| 04/30/04 |
9:00 |
12m |
If you are getting ssh errors
trying to log into modelo, then I need to remind you about the fact that we
have a new computer called modelo. It is a Linux box replacing the old Sun.
The error will look something like
this. This is
perfectly ok and you will need to remove any lines in your ~/.ssh/known_hosts
that contain the word modelo. |
News |
| 40/27/04 |
9:00 |
12m |
The 1mm receiver is being warmed up to replace the
refrigerator. |
Ongoing |
| 04/27/04 |
9:00 |
12m |
The network to the 12 Meter seems to be working better, but
a test of the throughput packet size indicates that any packet larger then
1500 bytes fails to get through. ??? |
Ongoing |
| 04/26/04 |
17:30 |
12m |
We are experiencing network troubles between the 12 Meter
and the top of Kitt Peak. |
Ongoing |
| 04/26/04 |
16:45 |
12m |
The 1mm receiver has warmed up and is out of service at this
time. |
Ongoing |
| 04/21/04 |
3:30 |
12m |
The north South translation stage has been disabled and
locked into the correct position. This feature was never used anyway and
only caused problems. |
Fixed |
| 04/21/04 |
3:30 |
12m |
The #2 UPS lost another battery (3B) and was replaced with a
spare(1S). This explains the computer outages of this AM. |
Fixed |
| 04/20/04 |
11:30 |
12m |
Halleluiah, e-mail to Kitt Peak finally works. Send any and
all emails for the operator to:
oper12m{at}as{dot}arizona{dot}edu |
Fixed |
| 04/20/04 |
4:30 |
12m |
The 23mm receiver is once again cold. We will test it later
today and evaluate the state of the mixers. |
|
| 04/19/04 |
9:00 |
12m |
The observers computer, modelo, has been reinstalled. This
is the first in a multi-step program to replace all the computers on Kitt
Peak with Linux based Intel systems. For a more complete description and how
to survive during this transition period, see the 12 Meter Computer Conversion
Document here. |
News |
| 04/16/04 |
2:30 |
ARO |
We now feature DVD and CDROM formats for data archiving.
This will be our primary method of data delivery. |
News |
| 04/16/04 |
2:00 |
ARO |
The cookbooks, manuals and example books for our analysis
packages are now on line.
Click here to view. |
News |
| 04/15/04 |
18:00 |
SMT |
Once again the network to Mt. Graham stopped working. A call
to CCIT and they 'fixed' it again. Network was out for 2 hours. |
Ongoing |
| 04/15/04 |
|
12m |
The new modelo has been installed and massive restructuring
of the file systems is being undertaken. This means there may be things we
overlooked. For the time being, continue to use
locura for you observing needs. I will announce here when modelo
is ready for prime-time. |
Ongoing |
| 04/13/04 |
14:38 |
SMT |
The network problems to Mt. Graham have reportedly been
corrected by CCIT. |
Fixed |
| 04/12/04 |
15:00 |
12m |
The RED 2 MHz filter banks have been reinstalled. |
Fixed |
| 04/12/04 |
14:00 |
12m |
6 Batteries were replaced in the two Nova UPS's and the
entire system load tested. All systems appear to function correctly now. |
Fixed |
| 04/09/04 |
|
SMT |
The DesertStar receiver was used tonight utilizing all three
mixers on the sky. A complete map of OriIrc2 was obtained in under 10 hours.
Complete focusing, pointing and beam maps were also obtained. |
News |
| 04/09/04 |
14:30 |
12m |
The MAC Appears to work properly now. |
Fixed |
| 04/09/04 |
13:45 |
SMT |
The ongoing saga of the lousy network to Mt. Graham
continues. Apparently, installing the new gateway, at the base camp, only
solved the poor network issues temporarily.
CCIT is still looking into the
problem. |
Ongoing |
| 04/09/04 |
13:20 |
ARO |
The new observers computer, 'modelo', has been purchased,
configured to the first order and will be installed on Kitt Peak on Thursday
the 15th. Here are some of its specs:
- Dual 2.66 GHz Xeon Processors.
- 1 GByte of memory.
- 360 GBytes of external disk space.
- Twin 19" flat panel LCD video displays.
- DVD-RW, CD-R, CDROM drive.
- Best of all, it's running Linux!!!
Observer software:
- Aips -- After running the DDT and Y2K tests, produces AipsMarks in the
range of 118 - 125. I'm told that's extremely good. There are 5 aips disks
worth 36 Gbytes each.
- Class -- being installed as I write this. There are (5) 36 Gbyte disks
for reduced class data.
- Unipops -- In the process of being converted to Linux and will be
installed when it's ready. In the meanwhile observers will need to login
to locura and run unipops there, with their DISPLAY set back to
'modelo:0.0'.
|
News |
| 04/09/04 |
11:05 |
12m |
The issue with the VME controller on the MAC was caused by a
adjacent VME card not fully seated. Now lets hope things will work once the
filterbank observing stops long enough to test the MAC. |
Fixed |
| 04/09/09 |
11:00 |
12m |
It's entirely possible that I've managed to fix the outgoing
mail. Now to get the incoming mail to the operators working. |
Ongoing |
| 04/09/04 |
8:10 |
SMT |
The 19 Channel
bolometer is cold and ready now. |
|
| 04/09/04 |
8:00 |
SMT |
The 345 sis is cooling down now. |
|
| 04/08/04 |
21:35 |
12m |
The 23mm receiver is now cold and working. |
Fixed |
| 04/08/04 |
16:40 |
SMT |
The gateway at the
MGIO base camp was replaced in an attempt to solve the network problems
to Mt. Graham. |
Ongoing |
| 04/08/04 |
14:00 |
12m |
There was a power failure on site that the UPS's did not
cover, so we lost the computers. It appears that the MAC is having issues
with one of the FFT computers, bigmac1. It seems to have forgotten it's a
VME computer and is refusing to load the VME drivers. |
Fixed |
| 04/10/09 |
10:00 |
SMT |
The Sun avoidance zone has been increased to 35 degrees in
response to overheating of the feedlegs. |
News |
| 04/02/04 |
14:25 |
12m |
As promised, in the remote observers manual, telnet has been
dropped as a supported means of communication to Kitt Peak. "ssh" is the
only way to log into out computers on Kitt Peak. |
News |
| 04/02/04 |
13:25 |
SMT |
Quest rebooted a router and now the link to Mt Graham
appears to be back to full speed. |
Fixed |
| 04/02/04 |
13:15 |
12m |
ssh version 3.8pl is now installed at Kitt Peak and appears
to be functioning correctly. |
News |
| 04/02/04 |
09:00 |
12m |
We are in the process of upgrading our ssh installation so
during your next login to any of our computers, you may get a warning about
host-key being different. This is normal and you are safe to ignore
and update your host-keys. |
News |
| 04/01/04 |
|
SMT |
The 345 SIS receiver has been pulled and move to the
downtown offices for repairs. |
|
| 04/01/04 |
12:00 |
SMT |
It has been reported that the network bandwidth to and from
Mt. Graham is flakey at best. The start of this problem is coincident with
the installation of a new router at Center for Computing and Information
Technology, CCIT, on March 22. |
Ongoing |
| 04/01/04 |
11:00 |
12m |
Operator's outgoing mail is now working. |
Fixed |
| 04/01/04 |
9:30 |
12m |
Due to failure of modelo, email to and from the mountain
operator has been interrupted. |
Fixed |
