Date |
Operational? |
Description/reason |
Last updated by |
March 30, 2025, 7:43 p.m. |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Nov. 9, 2024, 6:24 a.m. |
Yes |
Dome is operational again! |
coleen |
Nov. 7, 2024, 11:25 p.m. |
No |
Dome slits stuck; data halted 11/7/24 |
coleen |
June 26, 2024, 9:47 p.m. |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Jan. 10, 2024, 10:20 p.m. |
Yes |
M2 tilt motor coupler set screw tightened- no slippage; dome rotation calc. modified- no late occulting |
coleen |
Nov. 13, 2023, 5:28 p.m. |
No |
Coelostat and dome not working properly |
coleen |
Oct. 13, 2023, 5:24 p.m. |
Yes |
M2Tilt mirror slipping again; no data collection since 10/9/23 |
coleen |
Oct. 1, 2023, 1:31 a.m. |
Yes |
Got the coelostat's M2 Tilt mirror working again today! |
coleen |
Sept. 25, 2023, 5:37 p.m. |
No |
M2 tilt of coelostat not working properly; no data since 9/19/23 |
coleen |
Sept. 25, 2023, 5:35 p.m. |
No |
M2 tilt of coelostat not working properly |
coleen |
March 9, 2023, 6:24 p.m. |
Yes |
All is well |
coleen |
Nov. 15, 2022, 10:04 p.m. |
Yes |
Dome shutter is unstuck and measurements have resumed. |
coleen |
Nov. 10, 2022, 10:18 p.m. |
No |
Mechanism for opening/closing the dome shutter has failed and needs maintenance |
coleen |
Oct. 26, 2022, 9:58 p.m. |
Yes |
Due to Zeno server crash, no measurements made between Oct 19-25, 2022 |
coleen |
May 12, 2022, 8:17 p.m. |
Yes |
New laser has been installed |
coleen |
April 18, 2022, 6:58 p.m. |
No |
Scanner failure, possibly due to laser failure |
coleen |
Feb. 22, 2022, 6:54 p.m. |
Yes |
Issues with the dome, but still operational |
coleen |
Aug. 29, 2021, 7:51 p.m. |
Yes |
Integral gain of [M1] servo too high (5000), causing wobbling; adjusted down to 1000 and works again. |
coleen |
Aug. 16, 2021, 9:13 p.m. |
Yes |
Made adjustments to M2 encoder. Operational (w/some jerry-rigging at limits) 20210816 |
coleen |
July 21, 2021, 8:35 p.m. |
No |
The m1rot mirror of the coelostat is not working; no observations have been made since 7/19/21 |
coleen |
July 7, 2021, 11:21 p.m. |
Yes |
Morning/early afternoon observations ONLY (OK for targets); coelostat failure in afternoon |
coleen |
Nov. 24, 2020, 5:54 p.m. |
Yes |
Ethernet/serial converter replaced and dome is operational again |
coleen |
Nov. 13, 2020, 2:02 a.m. |
No |
Failure to communicate with the dome's motor controller |
coleen |
Oct. 21, 2020, 12:36 a.m. |
Yes |
Everything is currently working. |
coleen |
Aug. 3, 2020, midnight |
No |
Dome rotation failed; problem unknown |
coleen |
Aug. 3, 2020, midnight |
Yes |
Dome went past limit switch; problem corrected and taking InGaAs only now |
coleen |
July 27, 2020, midnight |
Yes |
Firewall device on Sol computer replaced |
coleen |
July 14, 2020, midnight |
No |
Cannot connect with computer which operates dome and Zeno |
coleen |
March 23, 2020, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Jan. 27, 2020, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Nov. 22, 2019, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Nov. 21, 2019, midnight |
No |
Shut down for solar alignment |
coleen |
Oct. 15, 2019, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
June 27, 2019, midnight |
Yes |
Replaced InSb detector and FTS scanning again! |
coleen |
April 10, 2019, midnight |
Yes |
Dome is opening, FTS scanning, but must check alignment |
coleen |
March 5, 2019, midnight |
No |
Dome not opening! |
m_kiel |
Feb. 6, 2019, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Aug. 20, 2018, midnight |
Yes |
Back online |
coleen |
July 31, 2018, midnight |
No |
Zeno computer failure |
coleen |
April 27, 2018, midnight |
No |
InSb must be manually filled; no weekend measurements |
coleen |
April 16, 2018, midnight |
Yes |
Seems to be working |
coleen |
April 11, 2018, midnight |
No |
Laser failure??? |
coleen |
Feb. 6, 2018, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Oct. 2, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Oct. 2, 2017, midnight |
No |
|
coleen |
Sept. 14, 2017, midnight |
No |
Dome has not opened since 9/11/17; power supply has been ordered |
coleen |
June 28, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
April 20, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
New laser installed and system is working |
coleen |
April 13, 2017, midnight |
No |
Laser failure |
coleen |
April 4, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
Coelostat powered by external lab supply until replacement arrives |
coleen |
March 21, 2017, midnight |
No |
Coelostat is down |
coleen |
March 16, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Jan. 27, 2017, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Oct. 10, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
Has been operational since 10/9/16 |
coleen |
Oct. 7, 2016, midnight |
No |
Offline while re-testing new InSb detector |
coleen |
Sept. 29, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Sept. 24, 2016, midnight |
No |
Offline while testing new InSb detector |
coleen |
Aug. 16, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
June 15, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
April 19, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
March 8, 2016, midnight |
No |
FTS is offline for testing |
coleen |
Feb. 29, 2016, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Dec. 29, 2015, midnight |
No |
Dome failure - On Hold |
wennberg |
Nov. 25, 2015, midnight |
No |
Coelostat is not 100% functional. |
dwunch |
Oct. 16, 2015, midnight |
No |
FTS is offline for testing |
coleen |
July 9, 2015, midnight |
Yes |
Coelostat is back to working... for now. Still debugging. |
dwunch |
July 5, 2015, midnight |
No |
Dome failure |
wennberg |
May 21, 2015, midnight |
Yes |
|
dwunch |
May 7, 2015, midnight |
Yes |
|
dwunch |
Jan. 12, 2015, midnight |
Yes |
NASA CMS Field Campaign dates: Jan 25, 27, 29, 31, Feb 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16 |
dwunch |
Oct. 14, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
NASA CMS Field Campaign dates: Oct 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30; Nov 2, 5, 8, 11, 14. |
dwunch |
Sept. 18, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
|
coleen |
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight |
No |
Issues with the dome |
coleen |
Sept. 2, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
All is well |
coleen |
Aug. 6, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
Autofill on the LN2 not working, so no InSb data; the TCCON side is operational |
coleen |
June 2, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
Coelostat frame grabber is now limping along. InGaAs/Si spectra are being recorded (no InSb, yet). |
dwunch |
May 29, 2014, midnight |
No |
Coelostat frame grabber is broken - tracker is not tracking. |
dwunch |
April 10, 2014, midnight |
Yes |
|
wennberg |
March 18, 2013, midnight |
Yes |
Unjammed the M1EW motor on Tuesday, March 12. |
dwunch |
March 11, 2013, midnight |
No |
Coelostat M1EW motor is jammed. No measurements after noon 2013-03-11. |
dwunch |
Feb. 13, 2013, midnight |
Yes |
EPM failed on the dome rotation controller. It was replaced and reprogrammed on 2013-02-11. Measurements restarted on 2013-02-12. |
dwunch |
Feb. 10, 2013, midnight |
No |
Dome is failing to turn in azimuth. No measurements starting 2013-02-08. |
dwunch |
Sept. 26, 2012, midnight |
Yes |
Operational, but with a sub-optimal line shape. |
dwunch |
Sept. 24, 2012, midnight |
No |
Switching beamsplitters. |
dwunch |
Sept. 17, 2012, midnight |
Yes |
Operational, but with a sub-optimal line shape. New InSb filter installed. |
dwunch |
Sept. 4, 2012, midnight |
No |
Laser failure |
dwunch |
June 24, 2012, midnight |
Yes |
Switching between InGaAs/Si and InSb (when cold) |
dwunch |
May 4, 2012, midnight |
Yes |
Still running OPUS on windows, but operational! |
coleen |
Dec. 16, 2011, midnight |
No |
FTS has been installed and is operational; still waiting on suntracker. |
coleen |
Dec. 16, 2011, midnight |
No |
FTS has been installed and is operation; still waiting on suntracker. |
coleen |
Sept. 16, 2010, midnight |
No |
Just getting started... |
dwunch |