DE should be trained on the following short listed issues

• WHT/TCS

  alt-azimuth interlocks: Dome, Telescope and Lights
  telescope ties
  breakers, when to switch on (eng. mode)
  visit/see oil pumps, twister, bull ring
  lpas4: location, lpas3 backup, reboot the system
  engineering control, AZ red/yellow zone, blind spot, AZ/EL/Rotator limits
  commands: zeroset, station, instrument, page, show encoder|limits|focal, rms servo, focus, gocat, log enc, rotator sky|float|mount, tcsexit
  celestical coordinates
  moving - tracking - autoguiding
  working at AP3, detector orientation at CASS & PRIME before going horizontal (avoid loss of LN2)
  faulty EL abs encoder, work around
  

• WHT dome

  engineering control, rotation, shutter control, slow - main
  upper shutter aux drive
  ice park position
  slip ring and dome encoder
  Tem-L
  

• CAMAC

  system crate & 3 branch crates
  how to power down and back up
  the cards and spares
  

• CAMTEST program

  login as Engineer and use commands diagnosing the system e.g. dome position encoding
  

• PLOT program

  login as GENUSER and use commands analysing enc logs
  

• Marconi/servoloop

  breakers and power supplies
  how to power down and back up
  the cards and spares
  

• SDSU controllers/ DAS machines

  know where controllers and DAS machines are physically
  powering off unused SDSUs
  know were spare controllers and spare cards are kept
  fibre connections e.g. patch panels and associated DAS machines
  shutting down a DAS and change DAS machine
  

• Detectors & LN2 handling

  detector handling: position to leave a cryostat on a table
  know how a a kinematic mount works
  how to measure A,B,C,D and adjust capstans
  where to record capstan settings
  seals and valves, LN2 filling
  what to do when a detector is noisy
  filling of dewars from trailer
  

• WHT observing system

  how to configure
  shutdown, logout and start
  killing tasks and restart e.g. obslog&, startoasisrtd &, startrtd (INGRID), startudasrtd (LIRIS), ...
  most common error messages:
  

• Acquisition and guiding

  how to find a guide star
  how to acquire and object with CASS, PF, AF2, AG3 & INTEGRAL
  how to find a guide star with CASS, PF, AF2, NAOMI & INTEGRAL
  switch on TO console to feed autoguider signal to TCS
  locking on guide star and closing loop
  TCS packets
  guiding errors - see log
  

• CAGB

  the 4 mirrors, tv and autoguider
  artificial star using autoguider opaque filter
  calibration unit, ND filters, lamps
  commands
  engineering control and commands
  4MS: cards, spares, reboot
  stepper motor drive boxes, spares
  

• ISIS

  mechanisms: dekker, slit, dichroic, filters, collimators, hartman shutters, grating-angles
  commands
  dekker/dichroic and grating handling
  engineering control and commands
  4MS: cards, spares, reboot
  stepper motor drive boxes, spares
  ISIS polarisation, HWP & QWP, special polarimetry dekker, calcite below slit
  

• LIRIS

  mechanisms: all wheels
  commands
  engineering control
  closed cycle cooler
  

• PF and ADC

  mechanisms: autoguider x,y and focus, ADC
  commands
  PLC engineering control
  changing filters
  

• AF2

  mechanisms: robot with xy-slides, theta and gripper, pickup and positioning
  commands
  engineering control, password
  fault diagnose, inspection ports and separating of module
  lost fibres, the park ring, disabled fibres
  science and guide fibres
  back-illumination, two light sources for fiducial and science fibrers
  the calibration unit, position of Nasmyth flat
  changing LINUX PC
  

• NAOMI

  USP mechanisms and control
  EPICS engineering control
  access to calibration unit
  AG3 aquisition camera
  dichroic changer and PLC engineering control
  mirrors and focus mechanism in front of OASIS
  AG7 simplexing camera
  

• INGRID

  mechanisms: all wheels and pupil imager
  EPICS engineering control
  LN2 filling
  

• OASIS

  mechanisms
  getting access
  EPICS engineering control
  PC and servo control
  

• Nasmyth turret control

  positions of the turret
  control from engineering desk and local control
  

• WHT Mirror support system

  control on mirror cell
  spares
  

• IRAF

  display and examine an image
  know about ING package
  

• INT TCS

  equatorial
  interlocks: Dome, Telescope and Lights
  telescope ties
  visit/see oil pumps, polar disc
  lpas2: location in clip center
  engineering control, how to move to AP3, CASS rotator limits
  commands: zeroset, station, page, show encoder|limits|focal, rms servo, focus, gocat, log enc, rotator sky, tcsexit
  moving - tracking - autoguiding
  faulty HA FERR encoder, work around
  

• INT DAS

  know where controllers and DAS machines are physically
  fibre connections e.g. patch panels and associated DAS machines
  shutting down a DAS and change DAS machine
  

• INT observing system

  how to configure
  shutdown, logout and start
  

• INT WFC

  MCA control and spare
  changing a filter
  WFC assosiated controls: smartflat, focusrun, tweak how to find a guide star
  locking on guide star and closing loop
  TCS packets
  guiding errors - see log
  

• INT A&G Box

  the mirrors, tv and autoguider
  calibration unit, ND filters, lamps
  commands
  engineering control and commands
  MMS: cards, spares, reboot
  

• INT IDS

  mechanisms: dekker, slit, filters, collimators, hartman shutters, grating-angles
  commands
  collimator and grating handling
  engineering control and commands
  MMS: cards, spares, reboot
  acqusition/slit viewing TV, TV probe position
  how to find a guide star
  locking on guide star and closing loop
  TCS packets
  guiding errors - see log
  

• INT mirror support

  control on mirror cell
  known problems
  spares
  

• Use of WHT 2.5 ton crane for lifting dewars

  locking telescope
  dome and crane control
  

• Site services & SWASP

  Have had a tour with Alan showing you WHT oil plant, WHT oil cooling plant, WHT glycol cooling system, LN2 plant, Generator house, Air conditioning systems, WHT & INT Water systems, WHT & INT UPS systems, WHT & INT lifts, Site dry air supply
  For each installation know about where the keys are kept, access restrictions, reset procedures, the principal of working.

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Jürg Rey, 23 October, 2007