MDM Trouble Report for 2016 Dec 04

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Douglas, Nunez (Columbia Unviersity)
Instrument: ModSpec/Echelle

Problem(s) Encountered:
The ModSpec/Echelle shutter is not working. 

When we started taking calibration files at the beginning of the night, 
all of the images came out like bias frames. The  open shutter  box
was checked, and we also tried using the open/close shutter button 
within OWL. We also restarted OWL, which did not solve the problem.
With Jules Halpern's help over email, we troubleshot issues with 
something else blocking the slit, and determined that it had to 
be the shutter.

Eric called and offered two options: power-cycling the shutter 
electronics control box or unplugging it from the detector and 
throwing the shutter open completely for the whole night. We did 
power-cycle the control box, but this didn't fix the issue. We 
decided that we don't want to mess with the electronics or deal 
with the always-open shutter, so we called it a night and will 
wait for the staff to look at the electronics tomorrow.  

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Submitted on 2016 Dec 4 [21:28:28]