DKIST General
Operational Status
DKIST was down 7/11 - 7/23 due to a brush fire near the Crater Road and the resulting power outage. HECO has restored power to the summit and DKIST operations are proceeding according to our planned schedule.
DKIST is in Engineering Period 2024c 7/24 - 8/2.
Events
Personnel
Dr. Paolo Turri a new DKIST scientist working on adaptive optics will be starting on July 29th.
SciOps and OpsTools team
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TechOps team
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InstOps team
Accomplishments
Began recovery and startup of summit instrument and software system.
DL-NIRSP: floated and refocused the instrument, installed the upgraded camera, installed the modulator shoulder interface, developed concepts for the new IFU mount.
Cryo-NIRSP: opened context imager, found small leak in entrance window gasket and adjusted gasket for now, investigated controller failure, worked with HLS and TechOps on remote control of compressors. began cooling instrument.
GOS: replaced failing Delta Tau controller, inspected cover limit switches
HLS: installed Pono 8 on all summit software systems
Data Center team
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