MDM Trouble Report for 2022 Feb 02

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

Problem(s) Encountered:
The TCS responded VERY slowly to commands to open the dome.
Then the mirror cover would not open at all.  I tried stopping
and restarting the TCS, but the telescope server would not start.
Called Eric, and he determined that the TCS power needed to be
recycled in the control room.  Jiangtao came down from the 2.4m
and did that.  This causes the telescope focus to go to zero and
the telescope coordinates have to be zeroed using the tilt
meters. (I'm not sure why the telescope had to be moved in this
case because I had not moved it from zenith yet.)  That took a
while, but things have gone smoothly since.  Except the first
target was delayed by more than an hour, plus I haven't gotten
sky flats yet.

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Submitted on 2022 Feb 3 [2:37:42]