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===== Tiptilt Server. (These sections apply to the old lab tiptilt system retired in April 2021) ===== | ===== Tiptilt Server. (These sections apply to the old lab tiptilt system retired in April 2021) ===== | ||
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The tiptilt server controls the CCD based tiptilt detection system. \\ \\ | The tiptilt server controls the CCD based tiptilt detection system. \\ \\ | ||
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==== Restarting the Beam Sampler Server ==== | ==== Restarting the Beam Sampler Server ==== | ||
- | The most common cause for getting multiple copies of a server is using the socket manage RESTART button, which is flaky at best. Don't do this. If you need to restart a server you should do it manually. 1. Make sure you are logged into the right machine: ssh ctrscrut 2. If you are not sure see if the socket manager will tell you. If it doesn' | + | The most common cause for getting multiple copies of a server is using the socket manage RESTART button, which is flaky at best. Don't do this. If you need to restart a server you should do it manually. |
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+ | 1. Make sure you are logged into the right machine: ssh ctrscrut | ||
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+ | 2. If you are not sure see if the socket manager will tell you. If it doesn' | ||
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+ | 3. See if there are any ghosts running ps aux | grep esp_server Yes, it's hard to know which one it is with the esp servers. You can work out which ones are ghosts by typing the command tsockman |grep ctrscrut which will give you a list of the servers running on the machine you are interested in. Checking for non-matching PIDs will tell you which processes you need to stop. | ||
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+ | 4. Stop those processes: kill -9 PID1 PID2 …. 5. Make sure there is no sign of it in the socket manager tsockman rm BS | ||
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+ | 5. Restart the beam sampler servers (this starts both beam sampler servers BS1 and BS2): bootlaunch_beamsamp | ||
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If an object is not in SIMBAD (such as a recently discovered nova), then you must enter the object manually using the instructions below. | If an object is not in SIMBAD (such as a recently discovered nova), then you must enter the object manually using the instructions below. | ||
- | ==== Finding a star in the CHARA database | + | **Finding a star in the CHARA database** |
Here is an example of how to find the CHARA number of a star, nova, or AGN that is already in the CHARA database: | Here is an example of how to find the CHARA number of a star, nova, or AGN that is already in the CHARA database: |