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,/* Start-up recipe: remote */
= Remote observing =
In the afternoon, the telescope operations team in Sutherland will switch off the lockout -- allowing remote operation -- and turn off all lights that are not under software control. All the PC addresses, login details, URLs, etc you required to follow the instructions below will be sent to you in advance of your run.
==Start-up recipe : remote ==1. Switch ON In the remote observing station, the desk to the left of the entrance is allocated to the 1.9m. It is connected to two 37-inch curved screens. Log in to the PC. 2. There is a webcam pointed at the observing floor. Open the app in one of two ways:* Click on the “74incam” shortcut on the top left-hand side of the desktop. This opens an rdesktop session on appserver.cape. Once logged in, open internet explorer from the menu bar at the bottom. It should open on the required page - type the username and press "Enter" on the keyboard (it doesn’t respond to the login button on the screen).* Alternatively, the webcam can be viewed from an Android tablet using the Foscam app. Log in as ... and select ... 3. Connect to the TCS: click on the Remmina icon (or open a terminal and type remmina), and connect to either tcs74v3 (for use with HiPPo or SHOC) or tcs74v4 (if using SpUpNIC). 4. Start the software using the icons on the left-hand menu bar:* TCS (telescope icon)* observing limits plot (“crash” icon)* guide star programme (meteor icon) When you are ready to observe: 5. Check weather on the [http://suthweather.saao.ac.za/ Sutherland weather website] -- '''lighting circuitsonly proceed if windspeed < 60 km/h; humidity <90%; T_external - T_dewpoint > 1.5.''' at entrance 6. On the TCS GUI, select the "DOME" menu button and select "Fluorescent lights" from the drop down menu to illuminate the observing floor. 7. You should see the inside of the domeon the webcam.Use the arrow buttons to pan around and check that there are no obstructions on the observing floor. There are two ladders and a skylift which should be parked within their respective zones, demarcated by tape on the floor, up against the walls. 8. Once convinced that the floor is clear, switch off the dome lights the same way you switched them on. 9. On the TCS GUI, take TCS control of the telescope by clicking the grey "FLOOR" button. If successful, it will turn cyan and read "TCS" (if this does not happen, the lockout has been left on and you need to phone a standby technician). 10. Turn on telescope power: click "Telescope Power is OFF". Button should go from red to green; OFF to ON. 11. Open dome shutters: click "DOME" and select "Shutter open" from the dropdown menu. 12. Open mirror covers: click "DOME" and select "Mirror open". 13. Currently out of action: Lower windblind: click "DOME" and select "Blind lower". 14: Set dome to Auto mode: press the red "Man" button in the top right-hand corner, above the shutter OPEN indicator. 15. Ready the autoguider XY slides:* On tcs74v3: click "Initialize" in the "XY Slides Control" panel on the right. * Or, on tvs74v4, click "Center" - there is no need to use the "Initialize" button on tcs74v4 unless it is red (indicating a fault), in which case click "Reset", wait a moment, then click "Initialize".
2. Switch OFF all downstairs & observing '''floor lights''' ([https://topswiki.saao.ac.za/index.php/74%22_/_1.9m#Light_switches having trouble finding the switches]?)
13. Center the '''XY-slides''' (TCS).
= Local observing =
== Start-up Recipe==
