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Date: 
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Claudio Aguilera
Submitter Email: 
anja@slac.stanford.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
None
Also Present: 
Anja von der Linden, Douglas Applegate (AM community observers); DES: Brian Nord, Phil Rooney
Problems: 

4map sensor lost contact briefly.

----- 2nd half::

- extensive SISPI problems:

- starting at ~2:30, some images were not transfered at all (176305,307), some images arrived with some HDUs missing (e.g. 176306); some exposures registered as files, but are only a few kb in size (311,312); disks not shown as full

- noticed at ~2:45 (just as the clouds were dispersing!) that IB3 was in error status on the component display of ObsCon (but not showing an error in Architect Console)

- tried to call Andrea (no answer)

- Brian restarted SISPI instance

- Brian called Eric Nielsen (who picked up) to get password

- zero exposures seemed to work fine; but the guider wasn't working, (re-?)connected the guider

- noticed that the exposure queue didn't wait for telescope in position before starting exposing (~117315-331)

- exposure didn't make any sense: non-requested images were being exposed (176315); images were not listed in history; when adding exposures (at top of list), offsets were sent to telescope directly, without waiting for current exposure to finish;  exposures taken before zeros were listed after zeros, with IDs after zeros; could not abort non-requested long exposures (176330)

- tried to restart SISPI GUI; lost control buttons (all greyed out); first couldn't release master console; called Eric again, tried to skype Klaus; Brian and Phil executed a "releaseMasterConsole" command on system1 console

- logged back into ObsCon; zeros were taken fine; trying to take object exposures triggered errors (interlock and OCS "lights" red), but no errors listed in ArchitectConsole, Interlock, or TCS; also no errors on TelOp computer

- Brian restarted SISPI instance

- it works! ~5:10

Thanks, Brian!

Comments: 

None

2nd half night:

- Can't load Exposure Table from Observer2;  After going to website, gui flashes login, which then disappears. `left with pretty image of `ctio covered in snow. `reloading browser repeats experience. `can log in to exposure table from other computers

- There should be spare batteries available for the wireless mice...

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
17.00
Temperature Min: 
15.00
Humidity Max: 
68
Humidity Min: 
59
Wind Speed Max: 
11.00
Wind Speed Min: 
0.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
2
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.15
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
6
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
4
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0003
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
des sv
Primary Investigator: 
Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time: 
4
Proposal: 
2013A-0360
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
2.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
2.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Primary Investigator: 
von der Linden
Email: 
anja@slac.stanford.edu
Institution: 
KIPAC
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
4.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-02-07 5.75 0.0 2.75 0.0 0.0 8.5