From: Jon Brinkmann Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:51:24 -0700 Subject: Re: 2.5m obslog 20020308 (MJD 52342) This is a well known, documented "feature" of all the cameras. See http://sdsshost.apo.nmsu.edu/folklore/spectro/index.html Jon > VS+ on the Spectrograph CCDs: > ----------------------------- > On fMJD 52342, around 0005Z, watcher reported a vs+ error on CCD04. The > real-time display showed vs+ on CCD01 as +0.04V, and CCD02/3/4 as +0.06V. > After clearing the error, watcher reported "vs+ is within limits for all > CCDs". That's fine, but a _plot_ of vs+ for the spectro CCDs showed the > nominal range as about 7+-0.5V, and the CCD04 value as about zero since at > least 10am MST (1700Z), so we were disconcerted. > > We checked with Alan Uomoto, then Connie and learned that vs+ should > indeed be registers are being read. So, the problem seems to be that > watcher is not smart enough to plot two nominal ranges for a voltage. A > PR was filed.