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  • If there has been a power failure, you need to check the Lakeshore temperature controllers to ensure that the correct operating temperatures are being maintained.

  • Start/restart the "Instrument Control Computer" (ICC) if it is not already running.  It is the big iMac. This is required to establish proper socket connections. 
  • Turn on the "Data Storage Computer" (DSC).  It is the Mac tower.
  • On the ICC...
    • 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"Minimize this terminal, you should not need it again.
        • 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
    • If you think the positions of the motors are off, or the motors are unresponsive, open a terminal and run the following script to reset their positions...
      • "cd ~/igrins_admin"
      • "python mtini.py"
        • 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) - However, we are having issues with the dark mirror motor.
          • 0 - Initialize all motors - don't do this
          • 2 - Upper translator (fold mirror for looking at the calibration sources)
          • 3 - Lamp selector (lets you select lamps or arcs)
          • 1 - Lower translator (pseudo-dark mask) - This will hang and you will need to Cntrl-C out.
        • 5 - quit motor homing script
    • Load up the remote desktops for all the detector software running on the 3 Dell computers in the instrument rack.
      • Open 3 remote desktops sessions either by right clicking in the dock or opening a terminal and typing "open -n Remote\ Desktop\ Connection.app/".
      • Go to the following IP addresses in each of the remote desktop windows:
        • 192.168.2.4 - DCC for SVC - Data control computer for the slit view camera
        • 192.168.2.5 - DCC for H-band - Data control computer for the H-band camera
        • 192.168.2.6 - DCC for K-band - Data control computer for the K-band camera
      • Ask if you need  to know the username and password.
      • If you see a warning about the certificate, click connect, it will still work.
    • Run the following on each of the three detector control computers (DCCs) to get the detectors running...
      • Double click "HAL Server" icon on the desktop.
      • Click "Start" then minimize the HAL window.
        • If you get a USB error, check to make sure the USB are fully plugged in.
      • Click "HXRG" on desktop.
        • Click to continue.
      • Click "Initialize" at the top left of the window.
        • Wait ~5 seconds.
      • In the pop-up-window...
        • Check box "Download Jade2 Firmware".
        • "Download Jade2 Register Database" should already be checked.
        • Click "Initialize"
        • Wait ~20 seconds for the Jade card to initialize.
      • Ensure that the "ASIC Main Power" box is checked (top left panel of HXRG testing software).
      • In the middle left panel "Detector Configuration" set "# of Detector Outputs" to 32
      • In the top left panel press the "SET CONFIG PARAMETERS" button.
        • This tells the chips to use all 32 channels for maximum readout speed, instead of just 4.
      • In the middle center panel select "Fowler Sampling"
        • It can be confusing but "Fowler Sampling" is a button.  Just click it.
        • "Fowler Exp. time" will ungrey after you click "Fowler Sampling".
      • In the top right panel press "ACQUIRE" to take a test image.
        • If it looks normal, you are ready to take data!
    •  You are now free to disconnect the 3 remote desktops.
    • Open a terminal...
      • "cd ~/igrins_admin"
      • "sudo bash icsrun"
        • This opens the IGRINS operating software
    • The python IGRINS control software wil now open 5 windows
    • Now you are ready to use the Data Taking Software.  Next, go to the manual for Using the IGRINS Data Taking Software.