MDM Trouble Report for 2013 May 29

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Dale Mudd (Ohio State University)
Instrument: 4k CCDS

Problem(s) Encountered:
Had an issue with the fine guider camera not being able to sit 
still on a guide star, severely overcorrecting itself and causing 
the telescope to lose its target quickly.  After talking some 
with Eric, figured that the problem was a leftover of last night- 
the TCS paddle gain was set too high from when we were trying 
to move the telescope with the handpaddle.  Overcorrections solved 
by the command  tx paddle gain= 0.005 .  Then noticed that the 
corrections, while now reasonable in magnitude, were going in the 
wrong direction.  Still a leftover issue from the night before, 
this was solved by putting the X speed and Y speed of the camera 
at -8 for an angle of 90 degrees.  

This worked well until the telescope started nodding in N-S 
direction severely on the target of interest around midnight.  
The standard stars, which were at higher declination but 
similar hour angles.  

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Submitted on 2013 May 30 [5:14:07]