----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Nov 13 16:20:51 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 317 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Nov 13 16:39:34 GMT 2017 Temp 37F with windspeed at about 7-11mph from the Southwest. Clear sky. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 16:42:44 GMT 2017 A bit chilly today, the board walk was a bit slick coming up and Kcor temp is currently at 34.6C. Should be warming up soon enough but it's starting to feel more like fall, with winter just around the corner. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 17:03:41 GMT 2017 An exception occured when I opened the Focus vi on Kcor. The SpiiPlus timedout when trying to get talk to the MC4U controller. The User-Mode Driver on the desktop did not fix the exception. Restarted Kcor to see if that helped. Full message below: Exception occured in SPiiPlusCOM660.Channel.1: Code 130, Timeout expired in K-Cor-ACS-Enable.vi->K-Cor Mechanism-Get Mech Position.vi->K-cor MC4U Controller.vi ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 17:09:00 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 17:09:07 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ Mon Nov 13 17:21:19 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Nov 13 17:30:04 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Nov 13 17:29:59 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Nov 13 17:31:27 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Mon Nov 13 17:33:32 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Nov 13 17:36:34 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 17:37:51 GMT 2017 Restarting the Kcor computer did not solve the exception. Ben found that there was a fault with one of the encorders and so he rebooted the SPii system to fix the error. ___end___ Mon Nov 13 19:22:54 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Nov 13 19:22:14 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 19:22:09 GMT 2017 Some cirrus from the West is passing through, instruments idled. ___end___ Mon Nov 13 19:54:03 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Nov 13 19:56:35 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Mon Nov 13 21:54:23 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Nov 13 21:54:24 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Mon Nov 13 21:57:01 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Nov 13 21:55:51 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Nov 13 21:58:34 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Nov 13 21:59:47 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Nov 13 22:01:25 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Mon Nov 13 22:03:15 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Nov 13 22:10:40 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Nov 13 22:09:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Mon Nov 13 22:10:20 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Nov 13 22:11:17 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 22:12:06 GMT 2017 The sky seems to be alternating between a little bright to not too bright and back again. Will keep an eye on it but for now, taking data. ___end___ Mon Nov 13 23:03:46 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:04:01 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:34:59 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:36:00 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:37:29 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Nov 13 23:36:33 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Nov 13 23:36:40 GMT 2017 Some cirrus coming in from the Southwest again, instruments idled. ___end___ Mon Nov 13 23:54:00 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:54:08 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Mon Nov 13 23:57:40 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Nov 13 23:58:06 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Nov 14 00:27:48 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 00:26:57 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Nov 14 00:30:40 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Nov 14 00:29:19 GMT 2017 Clouds again, instruments idled. ___end___ Tue Nov 14 00:31:22 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Nov 14 00:38:17 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 00:39:02 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue Nov 14 00:54:22 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Nov 14 00:56:18 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:03:54 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:03:54 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Nov 14 01:17:53 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Nov 14 01:19:02 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:20:22 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:19:37 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Nov 14 01:26:56 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:26:02 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Nov 14 01:36:21 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:36:14 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Nov 14 01:44:12 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Nov 14 01:43:19 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Nov 14 01:44:12 GMT 2017 Sky is a little bright but still going to try and take some data. ___end___ Tue Nov 14 02:06:41 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue Nov 14 02:06:09 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol **GENERAL PROBLEM COMMENT BY berkey** : Tue Nov 14 02:20:50 GMT 2017 The building cam computer crashed at some point Satruday. Looks like it could have been off or hung in some mode such that the clock stoped running. Not sure what the issue was but it is back up and running now. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Nov 14 02:21:10 GMT 2017 PM Description Luburicated the RA worm gear. ___end___