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====== Instruments ====== | ====== Instruments ====== | ||
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- | =====INSTRUMENT MANUALS===== | + | ===== INSTRUMENT MANUALS ===== |
- | \\ PAVO User Manual: Available | + | |
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- | MIRCX:\\ | + | PAVO: |
- | (A) Instrument user manuals (1) [[https:// | + | |
- | (B) [[https:// | + | * User Manual |
- | (C) {{chara: | + | |
- | \\ | + | * {{:chara: |
- | [[https:// | + | |
- | \\ | + | \\ MIRCX and MYSTIC: |
- | {{chara: | + | |
- | \\ | + | * [[https:// |
- | =====OBSERVING LOGS===== | + | * [[https:// |
- | {{chara: | + | |
- | {{chara: | + | * [[:chara: |
- | [[https://sites.google.com/a/ | + | |
- | \\ | + | CLASSIC/ |
- | =====USEFUL LINKS AND DOCUMENTATION===== | + | |
- | [[chara: | + | * {{: |
- | {{chara: | + | * [[: |
- | \\ | + | * [[: |
- | =====SOFTWARE SETUP FOR TELESCOPE OPERATORS===== | + | * [[: |
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- | Below we describe the software that needs to be started for each instrument at the beginning of the night. Follow the [[chara: | + | SPICA |
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | VEGA: Has been retired as of summer of 2021. | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | General CHARA Operations | ||
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+ | * [[: | ||
+ | * {{:chara: | ||
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+ | Silmaril | ||
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+ | * {{: | ||
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+ | Six Telescope Star Tracker | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | Adaptive Optics - See links for AO Documentation at the top of the [[: | ||
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+ | ===== OBSERVING LOGS ===== | ||
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+ | MIRC-X 6T Observing Log: standard beam order [{{:chara: | ||
+ | MIRC-X 6T Observing Log: free beam order [{{: | ||
+ | {{:chara: | ||
+ | [[http://chara.gsu.edu/observing-logs|Online Observing Logs]] | ||
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+ | ===== USEFUL LINKS AND DOCUMENTATION ===== | ||
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+ | [[:chara: | ||
+ | {{:chara: | ||
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+ | ===== SOFTWARE SETUP FOR TELESCOPE OPERATORS ===== | ||
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+ | \\ Below we describe the software that needs to be started for each instrument at the beginning of the night. Follow the [[:chara: | ||
===== CLASSIC and CLIMB: ===== | ===== CLASSIC and CLIMB: ===== | ||
- | Open the CLASSIC/ | + | |
- | \\ | + | Open the CLASSIC/ |
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===== PAVO: ===== | ===== PAVO: ===== | ||
- | Open the PAVO server and GUI using the menu on zoot. Typically the observer runs the PAVO server from their location. However, if network speed becomes an issue during a remote run, the operator can open the PAVO server on the mountain and the observer can type commands into PAVO by using a "speak pavo" session. The [Status] button on the PAVO GUI will bring up a display of the server.\\ | + | |
- | \\ | + | Open the PAVO server and GUI using the menu on zoot. Typically the observer runs the PAVO server from their location. However, if network speed becomes an issue during a remote run, the operator can open the PAVO server on the mountain and the observer can type commands into PAVO by using a "speak pavo" session. The [Status] button on the PAVO GUI will bring up a display of the server. \\ \\ PAVO uses the LDCs. Bring up the LDC GUIs using the menu on zoot (under ESP Controllers). It's a good idea to home the LDCs at the start of the night. To home the LDCs, turn on the power button for the relevant telescope (the button will turn from red to green). Set the velocity to a non-zero number like 50 and click the [VEL] button. Then click the [HOME] button. You will see the position of the LDC go to 0.0. If the position gets stuck at "<>", |
- | PAVO uses the LDCs. Bring up the LDC GUIs using the menu on zoot (under ESP Controllers). It's a good idea to home the LDCs at the start of the night. To home the LDCs, turn on the power button for the relevant telescope (the button will turn from red to green). Set the velocity to a non-zero number like 50 and click the [VEL] button. Then click the [HOME] button. You will see the position of the LDC go to 0.0. If the position gets stuck at "<>", | + | |
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- | If you need to home the LDC glass during the night, then follow this procedure:\\ | + | |
* Type " | * Type " | ||
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* After the LDC glass homes, then type " | * After the LDC glass homes, then type " | ||
* Click [Ref] on Cosmic Debris to send the LDCs back to the correct positions. | * Click [Ref] on Cosmic Debris to send the LDCs back to the correct positions. | ||
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- | If the PAVO server doesn' | + | \\ If the PAVO server doesn' |
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- | ===== MIRC: ===== | + | ===== MIRC-X and MYSTIC: ===== |
- | After the ople server | + | |
- | ===== VEGA: ===== | + | MIRC-X |
- | Open all CHARA servers and GUIs as usual. The VEGA team will open their servers and software from the VEGA computer.\\ | + | |
- | \\ | + | ===== VEGA: Is now retired as of summer of 2021 ===== |
- | If VEGA is running with CLIMB, then LDCs will need to be used. Bring up the LDC GUIs using the menu on zoot (under ESP Controllers). It's a good idea to home the LDCs at the start of the night. To home the LDCs, turn on the power button for the relevant telescope (the button will turn from red to green). Set the velocity to a non-zero number like 50 and click the [VEL] button. Then click the [HOME] button. You will see the position of the LDC go to 0.0. If the position gets stuck at "<>", | + | |
- | \\ | + | Open all CHARA servers and GUIs as usual. The VEGA team will open their servers and software from the VEGA computer. \\ \\ If VEGA is running with CLIMB, then LDCs will need to be used. Bring up the LDC GUIs using the menu on zoot (under ESP Controllers). It's a good idea to home the LDCs at the start of the night. To home the LDCs, turn on the power button for the relevant telescope (the button will turn from red to green). Set the velocity to a non-zero number like 50 and click the [VEL] button. Then click the [HOME] button. You will see the position of the LDC go to 0.0. If the position gets stuck at "<>", |
- | If VEGA and CLIMB are both recording data simultaneously, | + | |
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- | To co-phase CLIMB and VEGA, you will have to bring up the "Beam Combiner 1" GUI from the ESP Controller menu. Detailed instructions for co-phasing CLIMB and VEGA are available on the VEGA website. Please remind the VEGA observers to zero out any offsets added to the BC1 GUI before the end of run or before turning off the BC1 power.\\ | + | |
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- | __Advice on running 3T CLIMB for use with 4T Vega: | + | |
- | VEGA is using beams 1-4, and have the telescopes setup in such a way so that the shortest and easiest baseline is 3-4 for them to track themselves. But to have the glass and the cart in the right place in relation to the reference cart, you have to have all 4 telescopes active which causes conflict in the Cosmic Debris because for having climb active, it says "no point in doing this with anything but three active scopes" | + | |
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- | 1. Lock the star with all 4 scopes via the sequence\\ | + | |
- | 2. On the config tab on CD, uncheck the telescope on B4, hit send (the telescope will still be tracking on tiptilt and the cart will be close to where it needs to be for later. \\ | + | |
- | 3. Align climb for beams 1-3\\ | + | |
- | 4. Scan for fringes on all 3 beams (first time to get offsets)\\ | + | |
- | 5. Record 3 beams button, get all 3 fringes in the window.\\ | + | |
- | 6. Now that the windows are up, on the ople gui, or on cosmic debris (I do ople) on the configure tab, recheck the telescope on B4, and hit send. The telescope will now be active for VEGA to track the 3-4 fringes after the man button is pressed. This will also keep the telescope activated for the next slew.\\ | + | |
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- | {{https:// | + | |
===== FLUOR: ===== | ===== FLUOR: ===== | ||
- | Nic can add instructions here, but it probably consists of opening the JuFlu server and GUI. There was a time when we had to open up a special Cosmic Debris for FLUOR by typing the following command into a terminal window: | ||
- | * cosmic_fluor -F -o2 (for a secondary program using secondary ople) | + | The JOUFLU combiner was retired in the 2019 observing season. Instructions |
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