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 [[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\
 [[:chara:operating_procedures#observing_conditions|Observing Conditions]]\\
-[[:chara:operating_procedures#going_on_sky|Going on Sky]]
+[[:chara:operating_procedures#going_on_sky|Going on Sky]]\\
+[[:chara:night_time_pop_changes|Night-time POP Changes]]\\
-[[:chara:night_time_pop_changes|Night-time POP Changes]]
 [[:chara:operating_procedures#procedure_for_shutting_down_at_the_end_of_the_night|Procedure for Shutting Down the Array]]
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 __**SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION**__ \\
 [[:chara:remote_observing|Remote Observing]]\\
-[[:chara:power_outage|Power Outage]]\\
+[[:chara:power_outage|Shutting Down prior to a Power Outage]]\\
+[[:chara:power_recovery|Recovering from a Power Outage]]\\
+[[:chara:trouble_shooting|Trouble Shooting]]\\
+[[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\
 {{:chara:files:dailylabcheck.pdf|Daily Alignment Check Procedure}} \\
 {{:chara:files:co-phase2019.pdf|Co-phasing with the CHARA phase reference}} \\
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 [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b1f0pgeeKOx5NO-jUOCbFM-e7b9GL8iBMFijD1B3Qc8/edit#|Telescope AO User Manual]]\\
 [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TnLxWaAw42DZwh7l6_wPfe_CpIfT935_aShK0ymBX1o|WFS TT Alignment and Usage]]\\
-[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UY5C8Pkbi_yd448aF_TXXE9KFkwjd5VK3LALvkFahjQ/|Coude alignment (daytime)]]\\
-{{:chara:files:s2_new_finder_camera-r1.docx|New S2 Finder Instructions}} \\
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-[[:chara:azimuth_coude_alignments|Azimuth coudé alignments]]\\
 {{:chara:files:tiptilt_splitters_change.pdf|Tip-tilt Splitters Change}} \\
-[[:chara:trouble_shooting|Trouble Shooting]]\\
+{{:chara:files:beaconrecoveryinstructions.pdf|E2 AOB Dichroic Recovery Document}} \\
+{{:chara:files:e1_hut_coms_recovery.pdf|E1 HuT and Cooler Communications Recovery}}
+{{:chara:files:twfs_faint_objects.pdf|TWFS Faint Object Instructions}} \\
+[[:chara:coude_alignment_procedure|Coude alignment procedure]] - Updated 2021Jun01\\
 [[:chara:horizons|Telescope Horizon Limits]]\\
 [[:chara:restarting_servers|Restarting Servers]]\\
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 **__INSTRUMENTS__ ** \\
-[[:chara:instruments|Instrument Manuals]]\\
 [[:chara:instruments|Observing Logs]]\\
 [[:chara:fringe_offsets|Recent fringe offsets]]\\
+[[:chara:glass_offsets|Recent glass offsets]]\\
 [[:chara:instruments|Software setup for specific instruments]]\\
-[[:chara:classic_faint_object_procedures|Classic Faint Object Procedures]]\\
+[[:chara:classic_faint_object_procedures|Classic Faint Object Procedures]]
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 __**DOCUMENTATION TO BE UPDATED**__ \\
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 CHARA Array Operating Procedures\\
-Copyright © 2005-2020 The CHARA Team\\
+Copyright © 2005-2021 The CHARA Team\\
-Last updated: 2020-1-22\\
+Last updated: 2021-08-10\\
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-**Chapter 1: **\\
+**Chapter 1: **
 === Lab Protocol ===
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 .1 Lab Rules Intro
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 === Preparations in the Lab Prior to Observing ===
-AUG 2012 by Judit, Current version 17 JAN 2020 by Norm
+AUG 2012 by Judit, Current version 10 Aug 2021 by Chris
 These are routine tasks to be performed in and around the lab every evening to prepare the array for regular observations. Note that there is a new Daily Alignment Check Procedure for configurations that do not change night to night. Use it instead of the full alignment given here.
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 Go into vacuum pump shack. Flip on power switch for pump (wait for blower to go on) Open valve slowly (parallel to pipe means open) Note if fan cords are plugged into wall outlet to keep pumps cool. Note oil temperature when you start up. Oil temps below 20º C make for a labored start. Inform Larry if the oil temp is low and the heater did not run to bring the temp up before starting.\\
-Go into lab building, check pressures on Vacmon display. If pressure is higher than 100 torr in any of the lines, pump those lines only one at a time. Open valve a little, then come back to open fully. When all lines to be used are well below 100 torr, open all those valves. The final pressure should be 0.5 - 1.0 Torr in each line. The pump will normally bring all 6 lines down to .2-.3 Torr. The S1 and S2 lines leak the most during the day and will read the highest in the afternoon when you return, usually around 10 and 20 Torr. Note any unusual vacuum readings as they can indicate a leak beyond what is normal. Sometimes a line isn't pumped down the night before and can read higher than 30 Torr. Pump the highest ones down first as stated above.
+Go into lab building, check pressures on Vacmon display. If pressure is higher than 100 torr in any of the lines, pump those lines only one at a time. Open valve a little, then come back to open fully. When all lines to be used are well below 100 torr, open all those valves. The final pressure should be 0.5 - 1.0 Torr in each line. The pump will normally bring all 6 lines down to .2-.3 Torr. The S1 and S2 lines leak the most during the day and will read the highest in the afternoon when you return, usually between 10-20 Torr in the summer and 20-30 Torr in the winter. Note any unusual vacuum readings as they can indicate a leak beyond what is normal. Sometimes a line isn't pumped down the night before and can read higher than 30 Torr. Pump the highest ones down first as stated above.
-.2 Filling IR cameras with LN2\\
+.2 Filling NIRO with LN2\\
 Fill both chambers on the NIRO camera. Use the gloves and glasses provided on the shelf with the funnels and the thermos. It will normally take 1 liter of LN2 in the outer chamber and 1/2 liter in the inner chamber. Fill it until the LN2 bubbles out of the top. This camera is normally kept cool all the time, exceptions will be noted.\\
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 .3 Alignment of the light path to the telescopes\\
-Go into the lab. The green alignment laser on the light source table is used. To open necessary guis, use laptops or the two tablets inside lab. Tablets are the newest hand held units and are located on the west and south walls plugged into chargers.\\
+Go into the lab. The green alignment laser on the light source table is used. To open necessary guis, use laptops or the tablet inside lab. The tablet or laptop are located on the table next to the MIRCX/MYSTIC table and are plugged into chargers.\\
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 .3.1 In the lab (Beam Combination area) Turn on power switch for alignment laser, and turn the key. Above the tiptilt camera, turn on the Pico 3 controller.
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 .3.2 Laser alignment to east table
-Check the laser spots on the E table target at North wall of Beam Switching area. On Laser Filter gui, select ND 0.0 Make sure VEGA periscope is UP. Open LASER shutter on the SHUTTERS gui and open shutters for the beams you are going to use. Using the VISBEAMS gui, move the laser to the first beam pair you will check, ie. Beams 1&2. Using the Beam Samplers gui, move beam samplers off of the beams you will align. Check each spot that is going to be used on each pair (for ex. 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, etc.) Use Pico3 gui to center laser dots on cross hairs. Be mindful of which pair was selected with VISBEAMS. (1&2-2 and 2&3-2 appear at the same spot, but different pieces of optics are involved) Use the Beam Samplers gui to put telescopes back on the appropriate beams. Note that when multiple telescope/beam configurations are requested, aligning to the secondary configuration or back up telescopes first, then finishing with the primary configuration is more efficient.\\
+Check the laser spots on the E table target at North wall of Beam Switching area. On Laser Filter gui, select ND 0.0  Open LASER shutter on the SHUTTERS gui and open shutters for the beams you are going to use. Using the VISBEAMS gui, move the laser to the first beam pair you will check, ie. Beams 1&2. Using the Beam Samplers gui, move beam samplers off of the beams you will align. Check each spot that is going to be used on each pair (for ex. 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, etc.) Use Pico3 gui to center laser dots on cross hairs. Be mindful of which pair was selected with VISBEAMS. (1&2-2 and 2&3-2 appear at the same spot, but different pieces of optics are involved) Use the Beam Samplers gui to put telescopes back on the appropriate beams. Note that when multiple telescope/beam configurations are requested, aligning to the secondary configuration or back up telescopes first, then finishing with the primary configuration may be more efficient.\\
 If the telescopes were used on the same beam on the previous night, the next steps may be very close and should not need much if any adjustment.\\
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 .3.6 M10 Alignment
-Go to a computer anywhere to check the beam remotely at the telescopes. Check Vacuum Monitor that the vacuum is below 20 torr. Open telescope gui from pull down menu. Click TV [ON] to open the camera window and click [M10AL] to change view to the M10 alignment view, click [M7 open] to open the M7 mirror cover. Center bright spot in beam on the black reference spot. You may need to adjust the IRIS or the TV brightness to see the bright spot well. [BEAM] cycles the iris from open to closed and gives a good idea of where the center of the spot is. To adjust the position, use Pico 2 to select, for example, E2M10 → [MOVE] (use large steps ~ 100). Note that the up, down, left, and right buttons do no correspond to the actual directions the spot will move. When the spot is centered, click [M7 close] to close the mirror cover * click TV [OFF] to close the window
+Go to a computer anywhere to check the beam remotely at the telescopes. Check Vacuum Monitor that the vacuum is below 20 torr. Open telescope gui from pull down menu. Click TV [ON] to open the camera window and click [M10AL] to change view to the M10 alignment view, click [M7 open] to open the M7 mirror cover. Center bright spot in beam on the black reference spot. (Note that S2 has a double spot in the center and a single spot to the lower right.  The double spot is the correct one.)  You may need to adjust the IRIS or the TV brightness to see the bright spot well. [BEAM] cycles the iris from open to closed and gives a good idea of where the center of the spot is. To adjust the position, use Pico 2 to select, for example, E2M10 → [MOVE] (use large steps ~ 100). Note that the up, down, left, and right buttons do no correspond to the actual directions the spot will move. When the spot is centered, click [M7 close] to close the mirror cover * click TV [OFF] to close the window
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 For CLIMB 1 and CLIMB 2, the removable 6-beam target should be placed in the clamps on the CLIMB table. This also applies to aligning CLIMB for fringe tracking for VEGA or fringe finding for PAVO.\\
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-For MIRCX, the same target should be placed in the clamps on the MIRCX table. Place the target to the appropriate table, making sure it seats firmly in the clamps. Place the small corner cubes (labeled) on their bases at the BRTs. Make sure they seat firmly and correctly. Open IR shutters, send laser light using VISBEAMS gui to the position you want to check. Use a tablet to bring up Pico 2 gui. Click on icon or in xterm type: xpico2. Select the appropriate IR mirror for the beam you are about to adjust. For ex: S1IR. The Beam Sampler gui tells you which telescope is in the beam you are aligning. When done for all telescope to be used, remove target and place it above the CLASSIC/CLIMB table and remove corner cubes from their stands and place them to the side of the beam path.
+For MIRCX, the same target should be placed in the clamps on the MIRCX table. Place the target to the appropriate table, making sure it seats firmly in the clamps. Place the small corner cubes (labeled) on their bases at the BRTs. Make sure they seat firmly and correctly. Open IR shutters, send laser light using VISBEAMS gui to the position you want to check. Use a tablet to bring up Pico 2 gui. Click on icon or in xterm type: xpico2. Select the appropriate IR mirror for the beam you are about to adjust. For ex: S1IR. The Beam Sampler gui tells you which telescope is in the beam you are aligning. When done for all telescope to be used, remove target and place it above the CLASSIC/CLIMB table and remove corner cubes from their stands and place them to the side of the beam path.  Remove the labao camera covers after you remove the corner cubes from their bases.
-.5 Starting up OPLE and Metrology
+.5 Final steps in the lab
+If using CLASSIC or CLIMB, turn on the black box above the NIRO computer, and then turn on the silver box below it on the same cart. Remove cover on camera. Note which filter is reported on the filter wheel. If using MIRCX/MYSTIC, be sure to confirm the correct Prism or Grism is in.
+.6 Starting up the new OPLE system and Metrology (Added 08/10/21 - Chris)
-Go to OPLE racks and turn on OPLE Power on top unit (top of left most rack) This is the VME. Turn on power for surge protector (bottom of left most rack), turn on power for amplifiers for cart movement and cable pullers and once the central red light on the VME rack goes out, turn on the Burleigh amplifiers for telescopes that will be used.\\
-To test cart motions: On computer outside lab, bring up Primary Ople Server, type in "syncople" in the server, and make sure the ople time matches the CHARA time. Go inside lab to check carts. From pull-down menu, under GTK, open Primary OPLE GUI, click on [STATUS], click on [CONTROL]. On the OPLE Control, click on [FRONT] - listen - [OFF] (can hit all in succession, then hit [ALL OFF]) If there is any squeaking noise (low hum ok), stop carts. Possible fix: to shut off and turn back on OPLE racks, restart OPLE server\\
-Check delay line wires on carts, make sure nothing is on tracks\\
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 On the Metrology table inside the lab, turn on two blue amplifiers for metrology laser (on button is labeled "line") The units will hum when on. Turn the key to ON on the laser power box to put metrology laser on standby.
-.6 Final steps in the lab
+Finish what you are doing in the lab, go out to the computer area, turn the laser signal on, and go back to the control room to complete alignment for 30 minutes while the laser warms up.
-If using CLASSIC or CLIMB, turn on the black box above the NIRO computer, and then turn on the silver box below it on the same cart. Remove cover on camera. After lab is completely setup, you need to take off tiptilt cover if using lab tiptilt, but do so with only the dim lights on and the laser shutter closed so as not to blast CCD with light.
+After the laser is warmed up, check sockman for old OPLE"X" servers (where X is 1-6) and remove any that may be on the sockman list.
+If the OPLE System Control gui is not already running on wazoo, you can start the gui with the following command (This will be put into the menu system or an icon soon)
+ssh -Y ople /opt/bin/OPLERemCtrlApp
+The gui that appears does much of the start up sequence remotely and does not fully start everything yet. This will eventually only require fewer steps to complete.
+{{https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1|OPLE System Ctrl.png}}
+When the laser is on, the circle marked Laser will be green and the wattage listed will be close to 80mw (instead of 20mW when off)
+All the circle indicators start out grey.
+After the 30 minute warmup, press the Metro button which will power up the Metrology cage, the laser repeater and the oscilloscope. When button indicator is green, you can proceed to the next step.
+Press the Start button near the bottom. This will start up the computers, and the first stage of hardware and takes about 90 seconds to complete. The grey buttons will turn yellow with a blue icon when the computers have started up, but not loaded the drivers yet. They will then turn solid yellow when they are ready for the next step and have loaded all the drivers.  (Note: E1 has often failed to start and will need to be powered on manually by the rocker switch behind the right, front cover of the E1 ople computer)
+Once all 6 are solid yellow, right click on each yellow dot, and select start. This loads the control software and will turn the button green. Once all 6 are green, you are ready to start the OPLE server.
+Once the OPLE server has fully started, (IF running MIRC) please check sockman for CHAMPtoMet. If it is running, then MIRC is ok to start. If it is not running, log into the ople computer and run the command : CHAMPtoMet This is case sensitive.
+Now the MIRC server is ok to start.  Be sure to inform the MIRCX/MYSTIC PI that you are done in the lab and that it is ok to start any alignments or STS recording that is desired.
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 === Setting up Computer in the Control Room ===
-DEC 2019 by Norm
+Updated 04 NOV 2021 by Norm
 .1 General Overview of Control Room computer setup
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 .2 Setting up for observing
-Turn on the following from the POWER GUI: To change the setting on the power GUI, unclick LOCK, make change, re-click LOCK. Under RACK_2, turn on [METSCOPE] (button will turn green when ON). If observing with CLASSIC, turn on [NIRO CPU] and [CLS-DITH] on RACK_2. If observing with CLIMB, turn on [NIRO CPU] on RACK_2 and [CLM-DITH] on RACK_3. For each telescope using lab tiptilt, turn on [TIP/TILT].
+Turn on the following from the POWER GUI: To change the setting on the power GUI, unclick LOCK, make change, re-click LOCK. Under RACK_2, turn on [METSCOPE] (button will turn green when ON). If observing with CLASSIC or CLIMB2, turn on [NIRO CPU] and [CLS-DITH] on RACK_2. If observing with CLIMB1, turn on [NIRO CPU] on RACK_2 and [CLM-DITH] on RACK_3. For each telescope using lab tiptilt, turn on [TIP/TILT].
 .3 Servers required for observing
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 .4 Open Telescope guis, or obsgtks from icons on desktop
-.5 Open GUIs required for observing from the menu under GTK or the desktop icons: Open Primary OPLE gui, Open Classic, Climb1, or Climb2 gui if needed, Open LDC1 and LDC2 if VEGA or PAVO programs are observing. Open Tiptilt GUI, This will bring up Tiptilt GUI and Tiptilt viewing screens for all telescopes. Move viewing screens near telescope TV screens as needed.
+.5 Open GUIs required for observing from the menu under GTK or the desktop icons: Open Primary OPLE gui, Open Classic, Climb1, or Climb2 gui if needed, Open LDC1 and LDC2 if PAVO program is observing.  If using Lab Tiptilt, open Tiptilt GUI.
 .6 Using the Cosmic Debris job sequencer
-Open Cosmic Debris, CD for short, from the desktop icon. On the CONFIGURE tab, check to make sure the PoPs and telescope beam assignments agree with the white board or the setup email. If the POPs are wrong on CD, then open the "PoPs" gui, click on the [Overview] button on the PoPs gui. If nonsense comes up in the overview, then click [FLUSH] and then [REOPEN] on the PoPs gui, then click [UPDATE] on the PoPs Overview. If the PoPs Overview is now correct, then click the [GET] button on the CD Control Tab, this should update the PoPs. If the beams are not assigned correctly, move the beams accordingly to the proper telescope using the BeamSampler GUI and click [GET] on CD to update. Select the active telescopes on the tab labeled "Configure", choose a suitable reference cart, using the same one from the night before to make fringe finding easier. After everything is set correctly, then click [SEND] on Cosmic Debris to send the active scope information to Ople.\\
+Open Cosmic Debris, CD for short, from the desktop icon. On the CONFIGURE tab, check to make sure the PoPs and telescope beam assignments agree with the white board or the setup email. If the POPs are wrong on CD, then open the "PoPs" gui, click on the [Overview] button on the PoPs gui. If nonsense comes up in the overview, then click [FLUSH] and then [REOPEN] on the PoPs gui, then click [UPDATE] on the PoPs Overview. If the PoPs Overview is now correct, then click the [GET] button on the CD Control Tab, this should update the PoPs. If the beams are not assigned correctly, move the beams accordingly to the proper telescope using the BeamSampler GUI and click [GET] on CD to update. These values can all be set manually if the GET function does not set them correctly.  Select the active telescopes on the tab labeled "Configure", choose a suitable reference cart, using the same one from the night before to make fringe finding easier. After everything is set correctly, then click [SEND] on Cosmic Debris to send the active scope information to Ople.\\
-Set the instrument and settings on Cosmic Debris. On the "Control" tab on Cosmic Debris, select the beam combiner or combiners to be used. If using CLIMB or CLASSIC, also select the filter and beam\\
+Set the instrument and settings on Cosmic Debris. On the "Control" tab on Cosmic Debris, select the beam combiner or combiners to be used. If using CLIMB or CLASSIC, also select the filter (H,K') and beams (1/2, 2/3, 3/1).
+(This section is obsolete with the retiring of the old lab tiptilt)\\
 Establish connection between tiptilt and the telescopes. On the Control Tab on Cosmic Debris, click on [TIPTILT COMM]. Click [START JOB QUEUE] on CD to continue the Tiptilt Communication sequence. After several seconds, the telescope servers will indicate that the Socket (SOC) connection is established and turn on the tiptilt rate display. Cosmic Debris will usually display a lower rate, such as 42Hz, to indicate tiptilt is running. The servers will display 158Hz to show a proper functioning of the tiptilt system. If the connection is not established the first time, try again until CD shows rates for each telescope used. If a telescope server will not display a TT signal rate, you may need to shut it down and restart it. Once the telescope WFS's are used for tiptilt, these steps for the lab tiptilt will not be used.\\
 Finish setting up tiptilt GUIs. Click re-open on the Tiptilt GUI. This will update the TT labels on the TT viewing screens from B1,B2,etc to the telescope names. Click on the [SERVO CONTROL] tab on the tiptilt GUI to bring up a second window and move to screen 5 with the telescope guis. The Servo Control GUI allows you to turn ON the servo for the TT loop and make biases for individual beams (DBIAS and ZBIAS)
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 National Weather Service ([[http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=lox&textField1=34.2231&textField2=-118.0587&smap=1#.VKsuq2TF8rO|http://forecast.weather.gov]]) Mount Wilson weather and 5 day forecast
-CHARA telescopes spy cams and weather graph ([[http://astro.gsu.edu/~weather/chara_scopes.html|http://www.astro.gsu.edu]]) Status of each CHARA telescope
+CHARA telescopes spy cams and weather graph ([[http://astro.gsu.edu/~weather/chara_scopes.html|http://www.astro.gsu.edu]]) Status of each CHARA telescope and the All-sky camera.
-Mount Wilson HP Wren Cameras ([[http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/wilson.html|http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/wilson.html]])
+Mount Wilson HP Wren Cameras ([[http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/wilson.html|http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/wilson.html]]) 360º view of mountain in color and IR
 Aerospace Corporation weather station ([[http://www.weatherlink.com/user/mocam/index.php?view=summary&headers=1|http://www.weatherlink.com/user/mocam]]) Another local station, always current.
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 **Chapter 5:**
 === Going on Sky ===
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 **Chapter 6:**
 === Procedure for Shutting Down at the End of the Night ===
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 .2 Start the end night sequence on Cosmic Debris
-Clear the job queue on Cosmic Debris. Press the [END NIGHT] button on Cosmic Debris. This will close all the shutters, stow the active telescopes, close the telescope mirror covers, send the OPLE carts to the back switch, close the OPLE socket, and archive the accumulated data for the night. NOTE: The End Night Sequence will NOT close the dome slits so these will have to be closed manually after all of the telescope M1 mirror covers are closed. It will also not send inactive carts back. Update the configuration with any inactive scopes to make sure those carts can be sent back manually as well. The Cosmic Debris status window will indicate when the end night sequence is complete. You can close Cosmic Debris after you have sent out the Observing Report. * If you use the End Night sequence to stow the telescopes and close mirror covers, remember to do a visual check of all telescopes using the check list in step 6.4 below before turning off the power for the telescopes and closing the telescope GUIs.\\
+Clear the job queue on Cosmic Debris. Press the [END NIGHT] button on Cosmic Debris. This will close all the shutters, stow the active telescopes, close the telescope mirror covers, send the active OPLE carts to the back switch, close the OPLE socket, and archive the accumulated data for the night. NOTE: The End Night Sequence will NOT close the dome slits so these will have to be closed manually after all of the telescope M1 mirror covers are closed. It will also not send inactive carts back. Update the configuration with any inactive scopes to make sure those carts can be sent back manually as well. The Cosmic Debris status window will indicate when the end night sequence is complete. You can close Cosmic Debris after you have sent out the Observing Report. * If you use the End Night sequence to stow the telescopes and close mirror covers, remember to do a visual check of all telescopes using the check list in step 6.4 below before turning off the power for the telescopes and closing the telescope GUIs.\\
 A list of observed targets and an Observing Report is now automatically generated as part of the End Night Sequence. Click [END NIGHT], then [REPORT] on Cosmic Debris to generate this automatic report email. The report will include the headings: PI name, Program, Observers, Baselines, Weather and Seeing data, and targets on which data was collected. Complete the Observers and Baselines entries, add comments to the bottom of the report and put your name at the end. Check with the observer for completeness of the target list. Some observers will send you comments of their own. Add those to the report. Cut and paste this into an email to CHARA Obs and send it. When the function works, you can also hit the SEND button at the bottom of the report to email this report to the CHARA OBS list.\\
 Note: Classic, CLIMB, FLUOR and PAVO will automatically send the target information to Cosmic Debris after data is acquired. For MIRCx, the [DATA ACQUIRED] button can be clicked on Cosmic Debris after each data sequence is finished or it can be done by the MIRCx operator from his or her station.\\
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 .4 Manually stowing the telescopes
-Unlock the tiptilt beams using the Tiptilt servo control GUI. Turn the telescope TVs to SPY1 so that you can watch the telescopes and domes stow. On the Control Tab of the telescope GUI, click [STOW]. This will send the telescope and dome to the stow position. When the telescopes reach an elevation above 50 degrees, you can begin closing the mirror covers. M1 CLOSE, M3 CLOSE, M5 CLOSE, M7 CLOSE, Finder CLOSE Note that W2 and E1? finder covers need a second click to close. Visually inspect the telescopes using SPY2 to make sure that the mirror covers close properly. Check the Telescope Monitor for mirror cover status. After the M1, M3 and finder mirror covers finish closing, close the dome slits by clicking [SLIT CLOSE] on the telescope control tab for each telescope dome that is open. Close the dome enclosures by clicking [CLOSE] on the cylinder GUI. Watch that each reads .000 or .001 when closed. Check that the telescopes moved to their stow positions in EL and AZ: EL 90.0 deg, AZ 55.9 deg for E1 and E2, EL 90.0 deg, AZ 99.3 deg for W1 and W2, EL 90.0 deg, AZ 82.0 deg for S1 and S2. Turn off the power for [TEL AZ], [TEL EL] and [TIP/TILT] for the active scopes using the Power GUI. Visually check all telescopes in the spycams to make sure all covers and slits are closed. Leave the telescope GUIs open until the End Night Sequence is finished. (Cosmic Debris will turn on the TVs and the SpyCams during the End Night Sequence.) If the humidity is high, make sure that the heaters are turned on.
+Unlock the tiptilt beams using the Tiptilt servo control GUI. Turn the telescope TVs to SPY1 so that you can watch the telescopes and domes stow. On the Control Tab of the telescope GUI, click [STOW]. This will send the telescope and dome to the stow position. When the telescopes reach an elevation above 50 degrees, you can begin closing the mirror covers. M1 CLOSE, M3 CLOSE, M5 CLOSE, M7 CLOSE, Finder CLOSE Note that W2 and E1? finder covers and the W1 and W2 M7 covers need a second click to close. Visually inspect the telescopes using SPY2 to make sure that the mirror covers close properly. Check the Telescope Monitor for mirror cover status. After the M1, M3 and finder mirror covers finish closing, close the dome slits by clicking [SLIT CLOSE] on the telescope control tab for each telescope dome that is open. Close the dome enclosures by clicking [CLOSE] on the cylinder GUI. Watch that each reads .000 or .001 when closed. Check that the telescopes moved to their stow positions in EL and AZ: EL 90.0 deg, AZ 55.9 deg for E1 and E2, EL 90.0 deg, AZ 99.3 deg for W1 and W2, EL 90.0 deg, AZ 82.0 deg for S1 and S2. Turn off the power for [TEL AZ], [TEL EL] and [TIP/TILT] for the active scopes using the Power GUI. Visually check all telescopes in the spycams to make sure all covers and slits are closed. Leave the telescope GUIs open until the End Night Sequence is finished. (Cosmic Debris will turn on the TVs and the Spy Cam 2 during the End Night Sequence.) If the humidity is high, make sure that the heaters are turned on.
 .5 Send the OPLE carts to the back of the rails
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 .6 Finish shutting down in the control room
-If using Classic or CLIMB, check to make sure the dither is off by looking at the dither status in the CLASSIC/CLIMB server. If necessary, this can be turned off from the dither tab on the Classic/CLIMB GUI. They are off when gray. Shut off [METSCOPE], [NIRO CPU], and [CLS-DITH], or [CLM-DITH] if used on the POWER gui. Close the OPLE, Tiptilt, CLIMB/CLASSIC GUIs Close the OPLE, Tiptilt, and CLIMB/CLASSIC servers, type CTRL+C, then Y, Visually check all telescopes in the spycams to make sure all covers and slits are closed. Turn the TV OFF. Leave GPS server and the Telescope Servers open and running
+If using Classic or CLIMB, check to make sure the dither is off by looking at the dither status in the CLASSIC/CLIMB server. If necessary, this can be turned off from the dither tab on the Classic/CLIMB GUI. They are off when gray. Shut off [METSCOPE], [NIRO CPU], and [CLS-DITH], or [CLM-DITH] if used on the POWER gui. Close the OPLE, Tiptilt, CLIMB/CLASSIC GUIs Close the Tiptilt, and CLIMB/CLASSIC servers, type CTRL+C, then Y, Visually check all telescopes in the spycams to make sure all covers and slits are closed. Turn the TV OFF. Leave GPS, Metrol, and Vacmon servers and the Telescope servers open and running
+Shut down the ople control system (Added 08/10/2021 - Chris)
+Close the OPLE server.
+Press the shutdown button on the OPLE System Control gui, wait until all 6 dots are grey, press the Metro button, and wait until it is grey, turn off the metrology laser.
 .7 Shutting down the Lab\\
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 Go to the lab and close the vacuum valves for all telescope lines (valve handle turned perpendicular to the tube). Go outside to the pump shack and close the vacuum valve. Then shut off the vacuum pump. Note any unusual noises or excessive oil temps (above 54 C) reported by the thermometer. Let Larry know of any concerns. Lock the padlock.\\
-In the computer area of the lab: Turn off the Burleigh amplifiers, the amplifiers for cart movement, and the cable pullers. Turn off the power for the surge protector (black box, bottom left of VME rack). Turn off the VME, top of the left rack\\
 Go inside the lab with booties: With the dim lights on, put the tiptilt cover back on the tiptilt camera. Turn off the silver box, then black box for NIRO and replace the NIRO camera cover if used. Turn off the key for the green alignment laser and turn the power switch off. Turn off Pico 3 controller above the tiptilt camera. Turn off the blue amplifiers for the metrology laser (button is labeled "line") * Turn off the key for the metrology laser and place it on top of the laser box. Shut off lights when exiting the lab building. Return your booties to the basket if good or to the trash if they have holes in them. Make sure all doors are closed as you leave.

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