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Bootes 3 (New Zealand)

Computers

Provided by NZ (who?)

3 rackable units (1 telescope + dome, 1 all sky, 1 spare)
quad CPU
2 deep (80cm) rack 12-16 U height
as big HDD as you can buy (1TB for each?) in units (=RAID) and in box, so we will be able to quickly replace failed hardrives
lot of SATA connectors, USB connectors
at least one serial connector (Davis Meteo station), so far I did not know about any other
1GB (the fastest you can get) network card
1 UPS
Linux Debian-based distribution (preference will most probably shift towards Ubuntu) No purchase needed

Computer setup

NZ (who?), Petr

install Linux
install RTS2
test it

Network

Provided by New Zealand (who?)

Router / switch, so we can connect all to Internet

Dome installation, weather station

Petr, Florentino

Davis weather sensor (windspeed, etc), know to work with RTS2 and http://meteo.othello.ch
Zelio based roof control with direct rain detector connection
rain detector connected to Zelio

UPS provided by New Zealand? Must be able to support emergency roof closing (power failure). We have same good experiences from Watcher with MGE UPS Systems UPS (http://www.mgeups.com). I suggest to call them and ask for solution - 3 PC backup, preferably rack mounted, and let them see what they will suggests.

Astrometry, image processing

Antonio, Petr (Martin remotely)

First astrometry
Pointing model

Travelling

Petr: 1st Feb → 2nd Feb on site 3rd Feb start working 28th leaving

Alberto:

Florentino:

Antonio: