----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jun 30 16:23:25 GMT 1997 Year: 97 Doy: 181 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:23:37 GMT 1997 Cool, clear, light south wind. DPMON COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:23:54 GMT 1997 nene started up with a bunch of error messages, basically memory/DMA errors that caused an automatic reboot. Mon Jun 30 16:25:00 GMT 1997 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Mon Jun 30 16:29:48 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Mon Jun 30 16:30:04 GMT 1997 dPMon Start Patrol COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:30:09 GMT 1997 There was a 6.0 earthquake this morning at 5:48 centered in Puna. No apparent damage here. COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:33:48 GMT 1997 Powerline monitor reading 122VAC. MKIII COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:34:16 GMT 1997 Not sure what was differnt about how I started up, but xterm icon was gone, I usually pull it down to lower left corner before typing Run command. Brought up another xterm icon from menu. COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 16:41:53 GMT 1997 Civil Defense indicates that there is a power outage in the Hilo and Puna areas, apparently may be the cause of the higher than normal voltage seen here. Mon Jun 30 17:00:58 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 17:01:51 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 17:17:27 GMT 1997 CHIP crashed at 1700 due to software changes made in Boulder. Killing tasks and rebooting as per DE instructions. Starting tape, C00345, over. Mon Jun 30 17:26:32 GMT 1997 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Mon Jun 30 17:28:33 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 17:28:36 GMT 1997 CHIP Patrol restarted after reboot. Mon Jun 30 18:01:02 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 18:01:57 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Mon Jun 30 18:02:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Mon Jun 30 18:02:50 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Mon Jun 30 18:03:00 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Mon Jun 30 18:03:30 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:05:51 GMT 1997 Stopping Patrol to load test program Patrol.slowscan into Patrol. Mon Jun 30 18:06:37 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Mon Jun 30 18:13:16 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:13:08 GMT 1997 Copied Patrol.slowtune to Patrol and restarted observing routine. The word was slowtune, not .slowscan. CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:32:51 GMT 1997 So far, I do not see any error messages on the console. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:35:18 GMT 1997 Wind coming upslope and contractor is doing backhoe work. Most of dust is vectoring away from our dome, but it is getting up here in our line of sight. MKIII COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:38:18 GMT 1997 Al Kai, DEC engineer is here to work on 11/44 problem. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 18:49:38 GMT 1997 Winds now light and varying between NW and NE, more dust is coming upslope. A check of DPMON O1 and CHIP prefilter -- they're OK for now. Mon Jun 30 19:00:59 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 19:01:53 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Mon Jun 30 19:02:10 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Mon Jun 30 19:02:57 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Mon Jun 30 19:03:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Mon Jun 30 19:03:42 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 19:06:47 GMT 1997 Only error I detected was a "permission denied" message when the program tried to ftp the raw daily image just after Bias started. Ending Patrol and reloading Patrol.63097. Mon Jun 30 19:09:45 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Mon Jun 30 19:12:07 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 19:12:03 GMT 1997 Patrol reloaded, starting observations back up. Mon Jun 30 19:20:30 GMT 1997 dPMon End Patrol COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 19:20:39 GMT 1997 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. Mon Jun 30 19:21:33 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Mon Jun 30 19:26:35 GMT 1997 dPMon Start Patrol Mon Jun 30 19:26:45 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Mon Jun 30 20:03:00 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 20:03:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Gain Mon Jun 30 20:03:56 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Mon Jun 30 20:07:15 GMT 1997 CHIP End Gain Mon Jun 30 20:07:26 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Mon Jun 30 20:08:08 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Mon Jun 30 20:08:18 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Mon Jun 30 20:08:45 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 20:55:02 GMT 1997 Al narrowed the problem to either the memory, again, and/or the RL controller. There was also a side problem with the RL02 unit 0 having a flaky motor speed controller so he checked out the spare RL02 drive and swapped out the bad one. There are more parts needed so he will be back on Wednesday or Thursday depending on where the parts are sourced from. Mon Jun 30 21:02:59 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 21:03:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Mon Jun 30 21:03:54 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Mon Jun 30 21:03:52 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Mon Jun 30 21:04:01 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Mon Jun 30 21:04:30 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Mon Jun 30 22:02:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Mon Jun 30 22:02:55 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Mon Jun 30 22:03:06 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Mon Jun 30 22:03:05 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Mon Jun 30 22:03:39 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Mon Jun 30 22:04:02 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Mon Jun 30 22:19:53 GMT 1997 dPMon End Patrol Mon Jun 30 22:21:35 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Mon Jun 30 22:22:22 GMT 1997 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Mon Jun 30 22:23:33 GMT 1997 Activity Report: QP: 47; 290; No coronal data. Tapes: DPMON: P00924 CHIP: C00345 LOWL: L00462