• Contents
• OVERVIEW
  • SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
    • The telescope hardware
    • The Control Desk
    • The Clip Centre
    • CAMAC
  • PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
    • Engineering Mode
    • Computer Mode
  • THE DRIVE SYSTEM
    • Position Encoding
    • Telescope Driving
  • COMMUNICATING WITH THE T/S CONTROL COMPUTER
  • ALARMS AND STATUS LIGHTS
• THE DOME AND RISING FLOOR
  • CONTROL OF THE DOME, SHUTTERS AND WIND SCREEN
  • CONTROL OF THE RISING FLOOR
  • MALFUNCTION OF THE RISING FLOOR
  • RESTORATION OF RAW AND SMOOTHED MAINS TO THE JKT BUILDING
  • CHECKING OF CAMAC AFTER A BUFFER SET RESTART
• POWERING UP THE JKT ITSELF
  • NORMAL PROCEDURE IN DETAIL
  • SUMMARY FOR EXPERTS
  • INSTRUMENT ROTATOR
• THE PE 3220 CONTROL COMPUTER & TELESCOPE POSITION ENCODERS
  • HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
  • NORMAL STARTUP PROCEDURE IN DETAIL
  • HOW TO REVERSE THE TELESCOPE
  • SUMMARY FOR EXPERT USERS
  • COLD RESTART OF THE PE 3220 CONTROL COMPUTER
  • CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE CAMAC CRATES
  • POINT
  • CLOSING DOWN THE PE 3220 CONTROL COMPUTER
• THE PE 3210 INSTRUMENT COMPUTER
  • INTRODUCTION AND NORMAL START UP
  • COLD STARTUP OF THE PE 3210 INSTRUMENT COMPUTER
  • SUMMARY FOR EXPERTS
  • ADVANCED USE OF THE 3210
    • EDITOR
    • OS COMMANDS +CSS FILES* (MTM)
    • FASTBACK
  • CLOSING DOWN THE PE3210
  • CAMAC
• THE TV ACQUISITION CAMERA
  • INTRODUCTION AND WARNINGS
  • LOOKING AFTER THE SAFETY OF THE TV
  • POWERING UP THE TV SYSTEM
  • FURTHER SAFETY RULES
  • THE GRINNELL TV CONTROLS
  • FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE GRINNELL MENU
  • COMPLETE RESTART OF THE TV CONTROL SYSTEM
• TELESCOPE USER INTERFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Background
    • Starting the Program
    • How the program deals with input
    • Catalogue entries
  • SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
  • DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMANDS
  • EXAMPLES
  • STANDARD CATALOGUES
    • Catalogue format
    • Essential rules
    • Conventions
    • Coordinate systems
    • List of standard catalogues
• CLOSING DOWN THE T/S AND COMPUTERS
• TROUBLE SHOOTING
  • TELESCOPE RUNAWAY
  • RELEASING TELESCOPE FROM THE LIMIT SWITCHES
  • ALARMS AFTER A POWER FAILURE IN FLIGHT
  • DOME
  • CONTROL COMPUTER/USER INTERFACE
• STOP PRESS
• QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR NORMAL START-UP
  • STARTUP OF TELESCOPE AND 3220 TELESCOPE CONTROL COMPUTER
  • STARTUP OF 3210 INSTRUMENT CONTROL COMPUTER
  • STARTUP OF THE TV
  • CLOSE DOWN OF THE TELESCOPE AND COMPUTERS
  • SUMMARY OF COMMANDS FOR NEW USER INTERFACE
• GUIA PARA USARIOS CUANDO TODO VA BIEN
  • PUESTA EN FUNCIONAMIENTO DE LA COMPUTADORA DEL TELESCOPIO/CONTROL
  • PUESTA EN FUNCIONAMIENTO DE LA COMPUTADORA DE INSTRUMENTOS
  • PUESTA EN FUNCIONAMIENTO DE LA TV
  • CIERRE DEL TELESCOPIO Y LOS COMPUTADORAS