----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Sep 27 16:30:16 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 271 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 16:30:19 GMT 1996 Cool, in thin, structured cirrus, light southwest wind. Fri Sep 27 16:30:58 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 16:37:37 GMT 1996 No time correction necessary today, all clocks withing 0.5 sec of WWVH time. COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 16:39:05 GMT 1996 Waiting for sky tx to clear dome so guider can acquire and settle. Fri Sep 27 16:42:07 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Sep 27 16:42:22 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 16:53:23 GMT 1996 CHIP stalled. Only Status message is FixCenter. Doing Kill/Run to attempt recovery. Fri Sep 27 16:55:09 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 17:00:34 GMT 1996 Noticed that DPMON is stalled also, Program in sync...44.45. Doing a Kill/Run cycle. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 17:00:34 GMT 1996 Noticed that DPMON is stalled also, Program in sync...44.45. Doing a Kill/Run cycle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Sep 27 17:17:25 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 271 Observer: yasukawa Fri Sep 27 17:17:38 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Sep 27 17:20:12 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Sep 27 17:20:35 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 17:20:35 GMT 1996 Restarting Patrol after rebooting both nene and kii. COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 17:22:55 GMT 1996 Oh, maybe the crashes are due to some software fixes David made overnight- I just read email. Timing fix works great! Clock was same as WWVH time. COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 17:36:45 GMT 1996 CHIP and DPMON crashed again. Sent email to David regarding crashes. Fri Sep 27 18:11:23 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Sep 27 18:11:49 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 271 Observer: yasukawa Fri Sep 27 18:15:21 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 18:19:41 GMT 1996 David set software back to old stuff. Had some problem restarting, but it may have been that I did not Kill the program properly before restarting. Killed properly, Run. Patrol is now going. Fri Sep 27 18:25:58 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 18:26:40 GMT 1996 Restarting Chip program (Run). Fri Sep 27 18:27:58 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Sep 27 18:32:16 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 18:31:44 GMT 1996 Hooray, chip is running. Fri Sep 27 18:32:55 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 18:33:45 GMT 1996 Domed out, fixed. CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 18:34:19 GMT 1996 Loaded new Crunch routine into chip. End/Patrol cycle to pick it up. Fri Sep 27 18:38:19 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Sep 27 18:54:42 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Sep 27 19:02:53 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Sep 27 19:03:45 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Fri Sep 27 19:04:54 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Sep 27 19:06:01 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Sep 27 19:06:08 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Sep 27 19:06:46 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 19:03:14 GMT 1996 David assessed that the problem this morning began with the new Crunch routine not working, then after the reboot, Camera didn't work because a chip_image file was not there--lost sometime in the past, and then the tape drive got fussy, it wanted to be brushed AND flossed. Network time program reloaded. CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 19:20:31 GMT 1996 Display is wierd. Not getting an image. top 1/3 looks like background and bottom 2/3 just looks strange. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 19:30:47 GMT 1996 Sky looks clear, but loaf-of-bread trace looks a bit high yet. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 19:47:55 GMT 1996 epl at PA 77-90, RV 1.1 Fri Sep 27 20:02:01 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Sep 27 20:02:56 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 20:03:47 GMT 1996 epl at RV 1.15 Fri Sep 27 20:04:36 GMT 1996 CHIP Gain CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 20:10:31 GMT 1996 CHIP stalled at Program -1000,-500, Optics Busy. Using Fixbusy to kick start it. Fri Sep 27 20:11:43 GMT 1996 CHIP End Gain Fri Sep 27 20:11:52 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 20:16:22 GMT 1996 Reconfiguring dome shutter. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 20:24:54 GMT 1996 epl at PA 77-90 pau. CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 20:36:10 GMT 1996 FixCenter runaway, centered manually. COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:00:51 GMT 1996 Network is quite flaky, it gets slow, drops out, etc. Fri Sep 27 21:02:01 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Sep 27 21:02:56 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat CHIP COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:02:52 GMT 1996 Centering runaway, moved back manually. Fri Sep 27 21:03:47 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Sep 27 21:04:42 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Sep 27 21:04:50 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Sep 27 21:05:27 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:31:55 GMT 1996 CHAN 1 noise occurred after removing the compensator plates on DOY 96262. We also fixed the 11/44 that day. Pixel info looks good in the analog monitors so there are two possible scenarios... 11/44 repair is hosing the chan 1 data, or compensator plate removal is causing higher gain near some threshold. With all the refocusing and stuff, we realized that the corrector table is probably wrong for the current setup and could be the source of the noise--pixel-to-pixel differences. We decided the least painful step would be to correct chan 1 first. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:54:31 GMT 1996 Chan 1 correct pau, PGA gain had to be changed from 9 to 8. ALICE..... CHECK OUT CHAN 1 FOR THE NOISE AND LET US KNOW! MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:56:51 GMT 1996 Displayed image looks weaker, will try putting PGA back to 9 after next scan. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:58:49 GMT 1996 In thin cirrus. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 21:59:30 GMT 1996 Chan 1 CORONA looks quieter, albeit the sky is somewhat noisy. Fri Sep 27 22:01:54 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Sep 27 22:02:46 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 22:05:06 GMT 1996 PGA gain for at chan 1 set to 9. Fri Sep 27 22:06:36 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Sep 27 22:07:38 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Sep 27 22:07:47 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Sep 27 22:08:25 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 22:12:05 GMT 1996 Some of the negative polarization on the image may be from the spar being too tight in the slot at this time of day. Sacrificing DPMON for now and moved MKIII fully into slot. Taking another diagnostic image. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 22:23:15 GMT 1996 Seems to be noisier at higher PGA gain. We will try another correct at PGA gain of 9. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 22:38:48 GMT 1996 Running correct again, this time we will not violate correct rules. Fri Sep 27 22:41:38 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Sep 27 22:43:31 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 22:49:04 GMT 1996 Correct done. back to pga gain of 8. Fri Sep 27 22:49:34 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Sep 27 22:51:07 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Sep 27 23:02:01 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Sep 27 23:02:57 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 23:03:16 GMT 1996 Opal in scan. Fri Sep 27 23:04:09 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Sep 27 23:05:14 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Sep 27 23:05:24 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Sep 27 23:06:02 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Fri Sep 27 23:12:36 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Sep 27 23:13:45 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 23:27:05 GMT 1996 Correct done at PGA gain 1 all the way thru. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 23:37:19 GMT 1996 Taking data with pga at 9. COMMENT: Fri Sep 27 23:55:49 GMT 1996 about 2330 orographic clouds in area Sat Sep 28 00:04:06 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Sat Sep 28 00:04:48 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias DPMON COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 00:04:34 GMT 1996 Program was hung up, killed all tasks and started up again about 2400, in clouds Sat Sep 28 00:06:02 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Sat Sep 28 00:06:12 GMT 1996 CHIP Water MKIII COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 00:06:24 GMT 1996 weep due to clouds Sat Sep 28 00:06:49 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Sat Sep 28 01:01:59 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Sat Sep 28 01:02:55 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Sat Sep 28 01:05:01 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 01:05:27 GMT 1996 In heavy orographic clouds. Stopping CHIP and DPMON. Sat Sep 28 01:07:09 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Sat Sep 28 01:08:29 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Sat Sep 28 01:08:44 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Sat Sep 28 01:09:31 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 01:58:53 GMT 1996 Orographic clouds beginning to break up. Reconfiguring dome, then restarting obs. CHIP COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 02:00:35 GMT 1996 CHIP patrol did not end after 01:09 request. CHIP COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 02:02:18 GMT 1996 Selected Video to end CHIP and restart -- need to get an END/ABORT window to stop this puppy at the end of the day. Sat Sep 28 02:05:28 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Sat Sep 28 02:05:45 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Sat Sep 28 02:07:10 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Sat Sep 28 02:07:20 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Sat Sep 28 02:07:59 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Sat Sep 28 02:09:04 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Sat Sep 28 02:09:58 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 02:21:31 GMT 1996 Back in heavy orographic clouds. Calling it a day. Shutting down. Sat Sep 28 02:22:26 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol Sat Sep 28 02:22:30 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Sat Sep 28 02:23:19 GMT 1996 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Sat Sep 28 02:23:43 GMT 1996 Activity report: QP: 124; 130; 225-232; small epl: PA 77-90, RV to 1.15, from approx. 1947-2024 UT. No coronal activity Tapes: MKIII: H01397 DPMON: P00721 CHIP: C00138 LOWL: L00418 SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:41:43. 9/27/96 DOY 271 16:46:52 16:50:05 16:53:19 16:56:32 16:59:45 17:02:58 17:06:11 17:09:22 17:12:35 17:15:46 17:18:58 17:22:09 17:25:22 17:28:34 17:31:47 17:34:58 17:38:12 17:41:24 17:44:37 17:47:49 17:51:03 17:54:15 17:57:29 18:00:41 18:03:55 18:07:08 18:10:22 18:13:35 18:16:48 18:20:01 18:23:15 18:26:27 18:29:41 18:32:53 18:36:06 18:39:18 18:42:32 18:45:44 18:48:57 18:52:08 18:55:21 18:58:33 19:01:46 19:04:57 19:08:10 19:11:21 19:14:34 19:17:46 19:21:00 19:24:13 19:27:30 19:30:41 19:33:54 19:37:06 19:40:19 19:43:31 19:46:44 19:49:57 19:53:12 19:56:26 19:59:44 20:02:56 20:06:10 20:09:22 20:12:36 20:15:48 20:25:17 20:28:30 2033 0 CL 20:37:05 2043 15CL 20:48:43 20:52:21 20:55:34 20:58:48 21:02:02 21:05:22 21:08:34 21:11:48 21:15:01 21:18:20 21:21:32 21:24:46 21:27:58 21:31:11 21:55:19 21:58:33 22:01:46 22:05:01 22:08:15 22:11:35 22:14:47 22:18:03 22:35:07 22:50:09 22:53:24 22:56:38 22:59:52 23:03:05 23:06:19 23:28:12 23:31:27 23:34:41 23:37:57 23:41:10 23:44:24 23:47:38 23:50:52 23:54:04 23:57:18 0:00:30 0:03:44 2:06:00 2:09:14 2:12:27 2:15:41 2:18:53 2:22:07 0 ERRORS OK