----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Aug 24 16:31:17 GMT 2007 Year: 07 Doy: 236 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 16:31:33 GMT 2007 Clear, S wind 7 mph, temp 41 F. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 16:35:58 GMT 2007 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Aug 24 16:36:08 GMT 2007 PICS Start Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 16:41:29 GMT 2007 Starting up. ___end___ A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Fri Aug 24 16:42:38 GMT 2007 PSPT COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 16:53:25 GMT 2007 Observing ___end___ Fri Aug 24 16:58:00 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 17:23:27 GMT 2007 Experiencing intermittent barrel running to limit and glitches. Rebooting KCC. ___end___ **CHIP PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 17:27:21 GMT 2007 Reboot caused guiding to drift briefly. Reset guider. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 17:33:05 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 17:34:50 GMT 2007 Barrel is very temperamental. Troubleshooting. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 17:35:52 GMT 2007 MKIV End Patrol Fri Aug 24 18:00:53 GMT 2007 CHIP LSD Fri Aug 24 18:01:08 GMT 2007 PICS Flat Fri Aug 24 18:02:39 GMT 2007 CHIP End LSD Fri Aug 24 18:02:52 GMT 2007 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Aug 24 18:03:27 GMT 2007 PICS End Flat Fri Aug 24 18:03:35 GMT 2007 PICS ReStart Patrol Fri Aug 24 18:03:47 GMT 2007 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Aug 24 18:03:56 GMT 2007 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 24 18:04:48 GMT 2007 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 24 18:04:55 GMT 2007 CHIP ReStart Patrol Fri Aug 24 18:15:23 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 18:16:03 GMT 2007 Checked KCC power levels, waveplate encoder signals and CW and CCW barrel pulses, all looked OK except Barrel pulses were intermittently noisy. Cycled power to KCC at bottom switch, so as not to disturb guider (with switch under the status chassis). Restarted MK4 Patrol, Barrel appears to be running OK now. Intermittents are hard to pin down. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 18:33:27 GMT 2007 MKIV End Patrol Fri Aug 24 18:33:33 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Cal Fri Aug 24 18:52:15 GMT 2007 MKIV End Cal Fri Aug 24 18:52:22 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Patrol NICE MK4 IMAGE: 1836 NICE CHIP IMAGE: 1835 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 1834 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 1836 Fri Aug 24 19:14:33 GMT 2007 PICS End Patrol Fri Aug 24 19:14:41 GMT 2007 CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 19:15:04 GMT 2007 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 19:16:05 GMT 2007 MKIV End Patrol Fri Aug 24 19:20:47 GMT 2007 MKIV Start Patrol Fri Aug 24 19:21:03 GMT 2007 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Aug 24 19:21:15 GMT 2007 PICS Start Patrol GONG COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 20:24:13 GMT 2007 Back from GONG. Unpacked replacement DLT drive, SCSI interface board, and HD drive. Installed DLT in workstation ID4 position, stored interface board in transition module box on shelf with spare VME stuff, put HD on workbench with other spares to be swapped later when not expecting tour and when there are 2 observers on site. Packed up failed DLT drive and interface module for shipment back to GONG ops. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 22:12:18 GMT 2007 Scattered orographic clouds. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 22:12:48 GMT 2007 Visitors from Czech Republic, Stanislava Simberova from AI CAS and husband, and Michal Haindl from UTIA and wife, just left after an hour tour of MLSO and NOAA. ___end___ **CHIP PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 22:15:27 GMT 2007 Segmentation fault crash sometime. Killing and restarting. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 22:20:39 GMT 2007 CHIP Start Patrol **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 24 23:02:45 GMT 2007 appears that the network external to MLSO is down. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 23:08:59 GMT 2007 Network is back up. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 23:21:23 GMT 2007 CHIP End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 24 23:21:40 GMT 2007 In clouds, sxtanding down. ___end___ Fri Aug 24 23:22:13 GMT 2007 PICS End Patrol Fri Aug 24 23:39:43 GMT 2007 MKIV End Patrol **GONG PROBLEM**: Sat Aug 25 00:00:58 GMT 2007 Going down to GONG shelter again, to troubleshoot a waveplate re-sync problem they are having. ___end___ GONG COMMENT: Sat Aug 25 01:03:39 GMT 2007 Back from GONG shelter. In very thick clouds, shutting down so I can get to FEDEX before closing to get the GONG shipment on its way. ___end___ Sat Aug 25 01:05:25 GMT 2007 MkIV 16_58.rawmk4 18_48.rawmk4 19_59.rawmk4 21_07.rawmk4 22_10.rawmk4 17_01.rawmk4 18_52.rawmk4 20_01.rawmk4 21_10.rawmk4 22_13.rawmk4 17_03.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 20_04.rawmk4 21_11.rawmk4 22_16.rawmk4 17_06.rawmk4 18_58.rawmk4 20_07.rawmk4 21_15.rawmk4 22_19.rawmk4 17_09.rawmk4 19_01.rawmk4 20_10.rawmk4 21_18.rawmk4 22_22.rawmk4 17_12.rawmk4 19_04.rawmk4 20_13.rawmk4 21_21.rawmk4 22_25.rawmk4 17_15.rawmk4 19_07.rawmk4 20_16.rawmk4 21_24.rawmk4 22_28.rawmk4 17_18.rawmk4 19_09.rawmk4 20_19.rawmk4 21_26.rawmk4 22_31.rawmk4 17_21.rawmk4 19_12.rawmk4 20_22.rawmk4 21_29.rawmk4 22_34.rawmk4 17_22.rawmk4 19_20.rawmk4 20_25.rawmk4 21_32.rawmk4 22_37.rawmk4 17_23.rawmk4 19_23.rawmk4 20_28.rawmk4 21_35.rawmk4 22_40.rawmk4 17_24.rawmk4 19_26.rawmk4 20_31.rawmk4 21_38.rawmk4 22_43.rawmk4 17_33.rawmk4 19_29.rawmk4 20_34.rawmk4 21_41.rawmk4 22_46.rawmk4 17_34.rawmk4 19_32.rawmk4 20_37.rawmk4 21_44.rawmk4 22_49.rawmk4 18_15.rawmk4 19_35.rawmk4 20_40.rawmk4 21_47.rawmk4 22_52.rawmk4 18_18.rawmk4 19_38.rawmk4 20_43.rawmk4 21_50.rawmk4 22_55.rawmk4 18_21.rawmk4 19_41.rawmk4 20_45.rawmk4 21_53.rawmk4 22_58.rawmk4 18_24.rawmk4 19_44.rawmk4 20_48.rawmk4 21_56.rawmk4 c18_33.rawmk4 18_27.rawmk4 19_47.rawmk4 20_54.rawmk4 21_59.rawmk4 c18_39.rawmk4 18_30.rawmk4 19_50.rawmk4 20_58.rawmk4 22_02.rawmk4 c18_45.rawmk4 18_36.rawmk4 19_53.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 22_05.rawmk4 18_42.rawmk4 19_55.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 22_08.rawmk4