MDM Trouble Report for 2025 Nov 24

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Eric Galayda (MDM Observatory)
Instrument: telescope

Problem(s) Encountered:
Weather station was hung.  Simple power cycle appears to have resolved this issue.  
I think.

Pneumatic leak was obvious in the dome, noted by the loud sound of blowing air.  
Traced it to the declination brake line.  Found the failure at the caliper-end 
connector.  Tony replaced this and all is well.

The funnest one of the day: the 2.4m TCS PC was dead when I arrived this morning.  
Testing indicated likely to be a failed PSU.  Got a similar (not exact) spare from the 
summit and it essentially  works .  There are issues however:
1) The resolution on one of the monitors is incorrect, leading to fuzzy and blown up 
graphics for the TCS GUI (left monitor only).
2) The graph display for MaximDL no longer appears--I suspect it is opening off the 
filed of view for the monitor.
I believe at least item 1) may be related to the wrong PSU being used currently:  it 
only provides connection for a 4-pin  ATX12V processor connector instead of a 8-pin
EPS12V connector.  I have 2 spare PSUs being shipped (delivery expected tonight) 
and will install the correct PSU tomorrow.  Hopefully this will resolve at least the 
resolution issue, if not resolve both issues.
If the issue with the guide plot for MaximDL persists, I will contact the vendor and
ask how to find the graph display (unless someone knows how to find a program's 
sub-window that is off the monitor's FOV?).  Regardless, things should be good to
 go for tonight, which is the most important thing at the end of the day.

One final issue: the flat lamp was not working when tested.  Found a loose 
connection and rewired it.

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Submitted on 2025 Nov 24 [16:10:46]