Subject: 2.5m obs log 08 June 2000 (MJD 51704)
Date: Fri,  9 Jun 2000 04:03:54 -0600 (MDT)
From: hayes@apo.nmsu.edu (Jeffrey Hayes)
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                      Thursay June 8 2000
                 Apache Point Observatory SDSS 2.5m
                            Observing Log
                             (MJD 51704)
OBSERVING TEAM:
===============
Atsuko Nitta Kleinman (APO)
Scot Kleinman (APO)
Jeffrey Hayes (APO)
Ellyne Kinney (APO)
Bryan Laubscher (LANL)
Eric Neilsen (JHU) PT
Armin Rest (UW) DIMM
John Briggs (APO) DIMM
VISITORS:
=========
THE PLAN:
=========
Shake with new versions of iop, sop, astroDA, TCC.
SYNOPSIS FOR NIGHT:
===================
The weather we absolutely terrible.  High winds, high humidity, and lots of
cloud prevented us from opening.  In addition it started to rain at 02:00.
We did what tests we could with the telescope inside (separate e-mail), and
went to bed at 04:00.
TELESCOPE STATUS:
=================
In stow, cartridge 6 on the telescope.
DIMM:
-----
INTERLOCKS:
===========
none bypassed
SOFTWARE USED:
==============
IOP/SOP: v3_17_0
Watcher: v2_8_2
MCP: v4_2_4
TPM: v1_0_8
AstroDa: 14_29
TCC: 2.3.0
WEATHER SYNOPSIS (see below for hourly data):
=============================================
Just plain awful.  The clouds did not abate and the humidity started to rise
by 01:30.  It 02:00, the rain started.  We gave up at 04:00.
GENERAL COMMENTS (see Problems below for details):
==================================================
Before dark:
The new version of iop, v3_17_0, was cut. endNight failed
and a PR was submitted.
MCP was rebooted since the menu was unresponsive.
A new command in sop, specFlats, were tested and failed (PR was
filed).  The error messages and tb are copied into the problem section
below.  Scot tried fixing the bugs in specFlats. He fixed it so that it
will run through the end. We would like to have David S.  to check the
frames, and Scot checked back in the bug fixed specFlats command.
"grabInstrumets" not grabing and holding on to the ports are quite
annoying. I hope it will be fixed soon.
The new version of tccmon was tested and found to be good.
After dark:
The DIMM folks waited around till 01:30 and then decided to give up as the
weather was unco-operative.  The portable DIMM was packed up and ready to
ship by 02:30.
Separate e-mail will be sent to the appropriate parties concerning the
requested tests.
Tested "spawn" in the new version of the TCC, and it works.
Tested "gcam" in the new version of the TCC, and it works.
Tested "queue" command in the new version of the TCC, it does seem
to work.
PRs:
iop/1071 -- closed as replaced by "skippy" which works.
iop/1025 -- closed as worked in v3_16_2, but new PR as broken in v_3_17_0.
sop/1036 -- clsoed as known to work.
tcc/1052 -- closed, tested and works.
Given the dreadful weather we called it a night at 04:00.
DATA ACQUISITION (see IOP/SOP output below):
===========================================
IMAGING:
--------
Run     Type
---     ----
SPECTROSCOPY:
-------------
Exposure     Type
--------     ----
4411-4419    specFlats files. David, please check to
             see if they are what you wanted.
MIRRORS:
========
PRIMARY:
--------
MIGS                   SHOULD BE
Axial A=                 1.9284
Axial B=                 0.5594
Axial C=                 0.5579
Transverse D=            0.3744
Lateral E=               1.9065
Lateral F=               0.4074
GALILS
Commanded:
Actual:
SETMIR VALUES
primDesOrient:
primOrient:
SECONDARY:
----------
Focus:
Temp:
Altitude:
MIGS
Axial A=
Axial B=
Axial C=
Transverse D=
GALILS
Commanded:
Actual:
SETMIR VALUES
secDesOrient:
secOrient:
FOCUS LOG:
==========
            M1 Piston     M2 Piston            Temp    Wind
Time  Inst   setmir    TCC  setmir   Az  Alt    C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM "
LN2 SCHEDULE:
=============
Filled spectrographs at 04:00.
PROBLEMS:
=========
~ Ohayou[19:35]>more error
sp1> specFlats
Error: Syntax Error: expected 1 more required positional parameters
ftclParseArg: Error parsing the command
USAGE:  mechMoveColl    -maxTries -help
sp1> tb
Syntax Error: expected 1 more required positional parameters
ftclParseArg: Error parsing the command
USAGE:  mechMoveColl    -maxTries -help
    while executing
"shTclParseArg $args $opts mechMoveColl"
    invoked from within
"if {[shTclParseArg $args $opts mechMoveColl]==0} {
        return
    }"
    (procedure "mechMoveColl" line 11)
    invoked from within
"mechMoveColl $thisstep $thisstep -$thisstep"
    ("foreach" body line 3)
    invoked from within
"foreach camName [activeInstruments] {
         instrument $camName
         mechMoveColl $thisstep $thisstep -$thisstep
      }"
    ("loop" body line 13)
    invoked from within
"loop i 0 $nflats {
      # Move the collimator by the proper relative amount (for each
      # spectrograph).  Since we want to move the X positions  ..."
    (procedure "specFlats" line 25)
    invoked from within
"specFlats"
WEATHER DATA:
=============
                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust   DIMM   Sky   Precip.
     16:01    62    37     11   180  (S)      669
     17:01    57    41     13   193  (SSW)   1014
     18:01    60    40     17   168  (SSE)    865
     19:01    59    41     14   148  (SSE)    808
     20:01    58    40     20   134  (SE)     814          mcl
     21:01    56    41     17   132  (SE)     849          mcl
     22:01    57    40     17   155  (SSE)    797          mcl
     23:01    58    39     11   186  (S)      787          mcl
     00:01    55    42     15   144  (SE)     798          mcl
     01:01    54    43     23   145  (SE)    1193          mcl
     02:01    52    43     17   154  (SSE)    969          mcl    lt rain
     03:01    50    43     17   153  (SSE)    996          mcl    lt rain
[pmt]cl = partly, mostly, totally cloudy
DATA LOGS FROM IOP/SOP:
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