MDM Trouble Report for 2018 Aug 30

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: modspec + echelle

Problem(s) Encountered:
During the afternoon, the camera started reading out blank frames,
i.e. frames that looked like biases, while it was taking flats.
With Justin's help I verified the shutter was operating (or at 
least clacking).  He cycled the ccd electronics problem, which 
didn't cure it; we then turned it all the way off and left it 
that way for a couple hours.  After powering back up before
sunset, it came back up OK and was fine for the rest of the night.

Might be a good idea to power down during the day.

At the end of the night, the dropleaf would not close; it turned 
out the rslit task had stopped.  I quit the gui, did a
telescope stop and a telescope start, restarted the gui, and then
was able to close them.


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Submitted on 2018 Aug 31 [5:48:34]