Changes
/* Recent Updates */
== Recent Updates ==
* '''October 2023February 2024: a new autoguider system has and SHOC camera have been commissioned on SpUpNIC''', which means that '''SpUpNIC and SHOC 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 completes the second 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 mounted together on the telescope. The new autoguider operates slightly differently from the old one - changes include:
** It is no longer necessary to initialise the XY slides at the start of the night, only if there is a fault, in which case the "Reset" and "Initialize" buttons will turn red, and should be clicked in that order.
** The XY slides centre position is no longer (0, 0) but (70007150, 5500082000). The new "Center" button is now used to bring the XY slides back to that position, no longer the "Initialize" button.** A '''red marker position of (358370, 340270)''' is a good place to start in centring an object on SpUpNIC's slit.** An autoguider camera focus value of 5300 6000 is a good starting point with SpUpNIC/SHOC.
** It is currently necessary to kill the guide star finderchart image display box on the TSC, before pressing "Read" to import the target coordinates from SpUpNIC in order to load the new guide star finder.
** The area within the green circle on the finderchart no longer marks the usable guide star region - guide stars within parts of the circle are accessible to the XY slides. The XY slide ranges are (0 < X < 14000, 0 < Y < 91000).
** The new guide camera field is larger and the chip has far fewer hot pixels to upset the guiding.
* '''October 2023May 2024''' - the '''windblind is still out of action'''. Its refurbishment is at the The new design has passed the review stageand is ready for parts to be manufactured.
== Emergency Stops ==
