Motion Failure

Monday, November 12, 2018 10:27 AM

Problem(s) Encountered:

Telescope motions failed.


Solutions:

This is Eric submitting a report for last night.

Telescope would not move in declination.  Had the 2.4m observer cycle the dec controller but the problem remained.

This morning, I found that the +24V in the TCS box to run the motor was not there.  Verified that the +24V was at the other end, in the RA drive enclosure.  This pointed to an issue with the pin/cable.  Pulled the wire for the signal at both ends and ran a singular wire from the dec controller TB to the connection in the TCS electronics.

Verified the presence of the +24 and verified telescope functionality.  This is a robust enough (if also ugly) fix, but eventually a new connector will be pinned and installed.