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3.5m Operations
The mechanical devices inside the enclosure and on the telescope are controlled with the
telmech
command. The telmech devices:
tertrot - tertiary rotation
cover - mirror covers
eyelids
fans
heaters
lights
louvers
shutters - status only
Contents
telmech
command reference
Keywords
2006-05-16
telmech
COMMAND [ARGS]
COMMAND
is one of:
status [DEVICE]
Queries the telmech actor for the names and states of all devices or for a particular DEVICE.
devices
Return the devices and their parts.
tertrot port
Rotate the tertiary to a port. There is a lower altitude limit, m3_alt_limit in ~tron/config/telmech.py, at which the command is rejected. This is currently 80 degrees. Ports are:
? - print out the portnames
BC1
TR2
NA2
TR3
BC2
TR4
NA1
TR1
HOME
eyelids port state
Set the eyelid state for a single eyelid or ALL eyelids. The port names are the same as for the
cover
command.
cover state
open or close the mirror covers
lights light1 [light2 [...]] state
turn on/off lights
? - print out the portnames
BC1
fans fan1 [fan2 [...]] state
turn on/off fans
? - print out the portnames
BC1
louvers louver1 [louver2 [...]] state
open/close louvers
? - print out the portnames
BC1
heaters heater1 [heater2 [...]] state
on/off heaters
? - print out the portnames
BC1
