----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Sep 7 16:37:48 GMT 2015 Year: 15 Doy: 250 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Sep 7 16:41:47 GMT 2015 Temp 45F with windspeed at about 5mph from the South-Southwest. Vog is at about 11,000ft. You can taste the sulphur a bit up here. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 16:44:18 GMT 2015 Kcor and Comp were still running when I came in this morning. ___end___ Mon Sep 07 17:04:15 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: comp.cbk Mon Sep 07 17:05:51 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol PSPT COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 16:57:45 GMT 2015 Double checked cables for Pspt for any obstructions and to make sure all connections were good. Restarted the Sun and DOS machines and attempting to run Pspt. Pspt seems to get hung up on the command 'Shutter Set' which now appears after 'Take 3 dark'. It just keeps looping even after trying 'exp' or 'ip exp' to jump start it. ___end___ Mon Sep 07 18:10:42 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Mon Sep 07 18:10:43 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 18:24:28 GMT 2015 A single cloud came up out of no where and obstructed the Sun during the Kcor calibration. Will try to do another one a bit later. ___end___ Mon Sep 07 18:28:07 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Mon Sep 07 18:28:22 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Sep 07 18:35:21 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Mon Sep 07 18:35:55 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 18:35:40 GMT 2015 Cirrus has come in from the West and SOuth. Comp and Kcor idled. ___end___ Mon Sep 07 18:44:09 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Sep 07 18:44:49 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Sep 07 18:45:32 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Mon Sep 07 18:45:49 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds PSPT COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 18:58:38 GMT 2015 Tried switching the shutter box from spare to online to see if it would clear up the "Shutter set" hang that appeared after the "Take 3 darks". Also checked the camera cables and the UniBlitz box to make sure cables were seated properly and in the correct position. Unfortunately, this did not clear up the hang up that we get. At least everything is running and the problem we're getting is completely different than when this all started. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 19:10:14 GMT 2015 Cirrus covering the sky at present... ___end___ Mon Sep 07 19:11:06 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Sep 07 19:11:26 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 19:28:03 GMT 2015 Domes closed for low clouds coming in. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 20:53:14 GMT 2015 Well that was different. The power went out for a brief second, with a thunck. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 7 21:52:03 GMT 2015 My knee is acting up a bit due to an incident I had yesterday. Will leave early since the conditions up here aren't getting any better. ___end___