Contents

• Introduction
  • Instruments
    • NA1
    • NA2
  • Computers
    • Dome computers
  • Emergency telescope control
  • WARNING about manual telescope motion
  
  
• Starting up
  • Power to the telescope
  • Starting up the software
  • Remote video cameras
  • Initializing the telescope
  • Weather and telescope safety
  • Controlling the CCD temperature
    • NA2 (Leach) camera
    • NA1 (Apogee) camera
  
  
• Operating the telescope
  • The status window/display
  • The command window
    • Restarting tcomm
  • Dome commands
  • Telescope commands
    • Moving the telescope
    • User catalogs
    • Coordinate epoch and update commands
    • Focus commands
  • Camera programs
    • The image display window
    • Camera Commands
    • Standard star observations
  • Guiding commands
  
  
• Shutting down
• Command summary
• Standard stars
• Transferring files to NMSU
• Robotic operation notes
  • Input file format
  
  
• Telescope recovery notes
• Index