Troubleshooting Telescope Operation

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• Stop while slewing (Emergency Stop):
  2. Movement Menu
  8. Stop
• Have telescope go to zenith:
  2. Movement Menu
  5. Set Zenith
  ENTER (Ignore 'front panel track switch' message')
  7. Start Slew
• Take telescope off auto-track:
  3. Rates Menu
  1. Set Track Rates
  Set RA to zeros (hit ENTER all the way down)

• Make sure dome and dome home are off:
  4. Miscellaneous Menu
  1. Set Switches
  Dome NO
• Manually set dome to South with handpaddle
• Enter Dome position into computer:
  1. Initialization Menu
  3. Dome Position
  At Dome Position prompt, type '180.0' and hit ENTER

• Wait it out for about 10 minutes
• If it still hasn't stopped, go to the TCS computer and hit CTRL, ALT, DELETE (together)
• After the computer reboots, type 'tcs' at the prompt
• If that doesn't fix it, wait, then repeat the process again

• Stand on a chair below the dome slit (take the handpaddle with you)
• Push on the edge of the dome slit and at the same time turn the dome the appropriate direction with the handpaddle

• Turn tracking off:
  3. Rates Menu
  1. Set Track Rates
  Set RA to zeros (hit ENTER all the way down)
• Manually set to zenith with level bubble
• Turn tracking on:
  3. Rates Menu
  1. Set Track Rates
  Set RA to 15.00 (hit ENTER for the rest)
• Set telescope position in computer:
  1. Initialization Menu
  2. Set telescope position
  MEAN RA: at zenith RA = Siderial Time (found on the left side of the screen 'S.T.__:__:__') Set RA approximately 15 seconds ahead of S.T.
  DEC = 44^o57'00''
  EPOCH = Enter current year (example: May 2002 = 2002.4)
  When S.T. catches up with the number entered for RA hit ENTER
• Check to make sure it is set to zenith:
  On monitor opper left, telescope HA should be 00.00.00 (or very close to it)