Alpha TCS : starting a specific version
Generally it will be sufficient to start the default
version of the TCS with the START option. On occasion it may be
necessary
to start another version, perhaps for testing or because a problem has
been found with a recently introduced version and it's
necessary to run the old version.
The procedure is:
0) TCSEXIT
to shutdown the TCS (if necessary).
1) Log into the appropiate TCS alpha with usual id
and password (as usual)
2) Type VERSION
to see list of available releases
3) Type name of TCS release (e.g. W29-0-0)
4) Check that the new release is shown by the START
option
5) Type START
Note that if you restart the TCS, it will restart
the default TCS not the last version selected.
Example transcript (after logging in) :
This is the WHT TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM
The TCS is not running.
Please enter an option -
START - Start the TCS version W29-0-0
Info display on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
USER window on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
SIMULATE - Run the TCS version W29-0-0 in simulation mode
Info display on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
USER window on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
VERSION - Select a different TCS version
DISPLAY - Select different display devices
EXIT - Exit this menu and log out
Option> VERSION
Select one of the following TCS versions -
VERSION DATE DESCRIPTION
W25-1-0 9-Nov-2004 First VMS 7.3-2 version
W25-2-0 26-Nov-2004 New menu layout
W25-TEST 3-Dec-2004 Keyboard layout for Suns and xterms.
W25-3-0 19-Feb-2005 Increased pagefile quota for Calibrate/Clone
W25-4-0 14-Mar-2005 New keyboard layout (same as W25-TEST).
W26-0-0 15-Mar-2005 DRAMA action PULLIN completes when guidestar
is in position
W27-0-0 8-Apr-2005 Reads and logs azimuth drive motors
W27-1-0 14-Jun-2005 Guidestar pullin timeout increased; focusrun fix
W27-1-1 05-Oct-2005 Corrected scale for focus lvdt logging
W27-1-2 13-Feb-2006 Leap second of 31-Dec-2005 2400
W27-1-3 13-Mar-2006 Earth Rotation Parameters updated
W27-1-4 10-May-2006 Updated Cass pointing model
W29-0-0 20-May-2006 Improved servo to fix azimuth oscillations
W30-0-0 12-Dec-2006 Do not move telescope unless axes are zeroset
Option [W29-0-0]> W30-0-0
%DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of TELESCOPE has been superseded
%DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of DRAMADISK has been superseded
%DCL-I-SUPERSEDE, previous value of TCS_VERSION has been superseded
The TCS is not running.
Please enter an option -
START - Start the TCS version W30-0-0
Info display on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
USER window on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
SIMULATE - Run the TCS version W30-0-0 in simulation mode
Info display on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
USER window on fjgpc.ing.iac.es
VERSION - Select a different TCS version
DISPLAY - Select different display devices
EXIT - Exit this menu and log out
Option> START
Note for computing group: The
default version is specified in a file on the ics/observing system:
e.g. /wht/etc/tcs_version.wht
In case that the partition is not
mounted on Alpha, the TCS has a local definition in the tcs
account: e.g.
[wht_login.version]defaults.com
Frank Gribbin
Last modified: 05 Mar 2007 (fjg)