MDM Trouble Report for 2013 Jun 08

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: Andor

Problem(s) Encountered:
Hill crashed twice; once near the start, and once at the end.
The symptom was that the TCS gui complained of not having
a server connected; powering Hill off and on and restarting
the telescope server on McGraw (as I eventually remembered)
solved this. I discovered after the fact that Hill has a 
monitor in the control room, but when TCS wouldn't connect,
I couldn't ssh into hill either, so I assume it had crashed.

The Andor software abruptly complained of a problem near the end
of the night and wouldn't do anything with the camera.  I tried
restarting the software, but it wouldn't reconnect with the 
camera.  I went down to the 1.3m, and tried powering the 
Andor off and on by unplugging it; it still wouldn't connect.
Then I power-cycled the USB hub on the telescope by
unplugging it; no dice.  Then I powered the control computer
off and on, and still no luck.  The computer is complaining
on startup that a USB device is malfunctioning, which I'm 
afraid is the camera.  So I would seem to be dead in the 
water.  

The timeseries photometry is a secondary program, and the 
telescope is closed up and safe, so there's no pressing need
for a trip to the mountain.  

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Submitted on 2013 Jun 9 [4:57:45]