----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jan 7 17:29:23 GMT 2000 Year: 00 Doy: 007 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 17:30:13 GMT 2000 Cold, clear, brisk southeast wind. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 17:33:18 GMT 2000 akamai window did not come up again this morning, has there been some change in the program? Fri Jan 7 17:34:06 GMT 2000 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Jan 7 17:40:13 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Jan 7 17:40:27 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Fri Jan 7 17:41:07 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol PICS COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 17:43:46 GMT 2000 So far, occulting wheel is functioning normally. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 17:59:22 GMT 2000 Seeing phasing errors on akamai display, possibly due to the cold temperature in the dome. Fri Jan 7 18:02:06 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 18:03:07 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 18:03:25 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 18:03:39 GMT 2000 PICS Flat Fri Jan 7 18:04:17 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water Fri Jan 7 18:06:16 GMT 2000 PICS End Flat **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 18:46:06 GMT 2000 Timeout occurred. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 18:52:14 GMT 2000 I am seeing intermittent occurrences of Optics timeouts when halphadisc requests are trying to execute. Fri Jan 7 19:02:19 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 19:03:28 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 19:03:40 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 19:04:33 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water GONG COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 19:35:01 GMT 2000 PICS stable again, going down to GONG to do belated weekly and monthly preventive maintenance. Fri Jan 7 20:02:11 GMT 2000 CHIP Gain GONG COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 20:06:49 GMT 2000 Back from GONG. Fri Jan 7 20:08:00 GMT 2000 CHIP End Gain Fri Jan 7 20:08:18 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 20:09:21 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 20:09:38 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 20:10:20 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water Fri Jan 7 21:02:16 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 21:03:29 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 21:03:40 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 21:04:26 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 21:05:15 GMT 2000 Timeout occurrence. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 21:06:09 GMT 2000 home LED not lit on status display. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 21:11:08 GMT 2000 Cannot tell for sure whether encoder is stopping where holes are aligned with HEI, looks close, though. Motor is not stopping the wheel at the Home bump. It stops either before or after the bump. Fri Jan 7 21:34:40 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol Fri Jan 7 22:02:42 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 22:03:42 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 22:03:57 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 22:04:51 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 22:34:44 GMT 2000 Bumped spar while working on HEI replacement, guiding poor. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 22:35:23 GMT 2000 PSPT did not acquire sun during 2200 loop. aborting obs. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 22:38:53 GMT 2000 Replaced inner encoding wheel HEI. Initial test indicates mount needs alignment. Fri Jan 7 23:03:12 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jan 7 23:04:19 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias Fri Jan 7 23:04:32 GMT 2000 CHIP Water Fri Jan 7 23:05:20 GMT 2000 CHIP End Water Fri Jan 7 23:12:25 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 23:15:36 GMT 2000 Guiding was off, repointed and reset guider. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 23:16:00 GMT 2000 Used hand-held terminal to watch status as I aligned HEI mount. Works pretty good. Once I got the holes aligned, I tested wheel using hand term. Noticed that home was stopping in the wrong place, usually an overshoot. After playing around with alignment, I realized that if the microswitch were snugged up a little closer to the cam, the HOME led would stay lit when the wheel is stopped. Made that adjustment and tested wheel again. All looks well. Cam is not aligned with latest or earlier fiducial marks. If this alignment works, we can either re-mark or test cam at the old mark nearby. I'll let things run for a few days. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Jan 7 23:23:23 GMT 2000 David thinks that rebooting nahenahe will bring back the akamai window which has been absent all day. I will do a warm reboot after shut-down. Fri Jan 7 23:24:40 GMT 2000 CHIP ending tape Fri Jan 7 23:24:57 GMT 2000 CHIP ending tape Fri Jan 7 23:25:20 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jan 7 23:28:49 GMT 2000 TAPES: MKIV: 00-007 PICS: P01630 CHIP: C01006 LOWL: L00658 in drive #0 Fri Jan 7 23:30:39 GMT 2000 MkIV 17_41.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 20_13.rawmk4 21_24.rawmk4 22_36.rawmk4 17_44.rawmk4 19_01.rawmk4 20_16.rawmk4 21_27.rawmk4 22_39.rawmk4 17_47.rawmk4 19_08.rawmk4 20_19.rawmk4 21_30.rawmk4 22_41.rawmk4 17_50.rawmk4 19_11.rawmk4 20_22.rawmk4 21_33.rawmk4 22_44.rawmk4 17_53.rawmk4 19_14.rawmk4 20_25.rawmk4 21_36.rawmk4 22_47.rawmk4 17_56.rawmk4 19_17.rawmk4 20_28.rawmk4 21_39.rawmk4 22_50.rawmk4 17_59.rawmk4 19_20.rawmk4 20_31.rawmk4 21_42.rawmk4 22_53.rawmk4 18_01.rawmk4 19_23.rawmk4 20_34.rawmk4 21_45.rawmk4 22_56.rawmk4 18_04.rawmk4 19_26.rawmk4 20_37.rawmk4 21_48.rawmk4 22_59.rawmk4 18_07.rawmk4 19_29.rawmk4 20_40.rawmk4 21_51.rawmk4 23_02.rawmk4 18_10.rawmk4 19_32.rawmk4 20_43.rawmk4 21_54.rawmk4 23_05.rawmk4 18_13.rawmk4 19_35.rawmk4 20_46.rawmk4 21_57.rawmk4 23_08.rawmk4 18_16.rawmk4 19_38.rawmk4 20_49.rawmk4 22_00.rawmk4 23_11.rawmk4 18_19.rawmk4 19_40.rawmk4 20_52.rawmk4 22_03.rawmk4 23_14.rawmk4 18_22.rawmk4 19_43.rawmk4 20_55.rawmk4 22_06.rawmk4 23_17.rawmk4 18_25.rawmk4 19_46.rawmk4 20_58.rawmk4 22_09.rawmk4 23_20.rawmk4 18_28.rawmk4 19_49.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 22_12.rawmk4 23_23.rawmk4 18_31.rawmk4 19_52.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 22_15.rawmk4 c18_52.rawmk4 18_34.rawmk4 19_55.rawmk4 21_07.rawmk4 22_18.rawmk4 c18_58.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 19_58.rawmk4 21_10.rawmk4 22_21.rawmk4 c19_04.rawmk4 18_40.rawmk4 20_01.rawmk4 21_13.rawmk4 22_24.rawmk4 18_43.rawmk4 20_04.rawmk4 21_16.rawmk4 22_27.rawmk4 18_46.rawmk4 20_07.rawmk4 21_18.rawmk4 22_30.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 20_10.rawmk4 21_21.rawmk4 22_33.rawmk4