----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Dec 15 17:10:53 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 349 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri Dec 15 17:13:51 GMT 2017 Temp 36F with windspeed at about 5-10mph from the West. A clear sky greets us this morning. ___end___ Fri Dec 15 17:21:05 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 17:34:33 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 17:34:37 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ Fri Dec 15 17:36:20 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Dec 15 17:36:26 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Dec 15 17:36:33 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Dec 15 17:36:41 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Dec 15 17:49:02 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Dec 15 17:49:38 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Dec 15 17:50:29 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Dec 15 17:51:12 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 18:00:46 GMT 2017 Sky is a bit bright for Kcor at the moment. Will wait a bit before hitting Science. ___end___ Fri Dec 15 18:22:49 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 18:24:49 GMT 2017 Taking science with Kcor, not particularly nice data but you can see the corona. ___end___ Fri Dec 15 20:02:26 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Dec 15 20:02:51 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Dec 15 20:04:01 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Dec 15 20:10:23 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 20:27:49 GMT 2017 CoMP was religned to better accomidate occulter position on array. Camera lens was moved in X-Y Camera was rotated slightly (1-2degrees) counter clockwise to better orientate the images on the camera. Occulter post was turned slighting to give counter clockwise to give rounder annulus around the occulter. ___end___ Fri Dec 15 20:28:33 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Dec 15 20:29:16 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Dec 15 20:29:26 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00003.cbk GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Dec 15 20:34:09 GMT 2017 Windows computers time source set to UH time servers. ___end___ Fri Dec 15 22:01:01 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Dec 15 22:01:20 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Dec 15 22:02:52 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Dec 15 22:02:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Dec 15 22:03:45 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Dec 15 22:03:47 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sat Dec 16 00:05:40 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:06:48 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 16 00:07:22 GMT 2017 A bit of cirrus passing through, instruments idled for a bit. ___end___ Sat Dec 16 00:12:56 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:13:01 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 16 00:25:09 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:27:55 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 16 00:28:07 GMT 2017 Passing clouds again, instruments idled. ___end___ Sat Dec 16 00:42:22 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:42:26 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 16 00:45:41 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:46:07 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Dec 16 00:58:09 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 16 00:58:13 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 16 01:03:24 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 16 01:04:00 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 16 01:07:02 GMT 2017 Closing the dome for fog. ___end___ Sat Dec 16 01:23:36 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Sat Dec 16 01:39:08 GMT 2017 Looking at the mc4u configuration on the Kcor o1. I think I accidently made a change to the feedback topology during the O1 when I made the prox changes on Nov 27th. I believe at that time I must have set the topology to "Verification,on load -open loop." While I think the correct topology (as deleivered with the kcor o1) is "single, on load". As a test we made the change back to "single, on load", and took the spar back to zenith to see if we could get the O1 to slip (like we observed it slilpping during a similar test before start up this morning). I think this solves (and explains) the issue Lisa has been having at startup; where she gets a SPii expection error due to the O1 slipping off of of its commanded position and generating a Mc4u encoder error. It seems like Lisa was the only one experincing this error becasue she was the only one of us passing the spar thru zenith on morning startup. I believe Allen and I tend to take a more direct path fo rmthe part position to morning startup. Good find Lisa. ___end___ Sat Dec 16 02:17:53 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 16 02:17:54 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol