Description The purpose of the housekeeping system is to monitor the environmental status of the whole instrument. The following parameters are measured: * Tem...
Howto Acquire Frames With Patrol Camera At Full Speed Data acquired using tools in: argos@sx lgsw x64 $ pwd /home/argos/Downloads/AVTCam/AVT GigE SDK/bin pc/x64 ...
When the ASM is re calibrated a new modal basis is created and saved in the ASM computer We need to produce a local copy of the modal basis file called m2c.fits (...
The ARGOS calibration unit swing arm position is not available into the snapshot, but it is used to distinguish between daytime and on sky data. This information ...
* OBSOLETE: THE ARGOS BCU POWER SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED BY MICROGATE IN 2016 * Informations about how to read the BCU power supply voltage directly from the ...
How to authorize LUCI@ARGOS focal station 0) login as LBTO on obs x , see UsefulLoginInfo 1) from terminal start TCSGUI 2) click on IIF GUI button 3) on Instrumen...
Procedure If there are new Flao Recs this procedure will guide you in build the Rec for ARGOS based on the new FLAO Recs. i. Copy the new Recs from FLAO workstati...
The ARGOS acquisition sequence make use of 4 different algorithms: 1 LAN LM1 to LAT: used at the beginning of the night to bring the lasers within the 1' FoV o...
ARGOS implements the LGS guiding with many different algorithms: 1 LAS pupil mirror to quad cell: a quadcell like algorithm is used on the patrol camera images...
To change the pupil mask, at a flao sxwfs or flao dxwfs terminal type: i. change_binning.py 1 It will print a numbered list of pupil masks. You want 24 which ...
We received instructions from Julian by email on 11/05/2016: To change the IP, you have to connect to the serial port of the controller (power supply rear side). ...
Bad connected accelerometers can lead to faulty behaviour of the vibration compensation system. This method can be used to check for problems with the acceleromet...
The following instructions apply if you are connecting from outside the telescope network. If you are at the telescope just follow HowToLogInAndConnectToVNC Logi...
The Adsec Disturbances are Adsec Commands Matrices. To convert the Disturbances in a new modal basis the first step is to convert in a modal disturbance. Then it ...
This guide help you to create a calibrated modal amplitude for modal history push pull. The first step is to perform an AO calibration with a modal history based ...
!!!! Keep track of your work !!!! !!!! Remember to keep track of the recorded IMs and all RECs built into the following pages: * DXAoLoopCalibrations * SXAo...
How to create an LBT star catalog file If you want to point and guide on a star it is mandatory to have a catalog file installed in the LBT TCS. Catalog file form...
How to define a subapertures set To create a new subapertures set or just modify the slope computing method you have 2 possibilities: 1 create a new subapertur...
How to deploy dichroic from ARGOS control software 1. See FullARGOSStartUpProcedure for prerequisites: chiller, main power, login into workstation 1. Start ...
Interaction matrix The first test on interaction matrix is based on a visual check of the matrix with the command: im.displayIM() where "im" is an LgswInteraction...
There are 2 ways to perform a "coma free" pointing offset moving the AdSec hexapod: 1. using the TCS GUI 1. using the ARGOS terminal How to perform a point...
Rationale When working in day time with the CalUnitSystem the TCS must be informed. If this is not done the TCS offloads the static offsets of the ASM on the prim...
Configure Hexapod from PSFGUI 0) Login as LBTO on obs3 and start "PSFGUI right" (or left) 1) Click on "secondary" button 2) In the secondary PSF GUI insert the pr...
The ARGOS main power switches are located in the SX LaserSupplyRack on the LaserSupplyPlatform. They should be on all the time. If they are not on enable them i...
Main.SebastianRabien 15 Dec 2015 When to exchange a laser head? A laser heads needs to be exchanged if it is broken. This is the case if a laser shows very low p...
How to generate sinusoidal disturbances from argos.arbitrator.aoloop.sinusoidal_disturbance import SinusoidalDisturbance sinDist= SinusoidalDisturbance(argos.aar...
We describe two ways to get DIMM, or by extension any LBT telemetry, data: * with on the fly plot GUI called LBTplot * by retrieving text files. More inform...
The starting point it the Tag of a combined Reconstructor. All the information about the reconstructor are inside the crec object. Look the source file "argos/arb...
* * IMPORTANT: This configuration has been removed. Final solution uses a fiber switch. It is left here for reference only. (GR/2017 02 10) See HowToUseTheFiberSw...
First Step, table Update After a calibration you have to update the argos configuration table. In "argos_trunk/site/lbt/common/insroot/etc/argos_SIDE_foreman_con...
The fantastic operating system used for the ARGOS project has the nice feature of allowing only a single instance of the browser to run at any time. i. Kill t...
If the spots are very broad you could try to limit the jitter loop stroke to avoid them to jump on the next subaperture. Anyhow before you probably would try to o...
The following instructions apply if you want to run ARGOS from the obs machines in the LBT control room. If you are not at the telescope and want to run ARGOS rem...
This procedure is used to match the 3 LGS images produced by the CalUnitSystem to the LgswUnit entrance FoVs. It is composed by a measurement procedure that scans...
i. Open LGSW Lab GUI i. In the Dichroic tab select the Expert tab i. In the Command white field write the following command: Command Istruction 00PS...
This topic contains the instructions to optimize the spot on the Patrol Cameras moving the Launch Beam Corrector and the Focus Stage in the Lan System. DX With t...
How to perform ARGOS closed loop in daytime This HowTo explains how to close an AO loop with the ARGOS system in daytime using the CalUnit as reference source. Th...
How to Perform ARGOS AO Loop In Night Time This HowTo describs what to do to set up the ARGOS system for night time observation. The procedure should start with h...
How to produce a new modal history i. Open an ARGOS terminal i. Type: from argos.arbitrator.aoloop.modal_history import AdsecModalHistory mh=AdsecModalHisto...
This procedure brings up the LAN system until the launch system is ready for on sky laser propagation i. See FullARGOSStartUpProcedure for prerequisites: chil...
This procedure brings up the LAS system until lasers are ready to be propagated on sky i. See FullARGOSStartUpProcedure for prerequisites: chiller, main power,...
This procedure brings up the LGSW system until the WFS is ready for on sky operation i. See FullARGOSStartUpProcedure for prerequisites: chiller, main power, l...
How to recover ARGOS Procedure to recover from BCU crash 1 Set LAS and LAN in simulation (Arbitrator GUI, Tab: Expert Commissioning) 1 Open LGSW engineeri...
How to Recover the Swingarm Controller after a power outage Background: Following a telescope power outage (or power glitch), the breakers inside the ARGOS Swing...
A session on this topic has already been created in the Device List pages of the NSA12 stepper motors: * Symptom * Possible cause * Procedure to recover ...
There are 2 ways to remove coma by moving the AdSec hexapod: 1 using TCS GUI 1 using the ARGOS terminal How to remove coma using the TCS GUI i. Login on...