MDM Trouble Report for 2006 Nov 5

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): L. Watson (OSU)
Instrument: CCDS and Retrocam

Problem(s) Encountered:
Not that bad (I've just copied this from my log)...

At about 3am, the TCS showed the warning:  Moving with AutoDome
Off! .  This was in the lower right section of the screen.  
But not only was the auto dome switch on and the Dome 
Controller button on AUTO, the TCS even said  Auto Dome On  in
the middle-left secion of the screen (with the dome azimuth and 
error).  I checked the dome on each object after I saw this 
message and it seemed to be following the telescope fine.  I 
couldn't find a solution for this.  Any suggestions?

The high pitched noise continued tonight.  I think it is from 
the speaker/microphone system.  It sort of helps to turn off 
the microphone and if that doesn't work, then putting your
hand around the microphone when the noice occurs usually helps.
Any suggestions for how to fix this?  

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Submitted on 2006 Nov 5 [7:09:05]