Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Nov 26 18:50:00 GMT 1994 Year: 94 Doy: 330 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 18:50:57 GMT 1994 Clear sky, wind 5 mph from the SE, temp 40 F., frosty this morning. DPMON COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 18:51:54 GMT 1994 I have installed the spare tape drive using the special cable I received yesterday. I'll try to take data, if it doesn't work I'll contact David Elmore, if it does work I'll try again on Monday and if everything is still working OK I'll FedEx the old drive to David. Sat Nov 26 18:54:35 GMT 1994: Patrol Start DPMON COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 18:55:56 GMT 1994 WARNING: /sbus@1,f8000000/esp@0,800000/st@4,0 (st4): Error for command 'write' Error Level: Fatal Requested Block 0, Eror Block: 0 Sense Key: Illegal Request Vendor 'EXABYTE': ASC = 0x81 (), ASCQ = 0x0, FRU = 0x0 End-of-Media Detected tape write -1 tape: I/O error Sat Nov 26 18:58:29 GMT 1994: Patrol End DPMON COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 18:59:20 GMT 1994 Still getting the above listed error messages as data is trying to get on the tape, the orange drive light is blinking when the errors appear as it did with the original drive and since "New Day" started up OK it looks like the new drive is hooked up correctly. Problem with Sparcstation? MKIII COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 19:09:06 GMT 1994 Tried to do a calibration but clouds got in the way, aborted cal, will try again later. MKIII COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 19:36:57 GMT 1994 Got a good calibration now. WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 20:05:19 GMT 1994 Starting to get some fog, stopped observations and closed dome. LOW-L COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 20:54:11 GMT 1994 Removed L00136 and installed L00138 in drive #1. COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 22:28:25 GMT 1994 ************************************************* chu relieving koon as observer ************************************************* Sky has begun to clear. Dark storm clouds still loom in the East. Orographic clouds have moved upslope from West and hovering around FOV. Watching for a clearing before restarting obs. MKIII COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 22:53:41 GMT 1994 Patches of orographic clouds still present, but sky continuuing to clear. Restarting obs. DPMON COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 22:55:05 GMT 1994 Attempting to restart Dpmon. Sat Nov 26 22:55:23 GMT 1994: Patrol Start Sat Nov 26 22:57:04 GMT 1994: Patrol End DPMON COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 22:57:09 GMT 1994 Unable to restart due to exabyte media error. WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 23:12:01 GMT 1994 Large region of cirrus has approached from South. Now blocking FOV. Pausing obs. MKIII COMMENT: Sat Nov 26 23:49:12 GMT 1994 Cirrus has past. Orographic clouds still present. Restarting obs. LOW-L COMMENT: Sun Nov 27 00:06:59 GMT 1994 Low-l has stopped. The message on the console reads: ON BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR (HEX) = (9000:E412) SYSTEM HALTED Will remove current tape L00137 from unit 0, move L00138 from unit 1 to unit 0, install L00139 into unit 1, and attempt a reboot. LOW-L COMMENT: Sun Nov 27 00:19:26 GMT 1994 Rebooted successfully and running normally. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Nov 27 00:42:56 GMT 1994 Cirrus thickening. Will continue taking data to tape in case a hole appears. MKIII COMMENT: Sun Nov 27 01:30:34 GMT 1994 Cirrus still blocking FOV. No signs of clearing. Pausing obs. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Nov 27 03:02:58 GMT 1994 Have been under layer of cirrus since ~0:30UT. Cirrus remains thick to West. Pau. Activity Report: No DPMON data No Coronal Activity Tapes: MKIII: H00896 DPMON: Exabyte drive down LOW-L: L00138 running in unit 0 Sun Nov 27 03:06:52 GMT 1994: Filemark SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 17:29:03. 11/26/94 DOY 330 17:34:12 17:37:23 17:40:35 17:43:47 17:47:00 17:50:12 17:53:29 17:56:41 17:59:54 18:03:05 18:06:17 18:09:27 18:12:39 18:15:50 18:19:02 18:22:13 18:25:25 18:28:35 18:31:47 18:34:57 18:38:08 18:41:18 18:44:29 18:47:39 1904 0 CL 19:09:13 19:12:23 19:15:32 1920 0 CL 19:23:01 1927 15CL 19:32:48 19:37:08 19:40:16 19:43:25 19:46:33 19:49:42 19:52:50 19:55:58 19:59:06 20:02:14 22:54:26 22:57:36 23:00:49 23:04:00 23:07:12 23:10:23 23:50:55 23:54:07 23:57:20 0:00:33 0:03:50 0:07:01 0:10:13 0:13:24 0:16:37 0:19:48 0:23:00 0:26:11 0:29:23 0:32:34 0:35:47 0:38:58 0:42:12 0:45:22 0:48:34 0:51:44 0:54:56 0:58:06 1:01:17 1:04:27 1:07:38 1:10:48 1:14:00 1:17:09 1:20:20 1:23:30 1:26:41 1:29:51 0 ERRORS OK