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Booting up the computer and startup at a new site
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 1. Boot up the default kernel (2.4.18-3new)
 
 2. log in, save old XF86Config files, run Xconfigurator (as root) for
    the monitor you are connected to.  The video board will not probe
    properly so you need to tell it "32 Mb".
 
 3. startx to begin X.
 
 4. run neat (as root) to set up network (DHCP we hope)
 
 5. insert the SDSU PCI driver module (as root)
 
     cd /usr/local/inst/bin
     insmod lotuspci.o
     lsmod
 
 6. Make sure that disk DMA is on (as root): "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda"
 
 7. Edit the files in /usr/local/inst/config (create your own and
    change the two soft links "tel_config" and "filters.def").
    If you don't want to communicate with a telescope TCS, comment out 
    the TELESCOPE line in tel_config.
 
 8. If the instrument has been recently shipped, open the end of the SDSU
    electronics box, inspect for damage, and gently reseat all seven boards 
    and connectors.  Be careful of the fiber optic connectors at the other 
    end of the box -- they are exposed and fragile.
 
 9. Connect up the dewar, controller, fiber between the controller and host.  
    At the UH2.2-m approximately 30-50VAC exists between the metal of the
    back of the telescope and the AC ground found at the outlets on the
    dome floor, so it is essential that the dewar and SDSU boxes be
    insulated from the telescope and power brought up from the dome floor.
 
    The connection between the dewar is by a pair of 18" 128-pin cables,
    and the connectors on the dewar go directly to the CCDs so PLEASE NOTE:
 
    These pins are fairly delicate and it takes a lot of force to put
    on these connectors, so be VERY certain that 
 
     - no male pins are even slightly bent out of line
     - ease the connectors together before tightening
     - you, the dewar, and the controller box are grounded together
 
    Power on the controller and three LEDs should go on in the
    controller box dark window (more lights will come on when the high
    volts are powered on via software).  Look for the green LED on the
    host interface board which indicates fiber communications.  If not
    on, try swapping the fibers.
 
10. Start otcom and check to see that it reports communications with
    the driver, interface, and controller.  
 
    Download ("df") and see if it executes without reporting an error.  
 
    Power on ("pon") and see if it executes without reporting an error.
    Use "volt" to examine the voltages.  Nominal is 5V, +/-16.5V, and +36V.
    Verify that all the LEDs are on in the dark window on the controller box.
 
    Check the CCD temperature ("temp") and electronics temperature.  OPTIC
    should bottom out around -110C below ambient, and the electronics
    cannot go above 38C or so before getting flakey (the A/D's get locally
    very hot and when they thermally shut down they draw a lot of current
    and generally trigger the power off).  If the electronics get too hot,
    remove the perforated plate on the end of the electronics box.  The
    CCDs normally want to run somewhere between -100 and -110C, so set the
    temperature regulation ("temp -104") to somewhere above bottom.
 
    Read out ("go") and see if there appears to be sensible data in all
    four quadrants (bias should be around 1000 ADU, noise around 2.8 ADU
    if the CCDs are cold).