MDM Trouble Report for 2008 Apr 17

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): McGreer (Columbia)
Instrument: TIFKAM

Problem(s) Encountered:
At around 3AM I was pointing north into a 20mph wind, so
that guiding became impossible.  I switched to a target in the
south which required a half-turn of the dome.  During the
move the message ``Moving with autodome off'' appeared on the TCS
screen even though autodome was on, and the dome was moving.
It went to the correct position and stopped, but then did not
move.  The encoder continued to read the correct values, and
when the error reached ~15 degrees I tried toggling the autodome
switch.  This has no effect so I also cycled the yellow button
on the dome controller, but this also didn't work.   I ran
the dome manually, and the encoder continued to update in
sync with my moves.

Also, the TIFKAM chip is performing well, though I did see
the bad quadrant a couple of times.  Both times it appeared
in 2-3 successive images and then went away again.

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Submitted on 2008 Apr 17 [5:30:05]