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/* Operating Mookodi */
== Operating Mookodi ==
Prepare the Lesedi telescope by following the [https://topswiki.saao.ac.za/index.php/Lesedi#Start-up_recipes Lesedi start-up recipes]. As Mookodi is on the old SHOC port, any relic references to the SHOC port should be taken to mean the Mookodi port.
Mookodi can be operated via a web GUI. Fully scripted observations (incl. auto-focus of the instrument, automatically positioning a target on the slit, and activating auto-guiding) will be available soon.
 
''Note: Dark and bias frames cannot be taken via the web GUI at this stage.'' They can only be taken via the [[#Operation via the command line interface (CLI)|command line interface (CLI)]]. Observers are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the current [[#Known_Issues|known issues]] before commencing their observing run.
=== Operation via the web GUI ===
#*'''CCD Temperature:''' Displays the current CCD temperature, and buttons for cooling down and warming up. The camera takes 10 - 15 minutes to cool, and will stabilise at approximately -70 ºC. Cool the camera at the start of observations and warm it up once you are done.
 === Data storage ''Note: It is advisable that DARK frames should be taken with the shutter in the "ALWAYS CLOSED" mode. BIAS frames (especially if multiple frames are taken) SHOULD ALWAYS be taken with the shutter in the "ALWAYS CLOSED" mode since this will deactivate the iris-shutter in the closed state and retrieval ===prolong the lifetime.
From a terminal window:
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