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This procedure assumes that IGRINS has already been tested by observatory staff, or used the previous night. For a complete restart (perhaps after a power failure) see below.

            If the ICC is rebooted , then follow the green text below before continuing. You you do not need to reinitialize the detectors.

            You should reboot the ICC and DSC at the start of each observing run, and more often if there are socket communication errors.

• To start a new observing night you must close the IGRINS control software and restart it. This will create new directories and log files.
  • On the ICC...
    • Click the red 'X' on the upper left corner of the Data Taking Package, Slitview Camera GUI, and the Housekeeping Package.
    • Close out of the Quick Look Packages, also using the red 'X', if they are running.
    • Make sure that all python scripts have been killed and that there are no rocket icons on the bottom dock.
    • Open a terminal and type...
      • "cd ~/igrins_admin"
        • Go to main directory where we run all the IGRINS stuff from.
      • "bash mntrun"

        • Mounts remote directories.

        • Ask if you need to know the password.
        • It might error if these directories already exist.  This is okay.
      • "python tmp350.py"
        • Starts temperature controller monitoring.  This ensures the heaters stay on.
        • This terminal now should run in the background for the whole observing run.
      • Minimize this terminal, you should not need it again
• You start a new observing session by: 
  
  • Opening a terminal and typing:
    • "cd ~/igrins_admin"
    • "python mtini.py""cd ~/igrins_admin"
      • Shut down the housekeeping package (HKP) if it is open.
      • There are three motors you can home, and by default you should use option (0).For now: run 2, run 3, run 1 but motor will get stuck.  When it says the same position over and over control-c to get out of mtini.py
        
        • 0 - Initialize all motors
        • 1 - Lower translator (pseudo-dark mask)
        • 2 - Upper translator (fold mirror for looking at the calibration sources)
        • 3 - Lamp selector (lets you select lamps or arcs)
      • 5 - quit motor homing script
      "cd ~/igrins_admin"
    • "sudo python ibunny.py" and provide the date when prompted. Leave this terminal running in the background.
  • After running ibunny.py, in a separate terminal type:
    • "cd ~/igrins_admin"
    • "sudo bash icsrun" and enter the IGRINS password again if prompted.
    • Take a 'Single' and 'Start Exposure' with autosave enabled to check the detector readout when the instrument control software is first started.
      
    • Turn off autosave and adjust the windows so that the House Keeping Package is on the far left screen, the Slit-Viewing Camera is on the left of the ICC screen, and the Data Taking Package is on the right side of the ICC screen.
  • You must restart ibunny.py every time you exit and restart icsrun - if you fail to do this the DTP will state that the H and K detectors are disconnected. 
  • Now you are ready to use the Data Taking Software.  Next, go to the manual for Using the IGRINS Data Taking Software.

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