----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jul 28 16:27:35 GMT 2008 Year: 08 Doy: 210 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 16:28:32 GMT 2008 In broken cirrus, SE wind 32 mph, temp 41 F. Waiting for winds to slow before opening domes. Cloud cover will make data marginal anyway. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 16:45:58 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 16:54:46 GMT 2008 Running tests with dome closed. Alice just loaded test code, stopping and resetting KCC. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 16:58:16 GMT 2008 MKIV End Patrol A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Mon Jul 28 17:43:07 GMT 2008 WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 18:30:41 GMT 2008 Windspeed has dropped dramatically to 4 mph from SW. Opening domes. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 18:38:47 GMT 2008 CHIP Start Patrol Mon Jul 28 18:38:58 GMT 2008 PICS Start Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 18:39:38 GMT 2008 Alice has restored working code after several tests. Reset KCC to load working code. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 18:41:05 GMT 2008 Starting up. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 18:41:26 GMT 2008 Still in broken cirrus. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 18:42:41 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Patrol **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 18:43:46 GMT 2008 Occulting wheel flaky. Reset MCC. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 18:44:57 GMT 2008 CHIP End Patrol **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 18:48:01 GMT 2008 That did not work. Stopped PICS and CHIP, cycle power to MCC, killed PICS program and restarted Run. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 18:49:20 GMT 2008 CHIP Start Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 18:49:31 GMT 2008 Observing ___end___ Mon Jul 28 18:50:34 GMT 2008 PICS Start Patrol Mon Jul 28 18:52:04 GMT 2008 PICS End Patrol **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 18:53:12 GMT 2008 Appears to be occulting wheel problem. Checking things out. ___end___ **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 19:06:27 GMT 2008 Occulting wheel cannot find requested position and is timeing out. Checking status codes. ___end___ **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 19:12:32 GMT 2008 Codes OK, HEIs are working. PICS occulting wheel is now working OK moving to correct stations. NOt sure why it wasn't during Patrol and with hand controller upstairs. Buttoning up the occulting wheel hatches and stowing the QTerm hand controller. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 19:17:43 GMT 2008 PICS Start Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 19:20:38 GMT 2008 CHIP stalled, possibly due to MCC reset. Killed WaitOpti and it restarted. ___end___ **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 19:21:32 GMT 2008 PICS working OK for now. Only thing I can think of would be that there was some debris on one or more of the HEI encoder sensors that confused the status circuits and the debris fell off (or crawled away) while I was diddling around upstairs. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 19:30:26 GMT 2008 CHIP End Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 19:30:32 GMT 2008 CHIP stalled again. Killing and restarting this time. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 19:32:35 GMT 2008 CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 19:35:17 GMT 2008 Cirrus thinned, attempting calibration. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 19:35:58 GMT 2008 MKIV End Patrol Mon Jul 28 19:36:02 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Cal GONG COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 19:44:53 GMT 2008 OK, looks like everyone is behaving (except the weather) so I'll go down to GONG and do the weekly PM. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 19:54:46 GMT 2008 MKIV End Cal Mon Jul 28 19:54:57 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Patrol **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 20:26:41 GMT 2008 Menehunes are having a field day today. GONG GPS display was flashing. Cycled power. That didn't fix the blinking but it crashed the Data computer. Data computer won't restart. Alerting GONG for solution. ___end___ NICE MK4 IMAGE: 1918 NICE CHIP IMAGE: 1849 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 1921 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 1920 WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 20:51:25 GMT 2008 Clear sky. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 20:53:56 GMT 2008 MKIV End Patrol Mon Jul 28 20:54:01 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Cal Mon Jul 28 21:13:38 GMT 2008 MKIV End Cal **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 21:31:18 GMT 2008 Going back down to GONG to perform a requested check on the GPS. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 22:10:56 GMT 2008 Going down to GONG to swap the VME-ST board. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Jul 28 22:12:33 GMT 2008 On moderate cirrus. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 22:13:06 GMT 2008 Waiting to go down to GONG, MLSO spar is transiting zenith and dome rotation needs attention right now. ___end___ Mon Jul 28 22:21:17 GMT 2008 MKIV End Patrol Mon Jul 28 22:38:30 GMT 2008 MKIV Start Patrol **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 22:49:32 GMT 2008 OK, dome is in west-facing position. Going down to GONG now, they changed their mind and decided I should swap out the GPS unit rather than the VME-ST board. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 23:40:52 GMT 2008 Back from GONG while waiting for GPS to acquire time. ___end___ **PICS PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 23:41:29 GMT 2008 PICS crashed while I was out. K/r ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Mon Jul 28 23:54:14 GMT 2008 Going back down to GONG to determine if the swap worked and then to reset the instrument and data computers. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Tue Jul 29 00:21:34 GMT 2008 Back from GONG. GPS still not locked on, giving it more time. Will check on it later. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Tue Jul 29 00:41:04 GMT 2008 Going back down to GONG. They tried remote boot but apparently GPS is still not locked. They have more ideas for me to try. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM**: Tue Jul 29 01:37:59 GMT 2008 Checked tracking stat on GPS unit and it was not tracking any satellites -- 00 Checked GPS antenna and there were no visible damage to the outside and seals appeared good, no moisture inside by connector. Swapped just the antenna module with the spare. Did not swap cables, not enough time to route and secure it. When I left the shelter, it was still not tracking any satellites. Summary email sent to Tim and Gong_ops. ___end___ COMMENT: Tue Jul 29 01:41:58 GMT 2008 Gave brief tour to hiker who is waiting for her friend to come back down the trail. ___end___ Tue Jul 29 02:24:22 GMT 2008 CHIP End Patrol Tue Jul 29 02:24:34 GMT 2008 PICS End Patrol Tue Jul 29 02:29:06 GMT 2008 MKIV End Patrol Tue Jul 29 02:34:40 GMT 2008 MkIV 00_01.rawmk4 01_33.rawmk4 19_06.rawmk4 20_47.rawmk4 22_59.rawmk4 00_04.rawmk4 01_35.rawmk4 19_09.rawmk4 20_50.rawmk4 23_02.rawmk4 00_07.rawmk4 01_38.rawmk4 19_12.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 23_04.rawmk4 00_10.rawmk4 01_41.rawmk4 19_15.rawmk4 21_10.rawmk4 23_07.rawmk4 00_13.rawmk4 01_44.rawmk4 19_18.rawmk4 21_13.rawmk4 23_10.rawmk4 00_16.rawmk4 01_47.rawmk4 19_21.rawmk4 21_17.rawmk4 23_13.rawmk4 00_19.rawmk4 01_50.rawmk4 19_24.rawmk4 21_23.rawmk4 23_16.rawmk4 00_22.rawmk4 01_53.rawmk4 19_26.rawmk4 21_27.rawmk4 23_19.rawmk4 00_25.rawmk4 01_56.rawmk4 19_29.rawmk4 21_30.rawmk4 23_22.rawmk4 00_28.rawmk4 01_59.rawmk4 19_32.rawmk4 21_33.rawmk4 23_25.rawmk4 00_31.rawmk4 02_02.rawmk4 19_39.rawmk4 21_36.rawmk4 23_28.rawmk4 00_34.rawmk4 02_05.rawmk4 19_45.rawmk4 21_38.rawmk4 23_31.rawmk4 00_37.rawmk4 02_08.rawmk4 19_51.rawmk4 21_41.rawmk4 23_34.rawmk4 00_40.rawmk4 02_11.rawmk4 19_54.rawmk4 21_44.rawmk4 23_38.rawmk4 00_43.rawmk4 02_14.rawmk4 19_57.rawmk4 21_47.rawmk4 23_41.rawmk4 00_46.rawmk4 02_17.rawmk4 20_00.rawmk4 21_50.rawmk4 23_44.rawmk4 00_48.rawmk4 02_20.rawmk4 20_03.rawmk4 21_53.rawmk4 23_47.rawmk4 00_51.rawmk4 02_22.rawmk4 20_06.rawmk4 21_56.rawmk4 23_50.rawmk4 00_54.rawmk4 02_25.rawmk4 20_09.rawmk4 21_59.rawmk4 23_53.rawmk4 00_57.rawmk4 16_45.rawmk4 20_12.rawmk4 22_02.rawmk4 23_56.rawmk4 01_00.rawmk4 16_49.rawmk4 20_15.rawmk4 22_05.rawmk4 23_59.rawmk4 01_03.rawmk4 16_51.rawmk4 20_18.rawmk4 22_08.rawmk4 c19_36.rawmk4 01_06.rawmk4 16_54.rawmk4 20_21.rawmk4 22_14.rawmk4 c19_42.rawmk4 01_09.rawmk4 18_42.rawmk4 20_24.rawmk4 22_17.rawmk4 c19_48.rawmk4 01_12.rawmk4 18_45.rawmk4 20_27.rawmk4 22_38.rawmk4 c20_54.rawmk4 01_15.rawmk4 18_48.rawmk4 20_30.rawmk4 22_41.rawmk4 c21_00.rawmk4 01_18.rawmk4 18_51.rawmk4 20_33.rawmk4 22_44.rawmk4 c21_07.rawmk4 01_21.rawmk4 18_54.rawmk4 20_36.rawmk4 22_47.rawmk4 01_24.rawmk4 18_57.rawmk4 20_39.rawmk4 22_50.rawmk4 01_27.rawmk4 19_00.rawmk4 20_41.rawmk4 22_53.rawmk4 01_30.rawmk4 19_03.rawmk4 20_44.rawmk4 22_56.rawmk4