APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday August 23, 2010 (MJD 55432) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elena Malanushenko Alaina Shelden Steph Snedden (flat gadget help) Craig Loomis (Princeton, phone support) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Night was lost to clouds and rain. Attempted Kyle's test with the LED flat gadget. Couldn't complete due to sp1 problems. Problems with sp1 mechanicals. Craig said we should shut them down, but Dan Long said in his log on Aug 13 that they should not be powered down without him or Wendell. So we're leaving them on for Dan to decide if they should be shut down. Both dewars are below 100lbs. They last filled at ~09:00Z ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 00:30Z ThAr lamp on 01:56Z Telescope checked ok. No rotator vibration and rotator fiducials are back. Night: ------ 02:37Z Set up the LED flat gadget, and will start a short test 03:16Z Tried to take exposures, but sp1 isn't reading out. The spechmech box is on and the shutters move, but we get the following error: 03:04:24 APO.alaina 38 boss w text="Failed to gather status for sp1mech, Failed to properly parse status." 03:18Z In the software versions, boss.specMech is OFFLINE. Is this intentional? If not, can someone please look into it? We think it's been that way since removing the collimators. 03:44Z Continued test for sp2 only, just to see if we're going to saturate and if the red LED is working at all. We used the following frames, including the initial bias for comparison. test for LED boss exposure flat itime=5 boss exposure flat itime=10 boss exposure flat itime=20 boss exposure flat itime=50 boss exposure flat itime=100 n time filename cart plt flav hrt exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 03:04 b1-00118231 6 3706 bia 0.0 18999 18998 19001 03:04 b2-00118231 6 3706 bia 0.0 7697 7800 7760 03:04 r1-00118231 6 3706 bia 0.0 18999 18998 19001 03:04 r2-00118231 6 3706 bia 0.0 7697 7800 7760 6 03:31 b2-00118233 6 3706 fla Out 5.8 7697 7800 7760 03:31 r2-00118233 6 3706 fla Out 5.8 7697 7800 7760 7 03:36 b2-00118234 6 3706 fla Out 10.8 7697 7800 7760 03:36 r2-00118234 6 3706 fla Out 10.8 7697 7800 7760 8 03:42 b2-00118235 6 3706 fla Out 20.9 7697 7800 7760 03:42 r2-00118235 6 3706 fla Out 20.9 7697 7800 7760 9 03:48 b2-00118236 6 3706 fla Out 50.8 7697 7800 7760 03:48 r2-00118236 6 3706 fla Out 50.8 7697 7800 7760 10 03:54 b2-00118237 6 3706 fla Out 100.8 7697 7800 7760 03:54 r2-00118237 6 3706 fla Out 100.8 7697 7800 7760 03:53Z Serious boss.SP2PhaseBoot Reported by camCheck in alerts 04:20Z Started ventilation 04:30Z Steph tried to restart the specMech code, as detailed in an email: First, I tried disconnecting and reloading the sp1mech controller. That didn't work. Then I did a boss reinit, and that caused both sp1mech and sp2mech to go offline. I suspect that boss reinit tried to start a version of the specMech code that does not work, and Craig has the version we should be using not setup for boss reinit to find. Later, sp2 came back online. We called Craig...he's working with a bad vpn connection. 04:57Z File 118236 is very small in size--most of the counts are 0. 118237 is saturated, and 11265 we think could be very good. For adjustments tomorrow. 05:20Z Craig suggests that the sp1 mechanicals should be shut off, but as per Dan's Day Log on Aug 13, we can't shut them down without him. So Dan, Craig would like them shut off for sp1 09:01Z stopped ventilation due to rain. Shut down for the night. 09:08Z ThAr lamp off 10:05Z endNight finished, and there was much rejoicing. Yay. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- ---=== SKIPPY RESULTS ===--- Run Frame nFrames stars muErr muRms nuErr nuRms rot az el --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== LTMATCH RESULTS ===--- Run Field nFields alt az nGood rowMean rowSig colMean colSig rot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== SPECTROSCOPY DATA SUMMARY ===--- Summary Checked (y/n): QA Procedures Done (y/n): UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 01:02Z 61 52 7 23 (NNE) 1779 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 04:20Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 09:01Z - Doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 09:04Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 6 Counterweights at: 277 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scale: SP2 107.8 lbs, 20.5 psi SP1 82.0 lbs, 17.9 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 getVersions, 2010-08-24 00:45:04 ----STUI software STUI: 1.0b2 2010-07-21 alerts: trunk+svn114742 apo: trunk+svn114701 boss: trunk+svn115542M boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: Offline gcamera: v1_1_2 guider: v1_0_20h hub: Tag: UNTAGGED_REVISION 502:504M mcp: v6_6_5 mcp.plc: 25 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_3 sos: ** FAILED ** tcc: 2.13.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 ------ idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_12 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5110 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0930 16.0940 Axial C 15.9200 15.9220 Trans D 11.0100 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6553 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2428 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 16.5 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8340 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0460 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8160 13.8180 Trans D 14.1810 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585318. 1566692. 1598924. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566700. 1598900. -1450. -50. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.00 -9.02 -3.99 -58.07 23.33 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---