From: ank@apo.nmsu.edu
Subject: 2.5m obslog 20010512 (MJD 52042)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 04:45:24 -0600 (MDT)
                      Saturday May 12 2001
                 Apache Point Observatory SDSS 2.5m
                            Observing Log
                             (MJD 52042)
OBSERVING TEAM:
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Atsuko Nitta Kleinman (APO)
Eric Neilsen (FNAL)
Bryan Laubscher (LANL) PT
VISITORS:
=========
THE PLAN:
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Pointing model, Apache Wheel, Science
SYNOPSIS FOR NIGHT:
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Clouds, lightening, rain, high humidity. TCC froze at the end of the night.
TELESCOPE STATUS:
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Opened: Never
Closed:
DIMM:
=====
not working
INTERLOCKS:
===========
none bypassed
SOFTWARE USED:
==============
IOP/SOP: v3_45_5
Watcher: v2_8_18
MCP: v5_0_0
AstroDa: 14_36
TCC: 2.5.2
TPM: v2_3_5
AstroDa: 14_36
tccmon: v1_6
sdssProcedures: v1_17
WEATHER SYNOPSIS (see below for hourly data):
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bad. Lightening, rain, high humidity, clouds.
GENERAL COMMENTS (see Problems below for details):
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We never opened.
As I was trying to get mirror number to put in to the log,
TCC froze. After several minutes, it came back.
When TCC came back, we found that any connections made before it froze
TCC was terminated. Detail messages are in the PROBLEM section.
The startDa -tcc before TCC froze did not give normal messages on the
user number (like the one in the following), but only said that
connection to tcc25m.apo.nmsu.edu was made. So it could be that
TCC froze before I typed "startDa -tcc" which we need in order
to do "m4log".
im> startDa -tcc
TCCUSER
Password:
    Last interactive login on Sunday, 13-MAY-2001 00:35:18.19
    Last non-interactive login on Monday, 17-JUL-2000 21:55:11.57
0 0 I UserNum=2; Text="User added to message hub"
0 2 I YourUserNum=2
0 2 : UserNum=2; UserAdded
Sun May 13 04:11:20 MDT 2001: iop connection made to tcc25m.apo.nmsu.edu
This happened around
getlock=989748596
endNIght ran fine.
DATA ACQUISITION (see IOP/SOP output below):
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IMAGING:
--------
Run Stripe Strip    Flavor               Lambda      Last Frame #
                                    Begin      End
------------------------------------------------------------------
 2290  100 O        ignore          -49.33     -39.80 77
SPECTROSCOPY:
-------------
 UT    Exp   Time  flavor     comment
===============================================
------ sequence 9924, plate -9999 -------
 00:45 9924  0.0   bias        {{}}
MIRRORS:
========
        Time  dpTemp   dewPt     Press  TmpOut  HumOut   Windd   Winds
       04:13    42.9    40.9     21.64      92   163.0    12.5       6
PRIMARY:
--------
Scale:    1.000000
MIGS        TONIGHT   NOMINAL
Axial A:     0.0290   0.0260
Axial B:    -0.0320  -0.0350
Axial C:     0.0320   0.0350
Trans D:     3.7550   3.7550
Lateral E:   1.9070   1.9065
Lateral F:   0.4080   0.4080
GALILS
Commanded: 4900. -2750. 450. -6650. 8750. 8300.
Actual:    4900. -2750. 450. -6650. 8750. 8300.
SETMIR VALUES
primDesOrient: 0.00 -4.40 10.70 586.50 240.70
primOrient:    0.00 -4.56 10.53 586.58 240.03
SECONDARY:
----------
Focus:    0.0
Air temp: 6.1   C
Altitude: 29.96
MIGS        TONIGHT   NOMINAL
Axial A:    -1.2770  -1.2930
Axial B:    -1.3000  -1.3070
Axial C:    -1.2870  -1.3050
Trans D:     0.1770   0.1900
GALILS
Commanded: 1583850. 1583850. 1583850. 2600. 3800.
Actual:    1583869. 1583844. 1583863. 2600. 3800.
SETMIR VALUES
secDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -175.00
secOrient:    1257.02 0.00 -0.01 0.00 -175.12
FOCUS LOG:
==========
            M1 Piston     M2 Piston            Temp    Wind
Time  Inst   setmir    TCC  setmir   Az  Alt    C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM "
                       (rel) (abs)
LN2 SCHEDULE:
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spectro @ 93 lb
imager @ 192 lb
PROBLEMS:
=========
The following is what we got in iop around the time TCC froze.
im> startDa -tcc
m4log
TCCUSER
Password:
Sun May 13 04:05:08 MDT 2001: iop connection made to tcc25m.apo.nmsu.edu
im> m4log
Timed out waiting for the TCC to respond
During this time, I could not type anything in the TCC window.
A new TCC window said "Trying ###" for several minutes and then
I got the login prompt as usual. But when I immediately tried to get
the mirror number, I found that my original connection between iop to
TCC was broken:
im> m4log
Error: error writing "file7": Broken pipe
Another "startDa -tcc" gave the following:
im> startDa -tcc
A connection seems to already exist
Sun May 13 04:09:20 MDT 2001: iop connection made to tcc25m.apo.nmsu.edu
We issued tccClose and then another "startDa" before a real connection was
established. When there is no info on the user number, the connection to TCC
from iop does not seem to be established even if the message says it is.
im> tccClose
tccClose done
im> startDa -tcc
TCCUSER
Password:
    Last interactive login on Sunday, 13-MAY-2001 00:35:18.19
    Last non-interactive login on Monday, 17-JUL-2000 21:55:11.57
0 0 I UserNum=2; Text="User added to message hub"
0 2 I YourUserNum=2
0 2 : UserNum=2; UserAdded
Sun May 13 04:11:20 MDT 2001: iop connection made to tcc25m.apo.nmsu.edu
WEATHER DATA:
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                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust   DIMM   Sky   Precip.
     17:01    51    43      3   236  (SW)     963
     18:01    52    38      4   172  (S)      939
     19:01    46    43     11    81  (E)      662
     20:01    45    42     12    83  (E)      779
     21:01    46    43     12    93  (E)      921
     22:01    46    41     14    98  (E)      917
     23:01    45    41     12    86  (E)      859
     00:01    45    42     15    82  (E)     1039
     01:01    45    42     11   111  (ESE)   1248
     02:01    46    41      6   183  (S)     1336
     03:01    45    42     14   148  (SSE)   1751
     04:01    43    41     14   161  (SSE)   1426
[pmt]cl = partly, mostly, totally cloudy
DATA LOGS FROM IOP/SOP:
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