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Autofib 2/WYFFOS Telescope Instrument Setup Procedure

Section 6 : Engineering Check

From the engineering terminal start AF2 Micro.  Type the following commands, click on the command to get more information.

Engineering Checks

  1. Wake the Robot
  2. If it wakes you will hear the gripper jaws actuate 3 times.  Sleep and wake the robot again.
  3. View a science fibre.
  4. View a guide fibre.
  5. Load all of the positions into the system
  6. Set System to operate from ICL
Start ICL and check Rotator
  1. Start ICL and configure for WYFFOS. (MUST EXPANDED - describe)
  2. When TCS comes up Select Prime AF2 rotator
  3. 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.


Created by Stephen Goodsell
sjg@ing.iac.es
Last updated 9/01