Daily Startup

The steps below assume that the steps in “System Powerup” are complete. This will generally be the instrument state on a daily basis.

  1. On the pwrGUI verify the following items are on:

    • pdu3.blower

    • pdu3.fanaux

    • pdu3.fanmain

    • pdu3.instcool

    • usbdu0.rhtweeter

    • usbdu1.rhncpc

If any of these are off, stop and investigate. These are safety issues and you should not go on.

  1. On the pwrGUI, verify that the following items are on:

  • pdu0.compicc

  • pdu0.comprtc

  • pdu0.dcpwr

  • pdu0.swinst

  • pdu2.camllowfs

  • pdu2.camflowfs

If any of these are off the instrument probably won’t work.

  1. Ensure MagAO-X processes are started on AOC, ICC and RTC. We do this by running xctrl status on each machine.

    # starting with AOC:
[[xsup@exao1 ~]$ xctrl status
# verify processes are all green/running
# next on ICC:
[[xsup@exao1 ~]$ ssh icc
[[xsup@exao3 ~]$ xctrl status
# verify processes are all green/running
[[xsup@exao3 ~]$ exit
# now for RTC:
[[xsup@exao1 ~]$ ssh rtc
[[xsup@exao2 ~]$ xctrl status
# verify processes are all green/running
[[xsup@exao2 ~]$ exit

  2. On actual MagAO-X, you should have all of the needed GUIs open. On a remote machine, you will need to setup GUIs to your liking.

  3. Power up the MagAO-X components:

    • dcdu0: all devices

    • dcdu1: all devices

    • pdu0: source, ttmperi (other devices are already on as above)

    • pdu1: all devices [check humidity before dmncpc and dmtweeter]

    • pdu2: all devices

    • pdu3: flippers, tableair. camvisx and turbsim are maybe. (other devices are already on as above)

    • pduhcat: if you are using GMT HCAT, all devices on. (only in lab, won’t show up at telescope)

    • usbdu0: all devices

    • usbdu1: camvisx is maybe. all other devices.

  4. Set the flat on the woofer and the tweeter.

  5. For lab work, put stagepickoff in lab. At the telescope it must be in tel to see a star.

  6. Now set the pupil TTM, set the pyramid modulator TTM, and set ttmPeri on the “Pupil Alignment GUI.

  7. At this point you should see a PSF image on camtip. If you don’t use the system block diagram to troubleshoot. The most likely causes are that you forgot to power something on (the source?) or that stagepickoff is in the wrong position.

  8. Now you can proceed to alignment