== Notes for Using the Remote Operations Room at NOAO HQ == {{{ 1a. If you are connecting from the Remote Ops room at NOAO HQ, use the main set of monitors (2x2 array) and on the TV screens, log in as Mayall pwd [1] (Ask Arjun for cheat-sheet of passwords) and then launch the screens using the gui. 1b. If, instead, you are connecting from a different remote site, then you will first have to connect to anyconnect.noao.edu using a Cisco VPN and log in with your VPN account. Once you have done this, connect to mayall-2.kpno.noao.edu using MacOSX Screen Sharing and log on as observer pwd[2] 2. Open a terminal window and ssh mzls@mayall-idl.kpno.noao.edu pwd [3] Then cd ~/obsbot git pull cd ~/observing svn up idl IDL> mstrategy,copydir='/home/mzls/obsbot' IDL> exit cd ./bin/vnc 3. Start the mayall-idl VNC viewer window using the VNC gui If you open this on the mayall-2 screen, you will not need a password. Try and arrange windows so they don't overlap. I like the following arrangement: }}} {{{ 3. Here are some useful links that could be used to monitor weather, telescope status, etc: [a] KPNO weather - [http://www-kpno.kpno.noao.edu/Info/Mtn_Weather/] [b] 4m weather station display - [http://4m-weather.kpno.noao.edu] [b] Satellite map - [http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/gifs/IRAZ.GIF] [c] KPNO dome webcams: (i) http://4m-webcam-1.kpno.noao.edu (ii) http://4m-webcam-2.kpno.noao.edu (iii) http://4m-webcam-3.kpno.noao.edu [d] Cloud / wind predictions / measurements - [https://www.windy.com/31.964/-111.600?31.431,-111.600,8,m:eyrac3b] [e] All-sky camera - [http://kpasca-db.tuc.noao.edu] [f] Out-door web cams - [https://www.noao.edu/kpno/kpcam/index.shtml] Some of these don't work at night. The 4m-webcam-2 does provide useful night-time data if the dome is open. You need to log in as "anonymous" on this one - just use the provided button. In the NOAO Remote Ops room, I like to put most of these on the large TV monitors on the left and right ends, and expand the main mayall-2 display to fill all 4 screens of the central display. 5. At this point you can go with the regular instructions: https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/wiki/PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObserver }}}