System shutdown
End-of-work shutdown
After a night of observing or a day of lab work, follow these steps.
Close camera shutters
Stop cooling / begin warming up cameras to 20ºC
Zero all DM channels, release DM
Power down DM
From the pupil alignment interface, make sure that the modulation and centering (tip/tilt modulation) is in “RIP” status, or click “rest” to make it Rest In Peace
Likewise, the pupil steering mirror should be rested
Wait for cameras to warm to ≥20ºC
Power down cameras
- Power down everything else, except for:
computers (
compicc
,comprtc
)cooling (
instcool
)network switch (
swinst
)blower (
blower
)Note: Until fixed, leave
fwscind
andfwtelsim
on both USB and DC power to avoid unplanned ICC shutdown.
Full shutdown
Before removal of the instrument from the telescope, or when shutting the computers down completely for hardware maintenance, follow these additional steps.
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