==== The Startup button ====
The '''Startup''' button is not a "power-up" button, as everything should be powered up at all times. '''The Startup button should be used only when you intend to open up to observe, as it opens the dome.''' The button runs a script that performs the following tasks in this order:
# Take remote control of the dome
# Switch off the fluourescent lights# Switch on the slew lights# Open the dome shutters# Open the mirror covers# Unpark the telescope so it can be movedslew# Set the dome to track the telescope# Select SHOC rotator
# Switch off the slew lights
You can watch the startup procedure from the webcam. The status panel on the Controls tab is updated as each subsystem is activated. The SHOC rotator is selected on startup to ensure that observations are not made with the tertiary mirror in an unknown position.
==== The Shutdown button ====