From: stephanie snedden
Subject: Re: [sdss3-25mlog 558] Re: 2.5m obslog 20120311 (MJD 55998)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:21:38 -0600
OK. Thanks for the additional info. This was the first clear night
since flex engineering, right? Perhaps this is a problem left over
from the cold start tests?
Steph
On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Elena Malanushenko wrote:
> Steph,  I use both MCP and TCC during afternoon, and  the last I did
> was to check fiducials using stui>TCC.
> I am so much convinced that semaphore was not grabbed with MCP
> But after messages in stui log,  I just grab semaphore with MCP in
> control
> room and  release it.
> I  think it was not what is helped us,  but I might be wrong.
> I also opened one of TCC window and moved telescope using its gui,
> and I think it helped. Again, this is as I think.
> It looks for me that TCC lost right path, but when I use different gui
> it set path again and it was finally correct.
> Elena
>
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:09 PM, snedden@apo.nmsu.edu wrote:
>
>> If this is a network issue, any of the controllers could have this
>> problem. My guess is it is related to the other instances we have
>> seen
>> lately.
>>
>> I'm also interested in whether the TCC semaphore issue was due to the
>> mcpMenu at the laptop having the semaphore? That should be discovered
>> during afternoon checkout as soon as you try to setup the telescope
>> via
>> tcc to take mirror numbers.
>>
>> Finally, the UPS fan replacement today probably took down the
>> control room
>> computers. I'll drive into the site in a couple of hours to check
>> their
>> status and see if network connections were also lost.
>>
>> Steph
>>
>>> Hi Elena and Audrey,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> During afternoon checkout, only one spectrograph readout with an
>>>> arc and
>>>> flat.
>>>> After reloading the controllers, the system returned to normal.
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the error message on this? I am wondering if we still have
>>> the
>>> same problem
>>> as we had: daq lost connection to bossICC, which happened several
>>> time
>>> during past week.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> During the slew to our first field, the guider refused to apply
>>>> corrections
>>>> because of a tcc permissions problem (see problem section for STUI
>>>> messages).
>>>> Craig was contacted.
>>>>
>>>
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> Elena Malanushenko
> elenam@apo.nmsu.edu
> All things are difficult before they are easy.
>
>
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