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Wednesday 4th March 18:00 NZDT
- Petr moves to Brisbane
- Dome software bug finally discovered and fixed
Tuesday 3rd March 18:00 NZDT
- Dome weather tests - still show minor issue after opening twice
- Successful UPS opening/closing tests
- Tidy-up cabling, make and use holes for all cables, so the place looks nice and tidy
- Tested telescope movement at full speed
Monday 2nd March 18:00 NZDT
- Dome tests
- Finished new cabling for cloud and rain sensors
Saturday 1st March 18:00 NZDT
- Control room finished (in one day)
- Server rack moved to control room
- Final tests of telescope by Astelco
- Andor CCD connected
- Telescope first light at final optical configuration
- All sky CCD worked quite well
Friday 27th February 12:00 NZDT
- Dome cabling complete
- Dome tested with Zelio, one minor issue fixed
- Emergency stops installed and readied
- Everything ready for opening ceremony
Thrusday 26th February 24:00 NZDT
- Telescope assembled
- Dome cabling finished to level that opening of domes is possible through relays
- Telescope tested, with preliminary model created
Wednesday 25th February 18:00 NZDT
- Both halfs of dome tested, looks much better then before
- Alberto arrived
- Welding of telescope support commence
Tuesday 24th February 18:00 NZDT
- Dome modifications on one half almost done, tests expected tomorrow
- Astelco started telescope assembly
- Server rack moved a bit in preparation of its relocation to the dome
Monday 23rd February 18:00 NZDT
- Rest of telescopes parts arrived
- Telescope interface ready at Blenheim workshop
- FLI ↔ Andor interface being manufactured
- Dome redesigned, some work on redesign done. First tests are expected on Tuesday afternoon
Friday 20th February 18:30 NZDT
- Andor images successfully retrieved - the issue was system having more then 3GB RAM. We are able to get images when OS uses 3GB. There is a request to Andor to fix this issue
- Design of roof transmission is finished, we expect some testing tomorrow. So far nobody from the company showed, but they phoned they will arrive with transmission on Saturday
Thursday 19th February 24:00 NZDT
- roof will be hopefully fixed by added 1:3 - 1:4 sprocket wheel - chain gearbox. On Friday we shall have detailed design
- we do not know how will roof behaves during strong winds. If we can found some aerodynamic expert, that can provide us help
- Andor is working, but giving 0s at CCD output. My estimate is that this is software problem. I will run more tests on Friday
- Cloud sensors show erratic behaviour (works now). I will try to contact author to give hints where it can be. We suspect RS232 connector short
- ssh access to b3-main (port 2222) and b3-allsky (port 2223) works; you will need to ask for password
- Florentino complain about heat at sensor rack. ipmitool, which were installed, does not shows any significant heat - but I will keep an eye on that
- new Zelio arrived and was tested - works fine
- Spanish ambassador called Bill and confirmed his attendance at opening (with a box of Spanish wines)
Wednesday 18th February 18:00 NZDT
- second half of the dome installed
- Interned connection to Bootes 3 computers works
- weather mast installed - cloud sensor, Weather, Outside webcam, rain sensor
- UPS tested
Tuesday 17th February 19:00 NZDT
- Dome opened a bit by motors
- Second half of the roof almost finish, ready for tomorrow placement on top
- Weather station mast welded
- Davis weather and cloud sensors left on overnight for tests, logging data to computers
- ADSL connection fixed
- AXIS camera confirmed working
- Bought cables for network (AXIS, Zelio, ..)
- Andor camera shows problems when exposing (kernel panic), I will look for solutions tomorrow (expected is that driver change will fix it)
Tuesday 17th February 09:30 NZDT
- Andor power supply connector arrived
- ordered new Zelio logic through local dealer (~ 700 NZD) and 24 V power supply (~ 160 NZD)
- both servers successfully ran overnight
Monday 16th February 18:00 NZDT
- Antonio arrived
- one half of the roof was lifted and installed, Florentino is working to make motors operating
- second half of the roof final assembly begins, one plate (out ot 6) is on place
- bought Ethernet cables (~50 NZD) and ordered connector for additional Andor power (SATA→IDE interface, ~14 NZD)
- successfully tested Apogee CCD and cloud sensor
- servers preliminary integrated in rack for testing
- mount arrives in a box, we are looking for interface to connect it to pier
- it was discovered that we do not have power supply for Andor CCD cooling. CCD will be operational without it, Astelco should carry power supply
Sunday 15th February 14:00 NZDT
- finished installation of the servers, going to test them with hardware
- bought 1GB switch (187 NZD ~ 100 EUR)
- yesterday we find out that the current ADSL Internet connection is way slow. Most probable culprit is missing splitter, that will be installed on Tuesday. Final Internet connection will be solved by own line, which will hopefully be installed sometime next week
- also there is a problem with Zelio logic control box - the one bought is incompatible with network module. Temporal solution is to run roof without network control in manual mode, final solution will be in replacement of the Zelio control. The problem is pending confirmation from Schneider-Electrics.
Saturday 14th February 12:00 NZDT
- dome is nearing completion
- one half of the roof is complete, second half waits for plates to be mated to sites - that will take a few days. I expect that will be finished on Tuesday or Wednesday
- Florentino is working on motors, hopefully they will be ready within few days
- our servers are up and running, I am installing operation system and RTS2 on them
- looking for options how to get network connected to the observatory
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