Welcome to the ARGOS Laser Guide Star wiki pages This wiki collects all the information related to the 2 ARGOS laser guide star systems. It is written for the use...
Symptom When the motor is homed the step counter starts to decrease until but never stops. The full stroke of the motor is about 1500 steps; so no matter what the...
Identification DELL R520 Setup as SX LGSW On the rear side close to the 2 power supplies there is a label H6W5ZX1. This is the service tag. The Express Service Ta...
COLD WEATHER WARNING. For winter time when the temperatures can be below zero. The operation of the laser is crucial to have them in the proper temperature. The r...
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...
LBT EngPanel LBT EngPanel is a tool developed by Microgate to configure and connect to a BCU unit. The attached software runs on Windows machines, and require the...
Description The 3 patrol camera units in each LgswUnit are based on AVT GC1350 cameras. The 12V power supply is installed in the MoCon. The ethernet cable is conn...
How to start only the Housekeeping module from scratch (e.g. during Summer Shutdown when ARGOS is completely off) 1 Connect to dx lalas via VNC: HowToLogInAnd...
Description The LGSW electronic rack is installed on the LUCI platform. It contains all the devices to control the LgswUnit and the LgswDichroic. It needs 110VAC ...
How To Setup ARGOS for AO calibrations Pre requisits: * Coordinate telescope access with Telescope Manager and mail to telescopework * Telescope must be ...
Summary of AO loop calibrations for the ArgosSystemSx Description of Low and High orders (from abstract_foreman.py): class AoLoopGain(): FIRST_TIP_TILT_MODE= 0LAS...
Summary of AO loop calibrations for the ArgosSystemDx Description of Low and High orders (from abstract_foreman.py): class AoLoopGain (): FIRST_TIP_TILT_MODE= 0 L...
This topic contains the history of best hexapod position to align the CalUnitSystem to LUCI and LGSW * X, Y, Z, Rx, Ry, Rz are the hexapod absolute position ...
Description The white light source is a subrack unit containing two Ocean Optics HL 2000 HP 232 halogen light sources and a Moxa NPort 5450 serial device server. ...
There are 2 ways to remove coma by moving the AdSec hexapod: 1 using the ARGOS terminal 1 using TCS GUI How to remove coma using the ARGOS terminal i. O...
How to Add a New Modal Basis 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...
How to shutdown and power off ARGOS properly At the end of a night or at the end of a day work shutdown ARGOS by: * Press button "Shutdown". * Daytime work...
Full ARGOS Start up procedure This procedure describes how to start up ARGOS from scratch. After summer shutdown or a longer periode of non use the system might h...
How to align the calibration unit Information on the original alignment can be found here. This is not a routine maintenance procedure.The procedure should only ...
See also HowToRemoveComa I got instructions to apply a coma correction movement on the Hexapod from J. C. Guerra by e mail (8 May 2014 00:42): To apply a coma of...
How to start Software There are multiple ways to start up the software and depending on situation one or the other is more appropriate. The ARGOS software has als...
Usage of the Fastlink Fiber Switch The Fiber Switch is a device installed in the Treehouse to configure FastLink fibers for ARGOS operation. This one superseed ...
Description A WfsCamera device is the fast speed camera of the SH WFS unit. It is installed at the end of the LgswUnit. This topic refers only to the camera head....
Description Documentation Design document: Low_inc_dichroic_report_v1.7.pdf For informations about the motor controllers hosted in the electronic rack see Dichro...
Daytime work to attempt to generate new reconstructors for DX KL_v27. Log 20191030 (Wednesday) Shane and I attempted to generate the ARGOS DX reconstructors to...
How to recover ARGOS Procedure to recover from BCU crash Usual symptom: CCD Viewer does not update 1 Set LAS and LAN in simulation (Arbitrator GUI, Tab: Exper...
This is the pump that is needed to vacuum the WfsCamera Checking camera housing pressure and pumping it out Reading the pressure * The software pressure measu...
ARGOS daytime testing 2020 06 09 Participants: Lorenzo B., Marco B., Wolfgang G., Gustavo R., Carl H., Shane W. Setup AdSec set up for UAO (default is SOUL): 1) ...
Replacing circuit breakers on the ARGOS Remote Power Control unit The Remote Power Control unit is located inside LSPRackSx. The attached document (by Julian Zieg...
Setup Remember to configure AdSec for UAO (that means it accepts 1600 slopes as it was in the good old days). Now the default is for SOUL with 2400 slopes Doug kn...
The following instructions apply if you are connecting from outside the telescope network. If you are at the telescope just follow HowToLogInAndConnectToVNC Logi...
How to perform ARGOS LGSW to ADSEC calibrations This HowTo describes what to do to create a new reconstructor for the AO loop. The description tries to include al...
!!!! 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 start FLAO Pyramid WFS i. Login as "AOeng" into soul dxwfs (or soul sxwfs) and check if the WFS processes are running with w_check.If that is the case, ...