MDM Trouble Report for 2012 Dec 26

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Gaidos (University of Hawaii)
Instrument: 4K

Problem(s) Encountered:
At beginning of night (dome closed, telescope at zenith)
mirror command sent from GUI, GUI reports that mirrors are moving but
mirrors cover did not move, instead Dec drive motor appeared to be moving
back and forth slightly, even though no Dec move was sent
refresh GUI did not work nor did quitting GUI and bringing up a new one

on McGraw:  tcserver not running
telescope stop and telescope start did not succeed in restarting tcserver
so shutdown Hill and restarted
telescope stop and telescope start did restart the tcserver
bringing up and reinitializing TC GUI : some display not updating
 focus not homed  error message in GUI
homed focus, HA, and Dec in that order
GUI now updating

Tried mirror opening command from GUI, GUI says  mirror opening 
mirrors cover do not move
opened mirrors manually using controls on side of telescope
GUI still showing  mirror opening  and radio button for Mirrors yellow
Tried moving telescope: move not executed and indicators turn yellow
Refreshing GUI removes yellow but move never executed

Closed TCS GUI.  On McGraw:  telescope stop and telesope start
tcserver briefly shows running, but within seconds stops
Bringing up GUI and initializing: get error saying no connection to TCserver 

Tried recycling power on TC system in computer room
Same problem
Tried rebooting Hill again. Same problem.  tcserver stops running
on Hill a few second after restarting.  This is independent of whether
one checks the status or not.

As of 6:36 PM, dead in the water.  Mirror covers closed and telescope safe at
zenith and dome closed.

Weather looks fine  :(





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Submitted on 2012 Dec 26 [18:37:09]