MDM Trouble Report for 2001 Dec 24

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Sugerman (Columbia)
Instrument: MDM 8K

Problem(s) Encountered:
The 8K camera just died!!!  I was taking an exposure and the 
telescope moved because of a wind buffet, so I did ctrl-c to 
abort the exposure, then typed  readout  to get the data to 
disk.  I typed  go  to take another exposure and got the 
following error:

rdmem of DIG_IN failed
Unable to verify master/slave ID bits from ACE
Can't communicate with 2nd timing board; not downloading DSP code.
Can't communicate with 2nd utility board; not downloading DSP code.
Need to have code downloaded and power on.

I tried to  pof  and flush and the same happens.  Following the 
old power up/down instructions, I checked the master and slave power 
boxes.  The slave had all LED's lit, but the master only had 3.
I tried  reset  on both--no help. I tried power cycling each box,
and now the master has 3 LED's and the slave only 2.  

I was on an early engineering run and Arlin's instructions were:

 turn on the master, 3 LEDs lit up is good.  turn on the slave 2nd.
if there aren't 3 LEDs on both, first try the reset button, then
cycle the power, then call him.   I've done the first two, but
it is 3 AM EST so I think this is the end of the night's observations.

-Ben Sugerman

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Submitted on 2001 Dec 25 [0:57:01]
NOTE: This trouble report replaces the previous report for 2001 Dec 24