Pointing run procedures
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1. E W NS these label indicate the status of the handpaddle button Black off Green ON or pressed The TOHP also has the following labels to indicate the status of the following inputs Black off Green on X5 5x rate switch BS beamswitch request button Offset pointing off or offset On adjustment mode Gotobase goto base request button Engineering Options and PID Page 19 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Item in these window are engineering option Daycrew TOs should not change them unless directed by the TCS3 technical support staff Vtcs offset opt controls how the offset are added to the base resulting in the target destination for tracking Hist_ON Use this check box to enable display the recording of the tes History Data 10 sec buffer of various TCS3 servo information at 20Hz This data is display in the Details tab s Perf T and Perf G displays Hist Save This button will write the contents of the History Data Buffers to the History Directory This History Data Buffer hold 10 sec of various servo variables sampled at 20Hz The following widget are not documented in this manual Again see the tcs3 programmer for details They should not be changed by the daycrew or TO unless directed by the TCS programmer ServoOpt Enable AutoPID Track NoIOnOffset HA Track NoIOnOffset Dec Hexapod Init This button is request the fio_hexe run the hexapod init script This script initia2. 1 Safety Board Errors Exist 2 Stop or Brake Limit Set 3 PMAC IO Error 4 PMACTimestamp Error 5 APE Motor APos gt 600 6 APE Mount Pos gt 600 R Si S SI SI SIS Sl S S S SI SI SI SIS Configure Notices Uncheck an item to disable its sound Warning Notices 9 Using sim motors CF_PMAC 0 10 Hardware Limit Override On 11 Software Limit Override On 12 System Power is off 13 Hardware Slew Limit set 14 Software Limit reached 15 Dome blocking FOV 16 MirSup Warning Kill Err 17 MirSup ON amp Volt Low 18 Counterweight s are stuck 19 Focus is stuck 20 Collimate is stuck 21 APE data is stale gt 2 sec 22 Dome pos data is stale gt 2 sec 23 ZenDist large refra disabled 24 Humidity limit exceeded 25 FIO_A is off line 26 FIO_B is offline 27 FIO_C is offline 28 FIO_D is offline 29 FIO_E is off line 30 FIO_F is offline 31 FIO_MC is offline Y 32 FIO_ape HA comm error Y 33 FIO_ape Dec comm error Y 34 PMAC following Err Y 35 SafetyBrd_OS_Ha_Latch Y 36 SafetyBrd_OS_Dec_Latch Y 37 SafetyBrd_OC_West_Latch 38 SafetyBrd_OC_East_Latch y 39 SafetyBrd_OC_North_Latch Y 40 SafetyBrd_OC_South_Latch y 41 SafetyBrd_OC_Domel_Latch y 42 SafetyBrd_OC_Dome2_Latch 43 SafetyBrd_OC_Dome3_Latch y 44 SafetyBrd_Emerg_Stop_Latch y 45 SafetyBrd_DomeHP_Stop_Latch y 46 SafetyBrd_Mtr_Cntr_Err_Latch y 47 SafetyBrd_PC_Lockout_Latch y 48 SafetyBrd_HA_Stop_W_Latch y 49 SafetyBrd_HA_Stop_E_Latch y 50 SafetyB
3. 110809 pt coeff using Choppe enable bass inused 111029 pt coeff Mirror Cooling Laser Traffic y Smokey s Mirror Focus Misc apos ape init 80 0 2 off enable Goto 0 00 Hum wn pa apos manual init manual ECO Actual 0 00 RdA 35 control disable auto Ltc Enable is Maa nd wr EE iii OFF Focus Enable ist save E ptrate default 0 0000 0 0000 i Simulat No Smokey Data Adj Enable pt clear a ec ii Itc impact TE 0 01 Software Limits Override testl oqe Mirror In using Chopper Hor Slew Limit Override testa E test3 System Power off on on medi mcc2 mec3 Balance Pointing Details OK Motor Currents Ha Dec and Dome motor currents are displayed For HA and Dec the yellow graphs show the differences of the motors scaled up by 2 x Operators need to monitor this while tracking to insure the telescope is in balance Mirror covers Select Shut or Open to close or open the mirror covers The bottom label provide feedback on the position Mirror Support The voltage for monitoring the mirror pressure is displayed Below the voltage use the mirror support OFF On button to turn off on the air support The label to show the current state of the air support control Off or ON This button issues the mirror support command You muse be at Zenith for this command to execute The OK FAULT label indicates the condition of the Kill_Support IO line If A
4. 18 e The yellow bars below the diagram indicate the AMP command voltage to each of the 2 motor for each axis e The APE position is display in cyan along with the difference of the APE and IE incremental encoder The Misc box in this display contains other positional and environmental information Dome Shutter display amp control This window contains 3 sections Dome Feedback e The blue circle dome show the azimuth of the slit The Dm AZ is the Dome s slit azimuth North is on top and East 90 deg Az is on the left e The yellow arrow show the azimuth of the telescope Err shows obs_az dome_az e The Operator Inputs list some IO setting important to dome control state of the Brakes DAC output to the dome amps volts and the velocity of the dome deg sec e The O Output show state of brakes DAC Amplifier input voltage and dome velocity in deg sec Shutter Feedback e The yellow arrow show the telescope s elevation on the blue side view of the dome slit e The blue shows a side view of the dome and illustrates the shutter s open position The shutter opening is divided in to 3 segments The meaning of the the top and bottom segments are o Zenith to 1 125 Air mass ZD 90 to 27 3 degrees would be the area covered by the lower shutter when it is in its highest position ULimit Touch o 1 5 Air mass to bottom ZD 48 to 70 degrees show the position of the lower shutter when it is down DLimit e The magenta
5. displayed e The lower right status area has miscellaneous data o The MeaWegt label identifies the current value for the measurement widget The measurement widget allow you to measure offset and Pointing map movement without needing to clear either the offset or pointing map Use the mw z tozero the values e Beam Switch controls include o A button switch to beam A Page 13 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 o Set button amp RA Dec offset spin buttons Pressing Set will set the beam offsets to these values loaded in the spin box numeric inputs o PB button switch to beam B e Slew to includes o Slew 0 Slews to next object 0 see MCC2 s next object list o Slew 1 Slew to next object 1 o etc e Rates controls allow setting the non sidereal rate ns rate and the pointing map rate pt rate o To set the non sidereal rate enter the RA and Dec values using the spin buttons and press ns rate to issuing the ns rate RA DEC command o To set the pointing map rate enter the RA and Dec values using the spin buttons and press pt rate to issuing the ps rate IH ID command e Pointing buttons include o Update Issues the pt madj command to transfers correction peak spiral rates to the MAdj register The MAdj registers hold IH ID values that are saved from slew to slew o Save Does a pointing update and saves the IH ID values to d
6. or Apes set the PMAC This should be done at zenith at the start of the observing night Page 10 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 e SafetyBrd Reset Sents a reset to the TCS3 safety board When the safety board has errors they are latched until the errors are cleared Once cleared you can resume servo operation This button issues the safety board reset command e Hello TCS3 A button that plays a sound file Servo MP MP is Move Position This mode allows the operator to move to a HA Dec absolute position Servo Mode stop MP MV track slew Execute MP Move Stop MP Move Dec 19 49 34 4 Stow Vel 1800 Zenith HA 00 00 00 00 Top Ring Down To perform an MP move e Click on the MP radio button to enter MP mode e Enter your HA Dec destination position and velocity OR e Press the buttons on the right Top Ring Down Stow Zenith to auto fill the HA Dec destination positions with a pre determined position e Click on Execute MP Move to begin While in MP e The Servo window displays the status of the current move e The velocity is limited to 400 as s unless the OneShow Safe or Supervised buttons are used to allow high speed moves e You can enter new HA Dec Vel values and press Execute MP Move while a move is in progress To stop an MP move e Press the Stop MP Move button Servo MV MV is Move Velocity This mode allows the opera
7. photo of the hand paddle TO Hand Paddle Top View TO Hand Paddle Front side The TO Hand Paddle is to be used while the telescope is tracking To activate it go to the MCC3 GUI and check the enable in the TOHP box Also enter your desired rate in the rate s prompt On the front side of the TOHP there is a Pointing Offset slider switch This sets the mode of some of the buttons on the top face to either pointing or offset The N S E W and Go To Base button are affected by this mode setting Pointing Mode In pointing mode the N S E W buttons will adjust the IH ID values for the pointing map The Go To Base button is equivalent to a pt save Offset Mode Page 28 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 In offset mode the N S E W buttons will adjust the UserOS values The Go To Base button will set the UserOS to 0 0 The Beam Sw button will toggle the Beam Position The N S Swap switch will swap the direction of the N and S buttons The E W Swap switch will swap the direction of the E and W buttons The 5 X Rate slider will set the rate to 5 times the rate set in the mcc3 GUT s rate value for the TOHP Page 29
8. 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 TO Panel MCC Graphic User Interface TO Hand Paddle A Reference for the Telescope Operators Page 1 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 OT 3 EA oo AAA A A A A Ae a eats 4 3 MICE GU assi 6 ERA A susan E oasis segeasy ea A E r aaa EEEE E R OR iias 6 3 2 Maln BUON Sasi sce cit ah her dan estate a o dl 6 A LADS seh os E E EE EEE eau ii ce anes 6 AGUILERA id da 7 3 5 Notices dialog WINdOW sick sescisstinsdines sisieans cagedass arei ie r n E S A E a a aa dees 7 O MECI TAB Sane e a a A N a A a A Aa 8 Did MCC Tab A O 16 SIMCO Dad A aaa E AT a HER TEE 19 39 Balance Tab di 21 SO PAU AD A A A A 25 Jlis DES AS it EN 27 4 The TO Telescope Operator s Hand Panel dl A AA daa ii 28 Page 2 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 1 Introduction The TO Panel is a hardware panel located in the operator area This panel is use by the operator and provide hardware based input to the TCS3 The MCC GUI Master Control Console is an X11 Windows based application running on the TCS3 computer hostname t1 This provide the Graphic User Interface for the Operator Normally two copies are running on the TCS3 duel monitors located at the TO area Up to five copies can be running at once Normally only the two TO copies of the GUI should be running The TO Hand Paddle is a hardware panel located in the operator s area This hand paddle provide some offset and po
9. 14 03 18 3 8 MCC3 Tab tcs3 mcc v120320 Mar 20 2012 on t1hilo ifa hawaii edu FB2 hist_save beam_test hist_on hist_off Stop Hand Paddles Dome TOP Joystick TOHP OH1 OH2 enable enable enable enable enable swap E W x5 Offset swap E W swap E W swap E W swap N S BS gotoBase swap N S swap N S swap N S ate s 5 0 rate s 5 0 ate s 10 0 rate s 10 0 rate s 10 0 rate s patas s rate s rate s rate s EWN S EWN S EWN S E WN sS EWN S Engineering Options hist save Y Hist ON Add Offset Opt cosdec ed PID ServoOpt Enable cok SABIE Y AutoPID she par Track NolOnOffset HA Ba Track NolOnOffset Dec o vif Hexapod Init Write Read Write mecl Meca mcc3 Balance Pointing l Details UR ra OK Z Ay Motor Currents Ha Dec and Dome motor currents are displayed For HA and Dec the yellow graph shows the differences of the motors scaled up by 2 x Hand Paddles Options for each physical TCS3 hand paddles Each hand paddle that has a N S E W button has a set of widget to control the following properties Enable Off On to disable or enable hand paddle inputs Swap E W swap the E W directions on the hand paddle Swap N S swap the N S directions on the hand paddle Rate as s enter the velocity applied with the hand paddle s NSEW buttons
10. Collimation Desired Position match this entry in the collimation table Black This entry s position doesn t match the current collimation s dpos Gray This is a unused table entry text should say unused The data in the collimation table is read from home to data collimation txt Using a text editor you can update the entries in this file or add new items More detailed instruction on how to edit the collimation table is located the in 1201_Operators_Guide This file is read when the IC is started To re read the file type collimate table read in the CLI interface The FIOC Details display should the collimation table data for tcs3 Mirror Cooling There are 2 widget for Mirror Cooling 1 A radio button to set the mirror cooling mode to off manual or auto Selecting the radio button will issue the mc mode command to the TCS 2 A label to show a status string This is a short description on the mirror cooling status some example are MC is OFF summary of mc mode off Fan OFF Heater OFF Actuator at 0 volts Manual Mode Fan On Heat Off Act 10 0v summary of manual mode The default setting for manual mode is for the cooling to be ON AUTO and cooling ON Mc mode is Auto and cooling is ON Fan ON Heater OFF Actuator at 5 volts AUTO Defrost 99 Mc mode is Auto but in Defrost mode Fan OFF heater ON Actuator 0 volts the percent indicate how long you are in the defrost cycle abo
11. F CW Enable Auto mode Checking CW 1 shire i Waming mirror cover is closed O PL Run Gerais OK El OK E Auto Mode Screen UP DOWN EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH buttons auto mode Page 21 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Clicking these button will changed the Desired Position of the counterweights The Actual Position is displayed on the widget After changing the DPos position display changes to Red and display both the desired and actual in this format 0 00 gt gt 1 00 When the DPos has been reached the display returns to black An S in the position display indicates the counterweight is stuck it has stop moving but has not reached it desired position An LY indicates it has reached a limit set in the software and can not be moved further in auto mode Notes The numbers next to each counterweight name refers to the counterweight numeric ID If counterweights are not enabled the brakes are on or the power is off a warning message will appear in the status window Because the voltage indicating counterweight position fluctuates slightly the test for reaching the desired position does must allow for this This may result in the counterweight stopping at a position which does not exactly match the desired position voltage Increment Slider used to set the amount of voltage increment added or subtracted by each click on an UP DOWN EA
12. ST WEST NORTH or SOUTH button Balance Files Counterweight position settings may be saved and restored as named files The current save path is shown above the file list window Executing a position file will load in the saved position for each counterweight and the TCS will cycle through the counterweights to moving each one into positions To save a set of counterweight positions enter a file name in the file entry box and click the Save As button To execute a saved file click on the file in the list and then click the Exec button The Refresh button relists the files in the balance file directory The directory path man be changed by the CW Dir command see the 1101_command user s manual document The default CW dir is home tcs3 data cw By convention the files are named using these rules 1 name is capital showing the instrument in the center of MIM Upto 3 names show what else is installed in the MIM Last part is the day the file was created in MMDDYY Name and date separted by _ For example this name CSHELL_spex_hipwac_8wnm_020906 was created with CSHELL in the middle and spex hipwac 8wnm installed on the MIM Balance was done on Feb 09 2006 The content of the file is CW Dpos 1 4 015 CW Dpos 2 6 310 CW Dpos 3 Tes ho CW Dpos 4 1 264 CW Dpos 5 4 966 CW Dpos 6 5 015 CW Dpos 7 0 819 CW Dpos 8 0 905 Page 22 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_pa
13. a pointing run and the pointing correction map Pointing File Setup Path Enter the full path for the directory where pointing run data file is to be stored Filename Enter the name for the file where pointing run data is to be stored Separation Enter the number of degrees separation between stars in the pointing array to be generated Caption Enter a caption to be stored as part of the pointing file header information Open File button Press to create and open the pointing file and to write out the header information to the file Pointing Run Control Page 25 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Get Next Star button Press to load the position information for the next pointing target in the array Slew Next button Press to start the telescope slewing to the loaded target star position Next amp Slew combines the Get Net Star and Slew Next buttons Add Star button When the telescope has completed slewing to the target press this button to store the telescope pointing information for the target star into the pointing file Checking the Do Map Adjust Pt map will also add the offset to the pointing adjustment register Checking the Do Next amp Slew will after saving the data get the Next Star and start the Slew The pointing run procedures are documented in document 1201_pointing_run doc under the tcs3 user s guide Follow these procedure when doing a pointing run Page 26 1101_mcc_
14. ate of the Horizon Slew and Stop These GUP s LED will blink with the limits are ON Override Software limits Override toggle on MCC2 GUTI is checked Override Hardware limits Override limit switch on TOP is ON Telescope at Zenith Both the HA and DEC hardware Zenith indicator is ON Platform not stowed platform under the telescope warning Closed cycle cooler off Cooler is off warning Primary mirror color on Air blowing across the primary mirror warning Brake Off On indicates the state of the servo HA Dec brakes Sys Pwr On indicates the state of switch line power Servo This window show the current servo mode Steps for operation each servo mode is provide Servo Stop When the servo mode is STOP the pmac PID loop is disabled open Loop mode and the brakes are ON To exit stop mode select another mode Servo Mode BBB mp mv track slew TCS Servo is OFF TOP Telescope Enable is ON APE Set PMAC SafetyBrd Reset Hello TCS3 Stop mode means the servo is OFF Brakes are On The label TOP Telescope Enable is OFF ON indicates the state of the telescope enable switch on the TO Panel When operator is not present in the TO area this should be OFF to prevent remote uses from running the TCS Function you can perform in Stop mode e APE Set PMAC The command initializes the position in the PMAC motor controller using the current APE position
15. d to move a Focus_Stuck warning is display on MCCI Misc Hum wn This slider widget sets the Humidity Warning level The page values is set to 5 Wind wm This slider sets the High Wind Warning value in MPH The page value is set to 5 Software Limit Override Toggles the Sw limits override Off or On When checked software limits are ignored See MCC GUI s Details gt Position table for value of various limits Hor Slew Limit Override Toggles the HSlew Limit Override Off or On When checked the horizon slew hardware limit which limits velocity to 400 as s is ignored Next Object List Display the next object list The tes3 Next command allow users to send slew request positions to the tcs This request are display here To slew to one of the item on the list use the Slew N command where N is a value from 0 to 5 If a proper motion is in excess of 10 arcseconds per year the PM values are colored red Bad proper motion value had been sent to the TCS this warning will help flag potential bad slew destinations System Power Turns off or On the system power Macro Dialog Box To the right the macro dialog box is available Text files of TCS3 commands can be execute by selecting the pressing the Exec button The directory contains the macro files is print at the top of the macro box You can use a text editor file manager to inspect maintain these files Page 18 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 20
16. ddle will set the Joystick ON or DomeHP On labels green If any buttons are pressed to command a velocity the N S E W char will turn green Page 12 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Servo Track Track mode tracks the RA and Dec target position Servo Mode stop MP MV track slew Beamswitch Slew to Rates Pointing ra 6 0 4 0 RA 0 0000 7 Update Dec 6 0 al 2 Dec 0 0000 e Save Last a Set B 3 4 5 ns rate pt rate pt cleat mw zerc To start tracking e Click on the track radio button e The position table display in the feedback window is used to determined the target position While Tracking e Position and offsets are display on the top left Various rates and other information is display on the right e The performance of the RTCS and servo system Motors are summaries in Servo Performance The status should always be Good or OK o Good RTCS status means the commanded position to the PMAC matches the VTCS o Good PMAC performance means the motor servo error is less that 0 1 arcseconds e The Pointing Map status shows key map variables o MAdj is the MapAdjustment register Map adjustments preserved during slews o Corr is the total from the Peak Spiral and Rates registers o The pointing rates are shown but group with other telescope rates o The Spiral Position in rotation is also
17. e bottom of the box Page 7 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 6 MCC1 TAB tcs3 mec v100512 May 11 2010 FB 2 hist_save beam_test hist_on hist_off Stop Notices Quit Time amp Position Limits Yome Shutte Dome Shutter Servo Mode stop Warnings TCS Servo is OFF TOP Telescope Enable is ON Lock Manual i Auto APE Set PMAC Software Mode is Locked SafetyBrd Reset Hello TCS3 Up Up Lower Shutter Shutter Down Down mcc1 mada mcc3 Balance Pointing Details Upper System Power on OK The MCCI tab primarily contains widget that are concerned with the telescope dome and shutter positioning Also some safety and warning indicators are located here Time amp Position display On the top the sky RA HA Dec and their non sidereal rates are display in yellow text The the right the time is display in HST UTC and the Sidereal Time There are 2 diagram to represent the HA and Dec axis Note the HA diagram is using East to the left display convension e The larger yellow arrow is the current desired telescope position e The larger gray arrow should the actual position of the servo often covered by the yellow arrow e The mangenta line indicated where the software limit are e The inner dial show the speed of the axis using an arrow and text in arcsec sec Page 8 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03
18. gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 11 Details Tabs The details tab provide access to engineering screens where the detailed information on the TCS3 can be viewed To be used by the technical staff for trouble shooting The individual items are not covered in this document only a summary of the available engineering displays are listed Pos Time Graphl Graph2 PMAC App FIOA FIOB FIOC FIOD FIOE FIOF FIOMC FIOX Astronomy and servo motor positional data Time and other VTCS informaiton variables Performace graphs for TCS mostly show server performance Performace graphs for TCS has motor current collimation focus and guider corrections The PMAC motor control details Internal TCS3 amp MCC process and application data Facility IO device fioa details Facility IO device fiob details Facility IO device fioc details Facility IO device fiod details Facility IO device fioe details Facility IO device fiof details Facility IO device for the Mirror Cooling IO Facility IO details for misc processes Dome Serial input process details Fio_ape process details Laser Traffic Control details IQUP Wind Speed details Queries to smokey IRTF Guider Page 27 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 4 The TO Telescope Operator s Hand Panel The TO Hand Panel is attach to the tcs3 system via the FIOCD box It provides some buttons for offsetting and point map control Here a
19. hen execute it Hints To make a macro file assignment permenant place it in the current to main mcc mcc init file Stop cancel the currently executing macro file Notices Brings up the Notices popup dialog window for controlling sounds related to warning notices see 2 1 4 Quit exits the GUI 3 3 MCC main tabs mccl mcc2 mec3 Balance Pointing Details The GUI is organized as a set of tabs on the main window Each tab will be covered in a separate section in this document Mccl Mostly concerned with the HA Dec Dome and shutter control Mcc2 General facility IO and show next object buffers Page 6 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Mcc3 Less frequently used MCC widgets Balance Counter weight control Pointing Pointing Map related widgets Details Provides access to engineering screens which display many internal TCS3 variables 3 4 GUI CLI interface Version 2014 03 18 lt gt This is the GUI Command Line Interface CLI Here you can manually enter tes commands First put your mouse cursor in the CLI area then type in commands Some status data also appears in the output window 3 5 Notices dialog window When the Notices button on the main window is pressed a dialog popup appears which allows control of sounds associated with the warning notices which are displayed in the mccl Warnings window The dialog looks like Sl S S Sl S SI Error Notices
20. ht control the dimmer for the Dome floor light This hardware contol is independent of the computers The Dome Light Off On control the dome florescence light via the tcs3 software The Humidity LED display the relative humidity 0 to 100 Page 5 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 MCC GUI The MCC GUI Master Control Console is an X11 Windows based application running on the TCS3 computer the computer t1 It provides the Graphic User Interface for the Operator Normally two copies are running on the TCS3 duel monitors located at the TO area Up to five copies can be running at once for example another computer displayed via Max Normally only the two copies of the GUI should be running 3 1 General Layout The GUI application has 3 main sections Main Buttons MCC main tabs MCC CLI command line interface 3 2 Main Buttons At the top of the MCC GUI the following Main Buttons appear aa reo rei rez rez res res ree Stop Notices uit About brings up an about dialog box FBO to FB6 the GUI provides six Function Buttons Function buttons can execute tes commands stored in a text file To associate a text file with a function button you would enter the command m SetButton PATH FILENAME For example m SetButton 0 home tcs3 data mcc_macros zenith would set FBO to run the file zenith from path home tcs3 data mcc_macros The FBO button would t
21. inting map buttons Page 3 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 2 The TO Telescope Operator s Panel The TO Panel is physically attached to the tcs3 system via a cable into the T3 Servo Electronic box It is located in the Telescope Operators Area It provide numerous safety and convenience items for the operator p Emergency Close 6 6 Close 2 1 Lockable safety switches The following 3 safety controls are located with in the upper left cover These are safety controls that can be lock using the key Dome Control 3 position switch to select dome control mode Locked Software will not allow any movement MCC GUI and Dome Handpaddle locked out Handpaddle Only the Dome handpaddle will control the dome s movement software is locked out Software Dome control via the MCC GUI is enabled Dome Handpaddle is locked out Limit Override ON Green LED is on mean to override the hardware stop amp brake limits for the HA amp Dec axis Telescope Enable OFF to disable HA DEC AMP and engage telescope brakes ON to allow servo control Telescope enable should be OFF when the TCS Servo is not used 2 2 Other Safety Controls Emergency Stop Press to disable Telescope amp Dome movements via the safety board Mirror Cover Emergency Close Open the normally operation mode as mirror covers are control via the MCC GUI In an Emergency and the TCS software in inoperable setting the s
22. ion limits for each counterweight are displayed in in its button labels One other difference between the auto and manual modes is that some of the counterweights may be operated as linked pairs This is implemented by the wide buttons linking pairs of counterweights For example The wide UP under TVF 3 and TVF 4 move both counterweight up Note A warning appears in red in the status window if the mirror cover is closed the system power is off or the brakes are on since these will impact dynamic balancing see screen shot above Page 24 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 10 Pointing Tab Y Z tcs3 mcc v090323 Mar 19 2009 About FBO FB1 FB2 histsave beam_test hist_on histoff Stop Notices Quit Pointing File Settings and Coefficients Pointing File Setup Path homeftcs3 data tpoiny 090319 Filename point dat Pattern Grid z Separation 14 00 Degrees used for GRID pattern Caption pointing run Open File pt open Pointing Run Control Get Next Star pt next Next amp Slew Slew Next slew 0 Add Star 7 f ptadd star Do Map Adjust Pt MAd Y Do Next amp Slew mcc1 mcc2 mcc3 Balance Pointing Deis pt dir set to home tcs3 data tpoint 090319 aj OK Ki AAA EEE LEE EEE Pointing File Settings and Coefficients Displays the current values of the parameters associated with
23. ir Support is off due to a hardware error the FAULT label is shown You must clear the hardware fault then press the Page 16 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Fault Ack button to return on an OK status Then you may turn on Mirror Support using the OFF On button Collimate To change collimation you must have the collimation enabled by checking the enable checkbox Use the slider to set the desired increment value for the and buttons Click on the E W N or S button to change the desired collimation position The Goto or desired position is shown in the Text Entry widget You can also enter the desired postion in the text widget remember to hit return to specify the desired dpos The actual position or apos 1s shown next to the label Actual Green text indicated the actual position in within range of the desired position otherwise the value is displayed in red On the bottom a label show with secondary chopper or hexapod is currently in use Collimate Focus Table The collimate table provides up to 10 preset collimation and focus positions for various instruments To set the collimation using the table 1 Enable Collimation and Focus 2 Click a button in collimation table This will set the collimation and Focus Dpos to values stored in the table and the collimation should move to this new position The button s Text colors provide the following information Green
24. isk to be restored when starting the IC or when doing a Last pt restore o Last Restore the MAdj values saved to disk with pt restore Pt clear Clears the Corr pointing registers Pt peak pt spiral and pt rates o mw zero This measurement widget zero button zeros the values display by the MeaW gt label O To stop Tracking e Enter another servo mode for example STOP Servo Slew The Slew mode slews to a RA and Dec sky position The can only be started while Tracking and when the slew is done Tracking resumes stop MP MV track slew Servo Mode ReSlew Slew Abort A slew is initiated from the tracking screen Once the telescope is slewing this screen appears Page 14 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 The status area display the estimated time to completion The setting of the OneShot Safe and Supervised buttons are display The HA DEC velocity and Distance Left are display using a bar graph and text e Slew Abort Aborts the current slew The current position is loaded into the tracking table s base and tracking resumes e ReSlew Re commands the PMAC to slew Due to a bug some times the slew doesn t move the telescope sits there with O velocity Press this button to re command the slew Once the slew is done the TCS will automatic start tracking Warning display This window is used to display error and warning notices A sound is as
25. line illustrate is where the Horizontal hardware limits is approx ZD of 70 degrees e The bottom has indicator for Upper Shutter UP ULimit Shutters Touching Touch and Lower Shutter Down DLimit shutter switches Dome Shutter control widgets e For software dome control to work you much select Software on the Dome_Cnlt Software on the TO Panel e The Dome Software Modes are Lock Manual Auto Goto o Lock Software will not attempt to move the dome o Manual using the widget provided the operator has full manual control of the dome The slider allows you to control the range to apply of the dome amps ie 0 5 is half range 5V 1 0 is full range 10V The buttons will command the dome to move left right or stop o Auto Auto mode will attempt to position the dome at the current telescope s Azimuth o Goto Allows the operation to enter the destination azimuth for a dome move e Shutter control 2 sets of button are used to control the upper amp lower shutter Select Open or Close to move the appropriate shutter cart You must click and continue holding the mouse during the move Releasing the mouse button will stop the operation Limits display This display shows the status of various limit switches the system brakes and system power Page 9 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 A grid showing the state of the Slew Software Stop and Brake limits for each axis N S E W and the st
26. lizes the hexapod However this can also be accomplished using the hexeGUI plus the HexeGUI provide better feedback that the TCS Page 20 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 9 Balance Tab Common elements appearing on the manual and auto mode screens Motor Currents Ha Dec and Dome motor currents are displayed For HA and Dec the d show the differences of the motors CW Enable checkbutton Click to enable or disable counterweight control CW Mode dropdown menu Select either the manual or auto mode Status Window displaying counterweight status information such as the enable status and any current counter weight movement in progress Auto Mode Notices Quit THE A homes ja Balance Files Ni 3 85 Niv 6 36 UP 6 00 UP 16 00 UP 5 11 UPt 15 11 BASS _cshell_spex_Gwrw_072505 CSHELL_spex_6wnm_1pwt_092105 CShell_spex_mirsi_hifogs_6wnm_06270 S 4 05 Si E775 DN 4 87 ON 4 92 DN 5 07 ON 1 5 17 Cshell_spex_mirsi_hi ogs_6wnm_0 HIFOGS_spex_cshell_6wnm_062805 HIFOGS_spex_cshell_mirsi_6nm_063005 YHE HEI YHSO ysi i MIRSL cshell_spe_BassExlec_0727205 MIRSLcshell_spex_Gwnm_lowt_0927605 Et 5 56 El 5 40 E 7 17 UP 15 25 UP 5 13 MIRSLcshell_spex_BassElec_072205 MIRS_spex_cshell_hifogs_6wnm_063005 i W1 5 50 wi 5 40 Wi 6 96 DNt 4 90 DN1 5 03 Save As Exec Refresh Waming CW Enable OF
27. nel doc CW Dpos 9 2 248 CW Dpos 10 5158 CW Dpos 11 5 066 The CW Dpos is a TCS command to set the desired position of the counter weight The 2 field is the counterweight numeric ID The 3 field is the desired position of the counter weight in volts Page 23 Version 2014 03 18 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Manual Mode About UPI UPI UPi UPi El El UP UPI N Ni 6 00 6 00 1511 5 11 5 561 540 Et 525 5 131 3 851 6 36 7 17 UP UP Et UPY 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 DN DN DNI DN 3 Wi wit DN ON St St 4 87 492 5 07 MAY 5501 540 WC 4 90 5 03 405 7 75 6 96 DNL DNI Wwe DNL CW Enable Waming CW Enable OFF Running in Manual Mode W Mode manual v y Warming minor cover is dosed ameet meca ecs 2 r PL Awe Deti CWmode manual OK PE z D Manual Mode screen UP DOWN EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH buttons These buttons operate as in the auto mode to control the direction of movement for the selected counterweight however in the manual mode the or control voltage will be applied for as long as the button is selected or until the counterweight hits a hard limit In the manual mode only the actual position voltage is displayed without the direction arrows S or L indicators The minimum and maximum posit
28. rd_HA_Emerg_W_Latch Y 51 SafetyBrd_HA_Emerg_E_Latch Y 52 SafetyBrd_Dec_Stop_N_Latch Y 53 SafetyBrd_Dec_Stop_S_Latch y 54 SafetyBrd_Dec_Emerg_N_Latch S S RN S 5 S RI SiSISISISI NI SI SIS e 1 a x 55 SafetyBrd_Dec_Emerg_S_Latch 56 SafetyBrd_Horizon_Stop_Latch 57 SafetyBrd_Watchdog_Tmr_Latch 58 SafetyBrd_Clocking_Error_Latch 59 SafetyBrd_Dome_Amp_Enable_Them 60 SafetyBrd_Tel_Amp_Enable_Them 61 SafetyBrd_Sparel 62 SafetyBrd_Spare2 63 SafetyBrd_Tach_Switch_is_off 64 PwrCntl amp Brakes Err FIOE 65 Crane not stowed 66 TOP Tele Enable is OFF 67 Mir Cover open amp Cooling on 68 Check T3 P S in mcc3 GUI 69 Check Closed Cycle Coolers 70 Dome may be Stalled 71 Monitor Mirror Cooling 72 Approaching Lower Shutter 73 Check TAC amp Mtr Vel Data 74 PMAC PID not optimal 75 AMP Power Warning FIOB 76 Motor Currents High 77 IQUP Data is Stale The entries in the dialog box correspond to the list of possible error and warning notices that can be displayed in the Warnings display area on the mcc1 window see 2 2 4 If the check box to the left of an entry has a check in it then if that message is activated in the Warnings display an associated sound will be played about every 15 seconds Uncheck the box to deactivate the sound associated with that notice message Once the dialog box is visible it can be dragged to any location on the desktop To hide the dialog box click the Hide button at th
29. sociated with each notice and the sounds may be controlled by the Notices dialog see 2 1 4 If the error or warning condition no longer exists the message s will be cleared from the screen Notices are displayed in order of importance Warnings In this sample display warning notices are shown that indicate a counterweight stuck during a balance operation and that the current humidity level matches or exceeds the humidity warning threshold as currently set Both of these conditions will cause a warning sound to be played every 15 seconds In this sample display the same warnings are active as in the previous example but the Notices dialog has been used to deactivate the sounds associated with the humidity warning This is indicated by the red symbol to the left of the warning text an S with a line through it Warnings Page 15 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 3 7 MCC2 Tab tcs3 mcc v120320 Mar 20 2012 on t1hilo ifa hawaii edu CIO FB2 hist_save beam_test hist_on hist_off Stop Notices Quit Mirror Support Collimate Collimate Focus Tbl Jm ea Mirror Cover exe W S E ERES USE J fhome tcs3 data mcc_macros ell Goto 0 00 0 00 nsfcam2 unused shut open Macro Files Aval 0 00 0 00 cshell mused 110429 pt coeff shut OFF Fault Ack EQ NQ 0 05 ne sa
30. tor to move the telescope by specifying a velocity for each axis Page 11 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Servo Mode idle MP e MV track slew Joystick DomeHP HAC s 1100 Y enable enable Dec s 1 100 rate s 15 0 rate s 110 0 Execute Mv Stop Enter the MV mode by clicking on the Servo Mode s MV radio button You can now control the velocity using 3 methods Joystick DomeHP or GUI All inputs are used simultaneously Joystick e Enable the TO Joystick and Disable DomeHP e Enter your desired rate e Use the TO Panel s Joystick to change the velocity Dome HP e Enable the DomeHP and disable Joystick e Enter your desired rate e Use the dome hand paddle N S E W buttons to move the telescope GUI e Disable both the Joystick and DomeHP e Enter a HA and Dev velocity e Press Execute MV to set telescope velocity e Press Stop to set velocity to 0 In the status area the following information is displayed e The requested velocity is the sum of the Software Joystick domeHP inputs The PMAC velocity is the commanded velocity to the motor controller The bar graph displays to actual motor s velocity e The OneShot Safe and Supervised labels are colored GREEN or Gray to reflect the state of these TOPanel switches e Software label will be green if the rates are enter via the GUI below show the requested rates in s Enabling the Joystick or Dome Handpa
31. ut 30 minutes long AUTO but cooling OFF mirror is below set point For detail status on the mirror cooling see the Detail Tab and view FIO_MC on the MCC GUI For addition documentation on mirror cooling see the TCS3 Design Documents T3 315x in http irtfweb ifa hawaii edu tcs3 tcs3 Design document_index html Laser Traffic These widget provide frequently used Laser Traffic options When Lct Enable is ON the system should write the telescope position to the web site The Ltc impact checkbox when check will set IMPACT YES Page 17 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 Focus This is the chopping secondary focus control disable the focus when not using the chopper You can set the desire focus position by editing the Goto value Either enter the value in the text entry area or use the button to increment the desired position The slider at the bottom controls the increment amount This Goto value will update if the desired position is changed The Actual label show the actual position of the focus mechanism in volts as sampled by the TCS A D The text will be RED until the focus moved to the desired position The Focus Enable check button until Enable or Disables the software control loop to move the focus mechanism The Focus Adj Enable determine if the focus adjustment value is added to the user_dos to determine the desired postion If the tcs see the apos is not changing when commande
32. witch to close will close the mirror covers Page 4 1101_mcc_gui_and_to_panel doc Version 2014 03 18 There are 3 switch to control the max velocity of the telescope There are 2 velocity limits in the tcs 400 as s and 1600 as s Automatic Unsafe When in Automatic velocity of 1600 as s is allow When in unsafe 400 as s is the velocity limit unless overridden by the One Shot or Supervised switch Supervised During some moves ie slewing the velocity limit can be raised to 1600 as s by depressing this momentary switch The ideal is the TO are to visually supervised the telescope when pressing this switch One Shot Supervised and Supervised can be pressed together to allow the 1600 as s limit for the duration of the move The Automatic amp One Shot can be secured using the eyelet allowing only the Supervised high speed moves Safety Board OK LED will be on when there are no latched errors on the safety board System Power LED is on when the system power is ON Brake ON LED is on when the HA amp Dec brake are ON 2 3 Remaining Controls The TO Joystick is a self centering 2 axis joystick It is used for error adjustment during tracking and velocity adjustment during MV moves Review track and MV servo modes for MCC1 During tracking the TO Joystick s can be used to adjust the pointing map in NSEW or Spiral mode The toggle switch to the right of the joystick enables you to control this mode The Floor lig
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