PRECAUTIONS:

A) The Main Control Cabinet contains 480 Volts.

B) DO NOT open the Main Power Breaker on the Main control Cabinet to reset the Chiller.

General Description:

The following outlines procedures for controlling the dome interior cooling system. The purpose of the system, in order of importance, is to prevent condensation inside the dome enclosure, prevent dust accumulation inside the enclosure, cool the dome interior to two degrees Celsius below the outdoor ambient temperature at dusk, and maintain suitable air conditions within the dome during maintenance and/or emergency conditions i.e., exhaust unwanted smoke etc… The Telescope Operator will normally turn the chiller system on at the end of his/her night shift with the chiller temperature set at the outside air temperature at dome shutter closing. However, this temperature is usually much cooler then sunset temperature so the ops engineer has been provided with a forecast tool to help anticipate the outside temperature at dusk. The tool is called the SWAG and is provided twice daily, at 1 and 4pm, by ACCU Weather forecast. The SWAG is a forecast of what the outdoor air temperature will be at sundown at the HET. The ops engineer should use the SWAG to adjust the room temperature set point for the system as needed during the day.

Initial Conditions

A) Jove should be up and ready for use as outlined in the PMC SYSTEM (JOVE) STARTUP section of this manual.

1.1 Bring up the facility computer on the TCS monitor. There should be four windows on the screen. The first is a blue background window called the NETWORK MAP-MCDON. The second, third, and fourth windows are white background and they are labeled AHU-1 (air handling unit one), AHU-2 (air handling unit two), and PLANT (chiller and pumps).

1.2 If the AHU-1, AHU-2, and PLANT windows are not up, double click the appropriate label on the NETWORK MAP-MCDON window.

1.3 On the AHU windows check the status of the supply fans, the return fans, and the actual room set point temperature. On the plant window check the status of pumps 1 and 2, the chiller, and the chill water supply set point temperature. If the system is not in operation, then do a startup of the AHU’s and PLANT as outlined below in section 2.0.

2.1 On Jove go to the smoke shell on the left jove monitor.

2.2 Enter the desired room temperature set point by typing at the jove prompt ‘ahu temp x.x’ where x.x is the desired temperature in Celsius, i.e. 3.0, 11.5, etc…, then press ‘enter’.

2.3 At the prompt type ‘jcon’, all in small case, and press ‘enter’.

2.4 Jove will display the response ‘pumps commanded on’ followed by ‘chiller startup in 30 seconds’ and will countdown the 30 seconds at which time the chiller can be heard turning on. The pumps, supply fans, return fans, and chiller can all be heard being turned on. A way to monitor their status is to use the windows on the facility computer described in section 1.0 above.

3.1 The air flow through the AHU’s should be closed loop, see section 4.0 of the EXTERIOR VISUAL INSPECTION procedures.

3.2 At the jove prompt type ‘ahu on’ and press ‘enter’. This command turns on the supply and return fans only. The reason for this is to keep the dome enclosure temperature warmer then outside by using the fan motors as a heat source, thus preventing condensation in the dome.

4.1 If all chiller components are running, type at the jove prompt ‘jcoff’ and press ‘enter’. Jove will respond with ‘chiller going into background for 20 minutes’, and all components can be heard shutting off. The status of the shutdown can be monitored by using the aforementioned windows on the facility computer.

4.2 If just the supply and return fans are running then type ‘ahu off’ and press ‘enter’. This command shuts down these components only.

4.3 If just the chiller is running then type on jove ‘plant off’, followed by pressing ‘enter’. This command turns the chiller off.

Fault Conditions and Solutions

I. Attempting to use the commands jcon, jcoff, ahu on or off, and plant on or off results in receiving a connection refused message.

Example: smoke controls (1) jcon

plant socket init: Connection refused

ahu socket init: Connection refused

The terminal server port has become confused. One of the two following methods will unconfuse it.

1.0 Software method. From any unix window do the following:

1.1 Telnet to the ts2 terminal server by typing at the prompt ‘telnet hetts2’ and press ‘enter’. The response is:

Trying 206.76.137.120…

Connected to hetts2.as.utexas.edu.

Escape character is ‘^]’.

Lantronix ETS8P Version Version V3.5/5(980529)

Type HELP at the ‘Hetts2_10>’ prompt for assistance.

Username> ( any name will work here )

1.2 Following the entering of a username, the telnet to the ts2 terminal server is complete. The prompt appears as ‘Hetts2_10>’. Now set privilege. This is done by typing ‘set priv’ at the prompt then press ‘enter’.

1.3 Enter the password.

1.4 Now the prompt is ‘Hetts2_10>>’.

1.5 It is now time to unconfuse the port by clearing it. To clear the HVAC port, type at the prompt ‘logout port 2’. The port should be cleared.

1.6 Log out of the telnet session by typing at the prompt ‘logout’ and press ‘enter’.

2.0 Hardware method. Note that this method should not be used if the TCS program or the SAMS server are running.

2.1 The Lantronics terminal server (also serves the TCS and SAMS computers) will have to be located and power cycled.

2.2 To locate the Lantronics server go to the upper electrical room. The terminal server is located in the middle of the electronics rack sitting on the OCS computer on the middle shelf. The server is a white box with blue covers on the lower corners.

2.3 Cycle power using the power switch on the front panel of the server.

II. Attempting to use the jcon, jcoff, ahu on or off, and plant on or off commands results in no response. Example: smoke controls (1) jcon ^C smoke controls (2)

1.0 The Metasys communications port has become confused. The only solution is to power cycle the Metasys cabinet which is located in the dome enclosure behind the cable trays, between the main entrance door and the bay door.

1.1 If the chiller is running shut it down.

1.2 Go to the Metasys cabinet and pull straight out the large, black cover box.

1.3 Open the clear door in the front. The main power switch is located in the upper right hand corner; turn the power switch off for 5 seconds then turn it back on again.

1.4 While the Metasys cabinet is restarting the Facility Computer will show ‘$$$$’. Once the Metasys and facility computer resynchronize the data should be valid. Restart the chiller.