FALCON Start-up/Shutdown Manual

Evening procedure

Startup software

If there are any FALCON software running, exit them completely out first, and then restart everything. Start fresh every evening!

There are two ways of starting up the FALCON. The only difference is to choose what computer is used for providing the window service. The software processes which should be started are same, regardless of the choice of the window terminal.
  1. Log into KVM system to FOCAS OBCP. Type user name: FOCAS01, password: FOCAS01 in a blue KVM window on any KVM terminal. CDE window of FOCAS OBCP will appearer.
  2. Log into focas OBCP with user name "falcon" and password "***".
  3. On CDE windows, press FALCON icon (FCS) on the bottom of the display, or at upper right of the display. The FALCONMENU window will appearer.
  4. If the V server is not running, press "MV". Then, press "Startup All" at the top of the FALCONMENU. If MV was running, just press "Startup ALL".
  5. Wait for a while (~1 min.) until all the UI buttons are in green. Automatic "GET ALL STATUS" will be made.
  1. Log into KVM system to OBCP. Type user name: OBCP01, password: OBCP01 in a blue KVM window on any KVM terminal.
  2. Log into OBCP with user name "focas01" and password "***". CDE window of a computer named OBCP will appearer.
  3. Type "xhost +" at any command prompt in any terminal. Then type "telnet focas". Then type user name "falcon" and password "***" upon request.
  4. There is no FALCON icon (FCS) appeared in this case. So, type "falconmenu.sh" in the above terminal. The FALCONMENU window will appearer.
  5. Following is the same as the case of FOCAS OBCP login.

Setup/precheck before starting observations

Check air pressure

Check the current air pressure in the MOS detail tab screen on UI. Press "Check MOS Air" button to read the current value. This should be around 650-700. 750 is still acceptable, but <650 is not good.

Initialize MOS

After the slit exchange, set new MOS slit names in the MOS dialog (a pupup window of MOS) according to the slit setting of the night.
Press green "MOS" button on the spectrograph tab screen of UI to see the MOS dialog, and issue a "Init" command. Wait ~5 min. to complete the initialization.

Do CCD initialization

Press "INIT" button at CCD tab screen on UI, and check if MV/M3 initialization can be made, by looking at either the Messia Log screen, MV Log screen, or M3 Log screen (all of them are other terminals).
Press "VCHECK" button at CCD tab screen on UI, and check if there are any bad voltage supply, by looking at either the Messia Log screen, MV Log screen, or M3 Log screen (all of them are other terminals).

Morning procedure