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 [[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\ [[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\
 [[:chara:operating_procedures#observing_conditions|Observing Conditions]]\\ [[: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]] [[: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**__ \\ __**SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION**__ \\
 [[:chara:remote_observing|Remote Observing]]\\ [[: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:trouble_shooting|Trouble Shooting]]\\
 [[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\ [[:chara:text_commands_for_chara_guis|Text Commands for CHARA GUIs]]\\
 {{:chara:files:dailylabcheck.pdf|Daily Alignment Check Procedure}} \\ {{:chara:files:dailylabcheck.pdf|Daily Alignment Check Procedure}} \\
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 [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b1f0pgeeKOx5NO-jUOCbFM-e7b9GL8iBMFijD1B3Qc8/edit#|Telescope AO User Manual]]\\ [[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/1TnLxWaAw42DZwh7l6_wPfe_CpIfT935_aShK0ymBX1o|WFS TT Alignment and Usage]]\\
-[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UY5C8Pkbi_yd448aF_TXXE9KFkwjd5VK3LALvkFahjQ/|Coude alignment (daytime)]]+{{:chara:files:tiptilt_splitters_change.pdf|Tip-tilt Splitters Change}}
  
-{{:chara:files:tiptilt_splitters_change.pdf|Tip-tilt Splitters Change}} \\ +[[:chara:coude_alignment_procedure|Coude alignment procedure]] - Updated 2021Jun01\\
-\\ +
-[[:chara:azimuth_coude_alignments|Azimuth coudé alignments]]\\ +
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 [[:chara:horizons|Telescope Horizon Limits]]\\ [[:chara:horizons|Telescope Horizon Limits]]\\
 [[:chara:restarting_servers|Restarting Servers]]\\ [[:chara:restarting_servers|Restarting Servers]]\\
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 **__INSTRUMENTS__ ** \\ **__INSTRUMENTS__ ** \\
-[[:chara:instruments|Instrument Manuals]]\\ 
 [[:chara:instruments|Observing Logs]]\\ [[:chara:instruments|Observing Logs]]\\
 [[:chara:fringe_offsets|Recent fringe offsets]]\\ [[:chara:fringe_offsets|Recent fringe offsets]]\\
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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.
  
-2.5 Starting up OPLE and Metrology+2.5 Final steps in the lab 
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 +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. 
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 +2.6 Starting up OPLE and Metrology
  
-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. 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.
  
-2.6 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. 
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 +If the OPLE System Control gui is not already running on zoot, you can start the gui with the following command (This will be put into the menu system or an icon soon) 
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 +ssh -Y ople /opt/bin/OPLERemCtrlApp 
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 +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. 
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 +{{https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?direct&|OPLE System Ctrl.png}} 
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 +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) 
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 +All the circle indicators start out grey. 
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 +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. 
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 +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. 
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 +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. 
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 +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. 
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 +Now the MIRC server is ok to start.
  
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chara/operating_procedures.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/01 02:50 by gail_stargazer

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