emergency stop the telescope control software (TCS) will display an emergency message. Feel free to test the emergency stop buttons.
