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Autofib 2/WYFFOS Telescope Instrument Setup Procedure
Section 6 : Engineering Check
On Taurus there is a tipsession connected to use the engineering interface to
the AF2 VME
Engineering Checks
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Wake the Robot
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Autofib OS/9 > eng
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Engineering command > local
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Engineering command > wake
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If it wakes you will hear the gripper jaws actuate 3 times. Sleep
and wake the robot again.
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Engineering command > sleep
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Engineering command > wake
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View a science fibre.
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View a guide fibre.
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Load all of the positions into the system
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Set System to operate from ICL
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Engineering command > remote
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Engineering command > quit
Start ICL and check Rotator
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Start ICL and configure for AF2 with wyffos (option 8)
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When TCS comes up Select Prime AF2 rotator
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Check rotator limits + - Send to a cardinal point i.e. 90 degrees. Look
at robot it should be Orthogonal
Now the Daily AF2/WYFFOS duty engineer checks can be carried out.
They have been embedded within the `Autofib 2 Telescope Instrument Setup
Procedure' section of the website. See Section
7.
