Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

Timestamp:

Jan 7, 2016 6:34:04 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Arjun Dey

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

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 === Start up mosaic control software ===
 
+On mayall-2, double click on the MOSAIC3 icon, which brings up the MOSAIC3 Menu on the left edge of the screen. 
+1. Start the camera control program by pressing the yellow "Start Cameras" button. Wait for this to finish, then dismiss the screen by typing any key as instructed
+2. Start the MOSAIC3 NOCS software by pressing the blue "Start MOSAIC" button. This launches a blue xterm. Move it out of the way and watch all the windows come up
+3. Rearrange the desktop as needed. 
+
+If, for some reason, the buttons do not work, you can start up the software on a command line as follows: 
 On mayall-2 open a terminal window and: 
 {{{
 ssh -XY observer@mosaic3
-nocs start ccp
-nocs start all
+nocs start ccp (this is equivalent to the "Start Cameras" button on the MOSAIC3 Menu)
+nocs start all (this is equivalent to the "Start MOSAIC" button on the MOSAIC3 Menu)
 }}}
 Once nocs is up and running, rearrange windows as desired, and check the status of the system by typing
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 nocs fullstatus ccp
 }}}
-Check that all is well by taking a test zero exposure.
-
+
+=== Set the PROP-ID and Project Info ===
+
+On the NGUI window, press the "Set Project" button and fill out the relevant information. For example, 
+{{{
+Principal Investigator: Arjun Dey
+PIs Email Address: dey@noao.edu
+Actual Observers: Tristram Shandy, Bertram Wooster
+Observing Assistant: Karen Butler
+OA's Email Address: 4meter@noao.edu
+Proposal Identifier: 2016A-0453
+Telescope System: KPNO Mayall 4m
+Science Instrument: Mosaic 3
+}}}
+''Please ensure the Proposal Identifier number is correct!''
+
+Then, in one of the NOCS xterm windows, type: "nocs set project"
+
+=== Take a test image to ensure everything is working ===
+Check that all is well by taking a test zero exposure. 
+On the IRAF window, check the image statistics by cd-ing to the correct directory and typing "mscstat <filename>"
 
 === Take dome flats and zeros ===
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 6. Go eat dinner [[BR]]
 
-
 === Start the automated script for updating the tile file ===
 
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 === End of night ===
 
-No on-sky observations are permitted with MOSAIC3 before 12 deg twilight or after 12 deg dawn. No twilight flats are allowed. 
-
-At the end of night, go to the window where you started nocs, and type 
-     nocs stop all
+No on-sky observations are permitted with MOSAIC3 before 10 deg twilight or after 10 deg dawn. No twilight flats are allowed. 
+
+At the end of night, shut down the software. 
+1. Ensure that the "Shutter" and "ready" are both in the "Dark" position on the MCCD gui
+2. Press the red "Stop MOSAIC" button on the MOSAIC Menu gui. Wait for this to finish. 
+3. Then press the yellow "Stop Cameras" button on the MOSAIC Menu gui.
+
+If the buttons do now work, then go to one of the NOCS xterm windows and type: 
+     nocs stop all (equivalent to pressing the "Stop MOSAIC" button)
 Once nocs is shut down, type
-     nocs stop ccp
+     nocs stop ccp (equivalent to pressing the "Stop Cameras" button)
 Once this is done, type 
      nocs status all
      nocs fullstatus ccp
 and make sure everything is shut down. Only when this is done, is it safe for the OAs to put on the lights in the dome. 
-
 
 
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 Ben Weaver would prefer that we do not upload any plots to SVN but rather just the code.  So feel free to mail plots around but there is no need to check them in.
 
+=== Thank the OA and go to bed ===
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