MDM Trouble Report for 2017 Dec 21

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Jules Halpern (Columbia)
Instrument: Templeton

Problem(s) Encountered:
When slewing to the next target I got an error:
point not converging.  So I tried to home the
telescope but it would not move in either axis.
Restarting the telescope program and TCS GUI,
I saw that HA, Dec, and Equinox were not being displayed.
Suspecting that the Dec motor power needed to be recycled,
I asked Rob Fesen to do that.  Then, I was able,
through many attempts to get the telescope
to HA zero and just a few degrees from home
in Dec.  But I still get Error where m_ha not homed,
and the same error in Dec.  The HA, Dec, and
Equinox are still not displayed, although the TCS
seems to know the time and the RA.  Another thing
I found is that when I tried to use the software
paddle, the rtel program would cut out.

I closed the mirror cover and dome with no problem.
The telescope is close to zenith.

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Submitted on 2017 Dec 22 [1:45:24]