MDM Trouble Report for 2007 Jan 24

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Denney and Dietrich (OSU)
Instrument: CCDS

Problem(s) Encountered:
The problem we had was with the CCDS Acquisition camera.  It was 
working properly until after a couple calibration images, we
went to restart the exposure for the next grating setting and 
received the following error:

 No camera could be found. Please make sure it is connected to 
correct port and that the Graphics/Comm setup in the Misc. menu 
is setup correctly. 

We found this problem in the CCDS Acquisition Camera manual and
followed the steps layed out there to fix it.:

We followed the cables from the computer out to the camera on the
telescope to make sure they were all connected tightly, and 
recycled the power, etc.  

The first time this didn't work, however, and we never received
a message that  new hardware found  on the computer.  So, we 
shut off the power to the camera again until we restarted the 
computer and then turned the power back on.  This time, it 
linked up with the camera just fine, and we continued with 
our observations.  We didn't have to continue with step 5. in 
the instructions in the manual and install any drivers.

We also made sure to log back in as visitor.

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Submitted on 2007 Jan 25 [6:45:54]