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.

On the pwrGUI verify the following items are on:
- pdu3.blower
- pdu3.fanaux
- pdu3.fanmain
- pdu3.instcool

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

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

pdu0.compicc

pdu0.comprtc

pdu0.dcpwr

pdu0.swinst

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

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

Power up the MagAO-X components:
- dcdu0: all devices
- dcdu1: all devices
- pdu0: source, ttmperi (other devices are already one 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)
- usbdu0: all devices
- usbdu1: camvisx is maybe. all other devices.
Set the flat on all three DMs.
For lab work, put stagepickoff in lab. At the telescope it must be in tel to see a star.
Now set the pupil TTM and set the pyramid modulator TTM on the “Pupil Alignment GUI.
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.
Now you can proceed to alignment