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 ==== The Telescope won't move or stopped moving ====
- \\ Have the powers been turned on to the drives? Are the scopes disabled? The usual state of the telescopes is disabled until enabled. This is due to the stall function of the scopes which eventually disables the scopes when they are stowed. Enable the scopes by hitting [ENABLE] on the dome gui or in the telescope gui control tab. If a scope disables itself during a slew, it may be just an overcautious stall function. Hit ENABLE and the scope should continue to slew. If it disables again without moving, there may be something wrong at the scope, ie. a hatch left open, a ladder not put away, a tool on the floor, or something else physically impeding the motion of the scope. You will need to go to the dome to see what it is. The computer in the dome will give you control of the scope to turn it away from the problem. \\  \\ Sometimes the dome guis get hung up and can cause erratic motion or no motion of the scopes. Check them for current times and continuous updates of numbers. If they are not updating, try to REOPEN them first. If that does not work, close the gui and open a new one. If a new one does not open, the dome server may be dead or Sockman lost track of it. See **Dome Server Restart**  below. \\  \\ **Azimuth Limit Switches** \\  \\ As of 11-'17, the azimuth limit switches are enabled and can stop the motion of the scopes if they try to go beyond -90º or +450º. The scopes will not be movable with normal inputs so follow these instructions to return them from the out of range condition. \\  \\ 1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software. \\  \\ 2. Make sure you understand why the limit was hit which may require a trip to the telescope. \\  \\ 3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab. After this, the hardware doesn't care about the limits switches and you're free to move the telescope. \\  \\ 4. Click ENABLE then you can move the telescope back to its normal range of operation. \\  \\ 5. After the telescope is back in it normal range, click OVERRIDE OFF which makes the hardware aware of the limits again. \\
+ \\ Have the powers been turned on to the drives? Are the scopes disabled? The usual state of the telescopes is disabled until enabled. This is due to the stall function of the scopes which eventually disables the scopes when they are stowed. Enable the scopes by hitting [ENABLE] on the dome gui or in the telescope gui control tab. If a scope disables itself during a slew, it may be just an overcautious stall function. Hit ENABLE and the scope should continue to slew. If it disables again without moving, there may be something wrong at the scope, ie. a hatch left open, a ladder not put away, a tool on the floor, or something else physically impeding the motion of the scope. You will need to go to the dome to see what it is. The computer in the dome will give you control of the scope to turn it away from the problem. \\  \\ Sometimes the dome guis get hung up and can cause erratic motion or no motion of the scopes. Check them for current times and continuous updates of numbers. If they are not updating, try to REOPEN them first. If that does not work, close the gui and open a new one. If a new one does not open, the dome server may be dead or Sockman lost track of it. See **Dome Server Restart**  below. \\  \\ **Azimuth Limit Switches** \\  \\ As of 11-'17, the azimuth limit switches are enabled and can stop the motion of the scopes if they try to go beyond -90º or +450º. The scopes will not be movable with normal inputs so follow these instructions to return them from the out of range condition. \\  \\ 1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software. \\  \\ 2. Make sure you understand why the limit was hit which may require a trip to the telescope. \\  \\ 3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab. After this, the hardware doesn't care about the limits switches and you're free to move the telescope. \\  \\ 4. Click ENABLE then you can move the telescope back to its normal range of operation. \\  \\ 5. After the telescope is back in it normal range, click OVERRIDE OFF which makes the hardware aware of the limits again.
 ==== The Telescope won't track ====
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 ==== Adding or Finding a Star in the CHARA Database ====
-DBADD is a command entered in a terminal window that allows you to look up the CHARA number for a star or add a star to the CHARA database. To use dbadd, open a terminal window and type "dbadd starname" where starname is the common name (e.g., Vega) or identifier of the star (e.g., IRC, HR, HD, SAO, FK5, HIP, GJ, or 2MASS designation). If the object is in the database, then it will return the CHARA number.
+The command "dbadd" can be used to look up the CHARA number for a star or to add a star to the CHARA database. To use dbadd, open a terminal window, and type "dbadd starname" where starname is the common name (e.g., Vega) or identifier of the star (e.g., IRC, HR, HD, SAO, FK5, HIP, GJ, or 2MASS designation). If the object is in the database, then it will return the CHARA number.
 You can also look up different identifiers for the star by using the SIMBAD database: [[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fbasic|http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fbasic]] \\

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