RA Procedures for operating the telescope

• NEWS, UPDATES, CHANGES?

• Naming Convention for VIRUS - Phillip

• Overview of Operations
  • Overview of afternoon checkout procedures
  • Overview of start of night procedures
  • Overview of end of night procedures

• System monitors, databases and logs
• DIMM procedures

• Notes on adding targets and programs to the queue, and email lists
• transferring data to TACC and PI access
• Fixing communication with TCS
• Notes on using OCD

• Image Quality engineering procedures:

High speed BIB imaging High speed CWFS imaging

• Notes on setting up on targets:
  • Using target_setup
  • Deleting shuffle data and re-calculating it
  • Using find_jumps
  • fgstar: visualize the IHMP projected on the sky
  • Using do_shuffle

• PFIP, probes, and ACQ camera
  • Guide Probe procedures
  • Current best position for markers
  • Making telescope offsets
  • acm calibration procedures
  • flat fields and calibrations for the probes

• Starting/Stopping the LRS2 and Virus software

• LRS2
  • LRS2 Start of the night
  • LRS2 Calibrations
  • LRS2 Setup LRS2 Observations
  • LRS2 Observing
  • LRS2 Parallel
  • LRS2 End of the night
  • LRS2 Troubleshooting
• VIRUS
  • VIRUS Start of the night
  • VIRUS Notes on file numbering and engineering
  • VIRUS Calibrations
  • VIRUS Observing
  • VIRUS Parallel
  • VIRUS VIRUS Health Check
  • VIRUS VIRUS Quicklook with Remedy
  • VIRUS End of the night
  • VIRUS Troubleshooting
• HPF
  • HPF Suggested terminals setup
  • HPF Setting up for the TO
  • HPF Observing Science Targets for the RA
  • HPF Calibrations
  • HPF Closing the HPF terminal windows before an mcs reboot
  • HPF Starting and Stopping the Client
  • HPF Troubleshooting

• Shuffle data

• Emergency TO Shut Down

• Troubleshooting tips and tricks